Rush Limbaugh dead...........

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I have had some articles sent to me mainly from CNN saying he was 70 years old, not 68. Not sure of his real age altho one article quoted his wife saying he was 70. Still young to go whether he was 68 or 70.
 

I'm waiting for his haters to make a vile comment in the media. I'm also wondering who will fill his fill his shoes on the radio in his time slot. I would like to see one of his guest hosts continue where he left off. RIP Rush.
 
Chet said:
I'm waiting for his haters to make a vile comment in the media. I'm also wondering who will fill his fill his shoes on the radio in his time slot. I would like to see one of his guest hosts continue where he left off. RIP Rush.
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The hate has already started. A local radio host that sat in for him when he was having the hearing implant surgery mentioned it earlier this morning.

If you google it you will find them , some are just disgusting . So much that the local show said they could not play them on the air.
 
IMO he was good at what he did; I listened occasionally and don't recall any thin remotely like the hate speach that is being flung . He had some good ideas but did tend to rabble rouse a bit too much. IMO.
I did occasionally check what he said and always found that he was stating facts (unlike most media today).

Enjoy!
 
Lewkat said:
The only thing Iearned from listening to him was to make certain that my financial adviser is a fiduciary. RIP Rush and condolences to your family.
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All financial advisors and anyone else who a client entrusts their assets to is, by definition, a fiduciary.

Your bank, your attorney, your accountant and anyone else who you entrust your financial affairs to is a fiduciary whether they claim to be or not.

I think that is just a commercial gimmick some companies use to bolster their image.
 
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Chet said:
I'm waiting for his haters to make a vile comment in the media. I'm also wondering who will fill his fill his shoes on the radio in his time slot. I would like to see one of his guest hosts continue where he left off. RIP Rush.
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Well, given the hate speech he engaged in himself, and how he used to make a big running gag out of AIDS patients dying as well as countless other low-class, gutter level comments, I'd say turn about is fair play and that he brought it all on himself.

I'll just quote a great American author on this topic:

"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." - Mark Twain

;)
 
Exactly what hate speech did he spout ? I do not recall him ever wishing death on anyone , or say too bad one or more of anyone's contemporaries should die as well.

The only "great pleasure" obits I can think of would/could be the likes of folks like, Bundy, Manson, etc. I certainly hope you are not putting Limbaugh in this category ?
 
rgp said:
Exactly what hate speech did he spout ? I do not recall him ever wishing death on anyone , or say too bad one or more of anyone's contemporaries should die as well.

The only "great pleasure" obits I can think of would/could be the likes of folks like, Bundy, Manson, etc. I certainly hope you are not putting Limbaugh in this category ?
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A simple Google search will turn up various articles on the subject.

From snopes:

This is true. While we have not uncovered any audio of these segments, we did find a few contemporaneous news articles and comments from Limbaugh confirming the contents of these controversial segments.

Iowa’s Cedar Gazette reported in 1990 that Limbaugh’s “AIDS Update,” a recurring segment in which he made jokes about a disease that had killed more than 100,000 people in the United States the previous decade, started by playing songs such as “Back in the Saddle Again,” “Kiss Him Goodbye,” “I Know I’ll Never Love This Way Again,” and “Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places.”

The “Aids Update” segment was short-lived. According to The New York Times, it ended after a few weeks. Limbaugh would call the segment one of “most regretful things I’ve ever done” because it was “making fun of people who were dying long, painful and excruciating deaths.”

While Limbaugh would come to regret the segment, that didn’t stop him from airing other homophobic content. Limbaugh, for instance, had another segment that used former Congressman Barney Frank, a prominent gay politician, as fodder. That segment featured the song “My Boy Lollipop” as slurping sounds played in the background. Limbaugh also spread the unfounded claim that gay men practiced “gerbilling” (you can read more about the unfounded urban legend here) and once said, according to James Retter’s book “The Anatomy of a Scandal,” that gay men “deserved their fate.”

The Media Matters site has noted that Limbaugh has a history of homophobic remarks. As recently as 2015, Limbaugh was making the argument that marriage equality would lead to bestialities.

snopes.com - Rush Limbaugh "AIDS Update" segment <----- link
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As far as the Mark Twain obituary quote, I was being facetious.

No, I don't put Limbaugh in the category with Bundy and Manson, nor do I take pleasure in his death.

But I don't mourn or feel sorry for him either.

He became filthy rich promoting divisiveness and derision.
 
Jim W. said:
Well, given the hate speech he engaged in himself, and how he used to make a big running gag out of AIDS patients dying as well as countless other low-class, gutter level comments, I'd say turn about is fair play and that he brought it all on himself.

I'll just quote a great American author on this topic:

"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." - Mark Twain

;)
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Before we get into dueling posts, Mark Twain did NOT suggest that he hoped or WISHED the death of anyone, but when death did come, and when the obituary was read, it was not an unpleasant event. I'm sure when some openly overly liberal voice passes away, others will not read his obituary with a totally saddened heart, either.
 
I think you have to understand the era of the radio jock that produced Limbaugh. They were fast thinking, fast talking performers. Another one, who typified this era was Gene Rayburn, who honed his skills in radio. These men knew that you couldn't see them. The knew they could create anything in mental pictures. Whether it was comedy to political talk, it was all verbal imagery. They were great at it.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Before we get into dueling posts, Mark Twain did NOT suggest that he hoped or WISHED the death of anyone, but when death did come, and when the obituary was read, it was not an unpleasant event. I'm sure when some openly overly liberal voice passes away, others will not read his obituary with a totally saddened heart, either.
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Yes, I know exactly what Twain said and meant, since I was the one who posted the quote. So no need to explain.

I do find it funny though, how some take umbrage to less than respectful comments about Limbaugh even though he made his entire career out of being as disrespectful as he could be to everyone (on the left) who he disagreed with, and honestly, lying his butt off in the process.

And yes, you are correct that when some "openly overly liberal voice" dies, some others will not read his or her obituary with a totally saddened heart, either.

Like Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for example.

When she passed away, "certain others" (on the right) did not read her obituary with a totally saddened heart, either.

AAMOF, they openly mocked and cheered it.

So please.... save the umbrage for someone who deserves it.

It is my opinion that Limbaugh did not.
 
We live in an era of divisiveness and derision. Limbaugh was an example from the right. There are just as many on the left. All contribute to our inability to engage in civil discussion of the issues we face as a country.
 
JimBob1952 said:
We live in an era of divisiveness and derision. Limbaugh was an example from the right. There are just as many on the left. All contribute to our inability to engage in civil discussion of the issues we face as a country.
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You'd have to give me some examples of media representatives from the left who routinely go as far as the likes of Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Michael Savage, Michelle Malkin, Neal Boortz, to name the major ones.

Look... I'm not trying to say your guys on the right are exponentially worse than anyone on the left, but you'd really have to point out some left-wing media figures who've engaged in the kind of mean-spirited, insult hurling and mud-slinging that every member of the group I listed above, engages in on a daily basis, and provide some examples.

I mean.... what has Rachel Maddow ever said that was anywhere near as nasty as about 80 or 90 percent of what those right-wingers I listed say constantly?

I can see how conservatives would take offense to some of Bill Maher's comments, but he's a comedian turned political commentator so making shocking comments is something he's always done.

I'm also not saying that every position the left takes I agree with or every position the right takes I don't, because that's not true. I do agree in principle with some of the right's positions and vice-versa.

But on the subject of partisan media figures, I just have to say that the right has us beat by a mile.
 
Chet said:
I'm waiting for his haters to make a vile comment in the media. I'm also wondering who will fill his fill his shoes on the radio in his time slot. I would like to see one of his guest hosts continue where he left off. RIP Rush.
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You mean like all the hate he spewed his entire career? Maybe Trump will fill his shoes (now that he is unemployed).
 
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