In case you thought Limbaugh was toning it down...

[CoffeeCat]

After 100+ advertisers bailed on Rush, and after he was forced to apologize for calling Fluke
a "slut" and a "prostitute" you would think that Limbaugh would tone it down--or at least move
on from his misogynistic, ignorant comments and behavior.

He took Monday off. I thought for sure, we would hear a toned-down Limbaugh for the rest of the week. After all, when
you cause a national uproar by calling a woman a "slut" and a "prostitute"--it just might be wise to, at the very least--refrain from insulting women. Right?

Oh no. Not Rush.

I tuned in yesterday and he was making fun of the NOW (National Organization of Women) organization. He
did a long segment on NOW and one of their meetings. He kept referring to the organization as "NAG". As
Rush said, "We affectionally refer to this organization as NAG--the national organization of gals". He kept
referring to the members of NOW as "nags" and "gals".

The President of NOW spoke about Rush's comments, and Rush played a few sound bytes and said that the "NAG
gang thinks my comments were funny." He kept going on and on about how they loved his comments. He also
said that Obama's approval ratings among women went down after Rush made these comments. Therefore, Rush
deduced that this was a losing issue for Democrats--who were being hurt by this issue--not Rush.

I wanted to jump into my car radio and scream, "Yeah, Rush--Your comments were so disgusting and so vile against
women, that women of all political and socioeconomic stripes were disgusted with politics in general. YOU RUSH,
turned all women off to all politicians--that's how revolting, disgusting, pathetic and vile you and your words are!"

Ninety-eight percent of all Catholic women use birth control. Most women use birth control at some point in their lives. Rush was not only calling Fluke these names--he was calling ALL women these names--and frankly, the Democrats have not done enough to call out Rush for the disgusting, misogynistic creep that he is. The fact that Rush can make these comments and continue to have a national radio program--turns off the vast majority of women to the entire political world.

So, in case you were wondering if Rush just might have one shred of decency, self respect or common sense--he doesn't. Most people would be willing to at least *hide* or tamp down their vile, unpopular attitudes--in order to save their careers and their lifework that they've spent two decades cultivating. Not Rush. Disparaging women and belittling them is more more important to Rush than his career or his reputation.

[wilt the stilt]

1. he's the fat guy

who couldn't get a date. that is his issue.

[Arugula Latte]

6. Also, he's got a limp willy

as evidenced by his propensity to pop Viagra by the handful.

[Pedalpower]

28. he doesn't WANT a date with a woman...

He's alluded to a shame deep within himself, one which he ran away from to become the person his is.

And we've all seen his NYC apartment.

When someone goes on a crusade against others, it's because they're running from themselves.

[madokie]

35. Yup, he's the guy that the girls went EWWWWW too

I doubt seriously if he's ever had sex he didn't have to pay for. The four wifes were/are bought and paid for. No consenting adult would willingly have sex with rush, I'd bet money on that and I don't make bets

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. I know Rush, I see he did not disappoint.

In my present feverish condition though, it's a good idea not to listen to him for even five seconds.

But I have listened to him, first out of nterest. (people listen to this crap?)

Then as part of a media class.

Then once a year or so...words might change, targets might change, but rush is rush.

[madrchsod]

11. what in the hell did you pick up?

hope you feel better soon.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Antibiotics are great.

But I brought home a few billion, very tiny, Ilegal aliens...from Guanajuato.

It was probably the beginnings of pneumonia. I am so damn lucky to have insurance. I staid with mom for three more days I would have seen a doctor down there.

[shcrane71]

3. Isn't he a BILLIONAIRE. Boycott him all you want, I'm sure it's not that much to pay for his

airtime on all those rural AM stations.

Seems to me that something more needs to be done to send a message that the AM broadcast spectrum can't be monopolized by hate radio. I guess we could always contact the FCC, and ask them to do their job and regulate that medium.

[JohnnyLib2]

4. I really don't think he has anything else to offer: what you hear is what he has.

And by the same reasoning, he can't and won't find a reason to stop. Any change has to be forced from beyond him.

Eventually........?

[gateley]

25. I think his legions of followers tune in to hear the hate and get themselves

self-righteously riled up.

I've observed in myself, that when I disparage another person (even just "I can't believe she's wearing those shoes with that dress" type of thing) it's just to make myself feel better about myself. I'm better than her because I'd know not to wear those shoes. Helping ease my insecurities. I think that's what they get from him -- validation they're not alone and they're smarter than everyone who doesn't see the Truth.

Although, my pop psychology fails when it comes to my shredding Republicans. I really don't need validation that I'm right and they're wrong (I honestly believe that), so I'm not sure what I get from it.

But you're right, that's all he has to offer -- or is the key to his success. I think if he saw the light he'd lose listeners in droves.

[sarcasmo]

5. Guess he is all in, on the anti women speech.

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. The land manatee is doing voter recruiting for us.

Let him babble all he wants.

[shcrane71]

8. Misogyny is the oldest form of prejudice. Ceding our public airwaves to hate isn't helpful.

Fine him. Move him to a subscription service. But let's at least work for equity on the AM dial.

[RebelOne]

34. Don't insult the manatees. n/t

[whathehell]

44. +10

[Tveil]

27. exactly, he is a useful idiot nt

[The Doctor.]

9. What a delusional windbag.

Does he believe half the bullshit he spouts?

[Initech]

10. I'm predicting a near unanimous turnout among females for the dems in the election.

Keep talking, Rushbo....

[cbdo2007]

12. Of course not - YOU"RE STILL LISTENING!!!

His ratings right now are probably through the roof from all the idiots tuning in to see if he's going to "tone it down" or not. You all are keeping him in business by listening and updating everyone and keeping his name in the news.

[spanone]

13. fuck him and his listeners....one and all. they offer NOTHING TO NO ONE.

it's easy to sit back and bitch.

[madrchsod]

14. rush is a little boy who has an issue with his mother

[MissMarple]

37. He acts like a narcissistic, sociopathic dropout.

An insecure narcissist, can that happen?

[Kalidurga]

16. Ha ha ha Rush is a bigger idiot than I thought he was...

And I thought he was really stupid. He has been reading from the same script for 20 years. He wouldn't have the foggiest idea of how to talk about anything else. And his target hasn't really changed, it has always been about women you know welfare queens. And he really does hate liberals for daring to say there should be some kind of safety net for people. Not just for single women, but for you know the disabled, the elderly, and the unemployed. Lets not forget this is the guy that said that poor children should dumpster dive for food.

[Aviation Pro]

17. So who the fuck are the sponsors...

...you have to shill for, fuckwit?

Go fuck yourself you walking wad of santorum.

[WhatintheWorld]

23. Limbaugh Will Not Forgive Or Negotiate With Companies That Pulled Advertising

From Business Insider:
As advertisers keep joining in on the Rush Limbaugh boycott, one company only lasted a week before it went back to the conservative talk show host with its tail between its legs. But Limbaugh is not ready to forgive and forget.

The Los Angeles Times reports that Sleep Train, which had advertised with Limbaugh for 25 years, asked to relaunch a "voiced endorsement" on Limbaugh's show on Thursday ... and they were turned down.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/which-advertiser-begged-to-resume-advertising-on-rush-limbaughs-show-and-got-rejected-2012-3#ixzz1p77msky4

Apparently the boycott is having little actual effect on Rush or Clear Channel. You won't take back a 25 year advertiser?!? That's either an extremely wealthy person who doesn't give a damn (probable) and/or he's extremely bitter.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

41. His sponsers are the GOP & the rich 1% that he constantly promotes & defends. nt

[Hugabear]

18. What do you expect from an alleged pedophile pill-popping misogynist?

Rush is Rush. Did anyone honestly expect him to change?

[Aviation Pro]

19. No, Fucko....

...the election will not be about President Obama, it will be about how inept and corrupt the Republicant party has become.

Landslide, tubby, landslide.

And we're taking the House back and making the Senate bulletproof.

Chew on that you walking wad of fuck.

[Xyzse]

20. NAG? "National Organization of Gals"?

The heck? That is "NOG". Dumb, du dumb dumb.
Substitute Organization with Association, then I can give him that.

Guy doesn't think about what he says regardless.

[adigal]

21. He's doubling down, and daring someone to stop him

He thinks liberals are weak and is daring us to do something.

[Justice wanted]

22. "affectionally refer" is his way of saying. It's just office pet names like Doll and Honey

[librechik]

24. Thanks, Rush for uniting all Dems and Women against YOU (i.e. the Repub Party)

You will drag them all down with you, as you have been trying to do for decades. Thank goodness.

[Arkansas Granny]

26. Rush is like that spoiled child who wants attention and will do anything to get it.

He doesn't care if it's good attention or bad, as long as he's in the center of it.

[MrScorpio]

29. If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times...

Limbaugh has an absolutely pathological hatred of women.

[Mr Gerrity]

30. This in nothing new

He has been referring to NOW as the nags since the early nineties I believe, about the same time as he came up with the feminatzi thing.

[mackattack]

31. misleading statement

"Ninety-eight percent of all Catholic women use birth control."

The quote cited in the study finds..."98 percent of Catholic women use birth control at some point in their lifetimes."

[montanto]

32. Rush is actually a pretty fair indicator of what is going on.

Everything he says is bullshit, and the opposite of what he says is nearly true:

Everything is fine with me = I'm circling the bowl.
My advertisers are begging to come back = more of my advertisers are running away.
Fluke is a slut = I'm a slut
Birth control shouldn't be a taxpayer burden = I shouldn't be a taxpayer burden.
NOW loves my comments = NOW hates my comments.
Obama is losing women = women love Obama more than ever.
I have 20 million loyal listeners = I have 20 rabid listeners.

I can hardly wait until he accuses liberals of flushing him down the toilet = I did this to myself.

[JohnnyLib2]

38. Amen!

Projection, it's not just mechanical.

[hootinholler]

33. Way to double down! n/t

[Rex]

36. No way...never did I expect that!!!

Rush will follow Glenn off the cliff of lunacy. Just a matter of time now.

[zorahopkins]

39. I Don't Listen To Rush Limbaugh

Honestly, I have much better things to do than listen to someone like Rush Limbaugh.

Besides, there is not enough soap and disinfectant in the world to clean out my ears.

Which is what I would need to do if I listened for even one minute to his disgusting hate-filled bile.

If Rush bothers you, just do. not. listen. to. him.

[CoffeeCat]

43. I find Rush intriguing...

...and because all right-wing radio is a concerted neocon/corporatist effort to destroy
our democracy--I think it's important to tune in every once in a while and hear what
these bastards are up to.

He doesn't bother me.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

47. I've had a policy of not listening to him for over 20 years, but it's beyond that`

Ignore him, and he still doesn't go away. It's time for Rush Limbaugh to be destroyed, both because he deserves it, and as a warning to other rightwing radio jocks. Ignoring him won't get the job done.

[felix_numinous]

40. Rush belongs to the sick RW propaganda machine--

If the DOD was supporting just any radio show with high ratings they would support left leaning ones as well, but they want rah rahs for war and destruction, hate and prejudice and subjugation of women.... they are in the war/arms business and it is ugly. It is unethical to allow such a broadcast overseas in a war zone--I would think it would actually endanger the troops.

What pisses me off is that my tax dollars pay for this filth, and it needs to stop. I am a liberal and believe our first amendment covers a lot of ground--but does it cover propaganda? Entertainment shows that masquerade as news organizations, inciting violence and destructive behavior, give credence to prejudice and willful ignorance. They do so by lying to the public, by fooling great numbers of people to act and vote against their own interests.

Abusing first amendment rights and freedom of the press endanger these rights, they do not support and stretch them. We are in danger of losing most of our Constitutional Rights now, and it is up to us to fight to keep them--and make them work for us.

Rush Limbaugh is a con man, and like charismatic cult leaders, thrives during unstable times. The people of this country have to get our voices back, so that we have public airwaves that represent what WE want to hear, truth and information clearly separated from entertainment.

I will not be satisfied until this leech is completely off the air and the Fairness Doctrine is re enacted.

[underpants]

42. I listen in too and you will probably notice that he is acting like he has a NEW bigger audience

He has tried to convey the old inside-his-show-jokes to the supposedly new listeners.

This is classic big top salesmanship. Everyone is doing it!! Come in and welcome be just like all the rest!!!

This actually clogs up his show and his regulars either believe it (probably) or feel like they are being lectured to (what's new?).

It is interesting to listen to in the fact that he was already way off his game and now he is speaking to an imaginery audience.

[allan01]

45. re: In case you thought Limbaugh was toning it down.

OK we have the National avertisers . I hope many of you are working on your local , such as boycotting them, boyoctting the stations who carry him. We need to keep this going . I would like to see rush off in a side of a month .(dreams)

[AllyCat]

46. Keep on digging that hole Rush. You are completely irrelevant

and now everyone else sees it too. Well, almost everyone.

[caseymoz]

48. I don't think Rush can or would tone it down now.

Jon Stewart was wrong. What he about Fluke was different than anything he's said before, at least anything that's gained attention outside his audience. What I think: He blew a circuit. This rant was not just malicious and lying; it was psychotic. So, IMHO, Rush has gone around the bend.

And now that women and "liberals" have dared put him in so much hot water, he won't be able to restrain his rage. Just take my word for this: if he's not taken off over Fluke, what he says over the next six months is going to be worse. He is gone.

And why should he restrain himself, really? The guy has so much FU-money that he might as well retire. His rage and frustration have apparently only grown. His three hour daily mouth dump must have eaten his soul by now. It's a kind of anti-therapy that only makes him sicker.

[guardian]

49. How does he stay on the air? Seriously?

Are there that many people that listen to his show?? You'd think some of radio station owner would have a shred of decency and refuse to air his tripe.

[arigatou]

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