Date: Friday, 11 Sep 1992 19:13:02 EST
From: <RVESTERM@vma.cc.nd.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.rush-limbaugh
Subject: think for yourself.

two examples of one concept:

    1. rush limbaugh had been talking all week about the census bureau.
       specifically, about how lame their definition of "poor" was.
       "poor", they claim, means that you earn less than $13,900 a year
       (or some such).  rush says that this is idiotic; among other things,
       that $13,900 doesn't include government handout money such as food
       stamps or welfare, and doesn't include assets, such as homes.
       rush went on and on and on about this.  he obviously didn't agree
       with this definition of "poor".

       later, rush was comparing the health plans of president bush and
       governor clinton.  part of president bush's health plan is that the
       government provides money (i think about $3,500) to the "poor",
       in order to purchase health insurance.  president bush defined
       "poor" as earning less than $15,000 a year.  rush's one comment on
       this before painting a rosy picture of bush's plan was, "sound
       good to everyone so far?"

    2. a liberal called rush's show; a seeming rarity.  anyway, rush
       spoke to him about some liberal female senator or representative,
       i'm not sure which.  rush asked, "what do you think about her?"
       "she sounds good," the man replied.  "what about her sounds good?"
       "i don't know, i'm not that familiar with her."  rush pointed out
       that this is a problem.  the man likes the senator/representative,
       but doesn't know why.  i agree with rush, in that the man apparantly
       is not thinking for himself, and that he should think for himself.

       a day or two before, however, a man called rush with a problem.
       this man was in a class, which was mostly liberal, including a
       liberal teacher.  the question of socialized medicine came up.
       "i, being a young republican," says the man, "said that i didn't
       think socialized medicine was a good idea."  the professor then
       asked him what makes him say such a thing.  the man wasn't able
       to come up with an answer.  he then called up rush, asking rush
       to tell him what to think.  rush saw no problem with this man
       not doing his own thinking; in fact, he was gleeful about it.

the point of these two examples is this: when something is beneficial to the
conservative viewpoint, rush talks and talks and talks.  when the exact same
thing is not beneficial to the conservative viewpoint, rush ignores it.

whether you're conservative, liberal, or whatever, if you listen to rush
limbaugh, please pick up on things like this.  a person who only spouts facts
when they help his opinion, and ignores the same facts when they disrupt his
opinion, is not a person to be believed.

don't let rush limbaugh think for you; do your own thinking.  if you think
for yourself and become a liberal, great.  if you think for yourself and
become a conservative, great.  if you let rush limbaugh think for you, you'll
just become an idiot.
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