The only mistake Rush made was to apologize. Maybe he was too gentlemanly to stand by his truthful words.
And those of you who disagree with me -- Fluke you!
Better to be wanted by the police than not wanted at all
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Posted on 03/27/2012 11:00:15 AM PDT by true believer forever
It was a set up.
From start to finish.
A quite specific, quite detailed plot to get Rush Limbaugh, ruin his career, and drive him off the air.
Next targets? Sean Hannity and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
Lots to cover here.
Let's start with Mr. Angelo Carusone.
Who is Angelo Carusone? Today he is now the "Director of Online Strategy for Media Matters for America."
But a few years back? He was just your basic left-wing law student with a standard left-wing passion. That passion? Totalitarian-style censorship.
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
Here is a post from an earlier thread that dovetails exactly with what is going on currently with Trayvon Martin, and just recently, Sandra Fluke, and the plot against Rush.
Please try to find the time to read the Spectator article. The last line reads: "Only if we fight back."
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"I think the "brains" of the left have come up with a model that's based on military planning. They've predefined a set of pre-planned action packages and, to go with them, predefined "trigger events." They watch the domestic news wires 24/7, and, when a potential "trigger event" occurs, they convene a conference call within a very short time frame and decide whether that event reaches the threshold for one of the action packages. If they decide it does -- and the White House may be involved in the decision -- the packaged plan is put into motion.
I think it's pretty well established that this is what happened in the Limbaugh/Fluke situation. The whole thing, including the calls by local "ordinary citizens" to local radio stations and their local advertisers, was set up in advance. They'd been waiting for Rush to say something that reached the threshold for some time -- years, I think -- and, when he did, their plan was put into action immediately.
~ Steely Tom
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2864410/posts#28
And, finally, it's not too much of a leap to Trayvon Martin. The teen's angelic looks as a youngster probably figured greatly in their choice, as those are the only pictures being shown. He is a great photo/poster boy for their agenda.
Let me simply say, in my own defense, that I had not read this article before I posted the comments you show above; I didn’t even know there was such an article until just now.
I don’t like the way the pages are set up, so you have to keep clicking for the next page without a lot of text, and advertisements appear.
Actually, I think this whole thing started with Michael Savage. That is partly what his being banned in Britain was all about. He was just an easier target than Rush. JMHO
I think they really wanted someone to jump on her name and slip up and and drop the “L” with the way the left was pronouncing it and saying it should be pronounced.
I think Fluke should be pronounced like Duke but with and LF. The left insists that it is pronounced like Duck but with and Fl. They hoped Rush, Hannity or someone else would use the left’s favorite profane word and they would try to get them banned for that.
To their chagrin, Rush and others didn’t fall for that trap. Rush called Fluke out for wanting to be paid for sex, and the left then went for a secondary attack.
JMHO
Oh, no, not at all. Your comments were much harder hitting, succinct, and had a military heft to them, which I think made the point very strongly. The story meanders a little, takes a lot of detours, but you post is the perfect complement to it... with a lot more punch.
You have nothing to defend. It never occurred to me you had even read the article - I just think the vision of what is going on is finally becoming a little clearer, and you added to that.
-—nonetheless, Rush walked right into it and kept on flailing—after the first day even I wondered what was wrong with him to keep dwelling on Fluke-—
A plot that failed very miserably. In fact these stupid plots fail the vast majority of times…
OK. I understand :) I hope you slogged through anyway...
They waited 3 weeks to try to shut down Rush, and to scrub records, and let Zmans broken nose and cracked skull heal.
Yeah, but they take their toll on the target, stress, money and time. I am glad this article is out there, and there is one other, which is a good summary. I plan to keep them both, and when we have another breakout of this particular kind of rash, I will have something to send to the advertiser or whomever is being targeted..
"Is this still America?
Only if we fight back."
Yeah, I know. I think he is so used to this stuff, at first, he just thought it was the usual media kerfuffle... ultimately, I hope it is. I am not sure, like most people, that it is totally over. But then I am a little paranoid... :)
"Is this still America?
Only if we fight back."
What got me is the historical references he used, he presented very matter of factly, without any of the usual hysteria or hyperbole, and that is what I think you found chilling. There it was in black and white. Is this still America?
It is good to have a clear sense of their blueprint, though. I think that it is immensely important going forth.
bonk
All I know about Michael Savage is that he has a live thread here sometimes on Free Republic.
Click on the Print link on the first page. You get all the pages, no ads.
They waited 3 weeks to try to shut down Rush, and to scrub records, and let Zmans broken nose and cracked skull heal.
I imagine, or at least hope, it will all end like the Duke LaCrosse thing... but it is a mess and tragedy for everybody...
I think Fluke should be pronounced like Duke but with and LF. The left insists that it is pronounced like Duck but with and Fl. They hoped Rush, Hannity or someone else would use the left’s favorite profane word and they would try to get them banned for that.
To their chagrin, Rush and others didn’t fall for that trap. Rush called Fluke out for wanting to be paid for sex, and the left then went for a secondary attack.
JMHO
Yep, you're right. I remember one day, after this had gotten steam, Rush was absolutely tiptoeing through her name... and kept asking Bo, is that how you say her name before he proceeded...
Another “Get Whitey!” moment brought to you by Leftists everywhere including the Leftists at FR!
Dittos! By Friday I was yelling at the radio: “Okay, we get your point! Knock it off!”
It was such a weird incident. Rush kept harping and harping on this woman’s testimony, until it became not funny and actually a little boring. It was so unlike him.
The only mistake Rush made was to apologize. Maybe he was too gentlemanly to stand by his truthful words.
And those of you who disagree with me -- Fluke you!
Well . . . duh!
Implicit in the right to free speech is the right to hear speech that we choose to hear. In the marketplace, the people have declared their desire to hear Rush Limbaugh’s speech.
Media Matters thus becomes the agent of the attempt to stifle free speech. Aren’t there laws against interfering with contractual relationships?
The plot failed. Apparently.
ping
Obama was quick to call Sandra Fluke.
When did he call Trayvon’s mom?
http://spectator.org/archives/2012/03/27/the-plot-to-get-rush/print
There is usually a one-page print button somewhere.
I am still puzzled by Rush’s behavior in this whole incident. It was as if he wanted to give the left a weapon.
When he pulled this stunt, all of the talk about it gave so many pundits an excuse to ignore the press conference of the Cold Case Posse.
What was he trying to accomplish?
Media Matters needs to lose its tax status.
It’s violating the law.
Lynching Zimmerman wont bring him back or prevent more unfortunate events.
Educating youts that some people have guns, and if you attack them they will SHOOT YOU! So don't attack ANYBODY!
It'd be easier if we just went back to teaching the Bible in school. What's wrong with the Ten Commandments?
What's wrong with Jesus's ONE COMMANDMENT?
We refuse to teach them the TRUTH, and we wonder why they grow up confused!
What was he trying to accomplish?
Trying to bury the fact that the FORGED POSTAL STAMP on his Sel Serv Reg is
a
FELONY
I agree with the boring aspect, the second day I slept through most of it except I kept waking up during the commercials.
The third day he started in and I tuned out.
Thanks for the ping. A very good (and chilling!) read. If it wasn’t true, I’d say it sounds like a good plot for a novel.
The sad part, from my perspective, is that I hold little if any hope we can get back our Constitutional Republic.
Thanks for the find and posting it once again and God Bless you and yours.
The sad part, from my perspective, is that I hold little if any hope we can get back our Constitutional Republic.
Thanks for the find and posting it once again and God Bless you and yours.
Here is a link to the lyrics Click Here
It’s violating the law.
I think there's an investigation in the works right now, or a lot of calls for one.
The sad part, from my perspective, is that I hold little if any hope we can get back our Constitutional Republic.
Thanks for the find and posting it once again and God Bless you and yours.
Here is a link to the lyrics Click Here
I checked out the lyrics, and these words jumped out at me:
"The spirit was freedom and justice
And its keepers seemed generous and kind
Its leaders were supposed to serve the country
But now they won't pay it no mind
Cause the people grew fat and got lazy
Now their vote is a meaningless joke
They babble about law and order
But it's all just an echo of what they've been told"
Jonathan Kay grew up in East Germany, so he probably had a pretty good idea what he saw happening to the US.
from memory here:
America, where are you now,
don’t you care about your sons and daughters.
Donchya know, we need you now,
we can’t fight alone against the monster.
Sounds about right.
Lynching Zimmerman wont bring him back or prevent more unfortunate events.
Educating youts that some people have guns, and if you attack them they will SHOOT YOU! So don't attack ANYBODY!
It'd be easier if we just went back to teaching the Bible in school. What's wrong with the Ten Commandments?
What's wrong with Jesus's ONE COMMANDMENT?
We refuse to teach them the TRUTH, and we wonder why they grow up confused!
I read this and I thought about it, and all I can say you are absolutely right. We have gone so wrong, all of us.
thanks for a thoughtful response.
I agree, he walked right into it, in one of his almost-daily efforts to get his name mentioned in the media. But I think afterwards, he wasn't necessarily just dwelling on Fluke, I think he was trying to walk it back, and instead just made it worse, till he finally apologized on Saturday.
Thanks for the ping.So when the national media obligingly spins the yarn of Rush versus Innocent College Girl… Commissar Carusone, now amplified by the millions of dollars in leftist Media Matters money and machinery, had but to tweet and… BANG!Notice, Dear Reader, that “the national media” is central to the leftist project. And notice that I use the singular number for “the national media” even though the noun “media” is theoretically plural. The grammar is correct, however, since I use scare quotes to indicate that, IMHO, “the national media” is not the correct term.
"People of the same trade seldom meet together even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public or some contrivance to raise prices." - Adam Smith
And what is the mechanism by which “people of the journalism trade meet together, and conspire against the public? People of the journalism trade are joined at the hip by the membership of their employers in the Associated Press.The Associated Press was found to be in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act back in 1945. Back then, of course, the stated mission of the AP - the conservation of scarce telegraphy bandwidth in the nationwide transmission of the news - made the AP seem much “too big to fail.” Now, however, data transmission technology includes lasers, fibre optics, microwave transmission, and satellites. Now, copious bandwidth is available at negligible cost. Now, the only thing between the AP and being sued into oblivion is the fact that the victims of journalism’s “conspiracy against the public” have been disoriented by the seeming multitude of “independent voices” of “the press” all coming at them simultaneously. It is not a diversity of voices, it is one voice - the voice of the AP.
Rush as target of agitprop is the point of the quote I pulled from the article, but there is always a target noticeable in the output of the AP. At present, a hispanic man named George Zimmerman is having his turn in the barrel. Until such time, if ever, as Mr. Zimmerman should be convicted in a court of law, officially George Zimmerman is innocent. But at the present time, Mr. Zimmerman is in hiding, and in fear for his life. The AP promoted that situation, and the journalism notes it without disapproval. As if nothing were more natural and unexceptionable than that a lynch mob should be operating as openly as the KKK ever did.
I want to know why George Zimmerman is not suing the AP, and its membership, for every dime it has.George Zimmerman should own the AP.
The refrain you have from memory is so prophetic. I fear for my kids and grand kids. But all is in God’s hands. I am in the twilight of my life but the grand kids are just getting started. I fear they will never taste the freedoms I enjoyed and fought for. Sad. But we can only do what we can only do. Thanks for the post.
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