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Rush Limbaugh talks about MacRumors.com
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Thanks for controlling yourself Thomas.Thomas Veil said:
You other guys liberals could learn a lesson here...
You don't have to be a liberal to dislike Rush. He's a liar and a hypocrite, no matter what side of the fence he's on. He sucked when he was doing sports too.
yg17 said:
Yes, but Hitler's number-crunchers were from IBM.
Oh, and for the record, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are the best form of candy ever invented. Period.
i hope conservatives, moderates, and liberals alike who are on the air talk about us and talk about macs...generally speaking, outside of the apple ipod, macs are still a mysterious "religion" or "cult" of the expensive or impractical in the eyes of many
No offense to anybody, I just saw the political stuff sneaking in again, which with a charged topic like Rush is very easy to do.zach said:
william sire
macrumors regular
We are losing focus on the main point here. That point being that Rush Limbaugh and Mac are superior in their respective fields and it is a compliment to one as it is to the other that the two have come together on any level.
I fail to see how that is an "easily charged" topic, but then that's my observation. Also if we are going to insult Reese's Peanut Butter Cups we may as well insult Baskin Robins 31 flavors as well.
So I am very pleased to know that Rush is using Apple. As I am using one myself ( actually three ). It brings up the same old axiom as it does when I listen to his program, "Great minds think alike !"
I fail to see how that is an "easily charged" topic, but then that's my observation. Also if we are going to insult Reese's Peanut Butter Cups we may as well insult Baskin Robins 31 flavors as well.
So I am very pleased to know that Rush is using Apple. As I am using one myself ( actually three ). It brings up the same old axiom as it does when I listen to his program, "Great minds think alike !"
william sire said:
that is not the main point. the main point is that the OP was mentioning that rush had mentioned macrumors.com indirectly on his show.
i feel that rush limbaugh is as far from superior in his field as it is possible to be, but that's beside the point and you had no need to state that. take that to the politics thread for this.
william sire
macrumors regular
I know that is not the point. Do you think I didn't know that wasn't the point. I wanted to say something about Rush in a positive light. And Just because you don't like Rush doesn't make my comment about him political. I can say it right here !! It is your rebutal that is crossing the political line. Take your rebutal to the politics thread.
zach said:
Depends on what criteria you use for "superior."
Commercial success in talk radio? No one even comes close. What Al Franken makes with Air America is probably the equivalent of a rounding error for Rush as far as income is concerned, and his nationwide ratings pretty much crush all comers, liberal and conservative alike.
Political influence? Name another talk radio commentator whose name has been read into the Congressional Record more times (albeit usually in derision). Or one mentioned in stump speeches by the left more often.
Political correctness? Sensitivity to progressive issues? Open-minded fairness? Empathy? Maybe by those criteria you can find him wanting.
In the deregulated marketplace of ideas and social commentary that is talk radio, he has no equal in presentation. This is precisely why liberals hate him so much.
You can certainly take issue with his politics, his egomaniacal kitch, and poke fun at his addictions. Fair game. But by any meaningful criteria judging his professional broadcast career, you will have a hard time making a credible argument that anyone is "superior" to him with regard to his command of the genre.
Its not surprising to see the Mac fanbase slowly becoming a more mixed lot.
If its true that Mac users are mostly liberals and the opposite for pc users, we should expect a shift in the mindsets as more people make the switch.
As a liberal myself, I officially welcome all the new conservative Mac users. Keep the conversations Mac centric and well all get along just fine.
And yes, I welcome even you too Rush.
If its true that Mac users are mostly liberals and the opposite for pc users, we should expect a shift in the mindsets as more people make the switch.
As a liberal myself, I officially welcome all the new conservative Mac users. Keep the conversations Mac centric and well all get along just fine.
And yes, I welcome even you too Rush.
Thanks freeny, from a conservative Mac user.freeny said:As a liberal myself, I officially welcome all the new conservative Mac users. Keep the conversations Mac centric and well all get along just fine.
And yes, I welcome even you too Rush.
It nice to see someone not wishing death on us all.
william sire said:
Spoken like a true dittohead! Don't like the criticism? Well just twist it around and miss the point! Limbaugh has taught you well.
william sire
macrumors regular
leekohler said:Spoken like a true dittohead! Don't like the criticism? Well just twist it around and miss the point! Limbaugh has taught you well.
Blah Blah Blah. Notice nothing about Rush's mention of MacRumors. Nothing about Mac at all. See Zach .... it is not me.
I am glad to see that Rush using apple Pod Cast and has taken notice of macrumors.com.
I don't remember someone wishing death on all conservatives, but maybe someone else did and I wasn't paying attention. Just like everyone seems to have missed my comment about not having to be a liberal to dislike Rush. Besides the obvious, he is a liar and a hypocrite. But yeah, he does play on the desires of his audience, which makes him very successful. And like Howard Stern, plenty of people listen to him even though they hate him. Same thing with O'Reilly to a lesser extent, also a liar and a hypocrite.Heb1228 said:
As always, if you are going to listen to a conservative, I recommend Joe Scarborough. I don't always agree with him, but I find him far more truthful and less sensationalistic. Even when I agree with Rush, which I did a lot in the early days, and especially during the Clinton years (minus his making fun of Chelsea), I still find him deplorable. Just because you agree with a lot of what he says, doesn't make him a good guy. As I've said.
william sire said:
no, it's all of us. that's my point. why don't we either, a. stop posting in this thread, or b. discuss what the OP ORIGINALLY meant to be discussed, which seems to be the impact of what Rush had to say about macrumors/podcasting.
i'm sorry i came down harshly before, i really didn't mean to diss you in particular.
just in general let's take the politics or anything that could even possibly be construed as politics to the thread for it so we don't get wastelanded.
meanwhile....
i'm pretty psyched about this myself. i could care less about listening to Rush from iTunes, but i listen to Phil Hendrie, another talk show host, who afaik uses the same people to distribute his show archives/podcast/episodes (whatever you want to call it) so hopefully he'll get on iTunes as well...
freeny said:Its not surprising to see the Mac fanbase slowly becoming a more mixed lot.
If its true that Mac users are mostly liberals and the opposite for pc users, we should expect a shift in the mindsets as more people make the switch.
As a liberal myself, I officially welcome all the new conservative Mac users. Keep the conversations Mac centric and well all get along just fine.
And yes, I welcome even you too Rush.
I don't, (with caviat).
Since, IMO, hard-right conservatives (in the Rush or Coulter mold) are inherently neo-nazi racists, I'd rather not be associated with them in any way whatsoever. I don't even like breating the same oxygen as them. We need to free all Mac's from their icy, amphibian-like grip.
As for the conservatives who are fence-sitters on the big issues, welcome! (They just haven't spent the brain-power needed to see that they are horribly, horribly mistaken)
Les,Les Kern said:
FWIW, I am a conservative and find your comments very insulting if not a bit narrow minded. Making blanket statements such as this is never a good idea.
Oh and if you follow your comments (above) we won't be seeing you around Mac Rumors in the future since you have stated your desire not to associate with conservatives such as myself and others on Mac Rumors!
william sire
macrumors regular
Well said Sushi ! I applaud you for your restraint. As much as I try I could not have responded so well.
I have just listened to the first 20 min of Rush's March 13th Monday broadcast. He has continued to inform his listeners about how his Podcast are available direct through itunes but I have not yet heard any mention of MacRumors. I am hoping he will do so along with a revised opinion of Apple. ( revised from the last review I heard from him roughly 14 yrs ago.)
I have just listened to the first 20 min of Rush's March 13th Monday broadcast. He has continued to inform his listeners about how his Podcast are available direct through itunes but I have not yet heard any mention of MacRumors. I am hoping he will do so along with a revised opinion of Apple. ( revised from the last review I heard from him roughly 14 yrs ago.)