NYT: Rush Limbaugh may endorse Obama

[madinmaryland]

:wtf:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/us/politics/15rush.html

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By JACQUES STEINBERG
Published: February 15, 2008
Rush Limbaugh took his show on the road this week, forsaking his main broadcast studio in Palm Beach, Fla., for one in Midtown Manhattan. But the change of scenery did nothing to dampen the Republican-on-Republican smackdown he has been waging from afar against Senator John McCain, the party’s likely presidential nominee, whom Mr. Limbaugh considers too moderate.

As he opened his radio program Wednesday, Mr. Limbaugh lobbed yet another grenade.

“I would like today to announce a tentative decision — I’m still thinking about it — to endorse Barack Obama,” he said, his head cocked slightly toward his 18-karat-gold-plated microphone, his hands spread wide like the wings of his sleek G4 jet.

Mr. Limbaugh then listed nearly a dozen qualities he said he found admirable in Mr. Obama. “Barack Obama is pro-life,” he began. “Barack Obama is a tax-cutter extraordinaire.”

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:wow:

:scared:

I'm speechless.

[rox63]

1. Rush is a manipulative, lying sack of crap n/t

[K Gardner]

2. Oh cripes.. that's ALL we need. Go away, Rush. McCain needs you.

[Franks Wild Years]

5. It's a joke...

...read the whole thing! Purely tongue-in-cheek.

[K Gardner]

21. I missed the following statement..

“What I can tell you I’m sure of is, I’m not going to be endorsing Obama or Hillary — unless it’s a joke to make a point.”

LOL

[MADem]

3. Well, that's sticking the knife in and twisting it, isn't it?

With the Romney endorsement of McCain, it sounds to me like Rush wants Obama to be the Dem nominee--so the GOP can trash him in the general.

[Prefer]

4. Is Rush trying to Tarbaby him?

Because that endorsement would turn me off.

[wndycty]

7. Tarbaby? WOW! And a Limbaugh endorsement would turn you off?

You think the endorsement sincere?

[crispini]

6. The pro-life thing is just a lie

Voting Record:
Sen. Obama received the following scores on NARAL Pro-Choice America's Congressional Record on Choice.
2007: 100 percent
2006: 100 percent
2005: 100 percent

http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/statements/obama.html

[NoBorders]

8. He is of course, kidding.

Just for the record...

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But implicit in his “endorsement,” however tongue-in-cheek, was this: Mr. Limbaugh, who draws more than 13.5 million listeners a week, considers Mr. McCain to have so betrayed conservative principles by voting against tax cuts and not being as tough as Mr. Limbaugh would like on illegal immigrants that the commentator was openly flirting with the enemy. (Later, Mr. Limbaugh dangled the possibility of endorsing Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.)

“Barack Obama will establish a college football playoff, once and for all,” Mr. Limbaugh said. “Barack Obama will offer free-beer Fridays.”

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[OHdem10]

9. Rush has also said he is doing McCain a big favor.

Rush and Hate Talkers make John MCCain look good to average
American. Those Rwers are against him--he must be pretty
mainstream. Rush himself said, if he said nice things
about McCain-- it would probably hurt him.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

10. Glen Beck just said the same thing on CNN "I'm thinking about voting for Obama, the only thing that

scares me about him is his deep FDR New Deal leanings and other then that he is better then McCain" (not verbadum)

[Maeve]

11. Okay, so he found another way to get his name in the news. Big whoop

Oh, yeah...and he hates Hillary and McCain both. I'm shocked. :eyes:

[ElsewheresDaughter]

15. explain the Glen Beck thing this morning..."I'm seriously thinking about voting for Obama" on CNN?

[Maeve]

17. I gave up on paying any attention to Beck ages ago

I think he'll say anything to get his name in the "real" news, too, tho--and he's still trying to prove he's an "independent" attack poodle.

[calico1]

12. Limbaugh's "endorsement" of Obama

is like Coulter's "endorsement" of Clinton.

My guess is they each have a different opinion of who would be hardest to beat in Nov.

[mtnsnake]

13. He's probably doing it to quell his image of being a racist, stemming from his remarks about McNabb

when Limbaugh made racist comments about Donavan McNabb, the star black quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2003-10-02-limbaugh-resigns_x.htm

[Virginia Dare]

28. Just imagine if we had a black President...

Rushy could go on a racist tirade every single day. Perhaps that's his dream.

[Kittycat]

14. First Clinton, Now Obama

[Mz Pip]

33. Guess he's

having a hard time making up his mind. The Democrats have two good candidates, how will Rush ever decide? :rofl:

Mz Pip
:dem:

[powergirl]

16. He's just trying to get more listeners

Didn't he have some wart on his ass that permitted him to obtain a "medical deferment" from the Vietnam draft?:puke:

[HughMoran]

18. Oh, c'mon

This isn't worthy of DU - is it?

[powergirl]

22. Where did you get that cool "moran" avatar?

I love it! I have actually received an email (complaining about an op ed) that I did for our local paper. I was called a "moran." I love that word now. Can you share your awesome MORAN avatar. :)

[HughMoran]

30. It's actually one of the gazillions of avatars offered here

If you don't want to search for it, just type "morans.gif" and see if that works.

[cooolandrew]

19. Now now be honest Rush I'd prefer they voted on the truth. Barack is very pro women's rights...

...Although as dishonest as it is he must real like Obama to say that, it's a huge distortion to turn the tide on their side to Barack.

[workinclasszero]

20. The Hillbilly Heroin addict is

just trying to get the extreme, knuckle-dragging, nazi reich wingnuts back into the fold for McPain.

[OHdem10]

23. Now that Obama is frontrunnner---he gets the attention even fromn

Rwers.

[underpants]

24. Lookin' GOOD there Rush.

[madinmaryland]

25. Looks like Oxy-boy has been hitting the Oxy again!!1!!

[underpants]

26. and wrapping them in ham and cheese

you know, to make it go down easier

[Virginia Dare]

27. Get off our bandwagon Rushy, you'll crush it...

you lying sack of crap. Your listeners deserve you.

[Warren Stupidity]

29. Coordinated BMS disinformation campaign.

Insane McCain is not a moderate. Repeat after me: Insane McCain is yet another rightwing nutjob.

What they are doing over in the Bullshit Media System's Karl Rove Disinformation Center is playing at a 'right wing revolt' against Insane McCain in order to position the lunatic as a moderate. Repeat after me: Insane McCain is yet another rightwing nutjob. Remember how Bush was a 'compassionate conservative'? Recall that every election season there is a coordinated effort to reframe reknucklian fascism as moderate centrism? That is all that is going on here. The revolt will soon be forgotten. Repeat after me: Insane McCain is yet another rightwing nutjob.

[harun]

31. Rush wants to matter again, in the worst way (n/t)

[RiverStone]

32. Yea and Ann Coulter said she would vote for Hillary....

Have the RW talking head wacko's imploded - or is this some kind of reverse psychology bullshit? :shrug:

[loveangelc]

34. he also asked tx and ohio republicans to vote for obama in their primaries yesterday...

[mondo joe]

35. There's unity for you. NT