Rush Will Be With Us For Another 8 Years

[red states rule]

More bad news for the left - Rush just signed another HUGE contract and will be on the air for another 8 years



LIMBAUGH SIGNS THROUGH 2016; $400 MILLION DEAL SHATTERS BROADCAST RECORDS

Wed Jul 02 2008 09:02:18 ET
**Exclusive**

The American broadcast industry is rocked, realigned and blasted into a new orbit, yet again, by Rush Limbaugh, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

In what is being described as an unprecedented radio contract, Limbaugh will keep his syndicated show on-the-air and e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e through 2016 with CLEAR CHANNEL and PREMIERE RADIO.

Already host of the most lucrative hours since radio's inception, Limbaugh's total package is valued north of $400 million, according to media insiders.

The NEW YORK TIMES will claim this weekend that Limbaugh, marking 20 years this summer as a national host, has secured a 9-figure signing bonus for the new deal, newsroom sources tell DRUDGE.

MORE

In its controversial profile, the TIMES reports that Limbaugh is buying a new G550 jet and is making an estimated $38 million a year.

While newspapers and traditional broadcast media are experiencing declining revenues, Limbaugh's golden microphone has turned diamond-laced:

Earnings now pace him ahead of the annual salaries for network news anchors: Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer — combined!

MORE

The deal represents a stunning triumph over the establishment by an outsider who connected with and captured the spirit of the nation's heartland.

http://www.drudgereport.com/flashrl.htm

[5stringJeff]

Good for him. I think he's wrong about a lot of stuff, most egregiously his support for John McCain, but still, good for him.

[red states rule]

Good for him. I think he's wrong about a lot of stuff, most egregiously his support for John McCain, but still, good for him.

Rush was just commenting on how much more in taxes we will have to pay if Obama is elected

He is happy he will have some of the money left after he pays "his fair share"

As far as his "support" of McCain, it is like a football game. You go with the team you hate less

[5stringJeff]

Rush was jsut commenting on h9ow much more in taxes we will have to pay if Obama is elected

He is happy he will have some of the money left after he pays "his fair share"

As far as his "support" of McCain, it is like a football game. You go with the team you hate less

Except that there are more than two teams in this game.

[red states rule]

Except that there are more than two teams in this game.

Only one of the two teams have a chance of winning the championship

[5stringJeff]

Only one of the two teams have a chance of winning the championship

That doesn't mean you quit supporting your team. As a Houston Texans fan, I'm well aware of this rule. :) :texflag:

[red states rule]

That doesn't mean you quit supporting your team. As a Houston Texans fan, I'm well aware of this rule. :) :texflag:

Hey, I am a Redskins fan - the last several years have been bad

However I know it will be awaile before they have a shot. You have to accept the facts

[hjmick]

That doesn't mean you quit supporting your team. As a Houston Texans fan, I'm well aware of this rule. :) :texflag:

That makes two of us, brother. :cheers2:

[Yurt]

no wonder the left wants to shut down talk radio, they are jealous of republican or right leaning success, especially when the left thought they shut out the right side of the aisle in MSM.

[red states rule]

no wonder the left wants to shut down talk radio, they are jealous of republican or right leaning success, especially when the left thought they shut out the right side of the aisle in MSM.

Libs look at Rush, then look at Air America - and they shake their head in disbelief

[5stringJeff]

Hey, I am a Redskins fan - the last several years have been bad

However I know it will be awaile before they have a shot. You have to accept the facts

Just because Barr may not win in November doesn't mean people should not vote for him. Should Republicans in Vermont or Democrats in Utah not vote, since they'll never attain a majority?

[red states rule]

Just because Barr may not win in November doesn't mean people should not vote for him. Should Republicans in Vermont or Democrats in Utah not vote, since they'll never attain a majority?

I am not voting for McCain or Obama. I will not compromise my principals to win an election

All I am saying is that McCain will not be as bad as Obama. Obama is nothing more then a black Jimmy Carter

[mundame]

I am not voting for McCain or Obama. I will not compromise my principals to win an election



Whoa. You were waffling somewhat, I thought, a while ago. Looks like you've made up your mind, now.

Oh, and Hi again.

[red states rule]

Whoa. You were waffling somewhat, I thought, a while ago. Looks like you've made up your mind, now.

Oh, and Hi again.

Mundame, show me any post I made where I said I would vote for McCain in November

If you find one, I will buy you dinner

[5stringJeff]

I am not voting for McCain or Obama. I will not compromise my principals to win an election

All I am saying is that McCain will not be as bad as Obama. Obama is nothing more then a black Jimmy Carter

So you're voting for Bob Barr? Wonderful! :D

[red states rule]

So you're voting for Bob Barr? Wonderful! :D

Not at all

I may leave the vote for President blank, or I might even vote for you

[emmett]

Only one of the two teams have a chance of winning the championship

I'm suprised that such an intelligent provider of "mass instruction" would be so shallow on the subject of the Libertarian influence.

RSR, you may recall a conversation we had last summer when i told you that your candidate "Rudi" was going to make such a poor showing considering all the pre-election hype he was recieving. I told you then that JM would get the nomination by default of the fact that Mitt and Rudi and Mike Huckaby would cancel each other out. You suggested that I did not know what I was talking about. I say nothing further about that.

I wish I could find the words to influence you now about why you especially are needed in the worst way to help change the direction of our voting philosophy in this country. Voting merely for who has a chance to win and not your true conscious is the wrong idea. You know as well as I do that the Libertarians have the platform that more aligns itself with your beliefs. I've read your stuff here for years, you are a hardliner righty who believes in most all of the things an American should. In my opinion you are the epitamy of the new age Libertarian. You will be on board, it is just a matter of time. You are great civil Libertarian, you know government has gotten ridiculous with intrusion, the GOP spends like drunken sailors and there was not quite the grip on the economy that we all thought.

I think you need to have one of those evenings where you go out on the back porch, kick your feet up on the picnic table and stare off at the stars for a while. We all had them. The time is now RSR, the LP needs you and your country needs you.

While you are sitting there, (not that you really will) imagine the Sunday morning after the election, Chris Wallace has just asked the question that shocks the nation (and the person he is asking), Why do think the Libertarian Party recieved three million votes this election? There is silence. No rhetoric, no flip flopping, just silence. It will be the shot heard round the world.

[Hagbard Celine]

He'll keel over dead from his pills or from heart disease before then. (shrug)

[glockmail]

Just because Barr may not win in November doesn't mean people should not vote for him. Should Republicans in Vermont or Democrats in Utah not vote, since they'll never attain a majority? I've seen Barr speak and talked with him one-on-one for about 5 minutes. He was honest, blunt, and smart as hell. I like the guy and his views- a lot.

In the primary here in NC I voted for Alan Keyes. He was the most conservative person on the ballot and I'd love to see him, or Barr, as President. But a third party vote for either in the general election is a vote for Obama. If you look at it any other way you're fooling yourself.

[glockmail]

...While you are sitting there, (not that you really will) imagine the Sunday morning after the election, Chris Wallace has just asked the question that shocks the nation (and the person he is asking), Why do think the Libertarian Party recieved three million votes this election? There is silence. No rhetoric, no flip flopping, just silence. It will be the shot heard round the world. It will be a small asterisk.

I heard no such question after the primary where many had the opportunity to vote for a libertarian or far-right conservative candidate, but if I did it would have had a similar effect as what you just stated.

[Abbey Marie]

I've seen Barr speak and talked with him one-on-one for about 5 minutes. He was honest, blunt, and smart as hell. I like the guy and his views- a lot.

In the primary here in NC I voted for Alan Keyes. He was the most conservative person on the ballot and I'd love to see him, or Barr, as President. But a third party vote for either in the general election is a vote for Obama. If you look at it any other way you're fooling yourself.

Exactly.

[5stringJeff]

But a third party vote for either in the general election is a vote for Obama. If you look at it any other way you're fooling yourself.

A third-party vote is a vote against both Obama and McCain, neither of whom represent my views on government and freedom. Why would I vote for someone who doesn't represent my views?

[Yurt]

I've seen Barr speak and talked with him one-on-one for about 5 minutes. He was honest, blunt, and smart as hell. I like the guy and his views- a lot.

In the primary here in NC I voted for Alan Keyes. He was the most conservative person on the ballot and I'd love to see him, or Barr, as President. But a third party vote for either in the general election is a vote for Obama. If you look at it any other way you're fooling yourself.

this is what i struggle with. i tend to be pragmatic...

[glockmail]

A third-party vote is a vote against both Obama and McCain, neither of whom represent my views on government and freedom. Why would I vote for someone who doesn't represent my views?
Because idealism is stoopid.

[5stringJeff]

Because idealism is stoopid.

Tell that to Patrick Henry. Or Thomas Jefferson. Or Ben Franklin. Or James Madison. Or pretty much all the rest of the Founding generation.

[glockmail]

Tell that to Patrick Henry. Or Thomas Jefferson. Or Ben Franklin. Or James Madison. Or pretty much all the rest of the Founding generation. You mean those terrorists? :poke:

So tell us your strategy to win, or if not, what the likely results will do to enhance freedom. I'm all ears.

[red states rule]

You mean those terrorists? :poke:

So tell us your strategy to win, or if not, what the likely results will do to enhance freedom. I'm all ears.

Were they not a bunch of Bible clutching, gun toting white guys who crossed the border illegally?

[5stringJeff]

You mean those terrorists? :poke:

They didn't advocate blowing up Parliament, as you advocated blowing up Congress (http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?p=261259#post261259).


So tell us your strategy to win, or if not, what the likely results will do to enhance freedom. I'm all ears.

What I personally plan to do is support the LP with whatever time and money I am able to, convincing as many as I can to vote for Bob Barr and other Libertarian candidates this fall, which will enhance freedom by detracting citizens from voting for the two establishment parties, neither of which are pro-freedom.

[Yurt]

They didn't advocate blowing up Parliament, as you advocated blowing up Congress (http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?p=261259#post261259).



What I personally plan to do is support the LP with whatever time and money I am able to, convincing as many as I can to vote for Bob Barr and other Libertarian candidates this fall, which will enhance freedom by detracting citizens from voting for the two establishment parties, neither of which are pro-freedom.

is that so

are you going court libs as obama is courting cons?

seriously

[Sitarro]

That doesn't mean you quit supporting your team. As a Houston Texans fan, I'm well aware of this rule. :) :texflag:

A team mentality is kind of pathetic, what makes them your team? The logo? The city? It just seems a bit juvenile but then again I find team sports about as boring as watching paint dry.

By the way, when your team starts screwing up do you throw them under the stagecoach and just go start a whole new team or do you try to rebuild the team you supposedly never quit supporting? And in the meantime you give all of the games to the worst team who once they win the big one and get the power, will no doubt change the entire league to their advantage and somehow ban your new team from even being able to play.

[Sitarro]

Tell that to Patrick Henry. Or Thomas Jefferson. Or Ben Franklin. Or James Madison. Or pretty much all the rest of the Founding generation.

You do realize that this is 2008 and you have a majority of people that have no plans of ever leaving their "team" and are overjoyed at the possibility to have a chance to own the entire government to do with what they wish...... right? Obama supporters aren't going to vote for Barr, Hillary supporters will follow her anywhere, independents will probably go the way the media tells them and nobody is even talking about Libertarians outside of this sight and their site. Ask anyone who Bob Barr is and you will get a "deer in the headlights" look. The only real chance we have is to fix the Republicans, period.

Oh and by the way, Rush criticizes McCain every day...... he is not a supporter but he also doesn't want to hand the entire government over to the Democrats either so he will do what he can to try to fix the Republican Party by trying to bring it back towards Conservatism.

[Sitarro]

He'll keel over dead from his pills or from heart disease before then. (shrug)

Is it my imagination or are you getting less intelligent with each post? I guess it's to be expected from a metrosexual frat boy but really, try to get with the times.

[h.rapbrown]

Wow, $400 million? That will sure buy a lot of OxyContin, Viagra, and Dominican Republic hookers, huh?

[CooterBrown44]

I'll have to give the liberals one thing. They're not stupid enough to listen to Air America like the right wingers are Lush, et al.

[Sitarro]

Wow, $400 million? That will sure buy a lot of OxyContin, Viagra, and Dominican Republic hookers, huh?

Limbaugh beat his addiction to prescribed pain pills and you are going to fault him........ how very progressive, why don't you go hug a child rapist, that is who your party takes good care of.

[red states rule]

I'll have to give the liberals one thing. They're not stupid enough to listen to Air America like the right wingers are Lush, et al.

Or it could be libs can't find a station that carries Dead Air America.

[stephanie]

Wow, $400 million? That will sure buy a lot of OxyContin, Viagra, and Dominican Republic hookers, huh?


:lame2:
you libs need to find some new material, the same ole same ole has gotten stale..

[CooterBrown44]

:lame2:
you libs need to find some new material, the same ole same ole has gotten stale..


It might interest you to know that not all conservatives care for Rush. He espoused jail time for drug abusers until.....cue fanfare.....he got caught. Slightly hypocritical, don't you think?

[namvet]

More bad news for the left - Rush just signed another HUGE contract and will be on the air for another 8 years



LIMBAUGH SIGNS THROUGH 2016; $400 MILLION DEAL SHATTERS BROADCAST RECORDS

Wed Jul 02 2008 09:02:18 ET
**Exclusive**

The American broadcast industry is rocked, realigned and blasted into a new orbit, yet again, by Rush Limbaugh, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

In what is being described as an unprecedented radio contract, Limbaugh will keep his syndicated show on-the-air and e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e through 2016 with CLEAR CHANNEL and PREMIERE RADIO.

Already host of the most lucrative hours since radio's inception, Limbaugh's total package is valued north of $400 million, according to media insiders.

The NEW YORK TIMES will claim this weekend that Limbaugh, marking 20 years this summer as a national host, has secured a 9-figure signing bonus for the new deal, newsroom sources tell DRUDGE.

MORE

In its controversial profile, the TIMES reports that Limbaugh is buying a new G550 jet and is making an estimated $38 million a year.

While newspapers and traditional broadcast media are experiencing declining revenues, Limbaugh's golden microphone has turned diamond-laced:

Earnings now pace him ahead of the annual salaries for network news anchors: Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer — combined!

MORE

The deal represents a stunning triumph over the establishment by an outsider who connected with and captured the spirit of the nation's heartland.

http://www.drudgereport.com/flashrl.htm

not if Pelosi and the dems get their way............

[avatar4321]

Good for Rush. It's good to see some people still believe in and seek after the American dream.

As for voting, you vote idealogy is the primaries. In the general you vote for the better of the two. Ideally those two are the same. but sometimes you get left with the lesser of two evils.

[Sitarro]

It might interest you to know that not all conservatives care for Rush. He espoused jail time for drug abusers until.....cue fanfare.....he got caught. Slightly hypocritical, don't you think?

Really???? That would be illegal drugs and it was never that big of a deal to him, you are just parroting the same old shit from ignorant leftist that have never even heard one of his shows( I have listened to him daily for 13 years and never heard him make a big deal about jailing drug users). On his worst days, while addicted to PRESCRIBED pain medication, he could still out debate any Democrat clown you put in front of him and make close to a billion dollars doing it(his last contract was 425 million for 10 years). Rush has a better sense of humor than every Democrat combined and is extremely knowledgeable about politics, Obama would be scared shitless to ever appear on his show.

[glockmail]

They didn't advocate blowing up Parliament, as you advocated blowing up Congress (http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?p=261259#post261259).



What I personally plan to do is support the LP with whatever time and money I am able to, convincing as many as I can to vote for Bob Barr and other Libertarian candidates this fall, which will enhance freedom by detracting citizens from voting for the two establishment parties, neither of which are pro-freedom. Parliament wasn't the problem- the King was. They would have assassinated him if they could, don't you think?

So you're an idealist. But you know that you are less likely to convince more Democrats than Republicans, so the end result will be more votes for Obama, and he represents the least amount of freedom of the two viable candidates. Therefore by your actions you hurt your stated cause.

I'm a realist.

[h.rapbrown]

Limbaugh beat his addiction to prescribed pain pills and you are going to fault him........ how very progressive, why don't you go hug a child rapist, that is who your party takes good care of.

I don't hug republicans.

[avatar4321]

I don't hug republicans.

That's nice, but it has nothing to do with what he said.

[hjmick]

That's nice, but it has nothing to do with what he said.

Of course it does, Av.

h.rap is insinuating that all Republicans are child rapists. By doing this, we all get a glimpse of his future posts. When has nothing to add or no argument of value, h.rap is going to kick and scream and cuss and call people names.

[red states rule]

Rush threatened to buy MSNBC and run it right, or shut it down, if they can't get some intelligent people on the airwaves

There goes Chris Matthews and Keith Olberman :laugh2:

[glockmail]

I don't hug republicans.:lame2:

[Sitarro]

I don't hug republicans.

So are you saying that the Liberal Supreme Court Justices voted unanimously to help out Republicans? Sure, try again. NAMBLA is a major player in the Democrat party and they welcome them with open arms.

[gabosaurus]

If Rush can command that amount, more power to him. He is the voice of his cause and has a lot of loyal listeners.

[CooterBrown44]

Really???? That would be illegal drugs and it was never that big of a deal to him, you are just parroting the same old shit from ignorant leftist that have never even heard one of his shows( I have listened to him daily for 13 years and never heard him make a big deal about jailing drug users). On his worst days, while addicted to PRESCRIBED pain medication, he could still out debate any Democrat clown you put in front of him and make close to a billion dollars doing it(his last contract was 425 million for 10 years). Rush has a better sense of humor than every Democrat combined and is extremely knowledgeable about politics, Obama would be scared shitless to ever appear on his show.

And you are parroting the Limbaugh line. He was obtaining prescription drugs illegally, thank you, or do you only want laws enforced against Democrats? I'm also NOT a Democrat.

[Hagbard Celine]

Is it my imagination or are you getting less intelligent with each post? I guess it's to be expected from a metrosexual frat boy but really, try to get with the times.

Thanks for letting us all in on the mantra you repeat to yourself in the mirror when you wake-up in the morning. Now if you don't mind we'd all like to get back to the topic at hand--Rush Limbaugh's drug dependency. :poke:

[midcan5]

Rush was just commenting on how much more in taxes we will have to pay if Obama is elected

He is happy he will have some of the money left after he pays "his fair share"

As far as his "support" of McCain, it is like a football game. You go with the team you hate less

Those lines epitomize the idiocy of wingnuts. A person who makes 38 Million a year could be taxed at 90% and still make more than any of his listeners. And 'hate less' as the reason people vote for McCain is way beyond stupid.

A vote for John McCain is a vote against the fundamental principle of America, the right of the individual to lead their life privately without the government interfering.

[stephanie]

And you are parroting the Limbaugh line. He was obtaining prescription drugs illegally, thank you, or do you only want laws enforced against Democrats? I'm also NOT a Democrat.

For crying out loud..how long ago was this??

He's not the only one to get a light sentence, just look at the Kennedy family.

[Yurt]

Those lines epitomize the idiocy of wingnuts. A person who makes 38 Million a year could be taxed at 90% and still make more than any of his listeners. And 'hate less' as the reason people vote for McCain is way beyond stupid.

A vote for John McCain is a vote against the fundamental principle of America, the right of the individual to lead their life privately without the government interfering.

so you support the government confiscating 34 MILLION dollars of this person's income simply because he or she will be left with 4 million, which is more than most people? you know that usury is against the law, yet you support this "tax." do you honestly believe that contract values would remain the same/stable if the government took 90% of their face value? while your ideas are almost always wrong, you seem like a smart guy, do you honestly expect an economy to thrive in such a situation?