I despise Rush Limbaugh. I despise almost everything I have ever heard him say. I wish that he were no longer on the air. That is why I write today to defend him against those who call for him to be silenced.
OK, the guy can rise past his agenda to defend the general principle .... being trained to do so from law school onward, like one of Pavlov's dogs.
Woooooopeeeeee. Randazza, ya learnt the lessons well.
I rather liked Bill O'Reilly's point of view on the subject. He said trying to put mass public pressure on advertizers to withdraw support through boycotts is totalitarian. No, I don't recall if he used the word "totalitarian" or not, but that's what his point was.
Having said that, O'Reilly once boycotted Pepsi over some issue. Hypocrisy? No; O'Reilly did not ask anyone to join him, he simply said he was going to do it on principle.
That's OK with me.
Hey: FULL DISCLOSURE: I have stock in Pepsi. Not a lot. I'll never get rich from it. But it was a gift from my deceased father, so it does mean something to me way beyond $$$$$$.
And Limbaugh? Yes, I listen to him. I enjoy his show. But I don't always agree with him. Randazza appears to nearly totally despise him and all he says. Wow. I wish I could find someone I disagreed with that much, or converslely, agreed with that much.
It isn't Limbaugh.
Neal Boortz?
Okay I like him, but there's a subject or two he touches upon where I think he's a puerile jackwagon of a nimrod.
Hannity? oooops --- don't really listen to him, but I guess he's generally OK. A sort of "mini Limbaugh," if you will.
This all stems from that Fluke gal and Limbaugh's foot-in-mouth treatment of her, infering she's a *****---oooooops, I won't say it. You know what I mean though. And Limbaugh apologized. That sorta beats having all your sponsors flee, I guess. Not that many did but it wasn't looking very pretty.
Now, I wonder how many lefties, like Bill Maher, have apologized for their assaults on the good sensibilities of the fine people of America?
*crickets chirping*
Randazza, I give you a C- and a "nice try," but too rote and rehashed to be truly insightful.