Does Rush Limbaugh accurately represent conservatism?

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  1. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    I'd like to think not, but I wanted to ask some highly educated conservatives, themselves. What I gather is that he is simply just another media guy who gains attention deliberately by saying some of the most sensationalist nonsense imaginable. I've never met in reality a conservative who thinks like him, although liberal bloggers and columnists would have you believe that he is the quintessential right winger. Is Limbaughdom as prevalent as I'm being encouraged to believe?
     
    Maniac Craniac, Jul 21, 2012
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  2. airtorn

    airtorn Moderator

    Limbaugh is a quack who lives for ratings and his paycheck.
     
    airtorn, Jul 21, 2012
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  3. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    I am neither "highly educated" nor conservative but I thought I'd throw in my opinion. There are some people such as William F. Buckley Jr. (yes, unfortunately he's not with us anymore) who might rightly be said to represent intelligent conservative political thought in America but Rush will say anything to get a soundbite. My hope is that he doesn't represent anyone but himself. BTW, before anyone gives the predictable reaction, I'm sure that there are similar examples from the liberal media (I don't listen to them either).
     
    Kizmet, Jul 21, 2012
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  4. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    Rush is entertaining to conservatives in the same way that cartoons are entertaining to children. Everything is overblown but it is similar to reality enough to be entertaining. :smile: By the way, I'm not a fan.
     
    SurfDoctor, Jul 21, 2012
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  5. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    What is this, a moderator only thread?
     
    SurfDoctor, Jul 21, 2012
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  6. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    Si.

    Abner :smile:
     
    Abner, Jul 21, 2012
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  7. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    I'll do it for you: Keith Olberman. The guy has a meatball for a brain yet condescends and viciously attacks people while, at times I swear literally, foaming at the mouth as he asserts his own superiority over people with more balanced opinions.
     
    Maniac Craniac, Jul 21, 2012
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  8. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    My older kids' grandfather is a dyed in the wool conservative who, at least as of a few years ago, thought very highly of everything Rush Limbaugh said.
     
    SteveFoerster, Jul 21, 2012
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  9. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    He is a clown!
     
    Randell1234, Jul 21, 2012
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  10. me again

    me again Well-Known Member

    It seems like politics is a bunch of hot air, but Americans need those political radio personalities to vent with (accurate or not). Apparently their ratings are pretty good and they have diehard followers. Limbaugh's arrest for prescription pill fraud didn't seem to affect his ratings.
     
    me again, Jul 21, 2012
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  11. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    QUOTE=Kizmet;413136]I am neither "highly educated"

    Oh, you are being much to modest Kiz.

    Abner :smile:
     
    Abner, Jul 21, 2012
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  12. JWC

    JWC New Member

    Limbaugh is an idiotic blowhard drug addict who should be in prison.
     
    JWC, Jul 21, 2012
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  13. Shawn Ambrose

    Shawn Ambrose New Member

    As a conservative Republican - my opinion on R.L. is that is is an overblown, overhyped bozo, who does not speak for me...
     
    Shawn Ambrose, Jul 21, 2012
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  14. NorCal

    NorCal Active Member

    That is a BIG negative o'niner!

    My a proud conservative, but he in no way represents conservatives and what we stand for.
     
    NorCal, Jul 22, 2012
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  15. CalDog

    CalDog New Member

    Well, it's certainly fair to say that Rush represented congressional Republicans during the 1990s. It's fair because Republican congressmen themselves announced it to the world:

    Seems like the term "Limbaugh Congress", plus the naming of Rush as an honorary member of that Congress, is a pretty strong endorsement. And given that endorsement, it's hard to argue that Rush "in no way represents conservatives" (unless we deny that the Republican-led 104th Congress represented conservatives).

    Incidentally, I don't think there are any other cases where either Democratic or Republican Congresses have given a similar degree of recognition to a media personality. That's the difference between Rush and (for example) William F. Buckley or Keith Olberman, who were mentioned earlier in this thread. There is no "Buckley Congress" or "Olberman Congress".
     
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    CalDog, Jul 22, 2012
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  16. CalDog

    CalDog New Member

    Duplicate post, delete
     
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    CalDog, Jul 22, 2012
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  17. ryoder

    ryoder New Member

    He probably represents conservative Republican voters as well as Chris Mathews, Ed Shulz, or Chris Hayes represent liberal democrats.
     
    ryoder, Jul 22, 2012
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  18. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    I don't like him either, but that's a little harsh.
     
    SurfDoctor, Jul 23, 2012
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  19. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Agreed. The problem is not that Limbaugh belongs in prison, the problem is that huge numbers of people are in prison who do not belong there.
     
    SteveFoerster, Jul 23, 2012
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  20. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    Am I taking a wildly false guess when I say you are referring to people who are in prison on drug offenses?

    Politics aside (since politics is not my bag, baby), I'd be curious to see just what changes would occur if recreational drugs were legalized. Currently, many police departments receive large subsidies to focus their efforts on making drug busts. My hypothesis is that this has been one of the causes for violent crime statistics to drop- that deviant people are getting put behind bars on drug related charges rather than violence-related charges since no one is paying the departments to focus more on domestic abuse and battery. There might be a decrease in the number of people in prison on drug charges, but an increase on the number of people put in jail for other crimes that may have been overlooked due to proportionately inferior resource allocation to or procedurally ignored in favor of charging the exact same people with drug-related crimes instead.
     
    Maniac Craniac, Jul 23, 2012
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