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Limbaugh claims "there was not a recession" in 2008

July 06, 2010 3:49 pm ET

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

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Previously:

Limbaugh distorts AP analysis on stimulus to falsely claim no jobs have been created

Rewriting history, Limbaugh described both Bush presidencies as "eight years of prosperity"

Limbaugh claims Obama is causing a recession on purpose

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    • Author by magnolialover (July 06, 2010 3:50 pm ET)
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      There wasn't? Could have really fooled me there.
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      • Author by progressivevoicedaily (July 06, 2010 4:31 pm ET)
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        That's when MOST of the jobs were lost. Did Rush Slimebaugh stop eating oxycontins and start smoking crack??
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        • Author by progressivevoicedaily (July 06, 2010 4:33 pm ET)
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          700,000 in December of 08' alone
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          • Author by historygeek001 (July 06, 2010 4:58 pm ET)
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            That was Obama's fault, of course. See, if it's bad, it is Obama's fault. Or Clinton's. Or Carter's. Nothing bad ever comes from any Republican.
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    • Author by soze169880 (July 06, 2010 3:50 pm ET)
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      From mind-reader to hypnotist. Way to diversify, there, Blimpy.
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      • Author by Invent a Scandal (July 06, 2010 4:51 pm ET)
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        el Fathead can say just about anything...

        His brain-dead audience will never catch on.
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    • Author by jarossiter (July 06, 2010 3:51 pm ET)
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      Employment is a LAGGING indicator. What an idiot.
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      • Author by progressivevoicedaily (July 06, 2010 4:34 pm ET)
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        It is, however the employment numbers were falling well before January of 09.
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    • Author by marco21 (July 06, 2010 3:54 pm ET)
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      Well, not if you're an overpaid parade float living in the Barbie Dream Mansion in Miami eagerly awaiting your impending nuptials to your latest beard.
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    • Author by wolf kotenberg (July 06, 2010 3:55 pm ET)
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      of course not, he was making 30 mill a year
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      • Author by Invent a Scandal (July 06, 2010 4:31 pm ET)
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        Things were great in 2008 if you worked on Wall Street or for one of the Big Banks. You destroyed the middle class and managed to make a ton of money--for yourself.

        Then you got the GOP party to fight Obama's regulation of your scams tooth and nail. With the help of the GOP, you can do it to us again, and make yourself even richer.
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        • Author by progressivevoicedaily (July 06, 2010 4:35 pm ET)
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          That's their plan...always has been, always will be. Screw the working class people! The rich get richer, the poor help facilitate it!
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    • Author by mjh (July 06, 2010 3:55 pm ET)
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      Limbaugh claims "there was not a recession" in 2008



      Next: Limpballs claims "there was no Iraq War" in 2003 . . .


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      • Author by Conchobhar (July 06, 2010 4:01 pm ET)
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        Next: Limpballs claims "there was no Iraq War" in 2003 . . .
        He'd never do that. He'll just say it was Obama's war of choice.
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        • Author by mjh (July 06, 2010 4:08 pm ET)
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          "He'll just say it was Obama's war of choice."



          Or Clinton's.


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    • Author by Turk72 (July 06, 2010 4:01 pm ET)
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      The sad thing is that many of my in-laws within about a week will all be telling me that there was no recession in 2008. They will be using the 2008 unemployment numbers to justify their claims and denying that they heard it on Limbaugh's show. The only response I can come up with is, "if the recession wasn't happening in 2008 why did Bush sign the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, and why was the economy the focus of the 2008 presidential campaign?" This man is a cancer, he's not trying to be funny or whatever it is that his followers say to justify his statements he's evil plain and simple.
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      • Author by hurricaneyankee52983 (July 06, 2010 5:01 pm ET)
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        TURK "This man is a cancer." I couldent have said that any better myself.EL FLUSHBO is a blight on descency and humanity.
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    • Author by bintx (July 06, 2010 4:01 pm ET)
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      The recession began at the end of 2007. Bush didn't ADMIT that there was a recession until a year later, but it was there.
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      • Author by Andy Kreiss (July 06, 2010 4:13 pm ET)
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        I think even Sean Hannity had to admit it by '08, and he's possibly more detached from reality than Limpy.
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      • Author by DellDolly (July 06, 2010 4:25 pm ET)
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        There's a group that determines when a recession begins and ends, and that group didn't make a determination until December of 2008.

        The National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday {December 1st} that the U.S. has been in a recession since December 2007, making official what most Americans have already believed about the state of the economy .

        The NBER is a private group of leading economists charged with dating the start and end of economic downturns. It typically takes a long time after the start of a recession to declare its start because of the need to look at final readings of various economic measures.

        The NBER said that the deterioration in the labor market throughout 2008 was one key reason why it decided to state that the recession began last year.
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        • Author by bintx (July 06, 2010 4:29 pm ET)
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          Which is exactly what I was saying, DellDolly. The recession, which most economists were recognizing, started in December 2007. Bush kept denying it. When the NBER released its report in December 2008 confirming the recession, it took Bush several days afterward to ADMIT it.
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          • Author by dogbreath (July 06, 2010 5:25 pm ET)
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            Although the indicators were all showing it, Bush and friends were really hoping the sh!t wouldn't really hit the fan until after the election.
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            • Author by bintx (July 06, 2010 5:42 pm ET)
                 
              Exactly. I can't tell you how many discussions I had with people during the late part of 07 and early 08 who INSISTED that the economy was JUST FINE. They saw the malls and restaurants TEEMING with people. Not sure what that had to do with the looming recession, but that's what I heard.
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            • Author by mjh (July 07, 2010 1:15 am ET)
                 
              "Bush and friends were really hoping the sh!t wouldn't really hit the fan until after the election."


              They were hoping the sh!t wouldn't hit the fan until after the INAUGURATION -- it would be one more thing, like the two wars, that Dumbya would just pass off to his successor . . .


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    • Author by MidnightWriter (July 06, 2010 4:02 pm ET)
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      And, of course, none of this ever happened, either.

      [http://static.seekingalpha.com/uploads/2008/3/17/cc1_resize.jpg]

      Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. The Great and Powerful Rush has spoken!
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      • Author by mjh (July 06, 2010 4:13 pm ET)
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        Additionally, I suppose the Dow dropping 777 points {the largest one-day drop in history} on Sept. 29, 2008 was just a fluke . . .




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        • Author by MidnightWriter (July 06, 2010 4:19 pm ET)
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          Not a fluke. It didn't happen. So sayeth the Rush.

          The economy was doing just fine. That's part of the reason President McCain was able to win the election.
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    • Author by nerzog (July 06, 2010 4:06 pm ET)
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      These aren't the droids you're looking for...

      [http://images.ientrymail.com/wiiblog/jedimind.jpg]
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      • Author by MidnightWriter (July 06, 2010 4:12 pm ET)
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        A trick that only works on the weak minded. Now, why, oh why, would Rush attempt to pulls such a stunt on the most loyal listeners in his audience, those prized dittoheads who would certainly . . .

        Oh. Yeah.

        No doubt. They're eating this up.
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    • Author by ojnabieoot (July 06, 2010 4:07 pm ET)
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      No, surely his followers aren't going to but that, right?

      ...oh. I guess they already have.
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    • Author by nerzog (July 06, 2010 4:08 pm ET)
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      Oh, I get it. The RNC is afraid to fire Steele, so Blimpy is gradually maneuvering his zombies into a position where they will actually believe that Obama started the war in Afghanistan. He's just softening them up here...
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    • Author by PastyJournalist (July 06, 2010 4:11 pm ET)
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      National Bureau of Economic Research calls your bluff Rush - saying it began in December '07.

      See, when you say "I wasn't hurting" - it was because you make more money in ten minutes than what most people make all year.

      If it helps, why don't you just stick with telling the truth "the Recession started in December of 2007" - but say it was Clinton who caused the recession?
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    • Author by wookie (July 06, 2010 4:32 pm ET)
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      You didn't hear it
      You didn't see it
      You never heard it not a word of it.
      You won't say nothing to no one
      Never tell a soul
      What you know is the Truth.

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    • Author by DAWUSS (July 06, 2010 4:39 pm ET)
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      Oh yeah, it started 1/20/9....
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    • Author by DAWUSS (July 06, 2010 4:39 pm ET)
         
      Oh yeah, it started 1/20/9....
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    • Author by phredicles (July 06, 2010 11:08 pm ET)
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      Huh, I could've sworn that in '08 as soon as the election was over he was bloviating about the "Obama recession". He really does just make $#!t up.
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