Video: Stephanie Miller wants Rush executed, Larry King shrugs
posted at 8:12 am on March 6, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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I’ve decided to move this from the headlines, as it bugged me all night long and I was still chewing on it this morning. It reflects a cult of personality gone psychotic among the Left for Barack Obama, where any kind of dissent equates to treason. However, we’ve (almost) come to expect that, but as the Newsbusters point out, Larry King — who gave Bobby Jindal a tough interrogation the other night over something somebody else said — doesn’t even bother to follow up:
STEPHANIE MILLER, LIBERAL TALK RADIO HOST: I guess that is what Nancy and her friends want. As long as you have a place to listen Rush on the radio — if he fails we all fail.
KING: If his policies fail, he fails, right?
MILLER: Exactly. To me that seems treasonous.
King’s hard-hitting response?
KING: Lars, a fair question. [Arianna Huffington had jumped in after Miller to gripe about George Bush]
Later, Miller tried to get a reaction from King again:
MILLER: Nancy, you are right about one thing. We love this episode of Republican. It’s delightful and it’s not solving any of the serious problems that the country is facing. You know who is it good for? Rush Limbaugh. He loves this attention.
If I could say something tonight that gets me that kind of attention, like maybe Rush Limbaugh should be executed for treason. How about that?
And King’s hard-hitting follow-up?
KING: It is true that any kind of — Rush is a personality — is enjoying this, isn’t he?
Gee, I wonder what King would have said if Rush, Sean Hannity, or anyone else had appeared on his show in spring 2007 and called Harry Reid’s declaration of defeat in Iraq on the Senate floor treasonous. Somehow, I think he would have given that person the Jindal treatment, and not the pass he gave Miller on Tuesday. Contrast the vastly different ways in which King handled Jindal and Miller this week, and the word hack comes quickly to mind.
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So if everyone doesn’t march in perfect lockstep to Obama’s tune, his minions suggest execution? And people wonder why some of us are worried that we’re repeating the 1930’s….
mjk on March 6, 2009 at 8:15 AM
Are we sure that was Stephanie Miller and not Allah in drag?
Just askin’…
:)
Mark Garnett on March 6, 2009 at 8:17 AM
People have always said that Larry King is the king of the softball interview…personally I think it’s more like tee-ball.
But yeah, this deserves to get airplay, if only for its instructional value.
Cylor on March 6, 2009 at 8:18 AM
Again, this is what you would expect from a media that has become a propaganda organ. The liberals have embraced Obama as a divine right absolutist monarch–the worst nightmares of Jefferson and Adams have come to life.
From Hero to Zero in 44 Presidents.
Matt Helm on March 6, 2009 at 8:18 AM
Can only hope Rush makes no mention of this on his show. You know that’s exactly what this libtard twat wants.
BigWyo on March 6, 2009 at 8:18 AM
Can anyone start a list? If so, I have a few names for consideration.
OldEnglish on March 6, 2009 at 8:19 AM
Larry King is a hack? Who knew?
pugwriter on March 6, 2009 at 8:19 AM
They are still obsessing about Rush?
I love it when the people who are giving Rush all the attention, complain about Rush getting all the attention.
Step 1 Demonize Rush and try to marginalize him with a media blitz.
Step 2
Step 3 Profit
Step 4 When plan backfires, blame for Rush for causing all the attention.
reaganaut on March 6, 2009 at 8:19 AM
There is why we were clinging to our guns and religion. Let’s By God get this revolution started before it’s too late.
RandyChandler on March 6, 2009 at 8:20 AM
Again, I’ll ask. Couldn’t you make the same argument about any President? That rooting for him to fail is in effect rooting for the country to fail? That didn’t seem to stop anyone on the left from demonizing Bush from day one.
Doughboy on March 6, 2009 at 8:21 AM
Treason = destroying the country by stealing 2 trillion and surrendering to Russia and Iran. Though the execution of the traitor better not be by hanging – that would be racist…
Aristotle on March 6, 2009 at 8:22 AM
Larry King is the worst interviewer there is.
And if the executions are about to begin, better put me on the list. I want Hussein to fail too, so long as what he’s trying is coming from Marx and Lenin instead of Washington, Jefferson and Madison.
wildcat84 on March 6, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Yeah, Rush has a larger audience in the first 15 minutes of his show than the whole libtard talk radio industry.
wildcat84 on March 6, 2009 at 8:25 AM
The best part about all of this is, Rush says in advance, “watch, they will take this out of context [explanation] Yes, I want him to fail. [more explanation]…” and they do it anyway.
I used to listen to Rush in waves, I usually listen for a few months, then I stop for a few months.
I’ve been listening pretty steady for a long time now because I think it’s so damn funny watching him play so many people for fools. On both sides of the aisle.
reaganaut on March 6, 2009 at 8:25 AM
They passed that threshold even before the election. The Germany campaign stop (which should have ended any American politician’s aspirations – even ones who aren’t natural-born, to begin with) signalled that the Left was running emotionally amok in public.
The left doesn’t think in terms of “treason”, other than for reasons of convenience. The left doesn’t even know what the term “national sovereignty” means.
Look, Ed, what we have now, in our country, is the French Revolution, and all that that entails. It is going to be so ugly, since all of their ideas are moronic and will kill our nation. They will resort to heavier-handed tactics to keep everyone in line and stop their idiocy from being discussed openly. That’s just how the left is. That’s how they’ve always been. That’s how they always will be. They’re just, plain nuts.
progressoverpeace on March 6, 2009 at 8:25 AM
This is CNN.
SouthernGent on March 6, 2009 at 8:26 AM
Without a doubt Ed, the hatred on the left for any opposition to their ideology has been out of control for several years now. The hatred took a new life following Al Gore’s defeat in 2000, and like most things evil, this sickness has grown and grown over the past (8) years to the point where it has become a national embarrassment. Ann Coulter nailed it perfectly and accurately in her book “Godless, The Church of Liberalism.” Michael Savage nailed it in his book “Liberalism, a mental disorder.” But nobody describes this evil illness better than Rush Limbaugh.
When you get these sicko Liberals in a group together (such is the case at the view), the illness takes on a new life, and the people so inflicted feel embolden by their hatred. They feed off each other like coyotes killing fresh meat. Larry King has fallen so badly as his disease has spread throughout his spirit. It’s sad really, as Larry was once a very decent man.
Keemo on March 6, 2009 at 8:27 AM
I bet Stephanie Miller has a Che T-shirt.
He would have loved to see Rush on the receiving end of a firing squad, too.
Disturb the Universe on March 6, 2009 at 8:29 AM
I’m at a loss for words when trying to describe the idiocy of that woman.
brogers on March 6, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Actually, no, Doughboy. Clinton failed on nazionalizing healthcare, which I think is a good thing and was good for the country.
Fascism: government take over of big business. Check.
and more from wikipedia:
“Fascist governments permanently forbid and suppress all criticism and opposition to the government and the fascist movement, viewing all dissenters as enemies to be destroyed.”
check.
Just remember, never waste a good crisis.
rbj on March 6, 2009 at 8:30 AM
Bring it on, lefties. Just try us.
A Civil War in this country would last a week.
One Division of the Gangster Disciples and one Division of the Latin Kings is all Bammy and Mammy have, when the cards are down.
Because the layabouts, the drug addicts, the slacker college students, the goldbricking union thugs and the legions of stupid who voted for Bammy, aren’t going to man a barricade.
Dusted.
NoDonkey on March 6, 2009 at 8:31 AM
It takes this for you to conclude that King is a hack?
Anyhoo, I guess Miller forgot that Hillary already told us it is our right to disagree with any administration!!!
ladyingray on March 6, 2009 at 8:32 AM
People actually watch Larry King? Who, other than paleontologists, find him interesting to observe?
I always figured he was just something that the elderly turned on so that they could be comforted by the sound of human voices in the background of an otherwise empty house. Like JAG or Perry Mason.
Harpazo on March 6, 2009 at 8:32 AM
Useful Idiocy at its best.
Disturb the Universe on March 6, 2009 at 8:32 AM
I don’t know. I give the whore Stephanie Miller a pass on this one. She’s clearly making a joke.
That said, I’m sick and tired of the idiots in the Dem and GOP parties giving their insipid talking points, instead of taking the blame for the mess they have created.
And Ariana Huffington’s accent makes me think of “Green Acres.” “Olivah, shoost up the pole and answer the phone”. Eeeee GAD!!!!!!!!!
RWLA on March 6, 2009 at 8:34 AM
Ed, don’t let ‘em bug you. Liberals are a miserable lot and always will be. The women are angry, or frumpy, bitterly childless, or marry gay men.
The men are either gnomes or pretty boys, but the one thing they both have is less than their fair share of testosterone.
CarolynM on March 6, 2009 at 8:35 AM
I’m expected to click 8 minutes of Larry King, Arianna Huffington and this nobody woman? Yeah, right. Just shoot me.
Marcus on March 6, 2009 at 8:37 AM
Attention whore. Let it die and don’t give her what she wants.
BacaDog on March 6, 2009 at 8:38 AM
What a perfect example of an unhinged liberal. Also, in another perfect example of breathtaking hypocrisy, the loons on the left don’t think that it’s treasonous to bankrupt our country and leave our children a colossal mess that they will never be able to clean up. They don’t think that it’s treasonous to allow an invasion from our southern border, and follow in Hugo Chavez’s footsteps in socializing/nationalizing our society and economy.
That stuff is OK as long as a conservative isn’t allowed to complain about it. The good news…their stupidity is driving people to Rush in droves. They never dispute what Rush says, because they can’t make a valid argument for what the liberals are doing to this country. Now that more people (hopefully more Democrats) will be listening to Rush, they won’t be able to refute his arguments either. Maybe some of the people who elected the “traitorous” liberals will re-think their views.
orlandocajun on March 6, 2009 at 8:40 AM
Rush is getting free advertisement again. Libtards are so libtarded.
kelley in virginia on March 6, 2009 at 8:40 AM
Bravo CarolynM!!!! Girl, you just described the average Liberal perfectly! Take getalife for example… Bravo!
Keemo on March 6, 2009 at 8:40 AM
Brainwashed morons being interviewed by a eunuch cadaver. This is progressive? Only thing more relevant would be Harry Reid and Nancy Peloser swapping spit.
volsense on March 6, 2009 at 8:41 AM
“O’bambi IS the state!-Civillian National Security Force(aka New Model Gestapo) motto
sven10077 on March 6, 2009 at 8:42 AM
Guess Bush Derangement Syndrome has now become Rush Derangement Syndrome.
BTW, in the grand scheme of things…who the hell is Stephanie Miller? Really? A nit on the backside of a gnat?
Ed, we’ve bigger fish to fry.
coldwarrior on March 6, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Carzy liberal, hello.
Ted Torgerson on March 6, 2009 at 8:43 AM
I smell a desperate, no-name radio hack who yearns for some attention- in any way she can get it. Larry King is just a sad old peepaw looking for relevance on a forgotten network.
anniekc on March 6, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Posted in the other thread. Thought it deserved to be seen in this thread as well.
BrianA on March 6, 2009 at 8:43 AM
THAT, was the description I was looking for!
anniekc on March 6, 2009 at 8:45 AM
Around the country are tea parties galore, the left have rewritten history so much that they cannot remember that in America tea parties preceed armed violent revolution. If the left continues to ignore the polite knocking on their front door that polite knocking will cease, and be followed by a very loud and violent kicking in of their door.
Then they will indeed get their wish for those engaging in treason to be executed, but holy $hit are they going to be surprised at just whom it is that is designated to have been committing treason.
doriangrey on March 6, 2009 at 8:45 AM
I was being facetious of course. This is frankly an absurd and downright insulting topic that the media seems intent on hammering away at every day. If you oppose the President’s policies, obviously you want them to fail. That doesn’t make one a traitor or a political hack interested only in their personal gain. It simply means he or she has a different vision for America from the President’s.
The media strategy is pretty obvious. Intimidate Republicans into falling in line with Obama’s agenda, and for those few who don’t, don’t report on any of their alternative plans they propose, lest we actually make the American people think the GOP is more than just the “party of no”.
Doughboy on March 6, 2009 at 8:45 AM
if we had sigs here I’d say put it in your sig….
remember the donks falling on their sword when Kerry got whipped???
yeah me neither….
sven10077 on March 6, 2009 at 8:46 AM
A documented exchange on Larry King Live:
King: Could you lean closer and speak into the mic, please?
Donald Trump: I would, but your breath is so bad.
AubieJon on March 6, 2009 at 8:47 AM
This is what the train wreck wants. Talk it up about the boogie-man Rush while markets tumble, 900 billion of wealth gets transferred to rebuilt Gaza, another 400 billion gets whizzed thru congress, and he keeps shimmying to Earth, Wind & Fire.
RepubChica on March 6, 2009 at 8:48 AM
This is why I watch the Travel Channel when I come home from work. I would have stayed in college if I wanted to listen to vapid liberal college chicks say the first nonsensical thing that pops into their head.
watchmen on March 6, 2009 at 8:49 AM
Liberal translation:
“Please pay attention to me!!! I wanna play!!”
Ampersand on March 6, 2009 at 8:50 AM
Ariana hosts the most divisive hatefilled site on the internet, yet dares to call Rush Limbaugh divisive? That is funny.
ctmom on March 6, 2009 at 8:50 AM
quite….we have Airhead College Radio….why the redundency?
sven10077 on March 6, 2009 at 8:50 AM
That was … what the hell WAS that? That’s insane. And he just let it go by like it was nothing. WTH is wrong with these people? You know, for the longest time I thought the uptick in gun sales was a little extreme – partly because I don’t understand why everyone doesn’t already have a fully stocked gun safe but also because it’s not a good first line of defense against crime. The first line of defense should be making your home as inaccessible as possible. But them someone suggested that it wasn’t criminals they are arming against it was the liberals and I thought that was just nuts. But now? Not so nuts.
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She just casually SAID that – like it would be an easy and needed thing to do. She said it like we execute people for treason every damned day or something. I thought liberals were against the death penalty under any circumstances. I completely f’ing MISSED the “lovable little fuzzballs are ok to execute” clause in that doctrine.
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Jesus. That is more frightening – to see a perfectly normal looking woman talking in a company of mostly normal looking people and casually talking about executing ANYONE for treason because they disagree with a president’s policies – that is more frightening than even Hannibal Lecter’s calm invitation to dinner.
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Is it lead pipes? Are we missing some element in our daily world that is causing ordinary people to act normal while saying the most insane things? What IS it? And King just sat there – like Frost when Bhuto said Bin Laden was already dead and didn’t question it. And then she was executed not long after saying it.
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These people are starting to creep me the hell out. I mean it. Creep.me.the.hell.out.
BrideOfRove on March 6, 2009 at 8:52 AM
Ct Mom – it goes way past hateful. Did you read Evan Handlers piece recommending that liberal women whore themselves out to Republican men to get them to vote for Obama? That’s beyond harsh. He says he wrote it as a joke but *shrug* you know – what ever works to get the Messiah elected. They have no respect for anyone over there. They eat their own.
BrideOfRove on March 6, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Boogeymen.
We all know it. This is about giving the Donks something to kick instead of Barry. When the DJIA hits 5999 some of those Donks are going to start kicking each other. Team Barry is pushing those walnut shells around the table as fast as they can.
Enjoy your weekend folks. Next Friday is the 13th.
Tip of the Day: Spam receipe books
Limerick on March 6, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Scratch a liberal, and you find a totalitarian.
Every time.
MarkTheGreat on March 6, 2009 at 8:55 AM
I remember back in 2003, this skinny, white Liberal chick wrote this best-selling book about Treason. Can’t remember the title though or the author.
Oh wait. Here it is.
http://www.amazon.com/Treason-Liberal-Treachery-Cold-Terrorism/dp/1400050308
cornfedbubba on March 6, 2009 at 8:56 AM
These libtards are very dangerous!
grapeknutz on March 6, 2009 at 8:57 AM
And a really stupid one, too.
progressoverpeace on March 6, 2009 at 8:57 AM
From the WAPO:
By one measure, Rush Limbaugh is a clear winner this week: His ratings have nearly doubled since his feud with the White House burst into the media limelight.
But the Obama administration’s strategy of trying to elevate the conservative radio commentator to leader of the opposition has prompted a vigorous counterattack, with a key Republican senator saying the move is an “outrage” that “reeks of hypocrisy coming from a president who campaigned against these very cynical political tactics last fall.”
That letter from Sen. John Cornyn (Tex.), chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and a Washington Post opinion piece by House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), also accusing the White House of cynicism, underscore the GOP’s attempt to make President Obama pay a political price for the rhetorical assault on Limbaugh.
Keemo on March 6, 2009 at 8:58 AM
Tip of the Day: Spam receipe books
Limerick on March 6, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Don’t forget home canning, reloading and living off the land.
Euell Gibbons knows all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XJMIu18I8Y
Bishop on March 6, 2009 at 8:58 AM
cornfedbubba on March 6, 2009 at 8:56 AM
Yeah, but no where in that book does she call for executions.
Disturb the Universe on March 6, 2009 at 8:58 AM
I’ve never even heard of Stephanie Miller. Is she the brunette who wearing the Prince outfit or is she the blonde who looks like Dr. Laura Schlesinger?
AubieJon on March 6, 2009 at 8:58 AM
These are the exact same people who ushered in the Third Riech with thunderous appluase attending rallies in the hundreds of thousands. The exact same people who enacted the Crystal Nacht and called the Ghestpo on their Jewish neighbors. Yes, 2009 is the new 1939 and the American Left is the new National Socialist Workers Party.
doriangrey on March 6, 2009 at 8:58 AM
Rush is dangerous to them. He is accurate in his reporting 96% of the time, his opinions are completely logical. Every news channel on TV rings in at 68% accuracy on reporting. He is deadly to libs, but he is not partial he will break down republicans. Rush is a conservative. Libs like to sprinkle a little money on everything. Republicans are stuck in the middle. Conservatives are not well represented anymore.
Tremmy on March 6, 2009 at 9:01 AM
* Speeches in stadiums filled with mesmerized, adoring audiences – Check
* An uninspiring background before meteoric rise – Check
* Creates his own new symbols of power – Check
* Associates with racists, hatemongers and violent radicals – Check
* A propaganda machine willing to show him only in the best possible light – Check
* Uses, “glorious leader” style Agitprop posters common in totalitarian nations – Check (see German campaign poster for example)
* Wants Secret Police force – Check
* Somebody powerful people think they can control – Check
* Often dismissed as a light-weight by his opponents – Check
* Seeks to replace God with the State – Check
* People adopting his name as their own – Check
* Inspires adoration art – Check
* Appropriates symbols of past German glory – Check
* Never plans on giving up power – Check (Obama to be president for the next “eight to 10 years”)
* A narcissistic megalomaniac – Check
* Brazenly Takes credit for other people’s accomplishments – Check
* Wants to build “youth” movement through State service – Check
* Acts as if in power before he is – Check
* Some followers believe him to be divine – Check
* Worshiped and aided greatly by the media – Check
* Has his own salute – Check
* Has thuggish supporters intimdating political opponents – Check
* Using the power of the State to silence critics – Check
TheBigOldDog on March 6, 2009 at 9:01 AM
Yes, 2009 is the new 1939 and the American Left is the new National Socialist Workers Party.
doriangrey on March 6, 2009 at 8:58 AM
I won’t go down as easily as the German “undesirables” did; if a gun grab starts, I’m disappearing up north.
Bishop on March 6, 2009 at 9:01 AM
It should creep you out. The divisions in this country are rapidly hardening. Some people are going to snap.
All this dry cornfield needs is a careless match.
Limerick on March 6, 2009 at 9:01 AM
If that self-absorbed socialite twit (and yeah I know she’s another product of the overrated IVY League school system) had a clue what “divisive” is, she’d stfu, pack her matching designer luggage, and sail the high seas once again on David Geffen’s boat, never to return.
RepubChica on March 6, 2009 at 9:02 AM
Nucking futs. The lot of them.
Tennman on March 6, 2009 at 9:02 AM
I love how the conversation in the video is “these arn’t new ideas”—-like “new ideas” are supposed to be the answer to all our problems according to these liberal pundits. Every one of these idiots return to the argument that this is all Bush’s fault and the libs are not about to return to “those policies”.
So these “new ideas” (piling on two or three trillion in national debt with no visable results) are really working—right ladys? Huffington makes me wanna puke every time she open her moronic pie hole.
I’ve got a “new idea” that most Americans would agree on at this point—-FREEZE ALL GOVERNMENT SPENDING FOR ONE FULL YEAR STARTING YESTERDAY!
Rovin on March 6, 2009 at 9:02 AM
In fairness, Larry King is senile and possibly deaf. Or animatronic.
mchristian on March 6, 2009 at 9:03 AM
DorianGrey – It’s just … they look so NORMAL. Like people call for executions casually every day.
BrideOfRove on March 6, 2009 at 9:04 AM
Obama’s mouth piece at the WH stated that the WH is having some fun with Limbaugh & other Conservative talking heads.
The American people are busy watching their life savings get flushed down the Liberal sewer, and the WH is busy having some fun trashing the opposition and partying it up with million dollar dinners-concerts paid for with tax payer dollars.
Yep, that’s going to go over well with the average citizen.
Keemo on March 6, 2009 at 9:04 AM
Can we get real, here? Miller makes clear her context. She’s equating two statements. Making the case that she wants Rush executed is a neat gotcha, but not part of a serious discussion.
The real marvel is the two statements she equates!
Rush: I hope [a political opponent] fails.
Miller: [a political opponent] should be executed for treason.
It is a reasonable statement to hope that an opposing agenda fails. It is quite UN-reasonable to want somebody hanged for that same sentiment.
That, Arianna, is how conservatives will get back some mojo, Americans can see the whackjobs on the left and their sense of “equivalent” propositions. It’s amazing ALL the spin the left has tried to put on this simple phrase. From the original explanation, it is clear that Rush hopes that Obama fails to enact his policies–not that the country suffers at his hands.
I have faith that the American people can still see you guys for the loons and plate-spinners you are.
In the same way, we’re not going to distance ourselves from them by acting in the same opportunistic way.
Axeman on March 6, 2009 at 9:05 AM
In fairness, Larry King is senile and possibly deaf. Or animatronic.
mchristian on March 6, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Like Robert Byrd, Larry King actually died three years ago but no one wants to lose their job so they continue like normal.
Bishop on March 6, 2009 at 9:06 AM
When the gun grab comes??? When the gun grab comes it will have already been far to late for far to long. Who are you going to resist? The local police or sheriffs?
doriangrey on March 6, 2009 at 9:06 AM
I disagree, the dry cornfeild is already ablaze. Tea party after tea party are the proof. It isnt a question of IF the shooting will start, but where and when, and most importantly who the shooters and the shooties are.
doriangrey on March 6, 2009 at 9:09 AM
My town has nine officers. The better part of them would help me hide my weapons. It ain’t Mayberry but it isn’t Berlin either.
Limerick on March 6, 2009 at 9:10 AM
After what was said about Bush! I know a large population that has committed this treason they speak of. So far Bush was a horrible speaker yet puppet man won’t talk to his kids without a teleprompter. Bush spent too much money yet empty suit hasn’t signed anything without three commas in the digits. Bush lost people in his staff yet this guy can’t get anyone but criminals to work for him. RUSH get after them for this talk and everyone has to stop complaining that Rush is not the voice of R party.
Tremmy on March 6, 2009 at 9:11 AM
Now if Dennis Miller had said the same thing about Al Franken he would have been arrested.
technopeasant on March 6, 2009 at 9:15 AM
Note to self: Send these biyatches “Joan Of Arc”; talking about an execution by burning at the stake, they should reexamine their comments *sigh* about wishing death on someone they don’t know out of jealousy, and in an unfair way.
Did they come out of The View?
And then they don’t expect to be made fun of. What a way to gain followers; LET’S EXECUTE OUR OPPONENTS!
I dare any prominent Republican to spread the word around, or to turn it around and say the exact same thing. See what happens.
ProudPalinFan on March 6, 2009 at 9:18 AM
Baxter Greene on March 6, 2009 at 9:19 AM
Okay, let’s start trying folks for treason. After Rush beats the rap, we can try Fonda and Kerry. I suspect that neither could win.
Special Forces Grunt on March 6, 2009 at 9:20 AM
NOT RELATED: SANTELLI DID IT AGAIN!!
Somebody please fetch the clip; I already emailed Ed.
ProudPalinFan on March 6, 2009 at 9:20 AM
The rivalry between King and Rush goes back 20 years.
A lot of readers probably don’t know Larry King was once the leading talk radio host in America. He really was a big fish, with a very popular and actually a very good overnight radio program.
When Rush went national in 1988, callers to Larry King’s show used to ask what he thought of the new guy on the radio, Rush Limbaugh. And King would always say “never heard of the guy.”
Well you knew darn well King knew about Rush, so his dismissive attitude showed a lack of class.
I don’t think King ever acknowledged Rush’s existence until some time in the 90s when he could no longer deny it.
Now that Rush has eclipsed King in every possible way, I can imagine there is some bitterness there on King’s part. That’s part of the psycho drama here.
jeff_from_mpls on March 6, 2009 at 9:22 AM
As a senior citizen with common sense, I take offense to that statement. This is the last person I will seek out to fill any void. That is cruel and unusual punishment for a person of any age. Hope my light goes out before I’m subjected to him.
hillbilly on March 6, 2009 at 9:22 AM
Miller
King
keep the change on March 6, 2009 at 9:23 AM
When the gun grab comes??? When the gun grab comes it will have already been far to late for far to long. Who are you going to resist? The local police or sheriffs?
doriangrey on March 6, 2009 at 9:06 AM
Not the way I figure it because the grabs will have to start in the cities, and those won’t be easy nuts to crack. There will be signs of what is coming allowing people like me to take step.
I live in the exurbs and a goodly portion of my guns are already ensconced in gun safes on my land up north. If a grab begins, the balance of my iron will disappear; I keep a couple of cheapies around that can be used to mollify the BATF or whomever. They get a couple of run-down .22’s and an old bolt action shotgun while my serious shooters are safe in the cabin.
Bishop on March 6, 2009 at 9:23 AM
Before anyone can discourse on this subject, basic premises must be agreed to:
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Obama’s policies (healthcare, welfare, education, etc) have NOTHING to do with any type of “stimulus”. These are all intended to create more dependence on gubmint.
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If Obama’s policies *succeed*, America (as a country) will fail. (i.e. socialism, welfare state, nanny gubmint, etc.)
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If Obama’s policies *fail*, America will continue to thrive.
.
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It matters not whether the Porklosi/Ream Porkulus package can or will help the national economy… the money spent on all the supposed “bailouts” will bankrupt the country for several generations. This, in itself, will only hasten the demise of the Republic.
Mark_Tampa on March 6, 2009 at 9:25 AM
“treasonous.” . . . If that’s accurate then we’ll charge every one of those idiots with treason for their behavior toward Bush. The left is ruthless but they’re also so stupid.
rplat on March 6, 2009 at 9:26 AM
I’m certain I read that Santelli was told to shut up now. He didn’t? That is one very brave man.
BrideOfRove on March 6, 2009 at 9:26 AM
hillbilly on March 6, 2009 at 9:22 AM
Where are you from hill, are you truly a hillbilly?
Bishop on March 6, 2009 at 9:26 AM
Rush has balls.Democrats dont understand this.
Streecar on March 6, 2009 at 9:29 AM
This is to all you folks (liberal or conservative)who have a negative opinion about Limbaugh that’s based on listening to the media talk about him, rather than actually listening to his show. I have always been pretty conservative but I didn’t start actually listening to Limbaugh until I got a job which allows me to be in my car during his show. I started tuning in about 6 years ago. I thought, based on the media reports, that he was a gas bag. Well, after listening to his flawless logic and dissection of the media’s bias, I am a big fan. I don’t listen every minute of every day but, when I do tune in, he’s always affirming what I know. Conservatism, capitalism, liberty and self-determination are the antithesis of liberalism, aka progressivism, aka socialism, aka communism, aka totalitarianism, aka MISERY.
Jarhead68 on March 6, 2009 at 9:30 AM
I forgive Miller, she is as dumb as a rock. People that slow can’t be held accountable for everything they say, they just don’t have the mental capacity to understand.
right2bright on March 6, 2009 at 9:32 AM
Let’s have a Rush/Obama death match. Loser is declared guilty of treason, and is summarily executed.
Fair enough?
rogersnowden on March 6, 2009 at 9:34 AM
Thanks for the trip down memory lane…I had forgotten about that riff, and you are accurate, flash back when you said “never heard of him”, I remember that and can still hear Kings voice.
right2bright on March 6, 2009 at 9:35 AM
There’s no denying these people are absolute Nazis (King and whatshername).
ErinF on March 6, 2009 at 9:35 AM
I’ve said for a long time that when the Left was back in power that their blind, insane hatred for Bush would translate into a bline, insane hatred for all conservatives. We’re seeing that now, Rush is simply the biggest target.
crazy_legs on March 6, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Thanks to Obama’s attacks on Rush Limbaugh, Rush’s show listening audience has doubled in the past few weeks. No better way to teach Conservatism than to have the country tuning into RL (3) hours a day!
Keemo on March 6, 2009 at 9:39 AM
Stephanie Miller should stick to her dumb radio show. Her political analysis doesn’t even rise to the level of what you can get on Opie and Anthony (and that’s not an insult to O&A). As for Arianna Huffington, is it me or is it nearly impossible to follow anything she says because of that impenetrable accent of hers? Like a poodle discussing Plato.
Miller’s attempt at shock-jockery tells you all you need to know about why Lib talk radio dies on the vine.
EMD on March 6, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Who is this Stephanie Miller you speak of?
PappaMac on March 6, 2009 at 9:50 AM
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