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Rush: Since Clinton was called first black president, "why can't we call Imam Obama America's first Muslim president?"

August 19, 2010 3:45 pm ET

From the August 19 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:

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Previously:

Limbaugh's false denial: "No, I have not said Imam Hussein Obama. I've never thrown 'Hussein' in there"

Limbaugh: "Obama says he's a Christian but where's the evidence?"

Limbaugh trumpets polling that some Americans wrongly believe "Imam Obama is a Muslim"

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    • Author by txthinker (August 19, 2010 3:48 pm ET)
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      Why don't we call Rush "America's First Deeply Closeted Syndicated Talk Show Host"????
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    • Author by Andy Kreiss (August 19, 2010 3:48 pm ET)
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      Why is this imbecile always asking why he can't do things in the same sentence that he's doing those things ?
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    • Author by MiniTru (August 19, 2010 3:48 pm ET)
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      Just like we call you the first OxyContin-riddled deaf blowhard fat radio commentator?

      Sounds like a fair trade to me, except that your name-calling isn't a fact. Ours is.
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    • Author by Marker (August 19, 2010 3:50 pm ET)
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      Keep crying Blimpo, this proves that President Obama has peed off the repugs. Good job Mr. President!!
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    • Author by Litwiz (August 19, 2010 3:54 pm ET)
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      Ummm...because he's NOT a Muslim, not "America's first Muslim president"????

      Just because you lie, doesn't mean we need to.
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    • Author by bintx (August 19, 2010 4:07 pm ET)
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      I'm guessing that you can say whatever you want, Rush, but several things wrong with what you're saying. 1) No one named Imam Obama has been elected President of the United States; and 2) no Muslim has ever been elected President of the United States.

      Your statement shows your ignorance. How very sad for you. Still trying to prove to your deceased daddy that an uneducated college dropout can be successful? Success isn't measured in money, Rush. Being a rich, lying a**hole doesn't make one successful.
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    • Author by vysotsky (August 19, 2010 4:11 pm ET)
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      For starters, because you're no Toni Morrison...
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      • Author by Andy Kreiss (August 19, 2010 4:22 pm ET)
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        Rush obviously grasps the context of " America's first black president" as well as he gets the meaning of "Barack the Magic Negro". I swear, it's like a six year old is spoon-feeding ideas to a million of our fellow Americans five days a week,and they think they're getting the thoughts of a genius.
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        • Author by hurricaneyankee52983 (August 19, 2010 5:12 pm ET)
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          LIMBAUGH is a major contributer to the dumbing down of America.
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    • Author by AB-001 (August 19, 2010 4:19 pm ET)
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      I'll give Limbaugh this: no matter how inane or ugly he gets, Rush never exhausts his creativity in finding new ways to go after Obama
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    • Author by Conchobhar (August 19, 2010 4:32 pm ET)
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      This is a wonderful example of Rush's (a) contempt for his audience or (b) inability to think logically. A moderately intelligent middle schooler could recognize the false equivalency.
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    • Author by MilitantMNMan (August 19, 2010 4:47 pm ET)
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      Here's why Rush: BECAUSE BLACK AND MUSLIM ARE NOT SYNONYMOUS!

      And Barack is a Jewish name.
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      • Author by phredicles (August 19, 2010 5:18 pm ET)
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        Thank you!

        In general, I've come to the conclusion that when someone says something that on the surface seems bizarre or just plain weird about the president, they mean he's black. The test is simple: If in any statement there's something completely unsupported by any evidence - "he's a Muslim"; "he's a Marxist", "he hates America" - if you replace that something with "black" and the statement then becomes factually accurate, then probably that's what they really mean.
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    • Author by soze169880 (August 19, 2010 5:05 pm ET)
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      "Since Clinton was called something as a compliment, why can't I call Obama something as a pejorative that will inflame racist, xenophobic hatred?"
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    • Author by cugagcmu805031 (August 19, 2010 5:18 pm ET)
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      The answer is very simple, BucketofRustyGuts,

      President Obama would never stoop so low as to smear a group's religion by "adopting" a title that he knows does not apply to him.
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    • Author by scubcap647 (August 19, 2010 5:50 pm ET)
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      This "muslim" talking point is out of hand. Muslim is becoming synonomous with evil and this kind of talk is taking the country backwards to pre civil rights days.
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