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Good for Rush. That guy could only point to one thing he disagreed with Rush on, and just kept hammering on it like he had made some great point. “Brainwashed Nazi?” Give me a break.
warrenmr on April 7, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Meh.
Lame QOTD.
Get some sleep.
Saltysam on April 7, 2009 at 10:36 PM
I heard it live and didn’t really consider it “nuclear”; Rush has demolished people before far worse than this seminar caller received.
Bishop on April 7, 2009 at 10:36 PM
You violate Godwin’s Law that blatantly, you get what’s coming to you, but I would have liked to have heard more actual arguments on both sides and less name-calling.
pifactorial on April 7, 2009 at 10:37 PM
rush is a coward.
sesquipedalian on April 7, 2009 at 10:37 PM
I caught that live,when the idiot called in,and its about
dam high time,clowns like that get straightened out,
kudo’s to Rush!!
—————–
And,you gota love the Liberal callers who call in,as….
Hi Rush,love your show,long time listener,I’m a vetern of
1776,1812,and every other war,including the great cosmic
wars,
and our entire family,going back 10,000 years have voted
straight Republican in every election,
but,Republicans are Nazi’s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(Snark).
canopfor on April 7, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Rush seemed more annoyed than nuclear. Usually, he’d string a guy like that out to show that he’s nowhere near being a conservative, but a Rino in Illinois.
budfox on April 7, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Then why didn’t Mr. Teleprompter take him up on his offer to debate him when the President of the United States singled out a private citizen for his criticism………?
Cowardice…………..
…………. me thinks you know more about that than Rush!
Seven Percent Solution on April 7, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Usually,he’d string a guy like that…
budfox on April 7,2009 at 10:39PM.
budfox: Not when a Republican is called a Nazi!!:)
canopfor on April 7, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Naahhh.
He does the real thing. He doesn’t hang out in the safe comment section of a blog with a fake name, and take himself too seriously.
Saltysam on April 7, 2009 at 10:42 PM
I love Rush, record his show every day to listen to at work every night. Even though I don’t always agree with him, he is one of the funniest and most easy going guys on the radio.
It takes a lot to get him riled up, but this caller was such an obvious plant. Rush makes it a point never to hang up on callers, so he often takes more abuse than he should. The caller was neither a conservative nor republican. He’s just trying to blame an easy target for his own shortcomings in life. Sounds like a typical liberal to me.
Tommy_G on April 7, 2009 at 10:42 PM
So you are in the service fighting Obama’s war in Afghanistan and Iraq? You were ready to go to Pakistan too I bet.
Jamson64 on April 7, 2009 at 10:43 PM
rush is a coward.
Great point Sam.
Sequi what is your real name?
Jamson64 on April 7, 2009 at 10:44 PM
I doubt this Charles was a republican. Liberals like to that – claim to be a conservative who just couldn’t take conservatism anymore. They feel that tactic will earn their talking points extra credit if it is believed to be coming from a former conservative. ProudRino is our resident expert in that field of deception. Charles started off moderatley, then sinks into the usual far left-wing kookery once he gets going. No lucid argument, just name calling and the line, repeated, but not explained, “We’re not supposed to be torturing these people!”
Nuclear? I think not. Rush’s response was tepid at best. Almost embarrassing.
keep the change on April 7, 2009 at 10:46 PM
he does talk radio.
sesquipedalian on April 7, 2009 at 10:46 PM
anyone think that caller was a real republican and not a setup call?
jp on April 7, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Rush did what he usually does with idiot callers like this.
He let’s them run on before he talks.
It’s called giving enough rope so that they hang themselves.
Works every time.
Saltysam on April 7, 2009 at 10:47 PM
The caption on this youtube clip mischaracterizes what happened. If we are to take the caller at his word, his opinion concerning torture is much more credible than Rush’s. The characterization of Rush as a Nazi may be a stretch, but not by much. Rush has made a career of being incendiary, to the point of advocating torture (although he denies it on this call). He sidestepped the caller’s point that he has never served in the military. Rush is a self-centered, indulgent, fat slob who has gotten rich by nurturing the fears and insecurities of ignorant white men across the country for years. Period.
underceij on April 7, 2009 at 10:48 PM
he does talk radio.
sesquipedalian on April 7, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Yeah, ain’t it great? :-)
Bishop on April 7, 2009 at 10:48 PM
I thought Rush could have gone on a bit further with it. I’ve heard him spend ten minutes picking apart an idiot’s psychology and the root causes of it. This was nothing.
joe_doufu on April 7, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Astroturfer much?
AUINSC on April 7, 2009 at 10:51 PM
That depends on your definition of the word “real”. I have some acquaintances who are really registered as Republicans, but who I would call RINOs, who would readily agree that Rush is a Nazi.
joe_doufu on April 7, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Charles, eh? Wonder what his last name is…
OneGyT on April 7, 2009 at 10:52 PM
If we are to take the caller at his word, his opinion concerning torture is much more credible than Rush’s. The characterization of Rush as a Nazi may be a stretch, but not by much.
Rush is a Nazi? I don’t get it.
Bishop on April 7, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Add me to the list who heard it live. That’s the great thing about Rush – he has a massive audience.
Marcus on April 7, 2009 at 10:52 PM
*~@:){>
Seven Percent Solution on April 7, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Ah, yes…the highly nuanced Chickenhawk Argument. And what a grand point it was…
JimRich on April 7, 2009 at 10:54 PM
I wasn’t watching the time on the video and it ended while I was still waiting to hear Rush “go nuclear”. Too bad. I was really looking forward to it.
conservativemama on April 7, 2009 at 10:54 PM
nice
blatantblue on April 7, 2009 at 10:54 PM
A brainwashed Nazi.
Right.
Godwin’s Law on steroids.
JohnGalt23 on April 7, 2009 at 10:55 PM
I’m pretty sure Rush has never advocated torture.
zmdavid on April 7, 2009 at 10:55 PM
totally just thinking that!
thought reader!
blatantblue on April 7, 2009 at 10:55 PM
some republicans don’t support torture.
sesquipedalian on April 7, 2009 at 10:55 PM
OT:
Fidel Castro to Congressional Black Caucus members: ‘How can we help President Obama?’
LINK
CBC members praise Castro:
LINK
Last, but by no means least: Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated by Spies:
LINK
Ugly on April 7, 2009 at 10:55 PM
I agree with Rush: the caller really isn’t a Republican, isn’t a veteran and didn’t vote for McCain. Actually, he sounds a LOT like Bill Ayers.
JimC on April 7, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Using his real name, while taking on the entire government-media-socialist complex.
Then there are the rest of us that hide down here under the full protection of anonymity.
Ain’t that right, tough guy?
Saltysam on April 7, 2009 at 10:55 PM
I’m glad he gets to you.
One of the true consolations of this life has been witnessing Rush causing libs such angst for 20 years and counting.
jeff_from_mpls on April 7, 2009 at 10:56 PM
canopfor on April 7, 2009 at 10:39 PM
2nd part: That pretty much sums them up, yeah ;)
youngTXcon on April 7, 2009 at 10:57 PM
this wasnt nuclear…. far from it.
upinak on April 7, 2009 at 10:57 PM
We need to find a new defination for “nuclear”.
The caller showed his true colors when he called Rush a Nazi. When did Rush kill 6 million people?
Hog Wild on April 7, 2009 at 10:57 PM
One blowhard ignoramus vs another.
Indeed.
hicsuget on April 7, 2009 at 10:58 PM
He sidestepped the caller’s point that he has never served in the military. Rush is a self-centered, indulgent, fat slob who has gotten rich by nurturing the fears and insecurities of ignorant white men across the country for years. Period.
underceij on April 7, 2009 at 10:48 PM
What does military service have to do with the whole thing?
Do those that serve fight so that they can then use their service to stifle the free speech of Americans? I thought that is one of the things they fight for.
White men eh? You are a racist and you know it.
Wow a fat comment too. He may be fat now but he is far from a slob. You only wish you could dress as well as Rush does.
I can tell you are a jealous loser. Rush has more success in the past month than you have had in your whole miserable life. You and I both know it.
Jamson64 on April 7, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Envy.
jeff_from_mpls on April 7, 2009 at 11:01 PM
Nope. One of Axelrod’s finest.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on April 7, 2009 at 11:01 PM
Charles from Chicago (lots of Republicans in Chicago),
who voted “the Republican”(listen again)……………
…………… “tourture”, “brainwashed”, “Nazi”, “Levin”, “Hannity”,
“I know Bush wanted to keep us safe, but………”
then the reference to Klaus Barbie………
Yeap, card carring memeber of the
GOPDNC!Seven Percent Solution on April 7, 2009 at 11:01 PM
As far as I know, the US government tortures terrorists to stop bloodshed. Nothing could be more moral than that. I would torture them just to make a point for future reference. But that’s just me.
keep the change on April 7, 2009 at 11:02 PM
The military practically revolted when they heard they might be losing Rush radio overseas.
Not sure what they think of underceij, though.
Saltysam on April 7, 2009 at 11:02 PM
You guys missed out. A much better quote of the day would be the one from the White House that said Obama didn’t bow – he was just bending over to shake hands.
Daggett on April 7, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Well, at least he’s produced a good, a product or service that people are willing to pay for.
What’s government’s excuse?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on April 7, 2009 at 11:04 PM
You know Charles is not a repub because midway through his rant, he said “no matter what obama does, you’ll oppose him.” Saying Rush had sour grapes.
God bless Rush. He’s one of the few voices of reason on the air.
ErinF on April 7, 2009 at 11:04 PM
I don’t give a flick if you think I’m a Nazi because I support the use of “aggressive interrogation techniques” in defense of our great nation.
You are so willing to question the humanity of your fellow Americans who may be charged with your defense and at the same time giving any terrorist the benefit of the doubt.
If torture didn’t work in certain circumstances, there would be no reason to use it. Professional interrogators know this and take no delight in employing those tactics but they are proud of the job they do in protecting your lame ass.
ConstantSorrow on April 7, 2009 at 11:04 PM
Rush came off as a moron here. While the guy may have been a bit hyperbolic and acerbic Rush did himself no good here. He tried claiming the guy was no Republican when in no way did the guy offer any hint that this is the case. It was merely Rush getting angry at being insulted without having anything of substance to hurl back at the guy.
And I think the caller actually has a point. Its not really on Rush though but more the MSM’s portrayal of Rush that hurt the Republicans. But as long as Rush gives them anything to distort they’re going to and going to do it effectively.
I’d be interested in a public opinion poll on Rush and see what independents think of him. I bet most would say he’s to brash and hurts the process more than he helps.
Again, to be clear, I’m mostly decrying the MSM and not Rush. Rush just needs to do better PR.
sluhser589 on April 7, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Someone’s mad that being an idiot doesn’t pay much.
blatantblue on April 7, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Quit your b!tching and go out there and make something of yourself, windbag. Rush is a self-made man, PERIOD. And he’s worth every freaking penny of his $500 million contract.
You don’t like what he has to say? Go listen to SnareAmerica radio. (Oh, wait, they went bankrupt.)
ErinF on April 7, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Thanks for the links Ugly, already heard about the electrical grid problem. Not a word here about it. But we got a not so hot QOTD by Rush from an Axelturd. Oh well, red meat for trolls I guess.
Knucklehead on April 7, 2009 at 11:08 PM
Heh.
Always hard to hear a member of the armed services saying such things, but it’s everyone’s right to be as informed or as ignorant as they choose.
MadisonConservative on April 7, 2009 at 11:08 PM
He’s paid more in income taxes in the last 20 years than you have earned I’m betting.
thomasaur on April 7, 2009 at 11:09 PM
I only got to listen to Rush live for about ten minutes today, and it included this call. Defintiely not nuclear, just standard Rush.
Grafted on April 7, 2009 at 11:09 PM
Funny.
getalife on April 7, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Little punk…I noticed you did not bring up all the good charitable work Rush does. He has given away your salary many many times over.
Jamson64 on April 7, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Makes one wonder what happened to them over the years
blatantblue on April 7, 2009 at 11:10 PM
How much do you get paid to shill???
Jamson64 on April 7, 2009 at 11:11 PM
I doubt he was in that long.
upinak on April 7, 2009 at 11:11 PM
I’m an independent as a Fiscal Con Libertarian…
Don’t listen to Rush much…
but the problem with your premise is that Rush IS ALL PR! He’s a talk show guy, not a politician.
He is very successfuly catering to a specific audience… by espousing his beliefs… why do you think he needs better PR?
Romeo13 on April 7, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Charles is a fake. He is definitely a liberal of the Keith Olbermann type that loves to call republicans “Nazis.”
jencab on April 7, 2009 at 11:11 PM
the other tactic leftist use in debate, especially online, is to claim to be ‘non-partisan’ and claim all the problems we have is over partisanship, only citing Republican examples. always bashing republicans.
I encountered once a lawyer type ‘non-partisian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative’ idiot. Who claimed to have voted for bush in 2000 but he had learned his lesson and was voting Kerry in 2004, but he was no Democrat you see.
later, around the time of Moore’s F911, he went on for pages and pages about how Bush was just like Hitler with his foreign policy.
weak minded Republicans, however many are out there, use to not come into these type of discussions regularly with dishonest libs trying to pursuade them
jp on April 7, 2009 at 11:11 PM
+1
Caper29 on April 7, 2009 at 11:11 PM
I heard it live too. I saw a link at Rove’s site today that shows what information came from interrogation and foiled plots as a result The caller makes the argument that Rush’s support for torture put Obama in office? An AP Ipsos poll in 2005 shows 61% support at least on some occasions Harris shows 55% support However, a more recent WaPo-ABC poll shows Americans oppose it 55-40. Those involved in the CBS poll discussion earlier may get a chuckle out of the sampling in that poll, it looks awfully familiar.
msmveritas on April 7, 2009 at 11:12 PM
That was priceless and you are correct.
Knucklehead on April 7, 2009 at 11:13 PM
I concur. It’s called the No True Scotsman Fallacy.
hicsuget on April 7, 2009 at 11:14 PM
and we don’t know for certain, this guy was really in the Marines.
trust but verify as Reagan said, same princple with the soviets applies to dishonest libs.
jp on April 7, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Much more accurate.
venividivici on April 7, 2009 at 11:14 PM
I heard it live too. I saw a link at Rove’s site today that shows what information came from interrogation and foiled plots as a result The caller makes the argument that Rush’s support for torture put Obama in office? An AP Ipsos poll in 2005 shows 61% support at least on some occasions Harris shows 55% support at the same time. However, a more recent WaPo-ABC poll shows Americans oppose it 55-40. Those involved in the CBS poll discussion earlier may get a chuckle out of the sampling in that poll, it looks awfully familiar.
msmveritas on April 7, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Yeah, probably a Kerry-style soldier, if that.
As far as torture goes, I say let our military use any tactics necessary to stop terrorist attacks. Hell, just use the same tactics our enemy does when our soldiers are captured. They don’t seem to be all that worried about offending people when they behead or shoot point-blank an American POW.
ErinF on April 7, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Rush is right….as usual.
Romney supporter in the primary…so OF COURSE he is right.
The Wall on April 7, 2009 at 11:16 PM
The caller vet sure did bring it.
rush can’t debate.
getalife on April 7, 2009 at 11:17 PM
At my blog, I used to have some leftist come and lambaste me for being a coward. I use my real name there but this particular leftist would not only used a nom de guerre, but also a fake email address. That’s when I realized that many Leftist are delusional.
baldilocks on April 7, 2009 at 11:17 PM
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Jamson64 on April 7, 2009 at 11:17 PM
I think our definition of torture is all wrong, too.
We aren’t going “Man on Fire” style on these guys.
We aren’t taping their hands to steering wheels, and cutting off their fingers one at a time until we get what we want.
Our CIA peeps aren’t shooting people in the knees, the hands, and other places to extract info.
So they waterboard people — whoopty doo.
blatantblue on April 7, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Correction: That’s when I realized that many (most?) Leftists are delusional
baldilocks on April 7, 2009 at 11:18 PM
“Funny.”
blatantblue on April 7, 2009 at 11:18 PM
David Shuster called me a wing nut on Twitter tonight, their entire strategy is to attack personally rather than argue the point.
msmveritas on April 7, 2009 at 11:18 PM
If your hero had the spine to show up, we might find out for real, won’t we?
Hog Wild on April 7, 2009 at 11:19 PM
=sluhser589 on April 7, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Sluhser … you are slow . Rush said he was the type of Repub that voted for Obama. thus not a Repub…. in other words he called him a Rino. Do not be so stupid.
Jamson64 on April 7, 2009 at 11:20 PM
rush refused several debates.
I can see why.
He will get crushed.
getalife on April 7, 2009 at 11:20 PM
David Shuster called me a wing nut on Twitter tonight, their entire strategy is to attack personally rather than argue the point.
msmveritas on April 7, 2009 at 11:18 PM
David Shuster is feeling the pressure of not having a regular big; it will be back to bagging groceries for him soon.
Bishop on April 7, 2009 at 11:21 PM
Getalife-
Please tell me what charges of Nazism and military service had to do with anything. You sure are dim.
How much do you get paid to shill?
Jamson64 on April 7, 2009 at 11:21 PM
getalife
riiight
EricPWJohnson on April 7, 2009 at 11:21 PM
I don’t listen to Rush all that often, in fact most of what I hear from him comes through this site. However, my understanding is that he derives his political thinking from the Founding Fathers, more or less. As a thought experiment, let’s just stipulate that Rush is right about what the Founding Fathers would believe if alive today. Do you think that if Thomas Jefferson or James Madison were to suddenly come back to life with those ideas, the MSM wouldn’t vilify them? It’s the ideas, not the person, that the MSM doesn’t like. They have their own ideas about how the country should be organized and would oppose anyone who articulated an alternative.
venividivici on April 7, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Guys — lay off.
He’s working hard for that 5.50 an hour from ACORN.
blatantblue on April 7, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Funny how you glossed over Obama not taking up Rush on a debate. FUNNY
Jamson64 on April 7, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Whenever I hear an alleged GI trounce another patriotic citizen for not serving or trounce the quality of another veteran’s honorable service, my Jesse MacBeth alarm goes off.
baldilocks on April 7, 2009 at 11:22 PM
You sure he even eats? I’m thinking hes a humpbot
Olbermanns humpbot
blatantblue on April 7, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Breaking! Somebody calls Rush a Nazi!
ronsfi on April 7, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Since when is the use of hard interrogation to extract information from an enemy that has declared war upon, and has sworn total annihilation of, our nation beneath us?
This is so critically different than these other nations that use real torture for intimidating populations into a slavish existence, and punishing those that have the audacity to stand as free men.
These loudmouths never waste a breath on real torture.
Saltysam on April 7, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Obama never served in the military either. Nazi? It’s the Dems who are pusghing for state control of private industries. “Self-centered, indulgent, fat slob”? Way to argue the issues. Typical empty-headed lefty response.
ddrintn on April 7, 2009 at 11:24 PM
I actually felt like Rush dropped the ball on that one. His response to the guy–who, while calling names actually had something of a point below the surface–was to use ad hominems back at him and declare him “not a Republican”.
Honestly, nobody outside of the choir would be impressed with anything in that clip.
DaveS on April 7, 2009 at 11:25 PM
If this guy was in the service, it sure wasn’t anything to do with combat. Guantanemo torture? What crap.
Very mild from Rush; Levin would have knocked that clown’s head through his ass.
TexasJew on April 7, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Can’t come soon enough. I watched him on Hardball tonight with his nightly Palin bash. He had some woman who was really a pretty moderate probably left leaning analyst on and even she looked incredulous at his nastiness.
msmveritas on April 7, 2009 at 11:26 PM
In a debate with Obama? I could crush Obama in a debate.
ddrintn on April 7, 2009 at 11:26 PM
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