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Limbaugh claims Wash. Post tried to "kiss ass" with "totally fraudulent" polling on public option

October 21, 2009 2:58 pm ET

From the October 21 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:

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    • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (October 21, 2009 3:03 pm ET)
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      Is that why you have to bend over and grab your ankles, Rush? To try and get the Washington Post to kiss your ass?

      You can kiss mine, too.
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    • Author by Übermensch (October 21, 2009 3:29 pm ET)
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      You mean medicare for all correct?
      [http://i739.photobucket.com/albums/xx38/Ubermensch-MM/Picture1.png]
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    • Author by DeirdreFlanagan6 (October 21, 2009 3:47 pm ET)
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      I've noticed the closer to the truth the news reports are, the more foul-mouthed and outraged the radio blathering heads become...very fun!
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    • Author by jjamele2880 (October 21, 2009 3:51 pm ET)
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      Yesterday Mark Levin said "you'll never see pollsters ask 'Do you approve of a Government Take-Over of Healthcare which would give bureaucrats the right to choose your doctor and treatment options?' You'll NEVER see THAT poll...."

      Actually, I'm surprised that FOX doesn't do a poll worded in exactly that way.
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      • Author by liberalXtian (October 21, 2009 4:50 pm ET)
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        Mr. Levin would never want the question posed as "Do you approve of a private health care system that gives middle managers (whose paychecks are dependent on denying, or cancelling, your coverage) choosing your doctor and treatment options?"
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        • Author by DellDolly (October 21, 2009 11:42 pm ET)
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          This is the very point I've made here multiple times.

          Do you want a for-profit person deciding if the doctor-recommended treatment will hurt their profit margin, or do you want a financially-uninterested govt employee deciding if the doctor-recommended treatment should be part of your health coverage?
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      • Author by John Paradox (October 21, 2009 5:37 pm ET)
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        RNC did......
        2009 Obama Agenda Survey
        9 Do you support the creation of a national health insurance plan that would be administered by bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.?

        10 Do you believe that the quality and availability of healthcare will increase if the federal government dictates pricing to doctors and hospitals?

        11 Are you confident that new medicines and medical treatments will continue to be developed if the federal government controls prescription drug prices and sets profit margins for research and pharmaceutical companies?

        State of Republican Party Survey:
        12 Should bureaucrats in Washington D.C. be in charge of making your health care choices instead of you and your doctor?

        Congressional District Census:
        10 Should Republicans do whatever is necessary to keep the Democrats in Congress from enacting government-run healthcare?
        11 Do you think that all Americans should be required to have some form of health insurance even if it requires the federal government to underwrite the costs?
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    • Author by shaggles (October 21, 2009 3:52 pm ET)
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      Most polls seem to be designed to get a desired result so Limbaugh may not be totally off base here. However I would expect a WaPo poll to tilt to the right. I wonder if Limbaugh sees the flaws or bias in polls that show results more to his liking?
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      • Author by Limit Corp. Ownership (October 21, 2009 5:06 pm ET)
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        However,
        There are a lot more Democrats than Republicans in the country. So the 31 to 22 ratio may be about right, given other factors.
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      • Author by oldmaninblackforest.com (October 21, 2009 5:55 pm ET)
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        Hmmm maybe someone didn't appreciate my comment... I'll try again...

        You state the WaPo tilts to the right. The only thing the WaPo is to the right of is Stalin, Hitler and Soros...
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        • Author by eweston8542983 (October 21, 2009 7:15 pm ET)
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          Thought Soros was a leftwing boggieman.
          You really think his adolesent experience puts him on par with Stalin and Hitler?
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        • Author by bintx (October 21, 2009 7:45 pm ET)
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          Sorry to correct you, but Hitler was no liberal and to compare Soros to either of these folks just shows how woefully uninformed you are. Try reading.
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    • Author by neon desert (October 21, 2009 4:05 pm ET)
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      Boy, the WaPo sure is dumb, what with including the political affiliation statistics so that Rush could prove that their poll was totally fraudulent. You'd think they'd have a better grasp on how to perpetrate a fraud than that...

      Speculation and wishful thinking trumps facts? YES!!! It's one of the perks of having a limbaughtomy!
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    • Author by thename (October 21, 2009 4:25 pm ET)
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      If only 20% of the electorate says they're Republicans to 30% identifying as Democrats how is a poll with a 20/33 split "fraudulent"?

      For sure, FOX News' own poll which used a 41/37 D/R split would be far more fraudulent in terms of representing the American public, wouldn't it?

      Not to mention the fact that WaPo (last I checked, home to Bob Woodward who is clearly hurting for access to the White House) published results not all that different from FOX News' own (50/51% FOX/WaPo would like a reformed system that covers all, for instance).

      Then again, I don't have the statistics training Rush does so ...
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    • Author by MsL (October 21, 2009 7:53 pm ET)
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      Thank you Rush for the truth!!! Obama is the biggest fraud America have ever seen, and he is slowly taking away our freedom.
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      • Author by bintx (October 22, 2009 8:54 am ET)
           
        LOL!!!!! You need to quickly walk away from the radio! Rush doesn't know what the truth IS, let alone tell it.

        BTW, you do understand that the GOP is very concerned about Rush and his hyperbolic, dishonest statements, right? They understand that hate talk radio and Fox are running people away from the GOP in DROVES.
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