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Rush: "I'm Not Retiring Until Every American Agrees With Me"
huffingtonpost.com — On his radio show Wednesday, Rush Limbaugh commented on the news of his astronomical new contract estimated at $400 million. Limbaugh told his audience, "I'm not retiring until every American agrees with me." The deal pays Limbaugh to keep dishing his views through 2016.
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- SheilaNoya, on 07/03/2008, -7/+17$400 million for Rush Limbaugh? This just proves that HATE and FEAR are valuable commodities, if you're a Republican.
- ssn697, on 07/03/2008, -8/+2No, it proves Rush has a cult of loyal followers, who will BUY whatever he advertises. If he sponsors weren't making money off their commercials, he wouldn't be pulling in that dough.
His listening audience does WHATEVER he tells them to do. That is tough to find in the entertainment world. That is why he is getting that kind of money.- CryRightardCry, on 07/03/2008, -2/+4Yeah, kudos to him for playing up to ignorance and bigotry.
Is that something to respect?
No.
But it does illustrate that the right wing feels making money is more important than being a good person.
The fact that idiots still listen to this hypocritical criminal is beyond my understanding.
Personally once I discover someone is a lying hypocritical piece of ***** I ignore them from then on.
Rush's crowd just keeps eating the evil with a big spoon. - TopherT, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3I would feel completely justified in murdering this man, for the good of the Republic.
- JigoroKano, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1Then you would become what you hate TopherT.
- CryRightardCry, on 07/03/2008, -2/+4Yeah, kudos to him for playing up to ignorance and bigotry.
- superkendall, on 07/03/2008, -7/+6Seems like you are the one with the fear issues. Why so afraid of Rush? If you were not afraid of him, why would you care what he says?
Just look at the third comment down: "I HATE that prick". Again, why complain that Rush is the one provoking HATE.- CryRightardCry, on 07/03/2008, -4/+5Uh, we care what he says because he's a lying hatemonger?
Are you unable to figure that out?
We despise ALL lying hypocritical criminals.
Really? After all Rush's "drug user" bashing and his demand for mandatory sentences for pill dealers you find out he's a lying sack of *****, a hypocritical scumbag, and you STILL love him.
Seems like enjoying being treated like a moron is a requirement to be a rightard asshat.
YOu must also enjoy having your leadership lie to you, because you'll be defending it.
You guys like a liar who turns out to be EXACTLY what he rants against?
If you guys had any integrity he'd be out of work by now.
- CryRightardCry, on 07/03/2008, -4/+5Uh, we care what he says because he's a lying hatemonger?
- ssn697, on 07/03/2008, -8/+2No, it proves Rush has a cult of loyal followers, who will BUY whatever he advertises. If he sponsors weren't making money off their commercials, he wouldn't be pulling in that dough.
- mrzeero, on 07/03/2008, -4/+7A few years ago I was in Indianapolis for the Indy 500. The day after the race we went downtown to check the city out. There is a town center that has a tall building you can go up in and there were some guys dressed like civil war soldiers doing re-enactment stuff. What made it surreal was that there was a storefront bordering the town center and it was blaring Rush Limbaugh the whole time. It was grotesque.
- superkendall, on 07/03/2008, -5/+1And I'll bet you think broadway plays are madness too. Imagine people getting into character and pretending to be someone else! There might even be music, or speaking! Horrific!
- mrzeero, on 07/03/2008, -1/+5It was not the re-enactment that was strange, that was actually fairly intresting. It was the Rush Limbaugh blaring that was bizarre. It's funny to me that a hate filled drug addict can get so much exposure.
- CryRightardCry, on 07/03/2008, -2/+4Imagine being a criminal drug user whose hypocrisy was exposed to his entire audience, and the ***** just kept right on sucking the rightard talking points out Rush's ass.
- superkendall, on 07/03/2008, -5/+1And I'll bet you think broadway plays are madness too. Imagine people getting into character and pretending to be someone else! There might even be music, or speaking! Horrific!
- noupsell, on 07/03/2008, -6/+17I hate that prick
- lostmyleggins, on 07/03/2008, -4/+3it's not good to hate
- soot, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3That fat ***** has made it his job for twenty years.
- lostmyleggins, on 07/03/2008, -4/+3it's not good to hate
- alaric41586, on 07/03/2008, -4/+22$400 million!That's a lot of Oxycontin.
- spearce, on 07/03/2008, -3/+4and Dominican whores
- CryRightardCry, on 07/03/2008, -2/+5Isn't it funny how his listeners lack the morals to care that Rush is a lying hypocritical druggie who like prostitutes?
It seems to be a rightard all you have to do is turn off the part of your brain that knows right and wrong.
- CryRightardCry, on 07/03/2008, -2/+5Isn't it funny how his listeners lack the morals to care that Rush is a lying hypocritical druggie who like prostitutes?
- spearce, on 07/03/2008, -3/+4and Dominican whores
- superkendall, on 07/03/2008, -9/+9Love him or hate him, Rush certainly deserves the money as he has a lot of impact on both sides of the political spectrum. Just look how diggers here rush to lay on the hate for someone they probably never even listen to.
- sandersdamnit, on 07/03/2008, -3/+4I've listened to the close-minded douche before, he still deserves to burn in hell
- Tammy2661, on 07/03/2008, -3/+1Wow! Well said.
- CryRightardCry, on 07/03/2008, -3/+4Wrong again, rightard shill.
Being a lying hatemonger is NOT deserving of money.
I am not surprised you feel that way, rightards are notoriously incapable of understanding moral issues.
Nor does having a large number of people slamming him mean he is worthwhile. Hitler is famous too.
Oh wait, I forgot you rightards respect Hitler for his go get 'em attitude.
I've listened to Rush. It's the most ignorant load of stupidity on Clear channel.
Remember Clear Channel, the right wing media company?
Gee, maybe having a right wing media company put Rush in every market doesn't REALLY mean he's popular, it means he's all there is for talk radio.
Just because the only ice cream you can get is ***** flavored doesn't meant you don' t prefer chocolate.
Plus I have long suspected they are inflating Rush's numbers.
The sad part is RUsh is smart enough to know that he gets rich pandering to ignorance.
- Insightful, on 07/03/2008, -3/+16All the pundits who call the Obamas elitists, such as O'Reilly, Limbaugh, etc, guess what, they are all multi-millionaires as well - even more so than the Obamas. If anything, I want to smart and elite person to lead United States of America. Not a faux-Texan, silverspoon, anti-intellectual monkey like Bush.
- spearce, on 07/03/2008, -3/+10the only assholes that are bigger then Rush are the Dittoheads.
- mrzeero, on 07/03/2008, -1/+8This just in, analysts predict Purdue Pharma profits will be unusually high in the coming months.
- SQLDigger, on 07/03/2008, -10/+3Rush is right! About some things, anyway.
- yellowcakewalk, on 07/03/2008, -1/+11At least he's still smoking, so there's hope he won't last that long.
- SethEllis, on 07/03/2008, -5/+3This story is simply quoting and linking to another website. Here is the real article:
http://digg.com/celebrity/A_Lucrative_Deal_for_Rus ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/business/media/0 ... - SirKilledAlot55, on 07/03/2008, -1/+10if he says he's an ***** then i think that's at least one thing we can all agree on
- HtomSirveaux, on 07/04/2008, -0/+4Cool, lets all make him work to death.
Some good Rush Limbaugh bashing courtesy of Bill Hicks - Rant in E Minor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg2_MntkMzg - Pixelpaws, on 07/04/2008, -0/+6Here's a dumb question... there are all sorts of right-wing nuts on TV, but are there any left-wing nuts that have their own show? In other words, does the media only spin one way?
- JigoroKano, on 07/04/2008, -1/+3While I wouldn't consider him a nutter now, I could easily see Olbermann slowly drifting in that direction given enough time. (Believe it or not, there was a time when O'reilly was rather reasonable. People change.)
Only authoritarian minded people (i.e. sheep) are going to _want_ to listen to a constant flow of demagoguery. There is no coherent left in the U.S. to create that kind of demographic today.
- JigoroKano, on 07/04/2008, -1/+3While I wouldn't consider him a nutter now, I could easily see Olbermann slowly drifting in that direction given enough time. (Believe it or not, there was a time when O'reilly was rather reasonable. People change.)
- Salviati, on 07/04/2008, -1/+2Once again...proof there is no god.
- EatingPie, on 07/04/2008, -9/+4Rush Limbaugh has the largest audience in the world second only to... OPRAH! He, like Oprah, makes millions for advertisers and whatnot. There is NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. But because Huffington Post disagrees with the guy's politics, they have to paint this as something terrible.
Notice also that Limbaugh's retirement joke was totally lost on them, because, once again, their ideology means they MUST hate Rush Limbaugh at all costs.
-Pie- MacSuxWindozSux, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1If you aren't an American and hence don't know anything about the GOP or Democrats, you quickly realize Rush Limbaugh is a frequent liar, who intermittently tells the truth.
It's very simple. He intentionally makes false statements for the purpose of gaining support for the Republican party.
- MacSuxWindozSux, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1If you aren't an American and hence don't know anything about the GOP or Democrats, you quickly realize Rush Limbaugh is a frequent liar, who intermittently tells the truth.
- pookkake, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2holy ***** did rush get less fat?
Blowing all that hot air must burn a LOT of calories. - DuggDowner, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3I agree that Oxycontin is good stuff.
- industryfinest, on 07/04/2008, -0/+4Rush is like jim Jones to the Dittio Heads, He had them voting for hillary when they didnt want to, These people will drink gas if Rush tells them to.....
Rush Sucks - CarStan, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3Is this a death threat?
- greaseddeafguy, on 07/05/2008, -2/+1lol, rush lives rent free in your empty skulls
- techie4life, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2So he dosen't want to retire....at all?
- Mutt76, on 07/05/2008, -2/+1all these huffingtonpost articles hitting the front page, and you call republicans mindless idiots.......
- t4ll3y, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2Let me know how that works out for you, buddy.
- felman87, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1so if every American agrees with him, just for a split second, will he go away?
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