Gould 0738 wrote:
Why the disappointment? Surely you were aware Limbaugh and the trash in
his audience were hypocrites.

I don't know that many right wing dopers.
Drunks, yes. By the ton......but I'm just more used to alcohol being the drug
of choice among conservatives. One is accustomed to falling down drunks wailing
about "drug abusers", (not that everybody who does so is a drunk, of course).
If the allegations against Rush's narctoic addiction prove to be true, that's
not only hypocritical- it should be considered a breach of trust by every one
of his followers.

The buzz on one of our local talk stations was pretty funny tonight. One
station has a mix of moderate and conservative hosts.
A conservative host was running a monologue about the RL drug scandal, and I
laughed so hard I almost wrecked the car!
General line: "The liberals are showing their true colors with this Rush
Limbaugh situation. They are willing to use this weakness to try to destroy his
career! His political enemies are sinking so low, they are trying to distract
us with this single factor and ignore the majority of what Limbaugh stands for
and what he has done! It will backfire on them. The public doesn't like a witch
hunt!"

Thoughts of Monica-Gate and $60mm spent by Ken Starr trying to dig up dirt on
another well known political persona in the past came immediately to mind. I
guess is
low and dirty if the target is a conservative, but an act of patriotism
preserving national security when the target is a moderate or a liberal. :-)




I love the part about "what Limbaugh stands for and what he has done."

To me, Limbaugh is *the* symbol of the non-thinking, self-centered,
selfish, racist, xenophobic, divisive, woman-hating modern
"conservative" that is destroying America. Limbaugh is clever with the
quips, no question about it, but he has done all of us great harm over
the years, stirring up his pack of angry white men and reinforcing their
mindlessness. There's at least a half-dozen examples of Rushophiles
right on this newsgroup.

Limbaugh deserves payback for the harm he has done. He'd best serve
himself and us by getting off the drugs and off the radio.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...

Limbaugh deserves payback for the harm he has done. .

Ah, the Democratic party line. You guys don't have one single stance or
issue that sells...so, instead, you sell sleaze. There's not much
difference between the National Enquirer and the NY or LA Times these days.
I wouldn't even wipe my ass with a one of 'em.

NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...

Limbaugh deserves payback for the harm he has done. .

Ah, the Democratic party line. You guys don't have one single stance or
issue that sells...so, instead, you sell sleaze.

Oh, puh-lease. All Limbaugh sells is sleaze, and the lowest common
denominators - like you - lap it up.



There's not much
difference between the National Enquirer and the NY or LA Times these days.
I wouldn't even wipe my ass with a one of 'em.

Poor little angry white man.




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Ah, the Democratic party line. You guys don't have one single stance or
issue that sells...so, instead, you sell sleaze. There's not much
difference between the National Enquirer and the NY or LA Times these days.
I wouldn't even wipe my ass with a one of 'em.

Well there ya go. Any newspaper without a strong, conservative bias is
immediately relegated to National Inquirer status......
Since you wouldn't use one of those papers as TP, it's safe to assume you don't
read them, either.

Do you insulate your philosophy from critique because you are not confident it
will withstand scrutiny?

Enlightened people welcome philosophical critique. Testing ideas against one
another validates the better ones and forces revision of the weak. For all
except those who are certain they already know all they could ever hope to know
about the truth *before* they set out to find it, this is a good thing.
Separates the genuine thinkers from the parrots.

Gould 0738 wrote:

Ah, the Democratic party line. You guys don't have one single stance or
issue that sells...so, instead, you sell sleaze. There's not much
difference between the National Enquirer and the NY or LA Times these days.
I wouldn't even wipe my ass with a one of 'em.

Well there ya go. Any newspaper without a strong, conservative bias is
immediately relegated to National Inquirer status......
Since you wouldn't use one of those papers as TP, it's safe to assume you don't
read them, either.

Do you insulate your philosophy from critique because you are not confident it
will withstand scrutiny?

Enlightened people welcome philosophical critique. Testing ideas against one
another validates the better ones and forces revision of the weak. For all
except those who are certain they already know all they could ever hope to know
about the truth *before* they set out to find it, this is a good thing.
Separates the genuine thinkers from the parrots.


I used to read the National Review when Bill Buckley was more involved
in it, but for the last few years, with ol' William F. in
semi-retirement, the quality of thought and writing there has
deteriorated. Buckley often infuriated me, but he was a good read.

I read the WSJ every day. Good financial reporting and top-notch feature
stories, and I almost always read those, but the editorial page is so
shrill in its conservative extremism, it is almost a parody of itself,
sort of like a Mel Brooks' movie.

I mighjt be angry, but I have reason for it, america is going to hell in an
handbasket because of the people. We need to unite and fight against the
rupublicuns.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...

Limbaugh deserves payback for the harm he has done. .

Ah, the Democratic party line. You guys don't have one single stance or
issue that sells...so, instead, you sell sleaze.

Oh, puh-lease. All Limbaugh sells is sleaze, and the lowest common
denominators - like you - lap it up.



There's not much
difference between the National Enquirer and the NY or LA Times these
days.
I wouldn't even wipe my ass with a one of 'em.

Poor little angry white man.




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email sent to will *never* get to me.

Harry wrote:

I used to read the National Review when Bill Buckley was more involved
in it, but for the last few years, with ol' William F. in
semi-retirement, the quality of thought and writing there has
deteriorated. Buckley often infuriated me, but he was a good read.

I read the WSJ every day. Good financial reporting and top-notch feature
stories, and I almost always read those, but the editorial page is so
shrill in its conservative extremism, it is almost a parody of itself,
sort of like a Mel Brooks' movie.


My point exactly. I don't read conservative newspapers, (our local rag is
moderate most of the time with some conservative overtones) but I make it a
point to spend a small portion of time every day listening to right wing radio.

See there, NOYB? By incorporating dissenting thoughts into your daily
smorgasbord of ideas, you could become more like Harry, or more like Gould (who
isn't exactly like Harry). I'm sure that's quite high on your list of goals in
life, right?
GBSEG --- :-)

"NOYB" wrote in message
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There's not much
difference between the National Enquirer and the NY or LA Times these
days.
I wouldn't even wipe my ass with a one of 'em.


If you can't tell the difference I feel sorry for you.

Well, not really. You deserve it.

"Don Pulaski" wrote in message
news:EKWfb.501784$cF.177205@rwcrnsc53...
I mighjt be angry, but I have reason for it, america is going to hell in
an
handbasket because of the people. We need to unite and fight against the
rupublicuns.

Very clever Bill...not.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...

I read the WSJ every day. Good financial reporting and top-notch feature
stories, and I almost always read those, but the editorial page is so
shrill in its conservative extremism, it is almost a parody of itself,
sort of like a Mel Brooks' movie.

The smarm factor among them is so thick I get the image of marshmallow
creme. And they're just about that white too.

They make me sick to my stomach.