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Add to NewsvineJust got a phone call from a friend on the road near Houston, who says he's listening to Rush Limbaugh on the radio ripping into Huckabee and McCain. "He's saying that the people who think government can help you are Huckabee and McCain," my friend, a culturally conservative Democrat, says. The caller says Rush isn't tearing into Evangelicals so much as he's trying to talk them out of liking Huck, the economically moderate social conservative. "Populist" is Rush's dirty word today.
"When did Rush Limbaugh stop being in favor of Reagan Democrats?" my friend asks.
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For anyone who would like to indulge in the Schadenfreude (sorry, Max, but it is a noun as well as a personal name) of watching the Buckley/Vidal spitballing match, here is a link to a site where you can download video.
http://www.pitt.edu/~kloman/debates.html
Fight fiercely, Hahvahd!
Posted by: sigaliris | January 5, 2008 2:46 PM
Limbaugh is a flim-flam man who recognized the potential for a high-paying gig by merely using cheap polemics
Limbaugh is merely the creation of the MSM. Hardly a flim-flam.
Had the media been fair, there would have been no market for Limbaugh. However, back in the day he was really the only place for the common man who didn't read much to get an opposing view to the liberal media. The liberal elite absolutely hates the typical rural conservative, so millions of them were begging for somebody, anybody, to provide them with news without contempt. Rush jumped on it once the Fairness (sic) Doctrine fell, and the rest is history. Sadly, the media still absolutely hates rural conservatives, pro-lifers, etc. They just can't let it go, and didn't learn a thing.
Rush has a lot of talent as a performer, but there are dozens of guys like that. He just happened to fill a slot that needed to be filled first and is now living off the past. Right now, due to cable and the internet, he has lost his reason for being.
The fact liberals even care about him at all speaks more to their frustration they feel due to the loss of their media control much more than it does about Rush himself, who is actually pretty mellow, nothing like so many hate-filled folk on the left and right, say Savage and Air America. The guys been on the air for 20 years, 3 hrs a day, and there simply isn't much nasty stuff to look at over all that time. He's actually pretty tame and boring. Libs, however, will never forgive him for breaking their monopoly.
Drudge is really who libs should be bashing. He appeals more to the higher end of the bell curve, controls a lot of the MSM, and thus has higher impact. I can't believe everyone doesn't just ignore Rush, he's no longer the "go-to" conservative and is mostly about entertainment. He would put me to sleep in less than five minutes.
Posted by: M_David | January 5, 2008 5:07 PM
M_David, that was a nice post, but Rush is without a doubt still the go-to conservative.
Because he is a gentleman AND A TEACHER, liberals not only hate him, but actually fear him and will do whatever it takes to get him off the air.
When Rush went deaf, there were orgasms of joy all across Liberaldom, but Rush got an implant and came back stronger than ever. As much as Conservatives hate the corruption, lies, filth and arrogance of the Clintons, liberals hate Rush. They wish they could ignore him, but that's not even remotely possible.
Big league libs don't talk about Hannity or Coulter or the rest, but they do mention Rush--often. An incredibly knowledgeable, civil, entertaining, traditional conservative TEACHER on the air for 3/5 is their worst nightmare because he exposes liberalism for what it is and what it has defiled throughout history. Moreover, he actually converts people from liberalism.
He is still the "man".
Drudge OTOH is a collector and presenter of factual news--important, but not nearly as meaningful to the cause as Rush.
Posted by: Cleveland | January 5, 2008 9:24 PM
I listen to Rush (sometimes) because he is right on the morality of "The Left." But, he is sorely misguided on what he thinks about Christians in politics. We are not the fiscal conservatives he is, and believe me, we are nothing like whatthe Democrats want to do to the populace. What bad can really happen "by" the Democrats? They'll implement some basically evil things on Americans, BUT, only for a few short years. Cleveland, isn't it interesting how much Leftists really do NOT believe in free and open speech? They are purely evil people IMHO. I like Rush for the most part, but he needs to get to know Christians a bit better. Moderate taxation, The Right to Life and morally sound marriage (a man a woman) is of course what decent people support. Other than that, the discussion is open.
Posted by: Donny | January 6, 2008 10:02 AM
Donny, your heart is in the right place, but please consider this:
"[Rush] is sorely misguided on what he thinks about Christians in politics."
He thinks TRUE Christianity--as opposed to the left's phoney, Socialist "Christianity"--in politics is to be encouraged and supported because Christianity is Conservative in nature. I am an orthodox and politically conservative Catholic, and NOTHING Rush has said in 18 years is contrary to my faith or politics. Perhaps I just don't understand what you mean, but if you are referring to his spat with Huck, trust me, it has absolutely, positively nothing to do with the fact that Huck is a Christian.
"We are not the fiscal conservatives he is..."
Oh yes we are! Fiscal Conservatives like Rush--as opposed to most Libertarians--have no problem with moderate taxation ("Render on to Caesar...", etc.) to maintain National defense and whatever other limited number of things the Feds must do because the states can't--things of an interstate and/or foreign nature.
"[Democrats will] implement some basically evil things on Americans, BUT, only for a few short years."
I don't understand why you think the evil that has/is being rendered for 20 or 30 years by each Liberal on the Supreme and other Federal Courts is "only for a few short years." Moreover, the evil those judges do lives on well after their terms on the bench.
"I like Rush for the most part, but he needs to get to know Christians a bit better."
Donny, my friend, it is you who needs to get to know Rush better. You and he are religious and political allies.
If I've misunderstood something, please let me know.
Posted by: Cleveland | January 6, 2008 5:34 PM
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