Take the Limbaugh Challenge..Liberals who hate Rush Limbaugh -- why don't you actually listen to his show before bashing (world, welfare)
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Enjoy him while you can. I expect he will be totally off the air by May.
The sponsor boycott pulled on him after his despicable comments has been swift and massive. Within 2 days, his show lost a boatload of sponsors, and more will drop him like a hot rock this week. Boycotting took about 4 months to convince Fox to pull Beck off the air, but the effort this time on Limbaugh is twice as organized and 3 times larger already. These things have a way of building stregth as they grow. By the end of next week, AOL will join ProFlowers and Sears, who have already jerked all their ads. I expect that, within about a month, Limbaugh will be down to Colon Cleanse and Garlique as his main sponsors.
In addition, he just lost a huge hunk of ditto heads who got angry when he caved in and apologized about the **** and prostitute remarks.
The GOP bosses have been tired of El Rushbo (dumbest nickname ever!) for a long time, and there is no love for him right now. Paulistas gave up on him, and there went another hunk of his audience.
Rush jumped the shark, big time. He could possibly withstand one hit, but four, combined with the boycott's power, is too much to overcome.
Enjoy him while you can. I expect he will be totally off the air by May.
The sponsor boycott pulled on him after his despicable comments has been swift and massive. Within 2 days, his show lost a boatload of sponsors, and more will drop him like a hot rock this week. Boycotting took about 4 months to convince Fox to pull Beck off the air, but the effort this time on Limbaugh is twice as organized and 3 times larger already. These things have a way of building stregth as they grow. By the end of next week, AOL will join ProFlowers and Sears, who have already jerked all their ads. I expect that, within about a month, Limbaugh will be down to Colon Cleanse and Garlique as his main sponsors.
In addition, he just lost a huge hunk of ditto heads who got angry when he caved in and apologized about the **** and prostitute remarks.
The GOP bosses have been tired of El Rushbo (dumbest nickname ever!) for a long time, and there is no love for him right now. Paulistas gave up on him, and there went another hunk of his audience.
Rush jumped the shark, big time. He could possibly withstand one hit, but four, combined with the boycott's power, is too much to overcome.
Therefore, I am throwing down my gauntlet at your quivering liberal feet. I hereby issue my challenge -- the Limbaugh Challenge: Listen to the show. Not for five minutes but for several hours: an hour a day for several days. Consider what he has to say -- the real policy material under the jokes and teasing bluster. Do what your intellectual keepers do not want you to do and keep an open mind. Ask yourself: What's he getting at? Why does he say the things he says? Why do so many people of goodwill -- like that nice Mr. Klavan -- agree with him?
The mainstream media (a.k.a. the Matrix) don't want you to listen to Limbaugh because they're afraid he'll wake you up and set you free of their worldview. You don't want to listen to him because you're afraid of the same thing.
Don't believe me? Well, then, gird your loins. Gather your courage. Accept the Limbaugh Challenge. See what happens.
I dare you.
Andrew Klavan is a contributing editor to City Journal. His novel for young adults, "The Last Thing I Remember," will be published next month by Thomas Nelson.
Take the Limbaugh Challenge..Liberals who hate Rush Limbaugh -- why don't you actually listen to his show before bashing
OK, even though I'm no liberal...
I listened to Limbaugh back in the 90's. Nonstop Clinton bashing. Which didn't bother me too much, because I was certainly no Clinton fan. But that's all he'd drone on about. Got to be monotonous and the number of times he'd try to pass off pure BS as real got me turned off completely.
Then, one of his favorite utterances was , "NEVER trust a draft dodger!" Ol' fatso dropped that one like a hot potato when it was revealed that he was a world class draft dodger himself.
All indications are that he hasn't improved over the past decade. Now, it's nonstop Obama bashing, with usual half-truths and outright falsities that are a demagogue's trademark. His loyal dittohead followers must lead miserable lives.
I admire him for being a magnificent fraud. Not to mention druggie, liar and sex pervert with a propensity for little Thai girls. Calling him a Pig insults the pigs.
Rush will stay on air and I'm glad he will. The more hard-hitting, outspoken, say it like they see it, left and right commentators available for the public, the better. Rush, Beck, Matthews, Olbermann, the more the merrier.
Therefore, I am throwing down my gauntlet at your quivering liberal feet. I hereby issue my challenge -- the Limbaugh Challenge: Listen to the show. Not for five minutes but for several hours: an hour a day for several days. Consider what he has to say -- the real policy material under the jokes and teasing bluster. Do what your intellectual keepers do not want you to do and keep an open mind. Ask yourself: What's he getting at? Why does he say the things he says? Why do so many people of goodwill -- like that nice Mr. Klavan -- agree with him?
The mainstream media (a.k.a. the Matrix) don't want you to listen to Limbaugh because they're afraid he'll wake you up and set you free of their worldview. You don't want to listen to him because you're afraid of the same thing.
Don't believe me? Well, then, gird your loins. Gather your courage. Accept the Limbaugh Challenge. See what happens.
I dare you.
Andrew Klavan is a contributing editor to City Journal. His novel for young adults, "The Last Thing I Remember," will be published next month by Thomas Nelson.
Rush is honest, hard hitting journalist. He might have gone liberal with his words about that Georgetown student demanding a welfare entitlement, but that is not to be unexpected in the fast paced world we live in now.
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