Who would you like to see take Rush Limbaugh on face-to-face?

[ColbertWatcher]

Poll question: Who would you like to see take Rush Limbaugh on face-to-face?

I am of the belief that Limpballs is not as "great" a broadcaster as most people are claiming because he is never challenged.

But, if her were to come out of his protective cocoon, which broadcaster would you like to see take him on?

[Fuzz]

1. Keith

[ColbertWatcher]

11. I was going to pu Olbermann, but that would have been a bloodbath. n/t

[Brigid]

20. I voted Olbermann.

I love a good bloodbath. :evilgrin:

[ControlledDemolition]

66. Maybe so, however, Keith could of used the footage in the production of 'Deliverance II'. n/t

[trueblue2007]

110. KEITH of course. I can't believe you didn't put his name in the poll !!!!!

[NightWatcher]

2. Mike Tyson???

ok, so not a broadcaster, but I'd pay big bucks to watch Iron Mike go ten rounds with limpballs

down goes rushbo
down goes rushbo

[ColbertWatcher]

13. That would be a worse bloodbath than if he faced Olbermann! n/t

[ControlledDemolition]

68. This calls for a poll on which of Rush's appendages Mike should nibble! n/t

[indimuse]

153. lol..

...

[Vidar]

157. When he's hungry.

[rwheeler31]

3. All of the above.

[The Gunslinger]

4. Henry Rollins

[and-justice-for-all]

129. That would be massacre!! Rollins owns...nt

[timeforpeace]

5. Megatron

Seriously, Colbert has the quickest mind and wit.

[ColbertWatcher]

15. Colbert would be interesting. n/t

[ControlledDemolition]

76. Colbert would have the idiot agreeing with him about anything without knowing what 'anything' is!

'The Colbert turkey shoot!'.

(Edit: Multiple typos.)

[liberalmuse]

18. I was going to say, "Mothra"

but Megatron would make would keep it messy.

[Octafish]

31. Gamera

The childrens' friend.

[ControlledDemolition]

72. I have a feeling 'Barbarella' would really make him crap his Republican diapers! n/t

[3waygeek]

6. I'd pay good money for a Rush/BillO matchup...

those two massive egos would annihilate each other, leaving behind two bloated carcasses.

[Bucky]

149. Not even close. O'Reilly would beat Limbaugh.

Limbaugh is way past his prime; works in a cocoon. He'd never even put himself up to competition.

[Th1onein]

7. Howard Dean or Dennis Kucinich.

n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

9. I tried to stay away from elected (or formerly elected) officials because ...

... Limpballs is beneath them.

[notesdev]

8. Roseanne Barr

and a thousand gallons of Jell-O!

[opihimoimoi]

10. Jesse Ventura of course.....

[mdmc]

53. sh'nough

[hootinholler]

65. +1

[ControlledDemolition]

75. Bravo! Great choice. Rush would find Jesse's 'water-board-of-truth' worse than the real thing. n/t

[WillyT]

93. Bingo !!!

:yourock:

[magellan]

97. +2

Jesse was the first one I thought of too.

[opihimoimoi]

100. I doubt zitt would agree to a showdown....he a known wimp...

[magellan]

102. Zitt? n/t

[opihimoimoi]

112. srrry...zitt butt is Rash L....

[magellan]

115. Oh, I agree with your nickname for him and your conclusion!

But it's still a showdown I'd like to see.

Zitt butt, lol.

[opihimoimoi]

117. I borrowed that from Catwoman....LOL

[csziggy]

101. Yes! Jesse would shred him without touching that oily carcass

[opihimoimoi]

113. The STARE would reduce RL to melted cheese

[jgraz]

12. A rendering plant

[DeschutesRiver]

17. ha, good one. This would be my second choice. nt

[DeschutesRiver]

14. The Grim Reaper. nt

[FreakinDJ]

16. Hulk Hogan - times over for talking

I want to see the punk Bitch Slapped

[JeffR]

19. Jim Cornette

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGp043tHAc8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf_u84tvBv4

[WonderGrunion]

89. Agreed

Cornette would rip him a new one.

[TahitiNut]

21. Anderson Silva

[havocmom]

22. Janeane Garofalo

anyone on the list would be more than enough to take Rush apart and beat him with his own words, but ah, the fair Janeane... she would do it and not be as nice to him as the rest. Yes, Janeane Garofalo to slice & dice the ogre and make damn sure he felt the sting of every blow.

[hwmnbn]

23. Jesse Ventura...

But I'd want it live, in person, face to face on national TV.

[Quantess]

106. He was the first to come to my mind.

[lpbk2713]

24. Almost any woman.

He'd blow a gasket when it finally sunk in to his corpulent skull that he was being bested by a female.

Geraldine Ferraro and Gloria Steinem come to mind right off the top of my head.

[LAGC]

25. Bill Maher

Inject some humor into it.

[ColbertWatcher]

26. Someone up thread suggested Colbert. Maher would be a good pick too. n/t

[Dappleganger]

43. That would be my first choice, too.

[Raine]

27. Whoopie Goldberg

she sure took down that other asshole, called him a liar right to his face. :thumbsup:

[Octafish]

28. Me

The great DUer blm brought it up four years ago.

DU challenges Rush to debate Octafish on BCCI, Bushes, and terrorism.

Oh, yeah. I'd bring up the Viagra and a whole lot more. It's personal.

[ColbertWatcher]

37. I'm convinced. Hey Limpballs, debate Octafish! n/t

[ControlledDemolition]

78. That would be fully acceptable but showing a little mercy is one of my vices! n/t

[blm]

156. heheh....you remembered. It should be easy to get him to admit backing Bushes on BCCI was TREASON.

.

[rurallib]

29. jesus Christ, but he likely won't show so Ed Schultz

at least for today. Keith, Steph Miller, Randi. Any could be fun.
I would love to see a woman waste him.

[alfredo]

30. A Velociraptor.

[Ladyhawk]

71. We can just inflate my Amazon parrot to a truly monstrous size. nt

[alfredo]

95. That scares me too.

[Enthusiast]

126. I could go for a velociraptor

Large claw spill his guts. Sorry to be so graphic.

[alfredo]

133. The Velociraptor might think Rush too icky to touch.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

32. Chuck Norris

Just so I could watch one conservative prick kick the shit out of the biggest conservative prick.

[ControlledDemolition]

77. 'Dueling f*ckwits', I love it!! "Obama's a Socialist.... U-dope, he's a fascist-socialist!! n/t

[spanone]

33. lawrence o'donnell

[ColbertWatcher]

40. That would be interesting. n/t

[Greybnk48]

70. Lawrence O'Donnell was my pick too.

He would eat R.L. for breakfast.

[Parker CA]

85. My pick as well. He would absolutely decimate Limpballs.

[mitchum]

34. Homicidal rough trade

[Hassin Bin Sober]

64. LOL

[madeline_con]

35. K.O. man!

[Mr. Sparkle]

36. I voted for Mike because ...

at some stage you just know he is going to get up in his face and attack him. I'd pay good money to see that on PPV . :P

[pipoman]

38. Robert Reich?

:evilgrin:


:hide:

[omega minimo]

Jello Biafra

[dogknob]

39. If memory serves...

Limburger is never publicly challenged because that is exactly what happened several years ago when he hosted an open Q & A. There were plenty of progressive activists waiting for him in the audience. I saw this footage in a documentary about Rush. They eviscerated him. Since then, if you want to talk to Rush publicly, you are thoroughly screened.

In writing this, I attempted to find the title of the aforementioned documentary. According to Wikipedia, IMDB, YouTube and Netflix, this film does not exist. I guess it went to that great morgue where you would find the footage of Al Michaels freaking out on the air at Candlestick during the '89 SF earthquake and the original ending of "The Magnificent Ambersons."

[ColbertWatcher]

46. Welcome to DU! Someone must know the name of this doc. n/t

[dogknob]

56. Thanks...

... for the warm welcome.

I saw that thing like 5 or 6 years ago. I now can't remember if the entire doc was about Rush or if it was about conservative pundits in general. Of course it did devote a lot of time to Rush if the whole thing was not specifically about him, but about the myth of the "liberal media" in general.

[ColbertWatcher]

125. Did it mention FOX alot? n/t

[Name removed]

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[ColbertWatcher]

47. This is why I am questioning his "greatness."

Too many people are saying he's such a great broadcaster.

I'm saying he isn't because he can't handle a little counterpoint.

[dogknob]

136. I suppose he's great...

... in the sense that Orson Welles was great. Whipping the nation into a frenzy with COMPLETE AND UTTER FICTION. How great do you have to be to manipulate the gullible?

[Fozzledick]

42. Cthulu

[Telly Savalas]

44. Why do any of you want to see Rush at all?

[ColbertWatcher]

49. "Want" is too strong a word. n/t

[Telly Savalas]

54. Very well. Why would you have a mild interest in seeing Rush?

[ColbertWatcher]

121. This would not be to "see Rush" but to watch him get his just desserts. n/t

[Telly Savalas]

147. Rush's just desserts would be a quick descent into obscurity.

Wanting to see someone argue with Rush entails wanting to see Rush.

[tom_paine]

45. Me. n/t

[Mari333]

48. Jon Stewart. nt

[ColbertWatcher]

50. There ya go! n/t

[CRF450]

59. Fuckin A right!!

Rush would be totally screwed up in a good much needed way after a debate with John Stewart!

[Ladyhawk]

69. Yeah, that was my choice, but I doubt Jon would stoop so low. nt

[NoSheep]

84. That's My choice.

[Initech]

105. After the way he took down Cramer, Stewart could easily take on Jabba The Rush.

[saltpoint]

51. Voted for Amy Goodman. She's strictly top-drawer, IMO.

[SmileyRose]

52. Michael J Fox.

[JVS]

55. Tank Abbott

[Lydia Leftcoast]

57. Jim Hightower

I used to listen to his radio program, and he was great at handling conservatives. His Texas accent and folksy style confused them.

[Dr Fate]

58. Any of those would make him look like a fool.

He never debates cold calls for a reason.

[Jack Sprat]

60. Hanibal Lector

or the mountain hillbillies from "Deliverance".

[Turbineguy]

61. The Russian Mob

actually any mob will do.

[cliffordu]

62. Me.

[NoPasaran]

63. I'm hoping for face-to-belt sander myself

[xchrom]

67. skittles. -- nt

[OhioChick]

150. +1 Yes, indeed. n/t

[Ladyhawk]

73. Face to face? A garbage disposal. It works on so many levels. nt

[Ladyhawk]

74. Damn dupe. nt

[dorkulon]

79. Wolverine. nt

[ControlledDemolition]

80. Miss Piggy! n/t

[ArnoldLayne]

81. Ed Schultz

[Iggo]

82. At this point, anyone. (n/t)

[Atticus]

83. "come out of his protective cocoon?"

Hm-m-m?
What happened when that alien in the original "War of the Worlds" came down the ramp from his flying saucer into earth's atmosphere?
What happens to Count Dracula if he's forced out of his casket and into the light of day?
What happens to most varieties of filth, disease and corruption when exposed to the bright sunlight?

EPIC FAIL!!!

[tomreedtoon]

86. Ed Gein.

You know, the guy that was the model for both Norman Bates of Psycho and Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He wasn't a fictional monster. He was real.

[madamesilverspurs]

87. Doc Kevorkian

[Princess Turandot]

88. After seeing him tell Bill O'Reilly twice that he was full of sh#t..

I'll take Dave Letterman for this. His news comments as an entertainer are more honest than Limbaugh's. Then he can set one of Jungle Jack Hanna's pythons loose on him.

[Canuckistanian]

90. Edward R. Murrow

THAT would be epic.

[Adsos Letter]

91. Ray Taliaferro of KGO AM, latenight...

...hell's bells...

[Horse with no Name]

92. A pack of hungry pit bulls?n/t

[RedCloud]

146. Back in the day Mike vick's types.

But they may be trained to eat choicer meat.

[burning rain]

94. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fl.).

She's so bad-ass that in Chuck Norris' household, they tell Debbie jokes.

[dysfunctional press]

96. charles manson, or Senator Al Franken.

[leftofthedial]

98. the shark in Jaws.

[4lbs]

99. Wanda Sykes.

They can discuss her jokes at that dinner about wanting Rush's kidneys to fail.

I'm sure that will be a lively discussion.


She'll destroy him in pretty much anything though.

[Flabbergasted]

103. I think command of the facts and down to earth clarity make Hartman the prime choice. nt

[Stuart G]

107. If it were a fair fight, Hartman's got a tremendous store of knowledge..nt

[Bobbie Jo]

104. Medusa

[Iggo]

108. Probably take about half an hour to turn him to stone.

[KharmaTrain]

109. Been There, Done That...

I interviewed Rushbo in 1988...does that count?

[ColbertWatcher]

122. I did not know this! Do you have a transcipt? n/t

[KharmaTrain]

152. Yep...And The Audio, Too...

It's become a family heirloom...LOL. We did a radio interview right after his show began in '88...my hopes are it was his experience with me that made him decide not to do many more of these...especially with someone who was then a proud progressive and still is today.

:hi:

[guardian]

111. Satan! n/t

[s-cubed]

114. Jesse Ventura (sp?) Rush would be speechless. n/t

[BigBearJohn]

116. Jon Stewart

[Maru Kitteh]

118. A six foot sausage casing. His status as a festering meat-sack would then be complete.

with costume.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

119. A blind proctologist with a hangover and a bad attitude.

[ControlledDemolition]

138. ... and a sharp scalpel! n/t

[lamp_shade]

120. President Obama

[cagesoulman]

123. Stephen Colbert

Hooah!

[Joe the Liberal]

124. Predator. n/t

[Enthusiast]

127. Barbara Walters finds Limbaugh "fascinating"

Just sayin'.

[T_i_B]

128. Jeremy Paxman

[and-justice-for-all]

130. Krispy Kreme...nt

[MineralMan]

131. A black linebacker from any NFL team.

That would be my choice. Put 'em both in an extreme fighting cage and let them have at it.

[Echo In Light]

132. Jello Biafra, Janeane Garofalo, or Rollins

[SteppingRazor]

134. Donovan McNabb. n/t

[peekaloo]

135. Michael J. Fox

or flesh eating bacteria

[librechik]

137. Kathy Griffin

she could blister his hide better even than Behar (a shade too polite)

Did anyone see her on Larry King last night? She is OUT of the Bush hating closet, and has no use for the Giant Gas Blimp.

[RamboLiberal]

139. Jon Stewart when he's at his best

My 2nd choice would be Jesse Ventura if he could get to waterboard Mr Bouncy Bouncy.

[scarface2004]

140. howard stern would

kick his ass!!!

[Are_grits_groceries]

141. Jim Cornette

He would push back on Rush hard and wouldn't take any shit. In addition, he knows the kind of people Rush appeals to and can mix it up.
Ed Schultz wouldn't be bad, but it would be great to see somebody from the world of wrestling smack Rush.

[MzNov]

142. Sam Seder

:loveya:

[JustAnotherGen]

143. Bill Maher

Bill won't be nice. Bill will hit below the belt and start picking on him for his weight. Bill- he basically wouldn't hit back. That's my 'other' vote.

[cherish44]

144. I think Michelle Obama could verbally shove her stilletto heel up his ass, smiling the whole time..

She'd be totally cool, classy and smart and he'd end up looking like a blubbering buffoon (more so than usual)

[asteroid2003QQ47]

145. other: Pooh-Bear: . . .

"A man will say just about anything when he's sportin' badger-food for a pecker."

-The Salton Sea (2002)

[Bucky]

148. I'm going with Stephanie Miller. Ed's fun, but he gets too flustered & doesn't argue very well.

You'd need someone who's able to think & respond on the cuff. Stephanie knows how to shift gears and keep people off balance. Unlike Maddow or Olbermann, she allows herself to go toe to toe with people she disagrees with.

[Spirochete]

151. Freddy Kreuger n/t

[ThomWV]

154. Jessy Ventrua - WTF

It would be great good fun to watch.

[nyc 4 Biden]

155. I agree. Jesse Ventura FTW!

[AlinPA]

158. Kathy Griffin.

[Echo In Light]

159. I'd also add author Harlan Ellison!

[madamesilverspurs]

160. Doctor Ruth

[Kalyke]

161. Keith Olbermann

I'd pay to see Mr. Olbermann take on Mr. Bouncy-Bouncy!