CNN: Limbaugh’s angry, sinister speech “crossed a line”
posted at 12:32 pm on March 1, 2009 by Allahpundit
I haven’t had time to watch the speech but doubtless those who have will have plenty to say in response in the comments. I did see that Rush revisited his point about wanting The One to fail, which gives the media ample excuse to run with it, sans context, for another week. Stephanopoulos used it to make Cantor squirm on “This Week” this morning and Rahm Emanuel took full advantage by painting the GOP as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rush Inc. All part of the strategy to make the party’s approval rating among independents look like Limbaugh’s does.
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The same global warming that is about to drop 10 to 14 inches of snow on NY in the next 24 hours????
doriangrey on March 1, 2009 at 2:59 PM
No, that New Global Economic Deal.
Be_Aware on March 1, 2009 at 3:02 PM
It’s snowing in Alabama that is a little deeper south and not what you would expect for the 1st of March. Al Gore is a typical politicians he promises things he will never deliver like Global Warming.
http://youhavetobethistalltogoonthisride.blogspot.com/2009/03/al-gore-where-is-that-global-warming.html
Dr Evil on March 1, 2009 at 3:48 PM
( too easy, but….)
themselves. Who else do liberals ever really listen to?
Janos Hunyadi on March 1, 2009 at 3:49 PM
Independents, “centrists” can get the hell out, start your own party. Hey, I know, the party of indecision, The Indecisive party!
Easydoesit on March 1, 2009 at 3:49 PM
Bill Schneider lies. Rush did say that it was the policies that he wanted to fail.
Rose on March 1, 2009 at 4:06 PM
You know what’s really funny. Tomorrow in D.C. is supposed to be the biggest ever protest over global warming!
Just as D.C. braces for a March snowstorm.
God truly has a sense of irony!
INC on March 1, 2009 at 4:09 PM
GOP needs to grow a pair. Stop being embarrassed by Rush and start fighting the Devil.
promachus on March 1, 2009 at 4:10 PM
D.C. forecast:
Winter Storm Warning for Washington, DC
Winter Storm Warning until 2 pm EST Monday
AM Snow / Wind High
28° F
Precip: 70%
Windy. Snow will end during the morning giving way to mostly cloudy conditions during the afternoon. Cold. High 28F. Winds NNW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of snow 70%. About one inch of snow expected.
INC on March 1, 2009 at 4:12 PM
For goodness sake! Please elected Republican officials and paid spokes people for the RNC, huddle up. Rush Limbaugh is a talk show host. Every time the MSM tries to make said people responsible for what Rush says, they should repeat that with a blank stare. Why in the world would Rep. Cantor or Mr. Steele have to explain Mr. Limbaugh or any other citizen of the U.S.? They should be shocked at the interviewer that can’t tell the difference between and entertainer and an elected official AND THEY SHOULDN’T EXPAND ON IT. Sometimes the folks in the Republican party are to stupid to breathe.
As for Mr. Huckabee being our next candidate, a poster on a thread last night (Limbaugh, I am sure) stated that Mr. Huckabee went on Geraldo’s show and threw the participants of CPAC under the bus. I have no way of knowing if this is an accurate portrayal. Maybe Allah could look into it for us.
Cindy Munford on March 1, 2009 at 4:15 PM
You know what’s really funny. Tomorrow in D.C. is supposed to be the biggest ever protest over global warming!
Just as D.C. braces for a March snowstorm.
God truly has a sense of irony!
INC on March 1, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Is the MSM covering this at all? I mean it’s pretty funny. There are photos of the Alabamans making snowmen!
Dr Evil on March 1, 2009 at 4:23 PM
<blockquoteGive me a break. Cantor got a 100% vote against the Porkulus. And you want to throw him out because he won’t parrot Rush Limbaugh?
rockmom on March 1, 2009 at 1:51 PM
so did john mccain. Cantor is afraid to speak the truth. Rush did not say he wanted the man Obama to fail, he said he want any polices that are not conservative to fail, Obama’s polices are not conservative, so he want them to fail. you should want him to fail also. we need our leaders to have stones and stand up and fight against this bull sh^% and offer better plans. Why don’t you call Cantor and have him work to get all the earmarks our party put into this spending bill that just past the congress. their all a bunch of punks. any republican that put earmarks in the spending plan should go. It is time people its time to stand and fight, not when it is PC but all the time. Write Cantor and let him know, “GROW SOME STONES” A bunch of PC bull sh^%
kara26 on March 1, 2009 at 4:27 PM
INC on March 1, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Wouldn’t it be great if tomorrow Hot Air or Michelle Malkin used these photos in this slide show, on a post contrasting Protesters in D.C. and their Global Warming Protest. I mean the Alabamans Deep South, are happily making snowmen…too funny.
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/03/as_much_as_four_inches.html
Dr Evil on March 1, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Rush was fabulous, passionate and true, and so fun to see Schneider report with his “concerned” face on, wide open eyes of a baby, little mouth pursed in disapproval…the Dems, this sniveling media, can’t handle clarity, assertiveness, conviction, straight talk…anything RIGHT. Theirs is a world of nuance …God help US.
Lois Grobb on March 1, 2009 at 4:31 PM
It has been snowing for the past 6 hours in Atlanta. Yes indeed, global warming.
angryed on March 1, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Look at their website, I thought I had been transported back to Mother Russia:) Oh Please Allah put something together this is too Rich.
http://www.capitolclimateaction.org/
Dr Evil on March 1, 2009 at 4:37 PM
And Allah Doesn’t believe in God yes Allah there is a God and he has a really good sense of humor. The Weather outlook for D.C. Tomorrow….I hope those civil disobedient Global Warming Bots, bundle up…or not who am I to dictate their clothing choices:)
http://www.examiner.com/x-1586-Baltimore-Weather-Examiner
Dr Evil on March 1, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Leading one to question WTF are the other 43% smoking?
angryed on March 1, 2009 at 4:43 PM
race time by
Be_Aware on March 1, 2009 at 4:45 PM
That Cantor could be forced into a corner to throw Rush under the bus really angers me. We have so many politicians that are so afraid of the press, that we are all going under. What happened to people who could stand up to the press? The press has a pretty low approval rating in opinion polls. Why can’t conservatives turn the questions around on them and show their audiences that they are biased and lying? The best ones doing this are Rush and Ann Coulter. (In fact, I think Ann does it even better than Rush!) Seems to me that Ann should gather all the conservative politicians in a room and teach them not to throw fellow conservatives under the bus to be popular with the Drive By Media!
Christian Conservative on March 1, 2009 at 4:45 PM
bye ;)
Be_Aware on March 1, 2009 at 4:45 PM
I have a mea culpa. I am I Christian and a conservative, and I thought I belonged to the Christian Conservative contingent. But after reading the following article and comments at Beliefnet.com (http://blog.beliefnet.com/crunchycon/2009/03/cpac-white-kids-on-dope.html), I may be a Christian and a Conservative, but I would NEVER politically align myself with these people. I need to step back and rethink how my Christianity relates to my Conservativism. Anyone else creeped out by this?
Kalifornia Kafir on March 1, 2009 at 4:59 PM
How many of you saw Bill Schneider’s appearances on the Muppet Show?
http://www.ariva.de/board/anonymize/http:/newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40032000/jpg/_40032936_muppet_henson_203.jpg
jgapinoy on March 1, 2009 at 5:03 PM
oops–link address too long.
You’ll have to copy & paste:
http://www.ariva.de/board/anonymize/http:/newsimg.bbc.co.uk/
media/images/40032000/jpg/_40032936_muppet_henson_203.jpg
jgapinoy on March 1, 2009 at 5:05 PM
I’m also a Christian (conservative theologically) and a conservative (politically). The few times I’ve been to it, I’ve never thought much of what was on beliefnet. The site itself is not Christian, it’s a multi-culti clearing house for beliefs about whatever.
As for Rod Dreher, I’ve never been impressed much with his opinions.
Read and discern.
INC on March 1, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Look who is getting religion…are you paying attention Allah?
http://sarah-palin-2012.blogspot.com/2009/01/its-time-to-pray-for-global-warming.html
Dr Evil on March 1, 2009 at 5:26 PM
Rush Limbaugh’s upbeat, informative speech did indeed cross a line. It crossed the socialist liberals line, and told them what they could do with their failed ideology.
I’m eagerly awaiting the cable ratings of Rushes segment. I’m certain that CNN lost Big Time! BWAHAHahahahaha….
DannoJyd on March 1, 2009 at 5:28 PM
In defense of AP, what he wrote in the post is nothing that wouldn’t be expected of the media regardless of what Rush had said. His mere presence at CPAC would be enough to make CNN start running a message crawl at the bottom about Rush’s “I want him to fail” line. They’ll use any excuse to regurgitate that out-of-context phrase, which was AP’s point.
As for the speech itself, could have been shorter and more focused. You could tell Rush was having trouble getting out of his behind-the-mic mode, easily flying off on a tangent. And while he really is an entertainer, I would have preferred more streamlined substance that clearly highlighted the differences between conservatism and just about everything else these days. At least, that’s what I think would have been most effective as a real “first national address” for those who may have never heard him before except for what the media has chosen to play. All in all, though, as a conservative (his target audience, after all, for this speech) I really was motivated by the speech.
JoelD on March 1, 2009 at 5:34 PM
I don’t really give a damn what the liberal media thinks. I thought the speech was phenomenal. Rush tore the roof off the joint.
jonezee on March 1, 2009 at 5:38 PM
CNN aired it also.
jgapinoy on March 1, 2009 at 5:40 PM
Embarrassed? By Rush? Please.
I couldn’t be prouder of Rush Limbaugh if I had invented him myself. He says the things we all know are true about the liberal left – and that fact, alone, makes those on the liberal left uncomfortable. He loves this country. He’s proud of this country. He knows this is a great place to live, that there is no end to the opportunities here. A lot of the more lukewarm members of the GOP seem to have conveniently forgotten that.
uncivilized on March 1, 2009 at 5:52 PM
I want to hear your five examples troll boi, not the Israeli dwarf’s.
ex-Democrat on March 1, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Super-heroes need super-villains. And Rush is perfect as the super-villain for the Chicago crowd. Everyone has an opinion on him and he’s not running for anything. Plus Obama won’t need his support in the future, so he’s not burning any bridges. The only down-side Obama can see is that Rush is articulate and has his own microphone. As Mark Twain said, never argue with someone who buys ink by the barrel. That’s probably why they’ve put “localism” on a fast track. Once they can drive all the radio stations carrying Rush into bankruptcy they’ll have cut off Rush’s ability to effectively respond. In other words, they’ll have shut down his source of 21st century ink (elections).
Fred 2 on March 1, 2009 at 6:15 PM
Sorry about that. The last sentence should have read:
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“In other words, they’ll have shut down his source of 21st century ink (electrons).
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You get the idea.
Fred 2 on March 1, 2009 at 6:20 PM
If the Left, as well as the Obama Administration, were not so terrified that Rush’s message might just get through to enough Americans to stop the fleecing of most of America by a vocal, doctrinaire minority, then they’d ignore him…but Obama made the first move, fired the opening shot with his “stop listening to Rush” comment in the White House.
By highlighting Rush, who holds no office, is running for nothing, who is a private entrepreneur with a growing audience, they have succeeded in getting Americans who knew Rush only as a passing reference to sit down and listen.
Once they listen, actually listen, and not depend on press feeds from media matters and other outfits and Left blogs, most are more than willing to discuss among themselves the issues, to debate the issues, and come away from it all a lot wiser than they were when that pesky 53% of voters [not 53% of Americans as some pundits on the Left have even claimed] went out and voted on the basis of “Hope” and “Change.”
They fear Rush. They fear Conservatism.
Smell the fear.
Time to use it against them.
coldwarrior on March 1, 2009 at 6:30 PM
It’s so simple. Rush speaks to the extant, but dormant desire for freedom. They fear that because they know they are numerically overpowered, and because they don’t yet control the military. There are still a few ways in which their plans can fail.
JiangxiDad on March 1, 2009 at 6:40 PM
When I first listened to Rush, I had to sneak doing it. I had believed all the propaganda against so thought for sure he was a racist, etc. but I was looking for pro-American talk radio post-9/11 … man, did I ever find out that the MSM lies about him. He’s the farthest thing from racist that there is….he wants EVERYONE to do well with no regard to race. Unlike the Dhimms.
ex-Democrat on March 1, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Eight years, if not more, of the Left being fed the “answers” from MoveOn to MediaMatters to any number of other sources, and the mSM dutifully repeating the same, over and over again, the Left understands full well the power of the media.
Every successful advertising campaign (on the benign side) to every successful propaganda campaign, (on the less benign side) depends on the constant drumbeat of a single message, or a simple message.
For 8 years, it was all about stupid draft dodging Chimpy, or Bush Lied, or Cheney and Haliburton controlled the world…and they had Code Pink and other groups out there being very vocal to the point of ridiculous hitting that message over and over and over again, so much so that otherwise nonpolitical Americans, or even those who were political but unsure of their direction, started to say among themselves, if this message is everywhere, then it must be true.
Not going to flirt with Godwin…but the way the message is managed is how the message is made to be 100% believable, whether the message is true, or the message is a patent lie, and in the past century we have seen this taken to the extreme for a lot of less than benign causes.
Rush is NOT the GOP. Rush is NOT the Conservative movement.
Rush is a private citizen exercising his First Amendment Rights…and does so as a motivational speaker and a radio talk show host.
We, as private citizens, need to exercise our First Amendment Rights as well…daily, constantly, one person at a time or a small group of neighbors, co-workers, fellow lodge members, church groups, whatever…and keep at it. Not as angry out-of-control reactionaries, but as solidly- based Americans who believe in the Bill of Rights, who believe, truly believe in the Constitution, and believe that the fundamentals of Conservatism is the only means to keep America great, and make America even greater.
America growing to even greater heights, all this without more government intervention, more taxes and more giveaways to those unwilling to contribute or follow the basic rules and laws most Americans still follow. Either we are independent or we all become slaves…all of us.
Do this, and their fear will grow exponentially…and they will overreach, and the house of cards will come down, sooner rather than later, and the exposed Emperor will stand naked in front of America as the Chicago hustler he is.
2010 begins now…2012 and beyond we will address as our successes grow.
coldwarrior on March 1, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Yes, he did.
Sapwolf on March 1, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Bill is a DNC shill.
RobCon on March 1, 2009 at 7:15 PM
How is making the case that conservatism is about people & wanting people to succeed angry?
youngTXcon on March 1, 2009 at 8:00 PM
It is just the
liberalssocialists demonizing Rush because they know that when republicans start campaigning like that we will win.darktood on March 1, 2009 at 8:38 PM
http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2009/02/28/20090228arpaioupdate-ON.htmlhttp://www.abc15.com/content/news/phoenixmetro/story/Protest-against-Sheriffs-immigration-policy-heats/Vyv7DAtHPEm7MOXPV9zIew.cspx
why is this site afraid to post this?
Be_Aware on March 1, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Hey Bill Schneider ,
Read my Yankee lips….
“I HOPE OBAMA FAILS ” I do not want a socialist, communist, Marxist government . I do not want Obama to
to enjoy any success that harms this country..
I HOPE HE FAILS.
Texyank on March 1, 2009 at 8:40 PM
AP, at the risk of repeating what someone said on pages 2 through 4 (which I haven’t bothered to read [see what I did there?]), if I wanted commentary from someone who hasn’t attempted to understand the source material, I’d listen to NPR or hang out at troofer and IPCC conventions.
Also, I read your posts for the stories themselves, not for your opinions. You do post stories that are not available elsewhere, or you post them earlier than many others, and I appreciate you for that. I don’t put too much interest in what you say about the stories, however, because of the above.
Troll Feeder on March 1, 2009 at 8:50 PM
More of this “Rush Limbaugh is going to destroy the party” BS. It’s getting a little old.
Quite the opposite is happening. By attempting to crush Limbaugh, Obama has made him larger-than-life. It has already backfired on him spectacularly.
R. Waher on March 1, 2009 at 8:54 PM
The GOP needs to tell the retards at CNN to go screw themselves, that one does not have to agree with everything Rush says to know that Rush’s passion and sharp political analysis is priceless for the GOP and that if CNN is saying that Rush “crossed the line,” then Rush is right on point and effective.
Phil Byler on March 1, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Bill Schnieder… what are your thoughts about the things said by Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, Bill Mahr, John Stewart, Al Franken, etc.? I’m sure you think they are all simply speaking the voice of America.
Why don’t you go back home to your Depends and laxatives and keep the hell out of the public for a while. If you are offended by what Limbaugh had to say at an organization’s annual meeting, I shudder to think what you would say about what has been said on our battle fields when our soldiers are forced to deal with stupid Liberally-created rules of engagement.
Go to hell Mr. Cry Baby… you are a whiny panzy that needs to spend more time playing shuffle board with your old fart clueless drooling friends on a cruise ship somewhere. You jumped the shark before there were motorcycles.
cannonball on March 1, 2009 at 9:45 PM
cannonball That may be the best post of the year! Thanks for making my day.
ohiorebel on March 1, 2009 at 10:17 PM
*That* speech was “angry” and “crossed the line”?! Those liberals sure are made of delicate stuff, lol!
Rush’s speech was FINE. In fact, I thought he used the words “heartbroken” and “saddened” far too much. I kept wanting him to be “mad” instead.
One funny thing, that funny lisped line he gave after menitoning the “castrati” was editted out by CSPAN! It aired on Fox but when I watched the speech later on CSPAN, it was the only part editted. I didn’t know CSPAN editted things, I thought they aired things uncensored for the viewers to decide for themselves. And what was so offensive about that anyway? It was the oddest thing I’ve ever seen on CSPAN.
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on March 1, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Snow on the ground as far south as Columbus and Macon, Georgia. Has anyone told Al Gore?
jimmy2shoes on March 1, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Hey Bill, until you say the same thing about the Dems and their vitriol to Bush,
“I HOPE HE FAILS!!”
itsspideyman on March 1, 2009 at 11:53 PM
His speech was borderline militant. Sure it stirred emotion, wanted people to rally, but give them M16′s and fix’em some bayonets and we got a problem.
He basically said “Death to Liberals.” every other line and “Praise Conservatism,” in between those lines.
PresidenToor on March 2, 2009 at 12:33 AM
Schneider’s just proven he’s disingenuous, and his commentary sounds like a kid’s whining.
desertdweller on March 2, 2009 at 1:51 AM
PresidenToor, either you forgot the sarc tag, or you watched a different speech. Or maybe you’re just drunk on O’s Kool-Aid?
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on March 2, 2009 at 3:17 AM
Afraid? AFRAID????
Why would they care at all if a couple thousand illegal aliens, in one of the cities most over run by illegal aliens, protest about someone who enforces the immigration laws?
If a thousand shoplifters protested against the Walmart RFID inventory control system, should that make Allahpundit devote a thread to it?
Only if it is a slow news day and he was feeling ironic….
I had a feeling you were no more than a troll…. But I didn’t know for certain before now that you were a fool as well.
LegendHasIt on March 2, 2009 at 4:26 AM
OK, let me get this straight: NPR, the NYT, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, and the Washington Post all are Lefties Big Time. Now, they are saying, Rush Limbaugh “crossed the line” is calling The Messiah what he is? Hummm. Hold on, my phone: Oh hell never mind, it’s Eric Holder calling Rush a “coward”…wait hold on……my phone…of hell, it’s Obama’s Auntie ……she just framed and placed on her beautiful 3 bedroom $400,000 walls, the FOUR FELONY warrants for her deportation………hold on…my phone……it’s Pelosi and Reid – that now like Blaggo’s pick for Senator from Illinois as long as he votes “Present” 100 more times……….oh well, my neighbors are here……they want me to pay their mortgages this month…they said that “The One Promised It!” Hmmmm.
Cinday Blackburn on March 2, 2009 at 8:26 AM
+1
That’s because they haven’t used the Patriot Act on him. Should they do that, he’ll be generating fear by the bucketful. I’d believe there are plenty of folks in the military who wouldn’t follow those orders.
sethstorm on March 2, 2009 at 8:38 AM
Rush = Passionate and Patriotic
Obama = Angry and Sinister
Get it right, CNN.
marklmail on March 2, 2009 at 8:48 AM
Across this line you do not……
Also, Bill, “white” is not the preferred nomenclature anymore; “Caucasian-American” please.
Metro on March 2, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Better than a wholly-owned subsidiary of George Soros Inc.
Disturb the Universe on March 2, 2009 at 9:00 AM
and what ‘line’ might that be? Bring it on a*holes.
I want my country back.
If you want to know of some lines that were crossed, take a look at the DOW. Its crossed several lines lately into the friggin RED as has the unemployment rate, and the spending bills.
2010 can’t come fast enough and we’ll see. Obviously the Obama admin is running at 1000% speed to try and get as much destruction in as possible.
Rush? If your reading any of this. You run at 2000% and we’ll maybe keep our country a little longer before this clown kills it entirely.
Holding our States hostage to take his money is wrong. People are taking this too calmly. Little tea parties aren’t gonna cut it. A national stay home for a couple days should send a strong message until this idiot is addressed by his peers.
johnnyU on March 2, 2009 at 9:02 AM
Finally, someone crosses the line and says out loud that the emperor wears no clothes. Finally.
littleguy on March 2, 2009 at 9:04 AM
The only anger is coming from CNN and Bill Schneider. First, Rush takes a swipe at CNN by only acknowledging FoxNews, and through them a national audience. I bet that really rankles the CNN’ers. Second, Rush was relentless in his attack of the sycophantic MSM. Imagine those dopes at CNN: Forced to carry Rush’s speech and then to have him lacerate the media. Hey, MSM’ers: Rush went easy on you; not once did he refer to your bankrupt business model and your near-extinct status.
As for “crossing a line,” please. This from the network that post-911 showed that “exclusive” video of dogs being gassed by AQ. The MSM crossed a line of sanity ages ago, and all it can do now is whine.
Note to CNN staff: Start polishing those resumes and get ready for some shovel-ready work.
EMD on March 2, 2009 at 9:06 AM
This is classic, I think of a grocery store owner saying the same thing about a customer. Don’t like it don’t shop here. See how stupid that sounds.
The point is why do they have you working here when you so obviously hate conservatives.
Why don’t you leave and get a job at the new republic or New york times and spare us your whining about our complaining.
kangjie on March 2, 2009 at 9:14 AM
He says it all in the first sentence. “I didn’t watch the speech but……” and then writes his opinion like he did.
mixplix on March 2, 2009 at 9:22 AM
I watched the speach and Limbaugh’s speach was spot on, typical drive by media analysis by CNN of what was said, taking out of it what they wanted to say and ignoring the real words behind it. We had our Obama in 1997 and look at the mess the UK is in now, at least with this type of speach and your Tea Parties you won’t go the way of the Conservative Party in the UK which looks like a Socialist party as it was remade by those voices that Limbaugh mentioned, if you want an example of what he said look no further than the UK Tories who even said they hoped for an Obama victory, that is how sick they are… CNN idiots…, just as bad as the BBC.
TrueBrit on March 2, 2009 at 9:33 AM
Former Vice President Gore should look for the chill running up Chris Matthews’ leg. MSNBC is so desperate for ratings they may allow it. Heck, they may promote it.
The fights above are terrible. Are we being tossed? Where else would they have us? Someone gonna tell us where we will be welcome?
IlikedAUH2O on March 2, 2009 at 9:37 AM
This political hack Bill Schneider runs a liberal think tank on the side. He has always been a Democrat political hack while posing as a non-partisan political analyst! Plus this ahole admitted he didn’t watch the speech. He’s just a another lying liberal with an agenda!
http://www.CrusaderPatriot.com
CrusaderPatriot on March 2, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Also, AP had a point to apply to CNN and MSNBC — don’t watch them. Even ask them to be turned off in public areas.
Comments in dentist’s offices andcalls to airports can really make change you can believe in.
IlikedAUH2O on March 2, 2009 at 9:43 AM
The not watching the speech could be a way to keep his cred with real liberals. Like it was beneath him. You know what sinister is? Nobody giving President Bush credit for Iraq. And who wants that chacterization?
IlikedAUH2O on March 2, 2009 at 9:47 AM
Dow falls below 7,000 as worries about banks mount
Dow Jones industrials fall below 7,000 as worries about global financial system surge…
Wow, the Obama-Pelosi stimulus (porkulus) plan is sure working out well… While we are busy discussing Rush Limbaugh, our markets are not responding to Socialism very well.
Keemo on March 2, 2009 at 9:53 AM
How come nobody ever says “Obama, Bill Maher says some outrageous things. How can you stand with him?”
hawksruleva on March 2, 2009 at 9:59 AM
The Media is scared to death. Rush was called out on the Obama stuff and they tried to jump all over him like he was Joe the nobody plumber. Rush gets more listeners than CNN and MSNBC has viewers. They officially bit off more than they can chew. You are not going to tear Rush down by saying he is just an angry, fat, rich guy. You have to beat him on policy and LIB Media doesn’t have a leg or hand to stand on when it comes to policy. They always destroy people on petty things. Palin was her daughter and Trig. Joe the plumber is really Sam whoever. Bush had a DUI and did drugs. No one says a word about this dope out guy in office now.
Tremmy on March 2, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Funny when w destroyed our country, you cheered him on.
Then, rush destroys your party and you cheer him on.
R.I.P. GOP. Dead from suicide on 3/01/09.
getalife on March 2, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Having Limbaugh be the face of the GOP is the gift that will keep on giving – to the Democrats, as more independent voters identify Republicans as being the party of ranting losers.
starfleet_dude on March 2, 2009 at 10:04 AM
coldwarrior: well said.
Cantor needs to sack up and say “what, you want me to agree with the President who’s enslaving our country to the Chinese who hold all of our debt? Should I support the President who encourages the poor to stay poor, the jobless to stay jobless? Should I root for the President who’s health care policies will kill the defenseless at either end of life? Where Obama provides reasonable policies, I’ll support them. But what I’ve seen coming from the White House so far is nothing like the America that I believe in.”
hawksruleva on March 2, 2009 at 10:09 AM
And, why would we give a flying f*ck what anyone at the Commie News Network thinks? Seems to me, when we do what the MSM wants (a la, McCain), we tend to lose elections.
ErinF on March 2, 2009 at 10:16 AM
… one more point,
Rush’s speech was 95% OPTIMISM. It’s no wonder commie, libtard, socialist, marxist, obama-blinded twits hated the speech.
ErinF on March 2, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Drink the kool-aid, see the optimism.
sethstorm on March 2, 2009 at 10:28 AM
I disagree with you in this sense. Consider the audience. This wasn’t a college class, the general public, or even the traitors of the McCain wing of the GOP. This was CPAC which presumably already have a passion for Rush’s message. The enthusiasm was enough that there were multiple overflow rooms to handle the crush of people (McCain didn’t have that problem when he showed up last year and told CPAC that they had no choice to vote for him). He gave his audience what they wanted and a little lagniappe besides. That CNN is offended merely indicates that El Rushbo was right on target with his message.
highhopes on March 2, 2009 at 10:33 AM
sethstorm, I don’t drink kool-aid. That’s the dimrat drink of choice.
I did watch the full speech, and it was all about American optimism. I’m sorry if you can’t handle that.
ErinF on March 2, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Limbaugh isn’t even a member of the GOP leadership. He is NOT the face of the Republican Party. Rather, he is the voice of traditional conservatism attempting to differentiate that concept from the Republicans who call themselves conservative but are as much for big government as the filthy liar and the rest of the DemoRAT party.
If the current crop of GOP “leaders” can’t keep the spotlight that is the problem of their big-government message, not Rush’s problem.
highhopes on March 2, 2009 at 10:37 AM
The liberal is patently incapable (perhaps more precisely, unwilling) of discerning the difference between anger and passion…
max1 on March 2, 2009 at 10:47 AM
I thought the best part of his speech was about the cruelty of welfare.
Getting victims addicted to crack is bad for the addicts, but good for the dope dealers.
Getting victims addicted to welfare is also bad for the addicts, but good for the democrat welfare dope dealers.
Obama and his impetuous democrat neo-coms want to swallow the US and steal it’s energy and creativity, and install trickle up poverty. It can’t be good for his children, so what is this man made of?
saiga on March 2, 2009 at 10:52 AM
I can’t remember who were those other memerable political party’s that rolled over?
heshtesh on March 2, 2009 at 10:54 AM
He has made the CNN loop and will be played over and over again.
The gop was 155 years old and died of suicide om 03.01.2009.
getalife on March 2, 2009 at 10:55 AM
“…Cantor forced into a corner to throw Rush under a bus…”
Are you kidding? FORCED into a corner???
Nobody FORCED Eric Cantor to relinquish his spine and testicles. The non-con Republicans have neither. Cantor is a coward like other RINOs: Specter/Snowe/Collins/Cantor/McCain/ ad nauseum. Thats why the MSM hasn’t destroyed them.
The MSM lynched Sarah Palin, are in the process of lynching Bobby Jindal. They are lynching Sarah and Bobby ecause the MSM despise true conservatives because they know that millions of us will listen to and vote for true conservatives to represent us because true conservatives will help us save this country. Get it?
Ann is better than Rush at staying on point and going for the jugular. She’s great and so is Michelle Malkin, Laura Ingraham, and for that matter Glenn Beck. Beck and the rest take no prisoners. They don’t suffer fools.
As a Christian you need to understand that George Soros may well be an incarnation of the devil. The Useful Idiots get their marching orders from Soros. He is behind the movement to destroy America. Soros will stop at nothing and is leading the UIs (getalife, sethstorm, and the other sad KOSKID trolls) to their – and our – demise.
Every act of denigration, character assassination, disinformation, lying, deceit, is a means to take power from millions of us and bestow it on a select group of empty greedy humanoids. If we dont stop them imagine what is in store for our children.
kooziegirl on March 2, 2009 at 11:03 AM
Let’s see….
Leftist network follows Alinsky rules:
RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.
How surprising.
faraway on March 2, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Rush has got to be loving this. He’s manipulating the liberal media like I’ve never seen before. They are propelling him to ever higher status and are making sure that his popularity reaches new heights. But I gotta say he didn’t waste an opportunity and really took advantage of the spotlight. That was an absolutely incredible speech.
MrX on March 2, 2009 at 11:09 AM
If I wanted to hear optimism from the Republican Party, I’d be more likely to hear it from Romney or Huckabee.
That guy only thrives on being attacked.
sethstorm on March 2, 2009 at 11:10 AM
Max1, their anger is justified,
ours isnt.
Their passion is for the downtrodden and weak,
we care for the wealthy and greedy.
They bend rules for a greater cause,
we cant bend rules because we believe that rules benefit society.
They justify their deeds as a means to an end for the greater good,
we are concerned only with ourselves.
Their angry mobs are justified in burning, trashing, pillaging, raping, killing,
we must follow the roooowaaals.
They can commit adultery, theivery, etc. with few consequences,
we are destroyed for doing same.
Get the picture?
kooziegirl on March 2, 2009 at 11:17 AM
CNN knows a little secret that the rest of America doesn’t. When they say BOO!…all Republican congress people FLEE! They literally run for their offices where they dive under their desks! They then assume the fetal position where they suck on their thumbs and sob like school children who have just been pants by the school yard bully! They remain there until told it is safe by their staff members!
sabbott on March 2, 2009 at 11:30 AM
You will never understand what liberals say until you learn the basic rules to interpret their communication:
Whatever a liberal says is either:
a) the diametric opposite of what they mean
b) a projection of their own thoughts and motives
c) a talking point handed down by their leadership which likely themselves do not have a clue what it means.
neuquenguy on March 2, 2009 at 11:39 AM
Where was Rush when Bush was socializing America?
True_King on March 2, 2009 at 11:43 AM
Rush criticized Bush’s big government initiatives day in and day out, including the bailout, no child left behind, amnesty, expansion of drug benefits, etc.etc.etc.
neuquenguy on March 2, 2009 at 11:47 AM
It sure would be nice if one of those liberal posters used a bucket of Hot Air’s pixels to prove you wrong, neuquenguy. Maybe one of them could pick a substantive point from that Limbaugh stemwinder and explain what’s so horribly wrong about it. I’m sure it would be fairly easy for them to knock down one or two of his positions without resorting to witless ad hominem attacks, since Limbaugh is such a voter-repelling liability to the conservative cause. Many of us would enjoy reading a thoughtful, provocative deconstruction of such a hateful and angry tirade – what better way to put down a shrill demagogue than with politely worded, carefully reasoned arguments? If one of you liberal commenters would get started on such a post now, and type quickly, maybe you could get it online before the Dow drops below 6,000.
Doctor Zero on March 2, 2009 at 11:55 AM
IF the GOP died that day as you say, I’m not worried. Something else will take its place someday…
And it will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine…
Boy, I can’t wait for the next civil war!
newton on March 2, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Rush is looking a little angry these days. Maybe it’s the jowl.
DeathToMediaHacks on March 2, 2009 at 12:00 PM
It’s telling when “supposed” conservatives claim that Rush carries the water for the GOP. Nothing could be further from the truth.
When people do this, either they are deliberately distorting the facts, or they do not understand how transparent it is where they get their “news” from.
Saltysam on March 2, 2009 at 12:02 PM
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