Cigar-chomping, Democrat-baiting Rush Limbaugh is a radio talk show host

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Rush Limbaugh profile: Cigar-chomping, Democrat-baiting Rush Limbaugh is a radio talk show host who has been feted by Republicans for decades.

The number one voice for Conservatism in our country Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ronald Reagan described him as "the number one voice for Conservatism in our country" while, during the Clinton era, the National Review magazine grandly dubbed him the "leader of Conservative Principles.

Broadcasting from what he describes as a "heavily fortified bunker" in Palm Beach, Florida, Limbaugh has been America's most listened-to talk show host since the mid-1990s.

The show, which airs for three hours every weekday, has just reached its 20th year in syndication.Heard on some 600 radio stations across America, it still attracts a weekly audience of more than 14 million people.He earns a salary to match. Last year, Limbaugh, 58,signed a new contract with Clear Channel Communications that he said would earn him about $38 million a year, as well as a $100 million signing bonus.

Praised by Republicans for helping to offset what they see as liberal bias in the US media, Limbaugh is regarded as an enormously influential figure in presidential elections.Democrats have accused him of dirty tactics. During the recent presidential nomination battle, he launched Operation Chaos, a radio campaign to encourage Republicans to vote for Hillary Clinton and so prolong the in-fighting among Democrats.

Limbaugh admits that his taste for political controversy is motivated primarily by business considerations.
He told the New York Times last year:"First and foremost, I'm a businessman.My first goal is to attract the largest possible audience so I can charge confiscatory ad rates.

"I happen to have great entertainment skills, but that enables me to sell airtime."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4401194/Rush-Limbaugh-profile.html

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The Missouri-born presenter began his radio career as a teenager and went to become a music disc jockey.
After taking a break from radio to work for a Kansas City baseball team, he became a talk-show host in the 1980s.
His brand of heavily partisan broadcasting was helped by the repeal in 1987 of the US Fairness Doctrine requiring radio stations to provide free airtime for responses to the controversial opinions of their presenters.
Major controversies in his career included imitating the actor Michael J Fox, who has Parkinson's disease; describing servicemen who had attacked the Iraq conflict as "phoney soldiers"; and referring to Barack Obama as a "magic negro"

Those bloody Brits sure don't realize that was from a song, which in turn was the words from a liberal newspaper (which certainly didn't receive the criticism he did).

[marinejcksn]

Those bloody Brits sure don't realize that was from a song, which in turn was the words from a liberal newspaper (which certainly didn't receive the criticism he did).

Not to mention the "phony soldiers" thing was referring to Jessie MacBeth, who WAS a phony soldier. What a bunch of tossers. :rolleyes:

[PoliCon]

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Those bloody Brits sure don't realize that was from a song, which in turn was the words from a liberal newspaper (which certainly didn't receive the criticism he did).
they have all of those things out of context. :rolleyes: I guess actually listening to the show - or checking for Rush's rebuttals of those stoooooooopid stories was too much for the author. :rolleyes:

[Odysseus]

they have all of those things out of context. :rolleyes: I guess actually listening to the show - or checking for Rush's rebuttals of those stoooooooopid stories was too much for the author. :rolleyes:

Those are DNC talking points, so they must be true.

[PoliCon]

Those are DNC talking points, so they must be true.
so true. I'm sorry. I do apologize for contradicting the veracity of infallible DNC.;)

[Odysseus]

so true. I'm sorry. I do apologize for contradicting the veracity of infallible DNC.;)

You must do penance. Repeat 30 Hail Obama's while beating yourself with a genuine Obama inaugural commemorative rosary, available from the Franklin Mint for four easy payments of $29.95. Act now! This is a limited time offer.

[PoliCon]

You must do penance. Repeat 30 Hail Obama's while beating yourself with a genuine Obama inaugural commemorative rosary, available from the Franklin Mint for four easy payments of $29.95. Act now! This is a limited time offer.:mad: you're just plain evil.

























:p I love it ;)

[Lars1701a]

:mad: you're just plain evil.



:p I love it ;)



No Poli would rather Fap to a pick of the six steeler SB rings :D