# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/21 "2012-07-10T02:05:20Z")
> [@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](http://mediamatters.org/research/2007/10/04/coulter-if-we-took-away-womens-right-to-vote-we/140037)): [QUOTE=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.” [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/22 "2012-07-10T02:07:36Z")
> [@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. ---
**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, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/23 "2012-07-10T03:02:15Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/24 "2012-07-10T03:38:18Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > A quick google got a bunch of responses ([here’s one](http://mediamatters.org/research/2007/10/04/coulter-if-we-took-away-womens-right-to-vote-we/140037)): 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 ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/25 "2012-07-10T03:49:18Z")
Putting aside the woman thing, Limbaugh thinks the country has been going down hill since 1919? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/26 "2012-07-10T03:55:15Z")
This is actually one of the least offensive things Rush has said about women. ---
**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, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/27 "2012-07-10T03:59:15Z")
> [@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…) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/28 "2012-07-10T09:53:43Z")
> [@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? ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/29 "2012-07-10T10:33:17Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/30 "2012-07-10T12:02:50Z")
> [@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. ---
**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, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/31 "2012-07-10T12:39:51Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/32 "2012-07-10T12:52:27Z")
Obvious attention whore, seeks attention. Says something shocking, lamely half apologizes, only kidding! Who listens to this ass? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/33 "2012-07-10T13:03:27Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > So were umkay, VC03 and Ceasario… > [@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 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/34 "2012-07-10T13:22:39Z")
> [@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**. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/35 "2012-07-10T15:03:55Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/36 "2012-07-10T18:04:44Z")
> [@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? :dubious: ---
**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, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/37 "2012-07-10T18:07:00Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > A quick google got a bunch of responses ([here’s one](http://mediamatters.org/research/2007/10/04/coulter-if-we-took-away-womens-right-to-vote-we/140037)): Ok, I’ll withdraw my skepticism. That lady’s freakin’ nuts! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/38 "2012-07-10T18:28:37Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Wait…are we SURE she’s female? :dubious: Might want to put your helmet on. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/39 "2012-07-10T18:52:05Z")
Uh oh…what can of worms did I open? I tend to avoid politically bombastic threads so I probably missed something… ---
**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, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743/40 "2012-07-10T20:24:11Z")
> [@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. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-is-when-it-all-went-downhill/627743.md?page=1) [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=3)