Rudy Canoza wrote:
> How the far-right-wing talk radio icon corrupted the Republican Party, spread
> hate, racism, and lies, and laid the groundwork for Trumpism
>
> By BOB MOSER
>
> When Rush Limbaugh, the Great Bloviater of the AM dial, signed off from the
> “Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies,” two days before
> Christmas, he warned the faithful in the raspy remains of his famous trumpeting
> baritone: “The day is gonna come, folks, where I’m not going to be able to do
> this anymore.”
>
> For 13 terrible days in Trumpland — while the mad president that Limbaugh helped
> make possible was flailing for survival, while the faithful were trying to
> “stop the steal” of the election, and even while the Republicans blew their
> Senate majority in the Georgia runoffs — the loudest voice in the right-wing
> echo chamber remained silent. By the time January 6th rolled around, even the
> millions of fans praying for a miracle cancer cure had to figure: If Rush had
> passed up the chance to fearmonger about Raphael Warnock’s old sermons and mock
> Jon Ossoff’s hair, well, he must be finished. At least with his trademark golden
> microphone, if not with this earthly realm.
>
> But then, a miracle: The president incited a white riot on Capitol Hill, and
> like a mortally wounded superhero detecting cries of distress from his people,
> Limbaugh got himself to his Palm Beach studio by noon the next day, and
> unleashed a master class in state-of-the-art conservative disinformation. He
> knew the drill. He’d pretty much invented it.
>
> First, a signature move: Belittle the story as partisan hysteria from the
> lamestream media while sneaking in a big, exonerating lie. “All of a sudden,
> protesting Congress is being called the end of the world!” Limbaugh sneered,
> making use of his rested voice. “A bloody coup attempt! Even though the only
> blood spilled was that of an unarmed Trump supporter.”
>
> Rioting? Looting? Blue Lives lost? Uncle Rush was here to remind everyone that
> those are things that the left, especially the “anti-American” Black Lives
> Matter, does all the time. “They’ve burned down political federal courthouses,
> after barricading people inside of them. They’ve taken over freeways. They’ve
> taken over entire cities,” Limbaugh said. Contrast that with the harmless
> shenanigans at the Capitol. “Yeah, I know they breached the doors and took some
> selfies.” But, folks, really — just look at who was in Washington on January
> 6th! “These are Republicans, they don’t raise mayhem,” Limbaugh scoffed. “They
> don’t know how. How many times have we sat here over 30 years bemoaning the fact
> that this is not what Republicans do?” A master touch there: So far were the
> “rioters” from actually rioting, one can only wish they had raised just a little
> hell while they were there, like the blacks and antifa do.
>
> Then, of course, after he dramatically made the case that there was no violent
> insurrection on January 6th, Limbaugh justified and praised the violent
> insurrection on January 6th. “We’re supposed to be horrified by the protesters,”
> he said, feigning perplexity. “There’s a lot of people out there calling for an
> end to violence” — even, can you believe it, “a lot of conservatives, social
> media, who say that any violence or aggression at all is unacceptable regardless
> of the circumstances.” Pause for effect, here it comes: “I am glad Sam Adams,
> Thomas Paine, the actual tea-party guys, the men at Lexington and Concord,
> didn’t feel that way.”
>
> As Limbaugh surely hoped and expected, social media lit up with both
> “dittoheads” — shorthand, in Rush World, for 100 percent agreement with the host
> — and denunciations, as headlines quickly sprouted: “Limbaugh Compares Capitol
> Hill Riot to American Revolution,” “Limbaugh Dismisses Calls to End Violence
> After Mob Hits Capitol.” (On the next day’s show, he humble-bragged: “I did it
> on purpose. … I wanted to take the hit yesterday. I was attempting to take the
> flak and the incoming for Donald Trump.”)
>
> So there: That’s how it’s done. The plain, observable events of January 6th had
> not merely been denied and deflected, but transcended — wafted into the bubble
> of alternative right-wing reality that Limbaugh first began blowing up 32 years
> ago. Of course, this new narrative (or narratives — you can choose Republican
> innocence or justified violence, as you please) had absolutely no contact point
> with reality. And of course, Limbaugh spun his tale (as always) from the flotsam
> and jetsam of post-riot rumor and innuendo, subreddits, and Gateway pundits.
> Inside the bubble, sources matter as little as facts or logic. What makes sense
> in this parallel universe is whatever distracts and absolves white, non-liberal
> Americans from blame, guilt, or responsibility. It’s whatever reminds them of
> both their supremacy and their victimhood. It’s whatever emboldens them to
> strike back at the evil left-wing empire that is always busy plotting to
> subjugate them and destroy America As We Knew It.
>
> And that is what Limbaugh delivered, once again, for Republican America in the
> wake of the insurrection. It was a final command performance of its kind,
> especially given the host’s condition. But it’s what Limbaugh had done, while
> dying, for a whole year. This incredibly wealthy super-patriot used his life’s
> last energies to do his damnedest to recast a pandemic as a deadly, partisan
> culture war. To paint a lawless and lunatic president as a wronged and heroic
> savior of the republic, a symbol of all the myriad wrongs done to Team White
> America. To call the first woman of color nominated for vice president a “ho”
> and a “mattress,” to depict racial-justice protests as signs of a coming
> Armageddon, and to stir up hysteria about a Democratic plot to steal the
> election. And, ultimately, to lead the cheers and comfort the troops as
> Republicans turned against democracy itself.
>
> He did it all so well, in fact, that Limbaugh — despite frequent absences — shot
> back to the top of the Power 50 radio rankings for audience and influence. It
> was the strangest sort of comeback-slash-curtain call. And it should be
> career-defining now that Limbaugh, who died on Wednesday, has had his final say.
> Limbaugh might have begun as a ratings-obsessed provocateur, but he became one
> of the most influential subversives in American history. If we didn’t fully
> recognize that before 2020, or January 6th, we ought to know it now. No single
> person — not Reagan, not Cheney, not McConnell, not Trump, not Q — has
> contributed more than Limbaugh to the mass derangement of white America.
>
>
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/rush-limbaugh-dead-trump-ruined-america-1129222/
Who ever heard of this faggot Bob Moser?
> It's really good that that fascist is gone, but I really do wish he had been
> murdered.
>
> If you can bear it, here's a photo of the two gross and grotesque lard asses,
> Trump and Limbaugh:
>
https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/President_Trump_at_the_Trump_International_Golf_Club_47625293592.jpg
>
>
> godfuckingdammit, what colossal pigs.
Get lynched.