Maximum wingnuttery: Boss Limbaugh makes audio appearance on Beck's show
By David Neiwert Friday May 22, 2009 1:02pm
We had one of those great existential crises occur yesterday: Rush Limbaugh showed up to talk about the Evil Federal Government on Glenn Beck's Fox News show.
Normally, this much complete wingnuttery in one location threatens to create a black hole, a tear in the time-space continuum, and thus end all life as we know it. Fortunately, we seem to have been saved by the fact that Limbaugh wasn't actually present in Beck's studio. Who knows what would have happened then.
As it was, it was pretty bad. They devoted the focus of the segment to talking about Beck's theory that the government is going to "nationalize" the states and strip them of their ability to levy taxes, which even Mark Sanford dismisses as a "conspiracy theory". But evidently, Limbaugh believes in Beck's theory, at least in its larger outlines:
The question that we're all asking is: At what point the American people decide they wanted this kind of power grab by government into the private sector or have they decided that? Did they vote for a cult-like figure based on emotion when they voted for Obama? If so, what's it going to take for them to wake up?
I mean, the politics of this is, that with the numbers in Washington, even if the Republican Party was a unified conservative opposition in stark contrast to Obama, even if they were all unified, they don't have the numbers to stop anything that he is doing. It's going to be — it's going to require the American people stopping this and you have to wonder at this stage at — where are they?
Do they want the government owning their house? Do they want the government owning the mortgage company that they deal with and the bank that they deal with? Do they want the government owning the car company that they're going to buy their little putt-putt from?
Of course, no Rush rant would be complete without the usual projection:
LIMBAUGH: Well, what you are describing is somebody who's entirely phony. You are describing someone who cannot rely on who he genuinely is. And I think that's going to eventually lead to the plummet in his popularity ratings, because, you know, the life — the reality of life at some point is going to have to intersect with the words.
And the Hillary-hating sexism:
LIMBAUGH: I don't think there's any reason to be afraid here. There is no reason to be intimidated. He's just a man who puts his pants on one leg at a time like Hillary does. There's no reason to get all intimated and think all is lost.
Yep, so-called resignation notwithstanding, it's clear that Rush is It for the American Right, now and for the foreseeable future.
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Epic fail!!
They still have their place! It is natural for people to hate. Our
evolution made sure we killed the opposing tribe on sight. It took
agriculture and towns to get us to act more "humane". We had to form
the "super tribe".
Limbaugh and Beck represent the regressive side of
humanity. Their ingrained low self esteem projects onto others.
Their self hatred feeds their need to hold someone, anyone accountable
for their own shortcomings.
I make no jest here, but their psychopathology almost
guarantees they "suffer" from serious sexual disfunction and that they
lead rich and persistent fantasy lives! These individuals are not
stupid, simply scared little boys, playground bullies, bedwetting
under achievers who found a way out of their self imposed mental
prisons...demagoguery!
a tongue bath just for deigning to lower himself to appear on the dog and pony show?
Oooh. I see. It was a phone in deal. Drugbo must've been getting ready to go on a Viagra DR tour...he'll have to take a raincheck on Glenn's Special Tongue Bath.
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more like he tossed his salad.
Man...those two together...
Imagine putting two cows in a small room full of feed and closing the door, only to open it a month later.
that's what it's like to have those two on the same show.
Both are addicts
Both college drop outs
Both so drenched in self loathing it is really quite sad!
The less we say about these ???? the better we are..
If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to report it , then as far as we are concern it never happen..
We give these ???? move news media time then our own democrats...
What ever happen to Kucinich actions and statements...
This site is named crooks and liars! It's about exposing the crooks
because the mainstream media can't.
And anyway, Amato and Co. don't like Kucinich, or Zinn, or Chomsky.
This is a Democrat site first and foremost, not a
primarily
progressive site. It is by far the best political blog
around.
You got that right. This blog is all about The Party.
this site has a number of "progressives" who write in and comment and complain because the political system, Democrats, capitalism and reality don't measure up to their expectations.
Just because the regular posters on this site don't routinely attack the new administration, doesn't mean that Amato and Co. are all about "The Party".
Thanks Bob Roberts.
I don't get the feeling its about party here. Isn't Nicole a Green Party supporter?
I think they call-out democrats all the time. They just realize (like I do), that there really is no other choice right now. If we don't support the democrats, we are left with certain annhilation from the psychotic Limbaugh/Beck types.
It's not about attacking the administration. It's about
ideology. C&L is about the success of the Democrats.
Period.
That's not an indictment, it's fact. They promote new and
better Democrats, but they do not support those who
question the Democratic Party.
I think there is only one party, the Money/Power Party.
That is from pure Chomsky. C&L doesn't buy that.
C&L is the best blog I have found. It is essential in
bringing people out of the mainstream media morass.
Amato has a gimmick and it is brilliant. Streaming video
of the crooks doing their business. "Normal" mainstream
people have a hard time reading, but if you show them a
video, they begin to understand. That is the sublime
beauty and value of C&L. They make it easy to expose the
bullshit to "normal" Americans quickly and easily.
I'm an independent voter - not registered with either party, though, since I have to choose when I vote - it's usually the Dems. But, I have found that thoughtful folks of all political stripes are welcomed here - though it helps to not be thin-skinned and to make sure your sarcasm meter and sense of humor are all tuned up.
If you don't like it here - don't bother coming by.....buh-bye.
to their own unparalleled success. They have left the bounds of this planet and belong to the cosmic.
you are a tool
Glenn Beck is a lying sack of sh!t. Didn't you hear?
oop, how did this land here...?
That's what happpens when you carry around a sack of hammers.
but a tool of what? Have you sighted it? Can you identify it? Does it burn like the Cuyahoga?
They called FDR and his wife Eleanor a commie pinko/ socialist and the people responded by electing that "socialist" FOUR TIMES.
People loved his "socialist" Social Security, they loved his "socialist" FDIC protection for their bank deposits, they loved his support for those "socialist" Labor Unions and they loved his "socialist" GI BILL that helped returning veterans to go to college and buy homes.
So keep it cons, It didn't hurt FDR and it won't hurt Obama or dems in next 5+ elections.
I can't help but find myself thinking the same thing when I hear the cons squeal.
The repukes remind me of some assclown that has been selling shit sandwiches for years at steak prices - because he was the only option available in town.
They know that if the new steakhouse gets built on the same corner and charges less money for a porterhouse, their lucrative shit sandwich business is finished.
So instead of lowering their prices or putting porterhouses on their menu, they want to try and fool people into thinking their shit sandwiches are better than porterhouse. Not by having people compare the two, but by trying to convince them that eating shit really tastes better than steak. Of course, it has nothing to do with the fact that they eat the porterhouses themsleves, and have never eaten in their own restaraunt.
This is the same phony angle they always use from health care to SS.
The repukes problem is that people have found out that maybe they should try the porterhouse and not listen to the shit sellers anymore. And they are terrified!
Because they know anyone with two I.Q. points will pick socialism over corporate fascism any day.
That's what the GOPer's learned from FDR; and they know both my parents, and grandparents generation, never put the corporate fascists (GOP) back in charge again during their lifetimes.
AND, Obama is going FDR one better. FDR gets plenty of criticism for not having saved the banks from failing. Obama has taken a lesson from that page out of history. "Cons" certainly don't like it, but as long as the Dems in congress don't get weak in the knees and fail, Obama's plan is going to work ultimately. ((Which is the foremost reason cons don't like it.)
I still can't understand how social conservatives can listen to Limbaugh as he spews his brand of sexual innuendo in his "humor". I have been listening, unfortunately, for years because I was in the building trades. A mormon friend of mine would always give him a pass when he made comments about sex that were a lot more offensive than this relatively benign juvenile titular claptrap. Anyone who thinks he uses the term titular (incorrectly) for any reason other than exposing his 5th grade mentality is missing the point. Also they guy is only on the air for about 6 mins in his three hour broadcast nestled in between 2:54 minutes of Goldbond medicated powder commercials - no wonder they gotta give his show away for free...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/22/manc...
Mancow Waterboarded (VIDEO): Conservative Radio Host Say It's Torture
Nice little essay.
http://thinkmarkets.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/...
Hannity do what he promised he'd do for charity.
But, really, what they did to that radio guy was nothing like what the videos show that they have on MSNBC where the guy is shoving a cloth down the 'victm's' throat while pouring the water on his mouth and nose, while another guy is pressing on the 'victim's' abdomen.
Hannity would last about 3 sec - so, that would cost Keith $3k.
Wait. You said "Evil Federal Government" sarcastically. Does that mean that it's NOT evil?
Haven't we been talking about torture and pre-crime the past couple of posts?
Suck away, fellas.
To have the GOP leader, Limp-Dick Blimpo, the little boy chaser and Beck, the king of crybaby bedwetters, I would think they're seeing each other sexually.
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round wide eyes, soft looking skin, little boy haircut, and the slight layer of what appears to be baby fat, giving him that prepubescent look that some kids have. Oh and don't forget teh crying. Nothing says 'little boy' like Glenn Beck when he gets all teary eyed.
While I agree that beck has the mental acuity of a two year old, I have a feeling the pedo pig doesn't just get off on the looks of his victims.
It's that Timothy McVeigh look - the same closecut, child's haircut, the same eyes, the same "Glenn Beckish" face. Where do these people come from anyway?
to give you a Memorial Day
safefree from maxed out wingnuttv?Both are such lightweights that it reminded me of toddler chatter, sounded like words but was just gibberish.
I read the headline and laughed out loud. Now I will read the post. Hehehehhehe
Did anybody notice if the Beck had his dick in his hand when Limbaugh came on? Just wondering.
the republican party is NOT conservative in my opinion. they spent like crazy during the BUSH yrs. most calculations don't even include the cost of the "wars". the government grew as did the deficit. president obama inherited rising unemployment numbers,financial crisis, auto maker crisis,economic crisis, record residential/commercial property foreclosures, and two "war" fronts. the federal reserve and treasury has a lot to do with the decision(s) to spend out of these crisises. the spending strategy was started during the BUSH administration(TARP). this economic/financial crisis is GLOBAL other countries are also spending to get out of this. correct or NOT this is much bigger than obama. i just find it interesting but i understand that the RIGHT is going to try and blame obama for trying fix this mess. NOW the (r)/beck/limp NUTs say yeah we spent big money but obama spent more.
was blowing hot air (sic) yesterday on Keith's show when he said that President Obama would cost the USA money to put the Gitmo population in jails here in the mainland. As if they have been a free ride sofar? What shit does this tool eat in the morning?
Gitmo has been a free ride?
My head hurts.
This might be closing in on the Wingularity.
It is the United States of America. These states are controlled by the federal government overall. If it wasn't why do representatives vote on bills that effect every state, and the senate? If we followed the views of Beck and Limbaugh every state would be it's own country. If that's what these states want then they get no federal funding for anything and no security. The problem with these guys is as Begala said this is a left of center country and if all the same laws were applied to all states we'd have some very unhappy southern states. They are the minority in more ways than politicians representing them. They want two separate countries. The nutty oppressive one that make decisions for the people and our country who allows people to make their choices.
You might want to refer to the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the Constitution. The Federal Government has been allowed to more or less take over.... It's kind of like when you were a teeny-bopper out with your girlfriend... It all started with 'cmon honey, I'll only stick the tip in.....' And so it went.....
your comments are sooooooo insightful. a lover of beck, possible ditto-head, fond teenage memories, and now it seems a believer that the federal government has overtaken the states. i do not understand why you believe this or even why beck and rush, entertainers who have no journalistic, political, or financial background, are trying to stir up these fears. please explain. also, please explain why the demise of these banking institutions is not a threat to this nation requiring the national government to step in.
Certainly NOT greedy bankers.
Yes I am being sarcastic.
"Did they vote for a cult-like figure based on emotion . . . . .? If so, what's it going to take for them to wake up?"
Well it took most of the country 8 years to wake up the last time they voted based on emotion (how was that beer you shared with Bush?) If we're luck it will take a whole lot longer and we can have a decent country again.
We've certainly got one hell of a hangover from just one beer.
Sumbitchin' Bushes!
These two professional provocateurs are only concerned about jacking
offup their neanderthal followers so they'll tune in for the next show. Civilized and informed discourse isn't their goal. Income driven by ratings and advertising dollars is what they're after and the truth can be damned.Any time someone starts saying, "I heard (Rush, Beck, Coulter, whatever) say...", I walk away. Some day being able to tell the truth from lies will be cool to these people. Until then, they can keep knocking themselves out with B.S. in their alternative universe.
I like to challenge them to a bet. $50 on who is full of shit. I tell them we can look up the numbers, or read the legislation as written into law.....etc....
When I take this approach, I have yet to meet a wingnut who will take me up on my challenge. Plus, it makes them STFU, while looking stupid too! And you can accomplish this without arguing or getting into a heated discussion.
On more than one occasion, I have had people laughing at the stupidity of these wingnuts, even though I really wasn't trying to do that. I'll say something like "come on, if you and Rush are right, you can make a quick $50. Let's do it!" But they just sit their with that precious "wingnut in the headlights" look on their face.
Actually, its kinda fun.
Money talks.
I'll have to pre-load my wallet with $50 bills.
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Yeah it sure is a huge difference from that shot of him at APAC all bloated and sweaty and greeked up on coke.
I stopped right at the part about, Obama shredding the constitution.
Actually, Glen, misspoke once again, Bush shredded it with the help of a bunch of so called democrats and republican representatives. Obama is just looking forward! See Beckhead.
obama should ask for bush/cheney's friends Xe(blackwater)
to rendition LSDM,limpballs and coultergist to gitmo
for a little summer vacation. no one will notice coultergist
even though gitmo is all men.
Boss and Beck are two lying sacks of dog mess.
alot of the conservatives like being called neoconservatives remember when that started? Is this the result of that thinking?
Funny how these two stink balls are totally boring together.
how did limbaugh hide his money and not get hit by the resession, damnit that piss's me off.
it only takes 24 hours for a full recovery. from not being able to come in to work, or talk without sounding like the stuffy nasal congestion of an all night coke binge, or even some sign that one has been devastatingly sick for 24hours to now being cherubic and playful. love that beck.
Your comments are sooooooo insightful...
The stellar quality of the right wing punditry.
This is what 2 neocon spokespersons and 6 undergraduate credit hours combined will get you.
But two minutes was all I could take.
It is a proven fact that republicanism is a mental illness.
beck and limpballs are the poster children for insanity!
God help us if people actually listen to these mindless morons.
At times I whis I was a young man without big family ties. If I were I would leave this country of greedy ignorant republican bastards!
It's so obvious by the mutual winking and smiling at each other that Limp-Dick and Braindead Beck are sexually attracted to each other.
"It's hard to single out one thing..."
Gosh, is that because there isn't anything to worry about?
Pearl-clutching, whiny bastards.
Gee, Glenn, how did Obama shred the Constitution?
Is Rush a little stuck on the alleged "god complex".
"He's been in power 4 months and nothing is getting better!"
"How can we be shoveling snow in April if there is global warming!"
I've got an idea, pull your head out of your cyst.
Speakin of little putt-putt's...How's it hangin??
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