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Rush Limbaugh finds the bottom of the barrel (1 Viewer)

The whole playbook is spout your points and muddy the water against anything the opponent brings up. Some of his clones may believe him and the rest of the nation will be talking about jis jackass comments and not more valid issues. The issues are clearly liberally biased right now.

 
Hey, I've got one comment about Michael's ad---

The end where he says (paraphrasing), "Your vote matters to millions of Americans, Americans like me."

Uh, isn't he Canadian? Eh?

 
ffldrew said:
Well, Rush is showing what a fine human being he is.

"I stated when I saw the ad, I was commenting to you about it, that he was either off the medication or he was acting. He is an actor, after all."
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Here is the ad he filmed for Claire McCaskill, the democratic challenger for the US Senate seat in Missouri.
Here is him in an episode of Boston Legal earlier this year. Youtube link.

There seems to be a marked difference between his appearance in the commercial and his appearance on the tv show. Maybe he's gone way downhill in the time between they were both filmed?

 
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Dvorak said:
Hey, I've got one comment about Michael's ad---

The end where he says (paraphrasing), "Your vote matters to millions of Americans, Americans like me."

Uh, isn't he Canadian? Eh?
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http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2000-07-18
Michael J. Fox Becomes American Citizen

Canadian-born Michael J. Fox has followed in the footsteps of Welsh-born actor Anthony Hopkins by swearing an oath and becomingan American citizen The actor who recently left his hit TV show Spin City to campaign for Parkinson's Disease, which he suffers from, has found it very difficult and has been "greatly bothered" by living in America but not being able to vote. Fox, who has lived in Atlanta, America for 20 years and whose wife and children are all American citizens, secretly swore the oath of allegiance earlier this year and is now reportedly looking forward to voting in the next general election.
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Dvorak said:
Hey, I've got one comment about Michael's ad---The end where he says (paraphrasing), "Your vote matters to millions of Americans, Americans like me."Uh, isn't he Canadian? Eh?
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A few years ago he was facing deportation (The Smoo Act - something about Canadian Actor limits) . In a brazen effort to mock US Immigration Laws he married Tracy Pollan in a quickie "marriage of convienence" ceremony. So he is now an "American" - but you are right we all know better.Next week Rush will start attacking him for this flaw as well.
 
I dont doubt the fact that MJF is off his medicine when he films the commercials however having the bank he does he can probably afford the best medication and more of it compared to the local Joe that has this disease.

Also, his "going off the medication" is justified in my mind because no matter what he does or how much medication he does take he will one day be much worse because the disease NEVER gets better. There is nothing anybody can do right now to make life better for patients in his position.

The fact that doctors are unable to use current technology to "help" find a cure is appalling to me but especially to patients with this disease.

 
"I stated when I heard the broadcast, I was commenting to you about it, that he was either off the medication or he was blowing hard. He is a blowhard, after all."

 
I don't think you guys get it. A huge part of Rush Limbaugh's appeal is that he speaks his mind. I doubt that many republicans agree with everything he says, but the fact that he is willing to get out there and fight for the movement is very appealing in a world of Mike DeWine's, who in the end look for ways to cut the legs out from under the movement. Also, I think when his critics cherry-pick statements they dislike and ignore the rest (like what is happening in this thread) it only deepens his appeal among his fans.

You are doing exactly what he wants you to do.

 
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BGP said:
I don't think you guys get it. A huge part of Rush Limbaugh's appeal is that he speaks his mind. I doubt that hardly any republicans agree with everything he says, but the fact that he is willing to get out there and fight for the movement is very appealing in a world of Mike DeWine's, who in the end look for ways to cut the legs out from under the movement. Also, I think when his critics cherry-pick statements they dislike and ignore the rest (like what is happening in this thread) it only deepens his appeal among his fans.

You are doing exactly what he wants you to do.
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People who 'get' Rush don't grok humanity.
 
BGP said:
I don't think you guys get it. A huge part of Rush Limbaugh's appeal is that he speaks his mind. I doubt that many republicans agree with everything he says, but the fact that he is willing to get out there and fight for the movement is very appealing in a world of Mike DeWine's, who in the end look for ways to cut the legs out from under the movement. Also, I think when his critics cherry-pick statements they dislike and ignore the rest (like what is happening in this thread) it only deepens his appeal among his fans.

You are doing exactly what he wants you to do.
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Mike DeWine (and his son Pat) are well-meaning, terrific Americans. Rush is a blight on humanity. But keep making excuses for the dregs...

Seriously, when is it time to take stock if you're deflecting for Rush Limbaugh? Re-evaluation is often better than reloading.

 
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BGP said:
I don't think you guys get it. A huge part of Rush Limbaugh's appeal is that he speaks his mind.
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Actually, yes, we get that. Like Rush, it's not complicated. It's the very fact that he's honestly speaking his mind that makes what he says so bad. If it were just shtick or if he were just another party tool spouting the points du jour, then I'd occassionally give him a pass. But he's sincerely a shameless, classless, hypocritical ignoramus who should be a complete embarrassment, and not a hero, to his party.
 
Proof that white people have just as much public figures (Rush, K-Fed) as black people (Snoop Dogg, Jesse Jackson) that bring their races down.

 
For anyone who have seen the commerical, it was a powerful ad. I really felt if I didn't vote for the canidate that I would let him wither on the vine and die.

 
Yes, Rush certainly does speak his mind:

"Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and neighborhoods which become consumed by them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up."
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"What this says to me is that too many whites are getting away with drug use, too many whites are getting away with drug sales, too many whites are getting away with trafficking in this stuff. The answer to this disparity is not to start letting people out of jail because we're not putting others in jail who are breaking the law. The answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict them and send them up the river, too."
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And there are many, many more.Yet while he saying this stuff he was hiding the fact that he was a drug abuser and obtained them illegally. When caught, he told us a tearful story about being addicted to painkillers and that he would be checking himself into a fancy rehab center to "break the hold this highly addictive medication has on me." Given Rush's strong opinion on what we should do with white people breaking the law I am shocked that he didn't turn himself in to the police and demand to be put behind bars. Why anyone would ever listen to a word this drug abusing, impotent, blowhard has to say is beyond me.
 
Godsbrother said:
Given Bill Clinton's strong opinion on what we should do with people breaking the law I am shocked that he didn't turn himself in to the police and demand to be put behind bars. Why anyone would ever listen to a word this lying [under oath], impeached, adulterer, blowhard has to say is beyond me.
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Fixed! :bye:
 
Ravens said:
Godsbrother said:
Given Bill Clinton's strong opinion on what we should do with people breaking the law I am shocked that he didn't turn himself in to the police and demand to be put behind bars.

Why anyone would ever listen to a word this lying [under oath], impeached, adulterer, blowhard has to say is beyond me.
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Fixed! :bye:
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This is your defense of Rush? :lmao: Megadittos to you, Raven.
 
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ffldrew said:
Dvorak said:
Hey, I've got one comment about Michael's ad---

The end where he says (paraphrasing), "Your vote matters to millions of Americans, Americans like me."

Uh, isn't he Canadian? Eh?
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A few years ago he was facing deportation (The Smoo Act - something about Canadian Actor limits) . In a brazen effort to mock US Immigration Laws he married Tracy Pollan in a quickie "marriage of convienence" ceremony. So he is now an "American" - but you are right we all know better.Next week Rush will start attacking him for this flaw as well.
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I just need to know if this is sarcasm. The guy dated her for 14 months and they have been married since 1988. That is the most inconvienent marriage of convienence I have ever heard of.
 
BGP said:
I don't think you guys get it. A huge part of Rush Limbaugh's appeal is that he speaks his mind. I doubt that many republicans agree with everything he says, but the fact that he is willing to get out there and fight for the movement is very appealing in a world of Mike DeWine's, who in the end look for ways to cut the legs out from under the movement. Also, I think when his critics cherry-pick statements they dislike and ignore the rest (like what is happening in this thread) it only deepens his appeal among his fans.

You are doing exactly what he wants you to do.
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Actually, I wasn't that bothered by the cherry-picked statement in the first post of this thread. It wasn't until I listened to the minute and a half long sound file of the statement in context that I was disgusted.
 
NorvilleBarnes said:
BGP said:
I don't think you guys get it. A huge part of Rush Limbaugh's appeal is that he speaks his mind.
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Actually, yes, we get that. Like Rush, it's not complicated. It's the very fact that he's honestly speaking his mind that makes what he says so bad. If it were just shtick or if he were just another party tool spouting the points du jour, then I'd occassionally give him a pass. But he's sincerely a shameless, classless, hypocritical ignoramus who should be a complete embarrassment, and not a hero, to his party.
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:goodposting: :goodposting: :goodposting:
 
i haven't read the entire thread, and i am not a Rush apologist.

But two things;

1. Clearly Fox was off his medication for the purpose of getting a sympathy vote.

2. I happened to have Rush on when he was making these comments, and he retracted the statement after someone on his staff mentioned to him that they had seen him in that physical state during interviews before.

Not that it makes a difference. Rush always makes comments about things, people etc that he doesn't have a clue about. And he talks to his audience like they are 1st graders that have no real life experience.

 
From what I read the shakes Fox had weren't from his disease they were from the meds he takes for the disease and would be very, very hard to fake as they are not voluntary.

Oh and Rush is in for another karma correction as it appears he has learned nothing yet.

 
And you know what else makes me mad? Jerry's Kids! Those little ####ers think the world owes them something just because they've had it rough. Well, I say, let 'em pay for their own crutches and helmets! They need to learn some self-reliance.

Tune in tomorrow for my commentary on African babies born with AIDS.

 
IvanKaramazov said:
And you know what else makes me mad? Jerry's Kids! Those little ####ers think the world owes them something just because they've had it rough. Well, I say, let 'em pay for their own crutches and helmets! They need to learn some self-reliance.Tune in tomorrow for my commentary on African babies born with AIDS.
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:lmao:
 
Godsbrother said:
Yes, Rush certainly does speak his mind:

"Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and neighborhoods which become consumed by them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up."
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"What this says to me is that too many whites are getting away with drug use, too many whites are getting away with drug sales, too many whites are getting away with trafficking in this stuff. The answer to this disparity is not to start letting people out of jail because we're not putting others in jail who are breaking the law. The answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict them and send them up the river, too."
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And there are many, many more.Yet while he saying this stuff he was hiding the fact that he was a drug abuser and obtained them illegally. When caught, he told us a tearful story about being addicted to painkillers and that he would be checking himself into a fancy rehab center to "break the hold this highly addictive medication has on me." Given Rush's strong opinion on what we should do with white people breaking the law I am shocked that he didn't turn himself in to the police and demand to be put behind bars. Why anyone would ever listen to a word this drug abusing, impotent, blowhard has to say is beyond me.
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My uncle's defense of this ... "Just because the messenger has made mistakes doesn't change the validity of the message." :loco:
 
igbomb said:
Godsbrother said:
Yes, Rush certainly does speak his mind:

"Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and neighborhoods which become consumed by them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up."
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"What this says to me is that too many whites are getting away with drug use, too many whites are getting away with drug sales, too many whites are getting away with trafficking in this stuff. The answer to this disparity is not to start letting people out of jail because we're not putting others in jail who are breaking the law. The answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict them and send them up the river, too."
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And there are many, many more.Yet while he saying this stuff he was hiding the fact that he was a drug abuser and obtained them illegally. When caught, he told us a tearful story about being addicted to painkillers and that he would be checking himself into a fancy rehab center to "break the hold this highly addictive medication has on me." Given Rush's strong opinion on what we should do with white people breaking the law I am shocked that he didn't turn himself in to the police and demand to be put behind bars. Why anyone would ever listen to a word this drug abusing, impotent, blowhard has to say is beyond me.
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My uncle's defense of this ... "Just because the messenger has made mistakes doesn't change the validity of the message." :loco:
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Okay, if your uncle believes the messge is valid then it should apply to the messenger. Your uncle should be demanding that Rush be "convicted and sent up the river". Heck, Rush should have been demanding it.
 
On The Rocks said:
i haven't read the entire thread, and i am not a Rush apologist.

But two things;

1. Clearly Fox was off his medication for the purpose of getting a sympathy vote.

2. I happened to have Rush on when he was making these comments, and he retracted the statement after someone on his staff mentioned to him that they had seen him in that physical state during interviews before.

Not that it makes a difference. Rush always makes comments about things, people etc that he doesn't have a clue about. And he talks to his audience like they are 1st graders that have no real life experience.
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Wow. You live in a deeply cynical world. Step into the light, brother.
 
Thought I would add this:

Fortunately, I have access to this thing called the Internet and this nifty search engine called Google. A few clicks led me to William J. Weiner M.D., professor and chairman of the department of neurology at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He's also director of the Parkinson's clinic there.

Even better, it turns out Dr. Weiner has a phone. When I reached him, he said he'd seen the ad earlier in the day and was fairly surprised to hear about Limbaugh's reaction. Here's why:

What you are seeing on the video is side effects of the medication. He has to take that medication to sit there and talk to you like that. ... He's not over-dramatizing. ... [Limbaugh] is revealing his ignorance of Parkinson's disease, because people with Parkinson's don't look like that at all when they're not taking their medication. They look stiff, and frozen, and don't move at all. ... People with Parkinson's, when they've had the disease for awhile, are in this bind, where if they don't take any medication, they can be stiff and hardly able to talk. And if they do take their medication, so they can talk, they get all of this movement, like what you see in the ad.
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article

 
Isn't this a common Democratic tactic? Send out someone who can't be criticized to promote their position, then attack anyone who dares to disagree with them?

 
wildbill said:
Isn't this a common Democratic tactic? Send out someone who can't be criticized to promote their position, then attack anyone who dares to disagree with them?
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The attack isn't about disagreement it is about the underhanded methods and obvious ignorance of Rush. But then that doesn't fit the talking points I guess.
 
wildbill said:
Isn't this a common Democratic tactic? Send out someone who can't be criticized to promote their position, then attack anyone who dares to disagree with them?
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I didn't hear Rush "disagree" with Michael J. Fox's position. I heard Rush accuse Michael J. Fox of going off his meds to make himself look sympathetic in the ad. If Rush wants to oppose the substance of the ad and discuss the policy issues, fine, but that's not what he did in that clip and that's not what this thread is about.
 
wildbill said:
Isn't this a common Democratic tactic? Send out someone who can't be criticized to promote their position, then attack anyone who dares to disagree with them?
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Thats the playbook for stifling any debate on the war on terrorism basically. Minus the twitchy guy. I saw Michael J Fox on the Actors studio a while back. He was twitchy and even had to take a break to take more medication to get his stuff under control. Apparently he was preparing for this "role" at that point. Also the quitting the hit TV show must have been part of the ploy as well.
 
faulkfan said:
ffldrew said:
Dvorak said:
Hey, I've got one comment about Michael's ad---

The end where he says (paraphrasing), "Your vote matters to millions of Americans, Americans like me."

Uh, isn't he Canadian? Eh?
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A few years ago he was facing deportation (The Smoo Act - something about Canadian Actor limits) . In a brazen effort to mock US Immigration Laws he married Tracy Pollan in a quickie "marriage of convienence" ceremony. So he is now an "American" - but you are right we all know better.Next week Rush will start attacking him for this flaw as well.
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I just need to know if this is sarcasm. The guy dated her for 14 months and they have been married since 1988. That is the most inconvienent marriage of convienence I have ever heard of.
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Usually when one sees the word Smoo in a posting in the FFA there is a close to 100% chance this is in jest. Yes lots of :sarcasm: in this post.Although I will not put it past Rush to attack Fox for being a Canadien.

 
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