SFBear92 said:

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calbear93 said:

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SFBear92 said:

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hanky1 bot army said:

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Big C said:

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concordtom said:

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Rush Limbaugh, Right-Wing Radio Host, Dies at 70

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Did Prescient ConcordTom start this Obituaries thread because he knew Limbaugh would be croaking pretty soon and didn't want him to have his own thread?

Limbaugh was HUGELY influential (from my perspective, hugely damaging to our society and to the nation). An amazing number of people listened to him and pretty much swallowed everything he said. And his bombastic style, bravado mixed with some humor, mocking name calling, never apologize, push the envelope about what's acceptable to say, etc. was the forerunner to Trump.

While he doesn't really deserve it, I am going to say something halfway nice about him (because he died today and it surprised me to learn it). Most people that met him when he was not playing to his audience supposedly found him to be pretty much a polite gentleman. While, sure, he was conservative, his show was a show. His schtick. He was quite aware of that fact. This was anecdotally corroborated by my most leftist of friends, who once, somewhat to his surprise, found himself dealing with Limbaugh in person (a small afternoon meeting) and in a follow-up conference call: "If you didn't know that it was Rush Limbaugh, you never would've known it was Rush Limbaugh."

The fact that he knew that what he was doing was schtick doesn't get him a pass for it, don't get me wrong.

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He was really funny in the early 90's shortly after he got syndicated when his small show in Sacramento took off (yes folks, Rush Limbaugh is a California conservative success story). He had funny little songs with Bill Clinton singing the Beatles "Do You Want To Know A Secret? (I Lied to YOU)", Ross Perot singing "They're Coming to Take Me Away (Ha! Ha!), AlGore, Feminazis, etc.

Once he realized how much money he could make, he just became mean. Especially after the Supreme Court decision in Bush v Gore, where his coverage was quite good and departed from the liberal narrative about how the votes were being undercounted in Florida.

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Hiring that guy to do Monday Night Football may have been a decision on par with hiring Wyking Jones as our basketball coach. Doomed to fail.

I wonder which current RWNJ talking head scoops up whatever is left of his audience?

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I think Dennis Miller was on MNF but I don't remember Limbaugh being on ABC. I think he may have been on ESPN but got booted after saying something about McNabb. Dennis Miller was a disaster anyway on MNF.

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https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080809163443AAOBF0R

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Anarchistbear said:

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Unit2Sucks said:

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Anarchistbear said:

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Limbaugh was a hateful ***** but give him his due- probably the most influential media person of his time- literally made AM radio a thing and a Republican king maker.

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This is a bad take. Do we celebrate other hateful people who succeeded in damaging this country when they die? Rush may be as responsible as any other figure for how awful our political discourse has become in this country.

Even if you ignore his "political" views, he should be castigated for his "AIDS Updates". He hurt a lot of people over the last 30 years and his legacy shouldn't be whitewashed to pretend like he was some innocent civilian. He's one of the original culture warriors. I think people are giving him his due by refusing to allow the record to ignore what he really did with his life.

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Spare me the false piety. I'm not celebrating just observing. Give him his due means just that: he was very influential. You can't begin to combat something unless you understand it's success.

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bearister said:

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Although I think Dennis Miller is a two bit tw@t, I always respected him for this:
I once saw him interviewed. Although he and Al Franken are on polar opposites of the political spectrum, Miller said he loved Al Franken because of how kind and supportive Al was to him during their SNL days. We need more of that.

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bearister said:

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FOOTBALL; Limbaugh Resigns From ESPN's N.F.L. Show - The New York Times


https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/02/sports/football-limbaugh-resigns-from-espn-s-nfl-show.html

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Anarchistbear said:

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bearister said:

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Mark 8:36:

"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"

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"Tax Coke."

Mike Bloomberg

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bearister said:

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I actually had a hard time believing that tweet, so I researched it first:

"...And where he said, "Gays deserved their fate," and had a popular routine with the "AIDS Update," complete with a theme song, Dionne Warwick's "I'll Never Love That Way Again."


A Rush to Judgment on Limbaugh? - Los Angeles Times


https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-may-25-ca-53224-story.html

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calbear93 said:

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bearister said:

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FOOTBALL; Limbaugh Resigns From ESPN's N.F.L. Show - The New York Times


https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/02/sports/football-limbaugh-resigns-from-espn-s-nfl-show.html

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That's what I remember. I don't think he ever was on MNF, but he was on an ESPN Sunday show.

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concordtom said:

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We should tax unhealthy food and subsidize healthy food as a health care initiative.
Duh!!!!
It's basic and simple.
People who don't get that are uninformed.

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Anarchistbear said:

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Unit2Sucks said:

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Anarchistbear said:

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Limbaugh was a hateful ***** but give him his due- probably the most influential media person of his time- literally made AM radio a thing and a Republican king maker.

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This is a bad take. Do we celebrate other hateful people who succeeded in damaging this country when they die? Rush may be as responsible as any other figure for how awful our political discourse has become in this country.

Even if you ignore his "political" views, he should be castigated for his "AIDS Updates". He hurt a lot of people over the last 30 years and his legacy shouldn't be whitewashed to pretend like he was some innocent civilian. He's one of the original culture warriors. I think people are giving him his due by refusing to allow the record to ignore what he really did with his life.

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Spare me the false piety. I'm not celebrating just observing. Give him his due means just that: he was very influential. You can't begin to combat something unless you understand it's success.

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Listen to "Jeff's" rollicking intro for "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" by Stevie Wonder. The man who would become infamous as a peddler of race politics really sells Stevie's music! You can detect a trace of "America's Anchorman" in his intro for "Garden Party" by "former all-American boy turned hippie" Ricky Nelson but most of his energy is pure radio.

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Whining Liberal Parents said:

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bearister said:

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"Most people that met him when he was not playing to his audience supposedly found him to be pretty much a friendly, polite gentleman."

That makes it worse because it means he peddled hate and disinformation to the ignorant for money (est. net worth $600M). It would have been more mitigating from my perspective if he had simply been a true believer psycho.

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Speaking of guys who peddle hate and disinformation
LMFAO

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SFBear92 said:

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Whining Liberal Parents said:

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bearister said:

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"Most people that met him when he was not playing to his audience supposedly found him to be pretty much a friendly, polite gentleman."

That makes it worse because it means he peddled hate and disinformation to the ignorant for money (est. net worth $600M). It would have been more mitigating from my perspective if he had simply been a true believer psycho.

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Speaking of guys who peddle hate and disinformation
LMFAO

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My favorite sports talk guy of all time, the last great Pete Franklin, was a original in the shock jock genre. He didn't descent to meanness, but he would occasionally yell during a call just to spice things up.

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calpoly said:

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SFBear92 said:

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Whining Liberal Parents said:

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bearister said:

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"Most people that met him when he was not playing to his audience supposedly found him to be pretty much a friendly, polite gentleman."

That makes it worse because it means he peddled hate and disinformation to the ignorant for money (est. net worth $600M). It would have been more mitigating from my perspective if he had simply been a true believer psycho.

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Speaking of guys who peddle hate and disinformation
LMFAO

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My favorite sports talk guy of all time, the last great Pete Franklin, was a original in the shock jock genre. He didn't descent to meanness, but he would occasionally yell during a call just to spice things up.

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He was great! It was called "Pigskin Pete Predicts".

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bearister said:

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A nominee for the Only in Florida dedicated thread.

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SFBear92 said:

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concordtom said:

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We should tax unhealthy food and subsidize healthy food as a health care initiative.
Duh!!!!
It's basic and simple.
People who don't get that are uninformed.

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Tax the manufacturer, not the consumer.

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