Rush attacks David Shuster over his coverage of Limbaugh's "Hagel/Betrayer remarks"
By John Amato Monday Sep 24, 2007 4:45pm
Rush Limbaugh went on a childish tirade against David Shuster because he had the audacity to highlight Limbaugh's Chuck Hagel---Sen. Betrayus rant. He defends Marcia Blackburn (R-TN), who didn't defend him yesterday and then tried to claw his way out of another hole he dug for himself. And to top it off he calls himself, get this: A Battleship! I wonder how MJ Fox would characterize him? Thanks to his assault on MJ, he helped deliver the seat to Claire McCaskill. Rush does have a weird fascination with water.
C&Ler emailed this after listening to it.
David Schuster, (filling in for rightie mouthpiece, Tucker Carlson on MSNBC,) cornered Marcia Blackburn (R-TN) on Rush Limbuah's calling Sen. Chuck Hagel a traitor. He asked her to explain how she could not condemn Limbaugh when she was so vocal about the MoveOn ad that dominated the news last week.
Rush decided to repackage the segment in an effort to spin to his listeners that he's not really a hypocrite ... not really ... it's not the same ...it's apples and oranges. Between Marcia's rationalization, and Rush's stammering through a pitiful self defense, it just sounds like two 5 years olds caught looking at each other naked. Limbaugh claims that people like Schuster lob these "bee bees" at his "battleship" all the time with no effect. Yet, he proceeds to dedicate an entire segment to trying to discredit Schuster with a flurry of desperate anecdotes.
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"A Battleship"? Really?
That fat joke just writes itself, doesn't it?
Rush seems unaware that, to the vast majority of Americans, he's a non-entity.
A battleship? More of a supply ship. He carries water.
He makes me sleepy.
Comedian Rush Limbaugh does not seem to want to take on KO, why is that?
hey, rush is that really a cigar or are you thinking about larry craig?
you sure like to stick long thick round things in your mouth.
Why is this man necessary in life?
KO p4wned his sorry ass. For that matter, Schuster could p4wn Rush's sorry ass.
The most recent Shuster thing is interesting. In the past, he has usually hewed with servile pride to the right-wing line. Even to the point of deliberately misrepresenting the facts (as in the Clinton interview). So why did he puncture Blackburn's sewer gas inflated balloon? Can we hope this was a "Popeye the sailorman" moment? You know, "This is all I can stand, I can't stand no more"? We can but hope! Anyone who is attacked by "Lamebaugh" can't be totally bad!
I think Limbaugh has a crush on Shuster. Shuster is cute, Limbaugh likes boys...
It's really embarassing to see Limbaugh throw himself at Shuster like this, trying to get his attention in public and all.
With any luck, Rush WILL have David Shuster to kick around starting sometime next month. Tucker may be on his way out and Shuster seems to be on deck.
Rush is proof that abortion should remain legal.
Guy looks just like a Turd Hearse - he probably could suck out a septic tank just as well with all the shit he spews.
No wonder the people who get their news from Rush are complete morons.
Yeah, Rush is a battleship all right--the Bismarck.
And he's going down.
There really aren't many people on Earth more vile than Lush Limpballs.
I really wished that they didn't use his vile voice last Sunday on the 'Family Guy: Star Wars' hour long spoof. There is no way Limpballs can ever be funny.
battleship!!???
the "USS Pill-Popper"
yes, that has a nice ring to it.
Limbaugh is a sack of human shit and he ~is~ the "drive-by media"
he so loves to refer to.. of course the irony is lost on him 'cuz he's
hopped up on Viagra and painkillers all the time.
I wouldn't even give him consideration as a media representative, he's
more like Nazi propaganda minister Josef Goebbels, but with a radio show.
as people say in california, fuck that fucking fuck.
i don't listen to his explanations, excuses, accusations, lies, rants, whatever...he is completlely irrelevant to me.
Did he say battleship or bag o' shit?
Scarabus @ 9:
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nope.
more like -- squeek! squeek! where do i go to jump? --- splash!
rush IS a douchebag. dont embolden this tug-boat.
Who is this Rush fellow you speak of? Is he new? I'll have to keep my ears pealed for him. Is he usually this outspoken? My my.
Rush who?
Limbaugh hasn't been relevant since the 90's ended.
well, somebody hit a nerve, it seems... :-D
props to David Shuster. Dan Abrams should put his ambulance chaser show away and give David the 9pm timeslot
He's a garbage scow, not a battleship.
Isn't this the same lard assed, drug addled, gas bag, caught with his neighbor's blue pills while returning from a trip to the Dominican Republic? Thought so.
This is the definition of non-entity.
Rush Limbaugh/Ann Coulter/Glenn Beck/Sean Hannity.......does anyone care anymore?
Battleship? Fat as one but not near as hard. Similarities end there.
kasinca @ 28:
Never did hear anyone ask what he likes about the Dominican Republic outside of the sexual slavery.
He's the Elite Right Wingers "Hero"
Limbaugh was the 1992, 1995, 2000 and 2005 recipient of the Marconi Radio Award for Syndicated Radio Personality of the Year (given by the National Association of Broadcasters), joining the syndicated Bob & Tom Show as the only other four-time winners of a Marconi award. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1993.
In 2002, industry's Talkers magazine ranked him as the greatest radio talk show host of all time.
Currently, Limbaugh is the highest paid radio syndicator.
March 29, 2007, Limbaugh was awarded the inaugural William F. Buckley, Jr. Award for Media Excellence, by the Media Research Center, a conservative, media analysis group.
Rush: "don't blame the girl, she just got sand-bagged. she thought she was there to discuss other things".
Hey Rushicoden....remember was that ass-hole Wallace did to Bill Clinton 8 months ago. What a blindshot that jerk did to an ex-president. You want respect you fat fuck.
odanny @ 31:
I hear they have fourteen year old hookers down there.
You know,people,Ive worked very hard to overcome my innate violent nature.I have done very well at it. I`ve been part of the opposition of all types of violence since the Vietnam War.I lost a friend in that war and was so angry and sad that II thought about supporting violence,but I met some people that taught me about peaceful resistance.I have been working at it every day since.
When I hear shit spewing from the mouths of ignorant crackers who think they`re "important"but are not,it angers me to no end and it causes me to want to do physical harm to the hate-spewing fools.Then I remember my friend Dave who died in Nam, and the gift I got from what I have learned from his death.
I used to feel sorry for people like Limbaugh and Blackburn.Now I just feel disgust."Battleship" my ass.
I've noticed this is a commonly used picture of Rush. Is this the picture in which he was demonstrating the size of his dick?
Battleship??? How about TUGBOAT, you fat piece of shit?
Battleship? More like Bag of Shit.
sully18 @ 35:
Thank you, bro, '67-'68. The chickenhawks don't understand.
That battleship certainly felt the need to spend a lot of time and effort whining about those bbs that could never hurt him. One would think that a battleship would simply ignore them, but the battleship apparently felt differently.
There are so many jokes from this battleship analogy that I wouldn't even know where to begin. The SS Cialis has set sail.
Combat dodging chickenhawk Rush compares himself to a battleship. These bedwetting cowardly conservative military dodging blowhards sure do have a wild imagination don't they. They love to pretend grown-up and brave and stuff in an attempt to deflect attention away from their never putting themselves in harms way for this country all the while cheerleading for others to die in wars they would never fight in.
The only point Shuster missed was that Rush's use of the airwaves, that we all own, are on loan to him.
He gets to use them for free. And it's a shame!
He's a battleship that apparently shoots blanks, and aims them at children in the Bahamas.
How do you know when Shuster is subbing for Tucker? Every time I hear he was subbing for him I turn on the TV the next night and thre is that little prick Carlson. I do not want to watch Tucker Carlson. But I do like to see David Shuster. I think MSNBC should advertise when Shuster is going to be on.
California Dave @ 12:
Actually, Rush is proof that sometimes when a man has an anal cyst removed they accidently throw away the man and keep the polyp.
The bottom line on Petraus is that:
1. He answers to the President of the United States and is bound to his will
2. He was asked to give a progress report to the President and the Congress under one particular intent. This intent is focused winning the war.
3. He admitted to not only not knowning if our current engagment in Iraq has any possitive impact on American safety in regards to weakening our forces for other contingencies, but also not being charged with the task of making that assessment.
With these conditions in place and the fact that our commitments (at least the resources and time that General Petraus is prepared to commit) towards the war efforts in Iraq are bottomless, he can be confident in saying that he's not misleading anyone, as he has followed his task, and since he's not concerned about the duration of our mission but purely on the final outcome (see: ends justify the means) any progress is good progress.
Wouldn't you rather ask advise from someone who sees the whole picture not just what they're assigned to report on. I don't know what the democrats in Congress were expecting to hear from him. You ask an active general if the war's worth fighting you are going to get an obvious response.
It's all a load of shit and this is why we shouldn't take our orders from the military. We (not me of course) give power to the president and he hides behind a general. The ends do not justify the means, and all this waiting and watching is giving Bush the opportunity to pass of his failed policies onto another administration so that he doesn't have to make the hard desicions.
Zifnab @ 1:
More like batshit
Ok who at MSNBC do we need to write to? Dump that limpd&!k Tucker.
Patriots defend the Constitution.
Traitors defend themselves.
Peter G. @ 36:
No, that's the size of his strap-on. The focus of the lens is far too wide to show his dick!
Reminds me of the commercial for the electronic game 'Battleship' back in the 70's, where the actor jumps up and shrieks , " YOU SUNK MY BATTLESHIP!!"
The S.S. Flush Rush....listing to port, and taking on water!
Hey, remember when Rush was losing his hearing due to Oxy intoxication and everyone was sending him "get well" wishes and God speed for a full recovery?
That's not what I wished for.
Battleship on a gay cruise?
Talkin 'bout a shakedown cruise, yo.
that darned pig keeps backing into sticks.
I don't think David Shuster is very worried about it................but I'd love to see that debate.
Those "bee bees" that Shuster fired at the USS Limpballs must've contained depleted uranium -- old lard ass Rush's tub sank like an anchor.
How can anyone deny that he is a battleship? At least in size
Clinton did it!
Folks, a thread like this is pathetic. While I totally understand everyones' exasperation with Rush, a series of comments like this can be the internet equivalent of the MoveOn ad: taken out of context and used BACK to "prove" Rush's phony points about "how desperate the DemoCRAT party is." To keep diverting attention from any real policy issues to where eventually you get a whole series of "will you denounce the comments about Rush on Crooks and Liars blah blah." You gotta be a bit smarter here, folks.
Shuster is excellent and it should be noted that Rush didn't bother to play the rest of the clip where Miss Blackburn had no idea of the name of the last soldier or Marine killed from her district in Tennessee. Wonder why, big boy?
ronhohn @ 56:
Just cuz it says "Wide load" on the back don't mean it's a battleship.
Mark @ News Corpse @ 11:
Be still, my beating heart. My fondest wish is to see Mr. Preppie-boy and his asshole bowtie get the boot.
Tucker thought when he got rid of that tie that he would be taken seriously. Not a chance. Bring on David Shuster, he is da man.
There is no one more swine like than this self aggrandizing drug addict.His hysterical liberal hating screeds are as endless as they are pointless and idiotic.
He's right about one thing .True Rush is a battleship a BATTLESHIP OF LARD THAT IS!!!!
People still listen to this drug-addled blowhard?
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Shuster was "mean and cruel?" What the heck does Mr. Lard Ass think he is not?
I hate that turd with a passion.
C&L
Please don't flatter him with any exposure to his BS that is not very laughable or relevant.
Battleship? Nah, more like a Jell-O mold.
Mackris! :D
Rush is a worthless lying chickenhawk. Why would anyone care what this Viagra addicted clown thinks?
[...] and Liars has more on this - here and here. The Carpetbagger Report (one of the best written blogs on the planet) also adds it 2 [...]
Oh wow, is fat boy still on the air? I have to say, it was listening to fat boy a decade ago that taught me about how neo-cons and wingnuts think (if you can call what they do thinking). I finally got sick of his lies about ten years ago this November when he was telling his idiots (read listeners) that he had an advanced copy of a report due out in Dec that claimed Pres Clinton (our last real leader)was selling plots in Arlington to his rich buddies, and the gullible wee calling in whining and crying about that awful man Clinton. I stopped listening after that (I also checked the article he claimed he had an advanced copy of and what do you know, he's a fucking liar).
In short, who cares what he thinks.
sully18 @ 35:
these are the words of a noble American, MY kind of American.
Sully18, I thank you for your past service to your country and for your
continuing service to our country - may peace be with you, always.
California Dave @ 12:
ROTFLMAO!!! Thanks for the laughs... and for the truth!
limbaugh, as the face and voice of the GOP talk radio monopoly, has been the most influential political force in America since reagan killed the Fairness Doctrine 20 years ago. he didn't get a 1/3BIL$ contract (with perks) for selling penile enhancement and hair growth formulas.
with help from other blowhard chickenhawks like hannity and company, the talk radio propaganda machine he dominated has determined the media flavor of America- determining what is acceptable and what isn't, enabling massive GOP hypocricy and denial, and creating a giant bandwagon for so many of our lazy talking heads to ride on.
with their nationwide repetition of uncontested excuses, lies, exaggerations, distortions, and attacks they enabled a small extremist minority take over and now destroy the GOP. too bad they're taking the rest of the country down too.
looks like his power is waning but he was rove's biggest tool and still largely ignored by those he attacks the most. and the GOP talk radio monopoly is still largely responsibe for keeping the GOP from breaking ranks and giving the Dems a veto-proof majority for getting out of Iraq.
I just can't listen to this Creepazoid with the blatant oral fixation. What a nincowpoop! What an ultramaroon!
Why would an Oxycontin and Viagra-poppin' limp dick like lil' Rush ever describe herself as a "battleship?"
You know, if you read that part of the transcript, you see that it was a caller/emailer who mention the nickname. While you may claim that Rush shouldn't have even mentioned it, don't state that he thought it up. Kind of like a blogger allowing comments, and being accused of making a statement a blogger made. We all know how you guys get your panties in wad about that sort of stuff.
OK, replace the second "blogger" in the last sentence with "commenter."
Just made a video list of generals who have spoken out against the war. http://unrealitycheck.com/articles/move_on_betray_us_generals_iraq/gener...
Damn, Slush Limp-paw is all over the road. Whines of himself and how he is not liked, poor thing........
This guy talks like a three lane drunkard drives.............................................
This guy is the worst piece of shit, they could have dug up out of the garbage to present to media world.
See I said they were saying that David was being mean...
Limbaugh's voice is like finger nails on a blackboard.
Oh btw Limbaaaaaaaaaugh, Patearus (sp) was made political when your presdunce went shopping and firing for a general that agrees with him.
oh btw Rush, think HMS Sheffield
Hey Chrissie, are you still proud to have your song be Rush's theme? I'm so happy that pennies are going to Animal Rights groups (you claim), so he can use your music to trash everything else.
The 'H' is for hypocrite, not Hynde.
I see Limbaugh has gone back to carrying water for people he said earlier did not deserve it. I guess that was before he realized his career depends on being a water-carrier. With a reputation built on the myth of GOP-all-good, Dem-all-bad, he's really boxed himself in.
Jimmy D. @ 85:
Actually it's Rush who's the hypocrite ... do you think his listeners know that he is donating money to PETA, a group he regularly trashes?
Clytemnestra @ 87:
Except that he is NOT doing so. The royalties from the airplay of her song on his show go directly to HER.
Miss Hynde is just trying to cover her hypocritical butt by saying he donates the money. Really? Please Chrissie, tell us WHAT money? From where is he getting paid for using your song? Companies pay a fee to performing rights societies (BMI, ASCAP, etc) annually to have the right to use air their songs. HOWEVER, an artist can absolutely refuse to have their copyrighted material used in a fashion or in a place where they deem it inappropriate. There is NO MONEY coming from Rush to any animal rights group. You don't believe me? Check with PETA. I did. Chrissie's not dumb, but she thinks we are. She's happy as a vegan clam to have her song played on 500 stations every day, regardless of her "morals". Total fraud.
He wasn't just taking on Shuster, he was taking on MSNBC as a whole. I happen to catch his tirade as I traveled yesterday.
rash limpballs is a battleship? Maybe here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_RZTusUzM8
..............Yeah but Claire McCaskill " BETRAYUS " when she voted for the repuKKKan amendment to condemn MoveOn.org.
A mere slip of the tongue. I'm sure he meant to say "babbleshit."
It's funny how Betrayus could write an op-ed for the administration, but can't defend himself because he's in uniform. What a sack of crap. And nobody has to poke holes in you Rush, you do too good a job of it on your own. How's that oxycontin holding out?
Limp-Dick actually prefers little boy dicks over his cigars.
so Shuster missed by 1 district........who cares......he still stumped the wretched ..............liar
Limp-bough has been doing Colbert long before Steven had the notion. He's a genius in staying in his "conservative pundit" character and hilarious, too.
The Chrissie Hynde link raises a good question. I had heard that Russia's (oops, Rush's) company had bought the song outright years ago but can't find anything to back that up. Any ideas?
Just went on some MSNBC blog. Shuster apology issue is noted. So far, consensus is that he SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO APOLOGIZE. He was right all along. He is a excellent journalist. I'm sticking with him, and so are my buddies at work. Who was the fool who made him apologize without doing additional research? You mean a local newspaper did a better job of getting to the truth? Can it be? Naaah. Bring on more Shuster. He shows it like it is. Whatever is MSNBC afraid of? If a journalist does not get controversial, who would listen?
Hey, had Blackburn really been a CongressMAN, would any apology been required? I doubt it!
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