Why do people who dislike Rush never talk about the issue they disagree with?

Question

It usually ends in personal attack. I wonder why?

Answer 1

They can't engage him on the issues so they go to the personal attacks.

You will notice nothing creative in their attack.
I bet you will have at least 3 mentioning something about drugs.

Yet they have no problem with a democrat driving under the influence of drugs.

Mind you I didn't read a single post before this now to see how close I am.

I stand corrected only one this morning my bad.

Answer 2

Because they can't. In order to have an intelligent discussion on any issue one must be informed. Those who are informed, even if they don't agree with his position, find it difficult to argue with his logic.

Prime example is here in the answers you have received. Several have mentioned his drug addiction. Yet many of their liberal hero's are drug addicted, womanizing alcoholics whom they worship. They are praised for their courage to over come their addictions. Many have been in and out rehab most of their adult lives. When Rush falters in the same way he gets nothing but ridicule. I know, I know, he called addicts losers but what he also did was to take responsibility and admit his hypocrisy on the air. You won’t catch a liberal doing that.

Then there are those like wolfdancer and Mr. Morden who don't have their facts right.

Mr. Morden, The phony soldiers Rush referred to were those who claimed to be combat veterans yet were never sent overseas. In one case a guy only served 44 days. He got a general discharge for misconduct. He made claims of atrocities being committed by our soldiers he witnessed while he was oversease but it was all lies. That didn't stop the media from quoting his lies over and over again. Being a veteran myself I will tell you we do not appreciate pretend soldiers spreading lies about situations of which they have no knowledge.

And wolfdancer, he did not say he thought Michael J. Fox was faking. What he said was it wouldn't surprise him if he was exaggerating his lack of control or had not taken his meds for dramatic effect. Granted, I too see this as insensitive and improper to say, but it's not like it has never happened. Many actors have exaggerated incidents when it worked in their favor. Personally I believe M. J. Fox is above that but that's just my opinion.

The biggest problem with Rush that liberals have is he can beat them at their own game and they can't take the heat. There have been many liberal talk shows put on the air. Al Franken and Al Gore have both tried as has Harry Ried and they all failed. The only reason is because there are not enough people who want to listen to their inane drivel to make it profitable and that's the bottom line. They have to draw an audience to stay on the air and the liberals can't do that. That's why Ried and other liberals want to push the fairness doctrine so they can force radio stations to put their counterpoints on the air whether anyone listens or not. The liberals have this misconception that the right to free speech also guarantees them a right to an audience as well.

Answer 3

Liberals lose when rationality, logic, and truth are introduced into debate so in order to keep the debate on their own terms liberals appeal to emotion and make fallacious allegations in attempts to demonize those whose truth defeats their fallacies. It's the same for Rush as it is for the rest of us, just when it happens to Rush we all see it.

Answer 4

Because they do not dislike him for what he says. They dislike him for what other people tell them he has said. If half of the people who claim to dislike him listened to him, they would change their opinion. Sure he he might be loud, boisterous and conceited, but that doesn't make what he says incorrect. I used to think that Rush was just this loudmouth who was out to cause trouble because of what other people said about him and based on what I read of him in the media, then I started a job where I could hear Rush on the radio and I actually listened to him for a couple shows. My opinion changed. While I do not agree with him on 100% of the issues, I do agree with him on 90% of the issues. T

Answer 5

The Greatest Single obstacle to liberal seizing power?

Today's neo-con Conservatives deal in seizing power as stock and trade, and Rush, ever the good mouthpiece to their cause is right there with them.

I would look at the last few years:
1. Signing statements to justify ignoring the law and the will of congress.
2. Politicizing the justice department
3. Ignoring subpoenas by claiming the VP's office is not part of the executive branch,
4. Secret torture memo's
5. Secret energy task force
6. Secret surveillance with no warrant or oversight
7. Defending secret surveillance with no warrant or oversight
8. And this - From Dick Cheney shortly after 9/11: "We are now a nation of men, not laws.".

If any Democrat or liberal had done or said any of these things, Rush would be all over them. But then I guess he is paid to be.

Answer 6

The man is probably the single greatest obstacle to the success of many Liberal attempts to seize more and more power. He is not only a Conservative, he is very good at making his point and entertaining at the same time.

The vast majority of Americans, regardless of political party or lack thereof, actually live their lives as Conservatives and share most of the values Rush promotes.

How else can you explain the record setting election numbers of Ronald Reagan? He was clearly and unbendingly a Conservative. No one ever got the number of votes he got nor carried as many states as he did. He won even bigger in his second election than his first.

There simply are not that many Republicans in America. That means pretty much all independent and most registered Democrat voters supported his clearly defined, Conservative agenda when it was placed up against a clearly defined Liberal agenda, twice.

With this in mind, is there any question as to why Rush and Conservative talk radio succeeds and Liberal talk radio fails? Have you not noticed that all of the Republican candidates are fighting for the "most Conservative" title and yet you cannot find a single Democrat candidate claiming to be Liberal? Why do the Democrats hide behind the title ''Progressive"? Why do Democrats try to convince American voters that they are not Liberal but Moderate? Why? Because America is not Liberal! Many Americans think themselves moderate but are actually Conservative. That's why. The Democrats have to fool people to win elections.

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Answer 7

Although Rush does invite many personal attacks, because that is the style of 'politics' he plays, I'd have to say you are false on this. It can be ironic when he condemns people as drug addicted losers when... well, you know.

But just to give you the benefit of the doubt, and beacuse I am kind of amused that you haven't let this go yet, go ahead. Name an issue that needs to be discussed and we'll discuss it.

Answer 8

Why are you defending him? Rush IS the issue - a drug addicted liar who panders to the simple minded and propagandizes for corporate fascism. I would rather not waste time pretending to be fair - when I know he won't be.
His own positions and statements are evident that this personn is a shill for the right wing.

Answer 9

Would that be Bush?
The reason why is that many of us, who do not have a vote in the US of A, are victims of US politics. The people in the USA voted for Bush's second term of office (not too sure about the first term) and since then many countries have been drawn into conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq without ever having the right to say whether or not they agree with such an engagement.

Answer 10

Most of them dislike him for ONLY 1 reason,he's a republican and he helped beat their guy in the elections.
If everything in the last 7 years had stayed exactly the same except the party in the White House,we'd be hearing how great it is.