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03-10-2012, 01:50 PM
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Maher is a sarcastic, profane, irreverent, smartass entertainer that, arguably, crosses lines that he shouldn't in an effort to elicit laughs. I can identify with this.
Limbaugh is a power drunk, self aggrandizing, malevolent oaf whose single greatest gift in life is his ability to find, then manipulate the weak minded. He uses his perch on the bully pulpit to do sincere, heartfelt, and intentional harm.
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03-10-2012, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by neophyte
Maher is a sarcastic, profane, irreverent, smartass entertainer that, arguably, crosses lines that he shouldn't in an effort to elicit laughs. I can identify with this.
Limbaugh is a power drunk, self aggrandizing, malevolent oaf whose single greatest gift in life is his ability to find, then manipulate the weak minded. He uses his perch on the bully pulpit to do sincere, heartfelt, and intentional harm.
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That's some good shit.
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03-10-2012, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by neophyte
Maher is a sarcastic, profane, irreverent, smartass entertainer that, arguably, crosses lines that he shouldn't in an effort to elicit laughs. I can identify with this.
Limbaugh is a power drunk, self aggrandizing, malevolent oaf whose single greatest gift in life is his ability to find, then manipulate the weak minded. He uses his perch on the bully pulpit to do sincere, heartfelt, and intentional harm.
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I forget who it was, but I was listening to "Serious Left" on Sirius one day, when someone made the comment, "You know, I once worked with Limbaugh in Chicago before he became famous. He hates Liberals because they fired him so often back then. He was a total cheapskate who would go out for drinks with the crew and then stiff us when it came his turn to buy a round. Then he would come to work the next day and talk trash about the same people who bought all of his drinks the night before. You want to know why he's so reclusive? It's because he's an asshole and even he knows it. If he gets too much exposure people will figure this out, and he will lose his audience."
Dave
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03-10-2012, 03:57 PM
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That's some good shit.
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And the truth.
Dave
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03-10-2012, 04:00 PM
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That's some good shit.
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Indeed. Well did, Neo.
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03-10-2012, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by neophyte
Maher is a sarcastic, profane, irreverent, smartass entertainer that, arguably, crosses lines that he shouldn't in an effort to elicit laughs. I can identify with this.
Limbaugh is a power drunk, self aggrandizing, malevolent oaf whose single greatest gift in life is his ability to find, then manipulate the weak minded. He uses his perch on the bully pulpit to do sincere, heartfelt, and intentional harm.
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Another great post.
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03-10-2012, 06:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by neophyte
Maher is a sarcastic, profane, irreverent, smartass entertainer that, arguably, crosses lines that he shouldn't in an effort to elicit laughs. I can identify with this.
Limbaugh is a power drunk, self aggrandizing, malevolent oaf whose single greatest gift in life is his ability to find, then manipulate the weak minded. He uses his perch on the bully pulpit to do sincere, heartfelt, and intentional harm.
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Originally Posted by Zeke
That's some good shit.
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Originally Posted by BlueStreak
And the truth.
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+1! Great response, man.
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03-10-2012, 06:44 PM
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Don't know that much about Rush, other than he's popular among a lot of people on the right.
I've listened to about a hour of him, because I was doing some work for some people who were listening to him at the time. My conclusion was that his voice was like chalk on a blackboard.
I've also read a couple of things he has written, and in both instances I thought he had a point.
Personally, I'm not a fan and would rather not listen to him. But I don't think that he is the incarnate of evil and that his followers are mindless lemmings as well.
I don't understand how people can stand to listen to him, but I don't understand how people can do a lot of things which make no sense to me.
I also realize that there are millions of people who can't understand how I can piss away the most of the day on Political Chat when I could be watching reruns of Entertainment Tonight.
To me, Rush is no big deal, and certainly not worthy of my consideration. He's just another loudmouthed blowhard in a world full of loudmouthed blowhards.
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03-10-2012, 06:52 PM
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To me, Rush is no big deal, and certainly not worthy of my consideration. He's just another loudmouthed blowhard in a world full of loudmouthed blowhards.
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Excellent post, Chas. I would be equally indifferent were it not for the fact that my mother-in-law is smitten with Limbaugh and exercises a certain influence with her daughter.
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03-10-2012, 07:21 PM
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You would think after the Howard Stern phenomenon, the public would be past getting all stupid over what a comedian or broadcaster spews to make money.
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