Margaret does Howard still listen to Rush everyday? I don’t listen to him often, but I tune in every now and again. He’s like a train wreck on the evening news. You don’t want to believe it’s true, but you keep checking back to see if there are any survivors.
Lately, I find myself tuning in for Open Line Fridays because that is when the real crazies come out. You just have to laugh at these morons if only for the fact that they are calling into a guy who is technically deaf. I mean, what’s the point really?
Having recently seen Mr. Limbaugh on the news giving that speech to the CPAC, I will definitely be listening in on this week’s Open Line Friday when I am sure Krispy Kreme will be calling in asking for their donuts back. Do they make an OxyContin donut these days? It certainly would explain a great deal.
A couple of weeks ago I was listening when a caller phoned in to ask Rush if he had really said that he wanted President Obama to fail. While these are not direct quotes, the general idea is pretty true to the actual call. If anybody heard this as well, let me know because I never thought such gullibility existed outside of the Orwell novel Animal Farm.
Rush: Go ahead caller.
Caller: Rush. Dittos from anywhere USA. I am a first time caller and I am so glad I reached you because I am so mad at my local news station.
Rush: Well Ma’am what exactly did your local news station do to get you so upset?
Caller: Rush. They reported that you said you wanted Obama to fail. And I listen to you all the time and I know I have never heard you say that. I mean I was so upset and I want to write a letter to them but I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss something. I mean you didn’t say that did you?
Rush: You know this is what makes me so mad. How the liberal media takes my words out of context and then turns them into a sensational news story just to try and make me look like a villain.
Caller: Well I knew you would never say something like that, but I wanted to make sure.
Rush: It is all so preposterous. Here is what happened. Here is what really happened and what I really said. A major print publication contacted me to get an opinion piece from me on what I thought about the Obama Presidency. They wanted me to give them a 400 word opinion piece. I told them I don’t need 400 words. I told them all I need is four words: I hope he fails. And that is what I said.
Caller: Well, I knew you would never say that you wanted Obama to fail. I am going to write a letter to my news station and tell them to start telling the truth because I listen to you and I know what you really said.
Rush: Yes Ma’am. You do that. Because I know what I said as well…
So Margaret, ask Howad to explain this to me. Do you have to be deaf to be a caller on Open Line Fridays or just an idiot? Or maybe it’s both?
Seriously. Rush Limbaugh is too stupid to be getting this much attention, but we seem to be living here on Animal Farm where Republican leaders are kneeling down to their Napoleon pig king asking for forgiveness. Nothing surprises me anymore. Maybe Rush’s call screener should start by asking “two legs or four?”
Well Margaret, I hope you and Howard are staying warm. It’s getting harder and harder to travel these days but I do hope we can plan a trip soon. Know that I love you. I mean it. Really.
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By: telephone prospecting on October 30, 2012
at 11:49 PM
we need to put rush limbaugh into a (very) small soundproof box and ship him off to antarctica. maybe then the large hunk of ice that’s obviously replaced his heart will help re-freeze the ice and do some good for once?
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By: Emilia on March 15, 2009
at 2:16 PM
Bet you this caller was the same lady at the McCain rally who asked if Obama was an Arab. LOL!
By: Kim on March 12, 2009
at 2:42 PM
Thanks Maven Δ!
Is is Friday yet?
ŸŸŸ “hic”
By: JaneDoe on March 11, 2009
at 5:34 PM
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By: Maven Δ on March 10, 2009
at 5:01 PM
Now, now, people…don’t you realize what a big difference it is between Rush “wanting” Obama to fail and “hoping” he will fail?
I’m surprised you can’t discern that huge gulf of difference. I would explain it to you, but the OxyContin is kicking in and I really don’t have…the….
By: Deacon Blue on March 10, 2009
at 11:33 AM
Off Topic but this just makes me smile. Seems that “nature” is exacting a bit of revenge. . .
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29605265/
By: Greytdog Δ on March 10, 2009
at 8:49 AM
This is great – Meghan McCain rips Ann Coulter:
http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2009/03/09/meghan-mccain-slams-ann-coulter-hard/#cont
By: Syko on March 10, 2009
at 7:48 AM
It wouldn’t be funny if it weren’t so true Greytdog! Excellent find, thanks for pointing me in that direction.
By: lorbe103 on March 10, 2009
at 6:13 AM
Thought you folks would enjoy this:
“This Modern World”
The GOP’s surefire 11-point plan for success!
By Tom Tomorrow
http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2009/03/10/tomo/index.html
By: Greytdog Δ on March 10, 2009
at 5:53 AM
I have to share this-
When I would get stuck in traffic on the East coast – beats LA and SEATTLE big time- and would be falling asleep I would look for a channel with either Rush or Oliver North on them.
It usually took less than 2 minutes to get my blood pressure pumping so much I could stay awake for another 24 hours.
Sure glad I am not in that traffic any more and have to subject myself to such mind altering tactics!!
By: PNWgal on March 10, 2009
at 4:12 AM
Has anyone seen this yet?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1159677/Pictured-The-credit-crunch-tent-city-returned-haunt-America.html
By: troutay on March 10, 2009
at 3:54 AM
When will Americans be civilized in their politics? When will they stop thinking they are a Christian Nation when they give so little to the less fortunate overseas? When will thet stop thinking politicians must be Christians and that the only critieria is being anti gay, anti choice and anti Islamic?
When will Americans stop hating people of different colour? When will they finally see how destructive their gun rights really is. When will they stop peverting proper political ideologies such as Conservatism? When will they start debating like civilized (I used your American spelling) people and not have VPs saying the f-word?
When will they start thinking practically instead of saying freedom is everything and they won the Cold War )(which they did not). When will they stop harping on how great democracy is when they have made a mockery of it. When will they stop criticising countries on human rights when they can’t accept a non white leader and lock their own native Americans in camps.
When will they sit down and agree to disagree but not make ridiculous claims like they want leaders to fail. When will they see that capitalism has failed over and over and stop harping on its being the best state?
And when will they even bother to change?
By: hi on March 10, 2009
at 2:01 AM
Hi Helen, gramma rock and gang,
It never ceases to mystify me why there is such a preoccupation with self-proclaimed media soothsayers who masquerade as political pundits. But whatever turns anybody on.
I’m back and have been busy pacing myself and ‘healing’. More on my personal stuff later perhaps. gramma rock, I’m very glad you and your husband have one amputation down and maybe one to go. Us Old Timers play the hands we are dealt and usually come up winners, right?
Much of the news of the day has been pretty grim of late. However, I have been impressed with the energy the Obama Administration has been exhibiting to turn the country around. There have been a few missteps of course, but I think they have been courageous enough to step up to the plate, admit them and try to correct them.
I thought it was interesting that Hillary Clinton has taken the initiative in mending fences with Russia, (restart button), sending envoys to SYRIA! and personally going to Turkey!
It was reported that she was on a TV talk show there similar to ‘The View’ here in our country. It does show AMERICANS that Turkey is a secular country like ours even though it is predominately Islamic. A smart move on Hillary’s part.
A few of you may remember the lengthy comment I posted here some time ago about our adventures in Istanbul and other parts of Turkey when we were there several years ago. We did not go to Ankara, the capital though.
Plenty of financial houses-of-cards have been falling down! There are probably more to come. Here are a couple of thoughts I would like to run up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes. I am not a lawyer, so I don’t know the legal ramifications but the new Justice Department has been pretty aggressive about going after tax shelter accounts, especially in Switzerland. The biggest bank there has agreed to release the account numbers of Americans who have parked assets in those accounts. Maybe the Justice Department will go after banks in the Caribbean too.
It is possible they can round up the tax dodgers. I don’t know for sure but I think they can confiscate the funds, impose hefty fines and dump them all into the treasury. Multiply that by however many tax cheats there are and we are talking BIG BUCKS!!!!! Enough to lop off a trillion or so from the deficit?????
I personally don’t care whether they go to jail or not. If they can do a guilty plea bargain a la Madoff, that’s fine with me. People who define themselves by how much money and power they have are NOTHING with their names disgraced and their reputations shredded. I’m not into revenge, just justice.
Wadda ya think?
Aloha!
Jean
By: Jean on March 10, 2009
at 12:48 AM
I went on Facebook and posted a video of Letterman lambasting Rush Limbaugh. One of my conservative friends said “He was funny until he started being a mouthpiece for the Democrats.” I replied that Rush advocates hate and misuse of reason and I gave a very good example.
Another good friend of mine told me I simply didn’t know what I was talking about and to please stop equating Rush with hate because he doesn’t advocate that.
So I ticked off the feminazi remarks, the mocking of Michael J. Fox’s disease, calling military against the war “fake” soldiers, etc., and asked, “How is that not advocating hate?”
He never responded.
I grew up in Texas, and while these are my friends, I can’t see how they can possibly agree in any way with this blow hard.
By: Psychedelikat on March 9, 2009
at 10:35 PM
From now on any republican who proposes any policy we shall chant I want xxxx to fail.
By: hi on March 9, 2009
at 6:58 PM
Whirled peas: From an oldster, that is hilarious
Wedgies and Winos!!!
psychedelikat, not until I read the link that Whirled peas
posted and thought it was worth a “bump”
Thanks Raji, for the quotes. Were you aware that Frank Schaeffer is the son of the late evangelist Francis Schaeffer.
Δ & Ữ Yes
Δ & ¥ Yuck
By: Raji on March 9, 2009
at 6:28 PM
IMO, folks who are rooting for Obama to fail have already lost their souls. They have forgotten what it means to be the “loyal opposition” and have concentrated only on “opposition”. I didn’t like or agree with Bush/Cheney, and often wished Congress would have acted and impeached them both. BUT I never wanted Bush to fail – I wanted him to succeed, to prove to all of us who voted against him that WE were wrong, that he was a good leader, that he knew what the hell was going on – instead he circumvented the Constitution, he allowed Cheney/Rove to run a deep-shadow government op, and kept us terrorized for 8 years. But not once did I hear anyone say “I hope he fails”. I did hear and I did say He failed – I never sought his failure.
By: Greytdog Δ on March 9, 2009
at 6:01 PM
I agree with you baby, that hard right is praying our country will fail. We have to continue to scream at the top of our lungs THIS IS NOT OBAMA’s Mess! People tend to have short memories and unless we are vigilant about this they will paint this on Obama as sure as shittin.
By: lorbe103 on March 9, 2009
at 5:57 PM
I’ve spoken with four of my Republican neighbors, and I’m amazed at how intensely they want Obama to fail. They don’t care about the people who are losing their homes. They don’t care about Al Queda. They don’t even care about their hard-hit stock portfolios. They care about one thing only: Obama failing. In this “dream” of theirs, Obama takes the blame for the bad economy, and the Republicans do well in the 2010 elections. In a way, these Republicans are worse off than the families who are losing their homes. These Republicans are in danger of losing their souls.
By: babyming on March 9, 2009
at 5:50 PM
Great thread!
I think the strategy of tying Rush to the face of the repubs is a brilliant one. I can’t think of anything better for the dems.
He is terribly unpopular and will continue to showcase the hate filled right thinking.
BTW did any of you see why Meghan McCain was trashing Ann? Check out CNN.com political ticker.. It’s great!
By: lorbe103 on March 9, 2009
at 5:49 PM
It would probablly take a lot of rolls of duct tape, but I would gladly pay for it to shut his big mouth.
By: helper on March 9, 2009
at 4:19 PM
Rush is da Bomb! Like when you’ve had a greasy meal of hamburger piled on with slices of raw onions, ketchup, mustard/mayo, cheese, and you take extra capsules of intestinal correctional formula #1 (Dr. Schulze’s), and the next morning, you GO, really GO and it’s the stinkest biggest rush of crap that fills the toilet bowl. da Bomb!
I wonder how Helen is after listening to his Friday Call Ins? Hope she got to bomb after.
By: Honolulu Sally on March 9, 2009
at 3:58 PM
Thanks Raji, for the quotes. Were you aware that Frank Schaeffer is the son of the late evangelist Francis Schaeffer.
He says of his father:
“[W]hen my late father — Religious Right leader Francis Schaeffer — denounced America and even called for the violent overthrow of the US government, he was invited to lunch with presidents Ford, Reagan and Bush, Sr.”[4]
Interesting.
By: psychedelikat on March 9, 2009
at 2:19 PM
ON this mornings column by Ellen Goodman, she is talking about Rushie boy and his comments on women. She says he can be cured with duct tape! Wonder how many rolls it would take to wrap his mouth and body?
By: Grandma Katie on March 9, 2009
at 1:04 PM
Thanks! Werner for the very clever ¥ wineglass.
The Asia influence in design is very IN right now. And it can even opt for a saki glass as well, good to be abel to multi-task in these times.
However it is a bit early in the day/ week here on the left coast for Δ¥, think I will stick with my
Ữ Ữ Ữ * for now.
(*Design by Maven)
Merci and Sayounara
or my personal favorite…later gaitor.
By: JaneDoe on March 9, 2009
at 12:08 PM
Quoting Werner Oderwer Δ @ 10:16AM:
To all the “oldsters” here
Δ¥
Wedgies and Winos!!!
Sorry, but it had to be said.
Δ
By: Whirled Peas Δ on March 9, 2009
at 11:45 AM
Actually saw Kathleen Parker (Washington Post writer) on a talking head show Sunday morning claiming that the White House is beating up on Rush Limbaugh. Up to that point I almost had respect for her. Limbaugh uses inflammatory speach deliberately (but not with any deliberation, as in thought). If you all remember, one cannot stand up in a crowded theatre and yell fire, especially if done just for “fun” or whatever and get away with it. But Rush is immune from consequences of his own actions?
By: Mageen in Old Virginny on March 9, 2009
at 10:45 AM