Just a thought…
If Our Man Mitt goes down in flames today, does that mean that Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Rush Limbaugh, Hugh Hewitt, and Mark Levin will be pretty much exposed as paper tigers?
Or does it mean that their listeners already know that they’re full of shit and that they only listen to their programs because they enjoy the "buy gold" and Viagra commercials?
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It says something that the fire-breathers fell for someone so entirely false.
You know, that’s an interesting question. I’m related to one of their listeners (much to my shame, though it does add something to that “nature vs. nurture” argument). I’m betting on years of whining victimhood from these guys/gals, with a finely-honed sense of “we tried to be the light in the dark, but the fools didn’t listen”. Oh, and of course with a sidedish of pure, unadulterated hate; can’t do without that can we?
You know just how horribly downtrodden and ignored these leading lights of conservatism and their followers are; they’ve been systematically excluded from the media, their poor, abused religion shunned in every outlet, leaving the country Godless and adrift, and thus a target for Islamofascists that God might just let succeed for the sins of the masses. Such martydom we have never seen in all the days of this perfect Union! Or at least that’s how they’ll spin it.
So basically, we’ll get more of the same crap these clowns have been peddling for years, but with a finer, sharper blade to cut those they disagree with.
I’m thinking people are begining to wake up to the fact that those are all mean, hatefull, misinformed, ignorant liars that are truely full of shit.
They didn’t fall for him. In Limbaugh’s case anyway, it’s because his network is owned by the Romney-owned Bain Capital.
“I’m thinking people are begining to wake up to the fact that those are all mean, hatefull, misinformed, ignorant liars that are truely full of shit.”
Don’t you buy it for a second. I am very close to regular listeners of rush, and they are just weathering this in-house storm until a Dem claims the nomination, then they can get back to their daily does of Hillary the murderer or Obama the closet Muslim.
There will be no defection from this class of self-deluded and willfully ignorant sycophants. They don’t care who the Republican nominee is, they are just salivating at the chance to attack the defeatocrats-islamo-abortion-gay-marriage-Gestapo.
Remember, Rush and his ilk speak to and for the hardliners, people who wouldn’t vote Democrat if Reagan came back and ran against Clinton. This isn’t about reason or logic, it’s about petty schoolyard cliques.
“Or does it mean that their listeners already know that they’re full of shit…”
They absolutely DO NOT KNOW how full of shit these right-wing wankers are. Have you ever listened to the morons who call into these shows? They worship at the altar of these lying asswipes — “Dittos Rush” duuuuuuuh. It’s both funny, and sad as hell. And scary.
Fear not. These are cowards addicted to fear. They watch Fux and listen to Rash for their fear fix. They spend more time looking for bin Laden under their bed than Bush ever spent looking for him in Afghanistan.
Yeah, what I enjoy the most in a sick, sick way is the hate that pours from my sister the Dittohead’s mouth, followed in the very next sentence by what a complete, wonderful Christian she is.
Followed immediately by who should be lined up and shot (all gays, with the coming attraction to be all liberals), evolution is a satan-inspired plot to turn us all Godless (in my mind the actions of her and her buddies are doing a much better job of it than satan ever could), and Hitlery dug up Vince Foster every 3 months so she could kill him again (OK so that’s an exaggeration, but not by much).
Humboltblue is correct, they are simply salivating as they prepare the 2 sets of scripts they will be working from once a democratic primary winner is designated; they can hardly wait. I wonder if there is ever a line they can cross that will finally get them ostracized from civil society like they truly deserve.
Wingnuts hate when it’s pointed out that Ken Starr couldn’t link either Bill or Hill to any involvement in Foster’s mysterious death.
Left-gatekeepers hate when it’s pointed out that while Foster’s brains were blown out there were no actual brains blown out at the scene.
It’s one of those wonderful topics where everyone can froth at the mouth over legitimate questions.
Oh my Goddess I love it so…
DING! DING! DING! We have a winnah!!
The Rush’s of the world decided that “Anyone But McCain” was their battle cry after Saint McMedialovesafakemavercik talked against the party back in 2000.
His ricockulously conservative voting record? His fealty to Bush’s failed Iraq adventure? His pandering to the far right, just like they love?
None of that mattered because McIwouldblowagoatforavote spoke against the party. And we all know that, for the GOP, party loyalty trumps everything.
HOWEVER … in the next few months they’ll shape up, Senator McResepctmebecauseIwasdumbenoughtogetcaught will be reanimated within the party like some not-really-moderate zombie, and Rush Co. will carry the water, just like he has since Nov. 2006, even though he said back then that he wasn’t going to do it any more.
It’s like a crack addict who has a choice between some low-grade crack, or a bottle of anibuse. Sure, the anibuse would actually help solve the problem and make the world better, but the crack — no matter how similar to a chunk of soap — is simply too tempting to pass up.
Anyone who thinks they won’t fall in line is high (or perhaps not high enough … take your pick).
McCain does not forget slights, and I wonder how rushbo et al will fare with St. John if he sews up the nomination. Payback could be more than a bitch; it would certainly suck if the customs guys really looked at the fat ones luggage some time.
The only reason McCain is the front runner is that the rest of the field was even more distasteful – even to the GOP base. They sure did pick a pack of losers this time.
Romney’s going down. If he loses CA, it’s lights-out.
Dildos at dawn.
Hannity just spent his first forty minutes slamming McCain. He was insensed by the so called dirty trick played on Romney by Huckabee and McCain. He also lamented the fact that Dobson waited til today to sy no McCain, not now, not ever.
Now, I don’t know what game they are playing but this intra mural skirmish is highly entertaining.
“Exposed”? To whom? The chronically stupid and the intellectually disreputable? No chance that they would recognize they are full of shit, much less acknowledge it.
I’m sorry, I can’t focus on this discussion, as I got a double dose of “FREE NEWT!” ads, and they ain’t offering pet amphibians…I’m gonna go have a technicolor yawn…
The truly terrifying part about the participants in the “culture of hate” is that they believe everything those assclowns spout. And they go through their days in a miserable, close-minded, intellectually stunted, demented, and frighteningly violent frame of mind. Turning their guns on each other is inevitable. It should be fun to watch.
A circular firing squad of wingnuts.
The resulting carnage should be a thing to behold.
Yes they do, and I butt heads with it every damned day. The damage Limbaugh in particular has done to political and social discourse in this country is great indeed.
Fuckin’ asshole.
Here’s a quote from a long time, old style republican I know:
“until the Limbaugh trash is gotten rid of, the republican party hasn’t got a chance in hell of recovering their core values.”
I’m assuming he’s referring to a set of core values from the pre-saint Ronnie days, but I could be wrong. The current set of core values are on plain display with Limpballs and the rest of the hatermedia, and it looks like people are getting tired of that crap; except for the base of course.
You mean pre-Goldwater days, I think. That’s when the first signs of trouble can be spotted, in hindsight. There was Ronnie as California Governor (My dad said he was the worst thing to ever happen to Cal., but dad didn’t live to see the Governator…), then Tricky Dick, then Prez. Ronnie, Bush the First, the Newticles in Congress, and, of course, the Cheney Administration…
Hannity and co. will never give up the hatin. Nevah!
As long as it makes them money.
One would think that such fine upstanding X-ians would have the decency to cover up teh ugly with sheets….