Beck is on a huge roll. Over the last month, the right-wing Fox News talker has claimed the scalp of the president’s green jobs czar; motivated thousands of conservatives to turn out for town hall meetings and a Sept. 12 march on Washington; pummeled Democrats over ACORN and Obama’s czars; and landed himself a spot on the cover of Time magazine.
“Beck is the man of the moment,” says the Weekly Standard’s Michael Goldfarb. “Everybody in town is watching him, waiting to see what he’ll do next, who he’ll take down next.”
But if Beck is the man of the moment, where does that leave Rush?
In an e-mail to POLITICO, Limbaugh said any attempt to compare him with Beck in terms of Washington influence rests on a “flawed premise.”
“I do not, and never have, measured my success in ways you describe, such as ‘impact’ in Washington,” Limbaugh said. “I am a broadcaster and judge my success by those standards.”
By those standards, the slimmed-down Limbaugh is still large and in charge.
#18 I would choose Beck over Rush. Beck is more fun than Rush. He’s called out both Democrats and Republicans and he pretty much broke the ACORN story and got Van Jones fired. His Know your Czars segment is an eye-opener.
#20-Benjamin-I would choose Beck over Rush.
I don’t see it as a contest between the two because in the end truth is where you find it. To their credit, both provide insightful commentary not found in lesser venues.
Rush was fun to listen to back during the Clinton Administration. He became irrelevant when Bush 43 came into office. And, since he was outed as a drug addict who supports the drug war, I have no interest. I will listen to a few minutes now and then just to make sure nothing has changed.
Beck as someone said, sometimes says brilliant things. But he says so many cuckoo things that they outweigh the brilliance. Kind of like Hitler building the autobahns. A great accomplishment, but I’d pass on the package deal.
The difference between Rush & Beck is, that Beck actually believes the stuff he says, and Rush is just an entertainer, like Howard Stern, or any other “in it for the money” host.
I’m not a fan of either, they both seem to be poising America to greater or lessor degrees.
#18 Rush on the other hand is the man.
Rush on the other hand is a coward and a bully who hides behind his call screener and his cutoff switch. The few times he’s ventured out from behind them, he’s had his ass handed to him by smarter and better informed people.
But he’s a smart cowardly bully, and he knows just what to say to rile up the rubes and boost his numbers so he makes his millions. He laid it all out in that video early in his career.
#21, I just enjoy Beck more. I work during Beck and Rush, so I don’t get to listen, except on holidays and on Saturdays when they play a repeat of Beck. I mean Rush is good radio, but I have less and less time for three hours of radio
I can’t watch Limbaugh==hate monger.
I used to watch Beck when he first appeared because he does cover more in depth issues that others don’t but when he started crying on TV and demonstrating hypocrisy within the same sentences, his clown act that he is quite proud of became too much a distraction.
Last week I tuned in for a check up. In the one hour show, Beck had two legitimate ad sponsors. The rest of the ad time was filled with promo’s for Fox itself. I don’t think he is long for the tube with “all but two” sponsors shunning him.
So, the Jewish Aphorism applies: “When given a choice, I say neither.” They are clowns, Limbaugh certainly aware and more evil. Beck’s problems may be more clinical and he just needs some of Alfie’s afternoon meds.
THE REAL ISSUE is the actual in fact leadership of the Republican Party who are just as bad, but oh so typically, not even as clever enough to think up the hate routines themselves.
Pelosi’s appeal for civility before we get another assassinated President will be seen as a certain percentage of politics as usual but Byner’s rejoinder was 100% politics and he should be impeached for stupidity and crassness, and playing the Republican Base for the stooges they are.
I like Olbermann. Partisan==yes. I challenge any righty here to parse Olberman for us. When he comes out with his “Special Report” on some issue, separate the facts from the issue he is attacking. I’d like to hear specifically when he was an asswipe like Byner, Bockman, Limbaugh, or Beck rather than simply calling them out for who they are.
You know, calling the Republicans hypocrites, appealing to the worst in us, the party of no ideas is not partisan. Just accurate.
#18
Rush or Beck real men ha!
They are just riding that media gravy train milking it for all they can there convictions will always be suspect.
A real man(same for women) would put up or shut up not hide behind a mic. and throw stones. To criticize or destroy something is very easy to get in roll up your sleeves and help build that’s the real work. If they really can do a better job then those in office they should run.
Al Franken is more of a man than these wankers will ever be.
#27 Well said Howard! Since Rush is so obviously a coward and a bully, he reminds me of that bully we all seemed to know in elementary school or junior high. The bully was bad enough, but equally bad were the whining little chickensh*ts who hung around with him, who didn’t have the guts to take anyone on themselves, but after the bully pummeled someone, would take their own cuts at him knowing that he couldn’t fight back. Dodd and the other dittoheads kind of remind me of those little scumbags.
Or who knows — maybe dittoheads were the ones beat up by the bully in junior high, and now are sucking up to the bully in some weird psychological transference thing…
Either way, they’re pretty sad specimens.
#28-Phydeau-blah, hate, blah
The monsters in your head seem to be working overtime. I hear Obama’s witch doctor has an opening – in your case it couldn’t hurt.
I sure hope that a good healthcare bill passes, and soon. It better cover MENTAL health issues, because guys like these, as well as their followers, surely need it.
#30 Yes, I suspected that would be too complex for you to understand, Dodd. No problem.
How about this: why do you support a guy who never fights fair? Who always has his call screener and his cutoff switch to stifle anyone who might make a good point against him? Who has been exposed as a blathering idiot whenever he’s in a fair fight situation? That’s your hero figure? How interesting…
I don’t get what all the brouhaha’s about.
If you want to listen to conservative ‘wackos’ then go for Beck or Limbaugh – or Fox News or the
Washington Times.
If you want to listen to liberal ‘wackos’ then go for Olberman or Matthews – or ABC/CBS/NBC/CNN/MSNBC or Washington Post/NY Times.
Best advice – listen to a little of each and decide the ‘truth’ for yourself.
#30
Dodd did you want to add to the conversation or just toss stones and wank from behind your keyboard?
correction I meant #19 not #18 on 28 sorry dsgspm
#33–Lotsa==what’s wacko about Keith Olbermann? Take on the challenge of actually stating what he has wrong.
Calling out the Repuglicans on their lies and manipulations is not “wacko” and is only partisan as that ambiguous concept involves anyone willing to go against the party line.
No, Lotsa, what you demonstrate is whats wrong in MSM these days which is DIRECTLY giving rise to the polarization we have today. The equating of two things that aren’t equal. Do Dem’s have an agenda they want to push?===Yes. Do Repugs have an agenda they want to push?==Yes. Do they do it in the exact same way?==No.
When you equate things that are different, you miss the subtleties and often even the main point.
um, so when are we going to see the Liberal Whacko Showdown?
and for an encore, have both sit down together and do a “Whacko Showdown”
now that would be the one thing that could get me to tune into a TV and watch.
in the least, it would illustrate to the masses how pointless both sides are.
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Liberal Wackos. I like the sound of THAT! Never see it in the liberal press. Imagine that.
They’re both drug addicts, no wonder they’re unhinged mentally.
Rush has a big mouth.
Beck is more of a libertarian than a Republican according to him. He may play the clown but what makes him dangerous to the elite of both parties is he looks for facts and shares them.
If Beck’s facts cause some people to feel all stressed out that’s more or less their problem. The cold hard fact remains that the facts were available to any who had the time and will to dig and some way to share what they found. How anyone decides to react to those facts is clearly up to them.
I don’t think it’s fair to say that Beck has brought anyone down but some of the People the President has appointed and some organizations he has dealt with are a long way from being acceptable to most Americans after they learn who and what those people and organizations have said and done.
There are also a lot of people that think birds of a feather flock together.
What about you? Do you think it’s fair to judge leaders by the people and organizations they associate with, commend, and give jobs and money too?
“I do not, and never have, measured my success in ways you describe, such as ‘impact’ in Washington,” Limbaugh said. “I am a broadcaster and judge my success by those standards.”
This is supposed to be an example of wackoness and idiocy, huh?
RBG