http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/dittoheads/ en-us Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363487/posts Media Bias: Not long after pro football welcomed a convicted felon back on the playing field, Rush Limbaugh is dropped for his opinions from a group seeking to buy an NFL franchise. Won't someone throw a flag? When even Keith Olbermann says back off, you know the politically correct critics of the conservative icon and megaradio talk host's proposed part ownership of the St. Louis Rams are guilty of piling on. The prospect of the leading conservative voice in America participating in the purchase of a football team sent the liberal elites into cardiac arrest and into a frenzied campaign... Investor's Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363487/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2199115/posts Excerpt: It was confirmed today that the White House is running a campaign against Rush Limbaugh. Is this a smart strategy? Rush Limbaugh was a leading force in the Republican Revolution two years after Bill Clinton first won election. The freshmen Republicans dubbed themselves the “Dittohead Caucus” after their sweeping victory in 1994. Obviously Rush played a critical role in 94' election. Is it smart for the media and the White House to target Limbaugh at a time when a repeat of that 1994 revolution is most likely to occur? The problem for Obama and the White House is that... Political Ref http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2199115/posts#comment Wed, 4 Mar 2009 18:05:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2186463/posts KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An out-of-work truck driver smiled Monday as he pleaded guilty to killing two people and wounding six others at a Tennessee church last summer because he considered the liberal church "a den of un-American vipers." ">snip<" google.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2186463/posts#comment Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:18:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009359/posts Dittoheads, you've been dissed. Chris Matthews has dismissed you as a bunch of mind-numbed robots. CNBC's John Harwood seconded the insult. It happened on this evening's Hardball as Matthews mused about the potential impact of Operation Chaos on the upcoming primaries. CHRIS MATTHEWS: How much of a move do you hear, John Harwood, the so-called Operation Chaos is going to play next Tuesday in Indianapolis [sic], the effort by Rush Limbaugh, the lovable Rush Limbaugh, I must say, to encourage Republicans, registered Republicans, to go vote for Hillary just to cause chaos and perhaps get her the nomination? How big... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009359/posts#comment Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:58:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966543/posts Does a John McCain Republican victory mean the demise of the "dittoheads?" It is just one of a number of a fascinating back stories to the resurrection of the Arizona senator, a campaign that has had to swim upstream not against the Mitt Romneys and Rudy Giulianis of the world, but the right-wing "talkocracy" of the United States, the family-values wing of the party and some Republican members of Congress. It has been bad news for the "dittoheads," the pejorative name given to the audience of Rush Limbaugh, the country's leading conservative radio voice, for their blind agreement with the... The Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966543/posts#comment Thu, 7 Feb 2008 18:27:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1943430/posts Somebody in the Huckabee camp made the mistake of insulting the leader of the conservative movement in the U.S., Rush Limbaugh. Rush responded on Friday's show and basically ripped the Huckabee camp a well-deserved new one. Whoever made the original comments clearly has not been paying attention. Some are questioning whether the Huckabee campaign can survive the shellacking it got on Friday's program. Huckabee is trying to stop the bleeding: SIOUX CITY, Iowa — The best-talking Republican politician in America has a message for the best-talking conservative voice in the country: Let's talk to one another. Mike Huckabee, taking questions... Holy Coast http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1943430/posts#comment Sun, 23 Dec 2007 06:04:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1661313/posts http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/iraq/part1.html 10 WAYS THE LIBERATION OF IRAQ SUPPORTS THE WAR ON TERROR With the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, Iraq is no longer a state sponsor of terror. According to State Department reports on terrorism, before the removal of Saddam's regime, Iraq was one of seven state sponsors of terror. Saddam Hussein's regime posed a threat to the security of the United States and the world. With the removal of Saddam Hussein's regime, a leader who pursued, used, and possessed weapons of mass destruction is no longer in power. Saddam Hussein would not uphold his international commitments, and now that... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1661313/posts#comment Thu, 6 Jul 2006 16:00:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1601331/posts RUSH: I'm ecstatic. I heard about this list this morning. It's a list of the "meanest" cars for 2006, and I am on the list -- well, my car is. "High-performance sports cars, ultra-luxury sedans and powerful trucks all rely on high-powered engines to deliver performance and towing capacity — but that performance comes at a price — landing these vehicles at the bottom of the list in the annual Green Book from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). Each year, ACEEE rates vehicles on their overall impact on the environment, with vehicles earning the best scores... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1601331/posts#comment Thu, 23 Mar 2006 01:50:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1597852/posts RUSH: A couple more delights from the White House press briefing today. David Gregory. Did you happen to see earlier this week the Washington Post ran a big puff piece on Gregory. He's the new Sam Donaldson. He is the Sam Donaldson to George Bush. You know, Donaldson, among many things that led to his fame, was a provocateur with Ronald Reagan throughout much of Reagan's administration. So they're having this White House press briefing today, and they're talking about this offensive that's going on in Iraq. GREGORY: Does the president think that an offensive like this high-profile is... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1597852/posts#comment Fri, 17 Mar 2006 02:21:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1580116/posts RUSH: Brian in Wilmington, North Carolina, I know you're still out there, because I know you're here every day, Brian, and I know a lot of you libs are out there. Let me tell you: I think this is probably everything that you're looking for. The reason that it took so long to release details of the hunting accident -- Dick Cheney and Harry Whittington -- is that Whittington is actually dead, and it took them about eight hours to go find a double for Mr. Whittington, because he's actually brain dead. He's so injured that he's being held... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1580116/posts#comment Fri, 17 Feb 2006 01:27:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1579391/posts RUSH: I've got to take care of something first. These idiots over at Bill Schneider's office and CNN. You remember the bit that I did yesterday in which I describe what would be happening if a Democrat vice president had shot a buddy accidentally while hunting? We would be hearing about, "Oh, this is a terrible thing. We must give the vice president room while he grieves and assembles himself as he suffers along with his friend." We'd get all kinds of features on hunting safety and there would be a totally different approach. They took one sentence out... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1579391/posts#comment Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:12:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1578658/posts RUSH: Here's a little story today in the New York Sun. Did you know that Judith Miller was back in court fighting with the special prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald, again? "Journalist Judith Miller and U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald squared off in court again yesterday, with a lot less public attention than last year, when the dogged special prosecutor in the Valerie Plame case had the then-New York Times reporter jailed for 85 days to force her to disclose the identity of an anonymous source. Yesterday appearance in Manhattan before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit was another... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1578658/posts#comment Wed, 15 Feb 2006 01:11:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1577901/posts BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: So let me ask you a question, folks: What would you rather do? "Would you rather go hunting with Dick Cheney or riding in a car over a bridge with Ted Kennedy?" You go riding in a car over a bridge with Ted Kennedy, he's going to run off if an accident happens and you won't see him again, and it's too late. You go hunting with Dick Cheney and an accident happens and he'll take you to the hospital. BREAK TRANSCRIPT RUSH: We have some audio from Good Morning America today on the Cheney situation.... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1577901/posts#comment Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:58:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1573944/posts ABC News, via their investigative reporter Brian Ross -- and I can attest personally that Brian Ross gets it wrong -- has got a story, "Is the CIA Leak Probe a 'Witch Hunt.'?" Now, because it's Brian Ross, I cannot attest to the accuracy of the report. This is a guy who just recently on Nightline did this whole distortion of Justice Scalia showing up to teach a course for a legal society, at which the respondents and the participants had paid months in advance to attend this thing. It was portrayed by ABC News as a "junket," and because... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1573944/posts#comment Wed, 8 Feb 2006 01:32:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1566581/posts RUSH: You people out there that have robbed banks, what do they call the red dye? What do they call the red dye that banks use? Somebody steals a bag of money and they escape and they open it, and (interruption). The dye pack, that's right. Maimone knows. He's a former bank robber. Kaboom! You've got red dye all over the perp and all over the money. It's a red dye bomb, is that what it's called? Pretty much? We'll just say it is, because it captures enough. Whatever you call it, the red dye bomb exposed John F.... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1566581/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jan 2006 01:31:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1565064/posts RUSH: Bob in Corpus Christi, Texas, welcome to the program, sir. Nice to have you with us. CALLER: Yes. Hi, Rush. About Hillary. RUSH: Yeah. CALLER: You're wrong if you don't think she can win. Be afraid, be very afraid. RUSH: (sighing) CALLER: It's very simple. John Kerry almost won. He lost by three points, and he based his whole campaign on three and a half months in a swift boat. And his background, his voting record was buried. He made his name in VVAW, a bunch of bogus psychopathic radicals. He told a bunch of twisted lies about being... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1565064/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jan 2006 01:45:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1557097/posts BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Of course we all know the circumstances surrounding Mrs. Alito leaving the hearing room in tears yesterday. You know what the laugher about this one is? The AP, the Associated Press, the first story crossing the wires tried to blame "Vice President" Lindsey Graham for this. They tried to blame the Republicans for making Ms. Alito cry. Anybody with a brain -- half a brain, a quarter of a brain -- watching these things understood what was going on with all this yesterday. We'll have the audiotape of that incident here. A very emotional time, by... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1557097/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jan 2006 02:17:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1555713/posts BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed the barrier 11,000. The media has a way of describing this. We have put together a montage: Fox News Channel, ABC News, CBS News, CBS This Morning, CBS, NBC. Note here, there's a single word that all of these anchors and info babes and reporters used to describe the Dow breaking 11,000. CHRIS WALLACE: We certainly understand it to be an important psychological mark. REBECCA GOMEZ: It's a psychological milestone. MELLODY HOBSON: There's nothing magical about 11,000. It's more psychological. BOB SCHIEFFER: Wall Street reached a psychological milestone today.... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1555713/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jan 2006 02:03:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1552031/posts BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Well, you know, folks, it's just real simple here. From a purely analytical point of view -- from a purely analytical point of view -- the media prove time and time again they cannot be trusted to report the truth or the facts. We can't count on them anymore. First there was Katrina. We got forged documents, lies about the law regarding the NSA program; now this terrible mine accident. Time and again they report false information and spin. They rely on rumored sources. Somebody shouts out a rumor, they run with it. They take it... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1552031/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jan 2006 01:03:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1545742/posts RUSH: I'm going to mention this again today. It's from Slate.com. It's by Daniel Gross, and it's just... Well, it speaks for itself. It may also explain why journalists are so mean and nasty and jealous and vengeful is because they have no money. (clearing throat) Daniel Gross, Slate.com, Tuesday December 20th, actually, this ran. "The New York real-estate boom is claiming a different kind of casualty, according to an article in Sunday's New York Times. Keying off a new report issued by the Center for an Urban Future, Jennifer Steinhauer noted that, thanks to high housing prices, many... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1545742/posts#comment Fri, 23 Dec 2005 01:36:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1545098/posts <p>RUSH: You know, sometimes -- frequently actually -- during all these breaks I go to the e-mail. I check things out, and I go to all the various accounts from which I receive mail, and the Rush@eibnet.com is where the kooks send me mail. I get eight, 10,000 shots a day in a 24-hour period in this account and, you know, sometimes I just peruse the subject line, and this one caught my attention, so I thought I'd read it. Subject line is: "9/11 Explanation is a Lie, Lie, Lie." I said, "Ooooh, okay." So here's the note to me: "Everybody in the country except you knows and understands the Bush official explanation of 9/11 is a cover-up and a lie. The truth is being told, and the people are starting to wake up and realize that Bush and his minions are pushing a big lie. When they can no longer cover their rear ends with lies they will be held accountable for their crimes against the people of this country." He goes on to give me two links here to show that Bush blew up the World Trade Center.</p> RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1545098/posts#comment Thu, 22 Dec 2005 01:45:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1543669/posts We Go to War for Civil Liberties? December 19, 2005 BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: I got an e-mail from a friend of mine in St. Louis. "Rush, did you hear what Tim Russert said after Bush's press conference today?" He said, paraphrasing -- and I haven't seen this, so I probably ought to double-check this, but we will. Paraphrasing, Russert said, "People go to war to protect their civil liberties, so isn't counterproductive to take away these liberties while doing it?" All of you out there listening, how many of you think we go to war to protect civil liberties?... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1543669/posts#comment Tue, 20 Dec 2005 01:47:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1543073/posts A week ago, Rush Limbaugh won a major victory in a Florida court over government efforts to invade his medical privacy. But you wouldn’t know it from major media reports, as a Florida judge’s ruling in Limbaugh’s ongoing prescription drug case was distorted in newspapers and on TV news reports all across the nation. Thank the Associated Press for the media spin. In the initial AP story on the court case, the headline read: "Judge Allows Subpoenas of Limbaugh Doctors." The wire service then reported that Palm Beach County "Circuit Court Judge David F. Crow ruled that Florida laws do... NewsMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1543073/posts#comment Mon, 19 Dec 2005 01:36:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1535334/posts RUSH: "A Texas judge yesterday threw out a campaign finance conspiracy charge against Rep. Tom DeLay, but ruled that the prosecutors' money laundering charge should go forward." (story) Mike, grab audio sound bite -- no humidity in the air down here today so the pages are not coming apart easily. You know, the media all portrayed this as a big lawsuit actually-- (Laughing.) "Ooh, DeLay didn't win anything here, still faces the money laundering charges, oh, this is horrible." "The ruling means Mr. DeLay, Texas Republican, will not be able immediately to regain the House majority leader's post he... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1535334/posts#comment Wed, 7 Dec 2005 01:20:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1533424/posts RUSH: I want to continue on the sound bite roll here, because this next is just choice. Talked about this yesterday. The media being all upset about the fact that the Pentagon reportedly buying space, buying stories, planting good news in the Iraqi media. "We can't have that, why, we can't have good news in the Iraqi media. Who gave them a right to do that? We can't go shaping and bending the news like that." The media's got an idea the news out of Iraq is going to be all bad. The Pentagon says, "Hey, we're going to... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1533424/posts#comment Sat, 3 Dec 2005 19:42:00 GMT