What did that guy on Rita Cosby's show just say about Eric Rudolph listening to Rush Limbaugh?

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[Texas Eagle]

Sorry to initiate this thread this way, but I just came inside from working in the yard all day and clicked on the TV. FOX's Rita Cosby was talking to some guy about Eric Rudolph and the guy said something about Rudolph listening to Rush Limbaugh. I missed the first part of the interview so I don't know the context of the statement.

Is there anybody who heard the whole segment who can shed some light on this?

[Texas Eagle]

A guy who bombs abortion clinics and gay bars shouldn't be hard to portray as anti-gay and anti-abort.. Heh.

It's not uncommon for people to set fire to their own homes with the hopes that their insurance companies assume it was someone other than the homeowners who set the fire. This is known as arson.

It is also not uncommon for people to spray paint swastikas and racist slurs on their own garage doors hoping that people will assume they are the targets of race crimes.

Keeping those things in mind, I would contend that it is entirely possible that Eric Rudolph is a left-wing wacko who perpetrated these bombings for the explicit purpose of having the anti-Christian bigot community go absolutely ape-Gore.

[gcruse]

Hey. WC Fields loved kids. He played with his grandchildren all the time. Your life is a fantasy, KC, and so are your memories.

[newzhawk]

aaah - but Janet Reno never found him on her time- Clinton forgot all about him due to Monica--- I knew it would be on Ashcrofts' time as he promised to get him at beginning of term-- nuff said- walk the walk or talk the talk- those little liberal abortionists can't have it both ways

[gcruse]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll see. Personally, I'm thinking it's that river in Egypt you're rafting.

[bereanway]

Well then, what exactly is your point in all of this?

[Ken H]

Funny that the press is not noting Rudolph's love of opera.

If the New York Times is true to form, they'll report that he loved the Opry.

[WarSlut]

This one is about done, don't you think?

I'm just having a beer, listening to some music here, so I can go either way. If you have anything else to say, I'm happy to engage. Otherwise, I'll be glad to move on. I'm flexible like that.

[joanofarc]

I LOVE OPERA.
Studying classical music for years as a child and being a conservative what else can I say? My husband prefers blue grass and country music. We're balanced.
All music is beautiful, but it takes intellengence to appreciate Beethoven, Bach, Rachminoff,Tschaikowsky. Schumann,Chopin,Handel,Moszkowsski.Mozart(my favorite), and Schubert. Many others.
My profession? Medical Professional.

[gcruse]

What music are you listening to? I'm watching the History of Russia thingie.

[gcruse]

Mozart, to me, towers over all.
Wagner, though, grabs me where I live.
Hahyatooooooooooooooooowah!!!!!!!!!!!

[bereanway]

"they'll report that he loved the Opry"

that's very funny and very true

[WarSlut]

Keeping those things in mind, I would contend that it is entirely possible that Eric Rudolph is a left-wing wacko who perpetrated these bombings for the explicit purpose of having the anti-Christian bigot community go absolutely ape-Gore.

You mean it wasn't right-wing Jesus freaks sending Sweet n' Lo to Planned Parenthood back in '01 (while sending the real anthrax to more worthy targets like American Media)?

I'm going to assume that Rudolph is what he appears to be in this case, though. Leftists aren't real big on putting their own asses on the line for the cause, they'd much rather knock off strangers exclusively.

[WarSlut]

Neil Finn's "Try Whistling This".

How's the Tsars show?

[Texas Eagle]

Leftists aren't real big on putting their own asses on the line for the cause,

That's my whole point. Rudolph didn't put his own ass on the line. He put other's asses on the line. It is the pro-aborts who place no value on human life.

[gcruse]

It's colorful. The inside of the old palaces are still fabulous. I assume you have seen pictures of the Amber Room from the St Petersburg celebrations. It's suprising how colorful and ornate Russia is, when I grew up with mental images of a cold and grey USSR.

[Texas Eagle]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll see.

I hope we'll see. If it turns out that Eric Rudolph is indeed a right-wing nut-job, I will be at the forefront of denouncing him.

If it turns out he is a left-wing nutjob, will you do the same?

BTW, what are your thoughts on Ted Kaczynski(sp)? You know...the Unabomber.

[WarSlut]

That's my whole point. Rudolph didn't put his own ass on the line.

Well... he is most likely going to be executed.

Granted, he did his damndest to avoid it, but still. It's hard to say there weren't grave personal risks in what he did.

[WarSlut]

BTW, what are your thoughts on Ted Kaczynski

That's Ted "Earth in the Balance" Kaczynski.

Can you imagine if Rudolph had a manifesto published that quoted Reagan or Bush? The Unibomber directly quotes Al Gore's book in his, and the media ingored it entirely.

[gcruse]

I'm a libertarian, not a liberal. To the extent old Crazinski injured anyone with his mail bombs and such, string 'em up. Libertarianism ain't anarchy. )

[kcar]

I don't think you've contributed much to this discussion. I understood Lauratealeaf's comment well enough, #11, to be that the Meida is thematically selective in what they report and how and how often they report it, e.g., they will howl over this because he's considered a right-wing nut. But:

1) The incidence of nut cases seems to occur across all points of the political spectrum. Even if someone is nuts doesn't make the target of their admiration less, anything...If he is a right wing fringe-dweller, what of it?

2) The Media tends to ignore 1) to paint Their target as flawed. In this case their target is talk radio - any fool can see that - they are from a rival media format and ideological bent. If their target was listeners of Opera, they be weaving this story into the Phantom killer of the past.

3) If you have been intellectually awake during the last 4 decades you'd see the point here.