The Death of A Rebel

[ER]

I wasn't a fan of Rush Limbaugh but I admire rebels who push against the establishment, which he did.

[Rev. Powell]

Maybe at the beginning, but I'd say as the most popular radio personality of his day, he was the establishment.

[ER]

I think conservatives are the rebels now. Our national situation mirrors late republican Rome in that regard. Augustus was a radical (reactionary if you prefer) because he was a traditionalist amid a society that was out of control, and I get that sense about traditionalists in the US today, that theirs is the only true rebellion left.

As I said I wasn't a fan of Limbaugh's, or at least not a listener, but I did have to smile at the way he upended the idea among those with platforms counter to his that they were the rebels, when they were insiders and Limbaugh was coming at them against the stream.

Anyway, he was what he was, he's dead, and in his own way I think he was something of an agent of  free thought. (Sort of.)

[LilCerberus]

In the time I started listening back in the mid '90s until now, he spent his time looking for just this right substitutes, & spawning a few copycats, a few of whom got real good & developed some staying power..... 

I'd like to think the man started something that isn't going anywhere!!!

[RCMerchant]

In the time I started listening back in the mid '90s until now, he spent his time looking for just this right substitutes, & spawning a few copycats, a few of whom got real good & developed some staying power.....  

I'd like to think the man started something that isn't going anywhere!!!

Thankfully.
Why do you preach this guys BS if you know he's a phony?
I'm not trying to diss you- I'm just curious of your mind set.

[LilCerberus]

I used to like it back in the '90s when he'd have guest hosts (the substitutes I referred to), like Dr Walter Williams, or Michael Medved....

Williams had ways of explaining to the layperson just how big an economy was, & how a seemingly simple act could screw it up...

Medved, a film critic, always fun & poignant....

Sometimes Rush would talk about the days he was doing jobs he hated that didn't pay his bills while surrounded by a bunch of rich people oblivious to the income gap.... It would make me feel a little better about my situation & give me hope...

Things started making sense after I discovered Rush....

[zelmo73]

As a Native American "brown person" myself, this is probably my favorite Rush Limbaugh quote because I did respect his valid point. 

"Let's check the scoreboard. How many Native Americans were killed by the arrival of the white man through disease and war...how many people have died since the white man arrived due to lung cancer, thanks to the Indian custom of smoking? Who are the real killers here?...Where are our reparations? I'm just saying." - Rush Limbaugh, 2010

[LilCerberus]

First time I ever heard of Rush, was on a short lived show called "Personalities".....  I recall the last lines in his interview being, "My book outsold Madonna's book, & My book's about what's right!"

Wasn't too much later, Rush tried his own TV show, & I decided to check it out....  I found it entertaining & informative....
This way, he way able to use a lot of visuals, pictures & videos, but after it was cancelled, he would explain on his radio show from time to time, just how much he loathed the amount of planning, prep, and lack of spontaneity that went with television...

There are some times I can't help thinking about how Rush Limbaugh really started to take off around the same time Sam Kinison was killed, and the media was looking for a new angry fat man to laugh with/at, only to discover, this guy was for real, & maybe they regretted it................

[LilCerberus]

Pretty memorable moment from his TV show, Rush spots Bill Clinton pretending to cry at the funeral of Ron Brown.
http://youtu.be/lf8TOGrq8Bo

[RCMerchant]

He was a baiting moron who made a living from spreading hate filled spew.
I'm glad he's dead. f**k him.

[LilCerberus]

As a Native American "brown person" myself, this is probably my favorite Rush Limbaugh quote because I did respect his valid point. 

"Let's check the scoreboard. How many Native Americans were killed by the arrival of the white man through disease and war...how many people have died since the white man arrived due to lung cancer, thanks to the Indian custom of smoking? Who are the real killers here?...Where are our reparations? I'm just saying." - Rush Limbaugh, 2010

"Illustrating Absurdity By being Absurd", he used to say.....

[RCMerchant]

^ Good excuse to spout hateful rhetoric.  

[indianasmith]

I listened to him a great deal in the 1990's, and he had some worthwhile and valid things to say once you got past all the bombast and the rhetoric.
But, over time, I found . . . he never really changed.  Same talking points, day after day, same digs at the left.  I don't think he was necessarily hateful in his personal life; he just loved controversy and the attention he got from saying outrageous things.  But . . . I tired of him and moved on.
And frankly, none of his successors/copycats on the right could hold a candle.

[RCMerchant]

He was a dickhead.
He was just another con artist playing on peoples fears. And making big time money off it.
f**k him.
He wasn't a patriot. He was a bull s**tter who made money off you.
What did he ever do beyond giving you a belly full of anger?

[RCMerchant]

 For Cerb-

The Beatles- Something

http://youtu.be/t1Jm5epJr10


I didn't post this in the wrong thread. I posted it here.
Following any ideology blindly seems...useless. Where will it get you? Except a life full of resentment?
Not a good way to live, my friend.