Rush Limbaugh cited a DU thread today

[underpants]

BTW- I can't find this thread. I knew he was lying about it...anyway here you go - this is the type of thing people believe from their car radio everyday:





And somebody went to Democrat Underground, somebody got the idea to go there and just troll and look around, and one of the first posts in Democrat Underground last night was this: "What happened that my Social Security withholding's in my paycheck just went up? My paycheck just went down by an amount that I don't feel comfortable with. I guarantee this decrease is gonna hurt me more than the increase in income taxes will hurt those making over 400 grand. What happened?"

..

And as part of the thread, there are people trying to explain to them what happened, and some of them understand it, and some of them don't, but they're all livid.

..

They're fit to be tied. And then they resort, it's probably Bush's fault, they think. They think that Bush has come back from four years of a presidency that's expired to bite them. And they're livid over it. It's a classic illustration. You talk about low-information voters. You talk about people have no clue. You talk about people that support things they have no idea what they're doing in terms of harming themselves by virtue of what they support. The Democrat Underground: what happened that my Social Security withholding and my paycheck just went up? This guy had no idea. And it's a long thread. I don't know how long it is now.

..

Now, I mentioned moments ago when I was telling you the outrage on Democrat Underground from people whose paychecks were smaller because their Social Security tax went back to normal. They didn't know it was coming and they were livid and they're blaming Bush. So I got some e-mail asking: "What do you mean, blaming Bush?" It's a good question. I should have 'splained it. Here is the thinking.

..

On Democrat Underground, they blamed Bush for causing the economic crash by cutting taxes. In other words, the people at Democrat Underground believe the recession happened because of tax cuts. Now, what...?


The Republican brand (if you will), if it's known for anything, it's tax cuts, which means a growing economy. Tax cuts mean you keep more of what you earn. It means that there are more jobs created. It means you broaden the base, you increase jobs, and therefore you increase the number of taxpayers. The more people there are paying taxes, the more revenue there is to Washington. But you don't have to raise individual taxes to increase revenue to Washington.

You can get more revenue by simply creating jobs, and you do that by lowering taxes. And that's what the Republican Party has been known for. And Obama wanted to strip them of that. Furthermore, he wanted that identification, and he's got it! Obama's the big tax-cutter now. That's what people think. But the Republican tax cuts caused the problems. This has been Obama's point for four years.

[formercia]

1. Let me be the first.

Fuck you, Rush.

[underpants]

2. I found the thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022120404

Just as I expected. Looks like a set up and not at all what that lying sack of nothing made it sound like.

[pinboy3niner]

8. Wrong thread

It was another DU OP posted yesterday that later was self-deleted by its author:
http://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2125273

[underpants]

13. Thanks

Hey any publicity is good publicity.

If any of his audience falls into DU then they will find a word of information that will never listen to him the same way again.

DU - wise and otherwise and that's how we likes it!!

[yardwork]

15. It's hard to tell which thread Rush meant and which threads were a result of Rush's comments.

[pinboy3niner]

23. It's the one linked in #8

Even though the OP was self-deleted, a DU search on the author's username and Social Security turns up the exact wording Rushbo cited.

[elehhhhna]

69. what? a search on their social security number?

huh?

[Catherine Vincent]

71. I believe they mean the users name plus the word social security

Not their SS number.

[elehhhhna]

80. omg funny i'm losing it

sheesh, thanks

[daleanime]

72. The words 'social security' not their actual number.

[pinboy3niner]

73. No, the term 'Social Security' :)

Search results will show a snippet from the original post. I also get a preview of the cached post before it was deleted. It shows the text of the original OP:

NCTraveler
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 12:54 PM

What happened that my SS withholdings in my paycheck just went up.
My paycheck just went down by an amount that I don't feel comfortable with. I guarantee this decrease will hurt me more than the increases in income taxes will hurt those making over $400,000.

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2125273

[yardwork]

91. Why did you post this in response to my post? I'm not Rush.

Honest.

[Shankapotomus]

24. 600+ tweets from a thread critizing the Administration policy?

And then the OP deletes it? Yea, sure. That's not a right wing click bomb.

[yardwork]

28. Good point. I had missed the tweets. I am now convinced

that we identified the specific thread that Rush cited on his show.

[lunasun]

75. #WhyIsMyPaycheckLessThisWeek

[Cha]

99. that's why it wasn't found.. 'cause I remember pretty much

the exact wording.

So limbaugh thought he had a great find on DU.. not everyone was "livid". One post said.. "This post attracting a lot of freeper drive bys" Another replied: "BUCK UP".. You'll get it all back plus interest when you start collecting Social Security.

And by the way, that money coming out of your check proves that Social Security is not a "free ride" or welfare of any kind."
"

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2129696

[pinboy3niner]

101. Here's the text of the original OP (before it was deleted)

NCTraveler
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 12:54 PM

What happened that my SS withholdings in my paycheck just went up.
My paycheck just went down by an amount that I don't feel comfortable with. I guarantee this decrease will hurt me more than the increases in income taxes will hurt those making over $400,000.

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2125273

There were several posts complaining about having to pay the normal withholding to fund their Social Security. Some of those who posted that crap were PPR'd...

[Shankapotomus]

9. That member hasn't been tombstoned yet.

88 posts and his thread makes the Rush Limbaugh show? I remember seeing that thread. Rush just handed us a gift. This wreaks of setup. He is employing operatives to drum up false accusations against democrats. We should make this viral.

I would keep an eye on Neon2012 too.

[underpants]

19. That poster is already trying to run away

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022133141

[AZ Progressive]

47. That's not the poster

I won't say the poster's name, but one can just visit the thread to find the name.

[Honeycombe8]

49. Yeah, the poster who is leaving/left is not the one in the thread in your link. nt

[Honeycombe8]

50. No, the one in your link is not the one in the link from above and which the OP is about. nt

[yardwork]

65. Ok, I'll self delete. I'm convinced by the number of tweets from the other post.

[OccupyManny]

36. Lol!!!

I listen to the fat loser all the time when I'm driving my truck. A special place in hell awaits him. I hope they catch him in the Dominican soon where he's known to have a penchant for Viagra fueled sex with young boys.

[2naSalit]

63. Classic Flush Rimjob.

[NYC_SKP]

3. There were a couple threads whining about pay stubs.

Maybe someone will link one or two of them.

I would love to know for certain which one Rush referred to, and to know if it was planted here for his use, but the hell that would come down on any posting member who didn't mean to stir shit would be pretty unbearable.

[graywarrior]

17. Maybe is was Rush.

He's desperate for attention.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

45. quite a number of them

[wandy]

4. Ah yes. Another right wing wacko meme is born.

Ignore it. Give them a week and they will be back to whining about Obamas ears.
Or what ever the new chant of the week is on planet croûton.

[Amonester]

105. What's reported he spewed about taxes makes no sense (as usual)...

just the usual BS pRopaganda of one in a tiny minority of multi-millionaires pissed at President Obama for successfully raising HIS taxes.

[wandy]

107. Intresting lesson as to how the right wing echo chamber works.......

You see, on yesterdays Home page DU showed.....
"So I opened my paycheck today---well---actually I get direct deposit...."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022132436
We read the OP, got the drift, commented, RECed, possibly got a chuckle out of it.
To the "GOP co." propaganda employs such as limpballs and the foxes, that OP was pure GOLD!
Sure they read it they knew what it was about but they knew something else.
If they blathered about it their sheep would skoot over to DU, read the first line ONLY then pick up the chant with screams of na na naaa na na.
Soon right wing blogs would pick up the mantra and the intertubes would fill with the chant, silly liberals na na naaa na na.
Grade school stuff.
We here at DU would spend the afternoon "swatting trolls".
No bigey, by tomorrow it will be back to Obama's anti American muslin sheets. Or something.

Teapublicans, the threat from within.

[Amonester]

108. It sure does look like the pRopaganda idjot machine targeted DU...

All these sudden newcomers screaming about how they will 'nevah evah evah evah' vote for the 'democrat' party 'agin'...

Is the meta aware of this 'new wave'?

(Can't wait to see the next 'pic of the moment' from EarlG!)

[Lil Missy]

5. I saw the thread. Someone here will provide the link before long.

[Jamastiene]

6. DU irritated Rush Limbaugh.

We must be doing something right here then.

[underpants]

11. Yes we must

[condoleeza]

82. Agree, n/t

[yardwork]

16. He gave us a new name too. We are now Democrat Underground!

[gateley]

85. How very mature.

[pinboy3niner]

92. We need to do that more often!

[Bjorn Against]

7. First they ignore you, then they laugh at at you, then they fight you, and then you win.

They are now fighting us, what comes next?

[madokie]

26. I'll put DU up against any takers

I personally don't add much but we've got some smart people here. A lot smarter than pedo boy even in his wildest dreams

[jpak]

10. The Flaming Nazi Gasbag was not the only one...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022133060

[freshwest]

54. Plenty of Dumbfuckery in Dittoheadland. They don't even know the name's an insult.

[Lex]

14. Bush's 2 unpaid-for wars PLUS a tax cut was a really stupid move.

Rush can believe it or not.

[yardwork]

18. Now you're just making Democrat Underground look bad!

You're going to get us mentioned by Rush again!

[underpants]

29. That was the funny part - GEE he (they) had never even THOUGHT of the cause and effect

he has them in such a bubble they actually believe that everything was just fine until 1/20/2009 (ominous music). No debt. No financial crisis. No bailouts. Nothing - it was all flowers and candy. This has been the main goal of the RW radio and Fox News since the Bush disaster - a smokescreen to blur the timelines and then repeat repeat repeat.

Those sad souls really believe that nonsense...and BELIEF is key to them just like Rush trying to explain the conservative tax cut theories that have never worked.

[DireStrike]

68. No, they blame the 2006 D takeover of the house.

Like they even did anything.

[jpak]

20. "Democrat Underground" - at least it wasn't DU

Dumb Fuck

[madokie]

21. fuck rush and the oxycontin he rode in on

Hey pedo boy how many kids have you done today you sorry bastard

My apologies for using the b word but I know of no other word to describe this cretin

[bvar22]

33. The oxycontin doesn't bother me near as much as:

*making his maid score for him so he didn't have to take the risks....coward.

BUT EVER WORSE,
is getting busted smuggling Viagra for which he had no prescription
into a 3rd World Country know as a Sex Tourist Destination for males looking for sex with children.

HOW he ever survived THAT is beyond my comprehension.

[madokie]

39. Yes

its the children who rush should be swinging from a gallows for

[Eleanors38]

40. Da Blimp complained about rich Miami dope lawyers. Then hired one.

[leveymg]

22. We gotta get a better calibre of troll around here. What a maroon!

I kinda thought that post and thread was a bit odd.

[MFM008]

25. HEY RUSH

You bag of drugged protoplasm , theres a thread you can follow.

[BumRushDaShow]

27. So DU has become part of the latest RW talking point?

Bwah!!!

Something here must have touched a Rushba the Hutt nerve.

[freshwest]

56. That is exactly as I picture him hidden in his basement in Florida.

[PoliticAverse]

30. "And then they resort, it's probably Bush's fault, they think"

An example of Rush just making something up.

[kydo]

31. I bet he has this site not only

bookmarked, and listed as a favorite. If the DU had apps he'd have them. I don't think its his home page, not enough pictures of little boys on the man page for him. The reason I think this is the man's ego is bigger then his male junk. People like him love to see their name mentioned, makes him feel big.

So rush if you are reading this go do a dick (of the cheney persuasion) and boner oops boenher and go $uck your self. Oh also I hear there is a sale on oxy and viagra you better go stock up unless you get caught up in that operation sunflower - the US would only be so lucky right?

[freshwest]

57. Yeah, and leave the children alone, ya Big Fat idiot!

[Initech]

32. Hey Rush if you're reading this: fuck you!!!

KTHXBYE!!!

[Fire Walk With Me]

34. Rush who?

[bongbong]

35. That's hard to believe

But maybe I just missed that thread, which would have been about how to score illegal drugs.

[pa28]

37. The usual Limbaugh brand of sophistry most Republicans take as truth.

Life is much easier when you lean back and enjoy your opinions being validated rather than disseminating facts and thinking critically.

[zbdent]

38. Did he mention that HIS donation to "social security"

DID NOT GO UP???

[jillan]

41. Hey Rush - I use birth control. And I donate to Planned Parenthood.

Call me a slut if you want....
But at least I'm not a whore who would marry a disgusting man for his money.

[JaneyVee]

42. I hope Lush Rimbaugh does a DU search of his name.

[pinboy3niner]

43. So many epithets, so little time!

[Fire Walk With Me]

44. This is probably where the one or two trolls today came from.

When someone such as Rush derisively mentions a website or business by name, there "might be" an undertone of stochastic terrorism:

Daily Kos: Stochastic Terrorism: Triggering the shooters.
www.dailykos.com/story/2011/01/10/934890/​-Stochastic-Terrorism

Stochastic terrorism is the use of mass communications to stir up random lone wolves to carry out violent or terrorist acts

Or in this case, merely trolls happy to glub glub at the most recently mentioned offender.

[pinboy3niner]

48. +1

[OKNancy]

66. one or two?? we have nuked at least 30 today

[Fire Walk With Me]

95. Wow! I've been offline most of the day. Sheesh...

[pinboy3niner]

98. I neglected to mention that in my reply

But we've seen a huge influx of trolls lately. Most very obvious and quickly dispatched by MIRT. But also sockpuppet sleepers and moles who raise suspicions, but who are careful not to cross the line. C'est la vie. What else is new at DU, lol?

[Fire Walk With Me]

100. I alerted on an obvious one earlier today, didn't know things had been that busy!

[pinboy3niner]

102. OKNancy and her fellow and sister team members deserve a dip in the hot tub

They must be worn out after all the action they've had.

[Skraxx]

76. He's Actually Giving Explicit Direction: "...somebody got the idea to go there and just troll..."

That's actually marching orders, stochastically speaking.

[Fire Walk With Me]

94. Wow, I'd missed that, thanks. Well, I have one word for him and his career: Goodbye :)

[Lordquinton]

103. He mentioned us by name?

I've never heard of this "Democrat Underground" gonna go check it out tho.

[alcibiades_mystery]

46. Complaints about the FICA holiday expiring were obvious Republican troll nonsense

He probably had his staff post eight or ten of those yesterday.

Imbeciles.

Keep losing, Limbaughites. Obama keep drinking your milkshake.

Losers.

[uppityperson]

51. hahahaha. Found a page sending people here and that the OP was "self deleted in shame"!!!

http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/01/progressives-waking-up-to-new-years-economic-hangover/

[Enrique]

52. it totally makes sense

the GOP demands the tax increase and then blames Obama for them. Including sending trolls to DU to play games.

they will do try to do the same with Social Security. They are demanding cuts. If we give in to the cuts, then I will bet anyone a trillion dollars that there will be trolls here blaming Obama for cutting Social Security, and Rush will catapult it on his show.

In addition, the GOP will run ads for the 2014 election, blaming Obama for the cuts they are now demanding. The ads are probably already produced.

[blogslut]

53. "Democrat" Underground

What site is that?

[rosesaylavee]

55. Rush.

You are a sad pathetic old very fat, very unhealthy man. You poor thing. What hell it must be to wake up as you every day.

[bluestate10]

58. I remember the thread and replied to the OP.

The OP was self absorbed, as are some on DU. I was one of those that pointed out why the tax went up. But I saw no one that was explaining what had happened complaining about the increase. Many of the people were explaining why it needed to go up. Limbaugh outright lied about people blaming Bush for the payroll, no one did that. It doesn't surprise me that Limbaugh or one of his staff would lie about what was written on DU, that is what they do, distort words and the truth.

[Coyotl]

59. HELLO! "somebody" got the idea to go there and just troll and look around = Rush is a DU troll!

I knew it, Rush is taking up about 13% of the tombstones

Rush is unwilling to admit he's over here all the time, so he has to have an oblique "somebody got the idea to go there" claim. Very transparent Rush!

You just know he is reading this thread right now. Hi Rush. Why do you hate women? Are you seeing a shrink for that yet?

[Autumn]

60. Does that mean that the poster of one of those threads is Limpbawls?

If so I hope we can keep it and poke it with a stick once in a while.

[doc03]

61. Hey Rush if you are reading this go fuck yourself

[Thinkingabout]

62. Since the Bush tax cuts removed twice the amount as the Iraq war, thrn who else should be responsibl

Guess that be Bush. Since Bush took over with the budget in the black and when he left along with a repub Congress voting on spending run, then who do you look to
Bush left office with 800,000 jobs being lost every month. Then Bush might be responsible
. And to think he could not even think of failures he might have been responsible for. Not Smart.

[patrice]

64. Expect to be set up for more of the same, folks. Solution?: Ask questions, polite, insightful

questions and answers.

[Politicub]

67. Maybe it will lead to some converts.

Love that we're getting under the douchebag's skin.

Grotesque fuck.

[uppityperson]

70. The transcript is up on his page so we may be getting more trolls.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2013/01/04/democrat_underground_blames_bush_for_obama_payroll_tax_hike

[tomm2thumbs]

74. Maybe they'll enjoy Rush's own words...

[yardwork]

77. MIRT says that they have banned more than 30 today.

[Fire Walk With Me]

106. Wow...

[nolabear]

78. I wonder what Rush's DU comments and Stephanie's DU comments will wreak.

We certainly have lots of invitations to dance, don't we?

[pinboy3niner]

79. MIRT members will continue to EARN those big paychecks

Thanks, MIRT, for all you do!

[Blue Owl]

81. Rash Phlegmbaugh has blessed us with his holy presence

Actually I feel dirty knowing Ra$h may be lurking here in an OxyContin-fueled stupor, excreting the hate...

[cash__whatiwant]

84. this is maybe the fourth mention of DU by Rush

he reads DU. I wonder if he has a troll account here.

[physioex]

87. You would be surprised....

But back in 2003 (I think) El Drugbo read an article from DU, that's how I found out about this site.

[Agnosticsherbet]

86. Rush went to "Democrat Underground"

No such place exists.

[Cleita]

88. Democrat Underground, huh? Is there such a website?

Seems he's made it all up. He can't even get the name of the website right that he's supposedly quoting from.

[lonestarnot]

89. Big flat bloviating gas bag Rush: Get your fucking facts right without ommissions you liar!

Bushitler did charge two wars and your richie rich tax cut. Richie Rich has faired far better than us with your bushitler tax cuts. It's time they pay their fucking fair share. All your fat whining is not going to change that mr. piggy.

[grahamhgreen]

90. Uh, the tax cuts fueled the deficits, Mr. Limp

[jmowreader]

93. Someone get a coal shovel

...and hit Rush Limbaugh right in his fat face.

If tax cuts created jobs Bush's first term would have made so many people would have been forced to take them."If you want gaskets you have to take two jobs on our loadimg dock. Sorry man, boss sez these jobs gotta go."

[Generic Other]

96. Welcome to DU you loathsome slug

Slime trail of gooey Republican lickspittle. Come out of the shadows...

I want to throw salt on you!

[rl6214]

97. Who even listens to that windbag anymore?

[Shrike47]

104. Rush lied about the site and the content of the thread.

No surprise there; he lies frequently. You would think he would at least get the site name right but the insult name is ingrained. I'm sure he doesn't read us himself. He relies on 'staff' for that.

[Wabbajack_]

109. This fucking sucks

I am a poor man. I need that money.