Rush Limbaugh is a Hater (and it’s racially-motivated)!
Written by: Kim Sawyer
Rush Limbaugh is trying to start a race war! Yep, I said it. Why else would he make the following statement, “We are being told that we have to hope he succeeds, that we have to bend over, grab the ankles, bend over forward, backward, whichever, because his father was black, because this is the first black president.” For those of you who are unaware, President Obama and Rush Limbaugh have been having a war of words for the last couple of weeks. For instance, Rush said he hopes the President fails; the President responded by telling people not to listen to Rush. Whatever. Personally, I think President Obama should’ve taken the high road and not responded to that idiot Limbaugh, but I can certainly understand why he did.
Don’t get me wrong, I am all for freedom of speech. I think everyone is entitled to their opinion and should be able to voice them. However, when you do voice them, be very aware that there may be backlash against what you have to say, and in this Rush Limbaugh instance, backlash is called for! Also, it should be noted that more times than not, those people who ALWAYS have something to say about someone or something, usually cannot take criticism when it’s pointed back at them.
He (Rush Limbaugh) has said that he was over President Obama being the first Black president soon after Obama was elected. But based on his statement above, has he really? I think not! By saying what he said, he knows he’s going to rile up some of those racist idiots out there who already think White people are losing ground (can we say delusional)?! But, Rush doesn’t care! He’s just hating on President Obama so much! All I can say is, get over it Rush! President Obama is here for a minimum of four years. Instead of hoping that his presidency fails, why don’t you hope that he makes a change to help this country get back on its feet?! Ugh, people like Rush Limbaugh irritate the the heck out of me! Can you tell? On a final note, with people like Rush Limbaugh continuously spewing their hatred, we, as a people, and a country, will never come together and be on one accord! It’s gonna take a whole new world to make that happen.
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February 3rd, 2009 at 6:59 am
I just feel sorry for the people who hate President Obama. They’re sore losers. They’re racists. They’re pitiful people who don’t warrant a response or any emotion besides pity.
They are the poor in spirit and their suffering is all of their own making. They are unable to appreciate how good they have it.
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February 3rd, 2009 at 7:27 am
Kim, call me slow but what does this statement mean: that we have to bend over, grab the ankles, bend over forward, backward, whichever, because his father was black, because this is the first black president. I don’t understand. It sounds stupid, but what does it mean? Please explain
February 3rd, 2009 at 7:31 am
@Kathy: I believe that what RL is expressing is his extreme jealousy for the immense popularity that President Obama enjoys.
February 3rd, 2009 at 7:48 am
Kathy, you’re not slow at all. That statement means he’s making his dislike for President Obama about race – not about his qualifications to run this country! He knows people are hopeful because President Obama stands for a change- a complete opposite of the last 8 years that Bush presided over. And Rush is just hating!
February 3rd, 2009 at 7:50 am
Hey Richard. If people are against President Obama because of his policies, that’s one thing. And I can respect that. But so many people are making it about his race, but trying to disguise it as something else, which is totally wrong!
February 3rd, 2009 at 10:02 am
(To Richard) I’m not trying to start anything here, but I wouldn’t say that people who hate Obama are racists that’s a bit of a stretch to just lump everyone into one category. Does that make you any better than anyone else? A lot of people hated Bush based on your logic that makes them all racists and I just find that hard to swallow.
February 3rd, 2009 at 10:16 am
Kim and Richard, thank you for explaining. I understand his jealousy and dislike and hatred and mean-spiritedness, I just didn’t understand all that tomfoolery about grabbing the ankles and bending over. I still am not quite sure what that means/symbolizes?
He’s a bad man.
February 3rd, 2009 at 10:25 am
@Aaron: RL specifically refers to Obama being black. It’s all about race for RL. I haven’t yet come across a person who is against Obama who is not a racist.
@Kathy: it’s a gay reference. It’s just pure ridicule. Nothing much to understand. It’s just plain juvenile. I think RL is probably (still) on drugs.
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February 3rd, 2009 at 11:15 am
Richard- So if I don’t share your man crush for Obama that makes me a racists? Yeah I don’t think so. I don’t have to like Obama I don’t have to like his politics and if I choose to be that way it in no way makes me or someone else a racists. You didn’t respond when i asked if people who hate Bush are racists. I’m just having a hard time following your logic on this one.
I’m not even commenting on Rush, I could care less what Rush has to say. I’d say Rush is doing his job by creating controvesy that’s what he does. But I again I could care less what he has to say, I make my own opinions I don’t need to be told what or who I should or shouldn’t support.
February 3rd, 2009 at 11:33 am
Hey Aaron. Your opinion is valued on 7DayBuzz. I agree with you that Rush is definitely doing his job by creating controversy. That’s what he’s best at doing:–)
February 3rd, 2009 at 11:45 am
Aaron you sound so angry. What are you angry about? Obama? Richard? Life?
February 3rd, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Kathy I’m not angry at all. My problem was with the catergorizing of people if they don’t like/hate Obama. I don’t have a problem with Obama, but I really haven’t seen much done, I know it’s early so I’ll wait and see what happens. I’m not talking about Rush or what he says or does, I’m talking about real America and that’s folks like you and I. I have a problem when people take the stance that because we have a black president now if you dislike or hate him it makes you a racists. I’m not saying that some out there are using certain issues and what not to disguise why they don’t like him but how much of our population is really that way.
I’m not dumb and by no means do I think that racism doesn’t exist even today. I just think it’s crazy the way people can throw the term around now and think that there is no consequence to saying it, no matter who it’s directed towards.
February 3rd, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Aaron, I do understand what you are saying.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:26 am
Richard,
I’m very surprised at this comment, normally your responses are intellectual and reasonably well thought out. This is border line stupidity if I’ve ever seen it.
So you’re calling me a racist? I oppose Obama and most of what he stands for. So if your comment is true I should be wearing a white sheet over my head with a bunch of clan members.
The only portion of your comment that warrants any kind of validity is they’re are a lot of people who are unable to appreciate how good they have it but it’s certainly not isolated to those who oppose the majesty that is Mr. Obama.
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February 5th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Kim,
This is a bit much for even you. I honestly have to wonder if any of you watched this interview in it’s entirety? Wait, it was on Fox News (conservative network) and featured the voice of conservatism Rush Limbaugh so I’m going guess that you haven’t.
His comments couldn’t be further from racism. Rush Limbaugh doesn’t care about skin color he cares about being right. He’s made his living preaching conservatism and has seldom wavered from his political stance. It’s not about Barak being black, it’s about his policies which for the most part is the opposite of Limbaugh. Watch the entire interview and actually listen to what he says.
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February 5th, 2009 at 9:38 am
Hey Ryan, where ya been? I was wondering when you were going to comment. You and I disagree wholeheartedly on President Obama and that’s fine. So, here’s another area where we’re going to disagree – Rush Limbaugh. He says some of the stupidest stuff – like the statement he made about President Obama. He could’ve kept it at his conservatism and political stance without mentioning race. To me, he’s protesting a little too much that the fact that President Obama is Black doesn’t bother him. That makes him suspect, in my eyes, hence my post.
Just for clarification, I do watch Fox News and believe it or not, I like Bill O’Reilly. He keeps it real. Of course, I don’t agree with everything he says, but he doesn’t discriminate (against Democrats or Republicans). I can appreciate that. Rush Limbaugh doesn’t do that. If he did, maybe my whole view on his rantings about President Obama would be different.
February 5th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Kim,
I’ve been on vacation with 20+ hours of driving or I would have commented earlier. We certainly see Obama in a different light. Let’s recap though, what exactly has he accomplished? The first black president, which has been thoroughly covered but what else? His cabinet picks and contaminated stimulus package aren’t what I’d call a great start.
I am a bit shocked to hear you watch Fox news and I don’t disagree that Rush Limbaugh says some stupid things. He made me sick to my stomach when he was applauding oil companies on there record profits back when gas was $4.00 a gallon. Just like the liberal media, rhetoric is a common occurrence which makes deciphering the truth very difficult. I enjoy listening to Rush because he has an amazing research team who surface some great information that otherwise might remain hidden. However, I take Rush with a grain of salt. If he says something I research it before chalking it off as truth instead of rhetoric. He at one point was proclaiming that hybrids cause more damage to the environment than Hummers which was solely based on the hybrids use of nickel cadium batteries which hadn’t been used in hybrids for years. So was there some truth? A little but he used an out of date article to support his argument. Make no mistake, the news media does the exact same thing.
I don’t think I ever mentioned this before but I actually was very excited about Barack running for president when I first heard about it. I thought to myself, this would be great a black president. That was until I learned of his policies and views which is going to drive us into a country that relies on government for every function of our lives. This guy is spending like we have a surplus.
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February 5th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Richard,
Here’s another racist for you.
http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=njyco0×2xv
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February 5th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Ryan, I have layers:–) Seriously, I just like to be informed and getting it from one source doesn’t cut it for me. I’m glad to hear you were for President Obama initially – there’s hope for you yet.:–) You should comment on the post about keeping score on President Obama. I have at 2 to 1.
February 5th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
I certainly will. I’m visiting with my brand new nephew right now but will read and comment on that post tonight.
February 6th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
I”m new to the world of blogging and became acquainted with 7daybuzz through my son, Ryan Kazinec. He actually drug me kicking and screaming into blogging but I’m starting to enjoy it now. I just had to jump into this Rush Limbaugh discussion because I used to hate the guy even though I didn’t listen to him. I also used to be a democrat and loved going to the polls to cancel out my husbands conservative vote every election. After 9/11 I began to rethink everything and started listening to conservative people like Rush because I needed some answers and I wasn’t getting any from my usual sources. I learned things from him that helped me get through those tough times. He’s offensive sometimes but that doesn’t make him a racist or an idiot. When we can no longer tolerate the opinions of others we lose everything that this country was founded on. Another thing that no one seems to talk about is the fact that Obama is only half black. How can anyone really be accused of racism against someone who is half white and half black? My problem with Obama has nothing to do with race. I think it’s great that we elected a black man because it speaks volumes for how far our country has come. But let’s stop moving backwards by accusing everyone who disagrees with Obama of being a racist and hating everyone who disagrees with us. That would be real progress.
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February 6th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Hi Miss Elaine. Welcome to 7DayBuzz and the world of blogging. Thanks for visiting our blog and voicing your opinion. Your son adds great insight into our blog and based on your comment, I see you will do the same. Welcome again.
Okay, here’s what I think. First, let me address your question, “How can anyone really be accused of racism against someone who is half white and half black?” Unfortunately, our country dictates and has dictated for years (going back to slavery days) that if a person has 1 drop of Black blood in them, they are Black. In the present days, I’m sure people will try to say that’s not the case, BUT there are so many examples that show this is still practiced (i.e. Halle Berry’s mom is White, Dad is Black. She is labeled a Black Actress. Mariah Carey’s mom is White, Dad is Black. She’s labeled a Black singer. Tiger Wood’s mom is Asian, Dad is Black. He’s labeled a Black golfer). I could go on and on, but do you see where I’m going here?
Okay, now let me address your thoughts on Rush. I respect your opinion. And to some extent (very little), I respect Rush’s opinion in the sense that I think everyone is entitled to their opinion. But, what I’m referencing in my post above, I truly believe he is being borderline racist AND an idiot. As I’ve stated before, he could’ve ranted and raved about his disagreeing with President Obama’s policies without mentioning race. At this point, race should be irrelevant, you know what I mean?
Lastly, for the record, I don’t believe that everyone who disagrees with President Obama is being racist because I, myself, disagree with some of the President’s policies and I am a Black woman. In addition, I am not someone who is quick to put a label on someone. Unfortunately, in this case, as it relates to Rush Limbaugh, it’s warranted.
February 7th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Kim,
the only thing I would add is the role the media has played. I see your point with Halle Berry, Mariah Carey, Tiger, etc… but the problem with your assertions about Rush is the simple fact that the media has made Obama being black a MAJOR focus of his campaign, inauguration, and overall presidency. It’s been so bad that you can’t watch the news without them talking about his race which in my opinion benefited him by taking the focus away from his policies. My point being, when Rush said in the interview that he got over Obama being a black president soon after he was elected, I believe this was his way of saying he was sick of the media focusing solely on race and would like more focus to be applied to his policies.
Kim, this is slightly off topic but I’m really curious to see what you think about this video. If what Rush said is interpreted as racism how do you view this speech? Or more specifically how do you feel about what was said between 4:35 – 4:55?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pEH37JIgBU
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February 7th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
I remember this speech from the inauguration. I thought the the words spoken between 4:35 – 4:55 were inappropriate, at best. To me, the speech was interesting. If you’re asking me if I thought he was racist for saying what he said between 4:35 – 4:55, he can definitely be perceived that way, can’t he?:–) Go ahead Ryan, it’s okay – say it. You think he’s racist based on his speech, right?
February 7th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Well it’s not that easy. Even I can stop and think about the life this man must have lived, going through some horrible times. However, his words do insult me, a 27 year old white male. His speech seemed to label all whites and almost insinuates that we are still doing whats wrong. If anything, the fact that Obama won the presidency should speak loudly that things are no longer being done wrong and in my opinion haven’t been done wrong for quite some time now.
I think choosing some better rhymes in this speech would have been a good idea. I appreciate your honesty.
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February 7th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Hello Folks,
This is simple, Rush blames everything on minorities. He is reading the Hitler playbook. The Germans had trouble economically and Hitler gave a scapegoat. Rush uses his popularity to do the same thing. Example: new orleans. It’s the fault of Blacks that they lost everything. He states that Iowa recovered nicely. Rush will lead one half of the country to hate and despise the other half. I just hope that it does not develop into a civil war.
LS
February 8th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Hi Lamar. Welome to 7DayBuzz.
February 8th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Ok, Kim. I’ll agree that many people do see in color. I wasn’t raised that way but many people were. However, I have to disagree that Rush was way out of line for mentioning color when the media, politicians, and a large percentage of people in general have made this election and presidency about color. I agree that it shouldn’t be. Prior to this election I had never been approached beside my car and criticized for a campaign sticker or called an idiot, uninformed, prejudiced, and crazy just because I wasn’t supporting a certain candidate. I understand that emotions are running high this year so I shrug it off because everyone is entitled to their opinion even when it is (in my opinion) rude and uncalled for. So tell me, is it any worse to dislike, resent, or even hate someone for disagreeing with you than it is for their skin color? I would also like to say that I don’t think Obama is helping this problem by complaining to the media about conservative talk show hosts and their criticism. It’s unprofessional and it fuels the fire.
We need more respect and tolerance all the way around.
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February 8th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
First of all I would like to say that I don’t believe that everyone who doesn’t like Obama is racist. It would be impossible for me to make that statement with certainty even if it was close to being true. However, I also will not discount the (possibly) millions of people who do have a deep hatred for anyone who doesn’t have the same color skin as they do.
I hope I can relay this correctly: Rush Limbaugh has often said things that are controversial and show he is an idiot, but what we must realize is he is in no position to speak about some things related to race. When it comes to race, there is a massive amount of hurt out there that can only be understood if you have lived with nothing else your entire life. The hatred related to race brings about a sensitivity that is hard to explain.
I will say I can relate to being over Obama being the first black president, but I say it from a different perspective. If he doesn’t do well, I think it will never happen again. If he isn’t a huge success he will be considered a failure and many will associate it with his race. Anything better than that huge idiot who just left office has be considered a success.
Aaron isn’t an angry person, he just speaks his mind. He is actually pretty reserved most of the time.
February 8th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
We have a lot of problems in our country today and one of the biggest is a lack of responsibility . People in New Orleans were warned well ahead of time that a Cat 5 hurricane was coming directly at them and yet many chose to stay. I saw news coverage of people having “hurricane parties” and laughing at those who chose to evacuate. I understand that many did not have the means to leave but I also know that buses left empty because so many chose to stay. After the hurricane the behavior of many was unspeakable. I remember seeing one woman complain that the only thing they were being given to eat were MRE’s. (The same food our troops were eating in Iraq.) I grew up in Kansas and people there would be so grateful to know three days ahead that a tornado was coming to destroy their lives. They are lucky if they get a five minute warning. Those who chose to stay should share in some of the responsibility for their decisions and behavior.
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February 8th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
You may very well be right, but where were all the critics when Bush was sending men and women off to die so his family could make more money?
February 8th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
Tom,
I certainly hope you have some evidence to support your statement. If you do, I’d like to see it. Especially seeing how I have a good friend who is going back over seas for a third tour, as well as relatives who have served. Let’s just make sure you have a legitimate reason for accusing Bush’s family of profiting from death.
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February 9th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Hey Miss Elaine, I don’t think President Obama is complaining. I think he is saying, let’s all come together and make it the common goal to get out economy back on track. But, the conservative talk show hosts are bent on separatism. So, it’s fair play, right? If Rush Limbaugh can say he hopes President Obama fails, it’s only fair that President Obama recommend people not listen to Limbaugh’s talk show. Remember, if you point the finger, it’s guaranteed to be pointed back at you.
February 9th, 2009 at 8:22 am
Yeah, I can agree with this. It still doesn’t change the fact that help was very slow in coming after the levies broke. I think that’s what has/had people up in arms.
February 9th, 2009 at 9:39 am
What about Mississippi? Why did/does all the focus always go to New Orleans? It was 3 and a half years ago, rebuild or move. Stop complaing about what you did or didn’t get. I’ve been through my fair share of hurricanes and let me tell you if I’m told I need to leave, I leave. I’m just sayin.
February 9th, 2009 at 9:46 am
Hey thanks for getting me.
February 9th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Aaron, you’re right that MS is overlooked. I know how bad they were hit by the hurricane. Here’s the thing, Hurricane Katrina is not what flooded New Orleans, it was the levies that broke. Unfortunately, the media is what people read, listen to, etc. And the media focuses more on New Orleans instead of MS, so that’s why people relate Hurricane Katrina to New Orleans more than they do MS.
February 9th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Tom, I’m not sure where you were but I saw criticism of Bush every time I turned on the radio, tv, and everywhere I went. There were protests all over Sacramento almost everyday. I couldn’t even mail a letter at the post office without being accosted by protesters. It’s all I’ve heard for the last six years.
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February 9th, 2009 at 11:32 am
It sure sounds like complaining to me. I was actually listening to Rush that particular day and that comment was taken out of context. But regardless, I haven’t seen anything to change my mind about Obama yet. I am watching every day and hoping. But, right now, Obama’s on my television (fox news) trying to convince citizens to pressure their representatives to vote for more of the same under the guise of a stimulus package. A stimulus package that is still full of pork and unnecessary spending. I’m against that. Does that mean I’m trying to divide the country? And if we’re going to talk about finger pointing, lets talk about Sarah Palin for a minute. The liberal media crucified her and her family on a very personal basis but what would have happened if she had “recommended” that people stop listening to ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, and on and on. She would have been ridiculed and criticized even more than she was if that was possible. This works both ways.
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February 9th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
President Obama has not even been in the office for a month and people are hoping he fails! What does that say about those people? Give the man a chance – heck we gave Bush 8 years and he screwed this country up royally! You cannot discount the economy and the shape that it’s in no matter what and it all happened under Bush’s leadership. So, all President Obama is asking for is some sort of resemblance of people coming together to TRY and make things better. If, after 6 months, or better yet a year, things have not gotten better, then I would think those detractors and naysayers would have a firmer foundation to stand on with their criticisms, but now? Give the man a chance and not just for less than a month.
Regarding the stimulus package, yeah some of it is nonsense, but shoot. Bush gave banks $350 billion without even trying to oversee how that money was spent! If that wasn’t careless actions on his part, what do you call it? Now President Obama has to ask for more money. In my eyes, if the first $700 billion dollar stimulus package that Bush implemented was managed better, President Obama wouldn’t have to implement another stimulus package. Look at it like this, President Obama is cleaning up Bush’s mess as it relates to the first stimulus package.
Regarding Sarah Palin. What can I say? She looked good on the outside, but her mouth always got her into trouble. No one put the words in her mouth that she spoke in interviews. She made herself a ridicule by not knowing certain things. Come on now, just because she can see Russia from her backyard, she is an expert on Russian policies? What kind of foolish logic is that? If that’s not idiotic and ridiculous, I don’t know what is.
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February 9th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
When John McCain first chose Sarah “I can see Russia from my house” Palin as his running mate, I thought he might have found the angle to beat Obama. It was an inspired move – to choose a female VP candidate and court all those disaffected Hillary Clinton supporters who might, out of spite, vote for Palin / McCain.
Except he chose a woman who is a completely hopeless lost cause. That Alaskans could vote such a person into their governor’s office reveals much about them. Most of the rest of America was appalled at the possibility that this woman could represent them in any way.
She is so absolutely dumb and clueless that I can’t conceive of a good reason anyone would vote for her or McCain after the way she totally bombed on every interview. She is utterly and completely unfit to lead a nation, of any size. She is a bad joke in politics. She ought to be baking cakes for little league, not holding any important position in government.
So, that being the case, what reason would anyone choose to vote for her and John McCain, who is a missed heartbeat away from the grave? I have to assume that the biggest reason that motivated voters to vote for this idiot woman was because they didn’t want a black person to lead America. Deny it as much as you like. This is my opinion and until you can convince me of any good reason why you’d rather have such a moron such as Palin in office, rather than the superbly excellent Barack Obama, than I think the description of racist fits you to a Tee.
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February 9th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
This discussion has become so juicy, it’s good reading! Each and every point seems valid to the person that is making it but let me agree with something Tom said that I believe is true and so sad, if Obama doesn’t do well, it will be years and years and some more years until another minority holds that office.
I was in a small minority of African Americans that, early on, didn’t want Obama to win although I am a 100% Obama fan/supporter. My one and only reason for not wanting him, I fear for him making mistakes or not doing what people think he should do and then being overly persecuted; and being black WILL make him receive double or triple persecution, and you know I’m telling the truth! He is such a good guy, my heart can’t take watching him being stoned to death for a mistake, when the last guy walked away unscathed! I pray for him daily.
Wonder if anybody or anything intimidates Rush. He needs to be shut down…
February 9th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Amazing after all these days and wonderful post by everyone on here you are still spouting your love Obama or you are a racist garbage. Sing a new song Richard I’m growing tired of this one. Here a label you might like and I came up with it based on this and I quote regarding Sarah Palin you said: She ought to be baking cakes for little league, not holding any important position in government. The only label I can think of for a remark like that is sexist. Way to set back the Women’s movement.
So you are saying since she’s such an idiot and can’t do anything right then she should just go home and bake some cakes. You know there are some women out there who like to bake cakes for their families and little leaguers. I don’t see how that’s a bad thing. You are the idiot, you come on here spouting off all about how bad everyone else is because they don’t agree with you and then you go and trash someone with a sexist remark because you don’t like them.
I’m just running out of things to say to you because I just can’t believe the garbage you spout back. I’m done.
February 9th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
I thought the first bailout was a terrible idea and I feel the same way about this one. I thought Bush made a huge mistake pushing it through but he certainly didn’t push it through on his own. I seem to remember that all but a handful of our leaders voted for it. Barney Frank and Chris Dodd were the impetus behind the bad loans that got us into this mess in the first place so maybe we should be talking about them too. If it didn’t work the first time why don’t we learn from our mistakes instead of doing it again. (Especially when the majority of Americans are against it.) History proves that this is not the way to solve the problems we are drowning in.
In regards to Sarah Palin, if she’s such an imbecile, why is Alaska in better shape than any of the lower 48? I have a friend who owns a fly in hunting lodge there and they have nothing but praise for what Palin has accomplished for their state. But the real question is, why is it alright for everyone to attack her or other politicians, but not Obama? Bush was certainly fair game. There seems to be a double standard here.
I would also like to say that if we’re going to shut down Rush, why stop there? If we start silencing everyone who speaks out against our government we are just a step away from a dictatorship. Does anyone really want that? Freedom of speech is what allows us to have this discussion we’re enjoying now.
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February 9th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Do you really think Bush was fair game? If you do, you must not realize how bad he was as president. I can’t imagine anyone being a worse president in my lifetime.
This stimulus package does need to be retooled and I think that is what they are trying to do. I think Obama’s main point right now is that we need to do something to help. If we are to compare this one to the bailout plan we have to use some common sense. Would you give your child $1000 to go get something, he/she comes back with nothing and you don’t at least get a receipt? $350 billion gone and where was it used? Those are the kinds of things that happened under Bush.
Black, white, purple, yellow or blue, we should all be happy to be rid of one of history’s biggest idiots!
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February 9th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
The reason why America is bailing out key banks and corporations is because the consequences of just letting them fail are too awful to contemplate. That is in fact what happened during the early 1930s and precipitated the Great Depression.
The GD was caused by a domino effect of one large failure taking down the next, until failure became endemic and the system fell apart and had to be painstakingly rebuilt. The GD was not just an American phenomenon. Although it began in the United States, it spread to the rest of the world because economies depend upon each other.
Roosevelt’s New Deal was essentially one large stimulus package, but it took the onset of WWII to finally cure it. The reason that WWII cured the GD was because war is all about spending enormous amounts of public money to build up an economy designed to deliver the maximum amount of war materiel (sic).
If Palin is doing such a great job for Alaska, let her continue doing it, but she proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that she is not fit to occupy the Whitehouse in any executive position. A POTUS has to be eloquent and appear knowledgeable. She didn’t even know what the position of Vice President entailed. She thought she would be sitting around on her ass all day long knitting.
Bush was the most ineloquent POTUS the American people have ever elected, and let me tell you it made you look like a horse’s ass to the entire world. So far, Bill Clinton has been the best US President ever. During his two terms, America experienced unprecedented economic prosperity.
Typically, in recent times, Democratic Party Presidents will build the economy and Americans will become richer, even though they also typically impose higher taxes, especially on the higher earners. Republic Presidents will burn the economy down and make the lower earners pay more tax and give tax breaks to the rich.
Nevermind shutting down Rush, Americans need to shut down all Americans who continually vote in Republicans, because they are the root cause of all your ills.
The only Republican president who did some good was Ronald Reagan.
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February 10th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Look at you Richard – dropping knowledge! Go ‘head:–)
February 10th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Hey Everyone. Good morning to you. This was a great discussion! Thank you all for contributing and I look forward to more of these types of debates. :–)
March 4th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
No, Bush was not hated as much as pitied. He was a very dim bulb. Bush just lead us down a lot of wrong roads. I think he had a learning disability really. So I do not hate him never did…Cheeny that is another matter. Bush was always seen by me as taking orders from Cheeny. He got bad advice and could not distingush what was good or bad after awhile.
March 4th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Rush is funny. Don’t you think he is looking like Gorhing every day. I did not realize he gained all that weight back til he jumped up in DC at the conference and the house we owned in Maryland shock from side to side. Think it was a 3.0 on the Richter.
Keep up the good work Rush. I am sure they will get you to run for office one of these days. That way you can really be a change agent. You will have voters to make sure you stay in line and some might even be Democrats. You would have to answer questions from all the folks not just the hand picked ditto heads. That will be fun to watch.
March 4th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Why don’t you come back with some valid reasons or facts for why you dislike Rush Limbaugh. Then we can have a discussion. Rush has open line Friday every week so why don’t you call in and talk to him. He’ll be happy to answer your hard questions. He has invited Obama to be on his show but he continues to decline the invitation. I don’t think Rush is the one who’s afraid to answer tough questions. He’d probably even tell you why he’s gained weight and the answer might surprise you.
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March 4th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
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