Limbaugh: "Riot In Denver!"

Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh called for Democrats to riot in Denver at the Democratic National Convention in August. Local news outlets were understandably appalled.

I can't imagine the media firestorm if an Obama supporter advocated violence at a political convention or at any other gathering. Fox News would be playing that nonstop, Hannity would have a field day.

So, should we start holding all politicians and media blowhards to the same standard?

I want to know whether John McCain or any of his people are regular Rush Limbaugh listeners. I want to ask the people in his campaign: "How could you sit and listen to that show for 20 years, knowing that these were the types of views that Mr. Limbaugh subscribed to?"

Limbaugh will of course get a pass because he's conservative and he's white. He can incite violence and use emotional or shock rhetoric to make his point and the country either gives him a pass or pats him on the back and asks him onto the Sunday news shows to expand on his "ideas."

Meantime, the media waits for another gotcha story on Obama or Hillary.

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The alarmed Denver ABC affiliate reported on the story Thursday morning:

[Limbaugh] said the riots would ensure a Democrat is not elected as president, and his listeners have a responsibility to make sure the riots happen. "Riots in Denver, at the Democrat Convention, would see to it that we don't elect Democrats," Limbaugh said during Wednesday's radio broadcast. He then went on to say that's the best thing that could happen to the country. Limbaugh cited Al Sharpton, saying the Barack Obama supporter threatened to superdelegates that "there's going to be trouble" if the presidency is taken from Obama."

But neither Sharpton, nor any Democrat, has advocated violence.

Limbaugh later backpedaled from his statements when callers to his show complained. "I'm not inspiring or inciting," he said, "I am dreaming of riots in Denver."

He also then tried to foist his idea of rioting at the convention onto Democrats. "There won't be riots at our [Republican] convention," he said. "We [Republicans] don't riot. We don't burn our cars. We don't burn down our houses. We don't kill our children. We don't do half the things the American left does."

Comments

[PLA8251]

Look at the Rev Wright, Obama's friendship with a domestic terrorist. I could easily see wacked out, young Obama supporters rioting in Denver if Hillary wins the nomination via superdelegets. It would be tragic buy the power of all satire is a seed of truty. Beware.

[whiteboyblues]

If rioting does occur, Limbaugh will be held accountable... just like he was held accountable for his ongoing oxycontin addiction.

[nellie]

Isn't this actionable? What about a civil suit? I mean, this isn't free speech. This is unconstitutional. I hope someone follows up on this.

Limbaugh's audience is 13 million. Unbelievable.

[amenophisX]

Regarding the squirming piece of work known as Rush Limbaugh, Ariana hit the nail on the head when she commented to Idiot John Stossel about "the lizard brain." Otherwise known as the reptile brain (R-complex in neuroscience) it, after 60 million years, is still attached to us and has much influence over those like Rush boy. People such as Rush, Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Bill Kristol, etc, are puppets of their own litle reptile brains and are incapable of realizing that they are being used. The R. B., biblically known as the "mark of the Beast," is that which man is to "overcome" in Christian theology. Despite being huge proponents of Christianity, these fools cannot even recognize the fact that their drivel is fomented by their inner Prince of Darkness .

[Sparklez]

Whne your rights infringe upon others, it is no longer constitutional

Come on now, i know u have more brains than that

[marc1antony]

How any decent person can listen to this vile and drug using piece of garbage is beyond me. I guess the operative word here is DECENT.

[ColoradoDan]

Rush Limbaugh, Hillary Clinton, Carl Rove ... Take a look folks. This is a much tighter group than anyone could imagined.

Rush is now calling for civil unrest for Hillary Clinton.

Her entire campaign is now geared towards doing the bidding of the NeoCons, Fox, EIB and so on.

It's like a bad movie but damned real. Rush is basically saying what radicals of 60's said .... "Burn, baby, Burn".

Why is this kind of dangerous anti-American crap tolerated? Calling for chaos? Where is the FCC? Why is the Democratic party allowing Hillary and the NeoCons this kind of power and calling for destruction in Denver?

[TishiJo]

America has known who and what Rush Limbaugh is for many years. The blight on America is the fact that there are actual Americans who follow his broadcasts.

[wolf58]

First he tries tampering with the election by telling others to swear an oath and register as a Democrat then vote for Hillary and now he tells othe to riot. He like his mastor Bin Bush must think he is above the law. .

[jcause28]

The problem is that if Democrats cannot agree to get behind whoever is the chosen nominee, Rush won't have to dream for a really messed up convention. I know I would have trouble getting behind Clinton, but it would almost be worth it to shut Rush up in November.

[Radarman]

Yep, you are all correct. Thousands of Republicans are waiting in the wings to storm Denver with our pickup trucks and rifle racks. All under the guise of our two left wing front organizations, Recreate 68' and RAIMD. After the Reverend Al let the cat out of the bag with those implied threats. You do know the Rev is probably the most deeply planted Vast Right Wing Conspirator we've got.
What a hoot you all are!
I said in a post the other day, Plans were being made to destroy your convention, to divide your party along racial lines to insure a Republican would take the Oval Office. I also said those plans are not being made by Republicans, but by the real power brokers in the Liberal/Democratic party. The power in this country has shifted to the House and the Senate. Nancy and Harry live better and hold more power than Kings of old. Full Democrat control of the government threatens them from the lack of a fall guy. They are keeping you guys running in circles by pointing out something like Rush's inane comments and the news cycles and blogs go wild. You all post so righteously about how he should be fired or censored for inciting riots. Just who do you believe Rush was inciting? Not us conservatives we could not care less. Are you trying to say the left wing crazies are now taking their marching orders from Rush? What a bunch of Maroons!!

[elkabong]

"Yep, you are all correct. Thousands of Republicans are waiting in the wings to storm Denver ..."

Ditto-heads spend most of their time arguing with the straw-men they've built. You'll notice no one on this thread made the above suggestion, yet, the ditto-head, as usual, only knows a liberal position as Rush or he makes it up.

[Counterglow]

So I wonder how many Republicans will turn up at the convention to act as agents provocateur?

[OlskoolDem]

cool where can I get a ticket to watch :))

[Testtubebaby]

He is inciting a riot. He's a drug addict and they cover him. He's a racist and they cover him. He's a fat###&&&%%%% and he's still a pig on the air. When will it be enough? When they riot at the station...hmmm.

[UrsaMajority]

I won't even address the self-explanatory idiocy of Limbaugh -- though I wonder when people who insist they're upstanding Americans will realize that the man is the most pathological liar in public life.

But, a quick point. A little known fact is that in 1968, the most lethal of convention rioting occurred not in the Democrats Chicago convention but rather during the Repbublicans 1968 convention in Miami. Sorry to call you wrong, Rush... No I'm not.

[JulieSA]

I could easily be wrong, but I can't find any information on riots at the Republican convention.

My parents were delegates to the '68 Dem convention. It turned them into Republicans.

[FrankBlackFrancis]

If Hillary steals the nomination history will repeat itself.

[kanobi11]

It's truly amazing how the republicans and the conservatives can say and do anything and no one will hoot or bring charges, but if you are democrat, don't even try it. In fact a democrat apart from HRC is found guilty before proven otherwise.... Here is Rush Limbaugh, inciting violence and no one in the MSM is even talking about it... Is inciting violence not against the Law?

Ummm.... seems to me like the right is above the law and the MSM is in bed w/ them. Well Rush in a previous show has said his main goal this political season is to "bloody Obama politically" and he is truly fanning out his ambitions.

[2351]

Ignorance! You know, I used to hear people say all of these horrible things about Rush, but this is the first time that I have been able to understand why. These are some horrible people, and it is just hard to understand how someone could listen to his radio show. I would think that you would have to be very weak minded to want to listen to that stuff all of the time. This is sick stuff. And they talk about Rev. Wright!!! Whoo!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!

[JayWilliams]

You said:
"I want to ask the people in his campaign: "How could you sit and listen to that show for 20 years, knowing that these were the types of views that Mr. Limbaugh subscribed to?"

Brilliant point!
LOL
Thanks for saying this!