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Limbaugh: Obama Is A "Dummkopf Little Imam-Child President"

September 07, 2010 3:41 pm ET — 5 Comments

Rush Limbaugh kicked off Tuesday's show by chortling over Jesse Jackson's car getting stolen and stripped, then discussed what he did during last week's vacation: taking lessons from legendary golf instructor Hank Haney for a Golf Channel show. Rush said he didn't understand why President Obama would complain that his critics "talk about me like a dog," because Rush treats his dogs like children. Rush caught up with news he missed out on last week by declaring that the Discovery Channel gunman was not a wacko, he was reflecting mainstream liberalism. He also complained that Obama used his Labor Day speech to criticize the idea of rewarding greed while he vacations at Martha's Vineyard and has AFL-CIO chief Richard Trumka standing next to him.

Rush started the second hour by playing clips of what other people said about him while he was on vacation. He talked to a caller who praised the new book by Rush's brother; Rush added that if every American read this book, it would be the end of the Democrat [sic] Party. Rush later launched into an anti-Obama tirade, calling him a "dummkopf little imam-child president" who is a "blithering novice," an "academic theoretician," a "one-man wrecking crew" and "henpecked" by his wife, adding that the best thing that could happen to this economy "is to get him out of any position of power to run it." This was followed after a commercial break by another rant in which Rush declared that Obama had been around at the time of America's founding, his political philosophy "would have been considered tyranny."

Rush continued his Obama-bashing in the third hour, declaring Obama to be "the biggest presidential failure since James Buchanan." He then attacked outgoing Council of Economic Advisers chairman Christina Romer for being clueless about the economy, claiming that this is because Romer had never worked outside academia before joining the Obama White House, and adding that if he was able to spend 15 minutes with her, he could totally change her economic outlook. After saying that one must be a complete failure in order to appear on the Sunday talk shows, Rush criticized "the ferret-like Paul Krugman," claiming liberal talking heads like Krugman know that as Obama sinks, so do they.

Here are some highlights from today's show:

Limbaugh claims that proposed infrastructure spending is "just another union buyout, just another slush fund"

Limbaugh: Discovery Channel gunman is "not a wacko," it's "mainstream environmentalist belief" and "inspired by Al Gore"

Limbaugh attacks Obama: He's "an angry guy" with a "chip on his shoulder" who "does not understand American history"

Rush launches into rant about "hen-pecked," "imam-child," "wrecking ball," "agitator," "blithering novice" Obama

Limbaugh: Obama "might not have been born in Kenya, but he certainly is one of the best Keynesian economist believers"

Limbaugh: "Obama's philosophy would have been considered tyranny," "would have been rejected" by the Founding Fathers

Limbaugh: "Barack Obama is the biggest presidential failure since James Buchanan"

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    • Author by hurricaneyankee52983 (September 07, 2010 4:57 pm ET)
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      If anyone is a dummkopf it's you RUSH, not PRESIDENT OBAMA.All you are is an overgrown, hatefull, racist, FAR RIGHT WING windbag. I'm personally very happy to see that the PRESIDENT easily upsets you.That is a good thing for us.
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    • Author by mari2jj (September 08, 2010 12:28 am ET)
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      You can tell how insecure Rush is feeling about the Obama xuccess in the direct proportion to his hate filled screeds he attempts to put forth to damage our wonderful President. I listen to Rush occassionally just to have a big chuckle to see how hate filled his speech about our President has become. I am sure it is strange for Rush to have to accept the idea that even Republicans like me undestand his comments come from plain old garden variety racism. I listen in because I think Rush has a humor show that provides big giggles!
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      • Author by SMTDL (September 08, 2010 11:07 am ET)
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        Don't you find it disgusting that people enjoy this type of entertainment at the President's expense by using racial animosity as a basis for getting laughs?
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    • Author by carolonpark (September 08, 2010 12:45 pm ET)
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      And you, Rushbo, are a big fat, fathead with no facts to back up your claims. In fact--"DON'T CONFUSE ME WITH FACTS!" sez you.
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    • Author by politeradical (September 08, 2010 4:06 pm ET)
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      Tubby trotted out one of the right's more well worn myths: that only business people can understand economics. Wrong. Business people might know how to run a business. It doesn't mean that they're necessarily good at it. And it certainly doesn't necessarily mean they know anything about economics. God forbid someone learning about something through study and research.

      Rush's drooling contempt toward academics like Romer and Krugman belies his ignorance and hatred of economists and higher learning in general.
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