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cali

(114,904 posts)
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 05:19 PM Sep 2012

Rush Limbaugh: Chicago strike is Democratic ‘setup’

Rush Limbaugh said Monday a strike by the 26,000-member Chicago Teachers’ Union was nothing but a ploy to help President Barack Obama’s reelection.

“Let’s just see how long this thing goes on, and let’s see how it gets solved,” the conservative talk show host said on his radio show. “Anybody want to bet against me that Obama’s the one that gets credit for this, in a few short days? Anybody want to bet that there might be a little bit of violence and finally Obama will have to move in and do something? He and [Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel] will figure this out so they get credit for solving it. Because, I tell you: There is no union that is gonna go on strike right now for the express purpose of harming Barack Obama.”

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“You watch,” Limbaugh predicted, according to a transcript. “Rahm Emanuel himself is the guy who said, ‘Never let a crisis go to waste.’ We know that the unions, Obama and Rahm Emanuel, the Democrats, are in bed with each other. So this, to me, I think it’s a perfect setup.”

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“I’m warning you right now,” he said. “You haven’t seen anything until you see the PR surrounding Obama solving the teacher strike, and then the video of the little kiddies going back to school. They’re gonna be singing Obama songs.”



Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/80997.html#ixzz266VZnIcM

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Rush Limbaugh: Chicago strike is Democratic ‘setup’ (Original Post) cali Sep 2012 OP
Has Rush ever been right with his drug induced hallucinations? /nt Drale Sep 2012 #1
Source: Pig Boy WhoIsNumberNone Sep 2012 #2
poor guy veganlush Sep 2012 #3
What's Rush's Zip Code? Cahow Sep 2012 #4
Everything is a trap with this guy MrScorpio Sep 2012 #5

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
2. Source: Pig Boy
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 05:27 PM
Sep 2012

That's all you need to know. Any truth in his broadcast is purely coincidental. His word ain't worth shit.

Cahow

(14 posts)
4. What's Rush's Zip Code?
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 05:28 PM
Sep 2012

What does a Palm Beach, Florida, 61 year old care about Chicago's Teacher Strike?

You plannin' on movin' and havin' some youngins, Rush?

MrScorpio

(73,626 posts)
5. Everything is a trap with this guy
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 05:29 PM
Sep 2012

He's obviously attended the Admiral Akbar School of Political Analysis

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