Honestly, I've never even heard of this "Bain Capital," and I highly doubt that this would affect Romney's campaign, even IF the character was named for that and not after AN ALREADY-EXISTING COMIC BOOK CHARACTER, FUCK.
Definitely this. I also see his persona on TV in cartoon form in Ben 10 and Young Justice.Dragonclaw said:It's stories like this that lead me to believe that "Rush Limbaugh: Radio Personality" is just a character he plays. I just don't think he's real. Between poorly thought out stories like this to his spots on Family Guy. I just think he's an entertainer and his niche is "pants on head retarded conservative radio host".
Yeah, an idiotic and ignorant thing for Rush to say to be sure, but Rush Limbaugh is so discredited that it's almost a straw-man. This doesn't say anything about the election. It mainly reaffirms how utterly irrelevant Limbaugh's opinion and political perspective is. I don't know what his ratings are but while high, they are a tiny fraction of the voting population and mostly preaching to die-hard GOP voters who aren't going to swing one way or another anyway.SaneAmongInsane said:snip
Rush Limbaugh isn't high up the political ladder, he has never been elected for anything nor even stood for election, he has never been appointed to any public officer nor even run a significant NGO. He's just a radio show host with a very small following, the only reason anyone other than his small group of listeners know of him is because he says the absolutely dumbest things that are so dumb they are worth repeating to consider how dumb they are. And he's written some books that would be more appropriately described as "overpriced door stops".Kiardras said:I can't believe that much stupidity can be so high up the political ladder...
See I'm for disagreeing with the guy. I'm for calling his points silly, but to say he doesn't have a small following, and he does have political impact is some kind of ignorance. I dont agree with Mr. Limbaugh on most things... to say the majority of what he believes, but still I understand the facts of the situation. He makes silly points, and you should ignore them as such. It doesn't warrent making false claims that really don't help your point, it's just making an ad populum attack. Most of your information is either rumor spread as fact or unfounded assertion. Sooooo yeah... I don't like him much... but I also don't feel it neccisary to rag on the guy and have a session of mutual political masterbation with the rest of the Escapist community.Treblaine said:Rush Limbaugh isn't high up the political ladder, he has never been elected for anything nor even stood for election, he has never been appointed to any public officer nor even run a significant NGO. He's just a radio show host with a very small following, the only reason anyone other than his small group of listeners know of him is because he says the absolutely dumbest things that are so dumb they are worth repeating to consider how dumb they are. And he's written some books that would be more appropriately described as "overpriced door stops".Kiardras said:I can't believe that much stupidity can be so high up the political ladder...
Most people who know Rush Limbaugh know him as an ass.
I still don't believe that there are people who believe that. He has an audience! That laughs when he makes a joke!Eddie the head said:This sounds like something Stephen Colbert would have said. Although it dose help me understand the people who don't realize Stephen Colbert is a satire.
He kind of awnsered your question:Hazy992 said:Clearly DC have been planning this for 20 years. Right? That must be it! ¬_¬
How can anyone with a brain take this moron even remotely seriously?
Hopefully, "Limbaugh's punishment must be more severe."FalloutJack said:So, slight diversion on the thread, then. Who here wonders what the ACTOR for Bane thinks of all this?
...and thus, at best, he's dredging up a ludicrous theory and propagating it when it's clearly BS and easily falsified. At worst, he's using the old "weasel words" method to put forward an idea (that everyone in the media is a lefty gubbermint-lovin' socialist) which the speaker subscribes to or believes, without wanting to say as much.Did anyone actually click through to the transcript on his website? And, y'know, actually read what Rush said in context? He wasn't positing the idea that the character of Bane was created as a representative of Romney. He was commenting on a prior discussion elsewhere that people may associate the character Bane with Romney, and whether or not this was intentional
WTF mate? I never said he had "no political impact" I said he was not high up the political ladder, that is he is not actually IN any part of any political establishment. He has no political influence.th3dark3rsh33p said:See I'm for disagreeing with the guy. I'm for calling his points silly, but to say he doesn't have a small following, and he does have political impact is some kind of ignorance. I dont agree with Mr. Limbaugh on most things... to say the majority of what he believes, but still I understand the facts of the situation. He makes silly points, and you should ignore them as such. It doesn't warrent making false claims that really don't help your point, it's just making an ad populum attack. Most of your information is either rumor spread as fact or unfounded assertion. Sooooo yeah... I don't like him much... but I also don't feel it neccisary to rag on the guy and have a session of mutual political masterbation with the rest of the Escapist community.Treblaine said:Rush Limbaugh isn't high up the political ladder, he has never been elected for anything nor even stood for election, he has never been appointed to any public office nor even run a significant NGO. He's just a radio show host with a very small following, the only reason anyone other than his small group of listeners know of him is because he says the absolutely dumbest things that are so dumb they are worth repeating to consider how dumb they are. And he's written some books that would be more appropriately described as "overpriced door stops".Kiardras said:I can't believe that much stupidity can be so high up the political ladder...
Most people who know Rush Limbaugh know him as an ass.
People of certain political beliefs become amazingly adept at tuning out the mocking laughter and just hearing what they want to hear.uneek said:I still don't believe that there are people who believe that. He has an audience! That laughs when he makes a joke!Eddie the head said:This sounds like something Stephen Colbert would have said. Although it dose help me understand the people who don't realize Stephen Colbert is a satire.