Rush Limbaugh has passed

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05_never_again said:
What do you mean by "liberal?" If you mean classical liberalism and concepts like freedom of speech, then I agree.

However there was a reason I didn't say "liberal" political bias on the part of the media - conservatives I think have been right over the years to allege that the mainstream media (NBC/CBS/NBC, CNN, the NYT, etc.) has a left-wing, progressive, and/or Democratic Party bias. It also has a bias towards the establishment in both parties, but particularly the Democratic Party.
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Primarily concepts like basic human rights. Those rights are always initially cloaked in a liberal/conservative light.
Slavery
Child labor
Women voting
Unions
workers' rights (unions)
health care
education
gay rights
etc....
 
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theFallGuy said:
Luther mean's "liberal" as in the "progressive modern" sense because he identifies with that form of liberalism and thinks everything he says is correct.
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He may not be young enough to mean it in that respect. Maybe borderline. His kids are old enough to be on up in college. He's likely on the down slope of his 40's. But, I may be wrong.
 
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Some of Rush's best quotes

“For government to give, it must first take away.”

“Now, what is the left’s worldview in general? What is it? If you had to attach not a philosophy but an attitude to a leftist worldview, it’s one of pessimism and darkness, sadness. They’re never happy, are they? They’re always angry about something. No matter what they get, they’re always angry.”

“Liberals always exempt themselves from the rules that they impose on others.”

“Bigot: A person who wins an argument with a liberal.”

“Liberals measure compassion by how many people are given welfare. Conservatives measure compassion by how many people no longer need it.”

“End results that work that don’t involve government threaten liberals.”

“Let me tell you who we conservatives are: we love people. When we look out over the United States of America, when we are anywhere, when we see a group of people, such as this or anywhere, we see Americans. We see human beings. We don’t see groups. We don’t see victims.”


“You know why there’s a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.”





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05_never_again said:
I'm sure you'll disagree, but the far left doesn't really have any power on the other side either. Look at what they did to Bernie twice. They like the enthusiasm and attention that a group like The Squad brings out, but you see the "stay in your lane" attitude that people like Pelosi give them. Establishment pols like Pelosi, Schumer, Obama, etc. run that party.

In fact, despite it's reputation as more of a reform party or a party of wanting to change things, the Dem establishment has more control over its party than the Republican establishment has over its party. A Republican anti-establishment candidate (Trump) actually co-opted and controlled the party for 4 years, and still have a lot of influence even though he's out of office. Trump was able to get way more influence in his party than Bernie was ever able to get in his.
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A very astute observation. You may have a good point there.
 
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05_never_again said:
I'm sure you'll disagree, but the far left doesn't really have any power on the other side either. Look at what they did to Bernie twice. They like the enthusiasm and attention that a group like The Squad brings out, but you see the "stay in your lane" attitude that people like Pelosi give them. Establishment pols like Pelosi, Schumer, Obama, etc. run that party.

In fact, despite it's reputation as more of a reform party or a party of wanting to change things, the Dem establishment has more control over its party than the Republican establishment has over its party. A Republican anti-establishment candidate (Trump) actually co-opted and controlled the party for 4 years, and still have a lot of influence even though he's out of office. Trump was able to get way more influence in his party than Bernie was ever able to get in his.
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The reason is foundational.

At its least abstract, the American left is about forming societal uniformity and centralized power.

At its least abstract, the American right is about individualism and independence and decentralized power.

Despite what people on the left will always say, the extreme right isn't really fascists, it's total anarchists- the extreme left, statists (communists, fascists, etc., just painted different colors).
 
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GVF said:
He may not be young enough to mean it in that respect. Maybe borderline. His kids are old enough to be on up in college. He's likely on the down slope of his 40's. But, I may be wrong.
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hog88 said:
The far right has no power, the moderate Rs (demopublicans) are in control of the party and have been for decades.
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As long as neither extreme gains true power, we will be OK. We have a blended society of secular and religious. There will always be a need for the middles of both sides to maintain the true power. A permanent shift in balance either direction removes the freedom of the others and that is anti-constitutional.
 
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05_never_again said:
That's quite the spin there - in 2016 an establishment, experienced, professional insider politician lost to a political novice reality TV star, but it was a win for Democrats.
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I was saying the democratic party functioned better than the republican party.
Had the republican party functioned well, Trump would never have won the primary.
Had the democratic party not functioned as well as it did, Bernie would have been the candidate.
 
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ButchPlz said:
The reason is foundational.

At its least abstract, the American left is about forming societal uniformity and centralized power.

At its least abstract, the American right is about individualism and independence and decentralized power.

Despite what people on the left will always say, the extreme right isn't really fascists, it's total anarchists- the extreme left, statists (communists, fascists, etc., just painted different colors).
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Yes, I agree with that. In addition to the reasons you gave, another reason that the Dems have more of a "get on the same page" mentality about them is because their caucus is way more fragmented than the Republicans in terms of interests.

The Democratic Party has certain constituencies that have interests in direct conflict with each other (immigration activists vs. unions, for example). In contrast, the Republican Party has different constituencies with different interests that are important to them, but they aren't directly opposed to each other. The Chamber of Commerce conservatives don't have interests in direct opposition to the social conservatives, for example.
 
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05_never_again said:
I'm sure you'll disagree, but the far left doesn't really have any power on the other side either. Look at what they did to Bernie twice. They like the enthusiasm and attention that a group like The Squad brings out, but you see the "stay in your lane" attitude that people like Pelosi give them. Establishment pols like Pelosi, Schumer, Obama, etc. run that party.

In fact, despite it's reputation as more of a reform party or a party of wanting to change things, the Dem establishment has more control over its party than the Republican establishment has over its party. A Republican anti-establishment candidate (Trump) actually co-opted and controlled the party for 4 years, and still have a lot of influence even though he's out of office. Trump was able to get way more influence in his party than Bernie was ever able to get in his.
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The "Squad" is no different than the Republican Taylor, they're all crackpots with zero power. I wasn't even considering them.

Right now we have a far left Vice President, Pelosi is far left and Schumer is far left. Since Ol Joe is nothing more than a puppet I'd say the far left holds more positions of power than they ever have. Trump was no where near far right and I can't think of any far right politicians that occupy any office.
 
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hog88 said:
The "Squad" is no different than the Republican Taylor, they're all crackpots with zero power. I wasn't even considering them.

Right now we have a far left Vice President, Pelosi is far left and Schumer is far left. Since Ol Joe is nothing more than a puppet I'd say the far left holds more positions of power than they ever have. Trump was no where near far right and I can't think of any far right politicians that occupy any office.
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Kamala, Pelosi, and Schumer are as establishment as they get. They are good at duping people, mostly progressive activists within the Democratic Party (but also Republicans, who see them as boogeymen), that they are solid progressives.

There is a difference between their branding and what they actually do once in power.
 
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GVF said:
As long as neither extreme gains true power, we will be OK. We have a blended society of secular and religious. There will always be a need for the middles of both sides to maintain the true power. A permanent shift in balance either direction removes the freedom of the others and that is anti-constitutional.
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The extremes on the left hold the SOH, Senate majority leader and VP offices. How much more "real power" do they need?
 
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GVF said:
Geez, a relic almost. 55 here. That explains some things. Probably graduated high school in 79 then. You may have some natural herb damage you haven't told your kids about. I know my sister does. Same age as you.
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'78. Stratford High in Nashville.
I can remember in 9th grade at East High School sitting out between the two buildings during lunch with a bunch of people passing it around. (daily) Had designated smoking bathrooms where far more than cigarettes was being smoked.
 
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hog88 said:
The "Squad" is no different than the Republican Taylor, they're all crackpots with zero power. I wasn't even considering them.

Right now we have a far left Vice President, Pelosi is far left and Schumer is far left. Since Ol Joe is nothing more than a puppet I'd say the far left holds more positions of power than they ever have. Trump was no where near far right and I can't think of any far right politicians that occupy any office.
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The Jihad Squad will garner more power as President Silver Alert moves farther to the left. Then when the Commie takes over they become very powerful. I have said it before, but we are going to long for Pelosi when AOC and that bunch are wielding the gavel.
 
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hog88 said:
The extremes on the left hold the SOH, Senate majority leader and VP offices. How much more "real power" do they need?
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I don't think they're extreme left as many label them. They're extreme establishment, with the intent of consolidating and dominating the power structure, damn the law and fundamental rights.

Maybe that does actually make them extreme left.
 
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luthervol said:
I was saying the democratic party functioned better than the republican party.
Had the republican party functioned well, Trump would never have won the primary.
Had the democratic party not functioned as well as it did, Bernie would have been the candidate.
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Surely you don't believe Biden was the answer to Bernie, or the better option to Trump to wait out the next 4 years and see what y'all can come up with. And I'm not talking about Trump the man. I get why you despise him personally. I'm talking about Trump the prez that fixed alot of things and made alot of things better in general for Americans. Biden and his puppet masters have no idea the damage they have done to the average Joe with his 50 plus signatures, all in the name of undoing what Trump has done. There are two different Trumps. Twitter Trump and Prez Trump. Prez Trump did a lot of good for the American public in general. And got alot of people back to work. We won't debate Twitter Trump. I'll concede that one now.
 
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05_never_again said:
Kamala, Pelosi, and Schumer are as establishment as they get. They are good at duping people, mostly progressive activists within the Democratic Party (but also Republicans, who see them as boogeymen), that they are solid progressives.

There is a difference between their branding and what they actually do once in power.
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I think they have pulled the wool over your eyes. Of course they are establishment but if not for the 50/50 split in the senate they would be passing extreme gun control legislation, moving to medicare for all and other extreme left wish list bills. We'd already have the $15 mw passed if the senate was 55/45.
 
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GVF said:
Surely you don't believe Biden was the answer to Bernie, or the better option to Trump to wait out the next 4 years and see what y'all can come up with. And I'm not talking about Trump the man. I get why you despise him personally. I'm talking about Trump the prez that fixed alot of things and made alot of things better in general for Americans. Biden and his puppet masters have no idea the damage they have done to the average Joe with his 50 plus signatures, all in the name of undoing what Trump has done. There are two different Trumps. Twitter Trump and Prez Trump. Prez Trump did a lot of good for the American public in general. And got alot of people back to work. We won't debate Twitter Trump. I'll concede that one now.
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I do believe the country is in far better hands under Biden than under Trump. Biden wasn't my choice, neither was Bernie. I was looking for someone much younger.
 
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