Rush Limbaugh, should he be held responsible for the destruction of the American political system?

Question

A drug addict leading people who call themselves Dito Heads?

Answer 1

No, he shouldn't be held responsible. The corporations that control our media should be held responsible, as should the leaders who deny our children access to a decent education.

Answer 2

You must think Limbaugh is some sort of Svengali if all he has to do is open his mouth and the entire American political system can change. I'm sure he'd like to have that kind of power, but his real power is just his ability to articulate what many conservatives believe AND do it in an entertaining way. If the Libs could ever find an intelligent AND humorous representative of their beliefs, they could have a successful talk show, too. But so far, their attempts have been pathetic failures.

Answer 3

Limbaugh is much more than a commentator. I watched him for a while in the 90's when he was on t.v. He is nothing but a vitriolic spinner who seldom tells the truth, the who story and more often than not takes many things out of context.
I've seen him showing television pictures but his descriptions of the picture had nothing to do with what he was showing. Of course he has changed American politics, The last time I saw someone do similar to what he does as a biography of Adolf Hitler.

Answer 4

I do wish people would read a bit more. Our political system has always be cantankerous, more or less. If you can, you should read the political froth whipped up during the Adams/Jefferson race, or during the years prior to the civil war. Future president Lincoln once jumped out of a window with his fellow party members to shut down a vote they disagreed with. Guns were pulled quite a bit (though no shots fired). President Wilson used the sedition act to quiet the malcontents. Roosevelt tried to stack the courts. There have always been political commentators (Franklin's Silence Dogood, comes to mind), as long as there has been politics.
I think we are just inundated with this stuff more than ever, not to mention the time we have to allow ourselves to be inundated.

Answer 5

rush limbaugh is only a political commentator. If we want to do that then why not blame all the alcoholics (like the Kennedy's) and all the drug addict that are actually involved in the government. They are the ones destroying our democracy.

Answer 6

Rush Limbaugh does not lead people. He just puts his ideas out into the realm of understanding. Although I will take the opinion of that drug addict over your precious drug addict and alcohol abuser, alcohol abuser and murderer, or a sex addict that can't keep his pants zipped like Clinton or either of the Kennedy's.

Answer 7

Are you afraid of someone with an opposing view? All he does is talk about his views. BTW, "ditto" being said when a person first calls the show means that the person likes the show. It's just easier than every single person saying the same thing at the first of their call. It does NOT mean that the person necessarily agrees with everything Rush says.

Answer 8

Of course not, no more than Al Franken should. Rush is a conservative political commentator who speaks to his sheep.
If you want to blame anyone, blame the entire Baby Boom generation. There has never been so much antipathy in government since the Babk Boomers took over.

Answer 9

No, liberals trying hard to further the Communist Agenda are responsible for the destruction of the American system.

Answer 10

No, but he should be put in jail for violating his probation. And quite possibly for the things he did in a third world country with all that Viagra.

btw fr Chuck, how do you feel about an unmarried man with Viagra? Isn't it a sin or do you feel its ok to have sex outside of marriage?

Answer 11

Let me see telling people what is really hapening is destruction,

I guess it is destroying the system of lies that are being used to try and control the polictial system