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Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 05:03 PM Mar 2015

Elton John's bestest friend evah, Rush Limbaugh, compares gay marriage to beastiality

Rush, from today:

"This Business Of Who You Love, Where Does That Stop," Dogs, Dolphins?"

VIDEO: http://mediamatters.org/video/2015/03/31/limbaugh-defends-indianas-rfra-by-comparing-gay/203101



Here's John, making excuses for Rush after taking $1M to play his wedding a few years ago, despite Rush's decades of hate:

“He sends me the loveliest e-mails,” said John. “What I get from Rush privately and what I get from Rush publicly are two different things. I’m just trying to break him down.”

So is the on-air Limbaugh just an act? The interview seems to suggest that. Traci Watson, who conducted the interview for USA Today, writes John believes that “his friend Rush Limbaugh doesn’t truly oppose gay marriage.”


Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78587.html#ixzz3W00jEwGO

Yeah, he totally isn't homophobic. No need for a Dolce & Gabbana boycott here, eh, Elton?

How many of these would Westboro Baptist have to pay to get a concert?:
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Elton John's bestest friend evah, Rush Limbaugh, compares gay marriage to beastiality (Original Post) Adenoid_Hynkel Mar 2015 OP
Anything that "did it" with Limbaugh must've been into beastiality... TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #1
Ole Rush doesn't believe that himself I'm pretty sure. Cleita Mar 2015 #2
Agreed underpants Mar 2015 #3
Limbaugh is a performer playing a role. Mariana Mar 2015 #4
Act or not, G_j Mar 2015 #5
Yeah, I'm not buying it, either gratuitous Mar 2015 #9
Elton's friend is spelled $$$$$$$$$$$$. And i'm a major fan who just saw him last month. WinkyDink Mar 2015 #6
Teenage boys in the Dominican Republic? Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #7
gee I bet lots of righties pay $100 to see him at concerts, maybe they should be banned from that nt msongs Mar 2015 #8

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
2. Ole Rush doesn't believe that himself I'm pretty sure.
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 05:18 PM
Mar 2015

He's into broadcasting all the bigotry because it earns him the big bucks. I used to listen to him and get angry. But lately, every time he shows up somewhere I have to listen to him, I'm beginning to realize how cynical he is and how he's baiting the tapioca brained people who take him seriously.

He's nothing more than a latter days P. T. Barnum running a three ring circus for conservatives where there is a sucker born every minute. In real life he doesn't give a crap about what he bloviates about as long as his million dollar checks are in the mail.

underpants

(182,734 posts)
3. Agreed
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 05:28 PM
Mar 2015

I listen in and you can hear noticeable pauses in his delivery. He knows he is just playing the character that he has created. It's been most noticeable since his latest wedding.

Mariana

(14,854 posts)
4. Limbaugh is a performer playing a role.
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 05:46 PM
Mar 2015

The purpose of his program is to gather an audience so they'll listen to the advertisements and buy the products pitched therein. He'll say whatever he thinks will keep the marks tuned in to the show.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
9. Yeah, I'm not buying it, either
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 06:24 PM
Mar 2015

Stephen Colbert's character was an act, and he let you in on the joke time and again on his show. At his public appearances, Colbert distinguished himself from the character he played. Rush Limbaugh is either a performance artist beyond the level of Andy Kaufman, or he really, truly is a dick. He has gone long past the point where it doesn't matter.

Verdict: Dick.

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