Schwarzenegger Calls Rush Limbaugh Irrelevant

"All irrelevant. Rush Limbaugh is irrelevant. I am not his servant." - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this morning on the "Today Show," speaking to Campbell Brown.

During the one-on-one interview, the Republican-registered California governor was asked about criticism from Limbaugh and other conservatives that he has become a Democrat in disguise for supporting stem-cell research, mandatory curbs on carbon dioxide emissions and universal health care. Schwarzenegger said he is "the people's servant of California. What they call me - Democrat or Republican or in the center, this and that - that is not my bottom line. This is for them to talk about."

In recent weeks, Limbaugh has complained that Schwarzenegger's views on global warming are "no different than what Greenpeace would say." When the governor called a proposed $12 billion levy on hospitals, doctors and health plans a "loan, because it ... goes back to health care," Limbaugh couldn't stop laughing on the air. He said Schwarzenegger's rhetorical spin was no different than former President Bill Clinton calling tax increases "investments."

Limbaugh, it should be noted, has always been cautious about Schwarzenegger. In August 2003, during the recall election, Limbaugh told his listeners: "Hear me now and believe me later, my friends. All these conservative orgasms over Arnold Schwarzenegger are ... fake." Limbaugh said Schwarzenegger was a closet liberal who supported abortion, gay adoption and gun control, and recoiled at comparisons to former President Ronald Reagan.

"This guy may be the next actor elected governor of California," Limbaugh said, "but that's where the similarity between him and Reagan ends."

Schwarzenegger's landslide victory against Democrat Phil Angelides last year is almost always viewed as a calculated strategy to win re-election in a heavily Democratic state. His policy moves therefore look like political manipulations rather than evolving from core beliefs. Indeed, the governor rarely mentions his own political philosophy - it's usually what "the people" want. This year, his core belief is compromise and cooperation, which he calls post-partisanship.

UPDATE: Limbaugh responds, calls the governor a nice guy and a sellout.

(Photo: Joseph Kaczmarek / AP; Clifford Otto / The Record via AP)

Comments

[Linda]

Rush is right. Arnold is no conservative and his health care plan is scary.There is a reason people and businesses are leaving California.

[Scott]

Rush is right. However, to Arnold's defense, he lives in the Peoples Republic of California and he is married to a socialist.

[AMB]

Rush is an idiot. The only people who listen to him are morons, so who cares what they think?

[Lee McGrath]

Once again Rush is right. Can you really believe anything that a liberal? Not if you are a thinking person.

[RockyCreek]

Schwarzenegger not a conservative??!! Say it ain't so! Gosh, what will we discover next, that he breathes air?

[Steve]

For the Gov and much of California, Rush may be irrelevant. But he is very relevant for the rest of the country. By virtue of his ratings alone, he is clearly relevant. That means the Gov and California perhaps are out of touch with the rest of the country just a tad. We have come to expect California to cave on conservative issues and morality, so it should come as no surprise that no matter who is in the governor's mansion, they'd find Rush irrelevant. It's a shame really.

[Ron Mexico]

Hey L.A. Times, spell check is not the same thing as proof reading.

[Craith]

*Yawn*

The fact that this story made the news is laughable. Limbaugh is a puerile dolt, whose perception of reality is as skewed as that of the Hollywood elitists he so often criticizes. Why anybody cares what he thinks or says is beyond me.

[Dee]

Just like a liberal to cmment with derogatory name calling - "moron" - when you have nothing constructive to say or offer, that is what you resort too.
Rush is 100% accurate in his assessment.

[dave]

Who cares what Rush says about Arnold. Rush is nothing but a big fat ass druggy, draft doddger coward. He is an idiot, who spouts hatred ,warmongering,and propaganda of the firright fascists neonazizioinsts.

[Bruce Davidson]

As always, Rush is right and makes more sense than every leftist in california combined.

[Your's Truly - San Diego, CA]

Rush calls'm like he sees'm...

Your Governorship looks to be irrelevant... The liberals got to you. Liberalism, like cancer, when it starts to spread does a lot of damage and costs us a lot of money.

Your campaign sounded good, we just got the “bate and switch” routine.

You sold us short... Arnold...

[Jason]

It boils down to the fact that Rush Limbaugh is a sock-sniffer! He has been known to contradict himself, too, mind you. His word is not gospel, friends.

[Doug]

Arnold only speaks for the liberals in this state ,and as always Rush is right.

[Mike]

Arnold is a phony.

[Jake]

Rush is relevant, but only to a certain demographic that already agreed with him in the first place. He doesn't sway anyone, and those people that listen to and agree with him already dislike Arnold. Fact is that Rush and his cronies are losing ground in this country and in their own party fast. Arnold is a strong symbol of the new Republican that is taking over, so it's of course only logical that Rush would attack him.

[Justin]

Wow Lee, what a substantive argument. You must be a genius.

[Jeff]

I welcome Arnold's independence from the doctrinaire, far right ideologues who are doing to the Republican party exactly what the Howard Dean, nut-case, loony left have done to the Democrats. I applaud Republicans who think for themselves rather than blindly obeying the marching orders of Rush and Ann Coulter.

[Your's Truly - San Diego, CA]

Hey Dave...

I would suggest taking a spelling and grammar lesson.

[Pete]

Hey AMB, great comment from a typical lib. No ideas, simply say just he's an idiot. Rush plays comments actually made by people and analyzes them. No misquoting or anything else that the news libs put out there. Great stuff, you should join the Al Franken campaign so that you can work with a real idiot.

[Mark]

I am sorry- when did Rush start becoming relevant in the first place? If Limbaugh had to be elected to his job he would never win. Limbaugh is one more member of the ignorant right trying to make outrageous comments so the press will notice him again.

[Kory]

Wow...somebody owns a dictionary! I bet they have a Thesaurus too! Nice to see you lefties actually did something more than protest in college.

*Yawn*

The fact that this story made the news is laughable. Limbaugh is a puerile dolt, whose perception of reality is as skewed as that of the Hollywood elitists he so often criticizes. Why anybody cares what he thinks or says is beyond me.

Posted by: Craith | Mar 20, 2007 at 08:47 AM

[ose]

Of coarse RUSH was right, Arnold is married to a kennedy he needs to keep maria by his side. Besides he still wants to use kennebunk port estate when teddy's there.

[Brian]

It's so pathetic that people believe whatever garbage comes out of Rush's mouth as if baby Jesus said it himself. Learn to think for youselves!

[Mike]

What's truely remarkable about this article is that Rush is actually quoted accurately. Kudo's to Robert Sallaway.

[craith]

"as usual, Rush is right"

Oh boy...I wonder how many more Rushgasms we'll see posted today by the ever-faithful EIB disciples?

[John L]

When was Limbaugh ever relevant? To be relevant, he'd have to actually participate in a debate beyond the safe havens of his empty dittohead clones. At least Schwarzenegger isn't afraid of a little scrutiny.

[Marco]

I guess the right would like Arnold if he were borrowing money from China to finance his budget? The left costs us money? Clinton spent less than W! The rhetoric of the right is stale if they're still spouting off like this after 8 years of massive Federal spending and what amounts to fiscal suicide with Medicare D.

[Brian S]

Good for Arnold. Politicans should follow their hearts and not worry what that blustering drug addict thinks.

[Your's Truly - San Diego, CA]

Craith?

Who would name their child Craith?

Yikes...

[Mark Ruffolo]

A Republican that supports gay rights, abortion, and stem-cell research is like a feminist that is a housewife, pro-life, and honors men.

[Dutch]

I used to listen to Rush on a daily bases. But began to find him just to partial and to critcal of others views.
Those who have a few moral problems themself should not be lecturing others about morals.

[the truth]

Rush is the most popular talk show program in America, with an audience greater than any other news station, because:.

1. Most Americans are idiots
2. Most of what he says is the intelligent truth.

Pick one

[Rush the douche]

Rush is like most Republicans,....a self serving greedy fat bastard,...unwilling to sacrifice and give back to a country that has given him so much. These guys cry for years about xtra taxes that improve communities and poor people's lifestyles,....but they don't mind supporting worthless wars that cost billions. They ride on the back of the american military as if that would compensate for their own cowardness they exhibited when they had a chance to defend their country. He is the definition of the "ugly american", loud mouthed and arrogant to everything except his ego. Truly an xtra-large all american biligerent douchebag. Keep poppin those pills buddy they're helpin!

[RJP3]

Limbaugh is OBVIOUS propoganda.

Those who "believe" him are being led astray day by day ... sad really.
Entertaining: "yes". Anything other than propoganda to support the Wealthy Straight Men of the World: "no"

I love it when the woman who hate the "Feminazis" (Rush's most famous word) call in.

Freedom of Choice is what we've got.
Freedom From Choice is what the Rushies want.

[elgin]

Haha... I like to read all the SP rants in the comments.... It never ceases to amaze me how people with no intellectual values or copmments sink to personal name calling and distorted fact. If Clinton spent less than Bush how come the nation had a SURPLUS at the end of the Clinton administration. I don't know about the rest of you but that was my money in federal hands. Personally I like my money in MY hands.

[craith]

Oh no, Kory, I'm no lefty. I'm what Rush loathes most: a moderate.

And yes, I own both a dictionary and a thesaurus; however, I much prefer dictionary.com. :-p

[Skip Mac Lure]

Gee Dave, maybe a change of medication..........

[Robere']

Good for Rush Limbaugh. Der Arnold has revealed himself to be just another whoring politician who will do anything to try to survive in politics. What a creep--doesn't anybody remember how gross he acted toward girls on his movie sets?

[James]

Most of Rush's audience are Liberal and listen to him the same way most of Howard Sterns listeners were people who hated him - they want to hear what the enemy is saying.
People who actually believe Rush are either ignorant or retarded (probably both).
Arnold is a good guy doing the best he can with the hand he was dealt.

[-S-]

Limbaugh is right.

The only thng that assigns "Republican" to Schwarzenegger is the CAGOP naming him candidate prior to election. Which is exactly why I strongly doubt that the CAGOP has anything to do with "Republican," either.

[Murphy]

I suspect the Republicans will embrace Arnold much like the Democrats have embraced Joe Lieberman for expressing views that don't align themselves with the Party playbook. This, as much in politics today, has nothing to do with who is right, but who wins elections, controls the money, and the power.

[Bob]

Arnold is a joke - I really regret my vote.

[JohnnyG]

But he did make what I thought was a Dandy of a speech at the Republican National Convention in 04

[Frankie]

all this political backbiting is making my head hurt. Let's talk about something more fun. Fantasy baseball! Can you guys join my dodger fan league at www.rotohog.com? Thanks!

[Rush Limplog]

Folks... please... you gotta realize that the whole "conservative" label is all just a load of hooey anyway. You think I'm a conservative? You think Hannity is? Hell no... we're all just neo-con radicals who are interested in nothing more than corporatist domination of government at any cost... and the real term for that is fascism. www.rushlimplog.com

[Ed]

When you go the bed with a Kennedy, you wake up with Liberal fleas.

[Steve]

Rush Limbaugh is right on target. I'm sick of liberals crying over everything.
Liberals:
1) Try to position themselves as victums
2) Are hypocrites (Like Gore and John Edwards) with their mansions and their pollution, but want you to live in a rickshaw.
3) Will complain about everything, so why give them their way. You will never appease them.
4) Never help their supporters get out of poverty. I live in New Orleans and the democrats have run this city for over 20 years, and the whole world saw the poverty and desperation that was here and is here.
5) They want to legislate every aspect of a person't life. First, it was smoking. Next, transfats, next, next, next, next, next, and they will never stop.

[mcg]

First of all: I can't believe anyone actually still believes Bill Clinton gave us a surplus. News flash guys: our government hasn't spent less than it has taken in for DECADES. The notion that we had a surplus sprung from two things. The first are clever accounting tricks separating Social Security from the general budget (when in fact they are mixed) that would make an Enron accountant blush. Second, they were PROJECTIONS based on assumptions of economic growth that collapsed when the recession began in the last year of Clinton's tenure in office.

Now look, I actually don't have anything against Clinton's tax policy, but let's not fool ourselves into thinking it was somehow saving us. What is more, under Bush's tax cuts, the rich are now paying a LARGER percentage of the government intake than they were under Clinton. Who was it that said that rich gasbags like Limbaugh aren't sacrificing? Don't give me that baloney. If it weren't for the rich we wouldn't be able to afford the bloated government we have now.

I'm leaving this silly state in two weeks and I can't wait to take my CA income tax payments with me. The state is going down the crapper and all Schwarzenegger can do is figure out more ways to spend more money to screw it up further.

[Jerry Johnson]

Rush was correct when he warned Conservatives about Arnold. And he is correct now when he says that Arnold governs like a liberal. Like him or not, Rush is usually correct in his observations.

For those of you who hate Rush, instead of acting like a six year old and calling him names, give examples of observations he made that were wrong. Tough, isn’t it?

[Brian Ross]

Wow, stop the hate.... It's just a fact that no matter what you think of Rush, Arnold is not a Republican. Arnold lied.. Not an honest man, that simple. I am starting to now believe all the womanizing stories now... Too bad for the conservatives in Cali.... Sorry guys... Libs, stop hating.... Where's the tolerance?

[rjp3]

The listeners of Rush's show are NOT most Americans.
Most Americans do not listen to Talk Radio.
LOGIC flaw.

The small sample of listeners who listen to Rush listen because it is entertaining to hear him spew OBVIOUS right wing propoganda - and others listen because he tells them back the twisted thoughts they hold already.

Bottom line of conservatism is GREED.

They dont want a socialist society - at all.

They dont want to pay taxes for social programs.
Why? They are self serving and greedy. (They will tell you a thousand points of charity is better and social programs hurt people. SURE!)

Taxes WERE and issue in the late 1960's and 1970's.

They are WAY down now. But not low enough for the greedy.

They will never stop bashing liberals who support taxation for social problems until Income Tax is stopped and everyone is reduced to "law of the jungle" in America. That is what they support.

Arnold is different. Good for him.

REALITY HIGHEST FEDERAL TAX RATES YEAR BY YEAR

Year Tax Rate On Amount Over
1968 75.25 200,000 (very high)
2003 35.00 311,950 (much lower)

1968 75.25 200,000
1969 77 200,000
1970 71.75 200,000
1971 70 60 200,000
1972 70 50 200,000
1973 70 50 200,000
1974 70 50 200,000
1975 70 50 200,000
1976 70 50 200,000
1977 70 50 203,200
1978 70 50 203,200
1979 70 50 215,400
1980 70 50 215,400
1981 69.125 215,400
1982 50 85,600
1983 50 109,400
1984 50 162,400
1985 50 169,020
1986 50 175,250
1987 38.5 90,000
1988 28 29,750 - lowest rate - bankrupted country
1989 28 30,950
1990 28 32,450
1991 31 82,150
1992 31 86,500 - Clinton elected to save country from record deficits
1993 39.6 89,150
1994 39.6 250,000
1995 39.6 256,500
1996 39.6 263,750
1997 39.6 271,050
1998 39.6 278,450
1999 39.6 283,150
2000 39.6 288,350
2001 39.1 297,350
2002 38.6 307,050
2003 35 311,950 - President and Republican congress allow lowest income tax rate on the wealthy since Bush 1during world's most costly WAR. I am sure Rush approves. Greedy Manipulator that he is.

prediction
2008 - Democrat will be elected to rescue country from bankruptcy

[Garth]

Listening to Limbaugh is the intellectual equivalent of still trying to use your Apple MacIntosh from 1988. It may have worked fine for a while, but now? He is without question as relevant to the issues as a leisure suit is to your wardrobe....which may not be saying much. If it wasn't for Oxycontin, Karl Rove wouldn't have anyone else to spew his daily jabberwocky.

[Reality]

I think the biggest shock to Rush Limbaugh and all the morons that listen to him is that he IS irrelevant. Nobody cares what that blowhard has to say, he's too busy snorting oxycontin to gather a coherent thought anyway.

[PPK]

Arnold has a talent called compromise. You may not like everything he does or says, but he can get more accomplished with this talent. Look at Bush JR, no talent in bringing sides together on issues equals failed policies.

Rush on the other hand....well he's an entertainer, thats it.

[capt. john smith]

Please, hurry up and leave. And don't let the door hit ya where the Lord split ya!

[GYG]

ARNOLD, YOUR OUT OF THE GAME.. YOU WISHED YOU HAD RUSH'S FOLLOWING AND SUPPORT.

[Bryan]

I love all of the self-described "intelligent" and "rational" liberals who try and dismiss what Rush says out of hand due to his "moral shortcomings."

THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH.

If O.J. Simpson says that MURDER IS WRONG, his "moral shortcomings" in no way invalidate the truth of his assertion.

Then again, I'm a Christian, so the self-delusion behind secular humanist's moral relativity and proclivity towards subjective truths are beyond my limited ability to grasp intellectually. LOL

[Rush Limplog]

Folks... please... you gotta realize that the whole "conservative" label is all just a load of hooey anyway. You think I'm a conservative? You think Hannity is? Hell no... we're all just neo-con radicals who are interested in nothing more than corporatist domination of government at any cost... and the real term for that is fascism. www.rushlimplog.com

[the gipper]

Not really, Jerry. However, it does require doing more research than simply reading rushlimbaugh.com.

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1895

[Wick Eppler]

The Democrats embraced Joe Lieberman!!!!! I could have sworn he had to run as an independent because they defeated him in the primary. At least be on this planet when you post.

[Rush Limplog]

Rush Limbaugh, sex tourist?

What was Rush doing in the Dominican Republic? Why was he returning from a country known for its thriving sex trade, with a bottle of Viagra that didn’t have his name on it?

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/38192/

[BILL]

Oxycontin, is it true Kennedy is hooked on this?? Now I know why the liberal Kennedy has so much trouble having any kind of coherent thought. I wonder if all his followers are hooked too? That would expalin a lot!

[dan crank]

You get what you deserve in California. The Best is yet to come. Maybe next time you can have a governor that was born in Mexico and is married into the Clinton family.

[Stewart McGregor]

Has anyone else noticed that Matt Drudge has a major crush on Rush Limbaugh?

And does anyone really care about either of them?

[Rush Limplog]

Visit me, Rush Limplog at http://www.rushlimplog.com/!

[what the?]

"Rush is like most Republicans,....a self serving greedy fat bastard,...unwilling to sacrifice and give back to a country that has given him so much. These guys cry for years about xtra taxes that improve communities and poor people's lifestyles"

There is no greater waste of the production of wealth than to carve it out of a system (that is the most productive in the world) and and hand it to people who are incapable of truly valuing it.

",....but they don't mind supporting worthless wars that cost billions. "

It is precisely the protection of that value that drives war.

[Richard]

In his typical fashion (when he's tolerable that is), Rush makes a pretty common-sense observation and is congratulated by his fans as being profoundly intelligent and insightful.

In liberal areas of the country (CA, New England), Republicans tend to be more centrist.

In conservative areas of the country (South), Democrats tend to be more centrist.

This is nothing new, so why are people (a) upset with Ahnold, or (b) impressed with Rush.

[Brian]

Who? Never heard of him. What office was Rush L. elected to? Or is he another of Karl Rove's water boys? Arnold is elected by whom ? Californians? OK, then he should serve Californians. He's the only real person in politics who is honest and has no aspirations on the Presidency, since he can't run.

[Don]

First, I don't listen to Rush nor do I care to start. Second, Arnold is simply doing what any politician who wants a long career in elected office does - taking poll-driven positions that shift as needed to be on whatever side of an issue that will get him re-elected. Remember the four key policy objectives of his 2003 campaign? It's OK, neither does anyone else, including Arnold. I have no doubt that Arnold would take be pro-NAMBLA if he thought it would help him stay in office.

Bottom line, if you want leaders with principles don't look to politics.

[Jim R]

It used to be a Republican was someone who was financially conservative, believed in small government and didn't think foreign policy meant invading other nations and shoving democracy down their throats.

By that definition, Bush is not a Republican either.

[Bob Hunter]

For those who think taxes are good, please answer this question:

Name a country that has taxed itself into prosperity.

[missourimike]

Rush is just entertainment for the sorry.

[RPL]

I can never understand how people still value Rush's opinion. He is a liar and coward. He lambasted Clinton for draft dodging, though he did it himself, then defended W for doing exactly the same. He used to rant and rave about the need for much more severe penalties for drug offenders but then it is revealed that he is one and again neither he nor his listeners care to acknowledge the dichotomy and hypocrisy. It's absolutely stunning. The man is a blowhard and a degenerate who purports to represent the "conservative values" of America. Well as Ted Haggard, NewtGingrich and the myriad other scandals involving the Religious Right and conservative pundits, preachers, politicians and icons have shown the right is as morally bankrupt as they accuse others of being. Moreso when one considers that their platform is that of being America's moral compass. There is little worse than a hypocrite.

[john sheppard]

Like everything else in government anyone running for elections votes we'll go what they think are what the people are telling them I already knew that about the current government of California he is no different from his predecessor rather then reducing the size of the government instead he well only make it bigger Mark my words

[Derek]

For someone who is apparently so "irrelevant", you all sure are spending a lot of time talking about him. He must have some relevancy because just the mention of his name gets all your liberals' panties in a bunch. And please, if your childish minds can't come up with anything more original than "pill popper" and "keep taking those drugs, buddy", then keep your mouths shut.

[DittoHeadus Maximus]

To elgin:

"If Clinton spent less than Bush how come the nation had a SURPLUS at the end of the Clinton administration. "

Good question.

Reagan's tax cuts and other economic policies fired up the economy to such a degree , that even the liberals could neither impede its growth despite trying their best, nor spend at a rate faster than at which tax revenue was poring in. Thus, a net accumulation in the treasury. In other words, the economy grew NOT BECAUSE of William Jefferson Blythe III, but DESPITE William Jefferson Blythe III. And that's no mean feat.

[Justbob]

Congress controls spending. People pay taxes. The government doesn't give anything without taking it from someone. When people, especially the rich think their taxes are greater than value recieved they move or do other things to reduce their burden.

[Dave]

Rush is right, again!

[Rush Limplog]

Red State Babylon

If the blue states are sinkholes of moral decay, as right-wing pundits insist, how come red states lead the nation in violent crime, divorce, illegitimacy, and incarceration, among other evils? To a bus-riding innocent on Manhattan's stroller-filled Upper West Side, it looks like a case of hypocrisy meets stupidity.

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2006/11/wolcott200611

[Sherman Heinig]

Who is Rush Limbaugh ?

[COBRA65]

TO rip3 and the rest of the liberal/socialists Bush/Rush are Right AMERICAN SENSIBLE people believe in Free Enterprise and Democracy and Strong America.They DO NOT Want socialism and the Pc /Terrorist appeasment-global-warming religion it has spawned. Its Easy to see Some hippies Just Never grew up. GOD BLESS AMERICA FREEDOM IS NOT FREE

[ek]

At least California's republican governor can express pro-choice views and still be a member of his party.

Democrats aren't even allowed to be pro-life.

Actions speak louder than words.

[Osama bin lovin']

You pinheads looking for honesty in politics should be lookings for unicorns, you would have a better chance of finding one. Listening to all of you scwabble about the elephant and the ass while overlooking the fact that this county fails 30% of all kids in the U.S. from high school, cements the idea that when I go to a fast food joint in anywhere america, im staring in the smelly, rotten, dirty cancer that is eating away at what little is left that made America as grand as it was ( invention and education ). Keep sitting on your asses playing post-press president, watch more American idol, eat and buy more stuff .... thats all you are good for

[DJ]

Arnold is a liberal in republican clothing. Arnold will say and do anything to curry favor. If 85% of Californians wanted to bring back Jim Crow laws and lynchings Arnold would be right there tossing the rope over the limb. Just because the liberal press is behind something it doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong, let the facts be dammed. Arnold is addicted to the press, he always was, even when he was sticking needles in his ass to win bodybuilding tournaments. I do still love seeing the estrogen laden, fanatical screaming reaction of all the left wing loonies when the word Rush is used.

[Alexander Hamilton]

Liberals, Liberals, Liberals...

Indeed, during the silent watches of the night, I often ponder the possibility of Ralph Nader-loving liberals occupying one half of the country, and conservatives occupying the other half.

Now, imagine the fun of watching these leftists construct a society with 90% income and capital tax rates, 'free' health care, abortion on demand, legalized euthanasia, legalization of homosexual and polygamous marriages, Kyoto Protocol signatory, seizure of guns, universal welfare programs, no standing military, and open borders (among other anti-civilization measures).

Now imagine the conservatives constructing a society with no income or capital gain taxes, strong military, secure borders, strong anti-crime measures, a strong pro-business laws, secure 2nd amendment rights, no welfare, death penalty, pro-traditional family laws...

I know which region I'd rather live in, and I can bet which region would force each of its businesses and hard working people to relocate to the land of conservative values, and I think we know which region would have a much larger share of the criminal element, as well as those who could not imagine a life without welfare payments.

Its funny isn't...liberals need conservatives to keep society strong, ....but we don't need them.....

[Jolie]

Someone should tell Sean Insanity that Rush now claims Arnold is a fake GOP. Sean did a lot of endorsing of Arnold during the recall election. At the time of the recall election I felt Arnold was wrong for CA, but since I don't live there it wasn't my problem (still isn't). However, Arnold has turned out to be a great asset for CA. Rush is wrong about so many things. If Republicans like Rush, are concerned about fake republicans being elected, why did they for Bush twice? What it boils down to, is that Bush and Arnold are the new republican party. They are no better than anyone else. They lie, they have no morals. Everything they've proclaimed to be over the years are lies. I'd rather support a party that has a form of truth about it. Democrats never stamped themselves as moralistic. With all their flaws, they are real. They are what they are. Also, I find those who proclaim to be christians, usally aren't.

[John]

I always liked Arnold....in the movies; but Rush is Right and called it correctly a long time ago. Arnold is an actor people, and a RINO. Look ------> A UNICORN.

You looked, didn't you!?

[Chris]

If Rush is more relavant than California to people, then something really is wrong with this country.

[Ronnie]

I just don't believe liberals have the emotional and intellectual capacity to debate anything. Conservatives, on the other hand, welcome the opportunty to discuss the merits of an idea. Rush likes Arnold and so do I. We just don't agree with his liberal agenda. Liberals have a tendency to start the name calling within the first sentence or 30 seconds. Where is all the love and compassion and understanding I keep hearing the left talk about? Once again, Rush is right.

[Rush Limplog]

"Alexander Hamilton" is dead wrong.

A Red country would have the highest divorce rate, highest murder rate, highest incarceration rate, highest rate of substance abuse.

Blue states finance the red states... without us you would have no money to build roads.

The Red country would be a radical theocracy and would become a third world failed state within 5 years... and would come crawling back to the Blue country.

Read and learn: http://tinyurl.com/3zn59

[J]

Since when did republicans care about love and compassion? Rush doesn't like compassionate conservatives. He thinks compassionate conservatives are the downfall of the republican party. Tsk Tsk

[kristin]

Not sure what all the hubbubb is about . . . RUSH was right . . . AGAIN!
And I love all the moral relativism! It's funny to watch liberals who don't want to be judged for anything & wish to be forgiven for everything sit in judgement of Rush and the Right in America. And don't even get me started on the complete lack of tolerance on the part of many liberals. It's scary that liberals won't even allow another opinion if it opposes their own.
What part of that isn't obvious to an intellectually honest person?

[gordon clegg]

Guess Arnold just blew his VP possibility when Rush announces for Prez.
And Rush will win in a landside!

[Mike]

"You get what you deserve in California. The Best is yet to come. Maybe next time you can have a governor that was born in Mexico and is married into the Clinton family."

Actually, isn't that true about the Bush family? Jeb's wife? Nice racial slur dipstick. Some of our best friends are Mexican. One of my Mexican neighbors I can't stand. Guess what? They're just people like everyone else.

Yes, Californians get what they deserve.
Our economy is the 7th largest in the world
Our weather is awesome, even in winter a windbreaker is all you need
My kids will be jumping in the pool soon but...
There's still great skiing two hours away
The fruit trees are all blooming, birds and bees are busy in the gardens
My vegetable garden is safe from frost in Feb
The summer is 6 months long and isn't all humid and sticky like the East
An hour and a half to the very beautiful coast
My house has literally tripled in value even in a down mkt
We're building a 3200sqft "cottage" on the ocean
Yup, California sucks.

I wish I could move to Mississippi or Alabama where the people are so much more open-minded and have those fine Christian moral values that are the envy of...hmmm??? maybe nobody.

Most people I know in California are pretty centrist. The images portrayed by Fucks News about "whacky, liberal California fruits and nuts" are bullshit. We have families, worry about our jobs, our mortgages, our kids' schools just like everybody else. This division between regions of the country created by power-hungry politicians is pretty much created from whole cloth. Get out and travel a little, see the world, learn something by experience not by listening to Brush Lintball. Yup, we elected an actor, again, big deal. I didn't vote for him but I have been mildly pleased with his responsiveness and his willingness to actually pay some attention to his constituents. Unlike that fascist shit parade in the whitehouse.

[david]

Flush Limbaugh.

[Sue]

Arnold is a joke. I really really regret my vote! Twice!!! Rush Limbaugh is right on and he has millions and millions of listeners people, not small amounts of people.

[Joe Lanning]

Liberals, always tell us, they are the compassionate, they are the caring among us. If you are not liberal, you cannot, possibly be caring or compassionate. Would anyone disagree that most of the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic , California, Oregon, and Washington are overwhelmingly liberal. Also, would anyone disagree that the Southern states and the Midwest are overwhelmingly conservative. Of the top 20 states, who's residents, give the most to charities, year in and year out. Why is it that 19 of those states are found in the South and Midwest and only 1 is found in states considered liberal? Liberals, talk the talk, but very few, walk the walk.

[brett]

Arnold is good. Rush is bad. Conservatives are crooks. Liberals live in fantasy worlds. Vote moderate.

[J.R. "Bob" Dobbs]

Rush Limbaugh and that tranny Ann Coulter should run for office.

Bunch of hypocritical drug addicts.

[J]

If Rush is right, and claimed Arnold is a fake GOP...why did you vote for Arnold twice? Why didn't you lisen to Rush the first time? This validates my argument that dittoheads need to be told by Rush what to believe.

[Big Dog]

Rush is like most Republicans,....a self serving greedy fat bastard,...unwilling to sacrifice and give back to a country that has given him so much.

So this is what you think most Republicans are like? Interestingly, you sound a lot like that idiot Howard Dean and that should worry you.

Rush probably gives more away to charity than any of us will make in a lifetime. A lot of Republicans give to charity and a lot of Republicans are by no means greedy.

Greedy is when you want everything for yourself. It is not being greedy toi want to keep what is yours. Now liberals, they want what belongs to everyone else and that, is greedy.

http://www.onebigdog.net

[Frank]

Flush Rush.

[Michael Savage]

Rush Limbaugh is stupid. And he stutters, and is fat. Why can't he exercise some personal responsibility with regard to his health?

You right wingers give me a headache. You are off-the-charts conservatives, way more to the right than liberals are to the left. You'd be suprised to know mainstream American liberals aren't "socialists". The liberals in this country are probably comparable to conservatives in any other nation.

[Fred]

To: Alexander Hamilton,
The conservative society will implode just as fast as your description of a liberal society. So, since you described a liberal society, I'll describe how I see a conservative society: every man for himself, no one helping anyone else, every man out to get every other man, every man living in fear of getting shot by every other man, high homicides rates because people would shoot one another over a parking space, death penalty for jay-walking, 99% of government budget spent on the military fighting a perpetual war against an unseen enemy (like 1984), complete intolerance for anyone 'different', more fear of being accused of being 'different' (left-handed people would force themselves to use their right hands), strong central government with authority to punish citizens for violating the 'moral code', even though they themselves violate the 'moral code', big business would run everything, individual workers would have no rights or system for posting greivances, citizens would basically be slaves to big government, big business, and big organized religion. After all, conservatives need a big government to fight off enemies of the state, big business because they believe in true capitalism and big religion because they need someone to tell them what morality is. In many ways, the conservative society would look a lot like the English monarch society that all our ancestors fled from to found this great nation.

[Stink Hammer]

do you Red state froth and twitch types still get scared during solar eclipses that the sun has been stolen?

I think Rush is just pouting and scrambling for attention after Ann "the man" Coulter took over his role of #1 vitriolic, xenophobic non-sense spouting ass-clown. Gotta fight to stay relevant in the eyes of the ignorant, ya know?

Achtung firrrrighters : xenophobic means one unduly fearful of what is foreign and especially of people of foreign origin, just thought I'd try to help since y'all prolly burned all the dictionaries with "homosexual" or "Clinton" in them. Now go farm some hogs and impregnate yer sister, we'll let you know when that thar indoor plumbing is ready.

[BDB]

Just because one that points to the right moral direction strays off the path, does NOT show evidence that the path is wrong.
Liberals don't like being told their is a right and wrong especially if it's being spoken by a conservative.
Rush does give back with charitable giving. More than Kerry and Gore.
Ted Haggard and Mark Foley are only used as blunt weapons against conservatives by liberals, all the while Liberals are promoting gay marriage etc. They should be "embracing" Haggard and Foley as one of their own ilk.

BDB

[Flush Windbag]

Hey, Alexander H., you draw a nice picture of, albeit distorted, the Republican't Utopia. Several problems or flaws in your logic. First, you wrote, "strong military, secure borders, strong anti-crime measures," I'll concede that those are traditional cornerstones of any Republican't agenda. However, how you gonna pay for all that with a government forbidden from raising taxes? You gonna pass around the collection plate at your Officially Sanctioned Church? Also, how are you going to raise an army with a country that is comprised merely of bunch of draft-dodging Republican'ts" You worship at the alter of Rush Windbag, Dick Cheney, Sean Vanity and Bill O'Really. These four never sacrificed for this country, never put their lives on the line for it. In fact, of the preceding four, Sean Vanity has the honor of being the only one that did not actively avoid being drafted into this country's service.
Finally, you mention that in a Blue country we liberals would endorse polygamy. Interesting, I'd have thought that Mormons would align themselves with the Repubican't party, afterall isn't Mitt Romney going to be the Republican't nominee...that's what Rush said.

NO WELFARE LIKE CORPORATE WELFARE!

[JFK]

"I know which region I'd rather live in, and I can bet which region would force each of its businesses and hard working people to relocate to the land of conservative values"

Liberals don't value high taxes, they just understand that taxation is a necessary evil. In fact, your entire characterization is an old, lame stereotype that has no basis in reality.

I think what you meant to say is that a center-left society where the downtrodden have somewhere to turn, a vibrant middle class, a strong military and benevolent foriegn policy, a reformed health care system, just laws, women allowed to make their own decisions regarding their bodies, respect of gun rights, and the right to privacy.

A right-wing society is where the government makes moral decisions, led by degenerates Rush LImbaugh, Newt Gingrich and Ted Haggard. The military industrial complex reigns supreme. The Gun lobby is given priority over individuals. Crappy schools, crime, heavy debt and a reliance on tax payments from blue states to stay afloat. But most importantly, they must blame it all on liberals to assuage their own culpability.

Oh, wait, this already exists...and I'll take California or Masschussettes over Alabama or Mississippi any day.

[JR Gannon]

hahahaa Rush was Right. Very funny. Unbelievablly funny that "conservatives" (Newspeak for Reactionary Radicals) believe there own Lies, Pure Hypocritical BS, Obviously just angry that they forgot how to win elections even with a 24-7-365 FauxNews Propaganda Machine and an Army of AM radio Whore ala Rush & the Dittoheads(sounds like a tribute band), Hannity, Prager, Ingraham(ms adamsapple herself) Medved, Savage, Oreilly etc etc etc etc, sickening et al. Now lets have fun and make the following paragraph true.

Not sure what all the hubbubb is about . . . RUSH was WRONG . . . AGAIN!
And I love all the moral relativism! It's SCARY to watch CONSERVATIVES who don't want to be judged for anything & wish to be forgiven for everything sit in judgement of ARNOLD and the DEMOCRATS in America. And don't even get me started on the complete lack of tolerance on the part of many CONSERVATIVES. It's scary that CONSERVATIVES DO NOT allow another opinion if it opposes their own. REMEMBER, IT WAS THE "rIGHT" WHO REINFORCED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER THAT IF YOU DISAGREE WITH BUSH YOU ARE "EMBOLDENING" TERRORISTS AND IN FACT MAYBE ARE TERRORISTS. HAHAHAAAAA
What part of that isn't obvious to an intellectually honest person? CONSERVATIVES ARE THE TRULY ANGRY ONES, JUST LISTEN TO THEM, AND IN THERE ORWELLIAN NEWSPEAK THE DEMOCRATS(OH YEA, TO MAKE THEM FEEL BETTER LET ME USE THERE NAME CALLING)--THE "LIBS" / LIBERALS ARE THE ANGRY CROWD, GIVE ME A BREAK!
very funny, Its down with the GOP time now.... you all are headed in the wrong direction and keep lying to yourselves, I LOVE hearing it, its truly funny.....

[Jiggy]

Dems and Rep are just so far apart. Just like truth and lies are. Just like Rush and Arnold are. Any intelligent individual know who to side on this one.
Don't they call this a no brainer?

[KKKarol]

>>complete intolerance for anyone 'different',

That's actually a trait of the left. Hitler was a Socialist and hated Jews.

For more left wing hate speech, visit:

http://ve7kfm.com

[mike]

Stem cell research is now a republican platform. Why don't we just call these people the "flat earth society" They only put the brakes on stem cell research because they beleive there are "Souls" in that petri dish of 150 cells. hey guess what there are a 100,000 cells in a flys brain. Religous dogma in politcal discourse must stop. And we should stop listening to people that seem to end every discussion with "Because god wouldn't like that". Rush is playing to these people. why he is given more legitimacy than "larry the cable guy" i have no idea.

[Marky Snarky]

....Liberals vs Conservatives? Bad vs Good? Blue vs Red? Christian vs Atheist? It's all bullshit manufactured by power hungry politicians and bored media outlets....We all have far more in common than they want you to believe....AND YOU'RE ALL IDIOTS FOR FALLING INTO THIS CHASM OF A LIE THAT HAS RIPPED THIS COUNTRY APART.

[HankB]

Wow, in between all the cussing and name calling I can just FEEL the love emanating from the left . . . what a high level of intellectual discourse they bring to the table!

It will be interesting to see what effect Arnold's "green" policies have on California, and how the people will like additional dictates on how they live handed down from "their" government. Especially if the rule that says California can only buy "green" electric power results in brownouts. That Arnold was elected & re-elected says volumes about just how bad the Democrat candidates were, rather than how good Arnold is.

In a larger sense, the problem with Republicans today is they don't govern AS Republicans - NO border control, NO fiscal restraint, NO real tax reform such as the "Fair Tax" - all this has earned them the nickname "The Stupid Party."

They deserve it.

[S Sharp]

Let's just call a spade a spade.

Rush is an asshole.

SS

[bob]

Arnold is a joke!! Why do the Lib's attack his weight as fat? Do they speak that way to their own ?

[Rene]

I am a Republican in the advertising business. Let's look at the facts above and talk about reality, and leave politics aside.

Rush Limbaugh does NOT have millions of listeners. Also, no matter what size his audience, 93% of all Americans listen to FM radio at any given time. 99% of Rush's affililates are AM radio stations. The current crop of people making all the money in America between the ages of 25 and 54 have never listened to AM radio. This is a fact, not a political statement.

Another fact: Rush Limbaugh is on the radio during the MIDDLE OF THE DAY. Most working and educated people are at work during the middle of the day. Last I checked, people with GOOD jobs, don't listen to the radio at work. This is a fact, not a political statement.

So, no matter what size his audience is, they are HOME during the MIDDLE OF THE DAY, and therefore, they are POOR.

Therefore, his influence is minimal considering he is broadcasting on AM radio stations broadcasting to poor people who are home during the MIDDLE OF THE DAY!

If these facts hit a nerve, it's because of your politics. You desire Rush to have an influence. In fact, he does not and cannot have influence based on the facts.

[Tom]

What I don't love about California is the liberal politics and influence. The other things noted by Mike are wonderful.

The politics affect the non weather-related things like the tax burden required to feed, house and otherwise care for illegal aliens, incarcerate the bad ones, to deal with the global warming swindle, an out of control education bureaucracy and other such plagues creates a tax burden that becomes onerous and drives businesses out of the state. It also becomes onerous for individuals and families and will negatively affect property values.

[Matt]

Let's see. Nobody listens to Rush (20 million strong)? What about Air America? How did that work out?

[Queen of All Bitches]

Can't wait til Cali falls into the ocean!!!!

[reality intrudes]

"Benedict Arnold" says it all. He was just a very good actor.

[KKKarol]

>>Rush Limbaugh is stupid. And he stutters, and is fat. Why can't he exercise some personal responsibility with regard to his health?
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And what planet have you been living on? Rush hasn't been overweight IN YEARS. In fact, he is very slim and trim, golfs every day and is in tip-top physical condition.

Now let's discuss the health of the very large whale called: the Albertus Gore-anius.....

KKKarol

[John J Kilker]

It is interesting to note, among all the childish name-calling of the liberals here posted, that conservatives donate much more to charity and spend much more of their time and resources supporting their fellow countrymen. Like most liberals they spout bile and ignore the facts. Ah then why let the truth get in one's way. Spend the other guy's money.

[BDB]

Let's call a spade a spade ...Rush is so effective against the Liberals it Drives Them Nuts.
So much so that they tried to get him taken off Armed Forces Radio and reinstitute the so-called "fairness doctrine" that doesn't apply to the Liberal mainstream media and forces conservatives to fund air-time to spread liberal agenda.

BDB

[McAllister Bryant]

Who listens to Rush Limbaugh any longer. Ruminations from the Voice of the NeoCons [NewConfused] have aged way past their expiration date. But it is entertaining to hear the backpedaling of the Mighty 28% as they try and distance themselves from current events.

And now I have to explain very public laughter to a cause known as “Stink Hammer”. That made my day.

[kristin]

Is it possible that all capital letters mean that someone is angry and perhaps intolerant to another poster's opinion?

[rick]

Thank God "AHNOLD" can never be President!!!!!!!

[Sam Iam]

>>>I am a Republican in the advertising business. Let's look at the facts above and talk about reality, and leave politics aside.
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The text that followed wasn't from either a Republican or an ad agent.

Nice try, but I've worked in radio for 45 years. Your so-called facts and figures are used for political stats, not for advertising.

Nice try, but you're a dead giveaway.

[squirlgal1]

It doesn't matter who is Governor of this (once great) state of ours. If they can't beat down the rest of the extremeists in Sacramento, nothing will get done-Democrat or Republican we're screwed either way at this point.

[Lori]

Oh my gosh, Rene...how can you (in the advertising business) make such statements? I am in sales and am in my car during the day (when MOST successful sales and support people listen to the radio). I am certainly not POOR and neither are those who work with me and support me. We are all Rush listeners whenever we are not meeting with clients. AM radio is alive and well, and has been for years with conservative Republicans. My only conclusion is that you are taking the criticism of Arnold personally...feeling Rush is attacking your liberal positions. Just my 2 cents...

[John]

"Rush is the most popular talk show program in America, with an audience greater than any other news station, because:.

1. Most Americans are idiots
2. Most of what he says is the intelligent truth.

Pick one"

How bout:

3. Don't care

Stop insulting moderates intelligence; At least we don't look to just one source for information. Trust me, not one person has all the intelligent truth.

[tom]

The horizontally challenged drug addict is starved of attention and like that Coulter person is making an attempt to be in the news.

[Mark]

WOW...this is a lot to try and absorb!! I never realized just how stupid some of you really are. Arguing about The Governator and Rush LImbaugh... Why not do something a little more useful with your voices and announce how proud you are to live in this country? IF you're not all that thrilled with being here in the good old US of A, why not just leave? Leave all of your stuff here (donate it to charity, of course) along with your money, cars, and prize possessions, and move to a country that hates the US as much as you do? There are millions of people waiting to get in, but can't because you won't leave. They want your job, your house, your money, your cars. They want a great life for thier kids. It is painfully obvious that you have no use for the US, so why not do us all a great big favor and leave?

Not going to do that??? Then shut up, get a grip, and support your nation, it's leaders, and the efforts being made to keep you and your loved ones free from more terrorist attacks.

I don't care if the guy in the White House is D or R, or any other letter of the alphabet...just as long as he (or she) keeps the bad guys out of our country. I don't want car bombs in the streets, more blown up buildings, planes crashing into fields or people killed for thier religion.

It will take all of us working together as AMERICANS to get this country under control, and that will have to start with the politicians. Why can't the guys that run our country just do what is right for the country without regard to their political future? If they would just do that, do the right thing day in and day out, we would ALL be a lot better off. Sure they might piss someone off, but if it was the right thing to do, what is there to argue about?

If you are trying to put Rush or Arnold down, forget it. They both have more money than you and they don't read these stupid blogs, so who really gives a rat's ass what you think about THEM? If you don't have a solution to fix the problem, then keep your mouth shut. There are plenty of people that we pay to bitch about everything under the sun and do nothing to resolve the issue...they are called Democrats.

[TPN]

Why is it that the left, who professes to be so tolerant, always seems to be the side that tries to shout down or humiliate those that propose different ideas than they do?

Most of the people talking so negatively about Rush Limbaugh at this comment board probably don't even listen to him. I have read previous posts where individuals are comparing him and other conservatives to Hitler. Nothing can be farther from the truth. It is the left that tries to control the dialogue by intimidation and shouting down the opposition. Conservative talk shows actually promote free thinking and the free flow of ideas. The left only wants you to agree with them, or they will run you out of town.

[BDB]

If RENE's "facts" are true then all these liberals who bad mouth Rush have never even listened to his show. The reference to working people with "good" jobs sounds very elitist. RENE's either a RINO or a LIB poser.

BDB

[tilbert tee]

The more I hear liberals say, the more I think I might become a conservative. I have heard both Rush and Arnold speak...and both have said some smart things and some not so smart things. All I know is I would rather have more of my money then less, so I am leaning republican.

[Brandon]

Rush is irrelevant. Has the man ever contributed anything to this country other than blowing hot air out of his ass for 4 hours a day? He repeats the same lame-ass spin every day, and sadly enough the joke of a man has millions of loyal, brain-dead sheep who have to lap up what he says rather than actually use their own brains to decide anything. The guy is a total joke. Stick to popping pills and placating your bone..er..excuse me..."ditto" head listeners, Rush.

[Butch]

Right is right. All you California liberuls are commonists traiters. Why do you think they call it the left coast? Arnold should listen to the people like Rush who voted for him and shut is wife up.

[Jay]

I love it when the Dems disagree. You always know them because they can't engage in civil debate on issues, so they resort to personal attacks. Seems to the easy way out....

As for Rene, sorry Ma'am. I do work, I have advanced degrees, I own a business, I employ people who also have advanced degrees who also work, and those that choose to listen to Rush can and do. Your generalization of "Facts" that "all the money in America between the ages of 25 and 54 have never listened to AM radio. This is a fact, not a political statement" is rooted in the same facts as the global warming talking points. For a person with your professional background in advertising, perhaps a course in Statistical Probability and Logic would help you before making blanket assertions with regard to fact, fiction or otherwise.

However, given your one-sidedness, I may be interesting in hiring you for a new ad campaign!

[Conservatives versus liberals]

I love all the liberal hand ringing about Fox News and how it is so biased to the right. First and foremost every news show/paper has what is known as op ed. There is nothing *NOTHING* wrong with being biased in your op ed columns. Fox is fair in its reporting, but right leaning in its op ed.

But here is the thing...all the liberals protest the great right machine of O'Reilly, Hannity, Rush etc. But the thing is, by and large they come from one or two networks (AND THEY ARE NOT NEWS REPORTERS!!). They are opinion brokers, not news brokers so they have every right to their opinion. You have every right to disagree with it.

Now, please explain to me how you are so up in arms about the "right leaning" Fox News Channel, but you have no issue with the left leaning CNN, ABCNews, NBCNews, PBS, BBC, New York Times, Boston Globe etc etc etc.

I think I might be on to what bothers you. You are not in the majority in your views. The country on the whole is more centric, and they prefer Fox News (see ratings for details). Fox is more (not completely...but more) balanced in its reporting. For evidence look to the 2004 elections. An independent study of news coverage showed that the break down of positive coverage for the candidates was as follows: ABCNews 72% positive coverage for Kerry, 38% Bush; NBCNews 61% positive for Kerry, 35% positive for Bush; Fox News: 49% positive for Kerry, 45%positive for Bush. This is not proof, but it is evidence.

Sometimes I wish the left wing individuals who think there is this great political machine (or "right wing conspiracy") who is out to distort the news...should look in the mirror and realize that 90% of the media outlets are on their side, with Fox being one of the loan exceptions. So if there is (and I am not saying there is) a conspiracy it isn't on the right wing...we're just fighting to get the voice of dissent out there.

[R LaBonte]

Schwarzenegger is the definitive RINO. He has been taken captive by the ultra-left-wing California legislature, and because he did such a half-hearted job promoting his reform initiatives, and because the teacher's union, nurses union, and prison guard union spent $100 million lying about them, the sheeple of California waddled into the voting booth and voted to screw themselves again by keeping all of the State's political power in the hands of the communists in Sacramento. The one good thing you can say about Schwarzenegger - he is not as god-awful ugly as Phil Angelides. His global warming grandstanding just makes me puke.

[Jonboy]

"Rush is the most popular talk show program in America, with an audience greater than any other news station, because:.

1. Most Americans are idiots
2. Most of what he says is the intelligent truth.

Pick one"

Why pick one? Silly dittohead... Rush might have the "most popular show", but only a minority of the population actually listens to talk radio. Who cares if the 3% of America that listens to talk radio listens to Rush? It's still probably only 2% at the most.

[Batman]

Conservatives like to kill Arab children.

[Steve]

Well, Mark, you had me with your diatribe and then you went and got political, after yelling at everyone else for doing the same. A typical Republican ...... you want to censor everyone else because you don't agree with their views. Now, that is transparent government at its best. Good boy.

[Superman]

And Rush Limbaugh is really gay; that's why he's been divorced three times! Trust me, I have x-ray vision.

[Mike]

Rene, you can listen to Rush from work on your PC if you are a subscriber to his website, which I am. In fact I'm listening to him as I type this as do many other people I presume. Also if I miss a show I can go to the archive of the past 2 weeks and listen at my leisure, which I do from time to time. I'm not POOR, nor am I unemployed and AT HOME during the day you elitist snob. Now run along now troll.

[Jimmy Cricket]

>>>The horizontally challenged drug addict
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Is he talking about Arnie and his 'roid addiction????

[Sean]

The liberal argument is always the same...you don't agree with us because you are idiots. It is like arguing on the play ground.

Form an actual argument...you know...the kind with facts not insults. Then maybe we could have intelligent discourse. Otherwise go back to letting George Clooney, Rosie O'Donnell and Barbra Streisand form your opinions for you.

[Spider-man]

Rush Limbaugh is like that guy from Dune who yells, "Whoever controls the Spice, controls the universe!"

[DD]

Rush might be right,he might be wrong. Who cares? He is so caustic and pompus that only a bigot could listen to him. Most of what he says I agree with, but I dont need to listen to that bloated drug addict to validate my views. Blah...Blah...Blah...Blah...all day long about only his views. No rational debate, no looking at it from the other point of view. Its his way or the highway-he has nothing new to listen to. So I quit listening. Fuck him and his self involved, christian right, everyone else and everyone else is wrong attitude. Just because I dont watch the 700 club, I am the enemy.Realize that Rush is simply part of a dirty and near broken political system where each side simply throws crap in the hopes of discrediting the other. Rush needs to come to the conclusion that Bush has put our nation and the Republican party in such a bad spot that conservatives are finding it necessary to distance themselves.Its OK to admit that. Thats the first step to fixing the problem. None of us are perfect. But Rush's belief that he is perfect is the reason I can't stand listening to his AM radio crap any longer.Arnold? Who cares. It is still a great country to make lots of money and whoever is in office, that wont change . The industries that make money might change, but there will still be lots of money to be made. The Right protects their interests, the Left protects theirs. Who cares. Make money. Thats all this is about. Thats all this country has been about for a long time.
Dont confuse the issues.

[Scott]

RENE YOU ARE A FRAUD.

Your "facts" are bogus. You claim to be in advertising and you never heard of ARBITRON? Do you even know how much a 30 second spot on his program costs? Do you think advertisiers would pay that much if they weren't hitting their target demographic (earners, spenders)?

I love how you get to the conclusion that only poor people home during the day listen to a.m. radio. I make 6 figures, and I listen in my OFFICE! Or in my car. The sales staff working for me listen when they are on the road on sales calls. What on earth are you talking about? Try a little research, there's a really cool thing called the internet, and Google. Try using it next time before exposing your foolishness.

[Chewbacca]

RAWR!!!!!! You're all retarded for arguing this! RAWR!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rep/Dem - They all SUCK]

As far as I'm concerned - all government sucks! Rep/Dem - what's the difference? They both will say anything to get/stay elected. They both waste our tax dollars on ineffective government programs. How many more shows do we need to see about government waste before we stop the pork-barrelling....

As far as I'm concerned - the American people have lost their voice. We have a bunch of elite hippies running our country, who have no idea what it's like to live in the middle class, sufocating with all the taxes.

We need to fire all of Washington and start over with true civil servants that listen to the people who elected them, not the people who filled their pockets with money....

Rush is OK, but remember people - he's in this business to make money! If he was truly a conservative, he'd rightfully criticize the Republicans. The only true conservative I know is Michael Savage!

SAVAGE FOR PRESIDENT!

[Joe]

I voted for McClintock so don't blame me lol

[IRS]

Hey Mike. How about getting to work and listen to Tubby Boy on your own time. Your poor old Democratic employer would probably appreciate that. No, wait, since you are such a big supporter of Tubby Boy, I am sure you clock off while wasting your time. Yeah, that's the ticket.

[Anne Coulter]

YOU ALL ARE FAG NAZIS! Listen to me! I'm a transvestite and know everything! FAG NAZIS!

SAVAGE FOR PRESIDENT!

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I must say, I agree with this. I hope h