Rush Limbaugh Knocks Glenn Beck; Criticized for "Reparations" Comment

CBSNews ^ | February 23, 2010 | Brian Montopoli

[Gator113]

If I ever start to believe ANYTHING from CBS, would someone please put a bullet in my empty head.

[T-Bird45]

Rush said today that he would not comment on Beck. So he didn't.

How that is spun into knocking Beck I have no idea.

I didn't listen to the entire program but I did catch this part so I'm glad to see I'm not the only one scratching my head over the mental gymnastics required to arrive at the headline and article. As an earlier poster put it, there appears to be an effort to cause conservatives to form a circular firing squad in order to clear the field for the Democratics Socialist People's Party. I fully concur with this view...

[DJ Frisat]

"I hate to see the two squaring off."

Gotta be careful. There's not much compelling evidence that this is actually happening. This article is more suited to a supermarket tabloid than it is a legitimate news source.

[Jess Kitting]

Brian Montopoli (the author of this "article") is trying to deceive us and create divisions where none exist.

In his article, he offers no source for Beck's supposed quote on Global Warming, nor Beck's alleged negative comment on Ronald Reagan.

I have personally heard Beck cricitize Algore for his global warming lies and praise Reagan as his hero.

The "author" is full of it. Here's another insinuation from the article, full of buzzwords:

Back to Limbaugh: The conservative flamethrower . . . Who is the "conservative flamethrower" Beck? Limbaugh? The author is ambiguous here, probably on purpose.

. . . is once again angering liberals, this time for casting the health care reform effort as "a civil rights bill" that amounts to "reparations."

Rush (or Beck) is angering liberals here. He is not bashing a fellow conservative host.

[Rational Thought]

I wouldn’t flame you.

I look at it this way. We know who the real Conservatives (and real Conservative voices) are. Others still have yet to fully prove themselves. Still others (and I’m NOT including Beck here) claim to be Conservative when they’re anything but.

It’s the latter group I’m most concerned with as this group still has tremendous influence over the direction of the party.

[Eva]

Thanks, I’ve noticed that FreeRepublic seems to be full of some of these kinds of articles and trolls to go with them.

[Ann Archy]

BECK can be a NUTCASE! He’s on a MISSION to get a THIRD PARTY, which will leave us with DEMOCRATS in CONTROL for as long as we can see!!

[mountainfolk]

I heard the same thing. As I recall, Rush was responding to a very inarticulate caller who asked about Beck. I wondered then if this was part of the current effort some are making to create a feud among conservative talk show hosts. Maybe the caller was genuine but I have my doubts. Rush essentially said he knows that each of the other hosts have their own agendas and he was not going to get involved in controversy about them. Each of the conservative spokespersons I listen to or watch has something vital to impart to the American public, each in their own way, and it is harmful and self destructive for any of them to engage in belittling another. We need all the help we can get from talented people with public platforms as well as foot soldiers and we have to be smart enough to know when the enemies of this country are at work among us.

[DJ Frisat]

Well-stated. Your thoughts echo mine. They — and we here on FR — are going to have differences on certain issues, but most of us agree on the majority of them when it comes to Constitutional and fiscal matters.

We have to pull in the same general direction, not 20 different ones.

[Mikey_1962]

I didn't listen to the entire program but I did catch this part so I'm glad to see I'm not the only one scratching my head over the mental gymnastics required to arrive at the headline and article.

I remember reading about the "Yellow Journalism" of the turn of the last century: Hearst prodding us into Cuba; The NY Times "Beat back the Hun" writing of WWI; and thinking how much better we are today. I was in grade school then.

I know realize that yellow journalism has never disappeared it just changed its ideology.

[TheStickman]

It’s a smear job. Beck has ridiculed the scam of climate change/global warming over and over again on the radio & on TV.

[codder too]

Rush might take his own advice and LISTEN to Beck before passing judgement.

[gunsequalfreedom]

I was raising my hand to say I support health care reform.

[TigersEye]

Are you in the House or the Senate?

[gunsequalfreedom]

Neither of those elected offices.

[TigersEye]

I see. Well, I was referring to Republicans who hold federal office. So, which one of the various liberty killing health bills do you support? House, Senate or 0bieWon’s?

[gunsequalfreedom]

One that will allow doctors to practice medicine without having to order unecessary tests simply to avoid lawsuits...for starters.

[TigersEye]

That would be none of the bills currently under consideration wouldn’t it?

[gunsequalfreedom]

That would be none of the bills currently under consideration wouldn’t it?

Nope and don't look for it any time soon. Too much money corrupting the system (on both sides) for meaningful correction to come about.

[TigersEye]

I am afraid you are right. We need tort reform, interstate and job to job portability and maybe the health accounts (forget the name) that Bush talked about.

Here is my screed on the bills the Dems are pushing if you're interested in reading it.