Democrats nearly double Limbaugh’s audience


The Democrats’ conspiracy to demonize Rush Limbaugh, directed from the Obama White House, has the talk radio icon laughing all the way to the bank.

Friday’s U.S. News Political Bulletin reports Rush Limbaugh is a clear winner this week:

His ratings have nearly doubled since his feud with the White House burst into the media limelight.

Byron York asked Rush about the effect the Democrats’ plot has had on Rush’s business:

The latest numbers I have are for January, well before this kerfuffle began, and they are through the roof — six shares in NY, for example. There are daily ratings taken now in about the top 15 markets but I have not seen them yet. All I can tell you is that as of January, we booked 80 percent of all our 2008 revenue and we’ll be over 2008 by the end of this month.

According to Talkers Magazine, since the Democrats’ conspiracy was put in motion, Rush’s audience has grown from 14 million to 25 million.

As Chris Matthews said the Democrats’ plot is a great stimulus program.


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Oh, but wait...

Scipio (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 9:32AM EST (link)

Then they’ll say Rush is getting two big, and we need to spread the airtime around.

Let him grow, maybe he’ll make so much extra ad revenue he’ll be able to pay for an Obamercial of his own. THAT would be sweet.

I like that idea.

RedInABleuState (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 4:39PM EST (link)

Perhaps he could respond to the next non-SOTU address.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. — Edmund Burke

It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds. — Samuel Adams

 
 

They will call it A MONOPOLY.

Rod_Patrick (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 9:38AM EST (link)

Rush Limbaugh will be forced to limit his RADIO into 1 hour per day per week when Anti-Trust laws and new regulatory rules come in.

I expect that IRS is too busy already to find anything against Rush.

Too busy is right!

Erick Brockway (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 10:41AM EST (link)

Have to create a new Democrat Appointee Division of the IRS.

 
 

What kind of priority is the WH concerning itself with,

USNJIMRET (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 9:47AM EST (link)

when Hush Rush seems so high on the agenda?
Economic trouble.
Idiotic ‘gaff’ by the Secretary of State in Russia.
Iran getting closer and closer to being nuke blackmailer of the world.
Ditto North Korea.
China owning so much American debt.
But Rush Limbaugh is a target for Senior WH people to spend time even talking about?
While all part of a grander plan, the Alinsky agenda to political mastery of the nation, every day more and more people losing their livelihood.
And Rush laughs all the way to the bank.
We are so screwed!

Did you see the cartoon posted yesterday?

mom2oneson (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 9:50AM EST (link)

I’m not sure how to find it, there is a cartoon that shows this, it’s so funny.

 
 

found it!

mom2oneson (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 9:52AM EST (link)

http://www.redstate.com/dia0420/2009/03/06/cartoon-man-do-i-feel-safer-now/

 

Dem's are listening

smitch61 Saturday, March 7th at 10:07AM EST (link)

Perhaps the Rush affect will be great for us. I know two hard core Obama voters at work that are now listening to Rush, at first it started out as a defense, but I think they are starting to learn something.

These two in particular are disturbed with the direction in which he is going., there has got to be more than two. I made sure to tell them that Obama is doing everything he said he would in the campaign. He is “changing” the country. The GOP let the Democrats define the party and speak to people who do not pay attention to politics. How different it could have been had they actually defended Bush instead of throwing him under the bus. Now the leftists can always go back to Bush, Bush, and Bush.

Drip drip drip

djemi (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 10:36AM EST (link)

This may be there game plan but as Dick Morris pointed out on O’Riely the other night if the unemployment numders don’t inprove, poeple get there retirement statements at the end of the first and second quarters and the soon to be hyperinflation BO is just not going tyo be able to convince poeple it was all Bushes fault.
Remember the Stock market Tracking poll is forward thinking and it statred turning in Sept 08 when it became aparrent that BO was going to be the boss, so what do there see now, nothing but economic doom.

“If I can’t shoot rabbits,then I can’t shoot fascist”
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Rush is smart...

liberalrepublican (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 10:13AM EST (link)

He will make a lot of bank off of this.

Making Steele grovel and everyone else was worth a few million dollars for Rush.

Who cares if it hurt the Republican brand?

“Broadly speaking, liberalism emphasizes individual rights and equality of opportunity. … including extensive freedom of thought and speech, limitations on the power of governments, the rule of law, the free exchange of ideas, a market or mixed economy”

"hurt the Republican brand"?

dwarfmama (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 10:28AM EST (link)

Surely, you jest!

The moderate/appeaser Republicans have been in control for most of the past 8 years, and have practically destroyed the “Republican brand”. What Rush is doing, with the help of millions of listeners, is to show them where their base is. The sooner they get back to what they used to stand for, the sooner they can rebuild.

Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty. (Samuel Adams)

precisely - nt

Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 10:30AM EST (link)

Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” – Andrew Jackson

 

Rush is a businessman...

liberalrepublican (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 10:36AM EST (link)

He is about Rush. He is about making Rush money. He is phenomenally successful at it. I admire him in that regard.

Republicans will not win while he is the face of the party.

No way.

He is all about getting listeners.

Being outrageous, pushing buttons, getting emotional reactions all lead to him getting more money.

But it also turns people off.

Millions who listen to him can’t stand him but listen because they are so outraged by him.

I won’t bring up his personal life, but it’s ugly.

He routinely has sound bites that are simple to twist to make him sound like a hateful, insensitive person.

I’m not saying that is what he is, but he makes it SIMPLE to make that case via sound bites.

Good for ratings, bad for winning elections.

“Broadly speaking, liberalism emphasizes individual rights and equality of opportunity. … including extensive freedom of thought and speech, limitations on the power of governments, the rule of law, the free exchange of ideas, a market or mixed economy”

liberal republican, Rush can't fool you.

johnt Saturday, March 7th at 11:26AM EST (link)

You know, just know, that Rush doesn’t believe a thing he says, that he has no principles, that it’s all about money. Do share with us the secrets of this mind reading.
You also know, and this is really interesting, that “millions”, that’s right,”millions” who listen to him can’t stand him but apparently enjoy being outraged.
Well if you know Rush’s mind why not the minds of millions of others.

You should be reminded that it was a conservative message that led to the 1994 electoral results and the spend and act like the Democrats that contributed to the 2006 & 2008 negative results. In the current political atmosphere with Obama/Pelosi/Reid running amuck you will not get too far echoing a predatory liberalism.

If you take a “liberal’ but closer look at the current reigning party you will find all the hate you can handle, or would you rather focus your guns on an important critic of this collectivist bunch.

“a man’s admiration for absolute government is proportinate to the contempt he feels for those around him”. Tocqueville

 

librepub -- please to 'splain how Rush...

furious (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 11:36AM EST (link)

…hurt the Republican brand in, say, ’94? He was as all over Whitewater and HillaryCare then as he is now about ObamaStimulus.

And everyone’s 401Ks were in alot better shape on Nov02’93 when Rush made his called-shot homer prediction of the Republican sweep.

No one’s going to blame Rush for DOW 5000, are they?

And yes, Rush’s business skills do compare favorably to, say AirAmerica’s, don’t they? Or are they just an object lesson that Liberal Opinion, openly and honestly repeated over the airwaves, jJUST DOESN”T SELL?

–furious

“I find your lack of faith disturbing.” — Darth Vader

AirAmerican?

liberalrepublican (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 2:29PM EST (link)

Rush is an enormous talent.

Phenomenal.

“Broadly speaking, liberalism emphasizes individual rights and equality of opportunity. … including extensive freedom of thought and speech, limitations on the power of governments, the rule of law, the free exchange of ideas, a market or mixed economy”

 
 

You mean like in 1994, right?

Bill S (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 11:38AM EST (link)

“America Held Hostage”

Short memory, eh?

But I would expect nothing different from “liberalrepublican”

“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.” – David St. Hubbins

 

Are you serious lib republican?

Kayla Saturday, March 7th at 12:02PM EST (link)

You say he is hurting the repub brand? No I think RINOS like McCain, Spector, Collins & Snowe are the ones who hurt the repub brand. And you criticize Rush’s personal life? What about Kennedy’s? He killed a woman.

the fact that

liberalrepublican (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 2:26PM EST (link)

Kennedy is scum doesn’t elevate Rush out of the sewer.

“Broadly speaking, liberalism emphasizes individual rights and equality of opportunity. … including extensive freedom of thought and speech, limitations on the power of governments, the rule of law, the free exchange of ideas, a market or mixed economy”

RINOS like you

Kayla Saturday, March 7th at 2:57PM EST (link)

condemn Rush who has never taken a life, but Kennedy is somehow beyond reproach. Let’s reach across the aisle to work with him, but Rush is beyond the pale? Dodd, Frank & Conrad are total crooks but the problem is Rush? Pelosi & Reid can’t wait to tell you who you can or can’t listen to, but the problem is Rush? The dow is heading to 5000 because of our President’s radical agenda, but the problem is Rush? When will you RINOS see that the problem is the lib democrats? And the only ones in the sewer are RINOS like Spector, Snowe & Collins who are too busy trying to be friends with the MSM instead of fighting for the republic. If you’re gonna sling your arrows towards your own, aim at them first.

I said scrum...

liberalrepublican (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 4:42PM EST (link)

I said Kennedy is scum. I never mentioned kennedy, you did.

You brought him up and I said he was scum.

How do you equate calling someone scum with being beyond reproach?

“Broadly speaking, liberalism emphasizes individual rights and equality of opportunity. … including extensive freedom of thought and speech, limitations on the power of governments, the rule of law, the free exchange of ideas, a market or mixed economy”

Rush in the sewer?

Kayla Saturday, March 7th at 6:12PM EST (link)

For what? For calling a spade a spade? Compared to the dems and RINOS, especially Spector, Rush is smelling like a rose. So keep your eye on the bigger picture and the real threat: lib dems & RINOS.

 
 
 
 
 

"Millions who listen to him can’t stand him but listen because they are so outraged by him"

speciallist (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 12:04PM EST (link)
 

I refer you to 1994

Jack_Savage (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 12:06PM EST (link)

I know history is tough for you libs, but try reaching back then and do a little analysis of how badly Rush hurt the Republicans back then.
Try again, bubba.

You don't remember your history either...

liberalrepublican (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 2:28PM EST (link)

The reason the R’s made a come back is that plenty of RINOs got elected in places like the northeast.

Taking the party to a place where only the “pure” are welcome means you are writing off huge parts of the country.

“Broadly speaking, liberalism emphasizes individual rights and equality of opportunity. … including extensive freedom of thought and speech, limitations on the power of governments, the rule of law, the free exchange of ideas, a market or mixed economy”

Sure, buddy

Jack_Savage (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 3:05PM EST (link)

So Rush had nothing to do with 1994? Keep saying it and you might begin to believe it.

And I HAVE written off places like Detroit and Chicago. We have seen the effects of your liberal policies there, but they are simply to stupid to grasp it.

 

Proving once again that "moderate" Republicans only win with Conservative coat-tails to carry them over.

Martin Knight (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 8:24PM EST (link)

Newt developed the Contract With America, and thanks in great part to Rush pushing it on his show, Americans finally got to hear an bold agenda that gave them a clear choice, not the weak and faint echo of Democrats the “moderates” under Bob Michel had been selling for 40 years, and they chose the GOP.

That’s the reason Newt and the rest of the class of 1994 made Rush an honorary member of the House GOP Caucus.

Of course, the very same North East “moderates” that got to be part of a majority for the first time immediately created the RMSP to sabotage the very same agenda that got them to the promised land after 40 years in the wilderness.

 
 
 

Rush is not a republican leader

antisocial (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 12:36PM EST (link)

He is a citizen who has a show which is quite popular. He is a conservative. He is not a politician and says what he thinks is right. Eben if that offends people. How is he responsible for state of republican party? Who made him face of republican party? Sir democrats did. And people like Michael Steele helped that. I was surprised with Steele’s comments. He should have known better. Bad mouthing him was stupid for RNC Chair. If Michael Steele does not know how to handle questions like that on TV he should just stop doing that. He should instead focus on streamlining the party.

Rush has a Right to say whatever he wants. At least until now.

You say you won’t discuss his personal life still you call his personal life “ugly”.

You say – “Millions who listen to him can’t stand him but listen because they are so outraged by him.” How did you invent that logic? It sure sounds weird to me. You are absolutely wrong. People who can’t stand him are too thin skinned to turn on the radio when he is on. I am yet to meet a person who listens to him because they can’t stand him. I know I listen to him because I get an alternative view from the mainstream media. And I find that I agree with him more than 90% of the time.

Obama Doctrine – Boot On The Throat
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What is to be done?
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No. You can’t – Moe Lane
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The Emperor has no clothes!!!

Well...

liberalrepublican (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 2:24PM EST (link)

“You say – “Millions who listen to him can’t stand him but listen because they are so outraged by him.” How did you invent that logic?”

I got that from a post on that subject on the front page of RedState. I never checked the sources, I assumed it was factual.

“Broadly speaking, liberalism emphasizes individual rights and equality of opportunity. … including extensive freedom of thought and speech, limitations on the power of governments, the rule of law, the free exchange of ideas, a market or mixed economy”

lol

speciallist (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 2:32PM EST (link)

you should stop….

Umh, it's true

omar Monday, March 9th at 9:25AM EST (link)

Obviously you guys all hate me and won’t believe, but I assure you I know of at least 3 other people who listen to rush because they don’t like him.. He’s obviously popular so you have a lot of people listening to him just to see what the fuss is all about. And like it or not, he is a bad face for the republican party. He’s too polarizing, he’s got the base, no doubt but that’s not an election winner. Unfortunately if elections are to be won moderates and independents are needed and generally speaking they don’t like him. Maybe things will change with all the attention he’s been garnering but like liberalrepublican said rush says things clearly meant to insult people. Not to mention his tremendous ability for terrible, awful, sound bites and a personal history to be ashamed of. Democrats have their own share of problem people but they’re smart enough not to make them face of their party or at least keep their problematic remarks out of the limelite. Like it or not, rush is an entertainer, he’s a radio talk show host, can we please put his position in society in scale in stead of improperly promoting him to some position of power based on ratings. It’s like if john stewart were proclaimed as the face of the democratic party.

"Democrats have their own share of problem people but they’re smart enough not to make them face of their party or at least keep their problematic remarks out of the limelite.".....I call BS.....

Attack Mode (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 9:31AM EST (link)

Two Words. Joe. Biden.

“Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper” Peter Griffin…Family Guy

conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!

Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger

“I’ll create 5 million jobs from out of unicorn farts and pixie dust” Justatron paraphrasing Obamessiah…yes I love it that much.

and?

omar Monday, March 9th at 9:37AM EST (link)

Gaff-king? so what? like i said, he’s not the face of the party and is usually laughed at by both sides. not to mention you can’t possibly compare biden gaffs to the things rush has said.

Yes but Rush is not "a heartbeat away"....nt

Attack Mode (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 9:45AM EST (link)

“Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper” Peter Griffin…Family Guy

conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!

Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger

“I’ll create 5 million jobs from out of unicorn farts and pixie dust” Justatron paraphrasing Obamessiah…yes I love it that much.

and your Biden is a complete idiot...

Attack Mode (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 9:48AM EST (link)

I am surprised he can manage to get up in the morning and tie his own shoes. I think the man actually may have some sort of brain damage.

It’s sad. Really.

“Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper” Peter Griffin…Family Guy

conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!

Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger

“I’ll create 5 million jobs from out of unicorn farts and pixie dust” Justatron paraphrasing Obamessiah…yes I love it that much.

Aaron, quit feeding him. nt

barry915barry (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 9:50AM EST (link)

Common, barry

Rod_Patrick (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 10:05AM EST (link)

It’s just Omar’s another tutorial session from Teacher Aaron on Conservatism 101. Teacher Aaron has to realize that his student is actually a whiz kid of Leftocratic Studies in the other university.

I wonder how Aaron will introduce the gutsy talk show hero Rush to his fav student. Case in point:

“not to mention you can’t possibly compare biden gaffs to the things rush has said.”

A measuring stick is necessary. Omar has to correct his hypothesis to something like this:

Rush + Obama vs. Rather (or any from MSM) + Bush.

Biden has to be compared to VP Cheney.

not exactly...

omar Monday, March 9th at 10:14AM EST (link)

The only reason I responded to this one was not because I compare the current Obama vs Rush to Bush vs MSM. And if we compared Biden to Cheney then Biden would probably lose as it would be trivial to simply show the amount of power ability cheney had. I’m not going to debate what he did with it, but on absolute grounds Cheney is guaranteed to win, he took the vice presidential office to levels hitherto unknown. All I was getting at is that Rush is too polarizing a figure to have as the face of the Republican party. He’s not running for office but if people associate him as being what the republican party represents then the base will be ecstatic and elections will be lost.

this is such a liberal talking point

David Hinz (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 11:30AM EST (link)

it has become a KnownFact.

“Cheney…took the vice presidential office to levels hitherto unknown.”

Concrete FACT buddy, gimme facts. What power did VP Cheney usurp that was hitherto unknown?

I get so tired of this claptrap!

Way off topic

omar Monday, March 9th at 1:21PM EST (link)

Especially coming from a guy with a rule in his name decrying responses to “people like me” because that is a hardcore bait for a much launch into a really really long response. But I’ll give you two facts because a cursory google search for “cheney vice presidential power” turns up a slew of responses. Oh, and usurp implies he took someone else’s power. He didn’t take someone else power, he created powers he shouldn’t have and asserted a position that has not traditionally been given to the vice president. He also was largely responsible for the tremendous increases in executive power in general. He didn’t just strengthen the vice presidency, it was more about the executive branch in general. By strengthening that branch he awarded the president further powers which he could then either influence the president to use them or use them him self. I’m not a historian but I’m pretty sure there has been at least one vice president who took relate-able steps towards increased vice presidential powers (and executive in general). Although, that neither validates the actions or changes recent history where the vice president has played a significantly more muted role. Not to mention the number of times the vice president has been labeled as largely a meaningless position.

But… you wanted facts so…
There’s the “Treat as Top Secret” classification he created in order to classify documents in a way that would otherwise have required a presidential seal. And followed up with Bill Leonard, head of the government’s Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO), told Rep. Waxman’s staff that Cheney’s office has refused to provide his staff with details regarding classified documents or submit to a routine inspection as required by presidential order, according to Waxman. That’s a paraphrase from another article and extremely hear-say-ish so I’m not a fan and maybe it changed afterwards, the source is MSM and from 2007, although the treat as top secret classification is definitely true.

There’s on Capitol Hill, for the first time the vice president sat in on the Republican caucus meetings. Nothing illegal, just unprecedented.

He organized Guantanamo and worked with Yoo to get the legal authorizations for torture. In addition to the other european locations that had our own agents being charged in italian and german courts.
It would be an understatement to say he had a much larger than normal influence with the president. He was rather out there and in the open with he and his office supporting the Iraq war and being the source of media information ala scooter libby. Which later turned out to be categorically false. I believe it was him, not the president that was on “meet the press” confirming the now-known to be false statements about WMD in iraq. Maybe his agents were all wrong, We’ll never know because he hid his records and asserted he was not subject to the same requirements are the president.

But you know, this is so far off topic, I’d much rather keep this discussion to somewhere it’s more useful than on a completely unrelated post where all I was talking about was having a divisive party representative. I’ll gladly discuss cheney and vice presidential powers but this doesn’t seem like the place for it.

They're coming for you Omar..be afraid...nt

Attack Mode (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 1:28PM EST (link)

“Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper” Peter Griffin…Family Guy

conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!

Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger

“I’ll create 5 million jobs from out of unicorn farts and pixie dust” Justatron paraphrasing Obamessiah…yes I love it that much.

 

We require links...

speciallist (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 1:29PM EST (link)

links? really?

omar Monday, March 9th at 1:51PM EST (link)

I can link to the ABC blogger article about the first quote from Rep Waxman but that’s not the real source, waxman is.

Do you want me to find a video of him on meet the press? is that necessary?

for treated as secret http://harpers.org/archive/2007/06/hbc-90000366 harpers magazine siting the washington post.
scooter libby was already in the news enough.

and there’s npr http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99422633
for attending the caucuses.

Yes...more youtube and NPR links....

speciallist (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 1:53PM EST (link)

but if it's fox news

omar Monday, March 9th at 1:59PM EST (link)

it’d be all you need, right?
Just because it came from npr doesn’t somehow make it false, I didn’t site the article for anything else other than that one verifiable fact. if he didn’t maybe you can show me a source to the contrary.

I said I want more...

speciallist (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 2:02PM EST (link)

I didn’t say it was false…

alrighty

omar Monday, March 9th at 2:09PM EST (link)

You’ve piqued my interest, what would you like me to find more sources about?

Get with the program...

speciallist (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 2:30PM EST (link)

you need to do the job that people with Jobs can’t do..

bring Everything you got…I’ll check back after Work….

you're not the only one

omar Monday, March 9th at 2:32PM EST (link)

because i’m apparently liberal doesn’t mean i don’t have a job

Omarcraft...you'll make a great pet...

speciallist (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 2:39PM EST (link)

i’ll be home later for your walk….

wait......'apparently liberal'...LOL

speciallist (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 2:40PM EST (link)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Omar,

Rod_Patrick (Diary) Tuesday, March 10th at 3:47AM EST (link)

Honestly, I wish Cheney is back there in the WH with all the posturings by Iran, Syria, Palestine (mostly to be taken over by Hamas), Venezuela, Russia, and China.

One good thing though: Iraq and Afghanistan are no longer in the list.

Cheney is the epitome of a man who can really get things done despite the circuitous and inefficient bureacratic processes in Washington.

As to Liberals’ rants of curtailing freedom during the Cheney’s term as VP,, the fact that MSM and the Dems controlled almost 90% of the rant in all media platforms in the last 6 years means that Freedom of Speech were respected. Bush and Cheney were able to do what they had to do based on their executive powers without a single individual or journalist locked up in jail or killed in the process.

During those times, I really wanted to close down CNN, NBC, ABC for all the Anti-American and treasonous rants they spewed especially against the Military. But I was just a lesser man compared to the President.

…. in summary…. I am proud of VP Cheney.

 
 
 
 

Rod, when the guy writes.......

barry915barry (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 10:24AM EST (link)

“he’s got the base, no doubt but that’s not an election winner.”

Umm, the only way to win is WHEN you have the base (as a general rule). Typical lefty talking point to try and drive the GOP (and/or conservatives) OFF their winning message. The left can’t win with ideas, so they attack the messenger. Omar is hopelessly (almost) clueless in this regard, and simply results to personal attacks against Rush Limbaugh. Yes, he needs LOTS of schooling, and perhaps a lesson in manners.
BTW, if they want to compare their parties VP, with someone not even “in politics”, we have already won the war. Now we just have to win the battles along the way.

I think that Aaron can hold open school hours, if Omar actually agrees to be objective ie, have an open mind. Aaron, the class hours will be long, and the lesson plan will have to be a very basic one. It is tough to teach a student who does not WANT to learn.

Heh...Not sure I would be the best teacher...

Attack Mode (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 10:37AM EST (link)

I would probably spend too much time taking people to the woodshed for some wall to wall counseling. This is a library of conservative literature right here on RedState. Look at peoples diary pages like EPU’s.

I don’t see omar as teachable right now. Maybe, as he listens to Rush just to experience the “outrage”, he may become interested in expanding his mind to include processes of logic.

If I had to put odds on whether he will learn or be blamed….30/70.

“Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper” Peter Griffin…Family Guy

conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!

Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger

“I’ll create 5 million jobs from out of unicorn farts and pixie dust” Justatron paraphrasing Obamessiah…yes I love it that much.

I'm just kidding, Prof. Aaron.

Rod_Patrick (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 10:49AM EST (link)

You’re a professor to me. Actually, Omar’s a lucky lib.

And I agree. If Omar is really sincere, he can listen to Rush’ show and hear for himself. If Omar doesn’t like Rush’s voice (Rush’s main minus factor to the women according to my wife), maybe he can go to Rush’s website to answer his own allegations about Rush.

"taking people to the woodshed" If the shoe fits........nt.

barry915barry (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 10:59AM EST (link)
 
 

*sigh* I'm not THAT dumb

omar Monday, March 9th at 11:03AM EST (link)

It’s like you took what I said and simultaneously ignored it. I know you need a motivated political base but there are choices/people that would be better than someone who alienates the majority of the populace. That’s ALL I’m saying. Rush has his benefits and stirs/motivates the conservative base but he’s a two sided sword and the consequences of putting him as the face instead of someone more centrist ultimately hurts elections. It seems we agree that he doesn’t make moderates/independents happy. When it comes to elections you need some of them to win. Rush is good that he brings a solid message to an apparently fragmented party, Republicans have been playing “me-too” politics when it comes to race/gender and need some focus but Rush is a little dangerous, he has nothing to lose and everything to gain by saying some crazy.

And please, if you’re going to be disrespectful, keep it to my arguments rather than lame insults at my intelligence. Not only is it disrespectful it really gives you guys a bad image if you resort to name calling when it would take the same amount of time to form a thought and type it up.

the truth makes Liberals very uncomfortable...

speciallist (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 11:17AM EST (link)

maybe you should get some Calamine lotion….

Actually, he's lucky.

Rod_Patrick (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 11:45AM EST (link)

David didn’t invoke the power of Hinz Rule.

Instead, David offered the guy with another question to reply.

since RS 3.0...nobody listens to poor David..

speciallist (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 11:54AM EST (link)

Lord Vegas must descend from above and re-educate the Chattering classes on what the Hinz rule is and how to use it safely…

LOL!!! nt

Rod_Patrick (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 12:14PM EST (link)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

my biden?

omar Monday, March 9th at 9:55AM EST (link)

I never said I liked him. Thankfully our president is young and hopefully vicepresidential powers will be returned to their previously minor status.

Minor Status...like being in charge of the Stimulus execution....

Attack Mode (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 10:20AM EST (link)

You know…uhh….uuuhh…whats the website number*…recovery.com …no uhhh…Recovery.gov.

Really I thought that was kind of a high visibility issue. If this stimulus and the recovery are minor, what exactly is major?

* Yes websites do have numbers but I doubt Joe was thinking of either of these:

204.160.100.124 :80

11001100.10100000.01100100.01111100 :80

Although it would have been great is some techie had put the binary on the prompter for him. Youtube would crash.

“Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper” Peter Griffin…Family Guy

conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!

Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger

“I’ll create 5 million jobs from out of unicorn farts and pixie dust” Justatron paraphrasing Obamessiah…yes I love it that much.

 
 

Slip-ons, Aaron

E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 10:11AM EST (link)

I’m convinced that he wears the slip-on type shoes. A little easier to navigate for the IQ-challenged national Democrat.

Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
Punch the Hippies h/t IMAO

55555.....;^)....nt

Attack Mode (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 10:37AM EST (link)

“Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper” Peter Griffin…Family Guy

conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!

Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger

“I’ll create 5 million jobs from out of unicorn farts and pixie dust” Justatron paraphrasing Obamessiah…yes I love it that much.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

And he's running for...what?

Jeff Emanuel (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 3:02PM EST (link)

And what position does he hold in the GOP?

JE

 
 

That's a big Amen. nt

redneck_hippie (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 10:36AM EST (link)

People not in the conservative movement or those who trust the MSM to feed them their “facts” will be slow to realize, at best, that Rush does speak for the base and is so needed to speak for the base, precisely because the party has been hijacked by a bunch of wusses who only care about their popularity with the media and the country be damned.


Activists Taking Action: Unified Patriots

 

Read the name. He's serious about it

The_Gadfly (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 1:42PM EST (link)

and has no clue as to how oxymoronic it is.

He manages to not run afoul of the abuse rules, but is otherwise indistinguishable from a moby. Don’t feed the moby.

 
 
 

This was bound to happen

franklinslocke Saturday, March 7th at 10:59AM EST (link)

We knew this would happen. As soon as Obama invoked Rush’s name at that Congressional meeting, telling them not to listen to Rush, Rush was injected into the political discourse. That was a huge political blunder by Obama. He should have let that sleeping dog alone. By attacking Rush recently, it just bad strategy. Clinton learned to leave Rush alone and you would think that the Clintonites in Obama’s inner circle would have known better. Too late now. The horse is out the barn now. Rush cleaned Clinton’s clock and Clinton was a much better politician. Obama doesn’t stand a chance. Also, this is great for conservatism, because the message will get out to more of a broader audience

Thank you, Obama.

http://franklinslocke.blogspot.com/

It's Not Just Rush - Obama Went After Hannity Too

IJB Saturday, March 7th at 4:47PM EST (link)

And it won’t be long until they target O’Reilly and Beck as well (and, note – I’m not a fan of these last two).

But it’s the old adage – you tell people not to listen to these guys, and all people will want to do is listen to these guys!

But nothing Obama & co. have done in office has demonstrated much in the way of smarts. They’re handing the keys of the kingdom back to Rush and Hannity & co.

Sucks to be them!!

 
 

BUY A MEMBERSHIP

fisk2521 Saturday, March 7th at 11:04AM EST (link)

I just bought a membership and am proud to be a member of rush’s club. I hope everyone who can will do the same.

We don’t live in a country like Russia that controls what you hear and who you hear. They kill or send to Siberia any journalist who disagrees with THE GOVERNMENT.

Stand up for free speech. Support Rush Limbaugh.

LDavis

 

Can't prove causation, but

redneck_hippie (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 1:05PM EST (link)

on a side topic, I saw that The One’s approval index is back down to +8 and that Whoopi went on an anti-tax tirade on The View yesterday.

Now, since Rush Limbaugh is a stand-in for conservative thought, let’s just say, why can’t The View be a stand-in for liberal thought?

Oops,

Shouldn’t Eric Cantor go on tv and annoint Whoopi the voice of the democrat party?

You can see the rant on hotair and the approval index on rasmussenreports.

Just sayin.


Activists Taking Action: Unified Patriots

 

This is one of those few times where I'm glad that I may be proven wrong.

Martin Knight (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 2:04PM EST (link)

I still think Rush should call up the producers of the MSM news shows and arrange to show up on the nation’s TV screens for one on ones with the best Obama and his media have to offer …

… but it would seem I am wrong about people tuning in to Rush to find out for themselves what the big deal is. I thought not enough would do it without Rush going into Obama territory on the networks, but from the numbers I’m seeing here it appears I may have “misunderestimated” Rush’s outside appeal.

Blame it on Fox News...

rbdwiggins (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 2:48PM EST (link)

Had they decided against televising Rush’s closing speech at CPAC, only a few snippets from C-Span and a little creative editing from the networks would have seen the light of day, and liberals would be in control of the “Fail” narrative.

Rush controls the narrative now. He’s much too smart to relinquish his control to a bunch of partisan-Democrat has beens.

Now, if the networks should ever want to simulcast a live debate…

As it stands now: If people really want to hear the truth about why Rush wants Obama’s policies to fail, then they’ll just have to tune-in to find out.

That said, Americans are a curious lot…

“Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.” – Ronald Reagan

CNN carried it live as well - nt

Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 4:09PM EST (link)

Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” – Andrew Jackson

True, but only because Fox News...

rbdwiggins (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 9:50PM EST (link)

announced days before that they would carry Rush’s “20-minute speech” live.

Not that anyone watches CNN on Saturday afternoon anyway.

Although, I’d be willing to bet CNN is still smarting from the loss of ad revenue over the course of Rush’s “ninety-minute speech. “

“Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.” – Ronald Reagan

Didn't know why CNN decided at the last minute to carry it

Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 9:52PM EST (link)

and they must also have smarted from all Rush’s references to Fox in the speech!

Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” – Andrew Jackson

 
 
 
 
 

I personally would like to thank Rahm etc for raising Rush's numbers...

JadedByPolitics (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 3:07PM EST (link)

He makes absolute sense and his growing audience will recognize that what he is saying is true which will of course help with the 2010 takeover of the Congress…..THANKS idiots for doing for Rush what he couldn’t have done for himself!

Here, here.

Incredible (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 4:37PM EST (link)

Thanks, ballerina! By the way, my daughter has a recital coming up; could you help us pick out a tutu? I think that your about the same size!

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” Thomas Jefferson

Since Rush Reads Redstate:

Incredible (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 4:39PM EST (link)

Well played, sir. Well played indeed. – from a 2nd gen. Rushophite.

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” Thomas Jefferson

 

Hey Incredible come here...

JadedByPolitics (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 5:10PM EST (link)

explain your little ballerina comment. You are either calling me small in a mental way or I really don’t know what in the hell you are saying…..so explain!

Rahm Emanuel was a ballerina - nt

Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 5:16PM EST (link)

Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” – Andrew Jackson

Thank you for explaining GC I knew Rahm was light in the loafers!

JadedByPolitics (Diary) Saturday, March 7th at 10:06PM EST (link)
 
 
 
 

Did you see this one

djemi (Diary) Monday, March 9th at 10:05AM EST (link)

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/09/flashback-poll-showed-democrats-wanted-bush-fail/

So more Dems wanted Bush to fail, Ah I see it surpose to be a one way street.

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