Who am I supposed to believe: Rush Limbaugh or some weenie who hosts a teevee salon for Manhattan amd D.C. liberals?

The world isn’t fair, Joe. If you see yourself as a “true conservative”, you’re allowed to do that. But every time you walk around the table and kiss-on-the-cheek-hello katrina vanden heuvel and tina brown, you make it impossible for any self-respecting right-winger to take you seriously. If you want more Left friends than Right, fine. But don’t complain at the end of the day when you look around, all of your friend work at NewsBeast and you feel lonely.

Limbaugh appeals to aging and out-of-touch pitchforkers who live in an imaginary world of liberal conspiracies and centrist betrayals. Nothing he’s said in thirty-odd years of broadcasting has ever been meaningful, fair, reasonable or connected to the facts on the ground. Today’s rant is no different. Same sh!t, different day.

Rush answers to no one and that this why he speaks the truth! Think about it!

Like Rush a lot, but his early endorsement of Romney had me puzzled, until I found that Bain Capital owns a slew of Clear Channel Radio stations, so if Joe panders to his MSNBC hosts, Rush does the same thing for Clear Channel, 62% of Rush’s broadcasts are carried by Clear Channel.

Sorry, Rush has not endorsed anyone so far.

Rush, You single handily hurting our party.  Now stop it!  

Rush will say anything for ratings

“I had a great time in the Dominican Republic.  Wish I could tell you about it.”

–Rush Limbaugh

you know Obama has visited nevada.  That also must mean hes visited the bunny ranch because its also is in nevada.  Thats if we use the liberals wacky logic. 

Rush does speak to the dumb.  So, I would say you should listen to Rush.

Yay, don’t be respectful of others.  Treat them like they have “cooties”!!!!

You should believe the obnoxious blow hard, Rush, of course.

lmao thats the dumbest contrast ever…

Yeah, Joe, by like MattBX.  In other words be small minded, selfish, fearful, and uncompromising whose heroes are extremist charlatans and cranks like Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Mark Levin, Glenn Beck, etc. who makes a living spewing out vile attacks on anybody that doesn’t agree with their self loathing ugly world view. 

Seriously, Walt? This is the kind of anger and bitterness you walk around with? I hope you are more measured, in the flesh. I never mentioned any of those people or really anything you referred to. I didn’t even make a judgement call. I just stated the way it is.

 If Rachel Maddow produced the same show as Joe, it would involve her guests being 75% Republican establishment types. She would be agreeing with their attacks on Democrats, at least, 50% of the time. And the Pecking-on-the-cheek and backslapping would be between her and types like Karl Rove, Rudy Giuliani and Rich Lowry. And through all of that, she would be calling herself the only “true liberal.”

If that was her show, you’d tell Maddow to stop pretending to represent you. And I wouldn’t blame you. Has nothing to do with being closed minded. I am open to any debate, within reason. It’s about calling out a smug, sermonizing self-congratulater. If you think I have falsely described Joe’s show, make your case. If not, I don’t know what you’re talking about.

You obviously hate American right-wingers more than just about anything in this world. That’s your right. Just please realize that comments like the one above, make you look childish, unserious and like an emotional wreck.

Rush Limbaugh’s opinions are interesting only to the extent that they represent experiments in developing viable partisan caricatures for the committed right-wing true believers.

For everyone else interested in empirical reality, Limbaugh’s drivel bears little resemblance to the world around us.

Do the persons who have to listen to Rush for Mediaite get hazardous duty pay?

ZOMG!
Rush, Mitt, Clear Channel and Colby Hall are all involved in the same capitalist conspiracy!

Obama would be more likely to visit “Junkyard”.

Even if I ever disagreed with Rush (not likely) I would still love him because he pisses liberals off…..and that’s better than Macaroni and Cheese.

That’s the exact problem with modern discourse.  It’s not about ideas, but people.  Regardless of the merit of what is being said, as long as the “other side” gets upset, mission accomplished.

Any viewpoint that judges itself by the reactions of its perceived opponents, rather than the strength or veracity of its own arguments, is truly bankrupt.

You’re a perfect example of the basic problem with modern discourse.  It’s not about ideas, but people.  Regardless of the merit of what is being said, as long as the “other side” gets upset, mission accomplished.

Any viewpoint that judges itself by the reactions of its perceived opponents, rather than the strength or veracity of its own arguments, is truly bankrupt.

It seemed clear to me a week ago that Joe S. was an ardent supporter of Rick Santorum (the two even look and think alike).

For Joe to morn the departure of Mr. Huntsman does seem to lend credence to what Rush is saying. I.e., to win favor with his moderate and liberal viewers and diminish the notion that he is some right wing whack job.

Speaking of hate, re-read your first post.

If you think something I wrote was “hateful” and wanted to point it out to me, quote it, because I’m missing your point. If you honestly think liberals would accept Olbermann as a self proclaimed, “only true liberal”, if his show was 75% republican guests, then I guess you can think that. Because that is my only point. It was clear. Let’s move on.

Your whole comment is ignorant Matt.  Yet you have no problem attacking other as being hateful for pointing this out. You are the one who is drawing a line and if you cross it you are no longer “one of us.”  Your original comment back to me made no sense in regards to my comment to you. 

But since you had brought Rachael Maddow into your comment, let me just say, she welcomes conservatives to be on her show not to demean but challenge their conventional thinking.  When she first started her show she went toe to toe with xenophobe, Pat Buchanan.  I watch the show.  I know what I am talking about. 

You made a judgmental comment not based on fact but on your biased opinion.  I made a comment on just your comment based on the fact that conservatives have been heavily influenced by the media from the likes of Rush Limbaugh where the same talking points and vitriolic messaging are repeated.  I know, because I have listened extensively to these people, most notably, Michael Savage.

I don’t “hate” right wingers.  I leave that for the conservative movement that is going on in this country.  I pity them for their ignorance and foolishness for allowing fear and loathing to control their soul.  If that offends you than perhaps you just can’t handle the truth. 

I never said Maddow never had a right-winger on her show. I simply described what her show would be like if she was the liberal morning joe. And again, you must agree with me because you don’t refute it. My problem is with Joe, not Maddow. Are you that daft? And if Buchanan is your only example, pick a new one because your favorite channel just banned him. Everything you say here is just a picture-perfect example of someone who could never debate anything but the “morality of the soul” between libs and cons. You and me are done here.

Rush should check Huntsman’s conservative record. It’s a hell of lot more consistent conservative then Romney’s. The only problem is that Huntsman dares to believe in Science.