Obama v Limbaugh

This week's media feud between Barack Obama and Rush Limbaugh has far more significance than you might suspect. When Limbaugh came out with his reaction to the possibility of a successful left-leaning Obama administration with a heartfelt and purposefully incendiary "I hope he fails", it was the first shot in an inevitable war.

Dismissed as a mere right-wing blowhard by much of the left, Limbaugh is perhaps the closest thing to a unifying voice in the American conservative movement. His syndicated radio show is on the air for three hours a day Monday through Friday in hundreds of markets: 15 hours a week of solid commentary and opinion with no holds barred. He is the highlight of the rural American lunch hour, and his strong, confident voice can be heard in mechanic's shops, petrol stations and barbershops every day. He is – as he claims – an excellent broadcaster, a shameless and skilful self-promoter and a mover and shaker among the conservative elite. One or two marriages ago, he was wed to his bride under the auspices of supreme court justice Clarence Thomas. Last time I checked, that was a hard booking to get.

Limbaugh first came to prominence as a force in national politics in the 1994 elections, which brought a Contract With America-waving Republican majority to Congress. That deprived Bill Clinton of the agreeable legislature he wanted for his reform. After that, Limbaugh was a perpetual thorn in the Clintons' sides, ultimately leading to Bill Clinton's impeachment and setting the stage for the controversial election of George Bush. Limbaugh was instrumental in convincing the right-wing rank-and-file to support the Patriot Act, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and a possible air raid on Iran. Long the target of liberal efforts to neutralise him, he has managed to endure countless attempts to discredit him and kept his broadcast empire growing.

That is why Obama wisely chose him, of all the pundits, to pick a fight with so early in his administration. The sooner he can eliminate Limbaugh as a politically significant force, the closer he will be to enacting reforms. His timing was impeccable – he did it on a Friday, after Rush's show was over for the week, which gave the media cycle time to turn a few rotations before Rush could respond. Obama's attack was swift and direct, using Limbaugh as an example of allowing ideology to substitute for pragmatism in a time of crisis. "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done," he said during a meeting to encourage Republican lawmakers to support his economic stimulus plan.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/jan/27/barack-obama-rush-limbaugh

He has a powerful, loyal following. Remember, more than half of the US has an IQ of 100 or less.

If no decent Republicans will stand up to him (I think there has been none in 20 years), then it's time somebody eliminate the pox on the body politic that is and has been Rush Limbaugh. Looks like the President of the United States recognizes that if we are ever to move forward, Rush has to go. I do believe that Barack recognizes that Rush is a cheap bully and most of all, a coward of the first degree who can't take genuine heat. The President of the United States is applying it. Somebody had to do it.

someone legit without it being his fucking show. Put his fat stupid phony ass up on stage with a real liberal and watch him get nationally embarrassed. If there is one thing I have learned in my life time it is that right wingers and conservatives can't back their shit up. They are liars and cowards.

...the Lion versus the drug-addled, oxycontin-chugging, viagra-swilling, boy-buggering fat bag o' shit.

:rofl:

'course, he has gone that route since he started.

Time to get behind a real President.

An adult in the WH. ;)



Move on, Limpballs.

It feeds his already overinflated ego.

He brags about how important and feared he is

I listen to him practically every day and I'm amazed at how much time he spends talking about how wonderful he is.

I can't stand him, but I guess I want to hear how totally wacko he is. What I can't understand is how many people fall for his lies and follow his pronouncements so slavishly.


:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

microphone on a cake at their private lunch (only other was gillespie) a week before the innauguration. rush described it proudly. what was bush pissed at? did rush lose the election by insisting on the talk radio queen, palin?

The Kenny Lay of talk radio.

Or so I hear on those internets tubes.

:thumbsup:

a great summary, chino, thanks. no one better represents the principles and morals of the GOP better and no one has done more to bring the GOP, and the country, to where we are now.

obama did what clinton, gore, and kerry should have done and he has acknowledged limbaugh as the leader of the GOP. it really is the Party of Limbaugh.

getting obama's back starts with calls complaints boycotts and picketing at the 1000 RW radio stations that blast the country with coordinated UNCONTESTED repetition 24/7/365. that's where the republican groundwork is done.

One's an overheated Nazi gasbag, and the other is a dirigible!

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and we're going to take away all your guns and give you teh gay.
Your mom's kinda hot, too...:evilgrin:

There is little that anyone can do to prove to his followers that he is unworthy of any attention. There is a sucker born ever minute and he fleecing the yokels.

But, as irritating as he is, you can be assured that in the long run he will have hurt the Republican Party for more than he has helped. The future is always with the youth of the nation and it is very evident that the vast majority of young people are not impressed with his ideological bull crap.

He will attract a certain percentage of "Jesus Camp" brain washed Evangelical brats, but the majority of young people will in the end reject him. So, let him rant, he is proving to be a valuable service in totally discrediting todays Fascist Republican party that is dominated by ignorant Southern racists and Bible Thumpers.