The incredible destruction wrought by Rush Limbaugh (McCain, CNN, weapon)

[ClaraC]

So Rush Limbaugh has been on the air since 1988. I don't think there is one single person in the history of the US who has ever been responsible for so much damage.

When he started out, he was the kind of funny that when you heard his show you'd laugh because you couldn't believe what you were hearing. So outrageous that it was shocking/funny. And just plain old funny was his Spatula City hoax, which still makes me laugh. I mean really, these women who would call his show saying they were driving around and where exactly was Spatula City? I'm sorry, that's just funny I don't care who you are.

And then his detractors called him misogynistic, and he laughed about that and told the women in the audience that if they desired to call in and participate in his radio show, they'd have to send a photo of themselves ahead of time and when they called in the staff would decide if they were good-looking enough to take the woman's call. His office was FLOODED with pictures of women. Now that's just funny, and puts people on notice that if you're a detractor, you're not going to win.

Fast forward to the election of 2008. Hilary Clinton and Obama were in the democratic primary. Rush believed that Obama could not defeat McCain but Hilary probably could, so he amassed an army of "primary jumpers" to vote in the democratic party for Obama, instead of voting in their own republic party, and that's the margin that gave Obama the slot to run against, and despite Limbaugh's beliefs, beat McCain.

Then. Leading up to the primaries in the election of 2016, Trump would NOT have won the primary had Limbaugh not been 4-square in his court, sanitizing and excusing the outrageous things Trump was saying and doing, most notably mocking the disabled reporter. Had Limbaugh, who is incredibly persuasive and smooth, not paved the way for Trump, we wouldn't be here where we are. With this absolute buffoon as a president.

Wondering if, in fact, Trump has brought down the Great American Experiment.

NOTE: I did all this strictly from memory, as a long-time listener, so please excuse me if some of the finer details are inaccurate.

[atltechdude]

Well it was hardly just Limbaugh.

The rest of the media including left leaning media like CNN were also responsible for boosting Trump in the primary. They all wanted ratings and most thought the joke would end at some point. Sadly, it didn’t.

[calgirlinnc]

IIRC, Rush was not pro-Trump until the momentum towards him made Trump's nomination a foregone conclusion. I remember Rush being all in for Ted Cruz, whom he labeled an "ideological conservative."

[odanny]

Limbaugh is a cancer to American discourse, and soon he will eat himself into darkness.

[ClaraC]

Originally Posted by calgirlinnc

IIRC, Rush was not pro-Trump until the momentum towards him made Trump's nomination a foregone conclusion. I remember Rush being all in for Ted Cruz, whom he labeled an "ideological conservative."

No. I agree that Rush wasn't pro-Trump in the beginning, but before Trump was front runner he was fully behind him. I recall a few of his avid fans actually calling and saying they loved listening to him, but was this a joke that he was for Trump? Or did he really mean it??

[Bruiser Brody]

Originally Posted by ClaraC

So Rush Limbaugh has been on the air since 1988. I don't think there is one single person in the history of the US who has ever been responsible for so much damage.

Rush is far less dangerous than CNN & MSNBC. There is only 1 Rush. There are thousands of leftist extremists working for CNN and MSNBC. Think about that.

[ClaraC]

Originally Posted by Bruiser Brody

Rush is far less dangerous than CNN & MSNBC. There is only 1 Rush. There are thousands of leftist extremists working for CNN and MSNBC. Think about that.

There's only one Rush, but you don't need more than one.

He is a master at his craft.

[Bruiser Brody]

Originally Posted by ClaraC

I think you're not sensing the palpable fear the majority is feeling

Have you, your side, ever thought about just calming down and stop over reacting over everything? Your side was telling Republicans to sit the hell down and shut up when the first biracial man was elected POTUS in 2008 and now here you all are foaming at the mouth. Maybe your side should seek some professional help to get your emotions and fears in check.

[Bruiser Brody]

Originally Posted by ClaraC

There's only one Rush, but you don't need more than one.

He is a master at his craft.

Chill Clara. Chill. You are spreading more fear than anyone else.

[ClaraC]

Originally Posted by Bruiser Brody

Have you, your side, ever thought about just calming down and stop over reacting over everything? Your side was telling Republicans to sit the hell down and shut up when the first biracial man was elected POTUS in 2008 and now here you all are foaming at the mouth. Maybe your side should seek some professional help to get your emotions and fears in check.

I'm smack in the center, but anyway.

And I'm not worked up. I'm sitting very calmly reflecting, on how we got where we are today.

On the night of 9/11/2001, I thought this is it. We're done for. We've got a crisis on our hands and a president that I wasn't sure was up to leading us through. Boy was that idea wrong. He was MORE than capable of leading us, and did a fabulous job of holding us all united and feeling empowered again. (Not all his decisions worked out, but by and large, he did an admirable job with the intel he had).

As fearful as I was that night, I've never felt the shock and dismay I felt when Trump called the military out on his own fellow citizens exercising their constitutional rights - and he KNEW it. The park police could have handled unlawful behavior, and had been doing it. Our US military was NOT necessary to be weaponized against our fellow citizens.