Squwaaaaak!

Bradky on March 7, 2008 at 6:03 PM

The poor bird needs a cracker.

I really believe that too many of you libs ARE being led by the nose by the MSM and aren’t bright enough to know it.

jimbo2008 on March 7, 2008 at 7:56 AM

Sounds suspiciously like a Rush/Coulter talking point. Do you actually pay for their talking points or do you run around like the Moonies at the airports spouting them off for free?

I need to take a deeper look at the data, but with Hillary’s small margin of victory, the Rush-bots might have done some Texas “Hillraising” magic…….

And your rather funny reference to the MSM and I glosses over how the Rush supporters treat his every word, burp and fart as scripture. Who is really being led by the nose?

Bradky on March 6, 2008 at 11:38 PM

I really believe that too many of you libs ARE being led by the nose by the MSM and aren’t bright enough to know it.

And your rather funny reference to the MSM and I glosses over how the Rush supporters treat his every word, burp and fart as scripture. Who is really being led by the nose?

Bradky on March 6, 2008 at 11:38 PM

Funny, I have been listening to Rush now for almost 20 years. I don’t agree with him all the time but the same is true with my wife and I. And as much as I love my wife I am not led by the nose by her much less by Rush.

LOL!

I rest my case.

ROFL!

You know little about how many times I’ve screamed at the radio in disagreement with Rush, or nodded in agreement. Only a real listener would know that feeling…kind of like being in love you know… the rush of having your significant other finish your thought..

Your branded version of Rush is marketed, sold and distributed by the MSM…very powerful stuff – at least that is what Master Rush tells me. One needs to be careful around you, or one would be listening to a parrot expecting forced to express their own opinion rather than reciting the Gospel of Rush.

Saltysam on March 7, 2008 at 12:56 AM

Needed a little editing.

It is regrettable that you are unable to recognize the difference between a huckster and a principled believer. Rush is a successful marketer and you are part of his market.
And your rather funny reference to the MSM and I glosses over how the Rush supporters treat his every word, burp and fart as scripture. Who is really being led by the nose?

Bradky on March 6, 2008 at 11:38 PM

That’s a simple question to answer.

You know little about how many times I’ve screamed at the radio in disagreement with Rush, or nodded in agreement. Only a real listener would know that feeling.

Your branded version of Rush is marketed, sold and distributed by the MSM…very powerful stuff. One needs to be careful around you, or one would be listening to a parrot expecting an opinion.

I respectfully disagree with you. Rush did way to little, way too late.

Saltysam on March 6, 2008 at 8:15 PM

It is regrettable that you are unable to recognize the difference between a huckster and a principled believer. Rush is a successful marketer and you are part of his market.
And your rather funny reference to the MSM and I glosses over how the Rush supporters treat his every word, burp and fart as scripture. Who is really being led by the nose?

…to…

(sorry!)

Your version of Rush is the MSM’s version of Rush.

Interesting.

They don’t listen too him either.

If McCain does win the general, are you claiming that Rush will take the credit?

Saltysam on March 6, 2008 at 8:11 AM

In a subtle way – not blatantly. “I helped pull him back to the base and his “roots”.’

philwynk on March 6, 2008 at 1:35 PM

“…or even of a reasonable number of relevant anecdotes, I’m assuming they were voting for the only Republican they could stand.”

In New Hampshire, for instance, Democrats vote in the GOP primaries when they’re without their own nominee?

Give me a break.

The MSM was the issue, and I’m sure the MSM will support your assumption as a relevant anecdote.

I agree that many liberals tend to vote based on emotion, however don’t forget that much of their hatred is aimed at GWB and they are already stating that they view (wrong or right) that McCain would be a third term of Bush. The Dems and the media will do everything in their power over the next several months to make McCain = Bush. Thus, don’t underestimate the turnout from liberals to vote against McCain, which is all very ironic since most Conservatives don’t feel cozy with either Bush OR McCain.

pecan pie on March 6, 2008 at 9:10 AM

Don’t accuse the liberals and the MSM of using Nazi Propaganda! >:}

http://www.psywarrior.com/Goebbels.html

2. Propaganda must be planned and executed by only one authority.

7. Credibility alone must determine whether propaganda output should be true or false.

13. Propaganda must be carefully timed.

18. Propaganda must facilitate the displacement of aggression by specifying the targets for hatred.

19. Propaganda cannot immediately affect strong counter-tendencies; instead it must offer some form of action or diversion, or both.

People that think McCain’s win was due to a huge following among GOP voters, and seem unaware of the sky high probability that Democrats crossed-over in key primaries to elect a nominee they felt they could beat.

Are you sure it was a nominee they felt they could beat, and not a nominee they felt they could live with as President?

I need to see some evidence showing Democrat thinking on this topic, but in the absence of hard evidence, or even of a reasonable number of relevant anecdotes, I’m assuming they were voting for the only Republican they could stand.

(Unrelated to this topic, please visit my political blog, “Plumb Bob Blog: Squaring the Culture,” at http://www.plumbbobblog.com. Thanks.)

It’s too close to say definitely yes or no, but clearly Rush Limbaugh was a major force in the Clinton victory.

Chakra Hammer on March 5, 2008 at 7:30 PM

I agree that many liberals tend to vote based on emotion, however don’t forget that much of their hatred is aimed at GWB and they are already stating that they view (wrong or right) that McCain would be a third term of Bush. The Dems and the media will do everything in their power over the next several months to make McCain = Bush. Thus, don’t underestimate the turnout from liberals to vote against McCain, which is all very ironic since most Conservatives don’t feel cozy with either Bush OR McCain.

I think that most people listen to Rush because he espouses their conservative beliefs. Conservatives are, by definition, not followers.

Johan Klaus on March 6, 2008 at 12:11 AM

Agreed.

How many voters in Texas agreed on this strategy, voted likewise, but disagree with Rush on other points?

This is the type of “critical” question that the talk radio “critics” will NEVER contemplate in a public, MSM style forum. The results would shake their fragile hold on “reality”.

Halley on March 6, 2008 at 6:23 AM

I’m not altogether disagreeing with you…but:

The new media has shattered the stranglehold, but it hasn’t destroyed it. Imagine the MSM without the new media?

The sign that the MSM is powerful?

People that think McCain’s win was due to a huge following among GOP voters, and seem unaware of the sky high probability that Democrats crossed-over in key primaries to elect a nominee they felt they could beat.

I’m not sure I understand your point.

If McCain does win the general, are you claiming that Rush will take the credit?

The watershed point, where new media shatters the MSM stranglehold on reality, has not yet been reached.

Halley on March 6, 2008 at 6:23 AM

IMHO I don’t think you will ever see that day. Primarily because the new media is not willing to spend its money on developing the reporting resources to get the news.
If you really think about it the blogosphere wouldn’t exist without the mainstream media. The blogosphere largely opines on news reports and occasionally debunks a story. But more often than not, it creates echo chambers at many sites. It absolutely relies on the MSM to feed it the news it makes an opinion on.

Rush will forever claim he was responsible for Texas results because it is to his advantage to do so. If McCain doesn’t win the general Rush will never admit his role in helping him lose because it will not help increase his listening audience.