Obama's taunting of Limpbaugh is brilliant!

[burythehatchet]

He is making Rush the voice of the Republican party. Think about that. El Rushblow now speaks for the opposition. He has stated his desire to see Obama fail. He is a traitor, speaking for the Republicans.

This is delicious.

[EnviroBat]

1. That bloated dipshit was just yammering on about that

at lunch today. That fat fucker has become totally unhinged!

:rofl:

[Froward69]

19. so listening to rush today

would be a laugh and a half eh? he is delayed till noon here... It's 11:30 now.
I think I shall tune in...

more later.

[EnviroBat]

42. I'm listening because his meltdown has been quite entertaining.

I'm hoping for an on-air stroke. Any day now, any day....

[Froward69]

75. took him an

hour and a half to rationalize "Obama is scared of me"... and if the elected republicans really did listen to me Obama would not be president.

Then his backpedal over hoping Obama fails. I think he got a talking to over that and armed forces radio.

[librechik]

40. Taking bets on how long it takes Rush to implode from this treatment

he doesn't like to get called on his shit. Eventually he will make a racist misstep in responding to Obama. (he hides his bigotry under the thinnest of veneers and has already been fired for it more than once.) Then we will have an opportunity to get rid of this overblown zeppelin.

[Shakespeare]

2. Contessa Brewer asked a republican point-blank this morning if Limbaugh is the new defacto leader of

the GOP.

At that moment, the satellite feed went dead, and the question just sort of lingered out there as a presumption. :rofl:

[K Gardner]

43. LMAO !! Perfect.

[Lex]

3. This morning on MSNBC a Dem (forget who) coined the term "Rush Limbaugh Republicans"

and said something like "'Rush Limbaugh Republicans' probably don't want to support President Obama's Economic Recovery Plan because they want him to fail."

Really pissed off the Republican talking head. LOL. Sputter, sputter said he.

[burythehatchet]

4. I doubted Obama for a few weeks. I will try not to do that again. He plays that

three-level chess they play on Star Trek.

[poverlay]

8. He's utterly amazing. I realized it after his masterful performance during the third debate. It

makes me sad to see even his supporters, running around like chickens with their heads removed, doubting him.

Let them underestimate him.
We'll enjoy the show.

[butterfly77]

46. Ditto!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :dem: :dem: :dem:

[madokie]

63. count me in on the show

President O won't take any shit off anyone. I like that about him.

[The Wielding Truth]

22. That's what I've been seeing for a while. Wait ....then....aha!

[AndrewP]

30. LOL. That's how I feel about Obama too. He plays this game at a top level

[NorCalDem]

35. I agree...

I never expected him to play the game so well, but after one week all I can say is DAMN!! This man knows what he is doing...

[janx]

11. SERIOUSLY?!

:rofl:

[Marr]

16. Interesting. I'd assumed Obama's reference to Limbaugh was just shorthand for

partisan squabbling, but it may have been part of a campaign to identify Republican obstructionists with Rush Limbaugh. Pretty clever, particularly with Limbaugh's recent "I want him to fail" comments.

[burythehatchet]

20. O saw the opportunity after Limpy said that. Nothing under-handed, just holding up

the Republican philosophy to a mirror.

[calimary]

38. I saw that. Ooooo he did not like being labeled that way. GOOD!!! Let's do it some more!!!

I forget his name but he's such a nauseating apologist for all things bush and GOP - really drinks the Kool-aid. Gargles with it every morning and probably bathes in it.

I'm sorry. I'm being cruel. I should be more diplomatic and inclusive. I should be one of those ready to "reach out" to the other side. Well, I'm not. I have no sympathy or consideration or gentility toward him or anyone else on that side at this point. Not after the years of grief and misery and bankruptcy and blood and death and pain and stupidity and divisiveness that they've caused! I feel nothing but cruelty, contempt, and disgust for all things republi-CON - who refuse to acknowledge what the voters decreed last November, who insist on being allowed to call the shots or to have any further say-so or to present their "ideas" and their lame-ass views about fixing our economy - the same economy that their "ideas" and their lame-ass views BROKE in the first place.

I don't know why we should be listening to any of these weenies anymore. They had their say. We all had to get down on our knees and swallow hard and say "thank you sir, may I have another" - for YEARS. Eight years of bush. Since 1994 when the republi-CONS took over Congress. Even farther back, to 1981, when reagan got in and first parked us on Selfish Street. We all had to stifle and strain and struggle and yell til we were nearly dead-tired, trying to make ourselves heard. They ignored us, laughed at us, shut us out and called us names, demonizing us and isolating us and painting us as anti-American domestic terrorists and traitors. And if you'll recall, we were usually 100% correct about whatever it was, like the WMD, Iraq, FISA, the Patriot Act, Gitmo, torture, what it REALLY means to support our troops, mukasey, roberts, alito, gonzo, endless nauseating idiot tax cuts that never helped anybody who really needed the help, trickle-down economics, the need for accountability and transparency, EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING!!! We were correct about EVERYTHING and THEY were WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING!!!

So why do we still have to make a place at the table for them? Or listen to them any longer? Or pay them any attention whatsoever? Or heaven forbid, even give a moment's consideration to their idiotic, lame-ass, selfish, greedy, shortsighted "ideas"? So they can keep us on their Train to Hell?

Sorry. If they don't like being labeled as "rush limbaugh republi-CONS," then let's see them repudiate him. Anybody hear anything along those lines? Any of them abandoning their precious hate-radio stars?

I think it's a VERY good idea to start calling them what they are. Let's not mince words anymore. Let's call them the "rush limbaugh republi-CONS" and "Obstructionist republi-CONS" and what they do on the air "Hate-speak." Let's be honest and open about it and call it what it is. And if it makes 'em sputter, TOUGH SHIT. Truth hurts, after all, and it's about time they started getting reacquainted with that idea - truth. We owe them one. A BIG one!!!

[StatGirl]

45. I wish I could recommend your post!

If he can successfully use their own propaganda techniques against them . . . oh boy! It's going to be a wonderful 8 years! Strength *and* truth -- a winning combination.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

60. It's rather like the President is fucken with their heads. I love it!

[malaise]

62. That's exactly what he's doing

I'm lovin' it. :rofl:

[burythehatchet]

59. Righteous Rant!

:thumbsup:

[conscious evolution]

66. Awesome rant.

Nominating OP so people see this.

[catzies]

70. Awesome frickin rant there calimary. You go girl. Hugs and kudos. n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

74. Superb Post!

Just terrific!
GAC

[misanthrope]

53. One needed edit in that line of thought...

...Change "...they want him to fail" to "...they want the nation to fail."

[OneGrassRoot]

65. Oh, I am SO gonna use that. Nice! :) n/t

[ComtesseDeSpair]

5. Brilliant

Our president is a masterful politician. What a joy to behold.

[ComtesseDeSpair]

6. Brilliant

Our president is a masterful politician. What a joy to behold.

[rfranklin]

7. Yes, I could never understand why Dems didn't use this ploy...

They should also use Ann Coulter who would not be able to resist going nuclear with her crazy rhetoric.

[K8-EEE]

18. Right?? They have all these nutballs campaiging for GOP candidates

saying all this crazy shit all the time and there's never any kind of accountability.

[Cetacea]

26. Absolutely. This is fantasic n/t

[Ioo]

9. Great point... Thanks

[gratuitous]

10. Well played, sir

It's about frickin' time we put Rush's ugly mug on the Republican brand. So what if Limbaugh has 20 million listeners (a figure subject to serious debate, and not everyone who listens to Limbaugh agrees with him)? The Republicans have played it both ways for years, using Limbaugh as their foil or cat's paw when it suits them, but denying that he's anything but an "entertainer" when things get too serious. Billboarding his odious rantings and ascribing them to the GOP forces the Republicans either to adopt Limbaugh or reject him. No more of this sickening "Fourth Branch of government" nonsense.

[omega minimo]

14. that's been the game since he started out in Sacramento and listeners thought he was "funny"

"....using Limbaugh as their foil or cat's paw when it suits them, but denying that he's anything but an "entertainer" when things get too serious."



Many folks don't remember life before Big Brother Limbo was the official hatemonger of the GOP


Maybe this "3 level chess" is how O intends to critique the evils of Reaganism he won't criticize head on.

:thumbsup:

How else do you combat insanity?

[burythehatchet]

23. BOOM! You identified the underlying issue; our President basically denied him the "entertainer"

moniker, thus cornering him into being their spokesman.

[ProfessorGAC]

76. That 20 Million Figure Is Completely Wrong

That number is the weekly cumulative from Arbitron. That's 6 shows (including the Saturday rebroadcasts), so the number is really more like 3.5 million.

Nowhere near 20 million people listen to that idiot.
GAC

[janx]

12. Even Bill Bennett is on the run now!!!

Look at this! :rofl:

Bennett: Limbaugh Wrong To Say He Hopes Obama Fails

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/26/bennett-limbaugh-wrong-to_n_160825.html

:rofl:

[NorCalDem]

37. We can't let them get away with running away...

Don't let them do it!! For years they listened to Rush and I would bet all my money that they STILL listen to Rush and believe what he says. They're only backing away to save face and avoid political embarassment, don't let them get away with it!!

If a Republican EVER says "well, Rush doesn't speak for me," simply fire back with "well, he did for the last 15 years, why you throwing him under the bus now? Is it because of his 'i want obama to fail' comments?!?". Then watch their head spin...

[Nay]

58. U know what's sad? For years, many of us have been begging Dems to

stand up to the Pub bastards, arguing that once you push back, Pubs get cowardly and start backpedaling like the bullies they are. Here it is, the first week of Prez O, he pushes back, and Pubs are falling all over themselves apologizing, defending, explaining. Imagine if Dems the past 8 years had thrown RW shit back in RW faces....gee, maybe we won't be in the pickle we're in.

[lonestarnot]

13. Yeah so the old long faced gal was on MSNBC harping on President Obama's choice for

treasury. How he was "cavalier" about IRS finding tax problem on audit blah blah. Much more of her shit, and I won't have to move the fucking TV!

[madokie]

68. You crack me up

:rofl::rofl:

[mopinko]

15. perhaps, after driving this home a couple of times, he could check up on

that drug case. how delicious would that be? make him the brand, then send the brand to prison. :rofl:

[K8-EEE]

17. So Cool!! Obama brings Operation Chaos home to split the GOP

I'm sure the freeper half of the party thinks he's brilliant and the more normal GOP, are embarrassed by him!

Talk about your wedge issue!!

I think it's LONG past time to roast the GOP pols on Rush, aka, "Do you agree with Rush Limbaugh that you want President Obama to fail?"

They've created a monster with that blowhard, hahahahaha!

[yellowcanine]

29. "Operation Chaos" made Obama a more formidible candidate. I hope Rush thinks about that a lot when

lying wide awake in the middle of the night.

[Xenotime]

21. traitors need to be arrested and thrown in jail. I'll go get the cuffs.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

24. yes, it is brilliant. I always wondered what would happen (and actually

wished for it to happen) if Clinton went to the media saying something like "attack me, attack my policies, but leave my 14 year old daughter out of it and Rush, by the way, only a simpering coward with nothing else to offer would attack a child.

I wish our dems would take the rightwing spew masters head on, and not apologize for it.

edited because i hit post before spell check

[RJ Connors]

25. Hopefully Obama has the backbone to target this asswipe

As no one else in the Democratic party does. But fact is we are in deep trouble in this country and we simply cannot afford these fear mongering propagandist to be plying their trade and enriching themselves only. It is much too critical at this juncture in our history that we have clear, open, and honest debate, if we have any hope of the country prevailing.

[joeunderdog]

57. Maybe Barack should be a guest on Limpballs' show.

Love to hear that exchange. Rush would get the biggest ratings ever, but he'd refuse to do it.

[RJ Connors]

72. Well if Rush really wants to show that he is bipartisan

he would have to have Obama on. Jr and Cheny and other members of the cabal where dropping in all the time, so I think it would be a natural for Obama to be invited on.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

27. I haven't heard any Repukes, including John McCain, repudiate Limpballs outright.

To me that means that they approve of his outlandish, un-American rhetoric. Fuck them all!!

[Myrina]

28. ... what did I miss?

Been under the weather for a few days.

Link, please? :shrug:

[lunatica]

34. Here's the story and the link

"President Obama has issued a warning to members of the Republican Party: Get on board or stand powerless on the sidelines.
President Barack Obama

Speaking to Republican leaders, whom he had invited to the White House to discuss his $825 billion stimulus package, Obama took a shot at acid-tongued conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh and his followers, saying, "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done."

http://www.bet.com/News/Decision08/beheard_news_ObamaIssuesWarningToGOPMembers.htm?wbc_purpose=Basic&WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished&Referrer={0471DDF0-D0D8-48A8-9E30-ADD40CBE0269}

[NorCalDem]

39. Even that article is slightly rightwing tinted...

To quote:

"The reality is that President Obama enjoys something that President Bush never had: his party controlling the House, the Senate and the White House, which makes it a lot easier to get a measure through Congress. "

Ummmm, really? Are you sure about that? Cause last I checked we had a Republican controlled house and senate from 1994 to 2006, and a Republican president from 2000-2008. I think that amounts to SIX YEARS in which Republicans controlled all three branches, but hey, it WAS two years ago so how can the media be counted on remembering it...

:rollseyes:

[lunatica]

41. I didn't write the article. I posted it to answer Myrina's query

She wanted to know what everyone was talking about because she missed the referencing story.

[NorCalDem]

47. I was aware you didn't write it :)

and i wasn't really bashing the article, it's a good one. I was just pointing out an incorrect fact that once again zips right past those in the media. How does stuff like this even make it past the editor?!?

Good read though :)

[Myrina]

44. Thanks!

:hi:

[devilgrrl]

31. Totally delicious and long overdue.

:thumbsup:

[TrogL]

32. I disagree - he's validating Rush

Rush can now brag that he's got President Obama as a listener.

We'll never hear the fucking end of it.

[lunatica]

36. I disagree

Rush may brag, but in reality he's being set up for a big fall by President Obama. Obama has effectively forced the GOP and the Republicans in Congress to respond about the innuendo that they're actions are dictated by Limbaugh. They will now distance themselves from Limbaugh taking away 99% of his power. Obama didn't throw the gauntlet down at Limbaugh's feet. He threw it down at the GOP's feet

[NorCalDem]

33. I hope he continually lauds them...

along with Fox News. Hopefully soon most serious people will figure out that adults aren't listening to these morons anymore, and that worrying about what Rush Limbaugh thinks is meaningless.

He should call his "comedian Rush Limbaugh" just like Olberman does until it sticks...

[Hubert Flottz]

48. Bush bought Rush Lamb-balls a birthday cake right before

he left for Texas with OUR money...

[populistdriven]

49. This is delicious... And amusing :)

[WI_DEM]

50. Did Obama bring up Limpbaugh again today?

[question everything]

51. Yes, and it gives all the demoralized Republicans something to grab

I got an email yesterday, directing me to site "I hate media" or something, and he went on and on about how Obama mentioned the limpdick.

I guess when Fox was tight with Bush and Cheney was OK. Or when they were going after Dan Rather and the "liberal media."

[Hubert Flottz]

52. Lamb-Ball Coulter 2012?

Sounds good to me!

[DearAbby]

54. I stand in awe of Obama's genius

He has now placed at the feet of the GOP...will they defend Rush, or denounce him? Obama has seriously punked the GOP...they are backed into a corner.

CHECK, your move GOP.


Edit to add...any obstruction by the GOP will be seen as an attempt to make Obama fail. This was a brilliant move on the part of Obama. I stand in awe.

[Sequoia]

55. O'Reily had better take heed.

And Annethrax Coulter,

and that Savage guy too.

[Lucky 13]

56. Obama is brilliant. He sets traps for fools. He's constantly 2-3 steps ahead of everyone...

... INCLUDING DUers.

He has painted these assholes into a corner.

So let's go thugs... time to show your cards. Are you for Rush or against him?

[CANDO]

61. Rush has been their voice for some twenty years already.

eom

[ColbertWatcher]

64. It is indeed!

I wonder why the Incompetents, who make up the ranks of the GOP "leadership," have stayed silent on Limpball's comments (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4898865&mesg_id=4898865 ).

I wonder if they'll stay silent now that the President has spoken out?

[alarimer]

67. I think I'd pay money to see RuxhLimbaugh's head explode.

That might be entertaining.

[CitizenPatriot]

69. I enjoyed sending my email out today

to Rush's sponsors, letting them know that I knew they wouldn't really care, but much to my regret, I will no longer be able to patronize their businesses as their sponsorship of Rush after he wished our President -- and indeed nation -- to fail.

I reminded them that at this critical juncture, at war and a financial melt down, Americans needed to stand together, in support of our new President, whether we voted for him or not. I also reminded them that the world was watching, and it would bring great shame to the country to be seen as racist bigots of the sort Rush presents on his show.

I also let them know that I looked forward to the time when I could again purchase from them.

Tomorrow, I'll be using "Rush Limbaugh Republicans" in every other breath. :-)

you can't put lipstick on a pig, Rush:-) Cheers.

[Uzybone]

71. The republicans have to move away from Limpbaugh

further splintering their already scattered party. If our economy show any sign of life by 2010 we will see a three-peat of the Democratic Congressional slaughters of 2006 and 2008.

[leftynyc]

73. Pair him up with Ann Coulter

and it'll be even better. I've always felt having those two as the face of the republicans would be a gift to the Dems.