# Rush Limbaugh: "When women got the right to vote is when it all went downhill " **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 9, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743 "2012-07-09T23:02:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/1 "2012-07-09T23:02:31Z")
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.](http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/07/05/511307/limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-down-hill/) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/2 "2012-07-09T23:06:08Z")
Why isn’t this in the Pit? ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/3 "2012-07-09T23:14:19Z")
I for one am shocked that a conservative shock jock would say something shocking. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/4 "2012-07-09T23:14:54Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/5 "2012-07-09T23:14:54Z")
Didn’t he say something like this a long time ago? Or am I confusing him with some other backwards windbag? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/6 "2012-07-09T23:17:27Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/7 "2012-07-09T23:42:30Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Why isn’t this in the Pit? I didn’t have the energy to work up a Pitworthy rant. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/8 "2012-07-10T00:19:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/9 "2012-07-10T00:22:29Z")
He is very effective at what he does. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/10 "2012-07-10T00:25:55Z")
Sorry, I’m wrong. Found site with stats: [http://www.sgalbert.com/2010/03/rush-limbaugh-audience-demographics.html](http://www.sgalbert.com/2010/03/rush-limbaugh-audience-demographics.html) Which shows his audience is overwhelmingly white and male and old, but educated and fairly wealthy. This does not actually cheer me up. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/11 "2012-07-10T00:28:36Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > He is very effective at what he does. So were umkay, VC03 and Ceasario… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/12 "2012-07-10T00:52:32Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/13 "2012-07-10T01:07:23Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/14 "2012-07-10T01:13:28Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/15 "2012-07-10T01:17:15Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/16 "2012-07-10T01:18:29Z")
But only if he can watch. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/17 "2012-07-10T01:20:44Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/18 "2012-07-10T01:29:59Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/19 "2012-07-10T01:31:57Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/20 "2012-07-10T01:58:29Z")
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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743.md?page=2)