Posted on 03/03/2009 11:28:21 AM PST by lewisglad
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh rejected reports that he is rooting for the failure of President Obama on his syndicated radio program Tuesday.
Instead, he suggested that President Obama stands to gain from an economic failure.
“I am an average citizen…I have a microphone,” Mr. Limbaugh said. He argued that he has been financially fortuitous in his life and asked why he would want to see the economy fail and his capital shrink.
Mr. Limbaugh also responded to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s comment on CBS’ ‘Face the Nation’ Sunday that Limbaugh “is the voice and the intellectual force and energy behind the Republican Party."
Limbaugh once again denied that he is the party’s de facto leader.
“I have no control…I am not in charge of one political policy,” he said today. “Why in the world would I want the economy to fail and destroy everything I am produced …I want just the opposite…I want to get out of this.”
“No one” is for economic collapse, Limbaugh said on his show this morning, “except maybe Obama.”
The president, Limbaugh said, is the “one person who can do something” about the economy “attitudinally,” and “he is standing mute.” Mr. Limbaugh claimed that President Obama has the ability to give a speech and ease people’s concerns, but there is no proof that the economy has been helped by his words or actions.
“Ask yourself, who is benefitting?” Limbaugh said. “Who said a crisis is a terrible thing to waste?…Rahm Emanuel.”
No, he didn’t
“Ask yourself, who is benefitting?” Limbaugh said. “Who said a crisis is a terrible thing to waste?…Rahm Emanuel.”
eh, that could just as easily have been karl rove.
Many investors pull out of stocks and go to Treasuries.
That's Obamas money
“Who said a crisis is a terrible thing to waste?…Rahm Emanuel.”
This little sleaze ball is pulling all the strings in the dummy called Obama!
Mr. Rove was the one trick pony that could win elections, nothing more. Granted when you want to be the Prez...that's a pretty good trick.
Mr. Rove is an amoral political opportunist with no other motivation than to win elections.
But hey, what the heck do I know.
But it wasn’t and isn’t.
While I wholeheartedly agree that Emanuel is indeed a sleaze ball, I don't believe he is the one who is pulling the strings. Someone else closely connected with the Clinton's is doing that job.
Rove and Bush took a 10 point win in 2004 and made it into 2.
There is some truth in that statement.
“Mr. Rove is an amoral....”
Give us just one example.
Wow, that was quick. He was just talking about this in this hour. And it is a complete misrepresentation of what he said. I guess we will just have to wait for the transcripts.
This is way cool. I didn't think the general public would be exposed to this concept this until at least 2010. Now it's out there. If DemonRats want to discuss Rush's desire to see Zero fail they run the risk of spreading the planned economic collapse concept.
And Zero will RUSH to break out the signature pen ...
Atleast the liberal media is now listening to Rush. Maybe they’ll learn something. Rush should take this opportunity to educate the ignorant.
In the cage contest for GOP idea leader we have McCain, Palin, Limbaugh and Joe the Plumber. Democrats must be passing the popcorn.
Speaking of sad times, has anyone bought any product completely MADE IN AMERICA lately?
It’s very easy to know who controls the Democrats and Obama today (beside Satan): George Soros and moveon.org
Try not to lose the hispanic vote (fail) and placate the business that want the cheap labor, all the while weakening the country.
Actually, I thought Limbaugh responded brilliantly today when he posed a challenge to WH reporters to ask Gibbs or Obama if they are willing to publically say they want the Republican Senators to SUCCEED in stopping the $1.7 trillion 'stimulus' bill.
I can just hear the crickets chirping in Democrat newsrooms across America.
“In the cage contest for GOP idea leader we have McCain, Palin, Limbaugh and Joe the Plumber. Democrats must be passing the popcorn.
Speaking of sad times, has anyone bought any product completely MADE IN AMERICA lately?”
You’re right about the popcorn. Too bad the GOP drove out/demonized Ron Paul. He’s pretty much been right about everything.
I just bought fresh salad greens from my neighbor -Made in America!
Anyone who is against foreign wars and bailouts is not only opposed but demonized. Paul got the Buchanan treatment for stepping on the same toes.
The war profiteer mafia got angry...
But it wasn't Karl Rove. It was Rahm Emanuel.
Free Republic is an insane asylum.
To paraphrase an old saying:
Under Democrats, man exploits man. Under Republicans, it’s the other way around.
rahm has a phd in economics from mit.
rush is a college drop out.
There is more truth in each sentence said by rush than anything emmanuelle has ever said.
fdr benefited from economic collapse and obama intends to do the same.
Yes. Pigs’ ears for my dogs. I always check the label to make sure dog treats aren’t made in China, Columbia, Thailand, etc.
Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis - Cloward-Piven Strategy
Connect Cloward-Piven to the Rham Emanuel statement that no crisis should go unexploited and we see what is in store for Amerika. And it really pisses me off that black voters seem to like that future! Affirmative action has made rancid a segment of this culture.
I wonder if blacks think they will benefit from an economic collapse of the US and the world? I can’t quite understand the logic in thinking that making rich people paupers will help poor people prosper???
White House fires back at Rush Limbaugh
The Hill | 03/02/09 | Sam Youngman
Posted on 03/03/2009 5:58:56 AM PST by Sig Sauer P220
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2198042/posts
Barack Obama’s push: Make Rush Limbaugh appear to be the face of the GOP
Chicago Tribune | 3-2-09 | Peter Nicholas
Posted on 03/02/2009 9:27:45 PM PST by STARWISE
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2197909/posts
Federal Union Boss Calls Limbaugh’s Comments ‘Unacceptable’
Washington Post | March 3, 2009; 11:10 AM ET | Ed O’Keefe
Posted on 03/03/2009 11:11:38 AM PST by lewisglad
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2198307/posts
Jonah Goldberg: The Tired War on Rush Limbaugh
Los Angeles Times | March 3, 2009 | Jonah Goldberg
Posted on 03/03/2009 6:55:42 AM PST by kellynla
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2198089/posts
when did he say that?
That is NOT “amoral”, that’s a policy difference!
This is why Rush is so much better than Hannity or Savage. He’s got the perfect balance of both. Unlike Hannity, he doesn’t try to convert leftists or tries to give them “equal time.” And unlike Weiner, he doesn’t foam at the mouth.
Of course just a policy difference there is no moral component to selling out national sovereignty and encouraging the exploitation of the underclass. Just a policy difference.
You are assigning motives and making judgments that you’re not in a position to make.
Do you suppose the accusations you make are true of the church leaders supporting the same policies? Or are they just trying to fill the collection plate?
“Selling out” is your overheated rhetoric.
What you call exploitation they call opportunity.
You pretend to be upset because they work harder and get paid less.
They’re happy to able to work at all and get paid what they do.
Do I wish it were managed differetly with border control and a sensible path to citezenship? Yes.
Because it’s not, is that “amoral”? NO!
Oh, absolutely, Big Guy. I look forward to seeing the Pres and the Dems reap the benefits of promising to fix the economy and then actively making it worse. That’s always a winning move.
So you do not think the fact we have “infidel” troops in their most holy place is offensive to them? I think so. It does not justify terrorism- nothing does, of course -but knowing your enemy’s motivations is important.
Paul is for small government, limited to its constitutional duties. I think having troops in foreign countries without a declaration of war is wrong. Obama, Bush and other big government advocates disagree with me on this one.
Yeah, they probably are trying to fill the collection plate. Some church "leaders" are very generous with other people's money and are very compassionate as long as they don't have to experience the consequences of their "compassion".
What you call exploitation they call opportunity.
Actually I call it exploitation because it IS exploitation.
You pretend to be upset because they work harder and get paid less. They’re happy to able to work at all and get paid what they do.
Americans and LEGAL immigrants work just as hard as Illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants get paid less because their employers can EXPLOIT their illegal status and pay them much less.
I suggest you read Mexifornia: A State of Becoming by Victor Davis Hanson (unlike me, a man not prone to overheated rhetoric)who lays out why illegal immigration is KILLING this country.
"The really perilous course lies in preserving the status quo and institutionalizing our past failed policies: open borders, unlimited immigration, dependence on cheap and illegal labor, obsequious deference to Mexico City, erosion of legal statutes, multiculturalism in our schools, and a general breakdown in the old assimilationist model."
“We shouldn’t do anything to offend terrorists. We should quit supporting the only democracy in the ME (Israel) and we should allow the Muslims to take over our country and “convert” all of “infidels” at the point of a sword.”
Yes, that is exactly what I said word for word, Your dictation skills are as impressive as your intellect
Seriously, what do Saudi bases have do with Israel? The Saudis are not a democracy. The bases are there to protect the oil mafia’s interests, not Israel. Get it?
Paul voted to attack after 9-11. He also recommended the exact right action: to go in and bring the terrorists to justice via a Letter of Marque and Reprisal. Treat them like the criminals they are. Instead, AlQaeda has taken over Pakistan too. But without the WOT, the war mafia would not have cashed in
Democrats like big government. Republicans like small government expect when to makes their pet issue cronies money. Simple
so, when did Paul say “we deserve whatever terrorism we get” (or anything approaching it). Show me an article, etc. Or are you making it up?
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