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Limbaugh guest host Belling: Obama is a "Marxist," "what we're seeing here is the total embrace of socialism in our country"

July 06, 2009 3:39 pm ET

From the July 6th edition of Premiere Radio Networks' Rush Limbaugh Show:

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    • Author by pros2pros2940 (July 06, 2009 3:41 pm ET)
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      You don't even know what it means....maybe you heard Caribou Barbie say it so many times..and think it makes you sound like you know what you're talking about.

      Didn't work for her and exposes you as an idiot
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (July 06, 2009 3:42 pm ET)
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      WHY IS RUSH LIMBAUGH ABSENT SO OFTEN? Thinking of quitting...?
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      • Author by DAWUSS (July 06, 2009 4:05 pm ET)
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        He may be in Alaska... ;) :P
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      • Author by blk-in-alabam (July 06, 2009 7:19 pm ET)
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        He is probably trying to hussle up advertisers.His ad revenue along with the other hate radio shows has dropped considerably.a lot of stations in many of their markets,public service commercials,and blank spaces where paying commercials should be.In many markets Limbaugh talks until one second before the news,and start talking immediatly after the news.If you can't sell a commercial right before or right after the news you got add revenue problems.In many of his markets they increasingly repeat rerun shows over and over on the weekend.This is being done to artifically increase the size of his plume so advertisers can be lied to about the size of the audience.
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    • Author by o rly (July 06, 2009 3:45 pm ET)
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      It's really amazing, the conservatives have successfully resurrected a moldy, 60-year-old scare tactic. If only these republicans could put their dogged persistance towards non-evil causes, who knows what they could accomplish.
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      • Author by carlileb5935 (July 06, 2009 6:37 pm ET)
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        60 year old? More like 100.

        I'm waiting for them to bring back "anarchist" as a label, and then fret about fluoridated water. It's bound to happen.

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      • Author by mybrotherskeeper (July 06, 2009 6:44 pm ET)
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        Not that Belling's absurd comments are worth too much time and attention, but just for a moment, let's think: where in the entire world might one find a "total embrace of socialism?" A few small countires come to mind: Cuba, Bulgaria, one of those -stan countries that has a dictator for life; Israel might even be offically a socialist country. But neither Russia nor China these days totally embrace socialism.

        Doesn't this show how off-the-wall Belling's demented, ugly, screeching hysteria really is? Why he has any audience at all is the real question.
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        • Author by magnolialover (July 06, 2009 6:52 pm ET)
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          Sweden and Denmark are a lot closer to total socialist countries than Cuba (communist dictatorship), or Bulgaria. And the funny thing is, in those countries, people love their lives.
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          • Author by phredicles (July 06, 2009 7:00 pm ET)
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            And they live longer, too.

            These people don't even know what socialism is; they can't offer a clear explanation of what it is we're supposed to be so terrified of.
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          • Author by shaggles (July 07, 2009 12:28 pm ET)
               
            I just spent 2 weeks in Denmark. Wonderful place.
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    • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (July 06, 2009 3:53 pm ET)
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      I think Rush might be gone because he was listening to a Dominican Republic radio station and the DJ played "The Boys Are Back In Town."
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    • Author by goesto11 (July 06, 2009 4:01 pm ET)
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      This is just utter jackassery.

      This guy obviously has been coached (ordered?) to say outrageous things while Rush is on vacation.

      And God knows Rush has set the "outrageous" bar pretty high for his substitute hosts.
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      • Author by foghornleghorn (July 06, 2009 5:39 pm ET)
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        Belling is from the minor leagues of hate radio. This guy got a call up to the "bigs" and has to show he has the "crazy" to compete.
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      • Author by mybrotherskeeper (July 06, 2009 6:47 pm ET)
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        Sadly, this is typical for Belling. He subjects his local audience to the same ugly nonsense.
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    • Author by fantagor (July 06, 2009 4:05 pm ET)
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      Is he a Marxist or a socialist? Those are not the same thing. There are many examples of socialism without Marxism. Heck, we LIVE in one of those. But try explaining that to a broken doorknob like Belling and you're liable to end up punching him in the face. Subtlety is a lost cause when applied to obdurate minds.

      Randy
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    • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (July 06, 2009 4:14 pm ET)
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      I'm a Marxist, too. Groucho and Harpo were my favorites.
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      • Author by puppienrainbows (July 07, 2009 3:29 pm ET)
           
        Zeppo was mine. I have several of his lighters.(stooooooopid)
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    • Author by TheDayV (July 06, 2009 4:25 pm ET)
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      "We have a controlling interest in CitiGroup."

      So the government playing the stock market is socialism?
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    • Author by shaggles (July 06, 2009 4:29 pm ET)
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      Total embrace of socialism? Like not even considering single-payer as a solution to the healthcare problem? Yeah. That sure is some hardcore socialism.
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      • Author by snoopy (July 06, 2009 4:37 pm ET)
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        Well, if we're gonna embrace it, when are the rest of us gonna get oil money from the government like Alaska does?
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        • Author by shaggles (July 06, 2009 4:43 pm ET)
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          I guess we'll have to stop paling around with terrorists first.
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      • Author by mybrotherskeeper (July 06, 2009 6:48 pm ET)
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        I think what he really means is that he is going to be paying more in taxes.
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    • Author by montyone (July 06, 2009 4:29 pm ET)
         
      Had one crazy idea ..maybe Limbaugh is an instigator with fascist tendencys and a hypocryte with an agenda so fake and evil it
      is not even funny?!

      He is not interested in discussion and his opinions are pure
      propaganda - loud and stupid aimed towards destruction and never
      searching for truth or solutions.

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    • Author by The_Cat (July 06, 2009 4:56 pm ET)
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      Listening to Mr. Belling, I am forcibly reminded of George Carlin. Bear with me! George compiled a list of words that people weren't allowed to say on TV and radio. The censorship at the time, and continuing to this day, leans pretty far right most of the time.

      The reason I bring this up is because, maybe if you're Mr. Belling as opposed to Mr. Carlin, the censors provide you with a list of words you -must- say on radio and TV. Words like Marxist, socialist, attack, free enterprise, etc. ad nauseum. Or, maybe there really is a secret government facility where they turn out these interchangeable tools: Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, Rove, and of course Belling.
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      • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (July 06, 2009 7:31 pm ET)
           
        Carlin also said, "Imagine the average American. Then think about the fact that half the population is dumber than that guy." That's also called the "Fox News target demographic."
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    • Author by jjamele2880 (July 06, 2009 5:31 pm ET)
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      zzzzz... come on, do guys like this and Andrew Wilkow and a hundred other Limbaugh wannabees REALLY get paid to spend three hours a day spewing "Obama is a Socialist, Obama wants to make America like France, Canadians die under their own health care system, Obama hates Capitalism, Global Warming is an anti-Capitalist plot, blah blah blah blah blah?" Seriously?

      Because I can do it for a lot less. And because it's radio, you won't see me holding my nose while I do it.
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      • Author by mybrotherskeeper (July 06, 2009 6:51 pm ET)
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        And doesn't Rush seem moderate in comparison? (Maybe that is the point.)
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    • Author by proudconservative (July 06, 2009 5:34 pm ET)
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      Let's see, we've nationalized banking and the auto industry. We are looking to do the same with health care. Cap and trade will destroy our economy while democrats decry capitalism. Our president was a member of the democratic socialists of america party so it is no surprise that his foreign policy has joined avowed marxists that support leftist sympathizers or self-defined leftists but distances himself from movements expousing individual liberty and constitutional democracies under attack.

      Gee, maybe that's why this administration could be called socialist and our president a marxist. Again, I would ask others here to define him politically or otherwise debate.
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      • Author by foghornleghorn (July 06, 2009 5:41 pm ET)
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        Hard to define someone based on lies.

        Try again. Fool.
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        • Author by mybrotherskeeper (July 06, 2009 6:59 pm ET)
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          To someone like Belling, Abe Lincoln was a socialist.

          Like those who came before us, we should be asking ourselves what mix of policies will lead to a dynamic free market and widespread economic security, entrepreneurial innovation and upward mobility. And we can be guided throughout by Lincoln's simple maxim: that we will do collectively, through our government, only those things that we cannot do as well or at all individually and privately.


          [From The Audacity of Hope (2006), by Barack Obama, p. 188.]
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      • Author by The_Cat (July 06, 2009 5:47 pm ET)
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        Oh dear, proudconservative.

        We have -not- nationalized the banking industry. All the banks of the U.S. are not run by a central bank under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. 99% of banks in the U.S. are still privately and/or publicly owned. Same goes for the auto industry. Controlling interest in GM? At the moment, yes, but what about Ford? Still publicly owned. U.S. government has no share, and that doesn't touch all the little independent car companies, or Chrysler who is owned by Fiat.

        President Obama is a member of the Democratic Party. Marxism and socialism are not the same thing. Feel free to consult a dictionary from time to time. As far as I can discover, there doesn't seem to b e a 'democratic socialists of america' party, except in the minds of conservative media figures. As for his foreign policy, please provide the name of one country led by a Marxist that Obama has aided. Just one.

        There! You now have many choices to respond to and debate. Remember that you were the one who wanted a debate, so, let's go easy on the name calling, okay?
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        • Author by jjamele2880 (July 06, 2009 5:56 pm ET)
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          Proud To Be a Dittohead Conservative isn't interested in a debate. He thinks debate is something you put on a hook before you drop it off the side of the boat.

          And don't ask him anything that his blithering idiot radio yakkers don't try to answer, because that's his only source of information.
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      • Author by hurricaneyankee52983 (July 06, 2009 6:33 pm ET)
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        PROUDCON ,Reading that last post of yours tells me that you get your info from the RIGHT WING NOISE MACHINE and are obviously not capeable of any independent thinking and reasoning.
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      • Author by jmille426471 (July 07, 2009 1:26 am ET)
           
        "Our president...distances himself espousing individual liberty and constitutional democracies under attack."

        God only knows to what you're referring here, but for someone who is so utterly concerned about individual liberties, you seem awfully complacent about illegal spying here in the good 'ol USA, or for that matter the previous president's criminal use of the executive branch. But when a president you don't like comes to power, people like you suddenly become fierce watchdogs of "the peoples rights".

        Let's be real here, what you don't like are policies that are constitutional and that the majority of Americans voted for. You are unhappy with the results of a democratic election. There's nothing wrong with that. All I ask is that right wingers don't use pretend outrage about our constitutional liberties as a cover for their displeasure with what the people have decided. Its quite irritating.
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    • Author by hurricaneyankee52983 (July 06, 2009 6:27 pm ET)
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      The first requirement to host on RIGHT WING HATE RADIO, be completely BRAIN DEAD.
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