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Echoing Beck, Rush Limbaugh mocks Malia Obama

June 16, 2010 2:54 pm ET by Oliver Willis

There's no legitimate point,no serious political argument to be made in mocking the President's children, but that's just what Rush Limbaugh did today:

On May 27, President Obama explained at a press conference that he was reminded daily about the consequences of the oil spill by his daughter Malia who asked him "did you plug the hole yet?" while he was shaving.

Apparently emulating Malia Obama on his show today, Limbaugh asked, using a high pitched falsetto voice: "Daddy, daddy, did you shake down BP yet daddy?  Are you going to make 'em pay, daddy?  Are you going to make BP pay?  Did you plug the hole yet daddy?  Daddy, did you plug the hole?  Daddy, who's in charge of the Gulf oil spill?  Daddy, daddy, what's your golf handicap today daddy?  How's your golf game daddy?"

Maybe Rush missed it, but Glenn Beck crossed this line a couple weeks ago and then issued something of an apology (Beck went on days later to attack more of Obama's family, but I digress). But even ignorance of Beck's misfire is no excuse, the president's children should be way off limits.

Transcript:

LIMBAUGH: So, this morning Barack Obama wakes up, heads into the bathroom and starts shaving.  The door opens.  A little daughter comes in. 

Daddy, daddy, did you shake down BP yet daddy?  Are you going to make 'em pay, daddy?  Are you going to make BP pay?  Did you plug the hole yet daddy?  Daddy, did you plug the hole?  Daddy, who's in charge of the Gulf oil spill?  Daddy, daddy, what's your golf handicap today daddy?  How's your golf game daddy?   

Man, oh man, oh man I thought I was watching the final episode of LOST last night, and I was just as confused by that speech as I was by the final episode of LOST.  I couldn't figure that out.  I'm watching a child last night!  I'm sitting there, I'm watching this thing with Katherine, we're watching this and I got bored after ten minutes.  I knew where it was going, I know what it was going to say.  He looked small.  The biggest thing on my screen was the ears! And I'm saying, my gosh, we've got a boy, we've got a child here playing president.  We have got an academic playing President of the United States, in a serious, serious time, during a serious, serious emergency.  And we have somebody totally incompetent and unqualified to deal with any aspect of it, any aspect of the presidency period.

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    • Author by Lizinbklyn (June 16, 2010 3:01 pm ET)
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      Seems like ole times with Pillboy . .

      So how many times will he be mentioning his 'new wife's name' during the next 2-3 years??

      I'm watching this thing with Katherine, we're watching this and I got bored after ten minutes.

      HAHAHAHAHAHA . .

      I'm watching this thing with MARTA, we're watching this and I got bored after ten minutes.

      HAHAHAHAHAHAHA . .

      I'm watching this thing with [INSERT NAME], we're watching this and I got bored after ten minutes.

      Hey Pillboy, you're on your honeymoon, you're not supposed to be bored in bed!!! Take a pill . .

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    • Author by goesto11 (June 16, 2010 3:07 pm ET)
         
      I'm sure this won't become a big deal, but Rush Limbaugh did refer to our black president as a "boy."

      If it were anyone else, I wouldn't ascribe any racial intentions, but given Limbaugh's record...

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    • Author by bintx (June 16, 2010 3:11 pm ET)
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      I don't care how he phrased it, Rush Limbaugh has finally called Barack Obama a "boy." He is a disgusting, racist waste of oxygen. Anyone who calls himself/herself a Christian, a conservative or worse, a Christian conservative, who listens to and supports this horrible, horrible man is a liar.
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    • Author by MiG (June 16, 2010 3:18 pm ET)
         
      At least Beck and Limbaugh are mocking someone intellectually superior to themselves. They could mock wet pavement without breaking that rule, off course ;o)
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    • Author by NiceguyEddie (June 16, 2010 3:25 pm ET)
         
      The moment of clarity, for me, regarding Rush came back in ~1993 when he had his TV show and mentioned that the Clinton's had a pet dog, and showed a picture of Chelsea Clinton. I had no idea how much he was just outright LYING. THAT realization came much later (remember: at that time he had only been "mainstream" for a couple of years) but I could not invest any respect or credability in a national political talk-show host that would use his broadcast time and bully-pulpit to poke fun at the appearance of a 13 year old girl. So this stuff with Malia? It's just Rush going back to his roots.

      ------------------------------------------------
      He's a scumbag. He was born a scumbag, he makes his living as a scumbag and he'll die a scumbag.
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    • Author by Major Tom (June 16, 2010 3:34 pm ET)
         
      Limbaugh also jumped onto the Cloward and Piven Beck-theory today.
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      • Author by soze169880 (June 16, 2010 3:37 pm ET)
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        Limbaugh also jumped onto the Cloward and Piven

        Cloward and Piven don't SOUND like Dominican names...
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    • Author by soze169880 (June 16, 2010 3:36 pm ET)
         
      He's a little boy who's also an academic?
      Rush is still REALLY bitter about always being last in his class, isn't he?
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      • Author by worrierking (June 16, 2010 4:50 pm ET)
           
        He's probably bitter about never being a "little" boy either.

        They probably called him Tubby when he was young.
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