Alright, Let's Feel Real Bad For Limbaugh (Mine: Vicious Mean Spirited Diatribe)

Newsday, Inc. ^ | 10/18/01 | Robert Reno

[VA Voter]

FACE IT, for years millions of Americans have wished something dreadful would happen to Rush Limbaugh.

But if they had the true heart of a liberal, it was that Limbaugh would suffer bad ratings or that advertisers would desert his show after marketing research revealed his audiences had the consumer-buying patterns of a Third World nation and low IQs.

[Jack Wilson]

Janet Reno's brother?

[1Old Pro]

the hearing disease that threatens his very ability to communicate intelligently

MISTAKE #1

How many embittered people have listened to Limbaugh and felt so secure and enfranchised that they didn't go out and commit some vile anti-social act or join the forces of Timothy McVeigh?

WOW, the above line reveals this writer as a true nut.

Sounds like the writer suffers from "success envy"

[eureka!]

So I understand. No wonder he's defensive. ;^)

[Garrisson Lee]

Personally, I've been wishing something bad would happen to Reno.

[Topaz]

Newsday should be shut down for printing such an outrageous and pathetic piece. Grrrr

[Oldsailor]

He who knows not, and knows not, he knows not.

[dighton]

The man's a hero for taking the frustrations of the ineloquent, the smoldering, inarticulate anger ...

This idiot is projecting.

[beekeeper]

There ae so many inaccuracies in this article that it makes the writer pathetic. He has a big problem.

[Pablo64]

It never ceases to amaze me how many people who have obviously never listened to Rush's show for more than 30 seconds in their life, feel that they know everything about him and what he espouses.

I'm also truly amazed at people like this low-brow, slack-jawed, drool-monkey, who haven't the least bit of shame at displaying their monumental ignorance for all the world to see. Truly a piece of work.

[Steve_Seattle]

"those of us who have been more succesful than Rush in our battle with our waistlines"

He accuses Rush of being sloppy with facts, yet seems unaware that Rush shed about 50 pounds several years ago and is now thinner than Al Franken, who has gained about 20.

[pittsburgh gop guy]

"I have always suspected that in his heart there's a Limbaugh who has a pathetic desire to be liked. It is a common disability in people who preach shrill messages."

So - the author of this article must have a sandwich board hanging around himself that has "PLEASE LIKE ME" written on it.

[Goldi-Lox]

Totally out of the loop. Rush has had MASSIVE success with his diet, and is now svelte, trim, and quite in shape. Let's just hope his treatment with cortisone won't cause a relapse.

I'd pray for any adult who's lost hearing or sight, with the exception of bin Laden and Farakahn and their ilk. Murderers and those who cheer them on are not deserving of mercy.

[lafroste]

Wow. What a clymer, no make that CLYMER.

[nightdriver]

Sounds like Robert Reno is a regular listener to Rush. Must be something about Rush that really attracts him. Hmmmmmmmm.

May Reno's tribe NOT increase.

[Steve_Seattle]

"made cruel sport over the stature of Robert Reich whose diminutive stature was the result of childhood disease"

This is the first I have heard of Reich's "childhood disease," and Rush was probably unaware of it as well. Of course, Mr. Reno has no qualms making cruel sport over Rush's genetically-inherited hearing loss. This article is full of projection, the work of a man who does not understand himself very well.

[SamKeck]

We must resist temptations to recall how Limbaugh made cruel sport of the stature of former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, whose shortness was the result of an unfortunate childhood disease.

Excuse me? I seem to recall that it was Bill Clinton, during a very big do reception on the White House lawn, who suggested to Reich's face, in front of a very large audience, that he (Reich) was so short, he could live in a doll house that was on display there at the time. Yuk, yuk, yuk.

[Always Right]

FACE IT, for years millions of Americans have wished something dreadful would happen to Rush Limbaugh.

Very true. The hatefulness on the left is unmatched by any group.

But if they had the true heart of a liberal, it was that Limbaugh would suffer bad ratings or that advertisers would desert his show after marketing research revealed his audiences had the consumer-buying patterns of a Third World nation and low IQs.

Now that is showing 'true heart'. Unfortunately for the left, Limbaugh listeners have high IQ and high incomes.

If his downfall had come from a general weariness with the fact that he is second-rate, sloppy, imprecise and hopeless with facts, who could have viewed it as anything but a sign that quality and clear thinking had found new standing in radioland's shrieking dreariness?

hmmmm...what 'downfall' is he referring too??? Rush is still going strong.

Now we must all wish him a speedy recovery from the hearing disease that threatens his very ability to communicate intelligently and we must retract all the vile things we said that suggested he couldn't.

Oh, you treat people differently because of a handicap. That is very discriminatory of you.

We must ooze genuine sympathy for a man struck down in the prime of having just signed a $285-million contract to go on bellowing through 2009. Above all, we must not behave with the lack of charity typical of Limbaugh when he is on one of his hateful diatribes against the Americans with Disabilities Act. We must resist temptations to recall how Limbaugh made cruel sport of the stature of former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, whose shortness was the result of an unfortunate childhood disease.

Limbbaugh hasn't asked for or does his wish for any sympathy from anyone, especially the left. Limbaugh feels quite blessed.

And while we're at it, we must surely stop patronizing Limbaugh and his audiences as some unwashed horde not deserving of a voice. The man's a hero for taking the frustrations of the ineloquent, the smoldering, inarticulate anger of the gibbering right wing and giving its voice a roar commensurate with its discontent. How many embittered people have listened to Limbaugh and felt so secure and enfranchised that they didn't go out and commit some vile anti-social act or join the forces of Timothy McVeigh?

Sounds like Limbaugh is doing a real service to this country, if you buy into this. Sister Janet must owe her life to Rush for helping keep some wacko from knocking her off.

I have always suspected that in his heart there's a Limbaugh who has a pathetic desire to be liked. It is a common disability in people who preach shrill messages. Anyway, those of us who have been more successful than Rush in the battle with our waistlines can no longer feel comfortable with the term his critics most often use to describe him which is, of course, Al Franken's "big fat idiot."

Rush has lost his weight and as kept it off for a while, the last I knew. What a completely idiotic article.

[Sci Fi Guy]

We must resist temptations to recall how Limbaugh made cruel sport of the stature of former Labor Secretary Robert Reich whose shortness is the result of am unfortante childhood disease.

What the *#&% is he talking about. The only thing I can think of, is Rush's TV show showing Clinton making a joke about how Reich would live in a Desk Top model of a bldg.