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Yeah some contrition there:

tmccarthy0 — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:33:11 +0000

Yeah some contrition there: Shorter Rush "It's not my fault it's their fault I do this every single day."

It isn't an apology when you blame someone else for what you did, all women know this, we tell it to our children daily when they are growing up.

Rush talks about personal responsibility often, in fact on and on ad infinitum, well personal responsibility in this case is to say he is sorry from the bottom of his heart and he won't ever do that again. Did he do that, absolutely not. He did the same thing every 5 year old does, "it's not my fault" he screams, "it's their fault." What absolute unadulterated BS, since he does this every single day.

Rush Limbaugh called Chelsey Clinton a young teen, the dog of the Whitehouse, he called Amy Carter names, altho' when he did it she was an adult, yet it still not acceptable. Karma's a bitch baby, it literally slapped him hard right upside the head. Good.

And that still isn't an apology.

Fwiw, Rush offered a more

Michael Wolraich — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:10:12 +0000

In reply to What's so Funny about Rush Limbaugh?

Fwiw, Rush offered a more contrite apology on Monday:

Against my own instincts, against my own knowledge, against everything I know to be right and wrong I descended to their level when I used those two words to describe Sandra Fluke. That was my error. I became like them, and I feel very badly about that. I've always tried to maintain a very high degree of integrity and independence on this program. Nevertheless, those two words were inappropriate. They were uncalled for. They distracted from the point that I was actually trying to make, and I again sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for using those two words to describe her. I do not think she is either of those two words. I did not think last week that she is either of those two words.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/03/05/why_i_apologized_to_sandra_...

I wish I were as optimistic

Verified Atheist — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:14:28 +0000

In reply to Personally, I don't think

I wish I were as optimistic as you. This cat has many lives, and I'm afraid he hasn't used them all up yet. I hope I'm wrong.

Update is that 27 advertisers

Aunt Sam — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:35:50 +0000

In reply to What's so Funny about Rush Limbaugh?

Update is that 27 advertisers have terminated their sponsorship.

Two radio stations no longer air his show (it's a start).

But, what really is irritating and troubling is the fact that Bain Capital is one of the major owners of Clear Channel and Romney still getting revenue from their share of Rush's program is not being mentioned more than minimally by media.

I wouldn't care if it was a Repub, Dem or whatever, I'd like to believe that we would all stand up and speak out against any who uses the airwaves to broadcast this type of vitriolic blather. Not to mention, disrespecting and denigrating women as well as others simply for their political affiliation and/or ethnicity.

Thanks for post.

Well, I was thinking about

Doctor Cleveland — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:03:07 +0000

In reply to Oh, yeah! Four of us, all

Well, I was thinking about people who shout much nastier things from cars, like threats and slurs. Mooning people who are amused is actual hijinks. Limbaugh's more like the seventeen-year-olds who drive around shouting "Bitch!" out the car window.

So no, I don't think they're funny. I think they're dangerously maladjusted. And I think listening to Rush is very unhealthy for people, for exactly the reasons you say.

I agree with you about his

trkingmomoe — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:05:04 +0000

In reply to I do think Limbaugh's star

I agree with you about his star power fading. MSM has been slow to catch on with repeating everything he has said like the majority was already tuned into him. I read that talk radio in some markets has very low ratings like Washington DC. Economic times are hard even for advertisers and they don't want to lose what business they have but make their advertising budget really count. Rush just reminded them it might be time to look for a new market. The mood is changing and the demographics in this country.

Nope. He's done. Fork time. I

Erica — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:54:35 +0000

In reply to Don't get me wrong. I think

Nope. He's done. Fork time.

I am waiting for someone to point out that rush expected us to pay him to take drugs via HIS insurance plan, and when we didn't pay him enough to take drugs, he went out and (gasp!) bought them on the street....

I wonder if his rehab was covered.

Don't get me wrong. I think

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:23:00 +0000

In reply to Thanks, Genghis. While I do

Don't get me wrong. I think that public condemnation, when widespread, forceful, and sustained, can make a difference. It worked on Joe McCarthy, Robert Welch, and Glenn Beck.

But it will take a lot more than this. Limbaugh has passed through worse with few enough scars to show for it.

PS His audience is about 70 percent male

I do think Limbaugh's star

Ramona — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:29:21 +0000

In reply to Personally, I don't think

I do think Limbaugh's star power was dying, anyway, which makes it easier for advertisers to leave him. But I'm relishing these moments, too. Nothing more gratifying than watching a creep like Rush get his due. If it doesn't happen and I have to eat my words, I may be experiencing some shirt-pulling, head-scratching rage of my own. Not a pretty sight.

Oh, yeah! Four of us, all

Ramona — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:07:09 +0000

In reply to Well, Ramona, I think you're

Oh, yeah! Four of us, all women, were in my car stopped for a light in Detroit when we heard a horn honking next to us. We looked over and saw two fat moons smashed flat against a car window, and that car was rocking, the guys inside were laughing so hard. That was probably 20 years ago but every time I think about it I get the giggles. So, okay, I get what you're saying. lol.

Those guys weren't being hateful, they were being high-larious. Okay, nobody's hurt. Move along.

I think you're being way too easy on Rush's mob. WHY are they very angry at women every day? What have women in general done to them that would warrant such vicious hatred? I submit it's not their own innate feelings that initially draw them to Rush. I agree that it's seductive to follow the bully, but listening to a misogynistic bully three hours a day, five days a week, 52 weeks a year is bound to turn even the best mama's boy into a snarling woman-hater.

It's way past time for this to stop. It's unhealthy for everybody.