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The Rush Limbaugh LIVE Radio Show Thread - Wednesday, May 25, 2011
The EIB Network ^ | 05/25/2011 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 05/25/2011 8:22:44 AM PDT by IMissPresidentReagan

AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, serving humanity simply by showing up, and he’s not retiring until every American agrees with him, do NOT doubt him, with shrieks of joy at the mere mention of his name (that’s Rush, for those in Rio Linda),the Mandarin of Talk Radio, with talent on loan from G-d, at the cutting-edge of societal evolution, with half his brain tied behind his back — just to make it fair, the all-knowing, all-caring, all-sensing, all-feeling, all-concerned Maha-Rushie! America’s anchorman, truth detector, and doctor of democracy. A Real Man, a living legend, a way of life. Commander in Chief of U.S. Operation Chaos. Chief Waga-Waga El Rushbo of the El Conservo Tribe. Chief of the Patriotism Police. Leader of the Conservative Movement. A Weapon of Mass Instruction. El Rushbo (a little Spanish lingo, there). He is the man who is running America (you know it and I know it). He knows the Democrats like every square inch of his glorious naked body. He is ready to do what he was born to do—that’s host. Get ready to what you were born to do—that’s listen (and post your comments on the Rush Limbaugh LIVE Radio Thread).


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To: rush

Scary Reid jumping to conclusions.


101 posted on 05/25/2011 10:37:18 AM PDT by PogySailor (The ruling class will not go down easily. And neither will their paid hacks.)
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To: Eagle of Liberty

Rush’s value to me is two-fold. He is a good source of information and he motivates me positively. I can hear the news from him and don’t walk away in despair. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.


102 posted on 05/25/2011 10:38:34 AM PDT by upsdriver (to undo the damage the "intellectual elites" have done. . . . . Sarah Palin for President!)
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To: PogySailor

selectively

he ignored the results of the 2010 elections

but this one district - he sees a message in it


103 posted on 05/25/2011 10:39:25 AM PDT by sloop (don't touch my junk)
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To: upsdriver
Limbaugh is the closest thing we have to the New York Times' relationsip within the MSM and Democrats.

The NYT sets the daily agenda and the rest of the MSM run with it.

It used to be that Limbaugh set the the talk-radio agenda and the others followed-up on the message.

Lately, with the shake-up in conservative talk-radio (see the threads on Citadel/Fareed Suleman), the medium is disorganized, too.

It's not necessarily a bad thing that the different segments of conservative talk-radio focus on different issues. That helps to focus on the many different issues. But there isn't the tight alignment in messaging like with the DNC-NYT-WaPo-CNN-NBC-CBS-ABC-Congressional Democrats-President.

We have Limbaugh-Hannity-Levin-Savage-Beck, and to a lesser degree Ingraham-Batchelor-Boortz-Hewitt-Medved-local hosts. Occasionally, Congressional Republicans will appear as guests. They don't coordinate around a daily theme, as each is strongly motivated to maintain their own distinctive persona and market.

The difference between liberal/conservative media is stark: Democrats are aligned with news gathering orgs with the legacy mission to report (distort?). Conservatives are aligned with entertainment outlets that inform.

The liberal MSM will never go away or change (one day, the NYT will be demed too big to fail). The conservative outlets have been subjected to radio market forces and manipulation (see again Fareed Suleman).

As long as people like Limbaugh say their first priority is to be entertaining, the Republicans with conservative messages to get out will always be underserved when compared to their Democrat counterparts.

-PJ

104 posted on 05/25/2011 10:39:32 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day, Mexican on Cinco de Mayo, and American on Election Day.)
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To: Political Junkie Too
Rats!

It's Farid Suleman, not Fareed Suleman.

-PJ

105 posted on 05/25/2011 10:40:43 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day, Mexican on Cinco de Mayo, and American on Election Day.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

The only program I listen to is Rush. Three hours a day is enough. I listen mainly to keep my spirits up and I find Rush very entertaining. I don’t listen to get my marching orders. Intelligent people know that the MSM has chosen sides. The MSM isn’t the powerhouse they once were, in fact, they are becoming a bit of a laughingstock.


106 posted on 05/25/2011 10:47:38 AM PDT by upsdriver (to undo the damage the "intellectual elites" have done. . . . . Sarah Palin for President!)
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To: opentalk
Limbaugh is right that talk-radio can't do it alone.

While Repulbicans are playing catch-up on organizing their MSM message to be more like the Democrats, the Democrats are already moving onto the next frontier of messaging, social media.

Sarah Palin has already figured out how bypass the MSM via the internet social networks, and the MSM are attacking her there as being less serious because the nature of the outlet, while at the same time building up their own presence there.

What people like Limbaugh can do, if they he genuinely believes in the "Golden EIB Microphone" and "Excellence In Broadcasting," then he should back-channel a series of seminars with Congressional Republicans to teach them how to be as effective as he is in messaging.

Who else besides him is seen as the guru of this subject for conservatives? If not him, then who CAN teach our candidates how to do this?

-PJ

107 posted on 05/25/2011 10:47:38 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day, Mexican on Cinco de Mayo, and American on Election Day.)
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To: upsdriver
With all due respect, that sounds like echo chamber thinking.

Like you, I am aware of the issues and don't need to hear it from someone else to keep me informed.

But I do believe that people like us are far less a population than we may think.

I do believe that the mass of voters do wait to be told what to think. The numbers are too large to suggest otherwise. There were almost 120 million votes cast for president in 2008, one-third of the US population.

Even if the MSM ratings suggest that only a few million households watch those shows, combined with newspapers, magazines, and comedy shows, people are waiting to be told what to think.

-PJ

108 posted on 05/25/2011 10:53:23 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day, Mexican on Cinco de Mayo, and American on Election Day.)
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To: Political Junkie Too
Who else besides him is seen as the guru of this subject for conservatives? If not him, then who CAN teach our candidates how to do this?

In a word, the People. The People have the power to hold their candidates/representatives accountable.

Like Rush just said, if the Republicans fail to act, the tea party will form a third party. Palin as our nominee and an active tea party candidate movement will save the day. We hold the power.

109 posted on 05/25/2011 10:55:00 AM PDT by upsdriver (to undo the damage the "intellectual elites" have done. . . . . Sarah Palin for President!)
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To: Political Junkie Too
you certainly have a lotta advice for a successful man

and imposing a heavy responsibility on him that belongs on our shoulders

jus sayin

110 posted on 05/25/2011 10:55:59 AM PDT by sloop (don't touch my junk)
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To: Political Junkie Too
I can't remember who is the chairman of the RNC, but I know the DNC head, (given she is very obnoxious, but she is out in the public and media)
111 posted on 05/25/2011 11:00:24 AM PDT by opentalk
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To: Political Junkie Too
I do believe that the mass of voters do wait to be told what to think.

Yes, they do but they aren't listening to Rush or other programs. That's where you and I come in. We go out into the communities and use our influence to educate others. If someone around me spouts some inane comment, I set them straight. Most of them have what I call "bar stool intelligence". It's usually based on what they heard from some other uninformed individual. Those folks are easy to convince but you have to do it with patience and a smile. Conservatism and it's virtues is an easy product to sell, if it is done properly.

112 posted on 05/25/2011 11:04:31 AM PDT by upsdriver (to undo the damage the "intellectual elites" have done. . . . . Sarah Palin for President!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

They need to use someone with class, unfortunately too many don’t.

Interesting site though.


113 posted on 05/25/2011 11:12:30 AM PDT by bluerose (Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm! Rush Hudson Limbaugh)
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To: Political Junkie Too
I'm not gonna attack your passion as you have proven it

However your insistence that Rush is doing it wrong falls on deaf ears

and your bam bam point that the voting public is led and not dependable is undocumented too

the 2010 midterm elections prove your theory is bullshit

those that voted in majority are as smart, educated, and as pissed off as you

67 percent of America dumped the democrats like a dog squattin a turd, even for elected dogcatchers

114 posted on 05/25/2011 11:13:02 AM PDT by advertising guy (new drink...a Bin Laden.......................2 shots with a splash of water)
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To: IMissPresidentReagan

TSA threatened and apparently Texas blinked.


115 posted on 05/25/2011 11:13:28 AM PDT by Ingtar (Together we go broke (from a Pookie18 post))
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To: sloop
Yes I do, and I know it's easy to back-seat drive and Monday morning quarterback, especially anonymously on the internet.

I see Limbaugh's success in two parts: 1) reward for taking the vanguard in conservativism and influencing politics and leadership in our direction, and 2) an investment in ensuring the sustainability of this.

There is no doubt that Limbaugh has been successful in mobilizing Republicans by pioneering the AM radio medium to counter the MSM.

But people invested in Limbaugh by supporting his show, supporting his sponsors, supporting his charities, and supporting the knock-offs that Limbaugh inspired.

Now they're looking to him to make due on that investment, and that means sometimes putting aside the stories of golf trips on private jets, smoking cigars with world leaders, and other fruits of his success, and sometimes getting dirty again and paying back the hard returns on that investment to those who expected it when necessary.

We see in hindsight how necessary a time the 2008 election was. The 2010 election was a necessary time. The 2012 election is too consequential to be cavalier about it now.

The NY-26 special election should be a wake-up call on how serious the Democrats are taking all the elections, now including state judicial elections. We need to mobilize all our forces, too, to close the gaps for 2012 that are being shown to us now.

We don't have many leaders who are today in a position to do this now. We only have the few people that we invested in to be in place now to do this.

-PJ

116 posted on 05/25/2011 11:13:47 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day, Mexican on Cinco de Mayo, and American on Election Day.)
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To: upsdriver
I agree.

-PJ

117 posted on 05/25/2011 11:15:45 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day, Mexican on Cinco de Mayo, and American on Election Day.)
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To: sloop
and imposing a heavy responsibility on him that belongs on our shoulders

Heavy responsibility? It would have taken one part of one segment to bring up the NY-26 and the fake Tea Party candidate, equal to the time it takes for him to talk about the latest fad in pervert world.

I am honestly getting tired of this kind of discussion. It is like saying that it is only Paul Ryan's responsibility to get out there and spread the message. Nobody needs to rally around him, nobody needs to replay his remarks. The messages need to get spread somehow and what better way than from the mouth of Rush.

Many on here devote quite a bit of time to current event research, but the large majority of Americans hear one blip on a subject and if told it is good for them, they believe it is good for them. If they are told it will cause them pain, they believe it will cause them pain. And if heard that Plan A, which will cause much pain, is the Republican plan, they believe it and move on.
118 posted on 05/25/2011 11:17:56 AM PDT by Eagle of Liberty ("You're a different kind of special..........")
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To: Political Junkie Too

i have no such expectations of rush

my guess is that if rush changed into something he is not now, his popularity and influence would plummet


119 posted on 05/25/2011 11:23:07 AM PDT by sloop (don't touch my junk)
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To: Political Junkie Too
The NY-26 special election should be a wake-up call on how serious the Democrats are taking all the elections, now including state judicial elections.

It should be but it won't be. Republicans are cooked for 2012.

120 posted on 05/25/2011 11:25:52 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Are you ready for 4 more years because Republicans will see to it.)
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