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Limbaugh says "no evidence" Frank, Lewis, Cleaver faced homophobic or racist attacks they are "whin[ing]" about

March 24, 2010 3:18 pm ET

From the March 24 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:

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    • Author by MiniTru (March 24, 2010 3:20 pm ET)
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      There's even less evidence that you have any grounds upon which to base you fact-free opinion.

      I'll believe the Congresspeople involved before I'll believe a lying, drug-addled bigot.
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      • Author by Dradeeus (March 24, 2010 3:22 pm ET)
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        I like to put things into context. Given all we've seen, the signs, the guns, the violent rhetoric. Is this uncharacteristic of them? Is this beneath them?
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    • Author by Dradeeus (March 24, 2010 3:21 pm ET)
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      Gonna take a wild guess and say that Limbaugh believed President Bush when he said there were WMDs in Iraq.
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      • Author by dogbreath (March 24, 2010 5:17 pm ET)
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        Do you think he would believe Obama if he said the same? Not a chance in he!!.
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    • Author by AB-001 (March 24, 2010 3:23 pm ET)
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      Wow

      I guess the Capitol Police arresting the spitter doesn't count as evidence.

      Limbaugh really wants to ramp it up. You get the feeling he won't be happy until someone is violently attacked.

      And to those who threaten Limbaugh: prosecute to the fullest extent possible.
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      • Author by DellDolly (March 24, 2010 3:26 pm ET)
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        I don't think they actually 'arrested' him. They detained him, without a doubt, because witnesses SAW him spit on the Congressman.

        There IS evidence, of course. But the far rightwing is trying to pretend that the absence of audio and video evidence is the evidence that it never happened, and that's ridiculous.
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        • Author by txthinker (March 24, 2010 3:52 pm ET)
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          And the Congressman who was spat upon declined to press charges. He probably felt that was the best was to diffuse the situation.
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        • Author by erock33 (March 24, 2010 3:55 pm ET)
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          Exactly DD-

          Doesn't that damn Limbaugh know that we can just say that it happened and whether it did or not, doesn't matter. it's just the allegation. And why would any government official lie?



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          • Author by nerzog (March 24, 2010 4:07 pm ET)
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            Which is more likely... that a government official would lie, or Limbaugh would lie?

            I vote Limbaugh, since lying is his profession.
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            • Author by erock33 (March 24, 2010 4:28 pm ET)
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              WOW. Please tell me you have not, nor do you intend to reproduce.
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              • Author by The_Cat (March 24, 2010 4:39 pm ET)
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                Ah, look. erock33 is a fascist Faux Con, and apparently an advocate of forced eugenics.

                As pointed out below, Cantor, Steele, and Boehner all admitted that this did indeed take place. So, again, which is more likely? That Rush is ignorant/lying, or that the Capital police and three top Republicans are lying to make teabaggers look bad (as if they needed any help with that)?
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              • Author by nerzog (March 24, 2010 4:48 pm ET)
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                Please tell me that you're not one of Rush's drooling sycophants... I hate to see Troglodytes exploited.

                Blimpy blathering about "no evidence" is the height of hilarity, since there is no evidence to back up 99.9% of the bullsh*t he belches out on a daily basis.
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                • Author by mjh (March 24, 2010 5:26 pm ET)
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                  "Please tell me that you're not one of Rush's drooling sycophants... I hate to see Troglodytes exploited."


                  I hate to see them reproduce . . .


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                  • Author by txthinker (March 24, 2010 6:43 pm ET)
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                    I hate to see them reproduce . . .

                    I'd hate to WATCH them reproduce ... :-)
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            • Author by cwale (March 24, 2010 5:17 pm ET)
                 
              You mean like: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky."
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            • Author by cwale (March 25, 2010 5:12 pm ET)
                 
              You mean government officials like Clinton: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman..."
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          • Author by DellDolly (March 24, 2010 4:13 pm ET)
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            Duh.

            People SAYING that something happened is EVIDENCE, you fool.

            Limbaugh claimed that there was NO EVIDENCE. There is evidence, though. Just because there isn't audio or video evidence doesn't mean that there's not any evidence!

            How did you miss that? Are you really that reading comprehension-impaired that you couldn't understand this? I swear....
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            • Author by rtejon (March 24, 2010 5:36 pm ET)
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              I'm pretty sure I've heard Rush say the word "anecdotal" in years past so he really should know better than to say there was no evidence. Of course, that may be part of the faculty he's lost since then.
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      • Author by afriend (March 24, 2010 5:00 pm ET)
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        one of these radio idiots needs to be prosecuted. I understand freedom of the press and protected speech, but isn't there something about not being allowed to yell "fire" in a crowded theater?
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      • Author by mjh (March 24, 2010 5:31 pm ET)
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        "Wow

        I guess the Capitol Police arresting the spitter doesn't count as evidence."


        Of course not.

        Just as Glenda Beck was "offended" that Rep. Lewis would DARE to "compare" himself to Civil Rights workers of the '60s by linking arms with his fellow Dems . . . despite the fact that, um, Lewis WAS a Civil Rights worker in the '60s.

        As the saying goes: "there are none so blind as those that refuse to see."


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    • Author by DellDolly (March 24, 2010 3:23 pm ET)
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      There were multiple people who heard the racist and homophobic smears. Just because there isn't audio evidence doesn't mean that there's no 'evidence'.

      Or are you saying, Rush, that several Congressmen are LYING about hearing it? Unless you're saying that they're lying, then there IS evidence, Rush.



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    • Author by The_Cat (March 24, 2010 3:24 pm ET)
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      Your three underlings, Cantor, Steele, and Boehner, all admitted that this took place, Rush. You'd better call 'em up and smack 'em down a little for going off script. Do they HAVE Zip codes in the fantasyland where you live?
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      • Author by Dradeeus (March 24, 2010 3:27 pm ET)
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        They'll be on to deliver full apologies to Rush within the week.
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    • Author by edgewaterprog (March 24, 2010 3:24 pm ET)
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      I actually feel bad that Rush has to live in fear of crackpots who make threats against him but that does not mean that it is just something a person has to put up with does it?

      And what was that he growled out at the end of this sample? "We have to shut them down...." What does that mean?
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      • Author by TURK 63 (March 24, 2010 4:25 pm ET)
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        I don’t feel for him one bit. He voluntarily brought it upon himself.
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    • Author by marco21 (March 24, 2010 3:27 pm ET)
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      Except video, Rush.

      lying POS.
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    • Author by liberalXtian (March 24, 2010 3:28 pm ET)
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      Since most of the witnesses were fellow teabaggers, I would hardly expect them to come forward and confirm these actions.
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    • Author by Conchobhar (March 24, 2010 3:29 pm ET)
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      Fifty years ago Rush would have been slamming those Communist-loving Civil Rights demonstrators for hitting Southern state troopers in the boots with their heads.
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    • Author by New Frontier (March 24, 2010 3:33 pm ET)
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      "They're gonna criminalize all this and they're gonna try to segregate every critic of this health care bill as somebody throwing bricks or threatening lives."
      Liar.
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      • Author by Conchobhar (March 24, 2010 5:01 pm ET)
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        Silly me. And here I thought the willful and malicious destruction of other peoples' property was already criminal. IOKIYAR?
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    • Author by cugagcmu805031 (March 24, 2010 3:38 pm ET)
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      Limpy's attitude is the one that has allowed racism to continue through the years. I have been subjected to covert and overt racism since the moment I was born in the 1950s only because I happened to be born American-American through no fault of my own, yet people like Limpy deny that it exists. He wouldn't feel this way if he had to walk in my shoes for 50+ years. Just as he wouldn't deny rights to homosexuals or any other group if he had to walk in their shoes.
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    • Author by DellDolly (March 24, 2010 3:38 pm ET)
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      Yeah, no evidence that anything that the rightwing crazies say might lead others to misbehave.

      Except that a Congressman's brother's home was put in jeopardy today with a cut gas line. And one of the guys who posted the brother's address online - what does HE say?

      Danville Tea Party leader Nigel Coleman was one of the two activists who posted Bo Perriello’s address online Monday.

      "This is Rep. Thomas Stuart Price Perriello's home address," Coleman wrote Monday. "I ain't holding back anymore!!"

      According to the Danville Register & Bee site, when Coleman learned that the address actually belonged to the congressman's brother, he responded on a blog: "Do you mean I posted his brother's address on my Facebook? Oh well, collateral damage."

      Coleman told The Daily Progress today that he is "shocked" and "almost speechless" at the possibility that someone would sever the propane line to Perriello's brother's house.

      "I obviously condemn these actions," he said. {Why would it be 'obvious' to anyone that you condemn these actions, based upon your behavior?} "I would hope that people aren't thinking about doing anything crazy. We just wanted people to get close to the congressman and have their voices heard. Violence is not going to answer anything. I'm a little shocked and amazed."

      Coleman added that he is not certain that the incident is related to the posting of the home's address. "Of course, we don't know this is a related event," he said. {Of course, it's just a coincidence!}
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      • Author by Old_Benjamin (March 24, 2010 3:52 pm ET)
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        Coleman added that he is not certain that the incident is related to the posting of the home's address. "Of course, we don't know this is a related event," he said. {Of course, it's just a coincidence!}


        More likely they will say it was democratic plant - or the brother did it himself. All to cast dispersions on people other than those peace loving teabaggers...

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      • Author by dimes (March 24, 2010 3:56 pm ET)
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        Updated: 1:55 p.m. Federal and local authorities are investigating a severed gas line at the home of U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello’s brother, discovered the day after Tea Party activists posted the address online so opponents could “drop by” and “express their thanks” for Perriello’s vote in favor of health care reform.

        Enjoy your interview with the FBI, Mr. Coleman.
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        • Author by John Paradox (March 24, 2010 5:07 pm ET)
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          Also, regarding the trashing of Gabrielle Gifford's office:
          Michael Vanderboegh, an Alabama blogger, called the [Arizona Daily] Star after the story went online to say he's been asking his readers to break windows in government offices across the country.

          Full article
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      • Author by DellDolly (March 24, 2010 4:15 pm ET)
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        "I would hope that people aren't thinking about doing anything crazy. We just wanted people to get close to the congressman and have their voices heard."

        Since when is it appropriate to go to anyone's private home to object to their public behavior?
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        • Author by The_Cat (March 24, 2010 4:43 pm ET)
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          My guess would be since Bill O'Reilly started 'ambush journalism' by hounding people even while on vacation or private property. Since Breitbart's young Mr. O'Keefe decided it would be a good idea to break into a Congressman's office and tamper with phone lines. Heck, maybe the thought process goes all the way back to G. Gordon Liddy and Watergate. The ends justify the means, with some people.
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    • Author by usp (March 24, 2010 3:51 pm ET)
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      it's all good when you stay in the closet, right rush?
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    • Author by pete592 (March 24, 2010 4:13 pm ET)
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      Maybe instead of denying it, Cystbaugh, why don't you condemn it?
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (March 24, 2010 4:15 pm ET)
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      TRANSLATION: The only evidence is the eye witness accounts of the African American Congressmen themselves...but everybody knows how much n*ggers lie.

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    • Author by mikelartist (March 24, 2010 5:09 pm ET)
         
      Those drugs may have messed up your hearing Rusty but the rest of us, the addiction free people, can hear just fine. You might need to crank up your ear trumpets a notch.
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    • Author by txthinker (March 24, 2010 5:35 pm ET)
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      Limbaugh says "no evidence" Frank, Lewis, Cleaver faced homophobic or racist attacks they are "whin[ing]" about

      Didn't at least ONE news organization capture it on video?
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