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steve2470

(37,457 posts)
Sat Mar 31, 2012, 11:29 AM Mar 2012

Rush Limbaugh: My Enemies Are Lying About My Financial Health

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/30/rush-limbaugh-my-enemies-are-lying-about-my-financial-health.html

The storm over Rush Limbaugh hasn’t completely abated, but he appears to have weathered the worst.

While Limbaugh’s detractors are still pushing an advertising boycott, he has started speaking of the effort as a failure.

“The opposition has been consistently dishonest in what they say about me,” Limbaugh told The Daily Beast. “So it’s no surprise they would be dishonest in their impact on my business.”

After apologizing for his blunder in calling Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and “prostitute,” Limbaugh is said to be energized by the furor, feeling that his opposition is now seen as wanting to shut him down rather than debate the issues.
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Rush Limbaugh: My Enemies Are Lying About My Financial Health (Original Post) steve2470 Mar 2012 OP
"My enemies?" He sounds like a tinpot dictator! nt MADem Mar 2012 #1
Have any advertisers returned to the show? I haven't seen any reports that they have. yardwork Mar 2012 #2
He is rejecting some who have tried to return. former9thward Mar 2012 #7
It's not clear that Sleep Train ever tried to return. News reports seemed to take Rush's word. yardwork Mar 2012 #11
He needs to be shut down...all he does is spews hate...also movonne Mar 2012 #3
His enemies are also trying to sap and impurify his precious bodily fluids DefenseLawyer Mar 2012 #4
The piece of shit wouldnt know the truth if it bit him libtodeath Mar 2012 #5
So what? They get one free lie for everyone you told. You got YEARS of it coming. saras Mar 2012 #6
Ja, Du bist ein Arschloch! fascisthunter Mar 2012 #8
I don't deny his financial health. He's rich enough to tsuki Mar 2012 #9
hey rush wendylaroux Mar 2012 #10
Rush is a pig. mick063 Mar 2012 #12
Aw blow it out your ass, PimpleButt. lpbk2713 Mar 2012 #13
Thanks. I had almost fogotten that image. pnorman Mar 2012 #16
Reminder:the "apology" was for two words out of a multiple-day smearing rant. JHB Mar 2012 #14
Help this 'Dump Rush' petition reach 10,000 signatures... pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #15
Um...er...how do you 'debat the issue' when your opponent Rex Mar 2012 #17
If so, it is time to turn up the heat on him again varelse Mar 2012 #18
"his opposition is now seen as wanting to shut him down rather than debate the issues." Tripper11 Mar 2012 #19
How is everything okay now? Arugula Latte Mar 2012 #20
I agree. Rush shouldn't be shut down. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2012 #21

yardwork

(61,599 posts)
2. Have any advertisers returned to the show? I haven't seen any reports that they have.
Sat Mar 31, 2012, 11:34 AM
Mar 2012

Rush and Clear Channel are spinning like crazy hoping to convince people that he's "weathered the worst." But the bottom line is advertisers. Have any returned?

yardwork

(61,599 posts)
11. It's not clear that Sleep Train ever tried to return. News reports seemed to take Rush's word.
Sat Mar 31, 2012, 12:10 PM
Mar 2012

Sleep Train never said that they wanted to return to Rush's show. It was Rush who said that they did and that he rebuffed them. I find that story to be unlikely. Rush is desperate for advertisers to return. He's spinning like mad.

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2012/03/09/sleep-train-and-rush-limbaugh-permanently-part-ways/

movonne

(9,623 posts)
3. He needs to be shut down...all he does is spews hate...also
Sat Mar 31, 2012, 11:36 AM
Mar 2012

clear channel is the provider of hate..this kind of talking is bad for our country ..

libtodeath

(2,888 posts)
5. The piece of shit wouldnt know the truth if it bit him
Sat Mar 31, 2012, 11:45 AM
Mar 2012

he is the enemy of good and decent people that just want a fair shake.
Fuck him.

tsuki

(11,994 posts)
9. I don't deny his financial health. He's rich enough to
Sat Mar 31, 2012, 11:52 AM
Mar 2012

pay off zero-tolerance Florida on his drug charge.

It's Clear Channel that I want to see hurt.

wendylaroux

(2,925 posts)
10. hey rush
Sat Mar 31, 2012, 12:08 PM
Mar 2012

get this,people don't despise you because of your wealth,it is your repulsive impact on some people in this country. your words are like a horrible cancer that wont quit. you serve no public good,only the moral and civil decline of a lot of people,who actually listen to you and believe the bullshit that comes out of your mouth. It isn't just the "slut" incident,it is years and years,of you,and people like you that have turned others into mean,nasty,uncaring people. So take your wealth and just go away,try to become a better person somehow. Jesus,enough.

 

mick063

(2,424 posts)
12. Rush is a pig.
Sat Mar 31, 2012, 12:35 PM
Mar 2012

Screw Rush. Folks that know me, know better than to bring up Limbaugh, let alone reference him to support their arguments.

Melt down his Missouri bust and make something useful out of it.

JHB

(37,159 posts)
14. Reminder:the "apology" was for two words out of a multiple-day smearing rant.
Sat Mar 31, 2012, 12:45 PM
Mar 2012

I don't believe he used either of those words when he wondered how she was able to stand, or demanded sex tapes be posted, etc, etc, etc...

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
15. Help this 'Dump Rush' petition reach 10,000 signatures...
Sat Mar 31, 2012, 12:52 PM
Mar 2012
http://www.signon.org/sign/rush-limbaugh-5

This is for radio station KFI in L.A., which reportedly has 1.5 million listeners and streams online far beyond SoCal.

Thankyou.
 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
17. Um...er...how do you 'debat the issue' when your opponent
Sat Mar 31, 2012, 01:22 PM
Mar 2012

calls women 'sluts' and 'prostitutes' and those were NOT blunders...SHITSTAIN meant every single WORD that came out of his mouth! Gush you cannot have a real debate with anyone...that would require you coming out of the 'safe' bubble you built up around you over the years. You have as much a chance for a real debate as Martians from the Red Planet do with the Sun. :stupid pigman:


Tripper11

(4,338 posts)
19. "his opposition is now seen as wanting to shut him down rather than debate the issues."
Sat Mar 31, 2012, 02:17 PM
Mar 2012

Woudn't this imply you actually came out from your Florida enclave, and actually debate your opposition face to face? Or is it just easier to debate no one and think you are right all the time? Nevermind, I just answered my own question!

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
20. How is everything okay now?
Sat Mar 31, 2012, 02:32 PM
Mar 2012

He had a mass exodus of sponsors, and hardly any have returned.

Of course when I was working out in the gym I saw a Fox headline with "Limbaugh Boycott Fails." That's their new tactic. Say it's over and hope it is so.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,954 posts)
21. I agree. Rush shouldn't be shut down.
Sat Mar 31, 2012, 02:37 PM
Mar 2012

He's one of the biggest arguments for the Democrats around. Even though it's unintentional on his part.

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