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A day after repeatedly invoking the Quran while discussing Obama, Limbaugh wonders who questions Obama's faith

February 04, 2010 3:21 pm ET by Jeremy Holden

During comments before the National Prayer Breakfast, President Obama issued a call for civility, saying to his critics: "Surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith, or, for that matter, my citizenship."

Noted purveyor of civility Rush Limbaugh found this comment "really, really, really curious." He explained:

LIMBAUGH: Is somebody questioning his faith? What -- have I missed this?

Did Limbaugh miss this? The previous day on his own radio show, Rush read the headline, "Obama backs down after anti-Vegas remarks," and immediately pivoted to ... the Quran:

LIMBAUGH: By the way, I'm just saying -- just a little side note here -- but gambling is forbidden in the Quran. Just a little aside. Just saying.

But he digresses.

After reading from the article for a spell, Limbaugh reminded his readers:

LIMBAUGH: And again, the Quran prohibits -- gambling is forbidden in the Quran. I'm just saying.

Now that is curious. I'm just saying.

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    • Author by nerzog (February 04, 2010 3:25 pm ET)
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      The stupidity of Rush's audience is only surpassed by the stupidity of Glenn Beck's audience... and I'm sure there's a lot of overlap. That means that a lot of them are double stupid.
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    • Author by DellDolly (February 04, 2010 4:14 pm ET)
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      Let's create a bogus argument, shall we?

      Let's imply that Obama is off-the-wall when he suggests that people have questioned his faith.

      And then let's continue to ignore what constitutes an attack on his faith, but since I've already set the stage by asserting that Obama isn't being attacked for his faith, and go ahead and attack him based upon a bogus faith I'm associating him with.

      The terrible thing is, his audience buys this whole convoluted nonsense! They get the picture in their head that no one is attacking Obama's faith, and so when Rush actually does it, it doesn't register with them!
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      • Author by Limit Corp. Ownership (February 04, 2010 4:36 pm ET)
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        el Fathead has repeatedly lied to his audience, humiliated his audience with the rankest hypocrisy, and his brain dead audience just screams for more?

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    • Author by congero6189599 (February 04, 2010 4:21 pm ET)
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      On another thread jpeagle called us morons because we didn't get that Rush was being sarcastic when he used "retard"." You see Rush is actually making fun of those people who question the Presidents faith. You guys fell for it again ,hook ,line, and sinker. Jezzzz.
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      • Author by whatIthink (February 04, 2010 5:09 pm ET)
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        Hey now, don't sell k1dork and magcynic short. I'm sure they'll be along shortly to point out the short sightedness of our views and how we shouldn't be going after Rush for telling the truth and that somehow MMFA has taken him out of context and we should listen to the whole clip...or whatever, just a little aside, just saying.

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    • Author by simpleminds (February 05, 2010 10:21 am ET)
         
      Barack Hussein Obama II - just "wants us all to get along".

      And, he wants us to stop forcing him to prove his citizenship. Great! Just let the issue be brought into an "impartial court" and have his citizenship verified.

      No one is doubting that Obama's mother (Stanley Ann Dunham) wanted him born in the U.S.
      His Mulim father, Barack Hussein Obama Sr., wanted him born in the U.S.
      His Muslim father's other wives wanted Barack Hussein Obama Jr. born anywhere but in Kenya.

      BUT! intent does not count in citizenship criteria.

      Officials in the Muslim country of Kenya would not let an unaccompanied pregnant woman fly commercial transport - anymore than U.S. officials will let an unaccompanied minor fly commercial transports.
      Ann Dunham/Obama gave birth to Barrack Hussein Jr. in Kenya, then flew with the child to Hawaii ASAP.

      Back in "pre-Burn Baby Burn" mid-1960's America, a white woman with a black baby was a social outcast. Compassionate care-givers were more than happy to help Mrs. Dunham/Obama - especially since she had married the father of her black child. To falsify a few "inconsequential" documents to give a young child a "better chance" in life, was a priviledge for these champions of the moral high-ground.

      Anyone who bothers to do honest research on the Barack Hussein Obama II citizenship issue realizes this. Will the issue ever be allowed into court? The answer is "yes" - but only after it won't make any difference.

      The "powers-that-be" will do the same "habeas corpus" farce that they did with James Earl Ray. Coretta Scott King knew that James Earl Ray didn't kill her husband. But the government would never allow the case into trial.

      In 1997, King's son Dexter met with Ray, and publicly supported his efforts to obtain a retrial. Loyd Jowers, a restaurant owner in Memphis, was brought to civil court and sued as being part of a conspiracy to murder Martin Luther King. Jowers was found legally liable, and the King family was awarded $100 in restitution. The amount was to show they were not pursuing the case for financial gain.
      Dr. William Pepper, a friend of King in the last year of his life, represented Ray in a televised trial to try to get him the trial he never had. Pepper next represented the King family in a wrongful death civil trial against Loyd Jowers. The King family has now concluded that Ray did not have anything to do with the murder of Martin Luther King.

      When will Barack Hussein Obama II be found to be an illegal alien? That history has not yet been lived nor written.
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