Aw... shucks...
Posted on 03/05/2012 10:29:09 AM PST by Kaslin
Do these pants make me look fat?
Old RUSH: "No; it's your FAT that makes you look fat!"
New RUSH: "Well; the preconceived idea embedded in the American male brain as to what constitutes FATNESS is certainly getting a workout in this instance."
Or SETTING them up!
On the other hand...........
Sarah!! It's safe to come out and play now!
Did you listen?
I agreed with what he said.....In fact I could see myself saying that exact same thing, after saying what he did...in the context that he said it.
Millions of Rush listener's have said over the years...."You are just saying, what I've been thinking". Period.
I don't always agree with anyone....let alone Rush. But, I've learned more info from Rush than you. Or anyone else...for that matter.
Is he the end all, be all?...Nope. Is he perfect? Nope. Are you? Nope. Am I? Nope.
FWIW-
Now, that’s funny!
I've eaten crow; you probably have as well.
It is NOT tasty at all; but HAS to be consumed to get over the ailment.
It depends upon what one washes it down with, as to whether the overall effect is refreshing.
In the last 15 yrs...have you been anything?
Doubt it.
I'm sure that today's audience not only included all his regular fans but liberals nation wide and the entire MSM who were probably expecting Rush to be groveling and begging for forgiveness. They got quite the opposite......
They got the truth and the MSM is going to be hard pressed to spin his comments.......BRILLIANT!
Everything is about Money AND the hypocrisy of Personal Destruction AND Political Correctness defined by the LEFT.
‘They’ can use the N word, and the C word and the H-Hitler- word. ‘They’ can demonize and destroy and move next door to you. ‘They’ can draw you in their crosshairs while taking away your guns. ‘They’ can deny you the words ‘they’ use every day. It is only hate speech when it comes from our mouths. And we are the only racists.
We have come to the point where the First Amendment is secure only in ‘Their’ hands. It only protects ‘Them.’
This is why Breitbart is our true hero. He would not be stripped of his right to speak and shout it from the rafters. He was not cowed by money. He got in ‘their’ face and never backed down. He died at the ripe old age of 86 because he poured the life and energy of two days into the time we call one day of ours.
“Political Correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.” jacques barzun
I’m ‘N’ ‘C’ ‘H’ MAD right now!
I hate ‘hate speech’ lawa.
And I want a First Amendment for Conservatives.
I see no IF.
A Statement from RushMarch 03, 2012For over 20 years, I have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week. In this instance, I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke. I think it is absolutely absurd that during these very serious political times, we are discussing personal sexual recreational activities before members of Congress. I personally do not agree that American citizens should pay for these social activities. What happened to personal responsibility and accountability? Where do we draw the line? If this is accepted as the norm, what will follow? Will we be debating if taxpayers should pay for new sneakers for all students that are interested in running to keep fit?In my monologue, I posited that it is not our business whatsoever to know what is going on in anyone's bedroom nor do I think it is a topic that should reach a Presidential level. My choice of words was not the best, and in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir. I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for the insulting word choices. |
I know that I sure need it; a LOT!
Rush’s contribution to conservative ideas occured when he was starting out nationally. At that point he served as a “party line” for conservatives all over the country who never realized how prevalent their ideas were in America. Rush, by allowing these voices,not his, but their voices, to be heard resurrected a conservative movement that was dying of being totally ignored by the media. In the last ten or so years Rush has far fewer calls, many more bombastic “look at me”” soliloquies, and in general made it all about him. I understand where you’re coming from, but I don’t agree with you. if that makes me a troll than Free Republic is not the site it was when i joined in Aug 2000.
See my post 111, especially the last line.
Indeed!
I did listen and he is right in that, it is a tactic of the left to name call the way he did and that he should not sink to the left’s level of personal attack.
He and you and others can spin it however you like, it was an apology brought on by outside forces and that is my uneasiness in regards to it.
No one is perfect and we are fortunate to have one such as Rush on our side, but we are in the fight of our lives and we need our warriors to be warriors and not apologists.
His mistake was in making it personal and I didn’t hear him say that was his mistake, but rather that he used words that were inappropriate. They were not inappropriate to the argument, they were inappropriate in that they were directed at her and not at the nameless faceless “friends” she claimed on whose behalf she claimed to be testifying.
I would like to have him explore the subject of why those words are offensive to the left who believe that sex with an unlimited number of partners of all ages and genders is good and to be encouraged.
I am disappointed, but still a supporter and listener and eager student of the Limbaugh institute of conservative study.
Neither do I and that is the only thing about the apology which I would say was refreshing.
LOL, I have indeed had to apologize for saying the wrong thing to someone. It does leave a bad taste in the mouth, not because I had to admit my mistake, but because I just hate to be wrong, and admitting that I am just kills me.
But, I have done it, more than once because much as I hate to admit it, I am not always right. LOL.
Good thing we have “Two if by Tea” to wash it down.
Nah, you win........now please honor my request to you in the post you responded to......
She has been a long-time left-wing activist on these issues and was probably a public figure for these purposes even apart from her "testimony" the other day.
Meet law student and feminist hero Sandra Fluke
If she sues Rush for calling her a slut, then she opens herself up to the factual question of whether she is in fact promiscuous.
If she tries to sue him for claiming that she herself was taking birth control and spending $3000 on it, as opposed to only saying that about other people, then it is not clear what the reputational damage is. It does not appear tenable for her to claim that the public falsing believing that she herself took birth control pills and paid for them is somehow damaging to her reputation, given her long-held public stance on these issues. There must be damage to reputation for a defamation suit to be viable (apart from the per se category).
Therefore, it is difficult to see how a defamation claim by her would be tenable as a practical matter. If she sues for being called a slut, then she is open to the question of whether she is in fact promiscuous as a defense by Rush. If she sues for having statements falsely attributed to her, then there does not appear to be any reputational damage associated with falsely attributing such statements to here, especially given her own public stance on the issue.
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