Rush Limbaugh Speech at CPAC 2/28/2009 (Transcript)

[NickD 203]

I like Rush, gives me lines of BS that I couldn't never dream of with the most wilderness of my imagination. Give me an edge when BSing with my friends.

Ha, the ones really in trouble with Rush are those that don't realized he is BSing.

[alienlovechild 75]

The difference between Obama and Rush is pretty obvious - both of them use rhetorical arguments in public speech, but Obama is actually in a position of responsibility and accountability. Rush just likes to to talk about it (and profit from doing so).

The converse is also true. Obama in a position to do far more damge to the economy than Rush yet Limbaugh's words have gotten more attention than Obama's actions recently. BTW, Obama personally cashed in as a U.S. Senator with the sale on his second book. That doesn't bother me since it may be the only "job" he had in the private sector.

If Rush had the balls to stand behind his ideology and his rhetoric he'd run for elected office the way Al Franken did.

What kind of fool sacrifices the ultimate soapbox for elected office? Franken had so few listeners and a career going nowhere that it took no guts for him to pass the begging campaign contribution's bowl as a third rate celeb.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

The difference between Obama and Rush is pretty obvious - both of them use rhetorical arguments in public speech, but Obama is actually in a position of responsibility and accountability. Rush just likes to to talk about it (and profit from doing so).

The converse is also true. Obama in a position to do far more damge to the economy than Rush yet Limbaugh's words have gotten more attention than Obama's actions recently. BTW, Obama personally cashed in as a U.S. Senator with the sale on his second book. That doesn't bother me since it may be the only "job" he had in the private sector.

If your argument is that Rush is intrinsically better than Obama because he has no actual authority or responsibility, I can't really disagree.

Of course - that's pretty far removed from my original statement.

If Rush had the balls to stand behind his ideology and his rhetoric he'd run for elected office the way Al Franken did.

What kind of fool sacrifices the ultimate soapbox for elected office? Franken had so few listeners and a career going nowhere that it took no guts for him to pass the begging campaign contribution's bowl as a third rate celeb.

Perhaps - but I look at it as a case of putting one's money where one's mouth is.

Something I suspect Rush will never do.