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Limbaugh suggests Obama was really calling for "socialism," "fascism"

June 04, 2009 2:15 pm ET

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    • Author by dmhack (June 04, 2009 2:24 pm ET)
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      God, Great Gasbag, you're fast becoming a tired one-trick pony.
      The only thing new on your show these days is you calling the media the state-run media.
      You think with the money you're getting paid you might put a little effort into producing a better product.


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    • Author by nerzog (June 04, 2009 2:25 pm ET)
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      Media Matters is performing a public service here.

      You know the old saying about watching sausage being made? By putting Limpdog's absurdities into print for everyone to examine, it has the same effect.

      In the past, Rush just spewed his nonsense and people kind of shrugged it off and only halfway paid attention. Now that his words are frozen in time for us to really digest, it's quite nauseating.... really.
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    • Author by mjh (June 04, 2009 2:40 pm ET)
         
      so⋅cial⋅ism  [soh-shuh-liz-uhm]
      –noun
      a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.


      Interesting that Obama would make the call for this in a speech in Saudi Arabia -- which is a MONARCHY.

      But, like I've said, this [Limpballs] is a wingnut with a microphone: as long as he makes dollars, he doesn't have to make sense.






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      • Author by mjh (June 04, 2009 3:09 pm ET)
           
        I stand corrected, Obama made the speech in CAIRO . . .
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        • Author by nerzog (June 04, 2009 3:34 pm ET)
             
          I made the same mistake, I guess because they showed footage of him meeting with the Saudi King.
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    • Author by dadre (June 04, 2009 4:06 pm ET)
         
      Hold on...doesn't our Constitution say that all men are created equal...so wouldn't his defiance to sameness kinda go against our core values since we are all created equal and justice is blind whether rich or poor?

      Also he just contradicted himself about thinking someone should be better than another person. all of a sudden it's not democracy unless you have a class system where who's better than who? Rich better than poor? One race better than another? One ideology better than another? One religion better than another?

      rush has lost all touch with even the distorted reality that he has created in his head....
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      • Author by mflo918 (June 04, 2009 7:35 pm ET)
           
        You're right, the idea that all men are CREATED equal is a central tenet of our great republic. The key distinction is between equality of opportunity and equality of outcome. We hold that men are created equal, but once created, it is the individual that determines what he or she will achieve. Furthermore, do you honestly believe that these ideas central to our founding, life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, are equal to the values of some of these repressive islamic regimes?
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    • Author by sheiladean25628 (June 06, 2009 2:27 pm ET)
         
      It's really unfortunate for people across the spectrum to recognize that there isn't much of a policy difference between Obama and Bush. Everyone loved to fill up Bush with arrows and rightly so because he is/was guilty. What is bad enough has become sustained policy under Obama. Bush's policies were fascist, if Obama enforces the same policies- please stop insulting our intellects; America HAS become a fascist place to live. The sooner we quit dancing around the real issues and playing right-left hockey as a distraction originating from by media conglomerate owners we can get some honest throttle on the the hope and change delivery. The MEDIA is failing not so much our Presidents. I blame the media.
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