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By: runasim

runasim — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:27:58 +0000

Daveinboca,,

If DailyKos , or anyone else, urges deception or disruption, that is equally reprehensible to me.

These tit-for-tat games really do corrupt the principles on which this country was founded.

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:26:06 +0000

That pretty well sums it up Kritt. This is the first time I've seen Rush referred to as “lucid” though, which almost made coffee go up my nose.

By: daveinboca

daveinboca — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:22:08 +0000

That's over 20 million listeners off-and-on daily. He is far more accurate than any of the clowns on Air America [with around 500K listeners & dropping.] I listen off-and-on & find him way better than the NBC whack-jobs on cable—Russert is okay, but the rest of the NBC crew are simply rewarded for their inaccuracy and socialist perspective with about a million eyeballs in prime time. CNN isn't much better.

Hannity is second on radio with around 15 million per day. His miserable sidekick Colmes is actually the top lefty occasionally on radio. Hannity on cable TV has way more than Keith-O, whose “special comments” are unhinged hatemongering.

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:58:55 +0000

Except, daveinboca, he skips perspective and accuracy in favor of trashing the left in any way possible—as long as it furthers his far right agenda.

His listeners, the “dittoheads”, worship the ground he walks on, and have long since stopped caring. In the beginning- he was dismissed as a comedian- then he became an entertainer- now many of his 11 million weekly listeners on the right take his unfiltered views seriously.

By: daveinboca

daveinboca — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:39:36 +0000

Of course, the Daily Kos has been urging messing up Republican primaries with absolutely no success. Loathsome motor mouths like Matthews & some whiners on this thread are angry because Limbaugh has about 10 times the audience of ANY Dem TV or radio or other commentator—-period.

Wah Wah Wah. Limbaugh is more thoughtful and interesting than ranters like Keith who spend all their time ranting about their opponent commentators. Rush spends most of his time talking about issues, lucidly & in depth.

By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:34:44 +0000

Image what the future will look like when the republican Party collapses and even more republican voters start voting in the Democratic Primary. Between the black vote being a single block and the former Republicans, the rich white elites will have no chance of ever being president. or even Senator in most states.

By: runasim

runasim — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:24:22 +0000

To miy mind, there are few things more despicable than attempts to undermine the democratic process in order to spite the other party. Things like Operation Chaos don't just hurt the other party, they undermine the foundations of our government.

I try hard to find a normal sense of decency in Limbaugh. I find none wahtsoever.
He really does appear to be an evil man.
I have no sympathy for voters who go along, or for those who've resorted to other gimmicks, like robo calls, etc.
They're the ones whose patriotism should be seriously questioned.

By: GeorgeSorwell

GeorgeSorwell — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:44:34 +0000

Josh Marshall says Clinton has canceled her public appearances tomorrow. If true, maybe not a sign of success for “Operation Chaos”.

By: GeorgeSorwell

GeorgeSorwell — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:22:49 +0000

Exit polls? The speculation of reporters?

Limbaugh didn't even have enough influence within his very own Republican Party to determine its nominee.

By: Measuring the Limbaugh sleaze « Greg Prince’s Blog

Measuring the Limbaugh sleaze « Greg Prince’s Blog — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:21:27 +0000

[...] by Greg on May 6, 2008 Joe Gandleman at TMV has a good analysis of the Limbaugh Effect – exit polling helps us measure the possible effects of Rush Limbaugh’s encouragement of GOP [...]