Limbaugh Takes Credit For Conservative Media Revolution And Blames Democrats For Divisiveness
The man who’s been hammering away at liberals for three hours a day since 1988, telling the world how horrible the left is, blames the people he’s spent all his time denouncing for dividing America. Rush Limbaugh writes in the National Review:
(Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)…this has not been an AM-radio revolution exclusively; it has been a conservative-media revolution. And perhaps its greatest consequence has been the destruction of the Left’s national-media monopoly.
As conservatives often do, Limbaugh plays the victim, even while bragging about his accomplishments:
In 1995, Clinton, in a national address, tried to blame me for the Oklahoma City bombing. He spoke of “loud, angry voices in America,” a remark that was widely interpreted as a reference to me. The White House later made the incredible claim that Clinton had been talking about Michigan Militia shortwave-radio communications.
Surely, it’s so not-divisive to hope your president fails.
On January 16, 2009, the Wall Street Journal asked me to write 400 words on my hopes for the Obama presidency. I told them I needed only four: “I hope he fails.” A firestorm erupted, even among my friends. I stood by my words, proudly. It’s too bad they didn’t come true.
At least he admits Obama didn’t live down to his wishes.
I firmly believe that the conservative-media revolution has caused the liberal media to abandon any pretense of objectivity and fairness and actively advocate on the Left’s behalf. This has led in turn to the hyper-partisan nature of our politics today. When Republicans were perennial losers and happy about it, the media could stay hidden behind their wall of phony objectivity. But they were called out. Now there is a fierce competition for the hearts and minds of the American people, which the Left used to believe it owned.
Rush Limbaugh advocating for objectivity is like Donald Trump advocating for humility.
…it is not I, nor anyone else in conservatism, who is to blame for the partisanship in Washington. That is on the Democrats and the Left, for trying to destroy the traditions and institutions that have defined this country.
No, Mr. Limbaugh, it is not “Democrats and the left” that tried to “destroy the traditions and institutions that have defined this country.” It’s Democrats and progressives who built them and defend them to this day against forces on the right that would tear them down.
Nice try.
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23 responses to Limbaugh Takes Credit For Conservative Media Revolution And Blames Democrats For Divisiveness
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maggie November 4th, 2015 at 15:07
what a POS
rg9rts November 4th, 2015 at 17:05
So what do you really think of him?
maggie November 4th, 2015 at 17:19
;O
robert November 4th, 2015 at 15:34
rush lost me after the words ” i take credit for ”
yet there are radio stations in florida that have dumped his show
rg9rts November 4th, 2015 at 17:05
Nation wide…
Linda McLaren November 5th, 2015 at 07:24
rg9rts November 5th, 2015 at 07:39
CCCCCAAAAAARRRRRLLLLLAAAAA
aNYYANKEEinQueenHaleysCourt November 4th, 2015 at 16:38
this man is off his rocker but back on the pills
rg9rts November 4th, 2015 at 17:04
Only a drug addled brain comes up with that kind of conclusion
jybarz November 4th, 2015 at 17:19
You’re a real tRush, Limpball.
Gina Bousquet November 4th, 2015 at 17:30
Sorry, but “I hope that he dies and his death will come soon”.
Bob Dylan
fahvel November 5th, 2015 at 02:24
very well chosen line.
Gina Bousquet November 5th, 2015 at 12:46
We can always rely on Dylan! :)
bpollen November 5th, 2015 at 04:23
That whole stanza fits…
Gina Bousquet November 5th, 2015 at 12:47
True dat! :)
Warman1138 November 4th, 2015 at 18:10
The Amazing Speaking Sphincter, five days a week on your local radio.
Larry Schmitt November 4th, 2015 at 18:32
Not on my radio.
amersham46 November 4th, 2015 at 18:23
He is long on ranting and raving but short on facts and reality
Larry Schmitt November 4th, 2015 at 18:32
“I hope he fails.” Spoken like a true patriot. Doesn’t matter how much it hurts the country, just as long as he gets to say “I told you so.” What a disgusting waste of space. If there were any justice, one of his exes would have killed him and it would be ruled justifiable homicide.
pignose4.0 November 4th, 2015 at 21:40
the cons want to walk all over other peoples rights and when those people resist they are being divisive….hell ya I like it…..
William November 5th, 2015 at 01:48
To bad he only drugged himself deaf and then stopped
bpollen November 5th, 2015 at 04:22
I might say that he is blowing his own horn, but I doubt he’s seen it in decades.
oldfart November 5th, 2015 at 11:04
I hope you leave (Costa Rica)…sadly, also didn’t come true either.