Discussing Obama, Limbaugh suggests Dems, media believe "you can't criticize the little black man-child"
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On the August 20 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh asserted of attacks by Sen. John McCain against Sen. Barack Obama: "[S]ee, there are Democrats -- the drive-bys" -- a term Limbaugh uses to denote the national media -- "are just so upset with these so-called 'ferocious attacks.' These have been benign. Even the Britney Spears/Paris Hilton ad was funny. It was benign." He later added: "It's -- you know, it's just -- it's just we can't hit the girl. I don't care how far feminism's saying, you can't hit the girl, and you can't -- you can't criticize the little black man-child. You just can't do it, 'cause it's just not right, It's not fair. He's such a victim."
Limbaugh previously claimed that "nobody criticizes [Sen.] Hillary [Clinton]. ... Well, you might say, 'No, Michelle Obama and Mrs. [Elizabeth] Edwards are out there criticizing her,' but, see, I finally figured this one out, too. You can't hit the girl. You just -- you can't hit the girl." He continued: "And for [former Democratic presidential candidate John] Edwards and Obama to go out there and criticize Hillary would -- she would -- she plays the victim better than anybody does, and she could make real hay out of that. So they've got their wives out there ripping her."
From the August 20 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
LIMBAUGH: Quickly, L.A. Times poll: "More striking, however, is the drop in Obama's favorable rating. Obama's favorable rating has slid from 59 percent to 48 percent since June. At the same time his negative rating has risen from 27 to 35 percent. The bulk of that shift stems from Republicans souring on Obama amid ferocious attacks on the Democrat by McCain and his allies." That's it -- see, there are Democrats -- the drive-bys are just so upset with these so-called "ferocious attacks." These have been benign. Even the Britney Spears/Paris Hilton ad was funny. It was benign.
Obama's patriotism is not being attacked in an ad. McCain's just out there saying he's putting his own personal political ambition ahead of the country's. It's -- you know, it's just -- it's just we can't hit the girl. I don't care how far feminism's saying, you can't hit the girl, and you can't -- you can't criticize the little black man-child. You just can't do it, 'cause it's just not right. It's not fair. He's such a victim.
Any doubt that Rush is just dying to scream out the N-word in hopes of no one caring or noticing?
Coulter, Savage, O'Reilly, Hannity, Beck, Levin, etc, etc must all be sitting at their desks wondering which one of them will be the first to scream out the word first in the race to the bottom?
Is there not a brave one among them?
If Grampy is the first to blurt the word....... any chance that it would finally put the nail in his political career coffin?
Or would the rightwing corporate owned media simply chalk it up as just another 'senior' moment?
It's not the N-word Limbaugh is hinting at here. It's the S-Word. The LBS-Word, to be precise.
Little Black Sambo.
And it's STILL only August.
Why bring race into it, Rush?
How is Obama racist? Please show specific statements and actions done by Obama himself.
I thought America was a melting pot. By saying someone who is an "America hater" is a racist, means you ASSUME (there you go again!) that America is only full of white people.
Why do you even post here?
Some / most / all Americans are Dems ?
ROFL
Wow, can't control your party then, cause Rebups keep winning.
Like Wright ?
Or Ares?
Or Farakhan?
Your side has haters too friend...
Diagree...
Lib side has Senators calling our brave soldiers "baby killers'...
Mike Moore...
Radical gays
Radical enviromentalists,
Yeah your side does NOT have wack jobs...
LMAO
Nice. You didn't rebut my post nor respond to any of my points. Instead, you listed lunatics as representatives of the left-wing.
Which Senator called soldiers 'baby killers'?
And speaking of radical gays (of which I am one), we're nowhere near as lunatic as you want and portray us to be. At least radical gays don't shoot people, blow up clinics and Federal buildings to prove a point...unlike the those on your side who relish in terrorism, authoritarianism and hypocrisy - all under the mantle of the flag and G-d.
Please back up your statements with evidence. I have never heard our military personell called "baby killers" by any main stream leftist.
Perhaps you are stuck in the 60's?
You have real problems with truth, just like the man you are defending.
Your comment…..“First of all, ignoramus, Farrakhan, Wright and Ayers are not members of the mainstream left. They are lunatics that most mainstream liberal Americans despise.”
My comment …….Does the fact that Senator Barack Obama has said many times he admires Farrakhan, Rev. Wright and Ayers and has called them his friends classify Mr. Obama as a lunatic also?
Your comment……”At least the Democratic party doesn't make it common practice to carrouse (sp?) with such satanic inbreds - as the Republican party does with it's racists.”
My comment………The most hateful remarks and racist statements I have ever heard toward right wing thinkers are on left wing cable shows such as Bill Maher and the always fair minded Keith Olbermann show. I won’t bother to list the myriad of blog sites that spew hate and anger with their comments.
My question is…… Why are Democrats so angry, hateful and mean toward anyone who would disagree with their comments or choices?.
Biden will do just that if they just put him in the ring. I would love to see a Limbaugh-Biden smackdown. If Limbaugh isn't already back on the junk (and I think he is) that should do it.
rush will not debate Biden. rush will not debate Franken (despite a $1 million bet on Franken's part). rush will not debate anyone. he will not appear at any forum where he must debate the facts of an argument. rush will only appear where he is the subject of an interview by a timid news talker or someone who shares his views. making up lies on the radio and talking to people calling from their moms' basements does not count.
Because BHO the "chosen" and his Pastor of 20 years that BHO "knew nothing about" did... GD America, the KKK America.
Who brought race into this again ?
No, but if your willing to bring your entire family into a house of worship to hear the man you call a mentor PREACH HATE, one does have wonder about judgments, friendships, mentors and associations.
I will conceed that it does not make you a racist if you have racist friends, but why would you be there if your not, or don't agree with Black Theology?
Have you actually heard any of Wright's sermons -- entire sermons, not just the clips on the Internet? Have you spent any time at the church? Where do you get your information that Wright is an "America hater?" Sources matter.
Do you listen to Pat Buchanan? How about Corsi? They have been openly racist for years. By your own logic, if Obama is racist, so are you.
Have you ?
How do you assume it's not true when the man REPEATS the very hate filled things in public in front of cameras.
Did we make that up also ?
Photo shopped I guess... (black copters swirl)
This oughta be good, prepare yourselves for out of context.
Only if the message comes through!
So basically you're saying that Senator Obama is a racist because he went to a church where YOU say the pastor is a racist.
OK, so that means that practicing Catholics are child-rapists - even if they haven't engaged in such dispicable behavior (because of the actions of a few pedophile priests)? Your logic sucks. Again.
Good point - McCain's associations with Limbaugh and Hannity are just as strong as Obama's associations with Wright and Ayers.
IIRC Michael Pfleger echoed what Limbaugh once stated about Hillary Rodham and only one of them was blasted to pieces for it...
OMG, I can't believe you really think that... WOW, blows my mind that any American can say what you just did... Ayers tried to blow up and kill people, he declared WAR on America, Wright spewed hatered against whites and America for 20 years.
Ok, I get it, you hate Rush, and to a degree I can see your point, he can be a blow hole, but to even remotly try to connect an American bomber and American hater to a republican hack is a far streach.
Are you suggesting Obama go negative?
I doubt the wisdom of that. Also, McCain can't really be linked to Limbaugh ... who is lukewarm at best in his support of "da mav". Hannity might have better linkability, since Sean made an iddy-biddy freudian slip on H&C a few weeks ago, acknowledging himselft to be a McCain surrogate. McCain, on the other hand, hasn't acknowledged Handy-Sean's surrogacy, but instead has made a big effort to remain detached from the rightie-hate-radio pundints ... fact, not opinion. Obama's campaign can't afford to stab blindly at McCain making false accusations about McCain/pundint collaborations.
All right, I will grant you this: he's probably not a nazi and did not personally know Hitler. Besides that, it's pretty spot-on.
Wow Snoopy, you are one bitter, left wing, American hater. It's a wonder you don't just go live in Africa, or Russia or Cuba where they embrace your ideas of utopia. It's failed everywhere it's tried! Socilized medicine / healthcare ( Englands is BROKE, out of money, rationing, Same in Canada ), class envy, ( pitting Evil Rich against do nothing welfare handout waiting leachs ). That will not win, nor has it won your side elections.
The far left in this great country has to HIDE it's real intent as long as it can. It nevers tells the truth about what it has planned for America. Total welfare state, ALL services and needs PROVIDED by the commie elites, no incentive to work, just wait for your handout, rampant drug use and lawlessness. What a great utopia that is...
That's why we fight your side and why you fight so hard against us...
Savage Wiener, is that you? Come on now, 'fess up.
Wow Snoopy, you are one bitter, left wing, American hater
What your small pea sized brain can't grasp is disagreement does not mean hate. You run around ranting and calling YOUR godd*mn fellow AMERICAN citizens "American haters" because they don't agree with you lunatic rantings!
F**K YOU! I don't agree with ANYTHING that comes from your pea sized brain but I don't think you hate this country, you pathetic little weasel!
Rampant drug use and lawlessness MG? That's pretty funny, considering Rush Limbaugh's percocet popping past. Remember, he made his housekeeper buy him narcotics on the street? I believe that buying and using unprescribed narcotic painkillers is against the law, even for a facist.
Also, we are the America lovers! We love freedom, including freedom of speech, even when we do not agree.
I am appalled that anyone would even try to defend Rush's words about Barack. The words he used are so obviously racist, there is no way to defend them at all.
You have not come up with one shred of actual evidence to back up your claims of racism or hate speak on the part of liberals or Barack Obama. You just do a lot of vitriolic spewing.
"I guess the mainstream media is keeping its hands off of the messiah."
This "messiah" crap was started by cons like you.
The political side that considers itself to be the most holy, the most faithful, and the most devout is so sacred of Obama that they've found it necessary to hijack and propagandize a term that I thought mistakenly thought was sacred and exclusive to their Lord and savior, Jesus Christ.
The conservative right has taken "messiah" and turned it into a cheap school yard taunt. I hope you're all proud of yourselves.
BHO took the flag of the USA off his plane, replaced it with his "new one world order" OHB symbol, talks about being "a citizen of the world" and I wonder just who is the radical... BHO or Rush.
At least Rush talks about pride in America, while the Obama's do not...
That fits well here on MMA
Yeah, that means he hates America, right?
And where's the flag on McCain's jet? Oh yeah, his plane's got a small one, JUST LIKE OBAMA'S PLANE DOES.
Lets's get some facts straight.
FACT - Obama's plane was owned by North American Airlines. Their trademarked logo, a stylized American flag, can be found on the tail of all their planes. What was removed was a trademarked image.
FACT - Obama's campaign plane was repainted, just as other candidates have repainted their campaign planes to make them function as a marketing tool.
FACT - Obama's plane has an American flag on it, right next to the registration numbers on the fuselage. Which is the traditional place to put the flag on an American plane.
Again, people don't have any real issues to bring up, so they nitpick minutiae. If you really want to bother with this, explain why McCain is riding in a FRENCH made plane that is white, blue, and yellow -hardly patriotic colors, don'tcha think? If it's silly to bring this up regarding McCain, then it's silly to obesess over this with Obama.
For me, patriotism isn't about clothing or logos or pins or buttons or stuff like that. That's all surface, and is easy for anyone to do. I care more about someone being a patriot than them showing off their patriotism like it's some cheap accessory. I care about issues, not presentation, then again I'm a liberal.
I take it then that Ronald Reagan 'hated' America too because he proclaimed himself to be a 'citizen of the world'.
No matter what you post, MGarnett, you're gonna get called out on it. My advice to you is to quit while you still have some semblance of dignity.
Dodge or fact?
I did not lie, she said it, your party is calling him the Messiah...
ONE person from the Dem party has referred to Obama as the messiah - and not even in the way you douches on the right mean it. Then, you righties took the moniker, ran with it, and use it, as Pete said above, as a school yard taunt. Nice. You're dispicable.
And to respond briefly to your post about liberals being commies, want a communist nation, etc. That's all bs - and you freakin' know it. Communism wouldn't advance our causes and the things we care about. In fact, Communism would kill our side just as much as Fascism is killing your side right now.
What do you want then?
Are you for the GOV controling / providing all healthcare?
Are you for re-distribution of wealth?
Are you for the GOV "socilizing" oil companies?
Are you for tax increases?
Are you for cradle to grave "social" programs?
We can go one by one and debate them..
Pelosi said that Obama was a blessing, not the messiah.
Pelosi probably has too much respect for Jesus to describe Obama in the blasphemous way that conservatives have.
snoopdawg,
Nice try but your schizzle a bit wanting.
If McCain can literally,legally say 'dont vote for the N**R' and get elected, he would be shouting it from the roof top tomorrow. And there will still be people voting for him. Enough to get him elected? We will know how race conscious Americans are (similar to taliban in a way), in November.
He has no principles, he is no maverick, and he is no different from Bush.
redbaronfoe,
Thank you for your pointed instruction and encouragement against the use of insults. The manner of your conduct here over the years, fully demonstrates how to keep the dialogue above the demeaning use of insults and allow those who visit here, to see the benefit and gain from your fine examples of 'insultless' discourse posted here that show that insults should not be used as a part of one's efforts to win the debate, no matter how tempting it might be for someone, not you of course, to fill their postings with insult after insult with those with whom they disagree because of course, placing of insults in comments demeans the process of exchanging ideas and would indicate one's inability to demonstrate superiority of rationale or clearly have lost the argument. To see it otherwise would be....insulting.
Thank you for continuing to lead the way in refraining from any insulting insinuations or comments that are intended to insult and therby show weakness in the core of your belief system.
What's the matter, PC? You've spent the same amount of time here doing just that. Sorry to hear you can dish it out but can't take it. Get used to it, y'all lowered the bar on civil discourse. I'm just playing by your rules. So stop crying like Depends John, you suddenly found civility PC.
Talk abaout a lie...
RACE is NOT the reason we want to defeat BHO...
I think he is a radical, far left socialist...
If Condie Rice was running I'd vote for her, and last I looked she is a WOMAN and African American.
So piss off...
It's policies, judgemnts, taxes, oil, socilized medicine that I hate...
Snoopy,
Jesus Christ was no political figure, though he affected the politics of the day, but He was all about saving souls. When our Lord died for the ungodly, he bore the sins of all who would believe in Him as their Savior, from the ills of sin in this world and the next.
Many wanted Him to become a political or military leader to expel the Romans and re-establish a physical government at that time. But His kingdom is spiritual and anyone who calls upon Him, will be saved!
His work is way beyond politics because correct politics never saved anyone from damnation. Having the proper political beliefs are not the way to obtain eternal salvation.
Well, I like to use strawman arguments against people who are making strawman arguments. Seems only fitting.
Like your two comics though. It's good to have a sense of humor.
If Condie Rice was running I'd vote for her, and last I looked she is a WOMAN and African American.
LOL You might want to re-phrase that statement, Condi's pro-choice!
If Condie Rice was running I'd vote for her, and last I looked she is a WOMAN and African American.
OMG, LOL I forgot to add, Condi's also pro-affirmative action!
I'd still vote for her, I never said I want to overturn RvWade, it's the law... I'd say it stands... Nothing wrong with Affirm Action either, hand up, not hand out, I have said from start.
She is smart and loves this country... nuf said.
I'd still vote for her, I never said I want to overturn RvWade, it's the law... I'd say it stands... Nothing wrong with Affirm Action either, hand up, not hand out, I have said from start.
Then you better find another party because the Republican party platform is for overturning both roe v wade and affirmative action.
So, do you agree that Obama is a "radical socialist"? If so, would you please provide a web definition from a non-partisan source for the term "radical socialist" for me, and make a case for how Obama fits the definition?
Otherwise, careful readers here might assume you are a right-wing hack spewing red-scare propaganda.
FYI radical socialists, marxists, and communists all have their own parties. The democratic party supports capitalism, and is neither communist, marxist, or stalinist, no matter how many times a day you hear right-wing radio pundints claim it. Dems like Obama do support higher tax rates for the very wealthy than the working class, and tighter regulation to keep greedy corporations in line, I'll grant, but that's not socialism.
Ann is 10,
Here is what makes for a marxist:
Seeking the endorsement of the CDSA in his first election. ttp://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng45.html#anchor1078925
What's the CDSA you ask??????
http://www.chicagodsa.org/index.html
And ne'er we forget William Ayers, the unrepentent leftist terrorist of Weatherman infamy....
"Mr. Obama also fit in at Hyde Park’s fringes, among university faculty members like Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, unrepentant members of the radical Weather Underground that bombed the United States Capitol and the Pentagon to protest the Vietnam War. Mr. Obama was introduced to the couple in 1995 at a meet-and-greet they held for him at their home, aides said."
That from this article..
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/us/politics/11chicago.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print&adxnnlx=1219339366-5PfXZB5pTf2uTiMEegsbfg
PC, at least you tried to respond rationally, so props for that.
You've adequately proven that CDSA is a communist group.
However, just because Obama sought their endorsement (if he in fact did seek it, as opposed to the group just endorsing him) in no way proves that he is a radical socialist. This all happened over 12 years ago, unlike endorsements from extreme righties actively sought by McCain this year.
Similarly, how do you figure that Obama's having acquaintances who used to be, in the last century when they were young, radical socialist terrorists, should reflect badly on him now?
Now I'll make it easy on you: a socialist is someone who believes in socialism, which is a a political theory advocating state ownership of industry. I assume that the adjective radical is intended to imply extremism, so calling Obama a radical socialist means that he really really really wants state ownership of industry so much that he can't think of anything else.
Perhaps, if you are still checking this thread, you can get back to me with some reasonable reason for calling Obama a "radical socialist".
Thank you Annie for your respectful response as well. I will try my best to rationally prove my concerns regarding Obama’s connections with and possible belief in the vision of ‘radical socialism’.
For me, the idea of socialism is far removed from the ideals on which this country is based, free enterprise, property ownership, entrepreneurism and the freedom of the individual to pursue their course in life. Socialism inhibits that making a collective or the government the owner of capital and its use. Thus we have ‘socialized medicine’, by the way calling the government our nannies is too innocuous, and consider excellence in productivity an evil, such as Walmart or ‘big oil’. Should we nationalize it like Venezuela has done to control prices or profit? I guess those ideas are ‘radical’ to me, a proud conservative.
Regarding his seeking the Democratic Socialist’s endorsement back in 1996 (yes, just 12 years ago) http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng47.html#anchor782194
Under the story, New Party Update
“Barack Obama, victor in the 13th State Senate District, encouraged NPers to join in his task forces on Voter Education and Voter Registration.”
‘NPers’ refers to the New Party, which was in part developed to help their candidates win elections by allowing voters to vote NP and democrat at the same time. Again, this organization headed up by DSA members. In Chicago, its largest partner was ACORN, of which Obama had important leadership. The story below is “New Party Organizes”
http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng38.html#anchor1869108
To get the New Party’s endorsement, you had to seek their approval, be interviewed and sign a contract that defined shared vision for your election. Those were the values of the DSA as well. Nowhere near the center politically.
However, the New Party is now defunct because the courts would not allow the ‘fusion’ of votes between parties during an election.
I would say that by signing on to those kinds of values makes one considered a ‘radical socialist’.
And then there is William Ayers:
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/August-2001/No-Regrets/
When McCain obtained his endorsements, America had to judge what they meant for the candidate. But it was a process more open to public scrutiny than what has been allowed by Obama into his background. I think for good reason, too. He knows that mainstream America would not tolerate those kinds of views.
Thanks for your timeYou guys should really avoid any discussion of Obama's actual positions in favor of speculative arguments and guilt-by-association attacks if you want to be taken seriously by reasonably intelligent adults.
If Obama is indeed a radical-socialist, it should be clearly evident in his positions. Please discuss that and stop with the idiotic speculation and apparent mind-reading attempts.
Hahaha. That is weak even from you, PC. Getting an endorsement doesn't mean anything. The NAZI's could endorse McCain, that doesn't make McCain a NAZI.
The Ayers thing appears to be way overblown as the original article notes. There is nothing to suggest Bill Ayers and Barrack Obama are anything more than two political figures whose speres overlap in a Chicago neighborhood. Anything more than that is not supportable by the facts.
Secondly, Ayer's explanation of his "unrepentance" on bombing has not been widely reported. He explained that he wishes he could have done more to bring the soldiers home from Vietnam and not to have done more bombing necessarily.
You guys look really desperate every time you try to trump up the argument that Obama is a communist or some crap like that. At least you didn't bring up Odinga. I will give you that.
"It's -- you know, it's just -- it's just we can't hit the girl. I don't care how far feminism's saying, you can't hit the girl, and you can't -- you can't criticize the little black man-child. You just can't do it, 'cause it's just not right, It's not fair. He's such a victim."
Ahhh, poor Limbo. You want to call Obama an "uppity N" sooo bad. Actually you could, only the lunatic fringe thinks your not a racist anyway.
And for those conservatives tired of the race issue, you'll have to accept that some of your fellow conservatives can't have a discussion about Obama without discussing his race. Imagine that! <sarcasm>
His race, Obamessiah (which, I bought into until I saw the GOP was taking the DNC out of context), his party affiliation, his eloquence, his lack of eloquence, his lack of experience, his experience... I mean, the conservatives say they want to spend time criticizing him on political issues, but their main emphasis seems to be on things that really aren't that big of an issue.
To you...
But to me his associates, his policies, his tax plan, his socilized medicine, his spending ( which repubs totaly screwed up, stupid jerks spent WORSE then dems )
This is what matters
I said I would not only vote FOR, but finacialy support and work for a great American Condie Rice, both a Woman and a African American, but mainly becasue she loves America and is PROUD of it and has been, and came from racisism and poverty and rose to huge sucess, not calling folks whitty and hating America.
LOL
I love how Republicans love to paint the few African Americans in their party as "rise above poverty" stories to help your agenda but YOU are FLAT OUT WRONG about Condi.
Condi was the only child of Presbyterian minister Reverend John Wesley Rice, Jr., who was a guidance counselor at Ullman High School and minister of Westminster Presbyterian Church, which had been founded by his father. Condi's mother, Angelena, was a science, music, and oratory teacher at Ullman.
Oh, black folks don't call white folks "whitey" anymore, that's an old 60's word. The new word is "cracker". <sarcasm>
The GOOP is colorblind, now I'm convinced ... but the GOOP spokespeople are not above appealing to their base-bubbas who aren't, but only if the person-of-color candidate is from the other side. If Rice were to be selected as McCain's VP choice, all this would stop right now.
You pegged this right:
"conservatives say they want to spend time criticizing him on political issues, but their main emphasis seems to be on things that really aren't that big of an issue."
Meaning, the conservatives are talking trach to bring out the knee-jerk reaction from the voters. Raise your taxes! Sheesh. I've visited and read at Obama's website, and found that his stated policies are substantial, that is not what the conservative pundints would have you believe. That being said, Obama is inexperienced, there's no two ways around it. However ... so is McCain, who also has not had any governing experience that would help him as president if he were to be elected. McCain does not appeal to the GOOP base, he's made too many centrist mistakes over the years, so he's relying on people like me, conservative democrats, to vote for him. I still haven't decided on Obama for sure, and I might have considered McCain, until he did this:
Obama never did any such thing.
It has been so many years since reading any James Baldwin.
Is Rush trying to make some literary reference here or is he just making foolish comments?
If not literary, Rush's comments are certainly deep with irony and bigotry.
Furthermore, Limbaugh's notion that McCain's campaign rhetoric is benign is, quite simply, wrong. Not to mention that McCain does not even really like his own constituents. To listen to McCain's rhetoric is to know that he is one of the least diplomatic of politicians... ever. If McCain wants to make the case that Obama would not make an effective leader then why does he not make his case instead of smearing Obama's character?
And why cannot McCain's character be questioned I wonder?...rhetorically...
This is Rush at his ugliest. And when he gets called on it, how fast do you think he'll use that familiar refrain: "I was quoted out of context"? And how fast will the minions in his audience, as well as the Coulters and Hannitys come to his defense?
That's Rush, he doesn't mean it.
He was quoted out of context.
It's just a joke. You people are too sensitive!
Repeat ad infinitum
It just shows that these cultic @ssholes can feign ignorance as well as they fake outrage.
DRUGBAUGH: " Obama's patriotism is not being attacked in an ad. McCain's just out there saying he's putting his own personal political ambition ahead of the country's."
McCAIN: "I didn't decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to be president. . . . In truth, I'd had the ambition for a long time."
As usual, IOKIYAR.
Rush is clearly a bigot and like Savage likes to imply that Obama is an "affirmative action" candidate. They have spent the last eight years stoking the fires of resentment against affirmative action, so telling the rednecks that Obama ONLY made it this far because he is black, fits right into that.
You know what is funny about the thought of Obama being the "affirmative action" candidate?
Seems lile conservatives have no problem with incompetent family members getting jobs because of their connections and parental influence.
I've been looking at all the fring web site and blogs, you can start watching the wheels come off the BHO soul-train.
Can't wait to come back here and other sites and watch how here and elsewhere we STOLE the election or who's fault this was or how the media stole this election too...
You guys never get it, MOST of red America do not want "socilized" policies, that hating America or lack of pride is NOT a winning tone for the general election.
Your side is going to lose again.
BHO is toast.
Just keep watching the polls and I'll see you guys in two weeks when JMc is ahead by 10, then 20....
You guys should have picked BRC, you will easy.
Crap, my typing bites... sorry...
Last line above should say:
You left leaners should have picked Hillery, you would win easy.
Now, not so easy is it?
BHO soul train?
How is that not racist?
Keep feeding them rope, and they eventually hang themselves.
Garnett is swinging in the wind and doesn't even realize it.
i found this quite cute picture of Mr limbaugh
http://www.bigfoamyhead.com/galleryimages/bfh_manatee.bmp
Rush Limbaugh is a drug addict racist... does ANYONE actually care what he says? What a loser who has failed to step into the 21st century.
Rush, whatcha gonna do when they ..... OUTNUMBER YOU? It's coming, you know. Hmm, yeah... that's what I thought. You'll just continue to self-medicate and hide behind your microphone.
Good thing no one can see you, huh? I bet you look just as ugly as you SOUND, physically and spiritually.
to - mgarnett251924 :
I read your posts and am confused. Lets talk Drilling:
Oil cos can drill in ANWAR today and we would NOT see THIS oil for many years so no help now. Nuclear - while reasonablly safe operationally - where do we store nuke waste? Safely for over 100 years..? Look big oil are NOT looking out for m/m average american. If you don't see this then look in your heart of hearts. They just spent over $88 million on PR to persuade you..and lobbying. If you like Mccain you are being mislead cause he is NOT anything special. Cant you see what bush/cheney,rumsfeld..etc have done to our country?....all for a buck? We are at the point of no return...tainted trade aggreements, lies x ininifty.....we need change......im a former republican...get real...
None of the "new" forms of energy will be really available for 10 years also, wind, solar, ect are not ready for prime time, so should we not do them either because they are NOT going to happen or help short term?
I say NO, we need to do it ALL and now, tax incentives for solar, wind, nuke AND oil, also natural gas and newer cleaner coal...
We can not just inflate our tires and ONLY do unproven tech, but we can do EVERYTHING, including amwar and offshore.
I'm willing to meet you more then 1/2 way if you can give in on vastly expanding oil, offshore and amwar, then we repubs can work on conservation, making tax breaks for wind and solar WHILE PROTECTING the envior.
I remember folks from the far left saying that the old Alaskan Pipeline would ABSOLUTLY destroy wildlife, Carabo, ect in the wilderness...
Did NOT happen, same folks now saying Amwar will be destroyed. You were wrong then, your wrong now, but we can work on it all if your side will stop preventing new refineries thru enviro lawsuits and how about having just ONE gas formula, instead of 8 different for the hard core enviro wacko states?
That would help instantly by increasing capacity.
Wrong. The oil companies have decided not to expand refinery capacity because they want to keep the supply down to raise prices. SOlar and wind can work now and would have been available on a wider basis a long time ago if Reagan hadn't ended subsidies to wind in the 80s. Conservatives can't govern.
Any oil that comes from offshore drilling, a minimal amount in 20 years, would go to the world market, which has its price heavily inflluenced by OPEC. why with conservaitves is it more oil, when the dangers of global warming are becoming ever more apparent. Why not invest in mass transit and increase CAFE standards? that would help the country and its people, a concept anathema to conservatives.
Racism Masked By Debate And Opinion
Racist remarks do not qualify as opinion. Nor does Russ Limbaugh's comments example debate. Enough is enough, this is hurting my hopes for this country one day making this form of speech illegal and considered hate speech. Limbaugh seems to get away with this on a daily bases. Has the media become so sure it is important to give this kind of speech a forum?
MSNBC would make the claim Pat Buchanan' occasional racist rants qualify as his expressed right to have a opinion. How does this kind of speech get the kind of press it has gotten? I thought we were headed to a time when this is put behind us. We can call this the covert racism era. Long gone are the days when racism was direct, hurtful and threating. As I black man, I held out hopes for a better showing for this country, yet people like Limbaugh would like to make it an institution.
Joseph
Where can we debate?
Not here. we, myself included, do not debate, we call each other names.
You hit our guys, I hit back...
Seems we can not agree on anything.
I will not accept far left positions, you will not accept mine.
Where can we debate?
And again, you miss the point. Not surprisingly.
Buchanan's racist rants are indeed opinion. Buchanan has a right to his racist opinions, but he does not have a right to spew his racist opinions on public airwaves. The same goes for Limbaugh. Both Limbaugh and Buchanan have public forums from which they spew their racist rhetoric. It's unacceptable. If they want to yell the equivalent of the 'n' word, let them do so on a street corner (where anyone with any couth could pummel the sh!t out of them - and rightfully so!). Of course, they're too wimpy to do that - so they just sit behind their microphones, away from anyone who could put them in their places.
I hope that one day we can rise above this bs and start talking about real issues, instead of skin color. The comforting thought for me is that I'll (G-d willing) outlive both of these worthless pieces of skin.
She Did Miss the Point, And How
Thank you for the insight concerning the right to have an opinion. I have noticed mediamatters has few Republican spin masters on this site. This guy Jeter is looking for taunting battle he will never get from me. I know I have better things to do then to go on a Republican blog to argue my point. I think there is a concerted effort to minimize the Democratic advantage. Really some on this site are on other liberal sites making the same arguments.
Joseph
"Little black man-child", that sounds like Rush's politically correct way of calling Obama a 'BOY'.
Where have you been?!? You people have been criticizing Obama. And, mainly with lies. Do you watch McCain's commercials? All criticizing Obama, no discussion of the facts. Why are you people so afraid of the FACTS that you have to turn LIES into issues?
No criticism of Obama... are you oblivious? Where have you people been? Are you all brain damaged from watching too much Fox "News" and listening to Limbaugh/O'Rielly/Hannity?