This hour of the Limbaugh Wire brought to you by carrots and their promise of immortality
By Simon Maloy

We've been doing this Limbaugh Wire gig now for more than three months -- three long, long, long months. And, as you might imagine, the job brings with it a certain amount of stress. We didn't realize just how stressful it was, however, until yesterday, when a colleague remarked that we look as though we've aged "at least 10 years" since March. We were incredulous, but pictures don't lie -- here's a photo from our Boston Globe profile two months ago, and here's a photo from yesterday. The weird thing is that we don't remember buying that pipe. Anyway, the point of all this is that starting today, Limbaugh Wire veteran and long-time Limbaugh aficionado Greg Lewis will be taking a more active role in writing the Limbaugh Wire. He knows Rush backwards and forwards, and we're confident he'll do a bang-up job. As such, we hope you, dear reader(s), will afford him the same level of respect/pity you've given us. With that, let's get to it.

Rush got this hump-day show going by declaring that he "did it first," and no one gave him any credit. Rush explained that, back in 1995, he killed a fly on his TV show, and everyone gave him grief for it, but President Obama killed a fly on CNBC today and the state-run media is treating it like he killed Osama bin Laden.

Rush would get back to this in a moment, but first he had to revisit his favorite chew toy of the moment -- the (false) claim that the Obama administration has asked a Flint, Michigan, Democrat to help bulldoze 50 cities across America. Reading from a Flint Journal article on Limbaugh's comments yesterday extolling the bulldozing of Flint, Rush said: "Mr. Kildee, you have been hired or asked by the Obama administration to bulldoze 50 other cities and all of the sudden, in the local Flint media, I am the villain. I'm the bad guy with a report that says I want to bulldoze the whole city. I never said any such thing." Isn't any less false than it was yesterday -- Kildee has denied that the administration asked him to apply his bulldozing plans for Flint to other cities. Nevertheless, this falsehood became the premise for the latest hilarious Limbaugh parody: "President Obama" announcing the new "Shrink to Survive" initiative for U.S. cities. Rush said you could have another test market for the "Shrink to Survive" program -- Newark. That's according to an email he received from a Newark resident, said Rush.

Then it was back to the fly swatting, as Rush aired audio bites of Obama killing the insect and joking about it with White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. Rush said this has caused the state-run media to break out in a frenzy of praise, comparing Obama to Michael Jordan, Dirty Harry, and Mr. Miyagi. Rush repeated that they're treating this like Obama wiped out Osama, but the fact of the matter is that Rush did it first. Rush then aired sound bites of his 1995 encounter with a fly, explaining what actually happened to those of us who didn't see the program or couldn't muster enough interest from just hearing the audio. Rush asked if any of us had heard about it when it happened. Of course we didn't, said Rush. All Rush received in return were complaints from the audience about wasting broadcast time.

Leading into the break, Rush asked if the mullahs in Iran had finished their recount. Rush said it doesn't matter how long they spend "recounting," but, however much time they spend, it will be more than the liberals spent reading the stimulus bill.

After the break, Rush turned to the news in the gay community regarding the Obama administration's position on the Defense of Marriage Act. Rush noted that the Politico reported: "Gay figures pull out of Biden fundraiser." Rush couldn't help himself: "We here are trying to figure out what body part on Biden the fundraiser is, that gay figures have pulled out of." Rush was also excited that the piece contained this quote from activist David Mixner: "I am so tired of being told by Democratic operatives to 'suck it up' because so many other profound issues are at stake." Rush said that Obama is being "slapped silly" on this issue, reading from a Los Angeles Times editorial and a New York Times article on Obama extending job benefits to gay partners.

Rush then moved on to the firing of AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin. Rush said that the Obama people placed a story about the firing in The Washington Post, which reported that the "White House informed lawmakers last night that an inspector general fired by President Obama appeared confused, disoriented and unable to answer questions when he was called in late May to a meeting of the agency that operates AmeriCorps." Rush retorted: "That means he got fired for acting like Joe Biden at a meeting. It says here, 'confused and unable to answer questions,' and that's a dead ringer for the vice president." Anyway, Rush guaranteed that the "Chicago enforcer" Rahm Emanuel is leading the charge on this and said that things keep falling apart for the Obama White House.

After the break, Rush bemoaned that stories like this Reuters article keep getting recycled, but everyone keeps "missing the point." Rush read from the story, which reported that the "anti-cancer properties of carrots are enhanced 25 percent if they are cooked whole rather than chopped up beforehand, a study has found." After reading a quote from lead researcher Dr. Kirsten Brandt, Rush noted that she's "a woman, which makes sense: a female researcher in a kitchen." Anyway, the "point" Rush wished to get across was this: We always hear about these foods that fight cancer, but everyone who has eaten carrots in this world is dead or will be dead. How many people, asked Rush, who died in car accidents or of heart attacks yesterday had eaten carrots? Rush said he does this to illustrate how absurd all of this is. Had Reuters reported that eating carrots will make you live forever, then Rush's response would have made at least some sense. Unfortunately, Reuters' actual, reality-based point was that cooking carrots whole might help ensure that you spend your last months or years leading up to your inevitable death in good health, rather than suffering from the agony of cancer.

Speaking of health, Rush moved on to health care reform, expressing his belief that "we can shut this down." Rush said he thinks the White House is in trouble and is in "panic mode" as things continue to fall apart. They're not an invincible operation, said Rush. We learned yesterday, said Rush, that the 10-year price on health care reform will be $1 trillion, and it will only cover one-third of the uninsured. We explained yesterday how this isn't quite accurate. But anyway, Rush said things are falling apart and that's why we're seeing stories like these from The Hill and USA Today. The public option is a Trojan horse, said Rush, and big businesses are going to look to offload their health plans. Once that happens, said Rush, the current number of health care options people have are going to dry up, and that's what people are figuring out. This can be rolled back and it can be defeated so long as people keep shouting. What you have to tell people is that Obama's plan will result in you losing your health care plan.

One more break and Rush rounded out the hour with a caller who said that he was born and raised in a Democratic family and was suckered into voting for Obama by his family and all the propaganda, and Obama has done nothing to help the little people, only big businesses. Rush said you have to look at this in a different way. He's destroying big business by taking them over, forcing new taxes on them, and limiting how much they can pay. The caller then wanted to know how, if people can't afford health care now, they're going to be able to afford it after Obama starts taxing it. Rush said he'll still have access to health care, but your take-home pay will be smaller. The caller then explained that he was upset that his health care taxes went up this month to $200. Rush said this was a "gold-mine" call that would be continued in the next hour.

Greg Lewis and Lauryn Bruck contributed to this edition of the Limbaugh Wire.

Highlights from Hour 1

Outrageous comments

LIMBAUGH: Ladies and gentlemen, much, much news in the gay community, regarding the Obama administration. They're very upset out there about the Defense of Marriage Act being defended by Obama and the way he's doing it, and now, the Politico is reporting the following headline: "Gay Figures Pull Out of Biden Fundraiser." We here are trying to figure out what body part on Biden the fundraiser is, that gay figures have pulled out of.

[...]

LIMBAUGH: Some of the money was used illegally. The state -- the U.S. attorney out there failed to file charges, didn't want to get involved in it. Walpin recommended that he do so. Walpin recommended that they not get any more federal money because that's the rule; you misuse it once, you don't get any more. No charges, but the New Hope Academy is refunding something like $400,000 -- almost half of what was given. The Obama administration fired the guy and they've put out a story.

Ladies and gentlemen, in The Washington Post has it today. This story up to now is being carried by Byron York at TheExaminer.com and Fox News has been involved in this, so when it's time for the Obama people to respond to all this, they go to one of their state-run mouthpieces, The Washington Post.

"The Inspector General fired last week by Obama appeared confused, disoriented, and unable to answer questions at a late May board meeting of the Corporation for National Community Service." That means he got fired for acting like Joe Biden at a meeting. It says here, "confused and unable to answer questions," and that's a dead ringer for the vice president.

America's Truth Rejector

LIMBAUGH: Mr. Kildee, you have been hired or asked by the Obama administration to bulldoze 50 other cities and all of a sudden, in the local Flint media, I am the villain. I'm the bad guy with a report that says I want to bulldoze the whole city. I never said any such thing.

By the way, Mr. Kildee's work with the Obama administration has led us to receive yet another exclusive -- what do we call these things? -- update, I guess, from the Obama White House.

ANNOUNCER: Now, a special message of hope for America's decaying cities from Barack Obama.

OBAMA IMPERSONATOR: For years, progressive mayors and city governments have worked hard doing everything they can think of to improve deteriorating neighborhoods. They've raised taxes, increased regulation, ignored crime, got tough on business, and destroyed schools. But nothing worked until "Shrink to Survive."

ANNOUNCER: Starting with 40 percent of Flint, Michigan, "Shrink to Survive" will bulldoze homes and businesses to make green space available to the masses and fight global warming.

IMPERSONATOR: "Shrink to Survive" is a quick, simple, permanent solution to crime and poverty. By tearing down entire neighborhoods and returning them to nature, we will finally solve problems in a proactive, progressive way. No longer will we look ineffective and silly with failed programs that just don't work.

ANNOUNCER: Ask your local government about "Shrink to Survive," the only progressive policy that just might work.

Ladies' man

LIMBAUGH: This is a Reuters story from London: "The anti-cancer properties of carrots are enhanced 25 percent if they are cooked whole rather than chopped up beforehand, according to a study. And they taste better, too, according to scientists at Newcastle University because more of their sugar is retained. Chopping up your carrots increases" -- stick with me on this, folks. It's not a recipe show -- "Chopping up your carrots increases the surface area so more of the nutrients leach out into the water while they're cooked," said the lead researcher, a woman, which makes sense: a female researcher in a kitchen, Dr. Kirsten Brandt.

This hour of the Limbaugh Wire brought to you by oil changes and blood tests -- one in the same
By Greg Lewis

Rush got the second hour started by saying that it's just "amazing" to watch Obama on television talking about taking over the financial industry, or the credit industry, or "whatever he is taking over." Rush said Obama is "recycling every lie" that was told about the mortgage crisis, that the lenders were predatory while the regulators were "out to lunch." Then he quipped that when Ronald Reagan was president, he didn't have "a conservative media" or a Republican majority in Congress, but he was still able to do almost everything he wanted to do. Rush explained that Reagan had the ability to go over the heads of the media.

Anyway, Rush didn't take long to return to the caller from the end of the first hour. After the caller further explained his feelings that Obama has "hardly done anything" for the little guy, and has only helped big business, Rush, saying that this caller was a "goldmine," gave the poor caller a lesson in what is really going on. The lesson to the caller, said Rush, is that presidents and governments cannot save businesses -- well, that's not entirely true, Rush admitted. The greatest and most perfect president ever -- Ronald Reagan -- did it, when he saved Harley-Davidson. Obama is "killing everybody. He's harming everybody, I mean politically and economically. He's not just not helping guys like you; he is destroying opportunity for everybody in the private sector, including guys like you. And when they start taxing your health-care benefits, you're gonna have less take-home pay. And they're figuring that you want health care so much, that it's so important to you, that you will go along with this." The more you focus, Rush said, on what you're going to get from someone else, the more miserable you're going to be. We can affirm that that's the truth -- we've been hoping for a modicum of sense from Rush for some time now, and we're plenty miserable as a consequence.

Then Rush moved on to health care reform, which the caller was also concerned with. As you may recall, earlier this week Rush compared health care to dog kenneling. Today Rush took it in a different direction, comparing doctor check-ups to oil changes: "Let me give you this analogy. Read this the other day; it's a good point. Health-care insurance for prescriptions. Health-care insurance for doctors. Health-care insurance for just a standard check-up. Health-care insurance for a sore throat -- is like requiring automobile insurance for an oil change, or automobile insurance to rotate your tires. Nobody would even think of asking for insurance for that. Auto insurance is for accidents, when you have high costs, no -- whether you're at fault or not, you can't pay on your own. That's what the insurance is for, that's what it ought to be in health care." Yes ... oil changes and doctor checkups. Here's the deal -- a typical oil change costs between $30 and $50, and many places offer coupons that make it even cheaper. In 2007, the average price of an annual physical was $116. What's more, an intrepid individual can go online or read a few books and figure out how to change his or her own oil; that same person is far less likely to have the knowledge or the means to do his or her own blood work.

The "goldmine" of a caller continued, hitting on some more of our favorite Rush themes. Rush helpfully explained: "Obama and Rahm Emmanuel and Axelrod -- these people running this show in the White House -- love this kind of chaos. The more unemployment, the more anger, the more angst, the more fear, the greater opportunity they have to go before the cameras every day and say, 'We've got a new crisis. Only government can fix it.' And people will willingly give up control of their lives 'cause people will trade their liberty for security."

Rush came back from the commercial break describing how Obama is expanding government at everybody's expense, and that nobody is benefitting except for his "labor buddies." Unions are "everywhere" in everything Obama wants to do. Obama says he's helping the little guy, but he's not helping anyone but himself, Rush explained.

Back from another break, and Rush took a caller who heaped praise on our favorite radio host for the way he handled the caller at the top of the hour. The caller declared that Rush is "truly a national treasure." El Rushbo took the call as an opportunity to launch a rant about the ills of society and government. And, of course, Obama and the "Democrat Party." He started off by explaining that the crisis mentality wouldn't exist if not for the media, because every day there's a new scare tactic, like Al Gore scaring kids about global warming. Meanwhile, "snake oil salesman" Obama says he can fix everything, despite evidence of government failure after failure.

Things went downhill from there, as Rush aired his displeasure with the evils liberalism has visited upon society. Our children aren't being taught the founders in schools, people are being told that they aren't smart and they will be discriminated against, etc. It all comes down to how Rush feels about "wasted human potential." "It's understandable that we would have wasted human potential in totalitarian regimes like Zimbabwe, or Cuba, or the old Soviet Union, or China, but not here. Not here." Rush elaborated:

Human potential and people rising above themselves. People pursuing excellence without a whole lot of obstacles in their way and shackles attached to 'em -- it's what built this country. And anybody with a brain knows it, even the people who are trying to build this country in a different way. The truth is, the Obama-ites are not trying to build the country. They're trying to take it over. And to do that they're trying to build and grow government. Not because they think it's going to improve your life, they're not interested in that. They're interested in controlling your life for the sake of it.

We can start talking about why all you want, but one big reason why is they've got contempt for you. After 50 years of telling you you're worthless, you are.

Then Rush moved onto the "black population" and had this to say: "Well, let me ask you something. Go talk to any of the 93 percent, 92 percent of the black population that votes for Obama, and ask them what the Democrat Party has done for them. Substantively, it's zero. They're still complaining about the same things they've been complaining about since before the civil rights era. They're complaining about discrimination. They're complaining about racism. They have evolved businesses like Reverend Jackson and Reverend Sharpton, for leaders to make millions of dollars trading off imagined racism and keeping people at war with each other over race, and now gender. And now over sexual orientation. Yet they vote Democrat every year -- every ticket."

After another well-deserved break, Rush came back with a caller who claimed that Obama was "dropping the ball" with Iran because he's not helping them with their revolution. Then Rush launched into a rant -- similar to the one yesterday -- in which he described as "a shame" what Obama is doing in regards to Iran and the Middle East. Rush again took issue with Obama's remark yesterday that he didn't want the U.S. to be seen as meddling with the elections. Rush was aghast that Obama thinks that "standing up for freedom" is "meddling." Obama, Rush declared, is failing to continue the tradition of every other president to defend liberty.

Simon Maloy, Lauren Bruck, and Zachary Pleat contributed to this edition of the Limbaugh Wire.

Outrageous remarks:

LIMBAUGH: He is killing everybody. He's harming everybody, I mean politically and economically. He's not just not helping guys like you; he is destroying opportunity for everybody in the private sector, including guys like you. And when they start taxing your health-care benefits, you're gonna have less take-home pay. And they're figuring that you want health care so much, that it's so important to you, that you will go along with this.

[...]

LIMBAUGH: Let me give you this analogy. Read this the other day; it's a good point. Health-care insurance for prescriptions. Health-care insurance for doctors. Health-care insurance for just a standard check-up. Health-care insurance for a sore throat -- is like requiring automobile insurance for an oil change, or automobile insurance to rotate your tires. Nobody would even think of asking for insurance for that. Auto insurance is for accidents, when you have high costs, no -- whether you're at fault or not, you can't pay on your own. That's what the insurance is for, that's what it ought to be in health care.

[...]

LIMBAUGH: Obama and Rahm Emmanuel and Axelrod -- these people running this show in the White House -- love this kind of chaos. The more unemployment, the more anger, the more angst, the more fear, the greater opportunity they have to go before the cameras every day and say, "We've got a new crisis. Only government can fix it." And people will willingly give up control of their lives 'cause people will trade their liberty for security.

[...]

LIMBAUGH: But as an American citizen, and as someone who has just had more success than I ever dreamed of, and lived a life my parents would not comprehend - my parents would not believe it - my experiences in context are such that it's a crying shame for me to look at all the wasted human potential in this country. It's understandable that we would have wasted human potential in totalitarian regimes like Zimbabwe, or Cuba, or the old Soviet Union, or in China, but not here. Not here.

Human potential and people rising above themselves. People pursuing excellence without a whole lot of obstacles in their way and shackles attached to 'em -- it's what built this country. And anybody with a brain knows it, even the people who are trying to build this country in a different way. The truth is, the Obama-ites are not trying to build the country. They're trying to take it over. And to do that they're trying to build and grow government. Not because they think it's going to improve your life, they're not interested in that. They're interested in controlling your life for the sake of it.

We can start talking about why all you want, but one big reason why is they've got contempt for you. After 50 years of telling you you're worthless, you are.

[...]

LIMBAUGH: Well, let me ask you something. Go talk to any of the 93 percent, 92 percent of the black population that votes for Obama, and ask them what the Democrat Party has done for them. Substantively, it's zero. They're still complaining about the same things they've been complaining about since before the civil rights era. They're complaining about discrimination. They're complaining about racism. They have evolved businesses like Reverend Jackson and Reverend Sharpton, for leaders to make millions of dollars trading off imagined racism and keeping people at war with each other over race, and now gender. And now over sexual orientation. Yet they vote Democrat every year -- every ticket.

This hour of the Limbaugh Wire brought to you by The Manchurian Candidate -- coming soon to Fox
By Greg Lewis

The final hour of today's show kicked off with Rush reading from a Politico article headlined: "White House press stays home for Obama's speech." Rush wondered if it made Obama mad that his "acolytes" stayed home. He also questioned why the hell the press has to follow Obama everywhere anyway. Apparently, they can just as easily love Obama "from afar."

This provided a convenient segue for Rush as he moved on to Obama's CNBC interview with John Harwood. Noting that Harwood asked Obama about the "favorable" press coverage he receives, Rush aired audio of Obama saying there is "one television station entirely devoted to attacking my administration." Rush said that Obama was whining about Fox News.

From here, Rush moved on to the upcoming ABC special on health care reform that will be broadcast from the White House. Rush said the special will have "no opponents, no critics," a claim ABC has refuted. Regardless, Rush suggested counter-programming for Fox Broadcasting and the Fox News Channel. For Fox Broadcasting, Rush suggested airing The Manchurian Candidate. Rush didn't indicate whether he was referring to the original 1964 masterpiece or the 2004 remake. As for Fox News, Rush prescribed that the network stick with their normal evening lineup, minus Shep Smith. Start with Beck, then move on to O'Reilly, Hannity, and Greta. Rush thought this would be a good counter to ABC's "propaganda" from the White House. Rush also suggested that Fox News would never do a special from the East Room or the Blue Room of the White House. And he's right -- they'd just do a special on George W. Bush from the Oval Office. And Crawford. And Air Force One. And Bush's "private sanctums in the White House residence." Big difference.

As for The Manchurian Candidate, Fox Broadcasting doesn't need to air the original or the remake -- they already have Glenn Beck and, well, everyone else on that network to repeat that totally original smear.

After a break, Rush went back to Obama's interview with John Harwood, airing a clip in which Obama described how the deficit "keeps [him] awake at night." Rush thought this was absurd, saying that Obama is "losing sleep over himself." Actually, no, he's losing sleep over the legacy of George W. Bush, who is far-and-away the biggest contributor to the deficits we're facing today. Rush added: "No, I don't think he's losing sleep over anything. I think this guy -- if he can't sleep it's 'cause he's excited! I can't -- if he's losing sleep it's 'cause excited, he cannot believe how easy it is to take over all this stuff. He can't believe how easy it is to fool all these people. He can't believe what a stroke of good luck that an opposition party doesn't exist. He can't believe that there's not one Republican that won't stand up and say, 'Stop this!' " Rush concluded this rant by saying that this would be like Colonel Sanders saying we have to stop killing and eating chicken.

Then Rush moved on to Obama's announcement today of his plans for regulatory reform. Rush aired sound bites of Obama describing how the unraveling of financial institutions and a culture of irresponsibility caused the economic crisis. Rush rejected this, saying that it was overregulation that caused the crisis. Specifically, Rush faulted the government for forcing banks to make subprime loans: "But all of this happened because Democrats from Bill Clinton forward, Barney Frank, and Chris Dodd, demanded -- and ACORN -- demanded that people that could not ever pay a loan back or even qualify for one, be given one, essentially be given a house. They were threatened by Janet Reno and others. And regulators that tried to stop this were in turn threatened by people like Barney Frank and Chris Dodd." Of course, as we've noted so many times before, this is completely false.

Rush also responded to Obama talking about executive compensation levels. He said the problems that existed in the markets had nothing to do with what people make, and it's nobody's business but the board's and the CEO's, adding: "Private sector compensation is none of Barack Obama's business. It's none of Bill Ayers' business. It's none of Bernadine Dohrn's business. It's none of Jeremiah Wright's business. It's not Rahm Emmanuel's business. It is nobody's business." We're not entirely sure what relevance Ayers, Dohrn, or Wright have in this context, and Rush didn't explain. But we're going to assume that their degree of relevance is fairly close to zero, so we're comfortable in expanding on Rush's argument and saying that private sector compensation is also not the business of Wayne Gretzky, Luciano Pavarotti, or Superman.

Rush then played another audio bite from the speech, in which Obama further explained his proposed overhaul of the financial system, saying: "We did not choose how this crisis began, but we do have a choice in the legacy this crisis leaves behind." This set off Rush on another tirade about Obama needing to "man up" and stop blaming his predecessors.

After another break, Rush took some more calls. The first caller was from Canada and described how his friend had an advanced case of melanoma and had only just been approved by the government to go to one hospital in Buffalo. Both Rush and the caller agreed on their dislike of the Canadian health care system. Rush even said that approved treatments at approved locations, such as was the case for the caller's friend, was where we were headed. Rush neglected to mention that Obama's proposed health care reform will look nothing like Canada's system, but instead described -- once again -- how people think that by giving away their liberty, they will get security, and that this kind of health care reform will mean that a lot of people will get a death sentence that they don't have now.

The next caller wondered if all the auto manufacturing plants closing means that a lot of union people aren't working, and asked if they're satisfied. Rush said that people are blind in their support for Obama the "doofus." 

One more break, and Rush wrapped up the program with a couple more callers. The first wondered how we would pay to give everyone good health benefits. Rush told her that Obama promised whatever you need at no cost, and people love hearing members of Congress saying that. Rush also predicted that businesses and insurance companies would drop plans in favor of the government-offered public option. The final caller praised Rush for how he handled the caller at the top of the second hour -- the one Rush thought was a "gold mine."

And that's a wrap for today's Wire. The whole crew will be back tomorrow for more fun in Limbaugh Land -- perhaps he'll compare health care to hang gliding. One can only imagine. Anyway, until then, Media Matters' Limbaugh archives remain, as always, at your disposal.

Simon Maloy, Lauryn Bruck, and Zachary Pleat contributed to this edition of the Limbaugh Wire.

Highlights from Hour 3:

Outrageous remarks:

LIMBAUGH: No, I don't think he's losing sleep over anything. I think this guy - if he can't sleep it's 'cause he's excited! I can't -- if he's losing sleep it's 'cause excited, he cannot believe how easy it is to take over all this stuff. He can't believe how easy it is to fool all these people. He can't believe what a stroke of good luck that an opposition party doesn't exist. He can't believe that there's not one Republican that won't stand up and say, "Stop this!"

[...]

LIMBAUGH: Private sector compensation is none of Barack Obama's business. It's none of Bill Ayers' business. It's none of Bernadine Dohrn's business. It's none of Jeremiah Wright's business. It's not Rahm Emmanuel's business. It is nobody's business.

America's Truth Rejecter

Falsely claimed that the upcoming ABC News special will not include "opponents" or "critics":

LIMBAUGH: A week from tonight, two things will happen in the White House via ABC News, which is no longer independent. ABC News is part of the state-run media. The World News Tonight with Charles Gibson will originate from the Blue Room of the White House; the focal point will be healthcare. Later, on 20/20, ABC will originate a program on Obama's healthcare proposal from the East Room. There will be no opponents, no critics.

Falsely claimed that because of Democratic legislation and politicians, the government forced banks to make bad loans:

LIMBAUGH: But all of this happened because Democrats from Bill Clinton forward, Barney Frank, and Chris Dodd, demanded -- and ACORN -- demanded that people that could not ever pay a loan back or even qualify for one, be given one, essentially be given a house. They were threatened by Janet Reno and others. And regulators that tried to stop this were in turn threatened by people like Barney Frank and Chris Dodd.