What is a ditto head. Al just said some guy was a "resident ditto head".

[patricia92243]

[irancontra]

1. rush limbag listener

i think.

[Ezlivin]

2. Ditto is another way of saying "dick" (N/T)

[nostamj]

3. fans of Rush Limbaugh...

when they agree with him, they call in and say DITTOS rush!


To the tune of “Everything’s Coming Up Roses”

(All - in "Ethel Merman" voices)
WE’RE BRAIN DEAD, AND WE’RE PROUD
WE BELIEVE THAT WE’RE RIGHT ‘CAUSE WE’RE LOUD
DITTOHEADS, BLINDLY LED
AND WE’RE REPEATING EVERYTHING RUSH SAYS

NOT ONE FRESH THOUGHT. JUST THE USUAL RANT.
DON’T BE DISTRAUGHT!
RUSH WILL LEAD US IN THE ONSLAUGHT!
CLINTON’S MESS, ON THAT DRESS
IS ONE TOPIC TO KEEP US OBSESSED
RIGHT IS RIGHT. LEFT IS WRONG.
SING IT OUT. IT’S OUR SONG
WE NEED THE TALKING POINTS HE GETS FROM GOD --
SO WE’RE REPEATING EVERYTHING RUSH SAYS
AND THINK YOU SHOULD TOO!

[theorist]

4. It's kind of a long story.

Rush used to get pissed at his listeners who would call up and praise the show, so Rush started asking his callers to just say "ditto". Thus, the phrase dittoheads.

I may not be 100% on this. It's the explanation my dad gave me years ago.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. A Dittohead is a Rush Limbaugh fan,

the kind that knows nothing unless Rush tells him (almost always him)

Known for their distinctive cry of approval, "Megadittoes, Rush!"

[ET Awful]

6. Limbaugh fan . . .

Comes from fans calling into Limbaughs show and saying such moronic things as "mega dittos" when they agree with Limbaugh, it happens frequently since Limbaugh gives his listeners their opinions and tells them what to think.

[Flubadubya]

7. Correct me if I'm wrong here...

The listeners/followers of Rush Limbaugh are so into "group think" that they allow Rush to dictate, delineate, and define their entire repetoire of knowledge. Thus, when anyone asks what they think they just say, "Ditto what Rush says." Thus they are "ditto heads".

I think this is how the phrase came into being, and Rush uses it to his advantage (to control is meekly sheep). Tell me if this is wrong anyone. (?)

[nostamj]

8. post #4 has it correct n/t

[theorist]

9. You can see my post above.

He told his listeners to say "dittoes" if they agreed, so they could get to the point of the call sooner, thus avoiding lengthy BS calls (ironic, I know). The phrase has just evolved as an all-encompassing term for the RW talk radio crowd.

[Brotherjohn]

10. People who call into Rush would always say "ditto"...

... to what the prior caller (or Rush) had said... as if mindless and brainwashed.

Oh who am I kidding! Not "as if"! They ARE actually mindless and brainwashed!

Anyhoo, it got to be such the usual response, that callers would just say "dittoes", and Rush fans became known as "dittoheads". Al Franken has a "resident dittohead' who he lets spout his nonsense on his Air America show (think Limbaugh would ever do that?).

Isn't it fitting that arch-conservatives have taken as a label a name which means, basically, "what the other guy said"? That's the level of their critical thinking capacity.

[Cleita]

11. A believer who worships in the temple of the

all-knowing god, Rush Limbaugh. They drink the Kool-Aid as their communion ceremony.

[realFedUp]

12. His friend Mark is the resident ditto head

He has him on weekly I think so Al
can refute what Mark's heard from Rush.