Limbaugh Gloats His Success Has "Spawned" Glenn Beck (VIDEO)

Think Progress catches Rush Limbaugh gloating about how his success as a conservative radio host has helped to spawn the likes of Glenn Beck:

In 1988, I'm the only national conservative voice. Now look at conservative media. Look what I have spawned. Glenn Beck to me is right on daddy-o. Glenn Beck is a result of my success.

CNBC's Donny Deutsch reacted harshly to this, calling Rush a "megalomaniac" and a "scary, distasteful human being."

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Comments

[Plurabelle06]

05:49 PM on 01/04/2010

Typhoid Mary spawned an epidemic. I guess Rush would be nothing without her to look up to.

[JLSR]

04:25 PM on 10/15/2009

"Spawned" is right! Devil's spawn!

[HDR]

08:58 AM on 10/15/2009

I just vomited in my mouth just from the headline!

[ThankGodhesgone]

04:18 AM on 10/15/2009

Since Ruch and Glenn are megalomaniacs, I wonder how kindly Becky will take to the idea that he's be nothing if it were not for El Rushbo.

[KIVPossum]

03:15 AM on 10/15/2009

He's on to something. His succes showed the others there is money to be made selling hate

[lafayette2009]

02:20 AM on 10/15/2009

~~ Spawn ~~

1. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.
2. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.
3. Used contemptuously it means - To issue, as offspring;

In the context of how Rush Limbaugh said that in his interview on NBC, one has to deduct that, since he is neither a fish or a frog (contain yourselves folks!!) then he meant it as in (3).

Contemptuously - h'mmm - I wonder if Glenn knows Rush has nothing but contempt for him.

Another example of Limbaugh using words without understanding the true meaning.

[barrycourage]

12:09 AM on 10/15/2009

"Spawn?" Try "metastasize."

[FloridaDem]

11:05 PM on 10/14/2009

Sounds about right,Rush's evil spawn,Glen Beck.

[jeremyfive]

03:38 PM on 10/14/2009

Howard Beale is yesterday's news. Shoot the SOB. Bring on Sybil the Soothsayer.

[bigsuperb]

03:10 PM on 10/14/2009

who shot out the eggs cause
I know all that hot blubber laying
in his lap wasn't good for sperm production

[ViciousButterfly]

03:09 PM on 10/14/2009

Cool, does this mean they'll be at each other's throat? :D

[bigsuperb]

03:03 PM on 10/14/2009

he looks like he cries out tears
of butter flavor crisco

[salamanca1]

02:40 PM on 10/14/2009

There is no more stirring sight in nature than that of Limbaugh battling his way upstream to reach his ancestral spawning grounds.

[TheobaldLocke]

04:08 PM on 10/14/2009

Men's airport bathrooms?

[ibsteve2u]

01:37 PM on 10/14/2009

Methings the good George - George Washington - would puke.

[StJames]

12:44 PM on 10/14/2009

Wasn't there a Sci-Fi/Horror flick called Spawn? I agree with Donny 100% Stern was and is vulgar and obscene but he has never been all about hate the way Limbaugh is. Can you imagine how insignificant and impotent he must feel that he is compelled to self promote this way? I'd be willing to bet that even with his little blue pills he isn't much of a man.