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ORIGINAL: thishereboi

If this stupid statement doesn't get him off the show then another one in the future will. But that won't shut him up. There will always be some idiot out there who will want to invite him on their show and in the mean time he will be kicking back enjoying the billions he has already made.

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ORIGINAL: muhly22222

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still, the genre is dying

I wonder if it's just the genre, or the entire medium?

I listen to talk radio, because I usually prefer it to music when I'm driving, and the options are rather limited in my area. When I lived in Columbus, I would listen to sports talk radio. But the only other person I know who listens to political talk radio is my dad.

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ORIGINAL: Stargazer301

The thing about Limbaugh, Beck, Savage, etc, as well as their counterparts on the other side of the spectrum (yes, there is such a thing as left-wing talk radio, you just don't see it lambasted as often, due to its detractors having little interest in decrying it when not listening is so much simpler) is that they honestly don't care whether you listen because you agree or vehemently disagree with what they say. Even the question of whether they themselves believe what they say is irrelevant. They are not in the business of bringing "truth" or "balance" or any other such prosaic concepts to anyone. They are in the business of MAKING MONEY. What they say means nothing; it is whether or not anyone will pay (in the form of advertising revenue) to listen to them, for any reason.

The much maligned world of professional wrestling probably said it best when noting that the higher ups really didn't care about whom the fans cheered nor booed, "so long as there was an ass every 18 inches" (in the form of paid attendance.)

Actually, when you get right down to it, pro-wrestling, with its "designated" heroes and villains, and the same people profiting off of the works of both, is a damn apt metaphor for the two-party system in general.

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ORIGINAL: thishereboi

. He will be forced to retire with billions and thousands of idiots will still write and tell him they think he is brilliant.

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ORIGINAL: Owner59
Actually....there is no "counterpart" on the left.....to rush,beck,drudge,jones etc.....
Notice folks that there`s no examples given......and usually aren`t given because there are no bat-shit-crazy leftwing talk shows who pander to our bigots,knuckle-draggers and conspiracy loony-birds.
The right wing talk show/news business model is/was based on bombast,fake outrage over straw men, wild accusation and extremist-rightist-bigoted propaganda.....
It`s been long known and often shown/pointed out, that straight,boring fact based news/opinion doesn`t sell as much advertisements as the wild-sexy-crazy-loony-nutty does...
When rush`s show was there dirty little secret...he and his fans could get away with it b/c no one knew about it....for the most part.
Maybe he`s a victim of his own success or perhaps it`s social media kicking ass.....but the secret`s out.....
I love the loser-cons blaming rush`s failures on the broadcasters.....like they have anything to do with it....Since when do rightist blame the company for a worker`s bad performance.......?
Ooh that`s right......they do that when a righty is fucking up

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ORIGINAL: Owner5
Actually....there is no "counterpart" on the left.....to rush,beck,drudge,jones etc.....
Notice folks that there`s no examples given......and usually aren`t given because there are no bat-shit-crazy leftwing talk shows who pander to our bigots,knuckle-draggers and conspiracy loony-birds.
The right wing talk show/news business model is/was based on bombast,fake outrage over straw men, wild accusation and extremist-rightist-bigoted propaganda.....
It`s been long known and often shown/pointed out, that straight,boring fact based news/opinion doesn`t sell as much advertisements as the wild-sexy-crazy-loony-nutty does...
When rush`s show was there dirty little secret...he and his fans could get away with it b/c no one knew about it....for the most part.
Maybe he`s a victim of his own success or perhaps it`s social media kicking ass.....but the secret`s out.....
I love the loser-cons blaming rush`s failures on the broadcasters.....like they have anything to do with it....Since when do rightist blame the company for a worker`s bad performance.......?
Ooh that`s right......they do that when a righty is fucking up

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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam

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ORIGINAL: thishereboi

. He will be forced to retire with billions and thousands of idiots will still write and tell him they think he is brilliant.

I hope he can read stuff written in crayon.

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ORIGINAL: thishereboi

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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam

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ORIGINAL: thishereboi

. He will be forced to retire with billions and thousands of idiots will still write and tell him they think he is brilliant.

I hope he can read stuff written in crayon.

If not I am sure he can afford to hire someone to read it to him.

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ORIGINAL: FatDomDaddy

OH...and the guy is worth $100s of millions... at some point he may just want to retire and roll around in it.

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

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ORIGINAL: FelineRanger
I say good riddance to Rush Limbaugh and everyone who followed in his footsteps. How many factually false attacks or flat out cheap shots has he made that he's been allowed to return from? Particularly noxious in the Philly area was his 2003 cheap shot at Philadelphia Eagles QB Donovan McNabb. And then he gets a pass on that one because he claimed to be hooked on pain pills! Regrettably, I have been subjected to his show on other occasions and have discovered that he is a raving racist and I have no tolerance for such people. Meanwhile, Doug "The Greaseman" Tracht had his whole career pulled out from under him for a single admittedly racist comment and hasn't been heard since.

What did Limbaugh say that was racist? That the media wanted a black QB to do well and that they pumped up McNabb even though it was the defense that carried the team? THAT is racist? Limbaugh didn't make any claim that McNabb was or wasn't anything based on the color of his skin. Limbaugh was claiming that the media, if anything, was acting in a racially discriminating manner, pumping up McNabb solely because of the color of his skin.

How is it that exposing others acting in a racist manner is racist? Is it because the media was making positive claims to a minority? McNabb had his time and was a very good QB. Phillie has been known for their D for a gawd-awful long time.

Your hatred for Rush is clouding your judgment.

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Interesting side note: My spell check wanted to replace Limbaugh with Limberger. How appropriate!

That is fucking hilarious!!

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ORIGINAL: Owner59
Actually....there is no "counterpart" on the left.....to rush,beck,drudge,jones etc.....
Notice folks that there`s no examples given......and usually aren`t given because there are no bat-shit-crazy leftwing talk shows who pander to our bigots,knuckle-draggers and conspiracy loony-birds.
The right wing talk show/news business model is/was based on bombast,fake outrage over straw men, wild accusation and extremist-rightist-bigoted propaganda.....
It`s been long known and often shown/pointed out, that straight,boring fact based news/opinion doesn`t sell as much advertisements as the wild-sexy-crazy-loony-nutty does...
When rush`s show was there dirty little secret...he and his fans could get away with it b/c no one knew about it....for the most part.
Maybe he`s a victim of his own success or perhaps it`s social media kicking ass.....but the secret`s out.....
I love the loser-cons blaming rush`s failures on the broadcasters.....like they have anything to do with it....Since when do rightist blame the company for a worker`s bad performance.......?
Ooh that`s right......they do that when a righty is fucking up

Of course not... the Lib/Progressive talk radio shows are all about honesty, truth, and never spinning anything...

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ORIGINAL: FatDomDaddy

OH...and the guy is worth $100s of millions... at some point he may just want to retire and roll around in it.

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ORIGINAL: BamaD
The really funny thing about that incident was that the guy who got most upset had, a few weeks earlier, stated that the only reason Jason Seahorn was playing at all was because he was white (he played corner and later safty) and nobody thought that was racist.

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Actually....there is no "counterpart" on the left.....to rush,beck,drudge,jones etc....

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ORIGINAL: jlf1961

First let me say, I do not consider Rush to be a conservative, he is too bizarre for 90% of the right.

Secondly, I doubt Rush will ever be off the air. I have it on good authority that the same people that cloned Dolly the sheep made six dozen clones of Rush, and they are hooked up with a device that transmits all of his thoughts to their brains so if Rush died, the next clone would be able to start up were the original left off.

As for Glen Beck, he has such a warp view of Christian values and priorities that God is not going to take him, and he is doing such a good job, Satan made him immortal. He can only be killed if his head is cut off while Queen is playing background music.