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Blaming other people for problems does not work.
Realizing you are the problem and changing what you do does.

Contempt prior to investigation keeps you ignorant.

There are nuts on both sides of the fence at the peanut farm.

And there is a negative correlation between intelligence
and any sort of fervor, ie.. political, religious, social....

That means stupid people hate stupid people....
I need to make a bumper sticker that says that.

RichC


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I used to listen to Rush, quite a bit a few years back...

At the time, I was "feeling" down and I needed to hear, someone, ANYONE, that could console my soul without drugs (How ironic.), "shrinks" (I'm that tall, not that edumacated! ) or the usual amount of dispensation of my wealth to someone who was waiting for me to figure what my problem might be...

I found solace in Rush's words and works...

He was nailing the problem(s) "on the head" AND he was using humor to do it...

Yet, at the time, no one else was on the air doing the same thing...

Now, why should I expect CMAC2012, dculkins, RichC, Spamman450, tankdriver, 732002, or anyone else to like what Rush says or does? I don't expect that in the least...I'm interested in what makes me feel good...

Now, Al Franken decided he could write books and go on other "yak shows" to counter what he perceived as attacks on his "Holy Grail" of worship...leftist thinking and logic...

And the titles of BOTH books he ended up writing used his life's philosophy to its fullest...by personally attacking the subject and not the substance...he made some money, but not enough...once the substance was revealed within those pages, sales dwindled...

On to his next project...get some REALLY LIBERAL MONEY to back up Al's next plan - "AIR AMERICA" - Suck in the patriots with the word "AMERICA" in the title (Rush's show is using just HIS name - how "bloated" of an ego does that take? And it's so un-AMERICAN!) and spend HOURS tearing down the personalities of Conservatives and non-like thinkers and doers...

And, how well is that show doing today?

It ain't...

"AIR AMERICA" is now a piece of broadcast history and distant memories, almost like "Amos & Andy" - only more PC because a liberal thought it up.

But, Rush continues on...

Why?

Rush keeps his program going by staying fresh and attacking POLICIES THAT ARE FLAWED - WHETHER THEY BE LIBERAL, DEMOCRATIC, GREEN, REPUBLICAN OR TUTTY-FRUTTY...IT DOESN'T MATTER...IF IT STINKS AND THE PRESS AIN'T REPORTING IT...RUSH WILL DRAG IT OUT FROM UNDER THE ROCK WHERE IT GROWS AND HIT IT WITH THE LIGHT THAT THE DAMN THING FEARS...

And, if all that Rush is pulling out from under the rocks happens to be either Liberal, Democratic, Green or Tutty-Frutty, then THOSE FOLKS are going to feel threatened and offended. And occasionally, a Republican, or three, will get Rush's well-deserved "verbal boot" up their @55es as well.

In the meantime, "Where's Al?"

In Minnesota, where if Paul Wellstone could have done as well as he did, maybe he has a snow-ball's chance (God knows it's cold enough up this way!) to make it into Congress, where he can put on his "Don Quiote" (sp?) hat and cape and get Rush off the air and save AMERICA once again from the bane of DemoLibeReenTuFus around the nation. Harry Reid gave it his best and tried, but Al just knows that he will be able to do it better and this time, succeed!

NOT!

Now, Rush's analysis of any situation does have limits and he's smart enough to know when to quit, but he puts it out there, every broadcast day, for everyone to hear and analyze themselves.

He's not dictating policy from the microphone, he's lambasting it.

He's not passing laws that are short-sighted and ill-funded...he's pointing out the idiocy that passes those laws.

And...he's not above poking fun at himself, either.

But, I suppose that item is lost on the lost, because of themselves.



If you can't laugh at yourself, should you be laughing at others?



Just a "short" thought from a 65" tall (short) kinda' guy (At least the last time I looked! )...

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You seem to have an idealised version of the democrat party that does not conform to reality.
Someone with a better memory than me will help out, but the dems refused to allow someone ( governor of PA?) to speak at their (2004?) convention. He is a right-to lifer, and was set top speak, but was removed from the program.

There is no diversity of substance inside the democrat party.

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Rush wins again.

Anytime he can create a buzz, especially negative press from the left, he gets the publicity on which he depends. You are part of his cadre of loyal supporters. He should reward you with a subscription to "The Limbaugh Letter", in hope that you will continue to give him free advertising.

B

"I am a liberal. Not a doormat."
But like every liberal I ever met, you expect to treat others like one and not have it stick to you.

"I do not have to put up with bull****."
Neither do we. Why does that give a Liberal the moral high ground?

"I can speak out against anyting I want.
And so can you, or anyone else.
That is called freedom of speach."
I'll give you credit there. If you mean it, you will be ONE liberal who believes in freedom of speech. Most will say the same thing, but want to shut everyone else up if their not being polititcally correct.

"Just like Rush can spew his trash, so can I."
There is a big difference between truth and trash you will never get.

"I do not hate people, but I can hate there words and actions.
Most conservatives dont seem to understand that."
It sounds like you are trying to convince yourself, not me. But then again, liberals paint everything with the same broad brush.


"But, if you need someone to blame for your problems,
go ahead blame a liberal."
Where blame is due, I will place it. When stupid liberal bull***** policies designed to steal from me and give it away to causes or people who want to spend their lives in the teat and put back nothing but trash talk, expect me to be vocal and resistant. When you can't defend yourselves and your actions, calling us haters and racists always works!

Quotes by tankdriver: "It's because liberals are diverse, and conservatives are not."
WHAT???? You have got to be kidding me! You don't know many or any conservatives do you? We have more points that we can agree on, true, but conservatives are very diverse and we come in different colors and races too!

"There hasn't been more than two kinds of Republicans in 60 years. There are more kinds of liberals than you can shake a stick at. One can't pander to a diverse group, one would spend too much time talking about a slew of topics - only a small portion of which any one listener would care about."
You don't know many Republicans either. Who would have thought there would ever be a group of law abiding, gun toting log cabin Gay Republicans? Not me! I know that most Republicans find more in common than liberals will. I'll agree with there are more kinds of liberals than you can shake a stick at. But in my experience living in areas of the country heavily liberal, I can honestly say that although they pretend otherwise, liberals really don't like much, especially each other! This was my personal experience living in places like San Francisco, Seattle (the worst place ever), Los Angeles, New York, etc.

"Liberals are generally smart enough not to blame their counterparts for everything. Liberals spread blame among many. That makes for a more difficult show, and one would tend to sound like a ranting lunatic."

Since when have liberals not blamed their counterparts for everything? RODLMAO! With liberals spreading the blame around to many, who could argue with them sounding like raving lunatics! They sound like it because THEY ARE!!! The blame goes around with a flame suit on, but there is hardly ever any real facts to back up their baseless arguments! That is what makes them sound like lunatics who are full of crap!

"I would only hate to debate any of those guys if it was on their own show. Let me pick the cameraman, producer, and editor and I'd take any one of them on."
Now there we can TOTALLY agree! A liberal on his own show will never let you make your point without shouting you down! This is why Al Franken couldn't make Air America pay it's bills. His constant raving and ranting led everyone to believe that he was and still is a bitter and sour individual. I've seen very few liberals ever back up an argument with facts, including Al Franken!

I believe that Air America really backfired. It convinced a lot of people that being a conservative isn't really bad and definitely numbers of conservatives are growing as well as Republicans. True liberals and Democrats are growing smaller in number everyday and I firmly and solidly believe that this is why there is so much pandering to the fringe element out there, they need all the bodies they can get!

The one thing I can honestly say that I like about Rush Limbaugh is that he gives everyone the oppportunity to come on his show and debate with him without fear of reprisals or talking down to them.

I forgot about that!!!! Thank you for bringing that one back up! So much for the freedom of speech thing! How true!

I think he would also include an Operation Chaos bumper sticker and T-shirt for Berkeley residents.

Bob Casey

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Has a RNC ever had a pro-choice speaker?

Edit: pro-choice not anti-choice.

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Some of both sides, IIRC. Swarzennegger, and Powell are pro-abortionists and have given very high profile speeches while most viable candidates for the presidency since Reagan have been anti-abortionists.

Interesting!
Rather than agree with the point--you change the subject.
The claim was that democrats, being liberals were tolerant, and alowed, even sought, diversity.
The Bob Casey non-speech completely destroys the liberal diversity claim.
So, what does a good liberal do? he attacks! "You do it too!"

In point of fact, as Bot has posted, pro choice Republicans do get national speaking exposure.

So again, Which is the party of diversity?

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Congrats from Rush, cmac--you have created a 57 post discussion about him that wasn't present before......you may have even encouraged some who haven't posted but are curious to listen to his show.

Ta-dah!

I wouldn't go so far as to say that there is no diversity inside the Democratic party, but the people who rise to the top in that type of organization are often the most zealous partisans. Diversity is not always at the top of their list of important values.

The exclusion of Governor Casey from speaking at the convention (I remember it as the 2000 convention, but I'm not sure about that) was foolish, IMHO. It made the Party look as if it is afraid of opposing views.