Thu Apr 10, 2014, 03:19 PM

monmouth3 (3,871 posts)

Rush Limbaugh Freaks Out About Stephen Colbert Getting 'Late Show'

Lots of people have congratulated Stephen Colbert on taking over as host of CBS' "Late Show," but Rush Limbaugh isn't one of them. In fact, to hear the radio host tell it, Colbert's new job is nothing less than a grave political, constitutional, and moral crisis in American television.

"CBS has just declared war on the heartland of America," Limbaugh fumed. "No longer is comedy going to be a covert assault on traditional American values, conservatism. Now it's just wide out in the open. What this hire means is a redefinition of what is funny, and a redefinition of what is comedy. They're blowing up the 11:30 format... they hired a partisan, so-called comedian, to run a comedy show."

Of course, Colbert will be retiring his faux-conservative character when he takes over from David Letterman.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/10/rush-limbaugh-stephen-colbert-assault_n_5127182.html

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Rush Limbaugh Freaks Out About Stephen Colbert Getting 'Late Show' (Original post)	monmouth3	Apr 2014	OP
:\|	liberal N proud	Apr 2014	#1
lolz	JNelson6563	Apr 2014	#37
Good.	tosh	Apr 2014	#2
Pissing off that drug addled, vicious hog is a good day's work.	Warpy	Apr 2014	#3
Right "traditional American values"	workinclasszero	Apr 2014	#78
I hate a fence rider	tavernier	Apr 2014	#86
Except for what I posted...	workinclasszero	Apr 2014	#108
That is an...	3catwoman3	Apr 2014	#89
Dude, your little missive will be used in this week's Top Ten Conservative Idiots list if you allow	Nanjing to Seoul	Apr 2014	#97
Rush is a walking breathing example of	workinclasszero	Apr 2014	#109
You know the joke	Fortinbras Armstrong	Apr 2014	#114
LOLZ!	workinclasszero	Apr 2014	#122
You'll like this too.	Nanjing to Seoul	Apr 2014	#123
Great video!	workinclasszero	Apr 2014	#124
He knows a lot	Armadotrasgo	Apr 2014	#106
Covert????Since when.	Half-Century Man	Apr 2014	#4
I remember when he auditioned on CBS for the late night position	CBGLuthier	Apr 2014	#5
+1000 for sour grapes (and fuck him)	Tom Ripley	Apr 2014	#14
I'm old enough to recall that as well - it was the definition	bullwinkle428	Apr 2014	#31
I remember that. Limpballs was mocking Hillary	mac56	Apr 2014	#63
ha! I remember that!	Schema Thing	Apr 2014	#74
Nice!!	Chemisse	Apr 2014	#110
they cleared the studio at the commercial break as i recall	frylock	Apr 2014	#40
Was Sajak's the only, (I thought a daytime) talk show he filled in on? I remember	maddiemom	Apr 2014	#41
There was that brief gig as a NFL commentator	Kber	Apr 2014	#70
He is, however...	3catwoman3	Apr 2014	#90
LOL	chemenger	Apr 2014	#117
Wasn't he canned because he made a racist comment	Fortinbras Armstrong	Apr 2014	#115
Maybe, but I think it was Mike Vick	Kber	Apr 2014	#116
I just looked it up, and it was McNabb in particular that he was talking about	Fortinbras Armstrong	Apr 2014	#118
Another great athlete.	Kber	Apr 2014	#120
Was it the Fox "News" Half-Hour Comedy Hour or whatever it was?	mwb970	Apr 2014	#79
I didn't know that	davidpdx	Apr 2014	#75
He actually did have his own late night show.	LTR	Apr 2014	#88
Will live to see Colbert as Letterman's replacement. If anyone should complain	Thinkingabout	Apr 2014	#6
Get over it Shit Head.	lpbk2713	Apr 2014	#7
I happened to hear him a week or two ago...	ryan_cats	Apr 2014	#8
how is it a rich asshole like Limbaugh has to get his drugs via housekeeper?	Skittles	Apr 2014	#17
100 Dr Feelgoods are useless	Nevernose	Apr 2014	#38
When you are at the point of taking enough Hydrocodone it destroys your hearing, you're at the	Ikonoklast	Apr 2014	#65
Florida has implemented a statewide pharma registry....	HooptieWagon	Apr 2014	#81
Aww...	Jamaal510	Apr 2014	#9
I recently saw Billy Jean King speak. She was great, still answering questions when we had to leave	maddiemom	Apr 2014	#83
He has had his chances at prime time TV ...	LannyDeVaney	Apr 2014	#10
Welcome to DU, LannyDeVaney!	calimary	Apr 2014	#95
Is anyone going to tell Rush that Dave is an unapologetic Liberal?	tridim	Apr 2014	#11
My thoughts exactly. nt	awoke_in_2003	Apr 2014	#64
ROFL	davidpdx	Apr 2014	#76
Or that Conan O'Brien got kicked off NBC because he refused to have Sarah Palin on?	Initech	Apr 2014	#104
Fume away, Mr. Anal Cyst.	City Lights	Apr 2014	#12
Heezus! Maudlin much, there piggy?	callous taoboy	Apr 2014	#13
Limbaugh still has sour grapes over his own failed TV experiment nt	Ex Lurker	Apr 2014	#15
Sour Grapes?	yuiyoshida	Apr 2014	#102
You know it's a good thing if it pisses off Rush.	Vashta Nerada	Apr 2014	#16
sounds like ru$h is describing himself in radio world....	spanone	Apr 2014	#18
Poor Rush	BainsBane	Apr 2014	#19
Mmm, Rush's tears are so yummy and sweet!	pokerfan	Apr 2014	#20
Thanks for the Cartman reference! It's perfect.	Nanjing to Seoul	Apr 2014	#98
Mel Brooks explains....	Bluenorthwest	Apr 2014	#21
IDK, CBS the now Roger Ailes derivative?	Ligyron	Apr 2014	#22
Oh, leave it to Comedy Central to find someone. They are good at that..n/t	monmouth3	Apr 2014	#23
Hmmm, now that you mention it, John Oliver comes to mind ...	Ligyron	Apr 2014	#34
that's what i was thinking	frylock	Apr 2014	#42
nah, John Oliver has a new HBO show	NMDemDist2	Apr 2014	#69
Of course?	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Apr 2014	#24
No reruns, but Letterman's shows are up on the CBS website the next day.	subterranean	Apr 2014	#43
Confirmation that Colbert was an excellent choice. nt	Bobbie Jo	Apr 2014	#25
Rush is jealous.- not even 'republican fox', 'free TV' wants him.	Sunlei	Apr 2014	#26
Maybe Rushbo is jealous that he wasn't chosen?	LoisB	Apr 2014	#27
Does Late Night get to Armed Forces TV?	grasswire	Apr 2014	#28
He's concern about something happening at the 11:30 format?	LiberalFighter	Apr 2014	#29
"Declared war on the heartland of America?" What does he think Letterman has been doing?	rocktivity	Apr 2014	#30
Hey, Rush....	deutsey	Apr 2014	#32
Everything is over the top for Limbaugh. How else to pump up ratings? nt	Bernardo de La Paz	Apr 2014	#33
Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!	lame54	Apr 2014	#35
Sorry you had to learn it this way.	randome	Apr 2014	#45
he won't have the freedom on this new show	lame54	Apr 2014	#50
If he gets the ratings	Yavapai	Apr 2014	#93
I know, lame54, I know.	Laffy Kat	Apr 2014	#62
Colbert owns & produces the Report. Contract with comedy central is to 2017? He can do all 3 shows.	Sunlei	Apr 2014	#68
I was sad to hear the news	Digit	Apr 2014	#103
Given what views Rush expresses under the umbrella "conservatism"	Jack Rabbit	Apr 2014	#36
good... good	frylock	Apr 2014	#39
That's like complaining AM radio has declared a war on liberals	reflection	Apr 2014	#44
anything that rush hates must be good for the country!	Takket	Apr 2014	#46
Successful comedians always have a liberal bent.	randome	Apr 2014	#47
That's because hate isn't funny...	louis-t	Apr 2014	#87
When I read "Conservatives are not funny",	Yavapai	Apr 2014	#94
He should be thankful.	tanyev	Apr 2014	#48
The Noon to Three Spot on Radio Is Supremely Fucked	Dirty Socialist	Apr 2014	#49
That is hilarious!	defacto7	Apr 2014	#51
TV doesn't care what old geezers think. They want the 18 to 30 yr. old demo. It was a brilliant move	Pisces	Apr 2014	#52
History repeats itself. Remember the rural purge?	alp227	Apr 2014	#53
JAY LENO was a CONSERVATIVE PARTISAN hack.. so what?	vkkv	Apr 2014	#54
You had your chance with the "half hour news hour".	Dawson Leery	Apr 2014	#55
Hey, Limbaugh, how about the Frank Luntz hire?	Enthusiast	Apr 2014	#56
Traditional American Values like being a pill head, 4 wives, and a draft dodger?	Tierra_y_Libertad	Apr 2014	#57
One has a golden career ahead of them, the other continues to hemorrhage sponsors!	Rex	Apr 2014	#58
Rush is concerned over unfair political biases in the media?	Sheepshank	Apr 2014	#59
I wonder. Could it be that Rash actually thought he had a shot at Letterman's job?	ChairmanAgnostic	Apr 2014	#60
Poor Pigman,....I picture him sitting on the toilet crying because he didn't get the gig.	Spitfire of ATJ	Apr 2014	#61
Must admit I'm sad	ybbor	Apr 2014	#66
R#62 & K for, both LIMBOsevic and O'LOOFAH are feaking out!1 n/t	UTUSN	Apr 2014	#67
He forgot to tell his idiot fans that Letterman	Kingofalldems	Apr 2014	#71
Fond memories of Dave serving up some humble pie to Rush ...	King_Klonopin	Apr 2014	#105
Oh the humanity! Fucker limbaugh laments from his perch in hell.	Cha	Apr 2014	#72
I wish that gasbag would hold his breath	CFLDem	Apr 2014	#73
Nah, some jokes will stay the same.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2014	#77
"they hired a partisan, so-called comedian, to run a comedy show"	BumRushDaShow	Apr 2014	#80
Rush Limbaugh, Freak.	They_Live	Apr 2014	#82
The fact that Rush is upset makes me happy	Gothmog	Apr 2014	#84
Just like Reagan getting rid of the 'Fairness Doctrine?' and Limbaugh, et al re-defining sanity,	joanbarnes	Apr 2014	#85
Did he have a stroke? An actual one? Let me know when that happens. Other than that,	silvershadow	Apr 2014	#91
Comedy is a librul invention	LiberalLovinLug	Apr 2014	#92
he bloviates and all I hear is "oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, <snort>" and something playing in mud	Nanjing to Seoul	Apr 2014	#96
Don't take much to get Rush whiney ass going!	B Calm	Apr 2014	#99
Anything	VA_Jill	Apr 2014	#100
Anything that gives that drug-addled pussball a sad...	99Forever	Apr 2014	#101
It's all part of the Colbert Freakout being led by freaks like Michelle Malkin...	elzenmahn	Apr 2014	#107
It's always fun to see Limbaugh pooping his pants.	DesertDiamond	Apr 2014	#111
Colbert is a genius	daybranch	Apr 2014	#112
Sure Rush, Laugh-In, All in the Family and Maude were all "covert". I do not think you know what	TeamPooka	Apr 2014	#113
If it's bad to Rush Limbaugh	Doc Holliday	Apr 2014	#119
Rush Limbaugh freaked out long before Letterman decided to retire.	merrily	Apr 2014	#121

Response to monmouth3 (Original post)

Thu Apr 10, 2014, 03:21 PM

liberal N proud (59,659 posts)

Rush Limbaugh Freaks Out About Stephen Colbert Getting 'Late Show'

1. :|

37. lolz

2. Good.

3. Pissing off that drug addled, vicious hog is a good day's work.

78. Right "traditional American values"

86. I hate a fence rider

108. Except for what I posted...

89. That is an...

97. Dude, your little missive will be used in this week's Top Ten Conservative Idiots list if you allow

109. Rush is a walking breathing example of

114. You know the joke

122. LOLZ!

123. You'll like this too.

124. Great video!

106. He knows a lot

4. Covert????Since when.

5. I remember when he auditioned on CBS for the late night position

14. +1000 for sour grapes (and fuck him)

31. I'm old enough to recall that as well - it was the definition

63. I remember that. Limpballs was mocking Hillary

74. ha! I remember that!

110. Nice!!

40. they cleared the studio at the commercial break as i recall

41. Was Sajak's the only, (I thought a daytime) talk show he filled in on? I remember

70. There was that brief gig as a NFL commentator

90. He is, however...

117. LOL

115. Wasn't he canned because he made a racist comment

116. Maybe, but I think it was Mike Vick

118. I just looked it up, and it was McNabb in particular that he was talking about

120. Another great athlete.

79. Was it the Fox "News" Half-Hour Comedy Hour or whatever it was?

75. I didn't know that

88. He actually did have his own late night show.

6. Will live to see Colbert as Letterman's replacement. If anyone should complain

7. Get over it Shit Head.

8. I happened to hear him a week or two ago...

17. how is it a rich asshole like Limbaugh has to get his drugs via housekeeper?

38. 100 Dr Feelgoods are useless

65. When you are at the point of taking enough Hydrocodone it destroys your hearing, you're at the

81. Florida has implemented a statewide pharma registry....

9. Aww...

83. I recently saw Billy Jean King speak. She was great, still answering questions when we had to leave

10. He has had his chances at prime time TV ...

95. Welcome to DU, LannyDeVaney!

11. Is anyone going to tell Rush that Dave is an unapologetic Liberal?

64. My thoughts exactly. nt

76. ROFL

104. Or that Conan O'Brien got kicked off NBC because he refused to have Sarah Palin on?

12. Fume away, Mr. Anal Cyst.

13. Heezus! Maudlin much, there piggy?

15. Limbaugh still has sour grapes over his own failed TV experiment nt

102. Sour Grapes?

16. You know it's a good thing if it pisses off Rush.

18. sounds like ru$h is describing himself in radio world....

19. Poor Rush

20. Mmm, Rush's tears are so yummy and sweet!

98. Thanks for the Cartman reference! It's perfect.

21. Mel Brooks explains....

22. IDK, CBS the now Roger Ailes derivative?

23. Oh, leave it to Comedy Central to find someone. They are good at that..n/t

34. Hmmm, now that you mention it, John Oliver comes to mind ...

42. that's what i was thinking

69. nah, John Oliver has a new HBO show

24. Of course?

43. No reruns, but Letterman's shows are up on the CBS website the next day.

25. Confirmation that Colbert was an excellent choice. nt

26. Rush is jealous.- not even 'republican fox', 'free TV' wants him.

27. Maybe Rushbo is jealous that he wasn't chosen?

28. Does Late Night get to Armed Forces TV?

29. He's concern about something happening at the 11:30 format?

30. "Declared war on the heartland of America?" What does he think Letterman has been doing?

32. Hey, Rush....

33. Everything is over the top for Limbaugh. How else to pump up ratings? nt

35. Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

45. Sorry you had to learn it this way.

50. he won't have the freedom on this new show

93. If he gets the ratings

62. I know, lame54, I know.