Rush Limbaugh, hero of the working class, ridicules his audience on air

[ComerPerro]

So yesterday I was listening to Limbaugh (don't ask, I just have a strong stomach and a high tolerance for bullshit) and he was discussing his newest item for sale.

"Club Gitmo" T-shirts. Apparently he has set up a website discussing what a great "vacation retreat" Gitmo is, and he has T-shirts for sale that advertise "Club Gitmo". He mentions that they are in all sizes, from Small all the way to 4XL (no comment).

Just as I am reflecting on how bigoted, hateful and disgusting all this was, and just as I was fantasizing about how great it would be to send all his true believers to Gitmo for a week "vacation" as prisoners would be, he shocks me.

Absolutely astounds me.

He says something like "Now, I have been getting a lot of comments about the sizes, because T-shirts will shrink. But, don't wash them in the laundry. Have them dry-cleaned. That's what I do."

Apparently that caused an uproar among his sycophants. Apparently they reflected on how expensive that might be.

He went on to tell them that this is how clothes should be washed, he has all his laundry sent to dry cleaning. "The only thing I have sent to - I do in the laundry - is my socks." That comment alone was hilarious, because it sounded as though he almost mentioned not even washing his own socks but then caught himself.

He even had someone call in, who was *gasp* a dry-cleaner, who discussed with Rush that some people who are cheap will complain about the prohibitive cost of dry-cleaning everything, but that it was ultimately the best way to do things. Then he and Rush agreed that anyone who disagreed with their assessment could "stick it<.b>".

He went further still, indicating that "I don't even have any white T-shirts. I color-coordinate. I want to look nice. I don't want to look like (then I'm not sure what he said or if he finished the thought). I don't want to look sloppy, you know, T-shirts with holes in them, like..."
To which I added "Like your listeners, Rush?" (sadly, just to myself. It had to be said, though).



Apparently, this savior of the common man is such an out-of-touch elitist that he has all of his clothing dry-cleaned and sends only his socks to laundry.

Apparently, this man who attacked Democratic candidates for being "metrosexuals" likes to "color-coordinate" and "look nice".

Very interesting.

[redqueen]

1. Oh to be a fly on the wall in the blue collar listeners' homes.

:evilgrin:

[gratuitous]

7. They'd just nod and agree with Rush

"Heck honey, little Joey's cough don't sound that bad, and Rush says we should dry clean ever'thing."

[PuraVidaDreamin]

2. Ha! Rush the Elitist!

Can anyone get that on audio?

[ComerPerro]

11. I think to stream his shows you have to pay

and sign up for his newsletter.

:puke:

[stevedeshazer]

45. That in itself is amazing, LOL

Is there ANY radio in the US that is NOT within range of the Excrement In Broadcasting microphone?

Why pay when you can already pick it up in your dental fillings in most places?

[patrice]

3. Limbaugh is one Huge stew of "Abnormal" traits.

On edit: Pardon me "normal" is a purely statistical construct, i.e. not that "desirable" in specific situations.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. fascinating.... god I hat ethe fact that I have to dry

clean uniforsm since it ain't cheap... he is an elitist SOB but maybe thigns like that will wake people up

[FreedomAngel82]

5. *snicker*

And they call democrats elitsts. What's the deal with not washing your own clothes? :shrug: My clothes get washed in a washer and dryer and they're perfectly fine. The only clothes I have with holes in it is a pair of shorts that I wore a lot in high school with band.

[LaurenG]

6. I guess that's not such a bad thing

Chemicals in dry cleaning are toxic. He's poisoning himself and asking his listeners to join him. Dry cleaning fluid-kool aid. Jim Limbaugh. :sarcasm:

[bicentennial_baby]

8. Bingo

I definitely see an upside to this

[patrice]

9. He should have himself dry-cleaned. He is a dirty liar.

He misleads people on purpose and that hurts them very badly.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

17. Maybe that is the explanation. His brain is fried from the over use

of dry cleaning solvents. Add the oxycotin and you have a lethal combination of pickled brains syndrome. It would explain a LOT besides the fact that Lush is just an a$$wipe.

[Jane Austin]

23. That was my immediate thought!

n/t

[Demit]

10. A drycleaner says drycleaning is the best way to do things.

Gee, what are the odds?

[ComerPerro]

13. That's what I thought too

[Johonny]

12. Please don't listen to him

It only help his rating. Ignore him.

[ComerPerro]

16. Actually, I listen to him on occasion and sometimes watch Faux so that

I can be aware of their advertisers. I write down the companies that advertise during their timeframe and put them in a list.

In the past I have sent out mass emails to the advertisers informing them that I would never do business with them again as long as they sponsor the program.

[IndyOp]

26. Go Comer! Every little bit helps --

:yourock:

[porphyrian]

14. Limbaugh is a fat chunk of shit.

Stop listening to the stupid fuck.

[ComerPerro]

30. see above

[geomon666]

15. Look at this disgusting crap

Yeah I took a hit for the team and actually went to his hate site. Ugh...what a filthy pig. He actually has weather forecasts up for Gitmo and Baghdad. I want to puke.

[ComerPerro]

18. Thats something I thought was odd. He mentioned the temp in Baghdad

And I thought, "Gee, he's right, that is terrible conditions to be in. So why on earth did we send our soldiers there on a lie?"

[greenbriar]

29. I heard this bit yesterday

those t=shirts are appalling

I can not believe anyone would buy them


Lets get some that say club alcatraz

club san quention

geezzzzzzzzzzz

[nadinbrzezinski]

39. California sold for years the Alcatraz T-Shirts,

they were good replicas of the ones issued to prisoners and they were a hit with tourists... that is what he is basing that on... to a point

[Kansas Wyatt]

19. Who in the Hell would dry clean t-shirts?

Oh I see, it's the Vain Crackhead 'Limpballs.' And this dipshit has the nerve to mock and ridicule others?

[Serial Mom]

20. So his underwear is drycleaned?!?! Yuck!

:shrug:

[bullwinkle428]

32. Mr T. says, "I PITY THE FOOL

that has to handle his oversized polka-dot boxers!" I think we just discovered the worst job in America!

[zbdent]

21. Of course, he sold ties to

"the people who don't have to wear ties to work" (if his claims about his audience were true) . . .

Now, if you don't need something, how stupid is it to buy it? Only thing I can think of is to annoy a "friend".

[zbdent]

22. Just thought of an addenda

He also sold books to people who can't read . . . (his audience, again - the "anti-intellectual" crowd)

[IndyOp]

24. When I need to feel better about the corporate radio talk-show

world, I cheer myself up by watching an Eric Blumrich animation.

<http://www.ericblumrich.com/nazi.html>

It has such a catchy tune that I have a hard time not singing it aloud in public - gotta be careful there - humming is okay, but wait 'til you get back to your car/home to break out in song!

:kick:

[Karmakaze]

37. That is brilliant!!!

You almost cant tell that its made up of spliced together sound bites. He actually sounds like he's singing the song.

Definately one for the bookmarks.

[IndyOp]

46. Isn't it incredible -- I do go about in public singing,

"He's fat, pathetic putz, with a face like a horse's ass!"

:bounce:

[ComerPerro]

47. This was my sig line at one time

It cracked me up. And it was so funny.

Watching it actually made me feel really good and laugh really hard.

Whenever I was bummed out about anything political, I would watch it.

"From the bowels of Adolph Hitler comes the voice of Rush Limbaugh!"

[Number9Dream]

25. So repulsive that ...

Pumpkin Head is so repulsive that, even as a multi-millionaire, he can't hold on to a woman. Three divorces, and his new girlfriend looks like Mr. Burns on The Simpsons. Would enjoy hearing some dirt on the chickenhawk from the ex's.

[rustydog]

27. I want to look nice? it don't matter what pretty paper you wrap

the pile of shit in, Rush, you still got a pile of shit.

[maxrandb]

44. Or As it Says in the Bible

"You wouldn't put a gold ring in a pig's nose"

[UdoKier]

28. It's fitting that he gets everything dry-cleaned.

Dry-cleaning is about the most disgusting process I can think of. They spray a chemical solution on the clothes that hides the dirt but never really gets the garment clean. Clothes that have been fry-cleaned a lot have the most disgusting feeling of chemical build-up on them -and he actually dry-cleans his UNDERGARMENTS! Blech. The one thing that you want to be soft and clean and fresh-laundered. Can you imagine his t-shirts, with a fine layer of obese-sweat mixed with dry-cleaning chemicals and perfume, with an ever so slightly sticky sensation? :puke:

That's more than I ever wanted to know about Rush Limbaugh.

[Jacobin]

31. Doesn't matter. They all think they are going to win the lottery

and be rich and when they do, they don't want to pay a lot of taxes.

Seriously.

They think they're all gonna be rich.

[ComerPerro]

38. Exactly.

"When I'm a billionare, I don't want to pay half my income to the government!"


:crazy:

[LeftyMom]

33. Long long ago

back in the early 90's I recall him bragging tht he'd never wore a pair of jeans in his life. A real hero of the working class, that one. :eyes:

[ComerPerro]

40. OMG, really?

But I'm guessing that at the time he boasted about not wearing jeans, it was probably because he was way too fat to fit into them comfortably.

[LeftyMom]

41. Undoubtedly

but he was saying that even as a kid he never wore them, because that's what those damned filthy hippies wore. A paraphrase, but that's the just of what he said. He was really quite proud of it, and it struck me as elitist, which is why I remembered it.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

43. And he washes his brain in OxyClean!

:D

[Deja Q]

34. You know, if clothes don't have that "how to clean me" tag on them, surely

they are not worth buying then?

His listeners are nit-wits. Not that we needed any more proof, but this one takes the cake.

[bullwinkle428]

35. I've always gotten the vibe that this guy

is the ultimate huckster, a carnival barker who peddles his snake oil to the "great unwashed" (in his mind), scooping up their money by the bushel-ful and then laughing at them condescendingly as they walk away. I don't think he believes even a fraction of what he preaches, but knows exactly how to package a message and have an audience hang on his every word...

[MsTryska]

36. the only thing he washes are his socks huh?

wonder what he's got to hide by not sending those off to the cleaners too.

btw - doesn't he still have his made? shouldn't she be doing his laundry?

and lastly - what sort of monumental dork dry-cleans t-shirts?

[Hubert Flottz]

42. Rush is a very sensitive propagandist!

Speaking of color-coordinated, he and the Prodigal Ace were both yellow when the chips were down. Rush has expanded his mind so much on drugs, that his brain has grown to damned near the size of a BB!