Why do my ultra conservative friends always quote Limbaugh when asked for their thoughts?

Question

When I ask them "What do you think?", its as though I asked them what did Limbaugh have to say about it...

Your thoughts please

artic, shrink, (below) I believe you 100%. My friends are the ones that often quote Hannity/Limbaugh verbatim in their responses.?
I have not listened to either for some time though so I am going by past experience.

Friends as in people I've known for some years. I don't know my new friends well enough to make this claim.

coragryph (below) Good point.

son of George, neb s (below) - LOL

Answer 1

LOL! Get some new friends, your friends are dull! And no matter how many times Artic and I say that we don't listen to Rush, you still don't believe us.

Maybe the guy is listening to me and Artic!

Answer 2

i think your making up more lies..?

heres some quotes...

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A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
Sir Winston Churchill

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
Sir Winston Churchill

Never turn your back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
Sir Winston Churchill

War is an evil thing; but to submit to the dictation of other states is worse... Freedom, if we hold fast to it, will ultimately restore our losses, but submission will mean permanent loss of all that we value... To you who call yourselves men of peace, I say: You are not safe unless you have men of action on your side.
Thucydides

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.
Ulysses S. Grant

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
John Stuart Mill

Danger - if you meet it promptly and without flinching - you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
Winston Churchill

We have seen in the last decade the decline of the American government and the weakness of the American soldier who is ready to wage Cold Wars and unprepared to fight long wars. This was proven in Beirut when the Marines fled after two explosions. It also proves they can run in less than 24 hours, and this was also repeated in Somalia. We are ready for all occasions. We rely on Allah.
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The youth were surprised at the low morale of the American soldiers and realized more than before that the America soldiers are paper tigers. After a few blows, they ran in defeat
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this great defeat pleased me very much, the way it pleases all Muslims. Allah willing the next victory will be in Hejaz and Najd, Saudi Arabia, and it will make the Americans forget the horrors of Vietnam and Beirut.
- Osama Bin Laden

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I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense enough to do without my persuading them...That's all the powers of the President amount to.
-Harry S Truman

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.
-General William Westmoreland

Answer 3

I would assume it's because Limbaugh and others like him are good at putting into words the what many conservatives believe. Whether you agree with him or not the fact remains that he is very articulate.

Answer 4

The Republican spin machine distributes talking points regularly and these are included on all of the media that are right wingers.

Answer 5

Limbaugh is quoted as an authority, like libs quote Pelosi or Hilary.

You got yours, we got ours. It's called equal time.
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Answer 6

If someone else has managed to say something, better than you yourself can say, it only makes sense to quote them.

That applies whether you're quoting historical figures, or religious or political leaders, or anyone else.

The people quoting him agree with what he has to say, and think those words express the ideas better than their own.

Answer 7

There is no way you have conservative friends.

Limbaugh reminds me of some great ammo to fire at you lefties.

Answer 8

Here's a thought: Why don't you ask them?

I don't believe in answering for other people so I am afraid you will simply have to ask them.

That assumes, of course, that you are genuinely seeking an answer and not simply attempting to marginalize those who don't share your world view.

But thanks for sharing.

Answer 9

Limbaugh says not to answer that question

Answer 10

Because he is one of the few that actually discusses the issues from a conservative viewpoint.