Today show to Limbaugh: Would you have a beer with Obama?
posted at 5:19 pm on October 13, 2009 by Allahpundit
Think of it. Rush, The One, Van Jones, and Glenn Beck out in the Rose Garden with a case of MGD. Wire them up with lapel microphones and put it on pay-per-view for $100 a pop. Voila: ObamaCare is paid for. Frankly, I’m surprised Limbaugh hasn’t proposed it yet.
I’m also surprised NBC didn’t ask him about his alleged fondness for slavery, an old slur that’s been revived of late by the left to block his NFL bid. Limbaugh says he never said it (“If I had said what they say I said, I would be gone”) and no one seems able to track down the quotation, but the mere fact that liberals claim that he said it is good enough for MSNBC to smear the hell out of him on air. Seriously, he should sue. He wouldn’t win because it’s almost impossible to defame a public figure, but the media attention on how far MSNBC’s willing to go to libel its political enemies would be worth it.
Exit question: He declines to say here that he “loves” Sarahcuda, but why? He was willing to say it 10 months ago.
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If he does, I hope he takes along a beer taster.
I mean, if you were Rush Limbaugh, would you trust anything this White House would give you to drink?
Dave R. on October 13, 2009 at 5:23 PM
FOOD FIGHT!!!!!
portlandon on October 13, 2009 at 5:23 PM
For Beck, and I hope Limbaugh as well, it’d have to be O’Doul’s.
mikeyboss on October 13, 2009 at 5:23 PM
That would be construed as an endorsement by the media, and, I believe he has stated on his show, Rush has a personal policy to stay out of the endorsement business in primaries.
WashJeff on October 13, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Newsbusters has posted CNN’s Sanchez’ non-retraction:
Here
notropis on October 13, 2009 at 5:24 PM
You are correct sir, but I just have this feeling deep down he knows she’s the best, as does Levin, Beck, etc.
BTW, why didn’t they play the name game w/ Romney, Huck, Pawlenty? Oh yeah, that’s right….
davek70 on October 13, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Allah, i won’t watch the clip for hit counts, but i saw it live, and he said he wouldn’t dare say who he liked yet “so as to not damage a candidate 3 years out”
Smart cookie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
battleoflepanto1571 on October 13, 2009 at 5:28 PM
He has a girlfriend…
Seven Percent Solution on October 13, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Go Rush! These lying Libs are dispicable!
This is why even thou’ Michael Savage is not loved by many conservative talk show hosts, they should have put it aside and rallied to help him. They must stick together now.
(Smerconish is a phoney-baloney thou’! Disgrazia!)
Gob on October 13, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Allah, since this quote was used to deny Rush Limbaugh ownership of the football team – it is certainly tortuous interference. Limbaugh can sue or at least demand discovery to see if there are competing interests who have ginned up these libels for their own commercial gain.
TexasJew on October 13, 2009 at 5:29 PM
How in the world can he do such a good job imitating Clinton with such poor hearing? Rush truly has talent on loan from God.
fourdeucer on October 13, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Hopefully this interview will get some of the NBC viewers to at least check out his show. The Turth is very compelling and liberals live in the world of Lies.
I think Rush may hvae done well for himself and the Conservative movement.
SayNo2-O on October 13, 2009 at 5:31 PM
WHY?
As in why would anybody want to?
Sir Napsalot on October 13, 2009 at 5:33 PM
hehehe…
JetBoy on October 13, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Myself, I wouldn’t have one of those Capri Sun juice pouches with Obama.
TheQuestion on October 13, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Then Joe Biden comes over and sits down, and nobody else gets a word in edgewise, and everybody demands their money back.
malclave on October 13, 2009 at 5:36 PM
On his show today, he said his lawyers were already in contact with everyone who is airing these quotes and they’ll have to source them. If they cannot source these quotes, the lawyers want an apology and a retraction to Rush. So, he’s taking care of it and it will be fun to watch all of these “journalists” have to publicly apologize to Rush.
yogi41 on October 13, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Meh, I’m just glad Rush is losing weight. We need him around and speaking out for a good long time.
Still don’t understand why he wants in on the Rams and the NFL. The only explanation I can come up with is that it’s the realization of a lifelong dream (or the closest he could possibly come to it). No kids, gobs of money, might as well blow it on a crappy NFL franchise.
spmat on October 13, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Because *gasp* he really loves Mitt!! Heart-ache!!!
He *hearts* Sarah Palin.
ddrintn on October 13, 2009 at 5:38 PM
He should say to hell with the rams & BUY NBC & $hit can the fools on LIVE on AIR !!!!!!!!!!!
I can see a $100 pay per view & no out of pocket money………..
WOW……… You would not beleve the dream I just had……
1luckydogg on October 13, 2009 at 5:38 PM
re. Palin–I’m a 24/7 member, and listen to Rush everyday. He has said countless times , in some form or the other, “the media will tell us who our candidate is by who they try to destroy. And look what they’re doing to Sarah Palin. They aren’t too scared of Romney or Huckabee…”
And for now, that’s as close to an endorsement Rush will get.
varnson on October 13, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Is this part of Obama’s Beerestroika policy?
theCork on October 13, 2009 at 5:39 PM
The thing that he is reserved on Palin is simply she is going rogue, and he is afraid that means people will put her up for a third party. He hates the third party route.
Conservative Voice on October 13, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Some people aren’t so happy she quit her job. I still like her, but she’ll have to re-earn my love.
I’m not staying to argue about this either. I know many think her decision was brilliant. I don’t and have made my case here repeatedly. I don’t think this necessarily ends her potential as a president, but it has made me less likely to vote for her, not more. If I’m in the minority, then good for her.
Esthier on October 13, 2009 at 5:39 PM
After Rush’s attorneys get involved then you will get a retraction and apology
Dire Straits on October 13, 2009 at 5:40 PM
Is it me?
I thought that segment of the interview was boring. I learned nothing new about the man.
The reporter asked painfully obvious dull questions.
Word associations? Come on … that is so high school.
The interviewer basically had to know the answer to each of the questions she asked.
How was the rest of the interview?
peterargus on October 13, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Careful, Jet. You just put a bloody foot in shark infested water. :)
Esthier on October 13, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Rush is not going to tie himself to Sarah. A lot of us like Sarah, but doubt she will be the nominee. Rush likes Bobby Jindal a lot more anyway.
Mr. Joe on October 13, 2009 at 5:43 PM
It seems to me that Rush is getting out there a lot more than he used to. That is good, I think.
I wonder what Rush would say to Obama, if he actually met him.
Terrye on October 13, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Unless there is some sort of economic loss involved. I’d say purchase of a football team falling through qualifies.
gryphon202 on October 13, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Maybe he is afraid it will be misunderstood.
Terrye on October 13, 2009 at 5:45 PM
BTW, who would he sue? Everyone who repeats the slander? How does that work?
Terrye on October 13, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Also at Newsbusters:
Pulitzer Prize winning journalism professor demonstrates the correct way to check your sources:
notropis on October 13, 2009 at 5:46 PM
I don’t get a chance to listen to his show much, but do read transcripts frequently. He hardly ever mentions Jindal anymore. He knows Bobby’s a long, long way off.
ddrintn on October 13, 2009 at 5:47 PM
Is Rush rich enough to leverage in on a network takeover? Does he have enough billionaire friends to be that bwahahahaha! ?
I.M. Shatner on October 13, 2009 at 5:47 PM
Evidence of that? He likes Jindal but I don’t recall him ever saying he likes him MORE.
davek70 on October 13, 2009 at 5:48 PM
Damn Allah – only a beta male would think Palin would prefer to be loved over being admired by Rush. She’s not a needy weak lib. I guess you never listened to Helen Reddy’s song – RESPECT.
katiejane on October 13, 2009 at 5:48 PM
Yes, that might well be true. It is one thing I can think of that Beck could do that could make Rush turn on him. Maybe.
Terrye on October 13, 2009 at 5:48 PM
Dear God, don’t tell me that Helen Reddy really covered that one! I don’t ever want to hear her version.
Otis Redding, yes. Aretha Franklin, yes. But not Helen Reddy….
notropis on October 13, 2009 at 5:50 PM
“I’m Mitt Romney, and I approve this message.”
Lothar on October 13, 2009 at 5:51 PM
I love that Allah wants to imagine a drink-up with nothing to drink for Glenn. So deep is the hate, he would leave Beck thirsty! So heartbreaking.
I_C on October 13, 2009 at 5:52 PM
But, his heart belongs to AP. Smooch!
Blake on October 13, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Rush is a lot more about ideas and principles. He spends little to no time on his show talking politcians up. I would guess that he has learned that if he talks someone up he (a) paints a target on that politician and\or (b) will be let down when that politician makes decisions that goes against his principles.
WashJeff on October 13, 2009 at 5:53 PM
I was wrong – her song was I am woman. I should have credited Franklin with Respect.
katiejane on October 13, 2009 at 5:56 PM
I have to give Rush credit. He’s a better person than me. He still has respect for the office of the President. That respect started to go away with Carter, then it really fell apart with Clinton the deviant, and now, a Communist in the White House for God sakes. I’d have to turn down the invitation for fear of what might happen if I ever met Obama.
I truly despise the man more than anything else on this earth.
Jeff from WI on October 13, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Heck, bring in Skip Gates and the Grievance Brothers, Jackson and Sharpton, to the beer summit, and you might get $150 for the PPV.
JammieWearingFool on October 13, 2009 at 5:59 PM
While you are certainly correct that a public figure has an onerous burden in establishing actual malice (per the SC: subjective knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard for the truth), it is certainly not the case that such a claim is “almost impossible.” Depending on the facts, it may be easy. This whole process, including the sourcing of the claims, seem to suggest that this might be one of the ways to sustain a claim.
Interestingly, one of the circumstantial ways that malice can be shown against media members is to show that the underlying veracity of the claim was not investigated which was contrary to the usual practice of the media member. This places MSNBC in a difficult position. Either (1) they would have to argue they did investigate the veracity of the claim per their usual practice but still ran the story despite finding actual knowledge it was never said; or (2) they would have to admit that their usual practice is not to fact check claims made before broadcasting them.
I hope Rush does this. Giving the shocking nature of the attributed quote and the likely reckless disregard for basic fact checking, I think Rush could put MSNBC in a rough spot.
txlitigator on October 13, 2009 at 5:59 PM
I would NEVER have a beer with Obama. Never.
EyeSurgeon on October 13, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Now put yourself in the shoes of Sarah Palin. You are vilified by the MSM on a 24/7 basis and appear to have few friends in the lower 48.
Today, Rush Limbaugh comes out and says he DOES NOT love her, but ADMIRES her, that she is UNDERESTIMATED and that she has more backbone than any male in the Democrat party.
If that is criticism of Sarah Palin or an indication that Rush is souring on her Sarah Palin would probably say, “I wish more people would be saying that about me. I could definitely live with that.”
technopeasant on October 13, 2009 at 6:03 PM
I like the way you think. Are you an actual lawyer?
notropis on October 13, 2009 at 6:04 PM
AP: You are not supposed to say that in PC-land. That is a code word for hidden racism.
Oh, brother!
onlineanalyst on October 13, 2009 at 6:04 PM
I feel the same way although I reserve the word HATE for someone that I would literally watch burn in hell, then I would have to be there to witness the burning. I just can’t think of how indescribable I dislike Obama.
fourdeucer on October 13, 2009 at 6:04 PM
News Flash: Everyone needs to go to the Drudge Report and read the red headline story about the US Dollar. Folks, it is starting to get real scary.
Dire Straits on October 13, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Yes. In Texas.
txlitigator on October 13, 2009 at 6:06 PM
I was not trying to imply you Hated Obama, just in case.
fourdeucer on October 13, 2009 at 6:07 PM
I agree with you, doctor. I’d rather have you stick a needle in my eye than sip a beer in his company.
Rod on October 13, 2009 at 6:07 PM
The Color Purple.
unclesmrgol on October 13, 2009 at 6:12 PM
He da Man!
Randy
williars on October 13, 2009 at 6:14 PM
“Loves” Sarah Palin? Imagine how that remark would be distorted.
Instead Rush says that he admires her and that she “has more backbone than any man in the Democrat party.” That is a double zinger and quite accurate. (And I love how he uses the term Democrat party because that accurate wording gets in the craw of the party of the spineless.
onlineanalyst on October 13, 2009 at 6:17 PM
I don’t love Palin,either. I love my wife. That said, I admire Sarah a lot and have great respect for her.
jimmy2shoes on October 13, 2009 at 6:17 PM
What IF Murdoch buys NBC? If he does, Rush may have another TV gig on the new conservative channel MSNBC and Matthews gets a different thrill up his leg and KO gets KO’d.
dthorny on October 13, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Believe me, Obama is your best lifelong friend if you compared your extreme dislike for this steaming pile of excrement, compared with my extreme loathing, and despising of this despicable creature. LOL
Jeff from WI on October 13, 2009 at 6:22 PM
Beer is a four letter word….that means you’re a racist!!!
Here’s to the libs loosing in 2010!!!!
dthorny on October 13, 2009 at 6:23 PM
News Flash: Everyone needs to go to the Drudge Report and read the red headline story about the US Dollar. Folks, it is starting to get real scary.
Dire Straits on October 13, 2009 at 6:06 PM
THANKS DIRE! You are not kidding! (Please listen)
Gob on October 13, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Allahpundit,
Beck’s a recovering alcoholic and here’s a link to the site that tracked down the source of the bogus quotes against Limbaugh.
The bogus quotes were also passed on by several people at ESPN and Carville on CNN.
BadgerHawk on October 13, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Nice try AP, but there was nothing negative in what Rush said about the Cuda.
Keep trying.
Sapwolf on October 13, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Seriously, given the line that some news organizations crossed here I can’t believe the Limbaugh story isn’t its own post.
BadgerHawk on October 13, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Hey tex lit….
I’m noodling this.. Rush would be making purchase of team as part of business group, not as a broadcaster. Group has already spent money to put offer together, investigate purchase etc. etc. If the group should lose the opportunity to purchase the team because of the slander against one of the group members (Rush), Would they have a cause of action against the person/s making defamatory statements? It is my understanding that the hardest thing to prove in libel cases is actual damages.. since there has been money spent, and potentially money lost, would that give Rush’s slander action legs??
Even if he were to lose, imagine the depositiions and publicity it would engender.
Just curious. (spent many years in insurance claims, including libel/slander cases)
kringeesmom on October 13, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Rush always pushes the elite candidate.
Jindal is his man. Another eastern Ivy League big government type.
True_King on October 13, 2009 at 6:31 PM
Eyes on the prize. 2012 is too far off and nobody cares other than HA moderators who like stirring things up with their weekly quota of Palin is a nutjob threads. Let’s get through Obamacare and the 2010 elections before we start worrying about Bobby or Pawlenty or any of the other wannabes.
highhopes on October 13, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Because Rush thought “admired” was a better word for a vague question like that. When he was asked about her as a candidate, he said he loved her .. as a candidate. Do you seriously need this explained to you?
Ronnie on October 13, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Smash Mouth Politics tracked down the fake slavery and James Earl Ray quotes to someone at 69.64.213.146 who posted the quotes on Wikiquotes on July 20, 2005. Nothing earlier on the internet. The IP is served by RCN NEW YORK COMMUNICATIONS, LLC in NYC.
http://maaadddog.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/quotation-attributed-to-rush-limbaugh-is-a-damnable-lie/
My hat tip to Jim Hoft.
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/
slp on October 13, 2009 at 6:44 PM
I guess you are not smart enough to realize that Rush is smart and was careful not to say something they could dishonestly edit like they did to Palin last fall, RINOboy
bill30097 on October 13, 2009 at 6:45 PM
About the exit question:
He declined because it was in context with who he might endorse. He gave his specific reason which is valid enough. Even more so, it’s 2009! I will never understand this incessant need to figure out the GOP candidate three years out. It’s everywhere, unprecedented, and absurd.
I’m curious though, was I the only one that thought immediately ‘any man in the Republican Party’ was applicable as well?
anuts on October 13, 2009 at 6:52 PM
Seems to me I see every now and then a commenter here at HA telling us how Rush hates Beck. There’s another “quote” you shouldn’t believe.
Christian Conservative on October 13, 2009 at 6:55 PM
My guess is he has memorized how it feels when he hits that note. I am wired like him. No one knows I am 80% deaf cause of the speech. Until the damn things short out or something!! :)
Coastal Paradise on October 13, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Rush loves Sarah. He is reserving his thoughts here to tweak the MSM.
But we all know he has a special affection for her because she has not only more backbone than the men of the democrat party, but the onions the men of the GOP don’t have.
cubachi on October 13, 2009 at 6:55 PM
I assume you believe an Ivy league education should not in itself be a point positive. That of course is reasonable. Why, however, should the converse be a negative? Doesn’t seem consistent (or relevant) with any principle.
I am unaware of any ‘big government’ credential Jindal has. What’s that about?
anuts on October 13, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Thanks for the link Badgerhawk
http://maaadddog.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/quotation-attributed-to-rush-limbaugh-is-a-damnable-lie/
Texyank on October 13, 2009 at 7:04 PM
“She’s (Sarah Palin) got more backbone than any man in the Democrat party”
You better believe it. I love a man who tells it like is, who isn’t afraid to be “un-PC”, who has cojones: that’s why I love Rush, Fred, Cheney, etc., its why I love conservative men in general because they’re real men.
beachgirlusa on October 13, 2009 at 7:12 PM
I am no lawyer but I think MSNBC has “jumped the shark” with the Rush/NFL blowup. I am guessing that there are going to be some heads roll. They had better walk this back because it is blowing up in their face. It should be an interesting night on the Cable News Networks.
Dire Straits on October 13, 2009 at 7:19 PM
hen Rush refers to the spine of Democrat MEN is he really referring to their spine ?
macncheez on October 13, 2009 at 7:33 PM
When
oops
macncheez on October 13, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Well, macncheez, of course he is….he can’t be referring to
cojones because one cannot refer to what isn’t there.
beachgirlusa on October 13, 2009 at 7:43 PM
I’d need to bring a clothespin and some bottles of sarsaparilla. I can’t even stand the smell of beer or whiskey, never mind drink that nasty stuff.
Dark-Star on October 13, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Hillary Clinton = Nurse Ratchett… that kills me
painfulTruthDisciple on October 13, 2009 at 8:40 PM
a fitting beer made by America’s oldest brewery.
Stephen M on October 13, 2009 at 8:55 PM
You mean someone actually drinks that horse pee?
paulsur on October 13, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Rush is not only smart, funny, & gracious, he exudes charm.
Really enjoyed these interviews and feel that Jamie did a much better job interviewing Rush than Barbara WaWa.
redridinghood on October 13, 2009 at 9:44 PM
…as well as a very active Mormon. No drinkie!
I_C on October 13, 2009 at 9:48 PM
MGD? NOT worth the calories. I’ll take a Shiner or maybe a Newcastle, thx.
Hah! Me neither. Who is? They should be fired.
I like that idea.
Now they are doing word association?!?! OMG lame!
Snorgle.
bitsy on October 13, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Rush, is a US Citizen, and as such is senior to all elected officials including BHO! You don’t “go for a drink” with the hired help. Unless you, the politician’s BOSS, invites them. Which, btw, Rush has done on many occasions — in fact there’s a standing invite for the Chicago BS purveyor to join him for a chat in his Florida studio — I’m sure refreshments are included.
So, the ball’s in Obama’s court. Let’s face it though, he’s way too much of a wussy to go tete-a-tete with MaHaRushie, or Fox News for that matter! As for the “Govt. Owned Media” their kow-towing attendence at Obama’s soiree’s & Luau’s is prima facie evidence of their abdication of responsibility to the American people. Let alone the tingle some of them get when the ONE pees on their shoes.
“On Watch”
On Watch on October 13, 2009 at 11:56 PM
The left finds it very easy to misquote Rush, someone here misquoted what he said about Palin. His remarks showed a deep seated respect for her. How, out of his statements, does anyone get that he didn’t say that he LOVED her, means anything. He also said that if he was to do that “he would put a target on her back.” One only has to listen to his program to find that he really thinks Palin is a better prospect than anything the Washington Elites have in mind. He has always said that the Republican blue bloods had their idea of a winning candidate in McCain, and look what happened, and we can’t go down that road again.
jainphx on October 14, 2009 at 12:50 AM
Allah, you are trying to make this seem like a big deal. It’s not.
Who cares? This is irrelevent! He paid her a great compliment by saying he respected and admired her, and that she had more backbone then any man in the Democrat party. As a woman in todays political climate, being respected by people like Rush is more important then being loved.
Susanboo on October 14, 2009 at 1:08 AM
Huh?
Then why has he all but said, in interviews and on his show, that Sarah Palin is he only one that really matters.
Anytime someone goes after Sarah, Rush spends quite a bit of time reminding everyone that “the media tells you who to pick, by telling you who they fear!”
Rush was on Bush’s side on many things, but also took after him when his did something that went against the grain, like shamnesty, or Harriet Meyers.
gary4205 on October 14, 2009 at 3:51 AM
Actually, he may very well win a defamation lawsuit. He might not win any monetary damages, under the view that any publicity is good publicity, but he may win the suit and get public retractions and apologies (on page F55).
You can’t just make crap up about someone and pass it off as a direct quote.
A large part of the damage done to conservative causes stems from GWB failing to even talk back to the media on their smears of him. He pretty much gave them carte blanche, and they’re still running with it.
NavyspyII on October 14, 2009 at 6:14 AM
Good point.
beachgirlusa on October 14, 2009 at 9:51 AM
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