Limbaugh on the Nobel: They’re trying to get him to stand down in Afghanistan
posted at 5:26 pm on October 9, 2009 by Allahpundit
Seven-plus minutes of audio here on “the first post-accomplishment president,” but his point about Afghanistan is the crux of it. I noted this in the Nobel thread this morning but it bears repeating: For once, he and David Frum are in perfect sync.
That Nobel was not a gesture of Obama-worship by left-leaning Norwegians. It was the very opposite: It was a pre-emptive strike against Obama, an attempt to neutralize him. How can a Peace Nobelist strike Iranian nuclear plants? Or wage a protracted war in Afghanistan? Or tell the Palestinians, “Sorry, that’s the best offer, take it or leave it”? The hope of course is that he cannot.
Oh, now, be fair: He’s perfectly capable of abandoning Afghanistan to the Taliban without any Euro encouragement. Tapper makes a clever point, though, in noting how the award could potentially backfire by giving Obama political cover to embrace the hawk within. Now that he’s been anointed the prince of peace by the Nobel committee, any escalation in Afghanistan should presumably be supported by the “international community” as a measure taken for a just and noble purpose. Think that’s how it’ll play out? Click the image to watch.
Update: “This is a man of peace now.”
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That’s a pretty good theory. I mean, how does Obama announce a 40,000 troop surge after accepting the Nobel prize?
hawksruleva on October 9, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Obama: “I will accept this award as a call to action”
Please don’t…
ninjapirate on October 9, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Hey, if Code Pink can be swayed by the messiah’s magic, anyone can.
anniekc on October 9, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Damn, I missed Rush today and really wanted to be able hear his whole show. Sounds like it was a good one.
Daemonocracy on October 9, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Please donate the winnings to the VFW…
ninjapirate on October 9, 2009 at 5:30 PM
No. They’re encouraging him to retreat and that’s exactly what he’ll do.
I hope I’m wrong…
CliffHanger on October 9, 2009 at 5:31 PM
Sadly, he’s stupid enough to fall for it.
Vashta.Nerada on October 9, 2009 at 5:31 PM
I dare anyone. Anyone. Anyone. To stand up to this. Vero Impossimus.
Key West Reader on October 9, 2009 at 5:31 PM
Anyway, he’s wrong. The Nobel Prize is basically a call to inaction. Maybe a call to talking.
hawksruleva on October 9, 2009 at 5:31 PM
giving Obama political cover to embrace the [chicken]hawk within.
He’s no hawk. Troop increase? 5000 for training Afghanis only. Iran? Nuclear within a year. Pirates? We already got one. NKorea? We’re beyond that now. Iraq? What’s that?
BKeyser on October 9, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Will Obama be bullied by the Nobel Committee?
WashJeff on October 9, 2009 at 5:33 PM
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Lockstein13 on October 9, 2009 at 5:33 PM
“the hawk within him”…..I couldn’t past this phrase.
d1carter on October 9, 2009 at 5:33 PM
I actually put on the hip boots and went in to read some Think Progress screed about Rush being a Miss America judge. They used a photo from about 15 years and 100 pounds ago.
JammieWearingFool on October 9, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Emergency Antidote
RushBaby on October 9, 2009 at 5:35 PM
I am still working on getting past that he recieved the prize, the possibilities of how he uses it are endless. Free pass for whatever he wants to rationalize. Not that he needed a prize to do that.
Cindy Munford on October 9, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Rush was great today. He said he had to put his show on a 90 second delay today because he would have a hard time editing himself.
portlandon on October 9, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Obama should have refused the award. Instead he said he’ll donate the money to charity.
Not much different than John Kerry saying he threw his medals back when in fact he kept the medals and only threw the ribbons back.
Daemonocracy on October 9, 2009 at 5:36 PM
I think it’s kind of pointless now. I’ve had a post up for hours on that and others have also done so, so he must have gotten thousands of votes, but they’re not showing up. ESPN is among his chief bootlickers so they won’t do anything to embarrass him.
JammieWearingFool on October 9, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Stuff like this is why you don’t get enough credit around here (sometimes).
LibTired on October 9, 2009 at 5:36 PM
I’m hoping that getting the inevitble Peace prize so early and for doing nothing will keep him from putting us in all kinds of danger trying to win one.
I know, it’s wishful thinking…
myrenovations on October 9, 2009 at 5:36 PM
I didn’t need Limbaugh to tell me this. It was obvious from the get-go.
Del Dolemonte on October 9, 2009 at 5:36 PM
In theory, I would say yes…but his lack of decisive action in the short term still points to the fact that he’s totally uninterested in pursuing a victory in Afghanistan. He has no intention of providing the troops that his generals have asked for – he’s purposefully letting our troops swing in the wind, undermining the very foundation of the U.S. economy, and driving us so far in the fiscal hole that our great-grandkids won’t be able to dig us out. That’s why he won…he’s remaking America in the image that pleases socialist Europe, and they’re lovin’ it.
uncivilized on October 9, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Dead on balls accurate!
rjoco1 on October 9, 2009 at 5:38 PM
I think Beck calls it. The Prize was to be awarded for the Marxist attainments Zero is supposed to have accomplished by now without anticipating any opposition (tea parties, town hall protests etc.) or delays to Zero’s reaching his Marxist goals.
viking01 on October 9, 2009 at 5:39 PM
I agree – its an old world trick – to trap our good intentions from protecting our country – in the sense of fair play .
wheels on October 9, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Yep. He’s now gonna go for two in a row.
ROCnPhilly on October 9, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Heh… good callback to Marissa Tomei.
teke184 on October 9, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Damn, I missed Rush today and really wanted to be able hear his whole show. Sounds like it was a good one.
Daemonocracy on October 9, 2009 at 5:30 PM
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The best part is hearing o’s soundbites sped up so he sounds like urkel:)that way we don’t have to suffer thru it.
ohiobabe on October 9, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Does this mean no more war on the American people?
Orange Doorhinge on October 9, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Obama’s ego is through the stratosphere that Afghanistan withdrawal will be at the Nobel’s command.
Really pathetic.
cubachi on October 9, 2009 at 5:44 PM
Sometime a complement is a form of insult when it comes to manipulation. Remember, a “good cop” is still in league with the “bad cop”. This “award” is one big mind f**k.
TwilightStruggler on October 9, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Nope.
I like Tapper…I think he’s one of the very few honest liberal journalists (out of maybe, a field of 3)…but he always goes way out of his way to find the most flattering interpretations of Obama’s actions…then comes back to earth. There is no inner-hawk in Obama…against foreign enemies at least.
AUINSC on October 9, 2009 at 5:45 PM
I think that was just part of their intent. They want cap and trade, they want the UN making our foreign policy, they want to run the US rather than having some pesky cowboy American doing it for them…and Obama is their best shot.
But, the problem with Obama leaving Afghanistan, is that AlQaida and the Taliban are not necessarily on the same page as the Euro weenies.
Terrye on October 9, 2009 at 5:46 PM
bambi wasn’t going to do anything in Afghanistan anyway. this will be his excuse.
kelley in virginia on October 9, 2009 at 5:46 PM
you know, i don’t give a damn about the euroweenies right now. we’re in a struggle for survival right here. no, i am not an isolationalist, but we need to get our own house in order.
kelley in virginia on October 9, 2009 at 5:48 PM
The Rush perspective is usually closer to the truth. The resident (ROTUS) is, even more, between Iraq and a hard place.
obleo on October 9, 2009 at 5:50 PM
This is awesome.
Obama may have bombed Iran. no longer.
Ron Paul 2012!
Spathi on October 9, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Shouldn’t that be pre-accomplishment?
malclave on October 9, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Well it’s like the Bush doctrine only the peace prize people did a preemptive strike to stop Obama from becoming warlike and attacking Iran or some other random country.
Need to keep him peaceful.
Spathi on October 9, 2009 at 5:52 PM
oh yeah, sure, go ahead and rub it in that I missed an awesome show!
There’s gotta be a podcast or something of it online somewhere. Beck is moaning about SEIU all hour, O’reilly will spend 2 minutes on it then waste the rest of his show with that body language expert (serously O’reilly, you haven’t hit that yet?) and after that it’s Baseball playoff time so I either find it now or wait till tomorrow.
Daemonocracy on October 9, 2009 at 5:53 PM
People forget that we also bombed the moon today. link
Given that the Nobel committee was able to forsee the greatness of the filthy lying coward days into his failed run as American President, how do we know this wasn’t a pre-emptive measure to ensure our planet doesn’t go to war with another cellestial body?
highhopes on October 9, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Obama is a “man of peace” now.
I just threw up in my mouth.
Can we PLEASE stop the idol worship?
Enoxo on October 9, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Of course not. The Taliban and Al Qaeda are getting ready to run as Republicans in 2010.
highhopes on October 9, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Vomit…
Seven Percent Solution on October 9, 2009 at 5:56 PM
McChrystal couldn’t care less about Barry’s silly prize.
Christien on October 9, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Obama should accept the peace prize, but he has to live up to it and be peaceful in response.
He can’t go bombing Iran or other countries in response.
Spathi on October 9, 2009 at 5:58 PM
ha. yeah right.
They will just say, It’s Bush’s war and it’s Bush’s fault. Obama had to do it.
Poor little Obama. Came into office with such a mess.
Do these people ever consider the fact that HE is the one that WANTED the freakin’ Job??!! There’s no Whining in world leadership, Obama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bridgetown on October 9, 2009 at 5:58 PM
This just in- Barak Obama was just named winner of the cutest baby contest at the Paramus Mall. He has promised to donate his prize, a year’s worth of diapers, to charity.
Critics point out that he was not eligible for the honor but the DNC quickly dismissed that as the talk of terrorists.
highhopes on October 9, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Exactly first thing I thought. Although hand grenade analogy is better.
However, interesting that he was floating Taliban involvement in the gov anyway during last 2 days, so he was headed down the road of no troops/appeasement/ withdrawal anyway.
My gut tells me he is gutless, will do a Biden/drone/wuss road and withdraw, but call it anything but. The soldiers just got thrown under the Humvee.
Starlink on October 9, 2009 at 6:00 PM
This is great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrP1iGM6-QQ
bridgetown on October 9, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Another prediction anyone……?
MacCrystal and Patraeus resign before this is all over?
Starlink on October 9, 2009 at 6:02 PM
If he’s unwilling to even consider such action then he isn’t qualified to be President. I agree with you that the rat bastard traitor needs to resign immediately and go back to Kenya, the land of his birth.
highhopes on October 9, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Clearly, the Nobel should have went to binladen. The justification is that he has not attacked the US in over 8 years. That is a clear, measurable, tangable accomplishment. Kind of like “most improved”.
obleo on October 9, 2009 at 6:03 PM
That’s pretty much it. Sums up the UN as well. It’s the award for talking a good game, kicking the can down the road, acheiving temporary meaningless periods peace (usually observed by one side) that gets more people killed in the long run.
It’s also the award for pseudo-leaders to enhance their own legacy.
Obama has confirmed a lot of people’s worst fears with his call to action comments.
Well played, Socialist Scum.
reaganaut on October 9, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Maybe with his new international stature Obamaha can demand a recount on that Olympics thing…
More seriously, Rush is right and there is so much at stake if the Afghan/Pakistan mess is not dealt with in a combative and conclusive way. Would the internationals respect a peace prize recipient for decimating the Taliban & Bin Laden ? Doubt it. I don’t think he has what it takes to finish the job. Taliban wins.
b3026 on October 9, 2009 at 6:05 PM
I don’t think they’d leave the troops. Say it isn’t so.
What would happen, if Obama gave orders, but the Generals and troops on the ground went their own way….but they succeeded?
What would happen?
bridgetown on October 9, 2009 at 6:05 PM
They wouldn’t “resign” they’d submit their request to retire. Same effect- a vote of no confidence in the filthy lying coward.
highhopes on October 9, 2009 at 6:05 PM
You know when Gibbs tries to stop you from using the phrase “man of peace” when talking about Obama, you’ve gone over the deep end.
Gibbs: “Did you run from somewhere?”
No, Gibbs, she’s having an orgasm on the Nobel Prize.
Enoxo on October 9, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Paulbot. BTW, your idol is a kook, an anti Semite and a neo nazi.
Terrye on October 9, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Are you talking about the female with the very large derriere in that photo?
Buy Danish on October 9, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Obama brings peace to the moon today.
By bombing it.
Hey! I gots me a ideer! Why don’t you bring peace to Al-Qaeda?
(It’s that simple, Spazi)
BigAlSouth on October 9, 2009 at 6:07 PM
If the filthy lying coward refuses to add troops to Afghanistan but doesn’t change the strategy, the greatest thing that McChrystal could do for the troops is vote with his feet and request his retirement. Far better to make his lack of confidence in the filthy lying coward than to sit there and watch young Americans continue to die because the rat bastard traitor is dithering over a policy the includes not wanting to offend the socialists who gave him a medal.
highhopes on October 9, 2009 at 6:07 PM
They would get the Joe the Plumber treatment and be tossed out on their ass. Or vice versa.
Unfortunately, there is no shortage of snivleing, sycophantic brass in the Armed Forces who will step up and do Obama’s bidding, in the hopes of getting an extra star or some cushy post-retirement job.
reaganaut on October 9, 2009 at 6:08 PM
President Obama says he’s donating the $1 million + to charities! Hey, Mr. President, how about reimbursing us for the $1 million in fuel it will take to fly you to Oslo!
God bless the USA and all who read my rantings!
Dread Pirate Roberts VI on October 9, 2009 at 6:09 PM
The timing of this triumph was perfect. Barry hasn’t achieved anything, aside from reaching the pinnacle of verbosity. So, the Nobel is exactly what Barry needed to successfully launch his inaction and ambivalence program, and to simultaneously inaugurate the swiftest decline ever recorded of the most powerful nation on earth. This will undoubtedly be Barry’s moment to finally grab glory— His supreme accomplishment.
anXdem on October 9, 2009 at 6:11 PM
If the filthy lying coward refuses to add troops to Afghanistan but doesn’t change the strategy, the greatest thing that McChrystal could do for the troops is vote with his feet and request his retirement.
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Agreed!
ohiobabe on October 9, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Like all the best paranouiod fantasies, this one sounds plausible. Until you consider the odds of five Norwegians sitting around saying to themselves — “gosh, more than anything in the world, I want to reduce U.S. presence in Afghanistan.”
I mean, get real. Showing up Bush: likely.
Micromanaging U.S. military policy? not likely
Bleeds Blue on October 9, 2009 at 6:12 PM
lol, filthy lying coward…rat bastard traitor…
Don’t hold back now. Let us know how you really feel.
lol, i love it
bridgetown on October 9, 2009 at 6:12 PM
The good news:
Didn’t the taliban or Al Qaeda..same diff….talk smack about China recently?
Maybe China can do the job that anti-American Americans are unwilling to do.
bridgetown on October 9, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Oh, hell yeah….let’s go all the way and make Cindy Sheehan the VP. Micheal Moore–Health and Ed. Secretary.
Rovin on October 9, 2009 at 6:14 PM
If Obama was a Magnificent Bastard, he would take the Nobel and then do the most hawklike thing possible. He would even bomb Iran in a month just to show the world who’s boss. What could the noble prize committee do? They gave up their bargaining power for nothing.
Unfortunately for us, Dear Leader is a fool and would likely do the opposite.
nyx on October 9, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Limbaugh and Frum are absolutely right on this. The world has reached the right conclusion on Obama, that this is a guy who, above all, wants to be adored. They know by giving this to him up front, he will be putty in their hands. If anyone held up hope that our national interests will play a key role in decisions, they can give up those thoughts now. It’s all going to be about how he is received worldwide. It always was going to be that way anyway, but it should be obvious to all now if it wasn’t already.
That being said, I’m not sure that Obama really wants this. The jokes will practically write themselves now. All it takes are people willing to say them, and they’re starting to. It’s become too difficult to ignore.
stldave on October 9, 2009 at 6:14 PM
You are funny.
When an award is given out to someone who has actually achieved NOTHING, anything is ‘likely’, hon.
bridgetown on October 9, 2009 at 6:15 PM
I’m having a hard time believing this theory. I believe people were just stupidly infatuated and nominated him. It’s not that big of a leap, you know? They already assumed him to be some deity…what’s one little award for the the returning Christ? Seems to fit.
Diane on October 9, 2009 at 6:15 PM
resign immediately and go back to Kenya, the land of his birth.
highhopes on October 9, 2009 at 6:03 PM
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ASAP!I want my country back.
ohiobabe on October 9, 2009 at 6:15 PM
If he does. It means scores more American dead. Europeans too. Oslo clearly thinks it’s immune.
ronsfi on October 9, 2009 at 6:16 PM
The filthy lying coward doesn’t have to worry about finding a “leader.” Wes Clark isn’t the only political general out there. No, the rat bastard traitor needs to worry about the point when the troops shut down in a vote of no confidence in the mission. There is already indications of this happening and a continuation of the “STFU and quit complaining about getting killed” approach will escalate that lack of confidence.
highhopes on October 9, 2009 at 6:16 PM
More good news:
For all the flack GWBush has taken over the years, Obama is making him look like one FANTASTIC President.
He may not have been perfect, but I miss the guy.
bridgetown on October 9, 2009 at 6:16 PM
I’m having a hard time believing this theory
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Why not?They know he has an enormous ego,they are feeding it.
ohiobabe on October 9, 2009 at 6:17 PM
I’ve heard a dozen theories unflattering to the President that are far better explanations than this. It’s just stupid.
Of course, because Rush said it it will gain traction and if he does reduce troop presense, this theory will echo around the blogosphere unchallenged.
Bleeds Blue on October 9, 2009 at 6:18 PM
I’ve been doing that since before Jan 20th. Somebody has to do it with all the idiots out there thinking that we need to be civil to the guy who is destroying this nation.
highhopes on October 9, 2009 at 6:18 PM
We in the military miss him like you can’t believe.
hawkdriver on October 9, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Rush is right. A bunch of the world feels like an emasculated America is in their best interest. These are the ones who simply love Obama. The others, who are truly our friends, are crying and laughing at the same time. Just like us.
kingsjester on October 9, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Bush left us mired in two wars and a recession. For the first time since Hoover, the American people were poorer when a president left office than when he took office. The idea that the Bush presidency was anything but a failure is laughable.
Bleeds Blue on October 9, 2009 at 6:20 PM
I hear you, and I know it. My husband is a Marine (retired, thank goodness)…but I know people with boots on the ground right now in Afghanistan and it makes me want to vomit watching Obama’s smiling ass on TV every day.
and, Thank You for your service!!!!!!!!
bridgetown on October 9, 2009 at 6:20 PM
We in the military miss him like you can’t believe.
hawkdriver on October 9, 2009 at 6:18 PM
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Yeah,I love the video that shows the stark difference in the way the troops embraced Bush as opposed to the cold obama.
ohiobabe on October 9, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Our Troops at home and abroad need us more than ever.
ronsfi on October 9, 2009 at 6:22 PM
blah, blah, blah, blah. Take your talking points elsewhere.
Bush left us with a WIN in Iraq, and if he were president today, we’d be on our way to a WIN in Afghanistan.
The recession was MOSTLY caused by the freakin’ legislation written by DEMS. Fannie/Freddie ring a bell?
Take your talking points and blow them out your hole.
You don’t know what you’re talking about.
bridgetown on October 9, 2009 at 6:22 PM
I don’t think the nobel peace prize committee actually wanted Obama to do anything. They just became the latest victim of the Obamania, a malicious disease that leaves grown men and women staring blankly at space, get all tingly at speeches, weep at unexpected times and acting irrationally. Unfortunately for them, they are not yet hit with Obamadepression, a depressive period lasting 6 months or more where men and women develop a distaste to lieing, where they get angry at the media, tear one’s hair out due to despair and can be heard mumbling “that idiot…”.
nyx on October 9, 2009 at 6:22 PM
Marisa Tomei won the Oscar because she was the only american nominated for Best Supporting Actress, what is the excuse for the Obama prize?
Falz on October 9, 2009 at 6:24 PM
You should be thankful that GWB preserved your right to be a blithering idiot. That freedom will be extinguished given the trajectory of the filthy lying coward in the White House now. You think Hitler allowed dissent among his loyalists after he secured power? You’re just too damned dumb to see the reality of the situation.
highhopes on October 9, 2009 at 6:25 PM
BTW, when can I remove the plastic smile from my face and freely express my anger at watching “the last best hope of earth” dismantled before my eyes by short sighted avarice on one side and indolent self righteousness on the other?
ronsfi on October 9, 2009 at 6:26 PM
That was why Bush’s relations with China, India and South east Asia in general were at an all time low. Oh wait…
nyx on October 9, 2009 at 6:26 PM
As much as I dispise this president and the current direction of this country—-your suggestion CAN NEVER HAPPEN. The office of the CIC is not up for debate when it comes to the chain of command. The generals in the theater have two choices—obey the orders or resign. There is no “go your own way” written in our constitution.
Rovin on October 9, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Obama above all else has always sought the next level after he just attained a new position.
Lawyer? Why I need to immediately be an community organizer.
Community Organizer? Why I need to immediately be an author.
Author? Why I need to immediately be a State Senator.
State Senator? Why I need to immediately be a US Senator.
US Senator? Why I need to immediately be President.
President? Why I need to immediately be a Nobel Peace Prize Laurette.
He’s always campaigning and pushing for the next level of adoration and praise. What comes next? President of the UN? Sooner or later he’s going to run out of levels to attain, and then what is he going to do?
Enoxo on October 9, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Yeah. Bush did such a great job in Afghanistan that the only thing EVERYBODY agrees on is that he totally screwed it up.
And The Replicans controlled Congress for 12.5 of the 14 years before the recession and the White House for 7 of 7. This one’s all theirs.
Of course, the Republicans are about nothing if not dodging responsibility.
Bleeds Blue on October 9, 2009 at 6:27 PM
This is really an Onion story right? Big Goof on the President?
Dr Evil on October 9, 2009 at 6:28 PM
+1 NOW you’re making sense bridgetown.
Rovin on October 9, 2009 at 6:29 PM
The Taliban was never the reason for going into Afghanistan. It was AlQ. George W. Bush gave the Taliban at least two chances to turn OBL over to us. Had they done that we never even would have gone into Afghanistan, let alone still be there after 8 years with no end in sight.
MB4 on October 9, 2009 at 6:32 PM
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