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Did Obama Miss a Great Opportunity by NOT Visiting Rush Limbaugh in Hawaiian Hospital?
Self | January 2, 2009 | PJ-Comix

Posted on 01/02/2010 6:49:18 AM PST by PJ-Comix

Barack Obama once again proved he has a tin ear for politics when he did NOT visit Rush Limbaugh in the hospital. With his low approval ratings, Obama could have done himself a lot of good by visiting Rush who was nearby in the Hawaiian hospital. Too late now. Obama missed a great opportunity to help himself. This just demonstrates his poor ability at politics at even a personal level.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: barackobama; bhochristmas; missedopportunity; rushlimbaugh; snub; talkradio
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To: nagdt
Rush has always been delighted to run into popular Liberals and strike up a conversation with them, like when he met Bill Clinton in a restaurant. Even some favorite golf partners of his are liberals. But somehow I feel Rush would of felt violated and used if Obama would of showed up.
81 posted on 01/02/2010 8:37:00 AM PST by NavyCanDo
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To: PJ-Comix

A “teachable” moment?


82 posted on 01/02/2010 8:53:33 AM PST by mylife (Obama is a fine orator, and Janet Napalitano is cunning linguist)
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To: Richard Kimball

Tell us how you really feel, Richard. /s


83 posted on 01/02/2010 9:01:18 AM PST by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil. Isaiah 5:20)
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To: They'reGone2000; agere_contra
Post of the day for this PALINdrome day

Definitely!

84 posted on 01/02/2010 9:02:21 AM PST by mikrofon (S. Margana, Patroness of Anagrams & Palindromes)
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To: mylife

I always heard this was suppose to be a “bipartisan” gov’t, and they wanted to hear from everyone. Isn’t that why they put up the website o hear everyone when they first got elected? This would have put an example of it into the peoples mind.


85 posted on 01/02/2010 9:03:53 AM PST by starzed_
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To: starzed_

We all know he is a self absorbed liar.

How many times has Rush,Levin,Hammity and FNC invited Barry to the table?


86 posted on 01/02/2010 9:14:04 AM PST by mylife (Obama is a fine orator, and Janet Napalitano is cunning linguist)
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To: DogBarkTree

The Lwft doesn’t consider Rush to even be human — so there would be no point — they’re not interested i appearing to be fair.


87 posted on 01/02/2010 9:21:44 AM PST by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: PJ-Comix

Good point. Obama though would risk getting an earful from Limbaugh.


88 posted on 01/02/2010 9:31:37 AM PST by Rockingham
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To: PJ-Comix

So many trillions squandered and stolen while he posed..

Yet this nation forges on..

To November 2010

Toast!


89 posted on 01/02/2010 9:54:28 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
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To: agere_contra
Obama has never been in an Hawaiian hospital, and he’s not going to start now.

Best post of the new year!

90 posted on 01/02/2010 12:20:02 PM PST by polymuser ("We have a right to debate and disagree with any administration!" (HRC))
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To: Rational Thought
I had a similar thought. But, I assumed Obama is far to arrogant to make such a gesture.

And there is the high likelihood that any verbal exchange would have come off with Obama looking like the ego-mad lightweight that he is...and besides, he would never take time away from golf/snorkeling/playtime.
91 posted on 01/02/2010 1:00:18 PM PST by Nepeta
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To: PJ-Comix
A Presidential visit could be awkward with all the security people and traffic detours.

But if Obama didn't send flowers, it was a missed opportunity.

92 posted on 01/02/2010 1:04:57 PM PST by x
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To: PJ-Comix

Nah, if he did that, his liberal base would despise him for it, and we conservatives would only be suspicious or rolling our eyes. It certainly wouldn’t make us like him any better, if he even cares about that. Looking at it from BO’s point of view, it would be a lose/lose.


93 posted on 01/02/2010 1:51:23 PM PST by Nea Wood (Silly liberal . . . paychecks are for workers!)
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To: Non-Sequitur
Rush's supporters do not like Obama and his policies period. Why should Obama attempt to pander to a group that he's never going to win over anyway?

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The critical votes are owned by the independents. Magnanimity is admired by nonpartisans.

94 posted on 01/02/2010 4:27:45 PM PST by Wallaby
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To: Wallaby
The critical votes are owned by the independents. Magnanimity is admired by nonpartisans.

But pandering isn't. Anyone who would believe that Obama would be seriously concerned about Limbaugh's health, or that Limbaugh would be seriously concerned about Obama's health, is naive. Any rational person would see such an act for exactly what it was.

95 posted on 01/03/2010 6:08:57 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: PJ-Comix

Obama was still trying to stick more pins in his voodoo doll made up like Rush.


96 posted on 01/03/2010 6:17:45 AM PST by Eye of Unk (Phobos, kerdos, and doxa, said the Time Traveler. “Fear, self-interest, and honor.”)
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To: PJ-Comix

You can put purple lipstick on a two-bit usurping slacker, but he’s still a card carrying commie, ghetto trash mooselimb, white-hating anti-Semite, no-class jerk.


97 posted on 01/03/2010 6:48:05 AM PST by Canedawg (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Rush was having chest pains...why suffer with a pain in the a$$!


98 posted on 01/03/2010 6:51:54 AM PST by lonestar (Obama and his czars have turned Bush's "mess" into a national crisis!)
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