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ddeclue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 03:28 AM
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Dear Rush Limbaugh - an open letter to el Rushbo about his debate "offer":




An Open Letter To Rush Limbaugh



Dear Mr. Limbaugh:

It has come to my attention that you have recently announced to your radio audience your desire to publicly debate President Obama one on one on the issues.

It's too late now Rush.

If you really wanted to debate Barack Obama then you should have filed and run for President as a candidate in the Republican Party back in 2007 or 2008 when it really mattered.

Just in case you missed it, Barack Obama DID debate the nominee of the Republican Party, Senator John McCain of Arizona in a series nationally televised debates last fall.

In case you missed the results Barack Obama won - John McCain lost. Badly.

As you are a professional football officianado I'm sure you know what they say in the NFL:

Losers go home.

Your team lost Mr. Limbaugh and you were too afraid to even play the game when it actually counted.

Now that the game is over and your team lost it appears you want a debate do over?

Of course we all know that you don't want to put your own personal life up to 1% of the scrutiny to which those men and women who actually ran for President during 2007-2008 were subjected.

A number of these real candidates in either party were subjects of intense public scrutiny and suffered greatly often from your own radio microphone for their willingness to actually run for office including: Barack Obama, John Edwards, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, Bill Richardson and Hillary Clinton.

Of course all of these men and women in both parties demonstrated a great deal more courage to stand up for the principles in which they believe than you ever will.

All you are really interested in doing is taking the cheap shot from the shadows and telling the big lie and distorting the truth to fit your nasty warped little viewpoint. You put your ideology above your allegiance to your country and your personal finances above even that.

Let's cut to the chase shall we Rush?

The President doesn't owe you a debate on the issues - you're a wannabe and frankly you haven't earned it.


If you want to debate President Obama one on one, you still have one more chance: 2012.

Put your money where your mouth is and run for President or sit down and shut up the hell up already.

Al Franken did just that and he's about to be seated as the next United States Senator from Minnesota any day now.

I suggest you start your exploratory committee now - the 2012 elections will be here before you know it.


Sincerely,

Douglas J. De Clue
Orlando, FL
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 03:34 AM
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1. Rushbo Supported Thompson In The Primaries
Edited on Thu Mar-05-09 03:35 AM by KharmaTrain
Sure didn't do him much good.

A very well done letter... :applause:

Yep...if Rushbo wants a debate, I'm sure President Obama will be more than happy to meet him in September, 2012...provided he's the nominee of what's left of the repugnican party.

Eagles don't fly with chickenshits
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vadawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 04:00 AM
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2. i dont think mccain was rushs guy in the last election
Hell as long as Rush is a US Citizen i guess hes got a right to callthe president out whether we like it or not, id much rather that every citizen have the right to say what they want if if i disagree than have speech silenced.
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ddeclue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 04:02 AM
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3. He doesn't have a right to debate the President one on one however.
Edited on Thu Mar-05-09 04:02 AM by ddeclue
as they say askin' ain't gettin'...

he can ask for a one on one debate but he frankly isn't entitled to one if he doesn't want to run for President so he can just sit down and shut the hell up about it already.

Doug D.
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vadawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 04:06 AM
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4. Yeah he aint gonna get it, but he sure as hell can ask and push for it, even if he dosent really
want it.
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ddeclue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 04:09 AM
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5. and I can sure as hell tell him to STFU if I want also...
:rofl:
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vadawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 04:27 AM
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6. that you can, and i can wave my figurative tadger in your direction :)
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ddeclue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 04:31 AM
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7. What the hell is a "tadger"?
:shrug:
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 05:24 AM
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8. Nobody is silencing the comedian
But pointing out that he hasn't earned a chance to debate the POTUS.

And conservatives are big on earning/reward; none of us deserve what we haven't earned, in their view, even basics.
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ddeclue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 11:34 AM
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10. Thanks! n/t
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TWiley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 05:36 AM
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9. Like McCain .... so eager to invite himself to Mr. Obama's audience.
So what is in it for the dems? Addressing the ignorant 16% who still support bush and will never change their mind? Oh wait, rush wants to increase his audience base.

oh ya rush, that is such a deal. What a moron.
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