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Limbaugh: "There was no reason for a panic" in the Gulf, but "a crisis is too great a thing to waste"

August 13, 2010 2:00 pm ET

From the August 13 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:

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Previously:

Rush claims Democrats "don't mind" and "want" oil spill because it is "something they can use"

Limbaugh: "This [oil] spill is nothing more than an opportunity for the Left to continue to attack this country"

Rush Limbaugh: Gulf Coast Oil Spill "Truther"

Limbaugh on Obama response to oil spill: "A crisis is the playground of a tyrant"

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    • Author by jmariemo (August 13, 2010 2:08 pm ET)
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      This is my new favorite talking point. It is a gem.
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      • Author by Brian Griffith (August 13, 2010 2:44 pm ET)
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        Best of all, it's another example of how conservatives freaked out and said the Obama administration wasn't doing enough about the spill, that they didn't seem to be getting angry enough about it. Then they turned around and implied that the Obama administration was making a mountain out of a molehill.
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    • Author by Saturnalian (August 13, 2010 2:16 pm ET)
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      Tell that to Bush/Cheney post-9/11. Any relatively well-read news person could tell that was going to be used to political advantage for the "right". They just ran with the "terrorist" myth and laughed all the way to "re-selection". Lush Rimjob is so transparent...
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    • Author by davemccarthymusic9410 (August 13, 2010 2:26 pm ET)
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      Wow. His listeners may lap this up, but just listen to what he's saying: A laxly regulateed industry spilling 200 million gallons of oil into the waters of an area that depends on tourism is no reason for panic. It's a "manufactured" crisis.

      dittoheads...ditto=excrement
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      • Author by jmariemo (August 13, 2010 2:34 pm ET)
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        I know. I would love to see Rush take a dip in the serene, non-toxic waters to prove his point, or perhaps he should eat a completely healthy fish from the non-oily ocean and see how that works out for him!
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        • Author by jjamele2880 (August 13, 2010 2:49 pm ET)
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          Thanks for the mental image of Rush Limbaugh in a bathing suit. I hate you.
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    • Author by Porkeater (August 13, 2010 2:42 pm ET)
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      They panicked? I thought the Gov't waited 50, 70 or a zillion days before doing anything.
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      • Author by davemccarthymusic9410 (August 13, 2010 4:53 pm ET)
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        good point. First Obama sat on his hands for FOREVER; now he PANICKED.
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    • Author by einreb (August 13, 2010 4:32 pm ET)
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      "Limbaugh: "There was no reason for a panic" in the Gulf" . . .

      Tell that to the fishermen who rely on the Gulf for a living. Jeez. How does that need explaining?

      And P.S. The mess in the Gulf isn't even CLOSE to being resolved. Unfortunately our media, afflicted with advanced ADD, have already moved on to talk about important things like Lindsay Lohan or Kate Gosselin.
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