Rush Limbaugh 'happiest... in the world'

You flatliners got you wish - its Colin Powell

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_052009/content/01125108.guest.html

Granpa Fred....the latest in a long line of Republican failures who were supposed to pick up the GOPer trickle down mantle from St. Ronnie and run with it....

"The fact of the matter is that the administration is quadrupling all of the bad things that were done in the last year of the Bush administration.'' ~ Fred Thompson
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~ which should never come as any big surprise to anyone. No one can out-spend a democrat. They can think up new spending "needs" for something that only a pervert even knew existed. The spending that a good Socialist would divert money into just boggles the human imagination.

No One knows what trillions of dollars in deficit spending looks like, certainly no democrat. What is it exactly that is being saved? We b doomed.

Yep...gotta agree with Fred Thompson on this one. Obama has given Rush more harpoons to throw at him and the libs than Bayer has aspirins.
Face it...Obama, after 120 days in office, is already the WORST PRESIDENT of all TIME!

Paulo

Your superhero Terri. What would you do without Limpbaugh.
And grandpa Fred Thompson...was a bad actor and an even worse politician. He's completely irrelevant.

Yeah, Terry, stick with the entertainer who hasn't done one single thing for this country. Don't listen to the guy who has served this nation all his adult life. Megadittos chump, megadittos.

I'm confused by Mr Limbaugh not wanting to be the "titular" head of the Republican Party. Titular, by definition, means "existing in title only". Does this mean Mr. Limbaugh want to not be thought of as the head of the Republican Party in title only, but as the true and only head of the Republican Party or does it mean he doesn't want to be related to the Republican party at all or what? Can someone clear this up?
We all know politicians and talking heads of media say things that sound like they mean one thing only to later find out they mean something, or and be construed as meaning something, different later on.
Personally, I think Mr Limbaugh doesn't have any real convictions. I think he's out for himself and he uses issues and stands to promote himself over any issue or stand. I think Mr Thompson pretty much verifies this notion. Sad to think so many good people are taken in by this man.

Lou,

I commend General Powell for his service. His politics however are not that of the conservative GOP. If the GOP were to follow Powell's path, the GOP would just keep becoming democrat lite.

BTW, Powell's stmt that Americans not mind paying taxes as long as they are receiving services got a big rebuke in the blue state of California this week.

Just what did BO ever do in his life before becoming a public official?

Doogie,

I work during most days so I don't get to listen to Rush that much - today being an exception

Terry, Public service isn't something that I snear at like you. Public service is something I think we should all admire. I know that Obama's work as a public official has done more for others than Rush Limbaugh has accomplished with his entertaining.

What has Rush ever accomplished Terry, other than conning people like you into believing he cares about anything other than his own wallet?

Kg4123 @ 9:37 a.m.,

I shall set aside my better judgment and make an attempt to answer the Rush-Republican question put forth in your first paragraph. I think that more than one answer could surely apply.

First, the next election is 18 months away. The only purpose that is served by a “titular” head of the GOP is to provide you liberals with someone to attack.

Second, Colin Powell and Meghan McCain don’t think Rush is worthy of his status. The irony of that probably figured into his decision to resign his esteemed “titular” position. Rush does engage in a lot of sarcasm. Liberals often don’t seem to be able to pick up on that.

Third, Rush, as well as I, choose to be Republicans because we see absolutely no “hope” within the democrat party. Whether the issue is National Security, Foreign Policy that does Not automatically rule out the possibility of force, a fair Tax Code to those of us that do seem to earn more, a recognition and respect for Capitalism and Private Property Rights that improves the quality of everyone’s life, adherence to the United States Constitution, … etc, the Republican party can OFTEN disappoint, but the democrat party would NOT BE any kind of an option for someone with our clearly American point of view. I have nothing against the rest of the world, but I was one of the very lucky 5% to have been born here. Maybe we can be French or Italian or Nigerian in out next life.

The philosophy of Conservatism would always trump being a “Republican”, but as a practical matter, there are no other options. The idea is that the individual has rights and the freedom to choose his own destiny.

Finally, this is something that is very difficult for liberals and democrats to appreciate. I do NOT need Rush to tell me what to think. He has eloquence, analysis, humor, perseverance, and the consummate ability to entertain far beyond a mere mortal such as I. With that stated, dear friends, I / we, don’t need Rush to tell us what the thought for today is. We already have a brain, decent vision, and some reasonable ability to sort out a few things on our own. Thank you.

Lou,

Public services, as the SWAMP recently noted, pays quite handsomely, so cut thru the "public service hioly than thou" crap. Show me a politician in DC that is less wealthy now that when he/she first got to DC.

God forbid we have capitalism in this country. Ask the GOP Congress of 1994 what Rush Limbaugh meant to them? His voice is a reason we had the GOP counter-balance Clinton. That GOP Congress is the political reason we were able to have balance budgets in the late 90's.

As far as BO's capitalism, he just did it thru getting his wife's employers some gov't money and lo and behold, his wife gets a nice juicy raise.

Its the difference between earning something in the marketplace and feeding at the gov't trough.

It's well known the effect that Rush has had on AM radio - basically brought it back from the dead. Also, take a look at the effect he had a product called Snapple.

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/4499.html

Terry you crack me up. Really you do. Rush is single handedly responsible for the Republicans in the 1990's (Was he responsible for Dole's crushing loss in 1996, or just the parts you like?), Snapple, and AM radio. Right. Megadittos Chump, Megadittos.

"Show me a politician in DC that is less wealthy now that when he/she first got to DC."

With pleasure, I give you Joe Biden.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/24/AR2007032400305_pf.html
I'm sure the fact that he hasn't made getting wealthy his first priority like the Great Rush Limbaugh will earn him nothing but your derision.

Lou,

"His voice is a reason". Do you know the difference between "a reason" and "the reason"?

The evfdence for Snapple is documented in the link.

What was Joe Biden worth before he entered office?

I guess old Joe doesn't count the value of his $2 million-plus estate he lives on in Wilmington.

http://www.zillow.com/blog/joe-bidens-house-endures-the-media-swarm/2008/08/

As far as Limbaugh and the resurrection of AM radio. Once the "Lack of Fairness Doctrine" was rescinded.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_talk_radio

Those pesky facts.

You just keep me laughing

Django - N Exile somewhere in/around the 30th Parallel,

Thanks for the response. I appreciate it. You are obviously a thoughtful person with well founded and rational ideas and values. I like to think I'm the same. I dont' like or admire extremists on either end of the spectrum as I feel, for the most part, they detract, delude and confuse issues. Unfortunately, and you can see this from posts to the Swamp almost every time Mr Limbaugh is mentioned in entries, many people do hold Mr Limbaugh as a guiding light of conversative ideals and follow his mantra with an almost religious zeal. I find that very sad and I'm disappointed that he is allowed to cause dissention sheerly for his own profit and self promotion.
By the by, you sound more libetarian then republican. I can understand why you would feel somewhat forced to associate your philosophies more with the GOP than the LP but I would think your values would be more worth standing up for. You deserve to be better represented. You should demand more of your party. We all should.

Thanks again for you insights. Oh, and thanks for trying to not be condecending. I appreciate it.

Terry, wikipedia? Well, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that a megadittohead like you will believe just about any source is credible. After all you've taken the rantings of a radio entertainer as the source of your political philosophy and believe He is a reliable source of info why should I be surprise when you really on wiki as proof of anything. Barnum was right.

kg1423,

And I very much appreciate your response, here. I did give serious consideration to your question. I am very partisan, but it is based on having a philosophy that to me anyway, seems clear and generally correct. I do accept disagreement though and I do try to see the other point of view, but too often the discussion or debate just descends into back and forth name calling. I can do some of that too, but generally would not consider that to be my preferred kind of thing. I watch CNN over Fox probably 3 to 1 to hear what arguments are being made, more favorable to the liberal point of view.

My family are all democrats. Unfortunately they are yellow dog democrats, so there is really not much to ever have a serious discussion over.
I have tried to like President Obama. He won and He is the man. If America will be allowed to succeed, then I will probably succeed. I would never be opposed to that.

Obama does seem to have the same self-deprecating sense of humor that I do, but I know that we would never have the same philosophy on whatever it is that government should be or should not be doing. I want to give him a chance but he has really put a burr in my shorts, with the on-going directed fire at Darth Vader Cheney over not just "torture" but also "past practices" and the overall selective framing of the argument. One word there ~ Disingenuous. Very probable that I should Chill and pick up the guitar more because I do find this to be very irritating and disingenuous.

As I would tell my niece, an ex-yellow dog democrat, who has worked hard and has just earned a Ph.D. ~pay just a little attention and develop your own political philosophy and a sense of what would seem to be right. That's really done a lot of good. Instead of a yellow dog democrat, she is now a thoughtful democrat. Thanx for your comments. I appreciate what you said very much, as well. Have a fine day.

Lil' Louie,

I guess you didn't even notice the subject matter.

See the quote from Daniel Henninger of the WSJ

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/foreclosuresvegas/gGx5yN

Notice the website? The tile of the article wasn't "The End of Sean Hannity, Ed Schultz, Randi Rhodes".

You flatliners can't gice credit where credit is due. No one expects you to agree with, just to acknowledge the impact he has had on the resurgance of AM radio.

Wow, Terry, linking to a blog comment posting which references the same wiki article. I'm sure convinced now! Darn fine research there Chump! Can't argue with sources like that!

Lil' Louie,

So the Barack Obama web site is lying? Who would have thunk it?