Rush Limbaugh: "When women got the right to vote is when it all went downhill "

[BrainGlutton]

No, really.

Rush Limbaugh — the famously sexist radio host who got himself into hot water over his criticism of Sandra Fluke — believes that women’s suffrage destroyed the U.S. “When women got the right to vote is when it all went down hill,” Limbaugh said on his radio show Tuesday, “Because that’s when votes started being cast with emotion and maternal instincts that government ought to reflect.” The host tried almost immediately to recover from his blatant sexism, claiming that he had been joking.

You can hear it here.

[etv78]

Why isn't this in the Pit?

[lavenderviolet]

I for one am shocked that a conservative shock jock would say something shocking.

[Dewey Finn]

I think he says this sort of stuff from time to time for publicity and because he knows that it outrages people who don't listen to his show. So the best thing is to ignore it.

[Covered_In_Bees!]

Didn't he say something like this a long time ago? Or am I confusing him with some other backwards windbag?

[Two Many Cats]

Why haven't more people caught on to this jackass' schtick yet? As soon as people stop paying attention to him, he says something "shockingly sexist". Just ignore the little pissant.

[BrainGlutton]

Originally Posted by etv78

Why isn't this in the Pit?

I didn't have the energy to work up a Pitworthy rant.

[Ulfreida]

Isn't Rush's audience base mainly older, white, blue-collar males? In which case, he's just saying what they often believe. Only shocking if you aren't in that group.

[Loach]

He is very effective at what he does.

[Ulfreida]

Sorry, I'm wrong. Found site with stats:
http://www.sgalbert.com/2010/03/rush...ographics.html

Which shows his audience is overwhelmingly white and male and old, but educated and fairly wealthy.

This does not actually cheer me up.

[MPB in Salt Lake]

Originally Posted by Loach

He is very effective at what he does.

So were umkay, VC03 and Ceasario....

[BrainGlutton]

Originally Posted by Ulfreida

Isn't Rush's audience base mainly older, white, blue-collar males? In which case, he's just saying what they often believe. Only shocking if you aren't in that group.

Seriously?! I mean, they all grew up well after 1920.

[alphaboi867]

Originally Posted by Covered_In_Bees!

Didn't he say something like this a long time ago? Or am I confusing him with some other backwards windbag?

IIRC Ann Coulter said the country would be better off if women never got the vote.

[Leaffan]

Pfff. It's not the vote that's the issue; it's giving them the right to work. And at equal wages!

Rush seriously needs to brush up on his facts.

[Sicks Ate]

Originally Posted by Leaffan

Pfff. It's not the vote that's the issue; it's giving them the right to work. And at equal wages!

Rush seriously needs to brush up on his facts.

Don't leave out the whole 'having babies at will' thing.

[ladyfoxfyre]

But only if he can watch.

[JRDelirious]

Meh, can't get worked up about it, nothing he hasn't implied or said in some other manner a thousand times. And besides that's exactly what he(*) wants, to get me/us worked up about it. It's shockjockery. Howard Stern talks to porn queens about his penis, Rush L rants asininely about "feminazis".
(*... and Coulter)

Every show he throws some excreta out to see if any of it sticks and mostly it doesn't or at least not beyond his core following; the Sandra Fluke incident was an unusual blip in that he got more serious pushback, from a broader segment, than he expected.

Really, save for unleashing the hounds on any GOP candidate or hierarch who said the unright thing during the primary campaign, recently he had been mostly "phoning it in", as the street-level Teabaggers often ran way ahead of him. Specially when he can't personalize the attack and tires to riff on issues alone, he often fails.

[Mosier]

Originally Posted by Ulfreida

Isn't Rush's audience base mainly older, white, blue-collar males? In which case, he's just saying what they often believe. Only shocking if you aren't in that group.

Did you listen to the clip? Rush was responding to a caller who questioned whether it was wise to have given 18 year-olds the right to vote, when Rush say's "I'll do you one better. When WOMEN got the right to vote..." completely derailing the discussion. The caller was literally speechless, and then feebly tried to move the conversation back on track. It was awkward, even for the Rush show.

I doubt repealing women's suffrage is actually popular among any significant group, even older, white, blue-collar males. And at least one presumable member of that group seemed to be shocked that Rush actually spouted that nonsense.

[Mosier]

Originally Posted by alphaboi867

IIRC Ann Coulter said the country would be better off if women never got the vote.

Got a cite? I know "this one thing I think I remember I heard this one time" is strong enough outside of Great Debates, but I'd be pretty amazed if that's an honest Ann Coulter quote in context.

[kanicbird]

Well it did go downhill for a group of people, perhaps not ultimately, but it would seem like a setback to people of some mindsets.

[Der Trihs]

Originally Posted by Mosier

Got a cite? I know "this one thing I think I remember I heard this one time" is strong enough outside of Great Debates, but I'd be pretty amazed if that's an honest Ann Coulter quote in context.

A quick google got a bunch of responses (here's one):

Originally Posted by Ann Coulter

"If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat [sic] president. It's kind of a pipe dream, it's a personal fantasy of mine, but I don't think it's going to happen."

[Dangerosa]

Originally Posted by Mosier

I doubt repealing women's suffrage is actually popular among any significant group, even older, white, blue-collar males. And at least one presumable member of that group seemed to be shocked that Rush actually spouted that nonsense.

Certainly not straight married ones interested in having sex with their wives again.

[Loach]

Originally Posted by MPB in Salt Lake

So were umkay, VC03 and Ceasario....

They were not able to make money off their abilities. As far as I know.

[Curiosity Kills Her]

Originally Posted by Der Trihs

A quick google got a bunch of responses (here's one):

My personal fave:

"I think [women] should be armed but should not [be allowed to] vote. No, they all have to give up their vote, not just, you know, the lady clapping and me. The problem with women voting — and your Communists will back me up on this — is that, you know, women have no capacity to understand how money is earned. They have a lot of ideas on how to spend it. And when they take these polls, it’s always more money on education, more money on child care, more money on day care.”
– Ann Coulter, Politically Incorrect, Feb. 26, 2001

[Simplicio]

Putting aside the woman thing, Limbaugh thinks the country has been going down hill since 1919?

[Guinastasia]

This is actually one of the least offensive things Rush has said about women.

[MPB in Salt Lake]

Originally Posted by Loach

They were not able to make money off their abilities. As far as I know.

No, but in my memory they were all even more adept than Big Rush Limbaugh is at reading their target audience and then carefully crafting perfectly worded statements, expertly calculated to get the biggest possible rise out of them.

(I recall Ceasario patiently explaining to his rapt Doper audience that only a vile, perverted sicko would actually want to have sexual intercourse with 6 year-old girls, and all HE ever wanted to do was just to lovingly perform cunnilingus on them...)

[Nava]

Originally Posted by Simplicio

Putting aside the woman thing, Limbaugh thinks the country has been going down hill since 1919?

January 12, 1951 appears to have been a step down, surely. Perhaps he thinks all that other stuff doesn't make up for it?

[Icerigger]

Restricting people voting is a common conservative motif along with being anti-woman in general.

John Derbyshire of The National Review has made similar comments about women voting.

Among the hopes that I do not realistically nurse is the hope that female suffrage will be repealed. But I’ll say this – if it were to be, I wouldn’t lose a minute’s sleep.

[Thudlow Boink]

Originally Posted by Icerigger

John Derbyshire of The National Review has made similar comments about women voting.

John... John... I love your books that aren't about politics, but as a political commentator, I wish you'd just shut up.

[Loach]

Originally Posted by MPB in Salt Lake

No, but in my memory they were all even more adept than Big Rush Limbaugh is at reading their target audience and then carefully crafting perfectly worded statements, expertly calculated to get the biggest possible rise out of them.

(I recall Ceasario patiently explaining to his rapt Doper audience that only a vile, perverted sicko would actually want to have sexual intercourse with 6 year-old girls, and all HE ever wanted to do was just to lovingly perform cunnilingus on them...)

But they couldn't sustain it over a multi-decade career.

[elbows]

Obvious attention whore, seeks attention. Says something shocking, lamely half apologizes, only kidding!

Who listens to this ass?

[twickster]

Originally Posted by MPB in Salt Lake

So were umkay, VC03 and Ceasario....

Originally Posted by MPB in Salt Lake

No, but in my memory they were all even more adept than Big Rush Limbaugh is at reading their target audience and then carefully crafting perfectly worded statements, expertly calculated to get the biggest possible rise out of them.

(I recall Ceasario patiently explaining to his rapt Doper audience that only a vile, perverted sicko would actually want to have sexual intercourse with 6 year-old girls, and all HE ever wanted to do was just to lovingly perform cunnilingus on them...)

SDMB history, esp. the citing of the names of banned members, is not to the point here. We're talking about a paid member of the media with a public audience, not three people who posted on a limited-readership message board and have been banned for what they said in those postings.

Stay on topic, MPB in Salt Lake, and stop trying to stir up shit. You're on your last chance -- your next warning will result in your own ban.

twickster, MPSIMS moderator

[Vinyl Turnip]

Originally Posted by elbows

Obvious attention whore, seeks attention. Says something shocking, lamely half apologizes, only kidding!

Who listens to this ass?

I do my best not to. Thanks, BrainGlutton.

[Gorsnak]

Originally Posted by Curiosity Kills Her

My personal fave:

"I think [women] should be armed but should not [be allowed to] vote. No, they all have to give up their vote, not just, you know, the lady clapping and me. The problem with women voting — and your Communists will back me up on this — is that, you know, women have no capacity to understand how money is earned. They have a lot of ideas on how to spend it. And when they take these polls, it’s always more money on education, more money on child care, more money on day care.”
– Ann Coulter, Politically Incorrect, Feb. 26, 2001

Well it's nice to hear that Ann Coulter admits she has no idea how money is earned, anyways.

[Taomist]

Originally Posted by Gorsnak

Well it's nice to hear that Ann Coulter admits she has no idea how money is earned, anyways.

I'm sure that any money she makes goes directly to her daddy. Or husband. Or someone male.
Wait...are we SURE she's female?

[Mosier]

Originally Posted by Der Trihs

A quick google got a bunch of responses (here's one):

Ok, I'll withdraw my skepticism. That lady's freakin' nuts!

[Vinyl Turnip]

Originally Posted by Taomist

Wait...are we SURE she's female?

Might want to put your helmet on.

[Taomist]

Uh oh...what can of worms did I open? I tend to avoid politically bombastic threads so I probably missed something...

[BrainGlutton]

Originally Posted by Taomist

Uh oh...what can of worms did I open? I tend to avoid politically bombastic threads so I probably missed something...

Anne Coulter's Adam's apple.

[Taomist]

Really? Wow. Yeah, think I'll stick to getting my political news from NPR.

Just...wow.

[Dr. Woo]

Originally Posted by Taomist

<snip>
Wait...are we SURE she's female?

As far as I know they're still working on phylum. Gender determination is a bit more involved.

[Malleus, Incus, Stapes!]

Originally Posted by Curiosity Kills Her

My personal fave:

"I think [women] should be armed but should not [be allowed to] vote. No, they all have to give up their vote, not just, you know, the lady clapping and me. The problem with women voting — and your Communists will back me up on this — is that, you know, women have no capacity to understand how money is earned. They have a lot of ideas on how to spend it. And when they take these polls, it’s always more money on education, more money on child care, more money on day care.”
– Ann Coulter, Politically Incorrect, Feb. 26, 2001

I, personally, have no problem with Ann Coulter not voting. Easy!

[elbows]

I don't care about her voting. Now, if you find a way to make her shut up, I care.