thepothole (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} thepothole) wrote,@ 2009-06-18 15:58:00 |
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Just when you thought...
he couldn't get any worse, Rush Limbaugh let a caller make a point that he later took as his own. Here it is from MediaMatter's limbaugh wire:
"Rush's next caller thought that people are missing the point on health care reform -- Obama doesn't care about the cost of health care; it's all about blackmailing Republican voters. Rush didn't understand what the caller was talking about (neither did we), so the caller explained that the Democrats are going to deny Republicans health care unless they vote Democratic. Rush responded: "Well, you could have a point there. They are doing that in other things. That's -- you know, some people tried to establish that that's how they were closing dealerships but I don't think anybody closed the loop for sure on this." But Rush said the caller is right. It's not about health care, it's about control, because "day-to-day, there's no health care crisis in this country." After another break, Rush clarified that he didn't want to "minimize" this caller's "point" about the fear that Democrats are going to deny health care to Republicans because the Obama administration is using this kind of fear to get everything it wants." (Hear the clip HERE" of Rush explaining that they really want to blackmail you over your medical records.)
Is this just sad? I believe it could be called "projection". As in this is the sort of fantasy that Rush would come up with, so it must be what the opposite party would naturally do. It certainly couldn't be because the progressives want to do something that will actually help people, no that can't be it because he wouldn't do it.
How nasty a thought process is that?
he couldn't get any worse, Rush Limbaugh let a caller make a point that he later took as his own. Here it is from MediaMatter's limbaugh wire:
"Rush's next caller thought that people are missing the point on health care reform -- Obama doesn't care about the cost of health care; it's all about blackmailing Republican voters. Rush didn't understand what the caller was talking about (neither did we), so the caller explained that the Democrats are going to deny Republicans health care unless they vote Democratic. Rush responded: "Well, you could have a point there. They are doing that in other things. That's -- you know, some people tried to establish that that's how they were closing dealerships but I don't think anybody closed the loop for sure on this." But Rush said the caller is right. It's not about health care, it's about control, because "day-to-day, there's no health care crisis in this country." After another break, Rush clarified that he didn't want to "minimize" this caller's "point" about the fear that Democrats are going to deny health care to Republicans because the Obama administration is using this kind of fear to get everything it wants." (Hear the clip HERE" of Rush explaining that they really want to blackmail you over your medical records.)
Is this just sad? I believe it could be called "projection". As in this is the sort of fantasy that Rush would come up with, so it must be what the opposite party would naturally do. It certainly couldn't be because the progressives want to do something that will actually help people, no that can't be it because he wouldn't do it.
How nasty a thought process is that?
