# To the GOP: why are some still licking the boots of Rush Limbaugh? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 30, 2009, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688 "2009-01-30T05:21:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [January 31, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688/81 "2009-01-31T03:17:43Z")
> [@Sinaijon](#): > > Well, by that standard, preferring salads for lunch rather than burritos is also a relevant qualification, _all else being equal_. Can’t get much legislating done (especially filibustering ) when you’re preoccupied with your bowels. Yeah, but salad has far more fiber. So if you want to stay regular… **wring** , that’s true about Keith, but at least he seems to realize he can be a raving loon at times. That and he’s a lot sexier than Billo and Rush could ever hope to be. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688/82 "2009-01-31T04:28:36Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > **wring** , that’s true about Keith, but at least he seems to realize he can be a raving loon at times. That and he’s a lot sexier than Billo and Rush could ever hope to be. Well, the fact that he has a sense of humor about himself helps a lot. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688/83 "2009-01-31T05:00:13Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Well. one of us is.So, when you brought up Rush flunking out, and compared it to Franken not flunking out, you were trolling? > > Actually, that is a rhetorical question. I know perfectly well you weren’t trolling - you really are as stupid as you act. > > Flunking out of school is relevant, until it’s your ox that is being Gore-d. I realize that, just like it will be won’t be relevant that Franken is a known and proven liar and fraud. > > But your denials will be difficult to understand, with Obama’s cock in your mouth. > > Regards, > Shodan Pot, kettle. Get back under your bridge; nobody was talking about Al gore in 2000, asshole. I’ve seen you do this a thousand times, post some lame one-line drive-by link to some unrelated bullshit in an attempt to derail the conversation onto a tangent. the when someone takes the bait, you turn on them and try to start a bitchfight. You do it for the attention, don’t you? You can’t stand to see people talking about someone else, so you have to start a bitchfight to turn the attention to yourself. Pathetic. People weren’t talking about you enough, so you had to throw that line in about “Obama’s dick in your mouth”. Oh, how shocking, like a potty-mouth eighth grader. As for your “rhetorical question”, that’s all you’re capable of, cheap rhetoric in the form of snarky “Alanis Morissette ironic” question. It’s lame, mean-spirited, disingenuous and it reveals the bitter, joyless person that you are. You’re a one-trick troll and I’m not the only one to see through it. Now I’ll spend the rest of this thread ignoring you. Regards yourself, troll. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688/84 "2009-01-31T13:37:35Z")
> [@wring](#): > > Well, the fact that he has a sense of humor about himself helps a lot. Like when he signed the petition O’Reilly had to get himself (Keith) fired, and had everyone else at MSNBC sign it as well? And did so live on air? ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688/85 "2009-01-31T15:40:43Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Like when he signed the petition O’Reilly had to get himself (Keith) fired, and had everyone else at MSNBC sign it as well? And did so live on air? or played the clip of Ben Affleck impersonating him. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688/86 "2009-01-31T16:38:01Z")
> [@wring](#): > > or played the clip of Ben Affleck impersonating him. That was hysterical but perhaps a little too well-done - I haven’t been able to look at Keith the same way since. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688/87 "2009-02-01T01:01:02Z")
The repubs are scared. They had an 8 year run and destroyed the world economy. They oversaw a foreclosure disaster and a huge centering of wealth in the rich. They lied us into a war and then refused to pay for it. They are at risk . If Obama can actually make things better the repubs may dwindle away. Rush is one of the few voices still making noise. He has nothing,.but the repubs are desperate. They screwed up so badly they will turn to anyone. Rush is a lying prick,but he is their lying prick. They would run him for office if they could find a way to meet his salary. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688/88 "2009-02-01T01:48:00Z")
While Rush is undoubtedly a Republic Party cheerleader, he also preaches a brand of conservatism that is hardly recognizable in few of the current Republican Party elected members. The Contract with America might as well have been written with in a foreign language in respect to majority of the Republican Congressmen. The view from middle-America fly over country is that they no longer distinguish a difference between a Republican & a Democrat (although the current Administration & Congress is reminding them). It’s not that Republican members are licking the boots of Rush. The reason they lost their voting supporters is that they became just more of the same DC politicians. ---
**Author:** ![BrightNShiny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688/89 "2009-02-01T02:26:50Z")
I used to worry about all of this stuff, but I no longer care about the Rush Limbaughs of the world. The GOP has chosen their path, and it’s a one-way street to obscurity. I don’t really care anymore whether they reform or come around or whatever, and it seems they don’t really care anymore if I vote for them. I’m focusing my energy on reforming the Democratic Party, which I think is a better party, but still has a lot of kinks that need to be worked out. ---
**Author:** ![mks57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@mks57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mks57)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688/90 "2009-02-01T11:14:08Z")
Sometimes I wonder if I live in the same country as some of the posters on this board, who seem to reside in “Democrat Fantasy Land”. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688/91 "2009-02-01T12:45:29Z")
> [@mks57](#): > > Sometimes I wonder if I live in the same country as some of the posters on this board, who seem to reside in “Democrat Fantasy Land”. As opposed to the “we build our own reality” Republicans ? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688/92 "2009-02-01T14:36:57Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > This is what I mean by your lack of reading comprehension. I already explained it to you – in bolded CAPS no less. I’m not going to bother repeating myself, because clearly you’re too fucking stupid to understand plain English. No, no - I understood you completely - anyone who flunks out of school is unworthy of serious consideration in any matter political. And someone with a degree from [Harvard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush) is necessarily better than someone who flunked out of school. Your point is perfectly clear. You didn’t need the caps. Although the rather touchingly naive enthusiasm about “Hey, everyone! I found a cite!” stuff was nice. The attempt to pretend that anyone was disputing it so as to avoid the contradiction in your thoughts (such as they are) was a bit lame, but still… Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688/93 "2009-02-01T14:54:30Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > As opposed to the “we build our own reality” Republicans ? Like the guy they just elected chairman of the Republican National Committee? > [@](#): > > “You and I know that in the history of mankind and womankind, government—federal, state or local—has never created one job,” he said. “It’s destroyed a lot of them.” [Steele’s the name](http://washingtonindependent.com/28417/steele-to-house-gop-stimulus-bill-goose-egg-beautiful), Michael Steele. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688/94 "2009-02-01T15:48:31Z")
> [@mks57](#): > > Sometimes I wonder if I live in the same country as some of the posters on this board, who seem to reside in “Democrat Fantasy Land”. No we live in the Republican real world. It is an ugly place where the rich get richer and the poor and middle class get looted. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688/95 "2009-02-01T15:52:05Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Like the guy they just elected chairman of the Republican National Committee…Michael Steele. As Seth Myers pointed out, “You guys know it doesn’t take just any black man, right?” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688/96 "2009-02-01T19:38:29Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > All any opponent would have to do is mention ‘Oxycotin’ a few times. > > Seriously, why does anyone listen to Mr. “Addicts should be in prison - 'scuse me while I snort this”, anymore? He stopped slamming addicts several years before he got caught. He also doesn’t slam gays, at least not in public. Don’t know about his stance on gay marriage. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688/97 "2009-03-03T02:01:05Z")
Bumping this. Just a month old, but I think Rush does not deserve even a new thread. Damn it, I said \*\*some \*\*Republicans! [http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/3/2/185032/4173/974/703825](http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/3/2/185032/4173/974/703825) > [@](#): > > Well that was quick. Almost as soon as the sun rose this morning, Michael Steele was in damage control mode, hoping to prevent the fallout from his Saturday evening criticisms of Rush Limbaugh. > > Now, just a few hours later, Steele is on his knees begging forgiveness from Rush Limbaugh, aka the GOP’s real chairman. > > [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19517.html](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19517.html) > > > [@](#): > > > > ``` > > Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says he has reached out to Rush Limbaugh to tell him he meant no offense when he referred to the popular conservative radio host as an “entertainer” whose show can be “incendiary.” > > > > ``` > > … > > Whether or not Limbaugh accepts Steele’s apology doesn’t really matter. What this episode proves beyond any shadow of a doubt is that the GOP belongs to Rush Limbaugh and the dittoheads, and anybody who dares cross them had better get in line. Mr Steele, that was just pathetic[sup]2[/sup]. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688/98 "2009-03-03T02:27:24Z")
Rush on Steele and the RNC today, _before_ Steele’s apology: > [@](#): > > “I’m not in charge of the Republican Party, and I don’t want to be. I would be embarrassed to say that I’m in charge of the Republican Party in a sad-sack state that it’s in. If I were chairman of the Republican Party, given the state that it’s in, I would quit. I might get out the hari-kari knife… [http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/03/02/michael-steele-vs-rush-limbaugh-steel-cage-match/](http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/03/02/michael-steele-vs-rush-limbaugh-steel-cage-match/) They’re going to end up having to buy Rush a big pearl ring, and a sceptre of some sort. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688/99 "2009-03-03T04:48:34Z")
I really think that if he wanted to, Bloomberg could build a party around himself pulling in rational conservatives who have been cast aside by the Republican party for not being sufficiently pure. I’d wager it would take off like wild fire and within 4 years put the current GOP in with the Greens, Libertarians, and others of that ilk. ---
**Author:** ![TooSchoolforCool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tooschoolforcool/32/19621_2.png) [@TooSchoolforCool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TooSchoolforCool)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688/100 "2009-03-03T04:52:37Z")
I like TPM’s observation that all thees Republican leaders having to bow down to Limbaugh for daring to criticize him is very very much like the Maoist “self-criticism” session. So far only Eric Cantor has had the balls to, well, hold onto his balls. We’ll see how long that lasts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-gop-why-are-some-still-licking-the-boots-of-rush-limbaugh/483688.md?page=6)