Rush Limbaugh Shouldn’t Talk About Ghostwriters
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 4:12 pm
I see that Rush Limbaugh is buying into the the thinly sourced “Bill Ayers wrote Obama’s first memoir” conspiracy theory, helping push this from the fringe to the conservative mainstream. (Limbaugh’s birther jokes were pivotal in pushing that weirdness into the culture.)
There are people who can act holier-than-thou about ghostwriters. Rush Limbaugh is not one of them. His first book, “The Way Things Ought to Be,” was famously written by John Fund of The Wall Street Journal. His second book was ghostwritten by Joseph Farah, who then became editor-in-chief of WorldNetDaily. And to complete the circle, WND has been a main source for Jack Cashill’s numerous articles about the Obama-Ayers book conspiracy.
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Comment posted September 30, 2009 @ 8:28 pm
Rush doesn't thrive despite his hypocrisy, he revels in it—it fuels his malignant spirit:
The warmongering draft-dodger.
The drug-addicted champion of “lock 'em up & throw away the key” jurisprudence.
The racist bellowing: “Racist!”
The whore-mongering moralist
The thrice-married defender of the sanctity of marriage
and now
The phony author talking about ghostwriters
—-These hypocrisies are a badge of honor for the guy because they demonstrate that he is the ultimate entertainer. He conjures not just the suspension, but the destruction of disbelief. The rubes don't get that he is a showman, not a political messiah—-and he's more than fine with that.
Comment posted September 30, 2009 @ 9:04 pm
Surprised you article disparaging Rush didn't bleed over into Sarah Palin's soon-to-be-released book.
Sarah Palin' “Going Rogue-An American Story”- is ALREADY #1 and #3 on Amazon and Barnes and Nobel 7 weeks before the book is published is driving the left over the cliff- and we love it.
Anonymous bloggers with anonymous sources are pitiful- but thanks for the FREE publicity.
I hope she sells 10 million copies and makes TONS of money!
That will REALLY whack them out! Capitalism and free markets, baby!
I saw Sarah in Atlanta and she is a dynamic, intelligent Conservative woman with prinicipals.
A highly sought-after speaker with a huge base who support her in everything she does.
Keep up your Alinsky tactics. They aren't working and you are desperate and it shows.
You get all your “information” from the State Controlled Media, Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show and Steven Colbert-you losers!
I can smell the flop sweat from the rabid, vicious left.
GO SARAH PALIN!!! And come on 2010 and 2012!
Comment posted September 30, 2009 @ 9:17 pm
Wow, I just got whiplash from the frist two comments.
Comment posted September 30, 2009 @ 10:03 pm
Her book was ghostwritten, too. Wasn't Bush's written by Michael Herskowitz and probably Karen Hughes?
dynamic, intelligent Conservative woman with prinicipals.
Setting the bar pretty high there. And, she might want to get those prinicipals looked at.
Comment posted September 30, 2009 @ 10:21 pm
That's good of you to encourage Sarah. Quitters can get into a downward spiral of low self-esteem and self loathing—so she needs you now more than ever, Pillow (isn't that what MJ named his child?). Best of luck with the politics thing. BTW, who exposed our dirty little secret about the sinister Alinsky? Was it that Glenn Beck fellow? Curses, foiled again! We here at ACORN would have succeeded in taking over the world if it weren't for you meddling and oh-so-well-informed conservatives…
Comment posted September 30, 2009 @ 10:28 pm
Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Coulter, Cheney, voices of the inquisition…and Palin as the leader of the coven. Perfect examples of ignorance by choice in the USA. The Democrats must bring on the noise and da funk to sink these voiceboxes back into the dark ages that they espouse.
Comment posted September 30, 2009 @ 11:03 pm
From “chrisjay”: “That's good of you to encourage Sarah. Quitters can get into a downward spiral of low self-esteem and self loathing—so she needs you now more than ever, Pillow (isn't that what MJ named his child?). Best of luck with the politics thing. BTW, who exposed our dirty little secret about the sinister Alinsky? Was it that Glenn Beck fellow? Curses, foiled again! We here at ACORN would have succeeded in taking over the world if it weren't for you meddling and oh-so-well-informed conservatives.”-end-
1. First of all Sarah Palin is not a quitter – She's doing more for our Country as a private citizen than she could trying to fight the endless and foundless ethics complains in Alaska-which have been dismissed.
2. I am truly surprised that a member of ACORN would not know that the late, great pedophile Michael Jackson's son was named Blanket- but then- who cares?
3. As for Saul Alinsky- no I didn't need Glenn Beck to bring that old, dead Commie's tactics to me attention- I knew who Obama's mentors were and are. Dead and alive. Alinsky, Frank Marshall Davis, Reverend Wright, Che Guavera, Bill Ayres, Wayne and Wade Rathke- and God knows whatever other radicals, felons and thugs.
Thanks for the good luck wishes and your mindless ad hominem attacks-
If you truly ARE with ACORN- YOU are going down.
Hope James O'Keefs and Hannah Giles got YOUR office on tape as well.
Taxpayer dollars funding brothers and whore-mongers and underage sex slaves and probbaly meth labs in local communities.
Oh yeah- and God Bless you.
P.S. Next time you come to a battle of the wits- bring some ammunition.
P.S. 2 Thanks for cementing my belief that the looney left is scared down to their very CORE about Sarah Palin.
Comment posted September 30, 2009 @ 11:27 pm
“First of all Sarah Palin is not a quitter – She's doing more for our Country as a private citizen than she could trying to fight the endless and foundless ethics complains in Alaska-which have been dismissed.”
…by being paid handsomely to give a speech in Asia?
Comment posted October 1, 2009 @ 1:25 am
ME: “First of all Sarah Palin is not a quitter – She's doing more for our Country as a private citizen than she could trying to fight the endless and foundless ethics complains in Alaska-which have been dismissed.”
BOB: …by being paid handsomely to give a speech in Asia?
What do Sarah's ethics complaints (dismissed) have to do with her being paid HANDSOMELY to give a speech in Alaska?
It's called Capitalism and Free Market, Bob.
That's what free Americans DO.
At least- this week.
You and chrisjay can go make speeches, write a book and let me know how much YOU make.
It's a free country- but our liberties are being eroded daily.
Comment posted October 1, 2009 @ 1:29 am
Cool Pillow,
Thanks for setting me straight about MJ's child.
Thanks also for the blessing, albeit delivered in between the insults and threats.
Also, you are welcome for the cement.
Chris
Comment posted October 1, 2009 @ 1:53 am
No insults, no threats.
Just facts and truth.
So glad you came back with facts and information.
And as for the cement- well- we'll just let tht “set.”
Done with you since you have nothing intelligent, cogent or insightful to add.
Can't engage someone with no information.
And yes- GOD bless you.
Comment posted October 1, 2009 @ 8:17 pm
Mr. Weigel, please explain your point with this article. Are you comparing President Obama with Rush Limbaugh? Rush Limbaugh wasn't elected POTUS. He cannot change my life, but Obama sure can. Nuf said.
Comment posted October 1, 2009 @ 8:19 pm
There is a serious problem with your premise: I don't recall Rush Limbaugh every doing anything other than giving credit to his ghostwriters. On the other hand, President Obama denies ANY ghostwriting and we are lead to believe that he wrote it entirely without any help at all. I would say that there is no sensible comparison between these two situations, no? What am I missing?
Comment posted October 1, 2009 @ 9:18 pm
You libtards , including the shill that wrote this article , NEVER cease to amaze with your shocking lack of thought and your inability to think or argue using critical thought process:
Rush ,Palin , Bush ALL had ghost writers and ALL freely admitted it. There's no shame in this and it's extremely common.
Dear Leader however claims HE wrote his own book. This is called LYING. He lies. He's a liar.
It was based upon his “finest literary masterpiece by any U.S. President” – the false notion of Barry Soetoro – Hussein – Obama being our “smartest president ever” was based SOLELY upon his skillful writing ability – which does'nt exist! It's not based upon his school records , it's not based upon his legal reviews at Harvard , it's not based upon ANY legislation he wrote or co-authored during his 18 months as a Senator (present!). Barry sealed ALL these records from public view. Doesn't THAT fact concern liberals? No?
I submit to you – liberals are the lowest functioning members of American society. They do not think ,they do not question and they do not analyze.
Comment posted October 2, 2009 @ 2:28 am
Rush is the master of of the universe–he doesn't need puny mortals like you trying to defend him! How dare you! drug bust? Spread some $$$$ and call in favors, He doesn't need your pathetic apologetics. Arrested running DR customs with Viagra for a weekend of whore-mongering? Ha! His lawyer EATS civil servants for breakfast—away with you puny peasants! He apologizes for NOTHING. Go back to shining his shoes with your tongues, dittoheads. Now THAT's useful to the wide one. Go on, back to it!!
Comment posted October 2, 2009 @ 11:58 pm
Great timing: the large one is in the news today for his pathological attempt at positing a moral equivalency between Letterman and Polanski, and his truly disturbing victory dance over Chicago's loss in the Olympics bidding. A seriously deranged man
Comment posted October 8, 2009 @ 12:49 am
“That's what free Americans DO”
Yes, and they do it very poorly.
I gotta say that the Chinese impress me, they're becoming so wealthy that they're even willing to shell out the bucks to watch an airhead American comedy skit.
Wang Peng: Heh… listen to her, Li Ming. This is what were up against.
Li Ming: I know, I know! It's sad and hilarious at the same time.
Comment posted October 25, 2009 @ 1:31 pm
How can you stop something that will benefit, the american people or those that have no insurance at all,. It is time to leave the blinders covering our eyes, that many of us still wearing, changes are always better just look back 10 years behind and think were we getting any true promises, or we were getting fooled, I think the last one is the most correct one , at least this president right now is trying hard to bring America back, were is the support we as the american people can give to our leader , instead of showing the rest ofthe world, how complicate and unestable many of us act, have faith and trust.
Comment posted October 25, 2009 @ 3:23 pm
what you are missing is it doesn't matter we as a country have bigger proplems to deal with and all this other stuff helps clouds the issues. now i hope you good people remember why we had unions form in the first place to stop the oppression of the working class and the government stepped in to help. so why not do the same for those who need medical coverage
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