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Post #305,102 by beepster 3/4/09 5:31:08 PM Reply	They have an option. Don't listen. Same went for Howard Stern, Bubba the Love Sponge, the GreaseMan and all the other shock jocks. And that wasn't an attack. Just a statement. Ad hominem maybe. Attack, no. I've spend plenty of time in this thread addressing the issue as well. Your problem seems to be you don't like my conclusion. Rush is a radio announcer. Full stop. Any power that he is thought to have is imagined. The power is with his >audience<. They vote. I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
Post #305,115 by Andrew Grygus 3/4/09 9:19:02 PM Reply	If that were true . . . . . rabble rousers would be out of business. The listeners have the power to vote. By skillfully playing to his audience the rabble rouser has power over them, and directs their vote. He has this power over them because they have given it to him - in return for freedom from having to think for themselves. They become his surrogates. Humans are semi-pack animals and a majority of them are looking for a leader to follow - rather few are leaders, perhaps a few more are independents. If this were not so Hitler would have remained a paper hanger.
Post #305,116 by Ashton 3/4/09 9:48:46 PM Reply	Amenuensis. The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. -- H.L. Mencken
Post #305,118 by beepster 3/4/09 10:11:40 PM Reply	And again... if Rush had that true power over Republicans...McCain would never have been the candidate for President. Rush tried very hard...but gee...he didn't make a difference. I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
Post #305,124 by Andrew Grygus 3/5/09 12:06:28 AM Reply	For that argument to be valid . . . . . you have to show viable alternatives supported by Rush. If there are no truly viable alternatives it doesn't matter what anyone says, regardless of their power - and I seem to recall the Republican primary field was a basket of losers. At least Mc Cain had some name recognition.

I'm sorry, Rush. - (Silverlock) - (34) - March 4, 2009, 08:07:46 AM EST

remember McCarthy? - (boxley) - (33) - March 4, 2009, 08:49:52 AM EST

This is all a game - (beepster) - (32) - March 4, 2009, 09:58:45 AM EST

Ya know - (jake123) - (5) - March 4, 2009, 10:07:06 AM EST

face it Jake if it wasnt for hnic no one would voluntarily - (boxley) - (1) - March 4, 2009, 10:18:51 AM EST

I'd have to disagree with that - (jake123) - March 5, 2009, 10:17:28 AM EST

So when the US Gov't takes over all radio stations - (beepster) - (2) - March 4, 2009, 10:46:01 AM EST

Some places they de-facto do - (mhuber) - (1) - March 4, 2009, 01:05:41 PM EST

Just cut it out - (beepster) - March 4, 2009, 01:41:32 PM EST

No - (drook) - (19) - March 4, 2009, 10:47:25 AM EST

So don't vote for them. - (beepster) - (18) - March 4, 2009, 11:05:28 AM EST

He has the power given to him by the Republicans. HTH. -NT - (Another Scott) - (17) - March 4, 2009, 11:42:12 AM EST

They're not doing it. - (beepster) - (16) - March 4, 2009, 01:45:52 PM EST

There weren't too many Democrats at CPAC. - (Another Scott) - (15) - March 4, 2009, 02:22:12 PM EST

No I'm not (and d'uh ^^) - (beepster) - (7) - March 4, 2009, 03:20:45 PM EST

Yes you are - (drook) - (6) - March 4, 2009, 03:30:44 PM EST

BS. Pure and simple - (beepster) - (5) - March 4, 2009, 03:36:33 PM EST

I'm not talking about the campaign - (drook) - (4) - March 4, 2009, 03:45:12 PM EST

Why is that such a big deal? - (beepster) - (2) - March 4, 2009, 05:24:08 PM EST

You seem to be missing the point. - (Another Scott) - (1) - March 4, 2009, 07:38:48 PM EST

I'm missing that poiint? - (beepster) - March 4, 2009, 10:13:30 PM EST

And lets look at that apology being spun - (beepster) - March 4, 2009, 05:58:43 PM EST

..nor Father Coughlan; in the '30's: Our Rwanda propagandist - (Ashton) - (6) - March 4, 2009, 03:29:13 PM EST

Aren't I the one oft accused of falling for the ploy du jour - (beepster) - (5) - March 4, 2009, 03:32:06 PM EST

No one thinks you're dumb enough to fall for it - (drook) - (4) - March 4, 2009, 03:34:34 PM EST

Me repeating it? - (beepster) - (3) - March 4, 2009, 03:38:48 PM EST

Was referring to the "frequently accused" line - (drook) - (2) - March 4, 2009, 03:45:01 PM EST

(Surely you've known for years.. - (Ashton) - March 4, 2009, 03:56:10 PM EST

What Republican ploy would that be? - (beepster) - March 4, 2009, 05:26:34 PM EST

And by the way ... - (drook) - (5) - March 4, 2009, 03:48:20 PM EST

They have an option. - (beepster) - (4) - March 4, 2009, 05:31:08 PM EST

If that were true . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - March 4, 2009, 09:19:02 PM EST

Amenuensis. -NT - (Ashton) - March 4, 2009, 09:48:46 PM EST

And again... - (beepster) - (1) - March 4, 2009, 10:11:40 PM EST

For that argument to be valid . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - March 5, 2009, 12:06:28 AM EST

I was all upset until I remembered I'm on Verizon and it doesn't fucking matter anyway.
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