Over the years Ted Kennedy has been a bete noire for Rush Limbaugh. Even if he recovers from his current illness, he could die at any time. How would Rush Limbaugh handle it on his show?
1 - Trash him as he always has.
2 - Say something nice now that he’s dead.
3 - Mention it but downplay it as much as possible to avoid having to do 1 or 2.
4 - A more extreme version of 3 and not mention Kennedy’s death at all.
He’ll ridicule liberals for lionizing him. His focus won’t be on Kennedy so much as on the media. He’ll find soundclips from prominent Dems and mock them.
Probably similar to the liberal response to Jerry Falwell’s death.
Any examples of prominent liberals responding to Falwell’s desth so we know what to expect?
And the liberal equivalent of Rush Limbaugh is who?
That’s the third link down for a google search string “liberal response to fallwell’s death”
The first is Larry Flynt’s response, which was rather classy, the second seemed like a comedy site.
Who’s to say that Limbaugh won’t go first?
The guy is fat, and was (and may still be) addicted to drugs. He could have a heart attack at any moment too.
When Ted’s nephew JFK2 died along with his wife and sister-in-law, Rush said something to the effect of “The Kennedys have started drowning women in pairs now”. Then there was the allegation that Michael J. Fox was faking and the oldie-but-goodie Chelsea Clinton/dog picture… I somehow don’t anticipate Rush taking the high road.
Which, as much as I loathe and wish bad stuff upon Limbaugh, is actually fine by me- I prefer it to the hypocrisy of crocodile tears. I much preferred Gore Vidal’s bitchy RIP WFB in Hell eulogy of longtime enemy Buckley and Christopher Hitchens on Falwell’s death (two men who cannot be accused of saying anything about their foes dead that they wouldn’t have said while they were alive) than the videorequiems that politicians and others routinely trade for sound bytes when people they hate die.
I think the title of this thread needs to be tweaked.
You’re joking, right?
I mean, I’ve heard the name, but don’t know anything about him. He’s rarely quoted on liberal blogs, or by liberals here, that I’ve noticed. (I’ve been able to find 26 references in 9 threads to Bill Maher in GD in the past six months, after weeding out mentions of Maher Arar and Maher Al Rashid. Not exactly Limbaugh-esque.)
The old whore will say whatever he thinks will drive up his ratings.
He’ll eviscerate Kennedy and liberals in general by refuting left wing arguments he found on an old ketchup bottle via Google.
There’s not a thing wrong with the title. And nothing wrong with the subsequent posts, IMHO.
I also think the OP approves of the way the thread is going.
I’m guessing brazil was just suggesting a tweak to make it clear that this is a hypothetical discussion, and that Kennedy hasn’t actually died yet.
Moderator’s Note: Edited thread title, just so everyone doesn’t rush off to CNN.com to find out what just happened.
The Dems are going to sweep Congress this year. One senator more or less, however venerable or iconic, won’t make a significant difference. The more interesting question is how Limbaugh, who treated the whole Clinton Admin to the “Day X! America Held Hostage!” theme on his short-lived TV show, is going to adjust to a new political reality where it is undeniable that the just-barely-left-of-center holds the entire balance of power, and that with undeniable legitimacy.
It’s really a different issue but I think Limbaugh would prosper under a Demcoratic government. It’s much easier to be on the outside, putting out unproveable claims of how much better conservatives could manage things if they were in charge, than it is to be on the inside, trying to explain how the conservatives in charge aren’t actually mismanaging things as badly as the evidence would indicate.
I’m guessing the word “Chappaquidick” will be uttered by Rush at least 1,000 times that day.
Which will average out to .83 times per media outlet. 