Limbaugh: "[A] lot of these feminists and women ... think they're owed" a Clinton win; "they've had two or three abortions"

On the April 1 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh said of a potential Hillary Clinton presidency, "[Y]ou have to understand the mindset of a lot of these feminists and women. They think they're owed this -- just like Obama supporters think they're owed this." Limbaugh continued: "These women have paid their dues. They've been married two or three times; they've had two or three abortions; they've done everything that feminism asked them to do. They have cut men out of their lives; they have devoted themselves to causes and careers. And this -- the candidacy of Hillary Clinton -- is the culmination of all of these women's efforts." He further stated: "And if it gets stolen from them, in their minds -- not actually stolen, but if the country or if the Democrat [sic] Party rejects this wonderfully great, lying woman in exchange for a rookie, radical black guy who can't tell the time of day, they are going to be so miffed. They are going to be so upset."
Limbaugh went on to claim: "[T]his is what the Democrat Party has sown ... The blacks one part of the constituency, the women another part. And both of them think they're owed this by the party, and if whoever doesn't get this -- the Hillary side, the Obama side -- they're going to think the party screwed them."
From the April 1 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
LIMBAUGH: And if they -- you know, if Hillary doesn't get it -- you have to understand the mindset of a lot of these feminists and women. They think they're owed this -- just like Obama supporters think they're owed this. These women have paid their dues. They've been married two or three times; they've had two or three abortions; they've done everything that feminism asked them to do. They have cut men out of their lives; they have devoted themselves to causes and careers. And this -- the candidacy of Hillary Clinton -- is the culmination of all of these women's efforts. And if it gets stolen from them, in their minds -- not actually stolen, but if the country or if the Democrat [sic] Party rejects this wonderfully great, lying woman in exchange for a rookie, radical black guy who can't tell the time of day, they are going to be so miffed. They are going to be so upset. These Democrats are absolutely right about the anger over all this, because they are -- both sides of this equation think they are owed this nomination.
And by whom? The Democrat Party. The Democrat Party has promised American blacks for 50 years that they will see them through the dark days of bondage and emancipate them to equality and freedom and economic prosperity. And that's only happened for blacks who have abandoned the Democrat Party, and have become conservative Republicans. Well, there are a couple exceptions -- Bob Johnson, a few others. But mostly, they're no better off than they were 50 years ago economically when they started voting Democrat.
On the Hillary side, always women, the feminists. You know, they made sure they followed the script. Paula Jones was trailer trash. Kathleen Willey was insane. Whatever Bill Clinton did, they looked the other way; they stood for it because Mrs. Clinton was waiting in the wings.
So this is what the Democrat Party has sown. These are the wild oats that it has sown. It's promised -- every one of its constituencies is an entitlement-based constituency. And they've been promised, "We're going to do this for you, we're going to do" -- now, we've got the competition. Loggerheads. The blacks one part of the constituency, the women another part. And both of them think they're owed this by the party, and if whoever doesn't get this -- the Hillary side, the Obama side -- they're going to think the party screwed them. In the Obama case, they're going to know that Hillary did it, and Bill did it. In which case, they'll still blame the party.
So this -- well, on the women's side -- yeah, men in the party. On the Hillary side it'll be men in the party. But they're also mad at a bunch of women. They're -- EMILY's List, I've got a story here in the stack -- EMILY's List supported [Sens.] Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] and Claire McCaskill [D-MO], and they've endorsed Obama. And so EMILY's List is mad as hell at these two Democrat senators, Klobuchar and Claire McCaskill, because they think they're sellouts. They think they're traitors. I mean, there's more civil war going on in this party than you could possibly imagine. "Operation Chaos."
I kid you -- EMILY's List. So it's not just men that the women are going to be mad at on the Democrat side. They're going to be -- they're going to think a lot of these women are traitors, too. Hey, McCaskill, you wouldn't be where you are if it weren't for us, and EMILY's List, and Hillary. And hey, Klobuchar, who's heard of you even now but us? And you turn on us, and you turn on Hillary, you turn on the white mother that made it possible for all of us?











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This is what Limbaugh would have said if Mitt was still in the race:
LIMBAUGH: And if they -- you know, if Mitt Romney doesn't get it -- you have to understand the mindset of a lot of these neoconservatives and Fox News Republicans. They think they're owed this -- just like McCain supporters think they're owed this. These right-wingers have paid their dues. They've cheated on their wives and husbands two or three times; they've beaten up two or three foreigners; they've done everything that neoconservatism has asked them to do. They have sold their souls to Big Oil and Big Religion; they have devoted themselves to their lobbyists and respective deities. And this -- the candidacy of Mitt Romney-- is the culmination of all of these neo-con's efforts. And if it gets stolen from them, in their minds -- not actually stolen, but if the country or if the Republic [sic] Party rejects this wonderfully rich, lying man in exchange for a pandering, senile old guy who can't choose a position on virtually any policy, they are going to be so miffed. They are going to be so upset.
"...you have to understand the mindset of a lot of these feminists and women."
And who better to get unbiased insight into feminism and a woman's mindset than a man like Rush Limbaugh?
Ugh. More right-wing WHINING about not being able to capture the black vote...
"The Democrat Party has promised American blacks for 50 years that they will see them through the dark days of bondage and emancipate them to equality and freedom and economic prosperity. And that's only happened for blacks who have abandoned the Democrat Party, and have become conservative Republicans."
What's happened is a few blacks have found an easy way to cash in by selling their soul to the right wing to be pimped on Fox News.
This is just ridiculous. If the Republicans really wanted the black vote, they would spend more time telling blacks why their party is the answer to their grievances, rather than just selling fear about the Dems.
Of what party affiliation was the president who worked to pass the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act and nominated Thurgood Marshall to the SCOTUS?
"They have cut men out of their lives"
gee, wonder why, if so....
Limbaugh: "[A] lot of these feminists and women ... think they're owed" a Clinton win; "they've had two or three abortions"
Well now if those women aborted Bill Clinton's kids he might have a point ;-) They would be "owed" a victory.
Rush's ruminations really have to be taken with a grain of salt. The guy likes to stir things up. Yes I'm sure some of his fans hang on his every word, but I think most of us that occasionally tune him in do so for a laugh. Well at least I do. Sometimes the guy is funny. Other times, like this example, he just sounds like a buffoon.
Jeter,
I read this as a typical Rush putdown of traditional feminists who back Hillary. This would be the Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem types. However what Rush doesn't note is that the feminist movement is split with the younger, more educated women moving over to Obama. What is interesting is that white, working-class women still support Hillary, while blackand affluent women are moving to Obama. White women comprise 44% of the voters in the Democratic primaries. Obama has taken away a lot of Hillary's attempt at getting women to vote gender.
The Democrats have lived for so long on identity politics. Women, blacks, Latinos, gays, poor, all victims who seek government to help them. Now that two of the prized groups are running against each other we see a fracture in the party. The Dems made their bed, now they are tearing it apart. Rush is attempting to get out in front so he can take credit, but it would have happened without his operation chaos anyway. His anti-feminist rant needs some revising.
And you're starting to smell like...
Nah, too easy.
And too true.
"Women, blacks, Latinos, gays, poor, all victims who seek government to help them. " (Anotheramerican)
Did you mean to type that, or just think it? I will say it's a refreshing bit of honesty, most conservatives use their inside voice for that stuff.
Col.
Touche'
Take that stuff somewhere else Frenchy.
”The Democrats have lived for so long on identity politics. Women, blacks, Latinos, gays, poor, all victims who seek government to help them”---AA
Of the two parties it seems to me that the Republicans suffer from this the more. Republican identity has historically been self defined as not being with all those out groups you refer to. And they won’t relent even after they elect gangsters. They’ll reelect them. You wouldn’t see that sort of firm identification among the Democratic electorate.
The dynamics work this way: First, the Republicans want nothing to do with a lot of these groups you mention and others. In response, the Democratic Party capitalizes on this by taking them in and giving them something at least, if only at times a sense of belonging. Then Republicans complain that that these groups don’t want to blend in, or assimilate or mix with them---that they’re bad Americans
The conservatives like YOU have lived so long with LYING pretty much constantly that now its the only trick in their bag. Another day another worthless ignorant baseless assertion by Anotheridiot.
He's funniest when he's not trying to be and most pathetic when he's trying to be funny.
But Rush's words should be taken seriously. To a certain demographic his word is gospel and those people not only vote but they spread the word. Every ridiculous "You wouldn't believe what the liberals are trying to do now" story overheard in a bar or in the breakroom starts with Rush and filters down through his fans. Those annoying right wing chain letters filled with with outright lies come from fans of Rush. That small margin of victory that meant we'd continue with an incompetent and destructive administration listened to Rush.
He's not the only one, but he's the loudest and the trendsetter.
And his show promo about his show being the other right wing show hosts' preparation is probably accurate. I know Hannity admits to listening regularly. My guess is most of the nationally syndicated ones do and probably the local ones too.
I'd like to know is Limbaugh a puppet or student of somebody or is he really effectively the rhetorical architect of the party himself.
Well, sure. But if people are going to insist that Obama must continue to answer for Wright's comments (btw I've read you saying Obama "still has some splainin' to do) I'm going to insist conservatives answer for Rush.
oh.our.god! that is just too f*ing funny for words! rush "i just don't do good personal relationships" limbaugh, professing great insight to the "feminist" mindset.
thrice divorced himself, do we sense a pattern here? lol
He's conflating feminism with the Democratic Party for political gain. Many people who have tended to vote Republican do so because they are voting against some group or groups and this includes some movements that involve cultural change, especially change associated with 1960's. He wants to burnish into the minds of his listeners associations between the Democratic Party and the groups that the potential GOP voters dislike; in this case feminist women and Blacks. The objective is to have his listeners vote against their own best interests and elect Republicans who will use the country as though they owned it, as opposed to being temporary custodians of it.
I used to believe projection was psycho-babble. But Comedian proves me wrong everyday. (Replace Obama, Clinton, women, etc. with Limbaugh and you'll see what I mean)
This guy should be studied by physicians, psychiatrists and veterinarians...perhaps he's got an extra chromosome...Comedian...the missing link? Think about it.
Bleeding hearts of the MMFA blog unite!
Dear Rush,
I heard that one of your wives had an abortion because she did not want another YOU to be born in this lifetime(even though DNA eventually proved you were not the father). It is a shame that this horrible event happened in your life but hey, it was just a joke.
In my lifetime, I was contemplating have an abortion but didn't...most of the time I wish I did.
Love,
Mom
Why is it than when a mother CHOOSES life, you liberals become so enraged?
I can't stand McCain, but I will vote for him because John Paul Stevens is 86 years old and might not make it another four years. We are just one vote away!!!!
Why is it than when a mother CHOOSES life, you liberals become so enraged?
Why is it when the wingnuts create strawmen out of nothing, they become so ignorant?
Who is enraged about that? Who is enraged about anything here? Maybe you should explain!
My question is why do Cons so deranged about anything any liberal says or does?
"Why is it than when a mother CHOOSES life, you liberals become so enraged?"
- sc_parker / Wednesday April 2, 2008 11:50:52 AM EDTThat was Eric Cartman on South Park, and he was doing it because he wanted his own Shakey's.
And he's a conservative to the core.
Rush demonstrates his awesome and complete understanding of women and reality once again.
Rush is right on. Why I've been with a heap o' fellers and had at least 9 abortions, but who's countin'? I got ever' abortion with the help of the state and just want fellers for carnal good times. Hey, that's all them fellers is good for. I chew them fellers up ('specially the fat ones -they're good eatin') and spit them out. Tain't no other use for 'em. Yeah, I'm a feminazi bigtime. Proud to be. I just wish Rush, with his big furry belly would show up with a deck lar ation of matrimony. I'd sure like to be the 4th ex wife. Mmmmmn, Mmmmn. That Rush sure talks so purty I jes' wouldn't be able to contain myself. Salute. *
*no offense to admirers of Hee Haw. My Dad loved that show.
you have to understand the mindset of a lot of these feminists and women. They think they're owed this....
Here Limberger, here's your Neanderthal club to whack those women over the head & drag them back(by the hair) into their cave AND here's that bullwhip to crack your house Negro into shape(how dare he try to decipher time) & back to the kitchen.....
....you are Sooooo knowledgable concerning the mindset of lesser individuals.....it's just a gift you have, Limpy
"These women have paid their dues. They've been married two or three times;"
Wow. I never realized Rush was such a feminist. What a flaming hypocrite.
What people really want to know is in depth analysis of the Lymphbug's deceptive runaround. Just today he was giving everyone a lecture on the difference between democracy and a republican. Stark raving illiterate as he has to be to help get out and push the 5th Columnbine in America, there is reason to consider him for a place alongside other Presidential monuments:
http://www.freewebs.com/writingindependence/SlipperySlopeMedia.pdf
http://www.freewebs.com/writingindependence/main.htm
As if that weren't awful enough, the GOP can just as easily invoke "economic reasons" to excuse a ban on not just abortion, but also contraception, family planning and sex education.
Said "economic reasons" being nothing less than maintaining an unskilled, labour-intensive, Luddite socioeconomic model and paradigm.
Said paradigm expecting a "complete and final" reduction in unemployment to a theoretical nil rate within free-market capitalistic parameters and models (cf. Communist thinking, which saw mass unemployment as one of capitalism's weakest links and failings, yet excused all manner of "make-work/fake-work" positions being created to create the aura of nil-rate unemployment).
I am not saying that the guy is right. It just seems that the comments are based more on emotions than intellect. Is it possible to listen to the argument and attack his assumptions and logic instead of his character and personality?
Perhaps the true is evident to most people but to at least 13 million of his listeners (and may be the forty something percent of the country that voted Republican in the last election) the true is not evident. How do you educate those people without insulting them? Can someone make a compelling argument or are juvenile comments all one can do to counteract Limbaugh?
His stated motive was "vote for the less electable"increasing McCains chance of election.When Obama started to lead he encouraged a vote for Hillary.His self stated motive today is "create mischief".Voting for Hillary helps get Hillary the nomination.But I dont understand what is mischievous about getting Hillary the nomination.Maybe there's a much less convoluted motive.The white backlash that is so American and so predictable.His kind cant stomach a black president.
Jivehombre
republicans to vote for Obama.
His stated motive was "vote for the less
electable"increasing McCains chance of election.When
Obama started to lead he encouraged a vote for
Hillary.His self stated motive today is "create
mischief".Voting for Hillary helps get Hillary the
nomination.But I dont understand what is mischievous
about getting Hillary the nomination.Maybe there's a
much less convoluted motive.The white backlash that is
so American and so predictable.His kind cant stomach a
black president.
Jivehombre