I'm Shocked, Shocked I Tell You: Limbaugh Thinks Obama Is Leading Coup d'etat

[Initech]

There is a split among conservatives between those who think the NSA's collection of data about every phone call in America is an important counterterrorism tool, and those who think President Obama is, as usual, trampling on the constitution and the flag and the Founding Fathers. But Rush Limbaugh takes it one step further. He says Obama is leading a coup d'etat. And this time it's for real.

On Friday, Limbaugh added up the evidence -- the IRS targeting of conservatives, plus Fast and Furious and Obamacare, and now the NSA. "The evidence of the totalitarian nature or the authoritarian nature of this administration is on display undeniably every day," he said. What does it add up to? "Herbert Meyer," -- a blogger at American Thinker -- "asserted that essentially what's taking place in the United States right now is a coup, not a violent coup, and not a [militaristic] coup, but nevertheless a takeover of a government, and it's being done by the Obama administration." Limbaugh emphatically agrees:

He referred to it as a coup. I don't know if he used the word "peaceful," but clearly there's a coup d'etat going. You know it and I know it. This is what animates us. This is why the Tea Party exists. This country was founded on certain concepts, principles, beliefs -- and they're under assault. Chief among them under assault is the right to privacy, and that's what all this is about. So in the midst of this coup d'etat... I happen to like that formulation.

http://news.yahoo.com/rush-limbaugh-pretty-sure-time-obamas-leading-coup-205348125.html

Where were these morons when Bush passed the Patriot Act which gave the NSA nearly unlimited surveillance powers? Oh that's right - they all thought it was OK.

[Major Nikon]

1. He used to say that a lot about Clinton back when he did so much OC he went stone deaf.

Someone might wanna check the maid.

[Skittles]

2. Limbaugh is very afraid of Teh Black Man

his tiny mind simply cannot compute Teh Black Man in Teh White House; no INDEED

[siligut]

3. Our government is trying to overthrow our government?

Oh noes!11!!

[Cha]

4. lol

[Liberal Veteran]

5. No, he's trying to take over the Trilateral Commission with the help of Bigfoot!

[FSogol]

6. Ilumnati!

[geomon666]

8. See? This is why you don't snort crushed oxycontin

off of a male prostitutes ass before going on the air. You start sounding like Rush Limbaugh.

[wandy]

7. Anyone who has not connected the dots as yet should thank Linbaugh.............

This is why the Tea Party exists. This country was founded on certain concepts, principles, beliefs -- and they're yadda yadda yadda.......

Kind of explains the whole "throw another scandal on the fire" thing, now doesn't it.

[kestrel91316]

9. Oh, ok. I get it. A coup is when a lawfully elected leader leads a nation.

I thought it was something else. I guess I was mistaken.