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   Kurt Nicklas to All   
   Re: Rush Limbaugh celebrates 25th annive   
   08 Aug 13 21:47:22   
   
   XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, can.politics   
   From: knicklas@plovdiv.bg   
      
   In article ,   
   cleetiss@gmail.com says...   
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   > Denny wrote:   
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   > > Salty Stan  wrote:   
   > > > On Wednesday, August 7, 2013 9:39:36 AM UTC-4, Reaper G wrote:   
   > > > > On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 8:21:07 PM UTC-7, Yoor...@Jurgis.net   
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   > > > > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 18:37:24 -0700 (PDT), Reaper G   
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   > > > > > >> Quite true.  That's why Air America failed and the "liberal"   
   > > > > > news >> channels don't fare as well as FOX News.   
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   > > > > > > Is that what you think, or is that what George Soros and   
   > > > > > > MSNBC tell you to think?   
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   > > > > > It is a well-known fact that a major component of conservatism   
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   > > > > > "emotional appeal".   
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   > > > > > All cause tugs-o'-the-heart in conservatives   
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   > > > > > The rightwing media is resplendent with those allusions over and   
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   > > > > > over---it's simply propaganda.   
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   > > > > > Faux snooze is ENTERTAINMENT---and the corporation argues   
   > > > > > exactly that   
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   > > > > > instead of defending the 'news" dept as such.  "We are an   
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   > > > > > entertainment channel ....with a "news format".   
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   > > > > > Murdochs' media has NO journalistic standards they require their   
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   > > > > > personell to adhere to. That means the goal is to feed a   
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   > > > > > demographic "entertainment" and by merely calling itself   
   > > > > > "news", or   
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   > > > > > lending some kind of authorative logo or saying---makes it's   
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   > > > > > believe it's fact and truth.   
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   > > > > > Soros funds very little compared to any given rightwing   
   > > > > > billionaire   
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   > > > > > like the Koch Brothers, or the dozens of mega millionaires   
   > > > > > which fund   
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   > > > > > the GOP.   
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   > > > > > Liberal/progressives are not swayed by emotional appeal---but   
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   > > > > > conservatives demand it.   
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   > > > > > Now---do you feel better?   
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   > > > > You just described libs' response to the George Zimmerman   
   > > > > verdict. I feel much better now, thank you.   
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   > > > Rush uses the ultimate weapon - truth! That's why he leaves the   
   > > > left-wing competition in the dust.   
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   > > Rush is a genius, for sure. His methods will be studied for years to   
   > > come.  But truth is not his stock and trade.   
   > > He tells his audience what they want to hear, and what they think they   
   > > believe. A case in point. Recently I saw him on TV. He did his usual   
   > > routine. Good vx. Evil. He said he just told the truth and hadn't   
   > > changed his views in 20 years. An experienced truth-seeker will tell   
   > > you their hardest chore is to relate to change. Everything changes,   
   > > and faster all the time. Rush says that the "Real America" was born   
   > > in the Golden Age.   
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   >     Conservatives have traditionally   
   > believed in a bygone "golden age"   
   > where everyone was white, Christian,   
   > middle class and Republican, where   
   > women never had to work, the only   
   > criminal was Otis the town drunk and   
   > June Cleaver always wore pearls.   
      
   Name one person who's "believed" that.   
      
   It's nothing but brainless, leftwing bigotry.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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