Rush: "..Going FReeper on me"

Rush Limbaugh Radio Show ^ | 6-5-02 | Rush Limbaugh

[Matchett-PI]

Around 1:20 PM, judt before he play the latest Paul Shanklin parody entitled, "BAD MOOD ON THE RIGHT", he said, now this is just in fun, and "I don't want anybody "GOING FREEPER" on me".

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

Tex I respectfully disagree.....this country went thru hell while Gore tried to steal that election ......and to have Limbaugh compare W to that nutcase Gore crossed a line..

Gore's conduct in the election is irrelevant in this case. Rush's analogy was to Gore's views on global warming.

[truthkeeper]

LOL. Laugh of the day!

[B Knotts]

So, now opposing illegal immigration makes one an extremist nut?

[habs4ever]

Thanks Mo :-)

[altura]

I defended Rush on this forum for years.

Every so often someone would post an insult to Rush, or complain about his golf talk or his talk about his personal life, and I would counter. Nothing can take away the things he did for conservatism and I will always respect him for that.

That being said, I have found that lately he is way off track, no longer fun to listen to and I found myself being depressed after his program.

He used to say that he couldn't just talk politics for 15 hours a week, but lately he has been ranting and negative for 15 hours a week; so for medical reasons, I stopped listening.

If he ever decides to get back on track, I will listen again, but I don't think I will ever feel quite the same about him.

[Dog]

Your spot on...

[Mo1]

Smooch

[anniegetyourgun]

Re 96 - more xactly. Preach it....

[mconder]

I fear that Rush is moving to occupy the space vacated by Pat Buchanan when he (Buchanan) abandoned the GOP — and that is bringing Rush perilously close to crackpot territory.

Actually, I would have to say he has been in "crackpot" territory as long as I have known him. Anyone that would be the lapdog of the liberal republican party has some problem with reality.

[Matchett-PI]

"Not if he keeps turning LEFT."

Of course, that is the caveat. But I think he's confident that Bush is not a leftist, and will come through for conservatives when push comes to shove.

I would do exactly what Rush is doing on his show if I was in his shoes. He is going to stand for conservatism no matter what, because that is what he is. He is NOT a kool-aid drinker for the Republicans, and neither am I.

And those Republicans he puts on his show that defend Bush no matter what -- ARE Kool-Aid Drinkers. They are willing to sell out conservatism (if they even know what that is) and refuse to criticise Bush.

They denounced Clinton's supporters for doing the same thing that they themselves are doing right now.

Rush is setting the proper example and refusing to do that. He is now being trashed for sticking to the principles he believes in.

GO RUSH!!! RUSH RULES!!

[NormsRevenge]

Yes .. I agree .. Send Him HaPPy Mail Not Flame Mail.. Any AirTime is Good Air Time

[B Knotts]

Ditto! :-D

[hchutch]

Maybe we're tired of taking it, and we're ready to start dishing it out. Forget the new tone, time to kick butt and take names. I personally feel we owe Rush some slack for the good he has done for us in the past, and he should be taken to task for crossing the line.

However, unlike some people on both sides, I'm not the type to toss someone overboard for a few offenses, especially when it is an honest disagreement over tactics. The fact is that both Bush and Rush agree with me more than I disagree with them, so I'll stick with both of `em. It's as simple as that.

I'll call things as I see it. I think Bush has been playing things a little too cute - although I think he will pull it off and a lot of the complaining will cease as we get results. I think Rush is being a little too leery of the methods, and I think he needs to realize that we have to adapt somewhat to political realities.

But that's just me. I just want to defeat the Democrats, and I think both Bush and Rush are needed to do that. That's where I stand on the matter. I think both sides need to take a few deep breaths, and remember the common foe - the Left here.

Any questions?

[ArneFufkin]

Annie, your initial take is THE righteous one. Limbaugh's comment is a dismal thing for FR. Do the selfish, narcissistic jackoffs care? Of course not, they like being the outsiders. Screw JimRob, BobJ, Joe and the rest of the folks who've busted their asses to make this thing real and a difference maker in our political world ... they're known and they don't play with nobody. This is the reality of the forum, and it has been for quite a while. Disheartening.

[Southack]

I found it odd that Rush spouted the Democratic Party line in 1992, berating Bush Sr. for his Gulf War tax compromise and handing the election to Clinton by causing a wave of Conservatives to vote for Perot instead of Bush.

I found it amusing that Rush claimed in 2000 that Hillary Clinton would NOT run for the Senate.

I found it disgusting when Rush failed to read the EPA's own document (which used the enviroNazi's own language against their global warming argument) and then extrapolated from a document which he either didn't read or couldn't understand to a Bush=Gore statement.

Not only was that wrong, but on other issues such as withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, killing the Kyoto Treaty, withdrawing from the U.S. - CCCP ABM treaty, Bush is clearly on the OPPOSITE side of the field from Gore.

Of course, Rush has an established audience and a self-marketing machine that will keep him going for some time, even though he is saying, historically, some anti-conservative things (such as those mentioned above).

But I wouldn't brag about that too much. My own analogy is that using popularity such as Rush has to convince people to overlook your intellectual flaws is a lot like the smart girl who "plays dumb" so that more boys will like her. But that's the most flattering option. The other choice is that Rush played a deliberate hand in Clinton's 1992 election, something that I'm not entirely ready to support...

[ArneFufkin]

You'll never get it.

[Darlin']

Uh, Yeah ? Then 'splain why he mentions seminar callers, is he recognizing their importance, too ? Like it or not, a few rotten apples in the past have imprinted on the minds of some the impression that FReepers are fringe element loonies. Comments like that from Rush keep alive that premise. They aren't helpful to us just as his peevish complaints about the President do not serve the President well. The parody clever or funny, it is just derisive.

[altura]

Yeah, (hand up).

The reason we're kinda ticked or flamingly furious at Rush is that lately he seems to have forgotten the common enemy in favor of railing about the president. I don't like it.

I wouldn't mind him pointing out where he thinks Bush has gone wrong; I can think of things myself. It is his whole tone, his monomaniac stance, and his too-quick to attack persona that I find distasteful.

[B Knotts]

No. Please explain. It sounds like you have a very narrow definition of who is a conservative.

I used to not care much about illegal immigration; on Sept. 11 I changed my view.

Does that make me a kook?

[wku man]

"Never forget that Rush is not an activist, not a philosopher; he's just an entertainer!"

An entertainer who's almost single-handedly responsible for the conservative movement as it is today.

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