Rush Limbaugh: "If we keep chickifying this game, we're going to ruin it"

[shenmue]

http://mediamatters.org/video/2014/09/12/rush-responds-to-nfls-domestic-violence-controv/200742

That's the Pigman's response to the NFL's domestic violence controversy. Saying that women shouldn't be beaten is 'chickifying the game.'

Just when you thought he couldn't get worse, he gets worse.

[MFrohike]

1. Fat men falling down between beer commercials

If that's success, I have to wonder what failure looks like.

[Logical]

14. Classy! nt

[MFrohike]

15. That's the National Felons League

I appreciate their recent apparent conversion to holding players, and hopefully owners, to a civilized standard. That being said, I'm turned off by the sanctimonious of all the sports reporters who've talked about this stuff for years and only now pass judgments. Yeesh, it's been called the National Felons League for at least 30 years now. That should really be an indication of what's been considered acceptable behavior by all involved for a very long time.

[Logical]

16. And what does "fat" have to do with it? nt

[Threedifferentones]

28. I assume it is in reference to the size and body composition of "interior linemen." nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. "Just when you thought he couldn't get worse, he gets worse."

I've gone past that point. I now assume that he will always come up with another, more disgusting remark than his last. There is no bottom limit.

[bvf]

8. He was set for life years ago.

I'm sure he's tickled ever time he loses another slew of sponsors, thinking, so what if this gig ends? He can go as low as he likes.

I only wish his legal team one day screws up to the point he becomes penniless, but I don't count on it.

[awoke_in_2003]

45. With as much money as he has...

I wouldn't be surprised if he is doing it so he can be forced of the air, pop up every once and a while claim martyrdom, then slink back to the easy life.

[VanillaRhapsody]

3. Hates women.....

there is alot of hatred of women....its about to be exposed too. I think some people are going to be shocked by how much hatred of women there really is...

Whenever I find someone who is racist....you can bet your bottom dollar they are also misogynist. Many hate women even more than they hate minorities.....because they believe women are already privileged because most women do not want THEM! Because women do not in reality find them as attractive as they find themselves.....they resent them for that...their real malfunction....the real fear of any racist or misogynist....is that minorities or women realize their actual strength in numbers and will gain more power....and FINALLY give them a taste of their own medicine in revenge for how really horrible and spiteful their thoughts and deeds have been towards those groups. Deep down they realize they deserve no better!

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. he really really hates women. you can hear it in his voice

[VanillaRhapsody]

12. You are exactly right.....he is salivating as he says those things.....

he gets his "jollies" finding ways to verbally assault women.....by pushing the envelope and say anything and everything he can about them...to belittle them in public.....I personally think he has serious short-comings and he resents women for rejecting him and "them". I have often found it odd that mr "macho man" psuedo-religious-man Rush Limbaugh who married 5 women and never even accidentally impregnated any of them? Curious......

[ProfessorGAC]

23. Been Obvous For Years

He doesn't insult Bachmann or Palin but doesn't really have much good to say about them either.

He just hates them less.

[Laelth]

25. There's much truth in what you say.

The question becomes, what can we do about that dynamic?



-Laelth

[VanillaRhapsody]

32. exactly what Randi Rhodes suggested...RIDICULE them.....shame them publically!

its been happening to Rush Limbaugh and its working.......he has lost countless sponsors. With Rushbo you are hitting him where it hurts.....the pocketbook.

[Laelth]

33. Many people think that shame and blame are the best strategies to address this issue.

It hasn't stopped Rush while, at the same time, it has alienated a lot of people who might otherwise vote for Democrats.

Same and blame works well on children. The newer generations are much better as a result, but this strategy is a failure with adults and a failure in the short term. I need people to vote for Democrats now.

I am looking for better strategies, but I haven't found them yet.



-Laelth

[VanillaRhapsody]

35. Oh believe it! It has hit him hard.....right where it hurts him most....his wallet...

How many sponsors has he lost? Keep up the pressure.....

These things do not change quickly.....

[Laelth]

36. I'm not defending Rush.

I am glad that he has lost a bunch of sponsors, but he's still on the air. He's still quite wealthy, and he doesn't really need more income. He has a platform, and a lot of people listen to what he says. There must be a reason for that. In part, I think, it's because reasonable, intelligent adults are insulted by the "shame and blame" strategy.

In sum, I question the short-term effectiveness of your preferred strategies. That's all. I regret, however, that I have no better strategies to offer or recommend.

-Laelth

[VanillaRhapsody]

38. He is barely on the air these days....his influence has waned considerably....

For example he is finally off Armed Forces Radio....thats a good step.

You need to give up hoping that misogyny is going away in our lifetimes....it's simply not. We have to take our wins where we can...and KEEP FIGHTING!

[City Lights]

4. Limburger is puddle of runny shit.

Fuck him.

[Kalidurga]

5. Not really worse more of the same

he is a gas bag full of hate. Calling Fluke a slut probably wasn't even his lowest point. But, I have heard him a handful of times where I used to work a decade ago and saw him on TV once scared the *bleep* out of me they panned the audience they looked like corporate zombies. So, he has probably said a lot worse that I haven't even heard.

[Mike Daniels]

20. Referring to Chelsea Clinton as the family dog

should have been the end of Limbaughs career. I still can't believe stations didn't drop him in droves way back then.

[jwirr]

6. Hmmm, I am no longer wondering why he cannot keep a marriage going in his own life. I wonder if

he is a physical abuser?

[alphafemale]

7. His physical body is the most attractive part about him. nt

[bvf]

9. Ew. n/t

[Initech]

11. Ya know you can talk all the shit you want about the NFL right now.

One thing you can thank them for: Rush Limbaugh doesn't own the St Louis Rams.

[shenmue]

13. True

[Elwood P Dowd]

17. Plus, his NFL TV gig a few years ago lasted about as long as

Tim Tebow's playing time with the Patriots.

[ProfessorGAC]

24. Well, To Be Fair. . .

. . .it did last one regular season game. That's one more than Tebow. Not exactly an endorsement, though.
I can't stand either of them.

[Lurker Deluxe]

26. Maybe not

But bringing up Tebow on issues like this is kind of futile.

Hate him or not, Tebow is not out there beating women and children, and not running the clubs with his posse.

The NFL could use a few more Tebows and lot less Rice, Peterson, Lewis, Rothli... aww hell, the list is just to long.

[ProfessorGAC]

27. We Can Agree To Disagree

I think we can do without either.

[DonCoquixote]

18. why should a six time divorcee

have ANYTHING to say about women?

[shanti]

19. W.T.H.

chickifiying?? who says this?

oh wait...

[Shankapotomus]

21. Right

Because "chickifying" anything would be bad.

I mean, what if we "chickified" war? There might be no war. Gasp!

And what if we "chickified" all violence? Well hell! Where would we go for all our violence? Somebody?

[ProfessorGAC]

22. Self-Accelerating His Descent Into Irrelevancy

Seen his ratings lately. Radio stations are dropping him nearly every week. No money, no show. No show, no atttention. Ooops.

[MoonRiver]

29. And drag all teabag loonies down with him.

Keep up with the "chickifying" comments fatboy. It's working. Just not the way you planned.

[ProfessorGAC]

39. OK By Me!

There are a couple teabaggers near my house. Neither flies that flag anymore. Must not be working out the way they wanted to, either.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

31. He's in the entertainment business

He says this crap to generate buzz, work his way into discussions, and get people to tune in.

Just keep telling his advertisers you are ignoring them, and he'll go away.

[madokie]

34. What a stupid prick

The scary part is there are people who listen to this pedophile and take in his every word like its gospel or something.

[Bluenorthwest]

37. His rhetoric is far from new material. Teddy Roosevelt claimed reformers wanted to 'emasculate

football' way back in 1905. This language of sexism, this gender dynamic ripped from a medieval jousting field, is a basic and defining element of the sport of football.

[MoonRiver]

40. One would hope humans learned something about gender equality since 1905!

Guess not, at least among the fundie lunatic fringe.

[Bluenorthwest]

41. Football is all about gender roles from about 1305.

nt

[MoonRiver]

42. So we haven't learned anything since 1305?

[Johonny]

43. So he just insulted every current, former man that ever played NFL football, nice plan.

Yes, if you don't beat women then you're somehow less manly then the men that do. More to the point, you are less of a football player. I'm sure all those Patriot players can't wait for Robert Kraft to invite Rush into his box for a game. Hey look our owner is hanging out with the guy that thinks we all beat our wives. I'm sure that will go over well. People wonder why I hate the Patriots and I wonder why Robert Kraft hangs out with a man that thinks Kraft is a wousy because Kraft don't beat his wife enough. Or perhaps Kraft does since Rush hangs out with him... hmm. Lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas Mr. Kraft.

Remember when Tom Jackson and the other former players force Rush Limbaugh off the ESPN set... do you need more information on why people like Tom Jackson hated working with Rush.

[Dirty Socialist]

44. Already Been Done

Lingerie League.