Bailout Watch 552: Boycott GM? Rush Limbaugh is Insane

by Robert Farago

Published: June 9th, 2009

bailout watch 552 boycott gm rush limbaugh is insane

Thanks to my free market-based, anti-bailout stance, some of TTAC’s Best and Brightest view me as an autoblogospherical arch-conservative. Which often leads to comparisons to or, at least, invocations of Rush Limbaugh. This despite the fact that I’ve pointed out that the liberal’s largest (in all senses of the word) bogeyman has been sucking on GM’s adver-teat for years, artfully slipping references to “wonderful GM products” and “this great American company” into his rants. Until, that is, Ralph Nader filed a complaint with the FCC. At which point Rush continued to accept GM payola for his personal imprimatur, only with a disclaimer. During this “transition,” I’ve highlighted Limbaugh’s (and Hannity’s) resulting philosophical discomfort (i.e., hypocrisy) on the Motown meltdown. Blame it on unions, congress, anyone but the people signing their paychecks. OK, so, the Detroit News reports that el-Rushbo is now calling for a GM boycott. Ish.

“Nobody wants to support an Obama company,” Rush Limbaugh told his audience Friday, citing a poll showing that 17 percent of Americans backed a boycott of GM . . .

The popular, controversial Limbaugh didn’t outright call for a boycott, but said he understood why people would want to avoid GM vehicles. “They don’t want to patronize Obama. They don’t want to do anything to make Obama’s policies work.”

A GM spokesman declined to comment Monday.

Oh, I would have LOVED to be on the other end of the phone when GM called Rush. “I’ve got three words for you Rush: driving while impaired.”

Meanwhile, the Limbaughian “wanting Obama to fail” meme refuses to die. A commentator recently e-mailed to accuse me of wanting Detroit to die so that President Obama would fail ’cause I’m a secret Republican. So anyone who’s anti-bailout is anti-Obama and, therefore, the enemy. Go figure.

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Pch101 on Jun 10, 2009
A hypocrite is one who advocates one thing, but does another. You see? Apparently, not everybody does, as we've just seen. Thanks for a great summary of what makes hypocrisy particularly odious. I don't think that the fans are going to want to hear it, but I suppose that comes with the territory.

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U mad scientist on Jun 10, 2009
If Rush wasn’t taken out of context, there’d be nothing to talk about. He’s a boogeyman to most liberals. Are there people who still deny his influence on the ring wing movement?

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