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Limbaugh Rallies Conservatives to Fight Democrats, Find 'Right Candidate'

Lerxst said:
Actually, it's the slapnuts on the other side who come out. It folks like you who rally around this blow hard. The rest of us just roll our eyes and turn the station.


Why would you think anyone is "terrified" at the idea of right wing talk radio hosts the likes of Hannity and Limbaugh? They aren't all that great and they didn't really do you any good last election.
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Perhaps it is because instead of making intelligent arguments we get the attack the messenger unintelligent nonsense and lies instead of actual arguments....
 
Reverend_Hellh0und said:
Perhaps it is because instead of making intelligent arguments we get the attack the messenger unintelligent nonsense and lies instead of actual arguments....
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Or maybe it's because the Rinos ran the perfect moderate candidate in the last election and he got his pasty white rear handed to him? Ronaldus Magness spanked the Libs like little girls twice while they owned both houses.

When you don't have sound logic you can always shoot the messenger.
 
Well, I certainly don't know what we're going to do. Extreme liberals, including some of the most hyper partisan on this board or ones that continually and routinely mischaracterize what Conservatism is, don't like Rush Limbaugh or some of the GOP candidates.

Well naturally that just means we're all doomed.

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Tagged N. said:
Or maybe it's because the Rinos ran the perfect moderate candidate in the last election and he got his pasty white rear handed to him? Ronaldus Magness spanked the Libs like little girls twice while they owned both houses.

When you don't have sound logic you can always shoot the messenger.
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Yeah, it makes little sense when the left wingers here say we lost because we do not act enough like them.


McCain tried it and it failed.


The last thing the right needs to do is act like them.
 
Zyphlin said:
Well, I certainly don't know what we're going to do. Extreme liberals, including some of the most hyper partisan on this board or ones that continually and routinely mischaracterize what Conservatism is, don't like Rush Limbaugh or some of the GOP candidates.

Well naturally that just means we're all doomed.

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May I suggest a Santorum/Cantor ticket in 2012? :mrgreen:
 
Lerxst said:
You just seem the type.
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Typical response, you can't substantiate your bull**** claim.

Lerxst said:
Hyperpartisan, talk a lot but don't really say anything. You can see where I would make the connection I'm sure.
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Sure, you're the forum expert on empty rhetoric and not being able to comprehend.

You misinterpret a simple observation as "rallying" and then fail miserably trying to analyse the GOP.

Lerxst said:
People like you epitomize what is wrong with the right. You embody the failure of the GOP.
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Nothing wrong with the GOP, a few rogue elements strayed off course.

Bush pulled off two wars and kept the economy on an even keel through a catastrophic terrorist attack and a massive natural disaster.

It wasn't until the dems took over in '07 that we saw gas prices almost double, bank failures and the housing market crash, all under the watchful eyes of Barney Fwank and Chris Dodd.

Now we get to sit back and laugh as some half assed community organizer tries to bull**** his way through one fiasco after another, in less than 30 days. Almost everyone of his appointments is a lobbyist, tax cheat or under investigation. He's spent more in his first month in office than Bush did in 8 years, so much for fiscal responsibility.

The start of this new administration couldn't have been scripted better by Republicans, truly a joy watching these liberal slapnuts.

Lerxst said:
I know right, just like you!
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Nothing like me. I made several observations. You ran in, like usual, your mouth a blazing, attacking a talk show host with the typical liberal rhetoric.

Pretty sad, the democrats spending so much time, money and energy trying to defeat a talk show host with legislation. It's so pathetic, yet incredibly funny at the same time.

Lerxst said:
The thread was opened for discussion.
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And you figured that out all by yourself. :bravo:

Lerxst said:
It's what we do here. We "run right in and run our mouths."
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No, it's what you do here.

Lerxst said:
The difference is, some of us actually make points...and then...well you know the rest.
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Yes, you're a legend in you own mind.

Lerxst said:
Yeah, I see what your posting...and yet...nothing.
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I couldn't have described your feeble attempts at debate on this forum any better.

Lerxst said:
Like I said, hyperpartisan...big talk...little substance to the message.
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No need for a big message when refuting your posts, it's like swatting a gnat.
 
Hatuey said:
I can't help but laugh at the irony of conservatives rallying around a draft dodger. Oh what a tangled web we weave.
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I suppose you served in the military, right?
 
Reverend_Hellh0und said:
Perhaps it is because instead of making intelligent arguments we get the attack the messenger unintelligent nonsense and lies instead of actual arguments....
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Who is attacking the messenger here? Limbaugh is part of the problem for you guys. Telling you that is not "attacking the messenger." His message is "the GOP is in a shambles, we need to get our act together." And that is a pretty true message. Just because Limbaugh gets on T.V. and makes an obvious statement doesn't mean he's all of sudden the bastion of good ole honest conservatism however.

I've seen the work product of the extreme right...on this very board for example. Unintelligent nonsense and lies instead of actual arguments. The extreme right is just as guilty as the extreme left. For the hyperpartisan lot on the right, even being associated with the Democratic party means you are a flaming liberal slapnut. Reverse that and apply it to the left and claiming to be a conservative makes you a Bush apologizing supporter of the invasion of Iraq, waterboarding, and stripped civil rights.

It's hyperpartisan retardation.

If Limbaugh represents true conservatism you guys are quite possibly doomed. At least while he serves as your messenger.
 
Lerxst said:
Who is attacking the messenger here? Limbaugh is part of the problem for you guys. Telling you that is not "attacking the messenger." His message is "the GOP is in a shambles, we need to get our act together." And that is a pretty true message. Just because Limbaugh gets on T.V. and makes an obvious statement doesn't mean he's all of sudden the bastion of good ole honest conservatism however.

I've seen the work product of the extreme right...on this very board for example. Unintelligent nonsense and lies instead of actual arguments. The extreme right is just as guilty as the extreme left. For the hyperpartisan lot on the right, even being associated with the Democratic party means you are a flaming liberal slapnut. Reverse that and apply it to the left and claiming to be a conservative makes you a Bush apologizing supporter of the invasion of Iraq, waterboarding, and stripped civil rights.

It's hyperpartisan retardation.

If Limbaugh represents true conservatism you guys are quite possibly doomed. At least while he serves as your messenger.
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Amen, brother. It could not have been summed up any better.
 
Hatuey said:
I can't help but laugh at the irony of conservatives rallying around a draft dodger. Oh what a tangled web we weave.
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The flip side of that, of course, is that you would NOT find it laughable for liberals to rally around a draft dodger.

Hmmm.... it is quite a tangled web, indeed.



:rofl
 
Reverend_Hellh0und said:
Why do you lie?



snopes.com: Rush Limbaugh's Pilonidal Cyst
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And I think it's important to stress that the allegation of Limbaugh dodging the draft is in fact a product of hyperpartisan left wing rhetoric that, if said enough times, becomes somehow factual. Much like the claim that Bush dodged Vietnam by signing up for the TXANG. In neither case did these men "dodge" the draft. Bush enlisted and got a sweet spot in the TXANG, nothing wrong with that regardless of how he got the spot (allegations of his dad intervening to get him the assignment), and he did serve...even if the quality of his service is challenged as poor, at least he was there to begin with. And in Limbaugh's case he had a valid medical excuse and the military decided, not Limbaugh, that he wouldn't be going to war.

Basically some on the left are calling Limbaugh out as a chickenhawk and citing his medical deferment and their opinion about that deferment as evidence. That Limbaugh managed to get out of military service doesn't make him unqualified to be a proponent of war, it just makes him look like a chickenhawk. And that in itself gives rise to some level of irony if you subscribe to the theory that the GOP or conservatives are the "war party." Which is historically not true. Historically it's the Democrats who were the "war party." Again we fall back to an example of skewed left wing rhetoric in which the liberals pummel the conservatives by almost accusing them of war mongering. A lot of Democrat congress members voted to invade Iraq. The real issue is the Bush administration, not the GOP.
 
We are surely entering the Orwellian world of doublespeak with the takeover of our country by the Democrat party! We have a willing MSM press with a huge presence on TV networks, most newspapers, and a few radio stations that vote for Democrats most of the time (as has been reported) that often openly supports any candidate with a "D" by his/her name. It is, indeed, tough to convince Americans who do not follow politics closely that liberal politicians are crooked when the MSM does not hold liberals' feet to the fire. Ethics in politics is dead (unless you have an "R" by your name and you get caught jaywalking), compliments of Obama, Pelosi, and Reid. As stated above, tax cheats, lobbyists, and others under investigation don't even make the MSM news because they are in bed with liberal politicians.

I don't always agree with Limbaugh and Hannity, or Libertarians like Neal Boortz and other more independent conservative or libertarian voices on the radio. But I have no doubt that all of these conservative and libertarian voices on the radio are more in line with the majority of Americans' views than Air America, Katie Couric, or even "tingle down my leg" Chris Mathews!
 
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rebelbuc said:
I don't always agree with Limbaugh and Hannity, or Libertarians like Neal Boortz and other more independent conservative or libertarian voices on the radio. But I have no doubt that all of these conservative and libertarian voices on the radio are more in line with the majority of Americans' views than Air America, Katie Couric, or even "tingle down my leg" Chris Mathews!
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How can you say that after the massive right wing talk radio campaign of '08 and the complete drubbing the conservatives took at the polls? The majority of Americans are clearly not of the same mindset as Limbaugh and Hannity. Quite the contrary.
 
Grateful Heart said:
The flip side of that, of course, is that you would NOT find it laughable for liberals to rally around a draft dodger.

Hmmm.... it is quite a tangled web, indeed.



:rofl
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Why? In the current political state of the U.S. (as is so commonly accepted) the Dems (and by default the libs) hold themselves out to be the doves, the Reps (and by default the cons) are the hawks. Liberals would naturally tend to rally around an anti-war type if the political logic were sound. Thus the claim of irony about the cons rallying around a "draft dodger" (which isn't true but you get the point I hope). So your comment isn't really all that spot on.
 
Reverend_Hellh0und said:
just in case you didn't see.

Your lie once again exposed.

snopes.com: Rush Limbaugh's Pilonidal Cyst

I await for you to show some integrity and retract/concede your argument.

My guess is we simply won't see you in this thread again. :2wave:
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Read your own link :

1. Student deferment.

2. Y-1

3. 4F

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Rush's draft dodging is acknowledged. He even went as far as getting his doctor to 'prepare' a report.
 
Lerxst said:
How can you say that after the massive right wing talk radio campaign of '08 and the complete drubbing the conservatives took at the polls? The majority of Americans are clearly not of the same mindset as Limbaugh and Hannity. Quite the contrary.
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I think one of the biggest mistakes we can make is to use the results of the latest election to gage the conservative/liberal leanings of the American people. If that were the case, then we'd have to assume the basic ideology of Americans swung wildly back and forth from the 1980s to the early 1990s and then somehow back to the precarious middle again. Now back to the left.

I think what's true is that Limbaugh and Hannity are not nearly as 'whacko' right as many on the left would like to have us believe. They do, in fact, represent a good majority of Americans well-within the mainstream of political thought. Just as Katie Couric or Chris Matthews or Keith Olberman are also within the 'mainstream', though on the other end of it.

Limbaugh and Hannity are generally targeted not because of the fringeness of their ideas... but because of the enormous audiences they generate, and the power that comes with that.
 
Hatuey said:
Read your own link :

1. Student deferment.

2. Y-1

3. 4F

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Rush's draft dodging is acknowledged. He even went as far as getting his doctor to 'prepare' a report.
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Come on Hatuey, I absolutely despise Rush Limbaugh, but to insinuate that report from his doctor was not legitimate is gonna take some corroboration. The medical diagnosis is genuinely a reason to be deferred from military service. Technically he wasn't a draft dodger, he had, by all accounts, a legitimate deferment.

Unless of course I'm missing something. There are plenty of good reasons to beat Limbaugh up with, I just don't see this as one of them.
 
Lerxst said:
Why? In the current political state of the U.S. (as is so commonly accepted) the Dems (and by default the libs) hold themselves out to be the doves, the Reps (and by default the cons) are the hawks. Liberals would naturally tend to rally around an anti-war type if the political logic were sound. Thus the claim of irony about the cons rallying around a "draft dodger" (which isn't true but you get the point I hope). So your comment isn't really all that spot on.
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Now you're confusing two issues... anti-war types and draft dodgers. One is not the equivalent of the other. And even more important, there's a world of difference between getting a deferment and 'dodging' the draft. And I'm the first to admit that this issue swings both ways. And that military service has been and probably will continue to be an issue in politics for years to come... for both sides.

But that's not what you said in your previous post. You said you found it 'ironic' and 'laughable' that conservatives would rally behind a draft-dodger. Based on that, I take it you believe that Rush 'dodged the draft.' And that you 'laugh' at the irony of it.

So yes, I believe my comment was direct on spot.
 
Lerxst said:
Come on Hatuey, I absolutely despise Rush Limbaugh, but to insinuate that report from his doctor was not legitimate is gonna take some corroboration. The medical diagnosis is genuinely a reason to be deferred from military service. Technically he wasn't a draft dodger, he had, by all accounts, a legitimate deferment.

Unless of course I'm missing something. There are plenty of good reasons to beat Limbaugh up with, I just don't see this as one of them.
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If rush was not such a hypocritical histronic blowhard I doubt people would have much of a problem with his anal cyst that got him out of service.
 
Lerxst said:
Come on Hatuey, I absolutely despise Rush Limbaugh, but to insinuate that report from his doctor was not legitimate is gonna take some corroboration.
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Rush's history with doctors has lead me to the realization that just the way he doctor shopped for his prescription drugs then he most likely got a doctor to fabricate a non-existent condition. This is supported by his inability to keep a coherent story. If his condition had been indeed worthy of removing him from those eligible for the military then all he'd have to do is tell a physician in the military and done. But he didn't. He went to great lengths to avoid the military.

The medical diagnosis is genuinely a reason to be deferred from military service.
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And this medical diagnosis was never made by a military physician. Meaning it's about as valid to me as word of mouth.

Technically he wasn't a draft dodger, he had, by all accounts, a legitimate deferment.
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I avoided being hit by a ball by twisting my body.

I dodged the ball.

Sounds about the same.

Unless of course I'm missing something. There are plenty of good reasons to beat Limbaugh up with, I just don't see this as one of them.
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I find his war cries to be hypocritical.
 
Grateful Heart said:
The flip side of that, of course, is that you would NOT find it laughable for liberals to rally around a draft dodger.

Hmmm.... it is quite a tangled web, indeed.

:rofl
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Funny how you've been here and are talking like you know my position on this. You've been here for....3 days?
 
Limbaugh is part of the problem for you guys.
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No. You see the republicans were neutered until Obama told Republicans not to listen to Limbaugh.

Before that moment I thought this is going to be baaaaaaaaaaaaaad for the R's. The R's seemed whipped. Obama had sucked out a lot of oxygen.
Then THE MAN himself came to the rescue. He did two things:

1. He woke up the R's, and now there is the beginnings of unease. They may have passed Porkzilla quick, but now it is a pinata for Republicans to smash with impugnity.

2. He elevated Limbaugh to co-combatant status. Limbaugh writes an economic proposal, writes about the Censorship Doctine, and is all over the media lie never before... all because of Obama.


I've seen the work product of the extreme right...on this very board for example. Unintelligent nonsense and lies instead of actual arguments. The extreme right is just as guilty as the extreme left. For the hyperpartisan lot on the right, even being associated with the Democratic party means you are a flaming liberal slapnut. Reverse that and apply it to the left and claiming to be a conservative makes you a Bush apologizing supporter of the invasion of Iraq, waterboarding, and stripped civil rights.
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Extreme right? You mean those of us who cherish the Constitution and its brilliance?

What is it about the Constitution you do not like?

The R's:

We do not like seeing the courts or schools used as political weapons.
We do not like being taxed to ridiculous levels.
We dislike class warfare.
We dislike the nation being Balkanized.
We love and respect the men and women who serve in our Military.
We believe in protecting our borders.
We want safe streets.
We want to have government get off our backs.
We believe Americans should be treated the same under the eyes of the law.

In short, we want limited government.
Strong where it should be strong and weak where it should be weak.

Obama, and most Libs have these priorities backwards.

Limbaugh simply has fun pissing off Libs (by mocking them and illustrating the ridiculousness of their ways) by telling the truth! He, as Paul Harvey used to say... tells.. "the rest of the stoh-reh".

You get an audience his size, that long... without coercion... by being honest and funny. He's both.
If Limbaugh represents true conservatism you guys are quite possibly doomed. At least while he serves as your messenger.
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[/QUOTE]Again, the opposite. Somebody has to articulate the similar failures of Carter and Obama. Limbaugh is up to the task.

Obama is the problem.
For a man touting Hope for 18 months...
He leaves the stench of hopelessness. Negativity. Depression.
 
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