Posted on 12/20/2005 7:05:13 PM PST by paltz
Rush Limbaugh: Al Franken Is a 'Parasite
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America’s top radio host Rush Limbaugh lavished high praise on Peter Schweizer’s new book "Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy” during a lengthy conversation with the author published in Rush’s own publication The Limbaugh Letter.
In his blockbuster book – which reached the No. 1 spot on Amazon.com’s list of best-selling nonfiction works – Hoover Fellow Schweizer reveals the glaring contradictions between the public stances and real-life behavior of prominent liberals. [Check out NewsMax's FREE offer for this book -- Go Here Now.]
Rush told Schweizer he had an amazing reaction to the book.
"When I went through your book, I had so many emotional reactions, like, ‘Yeah!’ and ‘Why hasn’t anybody done this before?’ I want to congratulate you for reaching No. 1. Are you surprised it’s taken off as it has?”
Said Schweizer: "A little bit. But people are outraged when they find out how blatant the hypocrisy is.”
Discussing the liberal hypocrisy disclosed in Schweizer’s book, radio’s most listened to talker said: "The Democrats cannot advance an agenda; liberals don’t have an agenda they want to be honest about. So for much of my adult life they’ve tried to impugn and discredit their critics, using hypocrisy as an argument.
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"They’ve said I’ve never served in the military, so how can I be so pro-military? My response has always been, we all have personal failings, and just because I’ve had some, that doesn’t change what the truth is. Now, you’re trying that approach yourself.”
Said Schweizer: "You’re right; we all struggle with hypocrisy. It’s part of the human condition.
"I think there’s a huge difference between conservative hypocrisy and liberal hypocrisy. When we conservatives are hypocrites and abandon our principles, we end up hurting ourselves … But ironically, liberal ideas are so bad that when liberals abandon their principles and become hypocrites, they actually improve their lives.”
After mentioning a possible liberal backlash against "Do As I Say” from booksellers, Rush disclosed that "when my two books came out, bookstore employees put them in the fiction section, in the cooking section . . . Have you heard any stories like that?”
Schweizer answered: "There are a few blogger stories about people going into bookstores and not being able to find copies and being frustrated.”
Rush asked Schweizer – who took two years to research his book – how he uncovered his eyebrow-raising information.
"Let me say first off that none of this was obtained illegally or unethically,” the author explained.
"I didn’t do any dumpster diving, and I didn’t go through anybody’s mail. I simply made use of public databases.
"For example, I discovered that Michael Moore and his wife had set up a tax shelter where they were sheltering some of their assets, and they were required to file a Form 990-PF to obtain and maintain that tax status. I learned from the IRS that you can obtain those documents legally. So I went about acquiring them.”
Schweizer reveals in his book that corporation-basher Moore, who has said he doesn’t own a single share of stock, actually owns tens of thousands of shares through his foundation.
Among the other highlights of Rush’s conversation with the author:
Schweizer: "Over the last 40 years, there have been precious few new ideas on the left. They’re simply recycling speeches from the 1930s and 1940s.”
Rush: "Al Franken in the course of his career, over the last 12 years, has hired 115 people. Only one of them black. Barbra Streisand laments the way labor unions are treated in this country, yet gets all of her movies produced in Canada.”
Schweizer: "Of all the people I profiled, [Moore’s] case of hypocrisy regarding the stock market is probably the most pathological.”
Rush: "Franken’s a parasite, among other things. If it weren’t for other people’s names he puts on the cover of his books, they wouldn’t sell. Just like his movies don’t sell.”
Schweizer: "The conservative philosophy is on the ascendance. It is, in a sense, the major philosophy in America today.”
Rush: "[Liberals] are in deep trouble … I will bet, Peter, that you’ll have a chance to write volumes two and three, as more people will open up and tell you things . . .
"You’re doing the Lord’s work. Congratulations on the book.”
Amen to that.
Rush is being too kind. Franken is a scrofulous, talentless loser.
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"I think there’s a huge difference between conservative hypocrisy and liberal hypocrisy. When we conservatives are hypocrites and abandon our principles, we end up hurting ourselves … But ironically, liberal ideas are so bad that when liberals abandon their principles and become hypocrites, they actually improve their lives.”
Now there's a good word!
I think I heard a snippet of this guy on Hannity's show today talking about Striesand and her $20,000.00 per MONTH water bill.
Yeah, I had to look it up, but it was worth coming to this thread just to learn that one!
Wow it takes that much to keep that old chamois hydrated or is that what it takes for Brolin to clean up with after the nasty
"blockbuster book"
Never has a publication overused two words as often as NEWSMAX uses Blockbuster book. They appear to have a formula. Any book is a blockbuster If they happen to mention it, or profit from it. Secondly, a mention of Hillary in any story builds viewership.
George Magazine: November, 1996
Diva Democracy
Bill Clinton takes her calls. So isn't it time to take her politics seriously? Fresh from the set of her new movie, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Barbra Streisand tells Jack Newfield about her political journey — from a close encounter with her late father to her intimate bond with the first family.
In the cozy sitting room of her sprawling, antique-filled Los Angeles home, Barbra Streisand and I are arguing about the Republican-drafted welfare reform bill that President Clinton signed. We're entering the fifth round. "It creates no jobs and hurts the poor," I say. Clinton will add a job component later, she retaliates, forever defending the President. We're both trying to stay polite, respecting the conventions of the muckraker-meets-diva interview. (As a self-described Robert Kennedy-Bruce Springsteen populist, I was one of the few journalists Streisand would agree to talk with.) "This bill will create a million new poor people," I insist. Exasperated, the superstar gets up and disappears into another room. She returns with a thick folder, which I notice contains faxes from the White House. This is Barbra Streisand's "welfare bill" file. So it's true: Funny Girl has become Serious Woman. Yentl has turned policy wonk.
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bah... they're both parasites. they just feed off different hosts.
scrofulous?....what the heck is that...
sounds like scrotum tofu
Yeah, and two-thirds of it is probably for her bidet!
"show today talking about Striesand and her $20,000.00 per MONTH water bill"
I'm pretty sure it is $22,000 per year, and she has a 12,000 sq. ft air-conditioned barn.
"Al Franken is a parasite" Once again, RUSH IS RIGHT!
"Rush is being too kind. Franken is a scrofulous, talentless loser."
Not only that but he is also a squamulous laggard.
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