In a new survey conducted by Democracy Corps and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, 53 percent of voters said they had a negative opinion of hate radio talker Rush Limbaugh, compared to just 26 percent who view him positively. In all, nearly half the country, 45 percent, view him “very, very negatively.” In their analysis, the pollsters note that “Limbaugh’s rating has deteriorated among moderate Republicans since November’s election, with his unfavorability rising from 37 to 46 percent.”
The 26% is obviously made up of Big Pharma and travel agents for Dominican Republic sex tours.
March 11th, 2009 at 1:38 pmGee, imagine that.
But boy, is that 26% loyal…
At least we know where to find them…
March 11th, 2009 at 1:38 pmI wonder why? Is it all that hate for something Americans OVERWHELMINGLY approved?
sorry ditto heads. you’re out of touch, out of power, and out of time.
March 11th, 2009 at 1:38 pmBut the MSM says that Rush has 20 million listeners a day! It’s been that way for the last 20 years! Everybody loves Rush!
I doubt that Rush ever had 20 million listeners. This isn’t the 1990’s when Rush and his admirers in the MSM can just spew out any number they want to. They have to back it up now, and with Rush, they can’t do that.
March 11th, 2009 at 1:40 pmLike we didn’t see this coming. After Limbaugh’s appearance a C-Pac, people have realized he is nothing but a rambling, bumbling blowhard. Quite frankly, I think he is repulsive. This is a man who can’t understand why woman hate him. Oh, yeah? Calling us femannazis pisses us off every time. He should just go home and pet his cat.
March 11th, 2009 at 1:40 pmOf course everyone hates rush limbaugh.
March 11th, 2009 at 1:46 pmThat is exactly why he now leads the republican party.
As far as they’re concerned, it’s them against the public.
It looks like fewer and fewer people will be paying more and more to keep feeding the 400 million dollar man.
March 11th, 2009 at 1:47 pm26% of voters are Limpdick butthole surfers. A lot of really stoooopid people, all of the GOP.
March 11th, 2009 at 1:50 pmBend over GOP and remember to do both sides otherwise MR. Limbaugh will be very very mad and give you a spanking!
March 11th, 2009 at 1:51 pmwatchdog says:
uummm, it’s not an interpretation, it’s reality of hate and ignorance.
March 11th, 2009 at 1:51 pmA new Gallup Poll shows that since the CPAC, the Dems popularity is soaring. The Repugs got a little bump. Could it be the average American is finally figuring out the Repug Party doesn’t care about them? You add figures like Limbaugh, coulter amd Malkin, you get a disaster for the repug Party.
March 11th, 2009 at 1:53 pmdoes watchpup ever have a coherent point to share?
March 11th, 2009 at 1:54 pmBut…but…but…this whole situation was making him more powerful, and raising his ratings…
I’m impressed though. Why does it take the man saying he hoped the country (presiden same thing) to fails for these intelligent Republicans to wake up? Its not like he’s been any less than this for the last 20+ years.
March 11th, 2009 at 1:54 pmEpiphanies, like hindsight, I guess is also 20/20.
I don’t view Rush Limbaugh AT ALL!!
I don’t listem to him either!
March 11th, 2009 at 1:55 pmralph says;
more point. is it even coherent? or ever have a point?
March 11th, 2009 at 1:55 pmThat is the question.
So why does this multimillionaire keep getting all this coverage? It’s like the MSM, Blogs, et. al. need him for material, and he’s glad to stay in the limelight. On the other hand it keeps the GOoPers backpedaling. “Sorry Rush, please don’t talk bad on me!”
March 11th, 2009 at 1:56 pmwatchdog Says:
Rush has a lot of lessons to learn from Bill Maher and the Keith Olbermann types on how to be respectful when speaking about the opposite party and it members. The liberals have combined the terms opinion and disagreement, and now interpret them as hate and ignorance.
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interpret this:
you lose.
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March 11th, 2009 at 1:58 pmStrange, but I heard just today Limbaugh spinning this poll as an indicator of his popularity.
He knows what it really means, but he knows his 30%er dupes will lap up the slop he serves them.
¶ AIO
March 11th, 2009 at 2:01 pm.
Ahhhh…
… The loyal 29%’ers.
Better known as members of the (R)ushpublickin’ Party.
Q U E S T I O N:
How can you tell who’s a Loyal 29%’er?
A: They have (R)ushbreath.
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March 11th, 2009 at 2:03 pmWe know the difference. You, not so much. Take a class
March 11th, 2009 at 2:05 pmWasn’t b-cup scheduled to deliver his obligatory Limbaugh Apologia by now?
He’s running a little late.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:07 pmAt Bush’s speeches?
March 11th, 2009 at 2:08 pmTwenty Six percent.
Where have I heard that number before.???
March 11th, 2009 at 2:09 pmIn our county Dem Club, I have been saying that we need to help independents discover that they are really liberals. I think Limbaugh is helping that cause quite nicely.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:09 pmWell, afterall, he is a drug addicted Dominican Underage Prostitute Abuser who spews unAmerican Reichwing propaganda that only ditto heads believe in…
…and if they could think for themselves, then they would understand that Rush is one of the vilest persons on the planet.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:09 pmHere Fido, c’mere little puppy… bring the slippers…
March 11th, 2009 at 2:10 pmarf arf arf
No, watchpup. It’s hate speech when it’s driven by hatred rather than reason. Rush has demonstrated for all who care to analyze his body of work that he’s not driven by reason, but rather by an irrational hatred of all things liberal — ideas, programs, people.
trolls like you demonstrate no reasoning capabilities whatsoever (as evidenced by your knee-jerk equivalence of disagreement and hate speech) and so you’re vulnerable to such a charge as well.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:10 pmI wish the neighbor’s dog would quit wandering over here to mark its territory. How many times can that mutt pi** on something, anyway?
March 11th, 2009 at 2:11 pmDammit! This is exactly the kind of news we don’t need to see out there. Keep the dumfck Repugs in awe of the majesty of this pus gut druggy. Let them continue to push the metastisized anal cyst as their leader.
Of course he is hated by all rational people, but do we have to let the Repugs in on the secret?
RUSH RULES!!
March 11th, 2009 at 2:12 pmMarch 11th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
watchdog says
“Its only hate speech when you disagree, right?”
No, its hatespeech when its blatantly hateful. Blaming rape victims for their own rapes (O’Reilly)
Calling women femminazis. (Limbaugh)
Saying the president wants to “gas the Jews”. (Cunningham)
Claiming that the economy is the blame of homosexuals (Savage)
Do you agree with any of those things, if you do, that’s all I need to know about you. You dont know the difference between inciting hatred, and real information.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:15 pmIt’s only hate speech when it is hate speech. You seem to be the only one that has trouble with the concept.
Visit your local community college soon.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:15 pmHey Ralph, mine was the short version….
March 11th, 2009 at 2:16 pmCAUTION: The numbers may be going down,( and I love that )but think about what Keith #7 said and then Uncle’s #12. Our greatest concern must be how much more hate filled and ignorant is this core, and how many more arms have they stockpiled?? Just thinkin’
March 11th, 2009 at 2:22 pmI live in a state that sent Jesse Helms to the U.S. Senate five times.
Why would people elect a guy who was a bona fide reactionary, a guy who gleefully obstructed anything remotely progressive (to the point where he was called “Senator No”), and unabashedly vocalized opinions so politically incorrect that people were left slackjawed?
Believe it or not, a significant slice of the people who voted for him did so for somewhat rebellious reasons — they knew he p!ssed off the rest of the country, and this appealed to them for some reason.
I’m wondering if this effect applies to some of Limbaugh’s fans as well.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:23 pmYou nailed it, Fred.
You recognized the limited capacity of the watchcur to take in and synthesize information, and tailored your response accordingly. I, foolishly, spoke as if speaking to someone with some ability to process abstract thought. My bad.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:25 pmwatchdog Says:
joe cantwell Says:
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watchdog Says:
Rush has a lot of lessons to learn from Bill Maher and the Keith Olbermann types on how to be respectful when speaking about the opposite party and it members. The liberals have combined the terms opinion and disagreement, and now interpret them as hate and ignorance.
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interpret this:
you lose.
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Its only hate speech when you disagree, right?
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right.
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next?
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March 11th, 2009 at 2:27 pmwatchdog Says:
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Fred Says:
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watchdog Says:
The liberals have combined the terms opinion and disagreement, and now interpret them as hate and ignorance.
We know the difference. You, not so much. Take a class
Wouldn’t this country be a better place if liberals were the only ones making decisions?
We need a very large police force of, lets call them “Little Cuddly Education Officers”. They could go around to the ignorant hate filled homes of republicans and make sure there is no elephants or pictures of George W. Bush in the home. If someone is suspected of having different views other than that of the liberal ideology then they are sent to a nice little camp where they learn how to think properly.
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are you planning on going
on a shooting spree in the
near future?
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March 11th, 2009 at 2:31 pmArchie B Says:
Stop the presses!
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hi j$.
how are you?
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March 11th, 2009 at 2:35 pmlimbaugh’s audience is often misunderstood: 20 million weekly listeners means 4 million daily listeners. So my guest is that his loyal listeners are around 3+ millions, with some who tune in and out. this is still a big audience but not the “20M daily listeners” that is often portrayed by the msm.
the other thing is no one knows exactly how the 20 million number is calculated. it is an estimate of his shows in 1996. who knows exactly how many listen to him now. my guest is his audience is shrinking in the last 5-7 years, since the Iraq debacle. lately it has spiked, but that won’t last.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:35 pmSo, let the Republicans in Congress continue to genuflect at Rush’s Altar!
March 11th, 2009 at 2:38 pmFrom the great Canadian band Moxy Früvous, 1994:
“The Greatest Man in America”
Coming from Canada, we love those leaders who personify the US way to be,
There was JFK, and LBJ, and WKRP.
But of all of these
there is not one to rival
the greatest genius of them all
He’s a megalo with a healthy glow
He’s the man called Rush Limbaugh.
He’s a dose of P.T. Barnum
With a Mussolini twist.
There in the limousine, parked on the lawn,
He’s a goofy Genghis Khan.
Not since Jesus Christ
has the world seen someone
With such widely syndicated views
Hundreds of years from now
they’ll celebrate Rush-mas
And Rush-hashana for the Jews.
‘Cause he’ll pull the plug on femi-nazis,
paranoid minorities and gays.
He’s a burning bush
with a network push,
Sure to start a country-wide blaze.
He taught me to love and praise Charlton Heston
Oliver North is quite a nice man too.
Forget Al and Tipper
Let’s bring back the Gipper
And Joe McCarthy too!
I was a troubled soul,
consumed by voices
advocating special interest groups and vice
‘Till Rush rushed to my sweet rescue
Now I’ll never ever hafta think twice.
Never ever hafta think twice…
So we’ll sign a check for Limbaugh-ism
Restore the moral fundamental core
We’ll cut the debt,
And start a Tet
Offensive on the poor.
It’s a blitzkrieg in the making,
It’s distinctly upper-class (well, not everybody!)
Yes sir I’ll get the door
Roll the carpet on the floor
For a man…
For a man…
For a man…
Such a man…
For a man….
With his head up his-
Ditto!
Ditto!
Ditto!
Ditto!
Ask us the name the name of the King – It’s Rush!
March 11th, 2009 at 2:38 pmjoe,
as long as he has $
for oxycontin and viagra
he’ll be alright.
:)
March 11th, 2009 at 2:40 pmwatchpup sez:
the only fitting use of pictures of Bush/Cheney et al, is for voodoo dolls or target practice.
I tried using pix of them for toilet paper, butt it gave me a rash.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:40 pmYes
March 11th, 2009 at 2:40 pmWouldn’t this country be a better place if liberals were the only ones making decisions?
Seems like for 8 years the conservatives were the only ones making decisions – and look where we are now. So YES, this country would be a better place if liberals were the only ones making decisions.
Your confusing education with policing. If people like you were more educated to see the difference between hate and opinion, then people like Rush and Bill O and Savage would not have any influence at all. So a good start is to have a good education.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:42 pm378.5/400!
March 11th, 2009 at 2:42 pmCal Malenky Says:
From the great Canadian band Moxy Früvous, 1994:
“The Greatest Man in America”
Great band. Thanks for reminding me.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:44 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
No, watchpup. It’s hate speech when it’s driven by hatred rather than reason. Rush has demonstrated for all who care to analyze his body of work that he’s not driven by reason, but rather by an irrational hatred of all things liberal — ideas, programs, people
Like Coulter, it’s a shtick with Limbaugh and he lacks the conscience to find another way to make money. He may not actually hate anyone, but it certainly appeals to the dittoheads — people driven by resentment and hatred, who tune in to Rush or his clones for constant validation that they’re not the only bitter little victims out there.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:45 pmWith every mention of his name I will forever see the picture of His Pinky Porkness bouncing up and down. Eeeeew!
March 11th, 2009 at 2:47 pmWatchdog, considering the Bush administration wanted to regulate what was going on in the privacy of our bedrooms and how Conservatives are always blovating and pontificating about how superior they are and how they should impose their morals on our society (like the Pharisees of old), I’d say that the conservatives and wingnuts are the ones who fit your description of what we liberals supposedly want.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:48 pmwatchdog Says:
MrBrown Says:
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watchdog says
“Its only hate speech when you disagree, right?”
No, its hatespeech when its blatantly hateful. Blaming rape victims for their own rapes (O’Reilly)
Calling women femminazis. (Limbaugh)
Saying the president wants to “gas the Jews”. (Cunningham)
Claiming that the economy is the blame of homosexuals (Savage)
Do you agree with any of those things, if you do, that’s all I need to know about you. You dont know the difference between inciting hatred, and real information.
Hate dislike somebody or something intensely: to dislike somebody or something intensely
Are Liberals immune from “Hate Speech”?
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yours?
yes.
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March 11th, 2009 at 2:49 pmwhere’d j$ go?
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March 11th, 2009 at 2:50 pmShut up, Archie
March 11th, 2009 at 2:50 pmNo but I don’t have any examples, do you?
the right is famous for it. Are ya proud?
March 11th, 2009 at 2:50 pmwatchdog, your self-righteousness would be more believable and convincing if you went to Free Republic and looked at the posts there. Of course, you can’t call them out on their hatred because you would get banned, but have you tried? Or is hatred supposedly only the domain of the left?
March 11th, 2009 at 2:51 pmAre Liberals immune from “Hate Speech”?
Yes. We have been innoculated by long term exposure in self-imposed short doses as we could individually tolerate. Thank you for your supply of innoculant.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:52 pmThat’s simple, you are just dumb. What same behaviour? I asked you once for an example.
Again, I suggest that you visit your local community college and take the placement exam to see how many remdial classes you need to take before they will admit you.
March 11th, 2009 at 3:09 pmsaying a rape victim deserved to be raped and die is pretty hateful…
saying the NAACP should rehearse for robberies and riots is pretty racist and hateful…
Comparing Feminists to Nazis is pretty hateful…
Saying that San Francisco should be the next terror target is hateful…
Saying GO GET AIDS AND DIE, YOU FAG…that’s hateful…
Now if they contented themselves with talking about their positions and opposing liberal positions, it wouldn’t be hate speech. But actively disparaging a marginalized minority group and such…
We hate intolerance…but apparently that’s the only hate speech here…who would have known?
March 11th, 2009 at 3:10 pmWouldn’t this country be a better place if liberals were the only ones making decisions?
Hell yes! What a softball that was.
March 11th, 2009 at 3:10 pmremedial……maybe I need some continuing English classes…….not, it was a simple typo. Completely different from pupsicles irrational and illogical notions.
March 11th, 2009 at 3:12 pmTo: cgk
I saw a news report on this—the “guy/girl” whatever the heck it is-
absolutely hideous! If a town elects this as Mayor then there is no doubt that it is over in this country-—over.
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here’s a post from Free Republic calling the transgender mayor of an Oregon town, the first in the nation an it…How is that not hateful and dehumanizing of the person who deserves the dignity and respect that all humans do? Apparently, this isn’t hate speech, watchdog…
March 11th, 2009 at 3:12 pmIt’s nice knowing that old lardass Rush is not going to be with us that much longer…
….he’s a heart attack ticking time bomb….
….now that’s a happy thought.
March 11th, 2009 at 3:21 pmYou have to make a rational statement. Please try again.
March 11th, 2009 at 3:43 pmJust stopped by to see if watchpup needed to be out down. But I see Fred and Dr. Matt are on the case.
Nice work, gentlemen.
March 11th, 2009 at 3:51 pmwatchdog Says
March 11th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
…that basically tells minorities they are too incompetent to go by the same rules as everyday Americans.
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When you imply that whites are “everyday Americans” and minorities somehow are not, you confirm that racism is still alive and well. And that we have a long way to go.
March 11th, 2009 at 3:53 pmWanted, one republican with one face.
March 11th, 2009 at 4:00 pmRalph, doggie wields the slingblade and runs into it all by himself…..fun to watch though.
March 11th, 2009 at 4:06 pmwatchdog Says:
ucsbclassics53 Says:
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saying a rape victim deserved to be raped and die is pretty hateful…
saying the NAACP should rehearse for robberies and riots is pretty racist and hateful…
Comparing Feminists to Nazis is pretty hateful…
Saying that San Francisco should be the next terror target is hateful…
Saying GO GET AIDS AND DIE, YOU FAG…that’s hateful…
Now if they contented themselves with talking about their positions and opposing liberal positions, it wouldn’t be hate speech. But actively disparaging a marginalized minority group and such…
We hate intolerance…but apparently that’s the only hate speech here…who would have known?
our backing a party that supports affirmative action, that basically tells minorities they are too incompetent to go by the same rules as everyday Americans. And its all out of fairness, right? not votes! NNNOOO
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dude,
shake hands with
a guy by the name of
mike steele.
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March 11th, 2009 at 4:09 pmWhen the neighbor’s dog drags a right wing “news” item into our yard, it’s kind of annoying. But when it tries to speak, on its own, it is downright hilarious. The closest word I have ever heard is “boosh, boosh”.
March 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pmWatchdog is simultaneously engaging in two pasttimes that Republican trolls engage on places like this: 1) The old one of trying to pass off selfishness as moral, and 2) Creating their own issues to attack and break down.
From abortion to taxes, the Republican trolls, both the kinds that get paid 10c a post to post their $#!+ on blogs like this one and the elected kinds from places where Limbaugh’s audience is strongest, not to mention the Head Troll Leader of the GOP, Limbaugh himself, the MO is the same. Take something they disagree with about the Democrat’s position, construct a faux argument against something 100 times worse, then begin howling and screaming about it, throwing out lies, half-truths, mis-directions, inuendo, and even more outright lies. Lying in debate is never a good thing (you tend to get hammered during fact checking), but the real essence of this strategy is a common logical fallacy. The idea is to create an argument so absurd and assinine that the audience recoils from its mere mention by exaggerating the opponents position, taking the position beyond the scope it actually occupies, or, the worst of all, outright lying about the goals of the opposition. Then you begin tearing down this fake argument, this straw man of an argument, which is much easier to tear down and, at least in your mind, has a much better chance of swaying the audience.
There are four ways of dealing with such an argument. Which one or ones chosen depends on the nature of the original argument and the nature of the straw man that was constructed by the debater in error. One is to attack the basis of the Straw Man and use it to reaffirm the original debater’s point. Such as: “Why would Liberals argue for reeducation camps for Conservatives and the total block of all Conservative outlets? Isn’t Limbaugh doing a good enough job at marginalizing the Conservative viewpoint all by himself?” Another is to restate the original point: “Limbaugh is suffering a 2 to 1 dis favorable to favorable reaction in this poll we just cited.” A third could be to question the straw man itself. “Which liberals are calling for reeducation camps and stifling all Conservative viewpoints?” The final one, which I favor, is calling the Straw Man argument out itself.
But we know why watchdog is here. Obvious Troll is Obvious.
March 11th, 2009 at 4:51 pmIt’s hard for me to believe so many Americans wear tin foil hats.
March 11th, 2009 at 5:50 pmJoeBridgeman Says:
the other thing is no one knows exactly how the 20 million number is calculated. it is an estimate of his shows in 1996. who knows exactly how many listen to him now. my guest is his audience is shrinking in the last 5-7 years, since the Iraq debacle. lately it has spiked, but that won’t last.
I would also like to know how they calculate how many people listen to him. How would whomever doing the counting know how many people are sitting in their cars listening to Limbaugh or sitting in their house listening to him? I’m thinking they come up with these numbers by knowing an average listening audience for a particular radio market and then figure that all those people are listening to the show because it’s available on the station. They have absolutely no way to know how many people are really listening.
This bring so mind how Limbaugh and other conservative radio talkers love to say how much more popular they are than Air America Radio. Well, they could hardly not be when they are in 20 times the number of markets than Air America is in. When it’s a level playing field and these conservatives go head to head with Air America, then you can decide who is the most popular. Randi Rhodes frequently beat Limbaugh on their own home turf.
March 11th, 2009 at 5:59 pmwatchdog Says:
Are Liberals immune from “Hate Speech”?
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So now you have been slapped down you are changing the argument? Dont you get tired lugging those goalposts all around? First you try to claim its hatespeech if a liberal disagrees with it. Classic Limborg regurgitation. When that is destroyed. Feminazi Limbaugh. Kill a sitting Supreme Court justice Gangleskank, Kill one hundred million Arabs Savage weinerdog then it becomes are we immune? I am sure there are liberals out there that engage in hatespeech that doesnt change the FACT it is more prevelant on your side and your side PERFECTED IT. Where is OUR Limbaugh, Savage, Coulter? The lefts equivelent of these slimebags dont exist. You might find people on a message board saying things this extreme but they arent speaking Liberal conventions like Coulter and Limbaugh. They dont have prominent voices FOR the left. We have Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky YOU have Rush Limbaugh, Ann Gangleskank and Micheal the Weinerdog. You people are the intellectual equivalent of elevator muzak
March 12th, 2009 at 9:52 amI’m trying to understand why the term “Hate Speech” is used to described pundits who disagree with liberals. Yet they participate in the same behavior. How is this different? Is it the “ they started it first so its ok” excuse?
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The first claim is flat out stupid. Hate speech is used for the screechmonkeys who call women Feminazis. Who say we should kill a Supreme Court justice and that liberals should be beaten with baseball bats like Annie undead. That we should kill one hundred million Muslims and that Soros would gladly push people into ovens. Perhaps you can find some posters on a message board who are liberal who say such things you will NEVER find lefties in the MEDIA saying such things. NEVER. Our equivalent of Coulter, Rush and the Weinerdog do not exist. THAT is the difference. Saying OUR pundits do the same thing would be an out and out LIE. Nice spewage of an age old Limborg talking point that hatespeech is someone that disagrees with a liberal. Dont you get embarassed being so brainwashed? It should humiliate you to let Rush do your thinking for you.
March 12th, 2009 at 9:58 am