Limbaugh Wire: 3/17/2009 Part III
This
hour of the Limbaugh Wire brought to you by promises, invented and broken
By Simon Maloy
Well, it's the final hour. Our corned beef is long since gone and our whisky supply is exhausted, but we'll soldier on.
Rush kicked off the third hour by bragging that The Sullivan Group, which allegedly performs private analysis of Rush's show for the EIB network, has found, according to the latest figures, that Rush is accurate 98 percent of the time. We'd like to get a look at their methodology, mainly to figure out if it actually involves listening to Rush Limbaugh's show.
From there El Rushbo went on an extended rant about how much he dislikes hybrid vehicles. According to Rush, the people who buy hybrids are "kook oddballs, who are going to want to drive these things around 'cause they're symbols." Far be it from us to stoke any fires or spark any rifts here, but Sean Hannity drives an Escalade Hybrid, and he "love[s] it."
Then the show... well... remember the bestiality discussion from the first hour? He kinda took us down a similar road, as Rush spent a great deal of time expounding on this Los Angeles Times article, detailing the complaints from singer/songwriter Bob Dylan's Malibu neighbors regarding the odor from "a portable toilet on Dylan's property." Before ranting on this, Rush announced that he could have written "Knocking on Heaven's Door," which he redubbed "Knocking on a Toilet Door" for the purposes of the discussion. Come on, Rush. Bestiality? Portable toilets? How many of these roads must we walk down?
Rush took a call on the other side of the break from a man who was curious when Obama would make good on his campaign promise that no one over 65 would pay income taxes. Rush said he didn't remember that promise, but suggested that perhaps the caller was confusing "65" with the 95 percent of Americans who, according to Obama, won't see their taxes go up. The reason Rush couldn't remember that campaign promise from Obama is that he never made it. Obama said he would eliminate income taxes for seniors making less than $50,000. However, Rush has a habit of inventing campaign promises from Obama, so we wouldn't be surprised if he started attacking the president for failing to follow through on this one within a week's time.
Rush went on to another caller, this one a self-proclaimed liberal, capitalist, and small business owner. Rush says: "You have to hate yourself then," explaining: "Well, because liberals hate small business. They hate capitalism." After an extended argument over Rush's policy towards liberal callers, the woman requested to be put back on hold, and Rush promised -- PROMISED -- that he'd get back to her.
Another break, then Rush and a caller discussed mark-to-market accounting and how its abolition would immediately spark an economic recovery. There are differing schools of thought on the subject, and more than a few economists seem to think it's a bad idea. Rush himself noted that the Enron scandal was made possible by the lack of mark-to-market restrictions, but that didn't deter his faith in the investor class.
Another break and another caller, who asks Rush about the stimulus and special education teachers. Rush said the stimulus bill would not result in the hiring of more teachers, and that it would be easier to indoctrinate students with textbooks anyway.
Rush wrapped up the show with an apology to his liberal caller who asked to be put on hold, saying that he ran out of time. Now there's a broken promise...
Highlights from Hour 3
Outrageous comments
LIMBAUGH: So another totally wrong business decision forced by government to make a bunch of cars that the majority of Americans do not want. The proof is on dealership showrooms and lots. It's gotten so bad that auto dealerships and manufacturers are now suggesting we need to raise taxes on gasoline in order to sell their products -- how asinine. Everything is upside down here. I am just stunned.
The American people don't want these cars. I mean, you've got a few who do -- I mean, in a population as large and diverse as ours. Statistically, you're going to have some kook oddballs, who are going to want to drive these things around 'cause they're symbols: "Look at me, I care more about the environment 'cause I'm driving this little puddle jumper around here. It's a hybrid. I'm better than you."
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CALLER: I'm from Savannah, Georgia, and --
LIMBAUGH: Well, that's a huge capitalist town. You know, they make Gulfstream jets there.
CALLER: Well, you know what? Wonderful.
LIMBAUGH: Well, it is.
CALLER: I love capitalism --
LIMBAUGH: It is wonderful.
CALLER: I love --
LIMBAUGH: It's very --
CALLER: -- capitalism and I'm a capitalist. I am a small business owner. So, do you --
LIMBAUGH: Well, then, how can you be liberal?
CALLER: How can I?
LIMBAUGH: You have to hate yourself then. If you're a capitalist and a small business owner, you have to hate yourself.
CALLER: No. Why would I hate myself? I hired 32 people.
LIMBAUGH: Well, because liberals hate small business. They hate capitalism.
CALLER: No, they don't. No, but --
LIMBAUGH: They're responsible for all the --
CALLER: -- that's why I call.
LIMBAUGH: -- injustice, and inequity --
CALLER: Thank you.
LIMBAUGH: -- and so --
CALLER: That's why I call.
LIMBAUGH: OK. OK. I've got to take a --
CALLER: To find out --
LIMBAUGH: Hold -- hold -- hold -- hold on.
CALLER: To find out if you --
LIMBAUGH: Just please, please hold on. We'll come back after the commercial time out. Don't go away.
Takes your breath away, doesn't it?
EL FLUSH BO, as usual is full of s--t
How can i believe anything you people say when Glenn Beck is on Fox Network not Cnn? Are all of your words and suppositions lies and misinformation? If so, ill be here to let you know.
What the hell does the network that employs Glenn Beck have to do with the stupid things Rush Limpballs says on his radio pukefest?
The world is troubled by Rush? How about the stimulus package and the billions sent to France ($19 billion) and Germany and Switzerland and the Uk? The overseas give away was larger than what Americans got. Now that troubles me.
Another thing that troubles me is the clamour about the $167 million given to AIG employees for their bonuses. This smoke screen by the decietful democratic congress and the left leaning news media is just to hide the facts of where the rest went.
And remember that Glenn Beck is on Fox. Maybe his CNN ratings dropped and you cling to them for disinformation purposes but he has high marks on a reliable news source( FOX ).
What??
In case you have not noticed, this website is called Media Matters and this section here is called the Limbaugh Wire. IN here we focus on the crazy things that he says. Now if you want to discuss AIG, I would suggest you go to a website or thread where AIG is discussed, but if you want to discuss how ludicrous Rush Limbaugh is on a daily basis....then you found the right place.
Hope that clears things up for you.
It seems there are a lot of things that dkuberra8741 fails to notice. Is he another in a log list of trolls who kep coming here with numbers after their user names???
Rush kicked off the third hour by bragging that The Sullivan Group, which allegedly performs private analysis of Rush's show for the EIB network, has found, according to the latest figures, that Rush is accurate 98 percent of the time. We'd like to get a look at their methodology, mainly to figure out if it actually involves listening to Rush Limbaugh's show.
Rush mentions "The Sullivan Group" of Sacramento, California at lease once a week on his show. The "group" is really one man - Tom Sullivan, the guy who replaced Rush on that radio station in Sacramento when he moved his radio pukefest to NYC. Since Tom Sullvan fills in for Rush on occasion, you KNOW that his "findings" are biased in favor of El Flaming Gasbag.
I belive that Rush is acuarate 98% of the time, I do.
I also believe that Fidel Castro and all of those South American and Iraqi elections in the past resulted in almost unanimous support for people like Saddam.
Rush Limbaugh wants to create the illusion that "liberals" in general hate small businesses when that is FAR from the case. Republicans are probably the worst enemies of small business. Here we have a party that defends a large company like Wal-mart on a regular basis while we all know this company is greatly responsible for the close of many small businesses across America.
And most owners of small businesses make less then $250, 000 a year, something like 98% of them. The majority of small business owners are middle classs, yet they create the majority of jobs in this country. Democrats are always defending the middle class and small business...this is a fact.
Republicans are always defending large corporations like AIG and the executives who receive million dollar bonuses!
No offense, but the listeners of Rush Limbaugh TRULY are useful idiots.
MMFA - Just my opinion here, but this "Limbaugh Wire" stuff is not only lame reading, but it undermines the argument that I've made many times on your behalf that "What MMFA does is take specific items, alwasy with a complete trascript and/or link to actual video, and then demonstrate, using cited references, why that item is demonstablry false, or so one-sidedly misleading as to be, for all intents and purposes, false."
These "Limbaugh Wire" posts are little more than poorly-supported whine-fests. They're exactly the kind of thing that [a ditto-head] would call a "smear." While And while he'd certainly be exaggerating, it would be hard to prove that he was WRONG. They're all OPINION, with few (and far between) supporting FACTS. (Which is really unlike you!)
We all know that Rush is a kook - that's why we're here. But these posts read like a liberal mirror of his show: Pick out a few isolated quotes and then just make fun of them. I sincerely hope that you will go back to debunking these things one at a time, with the thought, research and supporting references that your readers have come to expect and which have made you a legitimate force for the liberal voice and one of the stongest media critics on the web.
I read this just about sight every day, and am a regular commenter. It is one of my favorite places on the web and the columns/county fair are every bit as well-written, well-supported, thought-provoking and informative as your regular media pieces are, often more so. But compared to the rest of your work, these "Limbaugh Wire" pieces are just purile invective.
(Now every liberal poster can feel free to flame me, while every conservative says "What else is new?") :)