Posted on 12/02/2003 11:57:51 PM PST by lowbridge
Question 2
PLAYBOY: You've called Limbaugh a big fat idiot and dubbed conservative commentator Ann Coulter a hysterical diva. Did you miss the high school debate club meeting in which the moderator warned against personal attacks?
FRANKEN: No. I wrestled and I was in the drama club. I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks. Like when Limbaugh said that the Clintons not only have a White House cat, they have a White House dog and showed a picture of then-13-year-old Chelsea. That's beyond the pale, and &*&% you, Rush. It's now open season on you, and I can call you fat. Somebody had to get into the mud with him and stop him. It's just the bully on the playground. You stand up to the guy, and he wusses out.
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Here now, the truth excerpted from the show's transcript (Rush is doing a segment on In/Out lists, and their political biases. For example, he noted the "out" lists he was on despite the ongoing popularity of his programs):
Copyright 1992 Multimedia Entertainment, Inc.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
SHOW: RUSH LIMBAUGH (9:00 PM ET)
November 6, 1992, Friday 11:15 AM
LIMBAUGH: Thank you. This show's era of dominant influence is just beginning. We are now the sole voice of sanity, the sole voice of reason. We are the sole voice of opposition on all television. This is the only place you can tune to to get the truth of the opposition of the one-party dictatorial government that now will soon run America. Oh, I mean, we are only beginning to enjoy dominance and prosperity. Most of these things on the in-out list are not even funny, but a couple of them--one of them in particular is.
David Hinckley of--of the New York Daily News wrote this, and what he has--he's got--it's very strange. He says, In: A cute kid in the White House. Out: Cute dog in the White House.' Could--could we see the cute kid? Let's take a look at--see who is the cute kid in the White House.
(A picture is shown of Millie the dog)
LIMBAUGH: (Voiceover) No, no, no. That's not the kid.
(Picture shown of Chelsea Clinton)
LIMBAUGH: (Voiceover) That's--that's the kid. We're trying to...
(Applause)
LIMBAUGH: No, just kidding. I'm just getting. Oh. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. That was a terrible thing. That--that was an absolutely terrible--I am--I am sorry. You know, I just--the end of the week, the pressure's on--actually the pressure's off, and I relaxed a little bit too much. You know, when my radio show started in August of 1988, a presidential campaign then, and Amy Carter was protesting everything American while at Brown University. And I didn't, of course, like that. I didn't like her protesting everything American, and I made a remark on my show that I've now since apologized for and I've taken it back; I didn't mean it. I said, You know, she may be the most unattractive presidential daughter in the history of the country.'
(Laughter)
LIMBAUGH: Well, there was outrage. No, there was. I mean, there was just plenty--my--my mom called me at home that night. She said, Son, you know, you--if you're going to be serious about this, you can't make fun of the way people look. You're not supposed to--you're not--you can talk about how you disagree with Amy Carter. You can talk about how you disagree with her politics and you think she's doing some bad things, but she can't help the way she looks, and you can't--you shouldn't make fun of that. And, besides, you forgot Margaret Truman.'
(Laughter)
LIMBAUGH: But I--I apologize...
(Applause)
LIMBAUGH: There I go. My friends, I apologize again. I--that's the third time the crew makes a mistake by showing you Millie the dog when I intended to show you Chelsea Clinton, and then I followed with that terrible story. I'm--I hope you'll forgive me. I'm fatigued. I'm tired. I really don't--in fact, you know what I'll do? Let's pretend this is a daytime talk show and that I'm a guest on, say, Sally, Phil or whatever. How can I make amends to you for what I just did? I can spank myself. People who spank themselves, next RUSH. Watch this. (Rush stands)
I'll do it with my left hand. I--I'm right-handed, so it won't hurt as much. Do it with my left hand.
(Rush spanks himself, screaming and crying; written on screen, Ouch!!!')
LIMBAUGH: There.
(Applause)
LIMBAUGH: We'll be back with the rest of our show in a moment.
And here's the apology
Copyright 1992 Multimedia Entertainment, Inc.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
SHOW: RUSH LIMBAUGH (9:00 PM ET)
November 10, 1992, Tuesday 11:15 AM
("Who's Sorry Now" is played and Rush points to himself)
(Laughter)
LIMBAUGH: Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry. Let me tell you very quickly what happened last Friday night. There was a new in list and new out list that was published in the newspaper. The writer said in, cute kid in the White House; out, cute dog in the White House. Could we show the cute dog in the White House who's out, and they put up a picture of Chelsea Clinton back in the crew. And many of you people think that we did it on purpose to make a cheap comment on her appearance. And I'm terribly sorry. I don't--look, that takes no talent whatsoever and I have a lot of talent. I don't need to get laughs by commenting on people's looks, especially a young child who's done nothing wrong. I mean, she can't control the way she looks. And we really--we do not--we do not do that on this kind of show. So put a picture up of her now and so we can square this.
(Photo shown of Bill and Chelsea Clinton, who is making a sour face)
(Laughter and applause)
LIMBAUGH: All right. We're sorry. We didn't intend to hurt her feelings. We'll be back with our final segment right after this. Don't go away.
Speaking of "wussing out", didn't he challenge Rush to a debate during his book tour in 96 (which Rush didnt take him up on...wasnt about to help Franken out on his book sales), but then later admit had Rush taken him up on his challenge, he would have backed out and substituted Michael Kinsley in his place?
Al Franken is a Steaming Turd.
Working title for an upcoming book...
FRANKEN: No. I wrestled and I was in the drama club. I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks. Like when Limbaugh said that the Clintons not only have a White House cat, they have a White House dog and showed a picture of then-13-year-old Chelsea. That's beyond the pale, and &*&% you, Rush. It's now open season on you, and I can call you fat. Somebody had to get into the mud with him and stop him. It's just the bully on the playground. You stand up to the guy, and he wusses out.
Should I counter by saying that the old horse that Doofus trots out is a one time occurance and something he has apologized for several times?
Should I also counter by saying that Rush has lost a lot of weight but Al still calls him "fat"?
The lying liar has no new tricks. I wonder how many libs would actually be able to recognize Rush Limbaugh's voice. Many of them have never actually heard his show yet they take Doofus' account (in his Limbaugh bashing book) as an objective record.
Should I counter by saying that the old horse that Doofus trots out is a one time occurance and something he has apologized for several times?
Absolutely, but most importantly dont forget to also counter with: "Franken lied".
Well, I wouldnt say that. He was good as the drunken baggage handler in the 1983 movie Trading Places.
So, I'd say if it werent for Rush Limbaugh, he'd still have a career...as a drunken baggage handler.
Oh please! Wrestled??? What, in a tutu?
That must have been some school.
Yeah, Rush lost the weight, but Franken(stein) will be stuck with that ugly mug forever!
I know we [I] hated Clinton and all he , and his ilk, stood for, but their [dims] utter hatred for GWB is funny in a way.
Their utopian dreams of a socialist / communist America fading. Another four years of Bush smiling at them while behind the scenes he aids and abets them in destroying the Democratic party.
I may be conservative, but anyone should see they are self-destructing.
We've heard and seen enough of the "dwarves" to know they are acting more like they are performing a very poor skit on "Saturday Night Live", than anything bearing any relation to reality.
Dean? Edwards? Lieberman? Kerry? Gebhart?, and others too ludicrous to even mention.
There will be many a "liberal", rich and poor, who will jump off the bridge after November 2004.
Good riddance!
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