[linskyjack]

I thought I would start a thread about all the lies that Rush Limbaugh tells and that are repeated in this forum ad nauseum. Remember, Limbaugh is the primary source of information for Righty and thus, we need to inform those who listen to him religiously (Mulder, Gbrumb etc) of his countless lies and distortions. Lets start with Limbaugh's pronouncements on History. If anyone wants to know the source of this brilliant exegisis of the fat bag of wind, feel free to ask! (I will post Rush on Economics next--you will get a kick out of it!)

Fractured History

LIMBAUGH: Quotes President James Madison: "We have staked the future...upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God." (Told You So, p. 73)

REALITY: "We didn't find anything in our files remotely like the sentiment expressed in the extract you sent to us," David B. Mattern, the associate editor of The Madison Papers, told the Kansas City Star (1/16/94). "In addition, the idea is entirely inconsistent with everything we know about Madison's views on religion and government."

LIMBAUGH: "And it was only 4,000 votes that--had they gone another way in Chicago--Richard Nixon would have been elected in 1960." (TV show, 4/28/94)

REALITY: Kennedy won the 1960 election with 303 electoral votes to 219 for Nixon. Without Illinois' 27 electoral votes, Kennedy would still have won, 276-246.

LIMBAUGH: On how to stop riots: "Richard Daley, in 1968, in the Democratic National Convention, issued an order--where there were rumors of riots--he issued a shoot-to-kill order. And there were no riots and there was no civil disobedience and no shots were fired and nobody was hurt. And that's what ought to happen." (TV show, 6/10/93)

REALITY: Mayor Daley's shoot-to-kill order was issued not at the Democratic Convention, but following the April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King assassination. Daley wasn't reacting to "rumors of riots" since riots had already broken out. The shoot-to-kill order hardly put an end to unrest--since four months after Daley's order, protestors flocked to Chicago's Democratic Convention and engaged in riotous civil disobedience. Protesters chanted, "The whole world is watching." Except for Rush Limbaugh.

LIMBAUGH: In an attack on Spike Lee, director of Malcolm X, for being fast and loose with the facts, Limbaugh introduced a video clip of Malcolm X's "daughter named Betty Shabazz." (TV show, 11/17/92)

REALITY: Betty Shabazz is Malcolm X's widow.

LIMBAUGH: "Those gas lines were a direct result of the foreign oil powers playing tough with us because they didn't fear Jimmy Carter." (Told You So, p. 112)

REALITY: The first--and most serious--gas lines occurred in late 1973/early 1974, during the administration of Limbaugh hero Richard Nixon.

LIMBAUGH: On Iran-Contra special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh: "This Walsh story basically is, we just spent seven years and $40 million looking for any criminal activity on the part of anybody in the Reagan administration, and guess what? We couldn't find any. These guys didn't do anything, but we wish they had so that we could nail them. So instead,we're just going to say, 'Gosh, these are rotten guys.' They have absolutely no evidence. There is not one indictment. There is not one charge." (TV show, 1/19/94)

REALITY: Walsh won indictments against 14 people in connection with the Iran-Contra scandal including leading Reagan administration officials like former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and former national security advisers Robert McFarlane and John Poindexter. Of the 14, 11 were convicted or pleaded guilty. (Two convictions were later overturned on technicalities--including that of occasional Limbaugh substitute Oliver North.)

LIMBAUGH: Explaining why the Democrats wanted to "sabotage" President Bush with the 1990 budget deal: "Now, here is my point. In 1990, George Bush was president and was enjoying a 90 percent plus approval rating on the strength of our victories in the Persian Gulf War and Cold War." (ToldYou So, p. 304)

REALITY: In October 1990, when the budget deal was concluded the Gulf War had not yet been fought.

LIMBAUGH: On the Gulf War: "Everybody in the world was aligned with the United States except who? The United States Congress." (TV show, 4/18/94)

REALITY: Both houses of Congress voted to authorize the U.S. to use force against Iraq.

LIMBAUGH: On Bosnia:

"For the first time in military history, U.S. military personnel are not under the command of United States generals." (TV show, 4/18/94)

REALITY: That's news to the Pentagon. "How far back do you want to go?" asked Commander Joe Gradisher, a Pentagon spokesperson. "Americans served under Lafayette in the Revolutionary war." Gradisher pointed out several famous foreign commanders of U.S. troops, including France's Marshall Foch, in overall command of U.S. troops in World War I. In World War II, Britain's General Montgomery led U.S. troops in Europe and North Africa, while another British General, Lord Mountbatten, commanded the China-Burma-India theatre.

[linskyjack]

You guys want some more lies? I got pages of them!

[Ciberblade]

This sounds like a listing from FAIR.

Have fun

[Ciberblade]

Yup...my memory stands firmly in place. For those who want to follow along with the home game, check out:
http://www.fair.org

[bassetman]

Originally Posted by Ciberblade

Yup...my memory stands firmly in place. For those who want to follow along with the home game, check out:
http://www.fair.org

[Mulderator]

What I get a kick out of is what a huge problem Limbaugh is for liberals. Before Rush, liberals pretty much said what they wanted unoppossed and the media was their vehicle for spreading every bit of liberal stupidity (just see Linksy's posts anywhere on the site as an example! ). Rush single handedly started a revolution in journalism--he took down Rather and Jennings and Brokaw. I found it intersting that the first replacement (for Brokaw), Brian Williams said:

I do listen to Rush. I listen to it from a radio in my office, or depending on my day, if I'm in the car, I will listen to Rush. And he will tell you I've been listening for years. I think it's my duty to listen to Rush. I think Rush has actually yet to get the credit he is due, because his audience for so many years felt they were in the wilderness of this country. No one was talking to them.[...]

Rush said to millions of Americans, you have a home. Come with me. For three hours a day you can listen and hear the like-minded calling in from across the country, and I'll read to you things perhaps you didn't see that are out there. I think Rush gave birth to the FOX News Channel. I think Rush helped to give birth to a movement. I think he played his part in the Contract with America. So I hope he gets his due as a broadcaster.

So now we have rush not only dominating talk radio, but he is influencing the choices networks are making to replace their aging dinosaurs. Rush is a thorn in Linsky and all the liberals side and that's what is so great about him. And not only that, he's so arrogant about it--he knows he's almost single-handedly removed them from power and there is not a damn thing they can do abou it--they can't touch him!

[LANMaster]

Jealous?

[Rockn]

Originally Posted by linskyjack

You guys want some more lies? I got pages of them!

Your own lies or someone elses?

[Mulderator]

Originally Posted by Rockn

Your own lies or someone elses?

LMAO!

[Mulderator]

Originally Posted by LANMaster

Jealous?

I think Limbaugh v. Franken would offer about as much of a contest as Mulder v. Linsky or Gbrumb v. Linsky--it would be a bloodbath--Linsky and Franken would need mouth to mouth--I nominate Barbara Boxer for the job!

[Mulderator]

Originally Posted by linskyjack

You guys want some more lies? I got pages of them!

Your lies or someone elses?

PS--Sorry Rock'n--that was so good I had to use it again!

[Mulderator]

I found this interesting. The liberals are trying to stop Limbaugh from being broadcast to the troops overseas even though overwhelmingly they want him!

http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/st...15935579.shtml

MEDIA: Getting nasty

Those trying to censor conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh are getting bolder.

It was bad enough when some liberal activists wanted Limbaugh's show pulled off the American Forces Radio and Television Services because they were displeased by his defense of U.S. soldiers at the Abu Ghraib prison.

A second group then concurred, saying it was worried because "conservative talk show hosts clearly are playing a critical role in shaping the attitudes of many Americans," making it harder for liberal politicians to be elected.

U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, has offered an amendment to the fiscal 2005 Defense Authorization bill, requiring that the armed forces drop Limbaugh's show or also add a liberal for balance.

There are plenty of liberal viewpoints on AFRTS, including commentary by Jim Hightower, who once was promoted as the "liberal Rush." Activists don't want balance. They want one-sided programming.

AFRTS is broadcast to about 175 countries, plus ships at sea. The purpose is to provide America's military men and women with programming they want but otherwise wouldn't get to hear while on duty outside the country.

The programs were originally chosen by the troops themselves.

Limbaugh's show wasn't on the selection list published by the previous administration, which also complained about Lim- baugh's impact. Yet, so many people wrote in his name that it was selected for broadcast, placing in the top five choices.

The broadcasts serve military listeners, not civilian political activists. Limbaugh is the most popular talk radio show on the air. It would make no sense to drop his program.

If Harkin and the others want to suggest frequent polls on adding and dropping programs, that would be fair enough. Conservative talk radio is popular and liberal talk is failing, however, so they might be disappointed.

Limbaugh has supported U.S. soldiers, and that has to be good for morale.

What is wrong with allowing soldiers to hear someone show appreciation for them while they are in a war zone?

Censorship involves government stopping the expression of an opinion about a legitimate public policy issue, purely because someone disagrees with it. Even then, it is effective only when people have no other way to receive the message. The assault on Limbaugh is a clear case of attempted censorship.

By trying to use the coercive power of government to kill the message, instead of trying to rebut it, opponents are conceding they cannot win in the marketplace of ideas.

Could you imagine liberal talk radio being piped to our troops in Iraq? My God, it would depress those people so badly, we'd have no chance of accomplishing anything--just imagine Linsky broadcast to our troops 24/7? Our boys and girls in the military deserve a positive message and you can be sure that's what they will get from Rush!!!

Amazing some of the low down tricks liberals try to pull--trying to stop our troops from listening to Rush!

[Ciberblade]

Originally Posted by Mulder

just imagine Linsky broadcast to our troops 24/7

"Greetings and salutations, this is Linsky Jack with American Armed Forces Radio in Iraq.
In news today, six members of the second infantry were wounded from a car-bomb, resulting in one death. A team from the 101st Airborne devision will be sent in response. I think we can expect most of them to be injured or killed.
*dead air*
Also, the insurgents who planned the car-bomb attack are likely to plan another attack because we will fail to catch them.
So think about that on your rounds today...
...and remember, Bush Sucks!

This is Linsky Jack signing off for American Armed Forces Radio in Iraq."

[Mulderator]

Originally Posted by Ciberblade

"Greetings and salutations, this is Linsky Jack with American Armed Forces Radio in Iraq.
In news today, six members of the second infantry were wounded from a car-bomb, resulting in one death. A team from the 101st Airborne devision will be sent in response. I think we can expect most of them to be injured or killed.
*dead air*
Also, the insurgents who planned the car-bomb attack are likely to plan another attack because we will fail to catch them.
So think about that on your rounds today...
...and remember, Bush Sucks!

This is Linsky Jack signing off for American Armed Forces Radio in Iraq."

[Mulderator]

More liberal leadership for our troops!!!