Posted on 07/02/2008 3:43:57 PM PDT by goldstategop
For the next hour I sat behind the glass panel of the control booth and watched Limbaugh at work in front of the “golden E.I.B. microphone.” Unlike Howard Stern or Don Imus, he has no sidekicks with him in the room. He does, however, keep up a running conversation with an unheard voice. I always assumed that this was just imaginary radio shtick. Now I saw that the voice was attached to a human interlocutor, Snerdly, who banters with and occasionally badgers Limbaugh via an internal talk-back circuit.
After the broadcast, Limbaugh waved me into the studio and offered me a seat directly across from him. The room’s acoustics make it relatively easy for him to hear, but he also reads lips.
I had come to talk to Limbaugh about his role in Republican Party politics. During the primaries he assailed John McCain as a phony conservative and apostate Reaganite. Despite Limbaugh’s best efforts, it now appeared that the Arizona senator would be the nominee. There was speculation that Limbaugh would not support him in November.
“I’ve never even met the man, never spoken to him,” Limbaugh said. “I’m sure there are things about him I’d like if we meet. This isn’t personal.” He then delivered a litany of the presumptive nominee’s personal failings — too old, too intense, too opportunistic, too liberal. But, he assured me, he would be with McCain in the fall.
It already seemed, when I made my visit, that McCain’s opponent might well be Senator Obama, and I was curious to know how Limbaugh planned to take on America’s first African-American major-party nominee. “I’ll approach Obama with fearless honesty,” said Limbaugh, who speaks of himself in heroic terms on air and off. “He’s a liberal. I oppose liberals. That’s all that’s involved here.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I’d like to read the entire article but I took a vow of total abstinence where the NYT is concerned.
BTW, I had no idea Bo was black. If Rush was a liberal, he’d be wearing Mr. Snerdley out in public like a lapel pin to show how unbiased he is. Typical Limbaugh class.
Yes Virginia, there really is a Bo Snerdly...
And a hell of a guy, from my brief encounter.
Bo is the “Official Obama Criticizer” on the show. He does a great job.
Is this the famed James Golden?
Ouch.
Indeed, it is.
Oh, no, he didn'!!
Well, this is the New York Times, so you might be right.
I have a video of RUSH’S N.O RUSH to Excellence Tour where he “outed” James
Great to see the Great Bo..love his disertations as the OOC..what a rich voice he has and what a hoot the message becomes for the dudes in “da hood”.
Beauuuuuuuuuuuutiful quote!
That photo was taken at the FR inaugural (and “Count the White House Silverware”) party, Jan., 2001.
It is interesting and disturbing that during the 1982 Israel/Lebanon/PLO war, Zev Chafetz pointed out that the Liberal media's reporting on that closely resembled the racist "Thunderbolt" magazine.
However, an interesting article, well-written and something you have to read all the way through.
Dang Bo is a good looking guy.
Need to read this later, thanks.
I'm not qualified to respond to that, but my wife took the photo, so you may have a point.
LOL! Rush nails it! I can't believe Rush will have been on the air for 20 years. I first heard him on August 1, 1988 on a local Daytona station. He took the place of Larry King or somebody. I was a spoiled college dropout and going nowhere. He inspired me to join the USAF and complete school. 20 years later, life is very good!
The Official Obama Criticizer. I love his rants. “Yo, wassup with that, bro?”
BTW, Ted Knight, who played Ted Baxter, in real life was a war hero, winning a bronze star for clearing mine fields on Normandy during the invasion. Interestingly, Wikipedia doesn’t mention his military service.
This once, I will give the NYT credit. Just this once. I thought it was a very fair article.
I will still never buy their paper, patronize their sponsors, or feel regret for the satisfaction I feel when they have to have another layoff, and spin ever closer towards extinction.
But I liked the article.
“The man is Ted Baxter.”
Spot on as usual
Thanks for the info. He played Baxter so convincingly that it is hard to imagine him as a war hero. BTW Wikipedia does mention his service in the first line.
Wow. I read right over that. Even have it highlighted. Guess I expected it to mention more of his service.
What is the site that will provide you with a fake ID and password for sites that demand registration?
I’ve been listening to Rush since the late 1980s too (well first expose then).
He filled in for a week of broadcasts on Pat Sajek’s late night talk show on CBS. And I remember things like him having to kick out the entire studio audience to complete a broadcast when ACT UP sat in the crowds and disrupted the program non-stop.
I was also listening to Larry King’s late night radio show in those days and Larry called the whole thing a stunt. Larry has always been jealous of Rush and I remember Larry’s failed daytime broadcasts. He would say that a caller was “dumb” and hang up midcall.
Compare that with how Rush treats those libs who call in and get to go on ad nauseum.
Rush has been in town since 1991 (maybe earlier) and I’ve been listening pretty much the whole time (although I don’t get to catch every day’s broadcast or every minute.
I never went to a Rush room but I remember when restaurants did offer such accomedations so you could listen and still go out for lunch.
These days you are just as likely to find some fancier fast food place with a tv tuned to CNN (or maybe Fox News). Blather blather blather. It does not inform the viewer, it misinforms. And it does not entertain either.
If O’Reilly is Ted Baxter, who is Sean Hannity?
I believe you are thinking of
bugmenot.com
Les Nessman.
Interesting!
We saw him once, driving in Santa Monica at the height of his Mary Tyler Moore Show success.
He looked bigger than life ~ I was shamelessly star struck. ";^)
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