Quotes of the day
posted at 10:35 pm on March 9, 2010 by Allahpundit
“If Democrats didn’t have all the incentive they needed to pass health care reform already, then conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh may have provided the final push they needed by vowing to flee the country if the reform bill is passed.”
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“It is not clear if Limbaugh was making a joke, if he was saying he would leaving the country permanently, or if he was saying he would leave just for health care.”
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“I’ve had all kinds of reporters: ‘Are you serious? Do you really mean this?’ So I’ve had to patiently explain today to people who do not bother to stay informed on this stuff what the genesis and the primary context of my comment was. I said, ‘Look, there are insurance companies who don’t want to be put out of business.’ We’ve talked to them on the program. I’ve talked to them privately. They are establishing health care clinics with quality doctors in places like Costa Rica. They’re going to continue to sell policies to people who have the ability to fly down there and get treatment. If I have to get thrown into this massive government health care insurance business and end up going to the driver’s license office every day when I need to go to the doctor, yeah, I’ll go to Costa Rica for treatment, not move there…
“You know, I am in such hot water now. People in New Zealand are sending me e-mails: ‘How come you’re not coming here? You’ve been telling everybody you’re moving to New Zealand and now you’re saying you’re going to Costa Rica.’ I did not say I’m going to Costa Rica. The stupid people in the media who cannot trouble themselves to read my transcripts or listen to this program, listen to out of context stuff.”
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Rush Hudson Limbaug mmmm mmmmm mmm
daesleeper on March 9, 2010 at 10:36 PM
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daesleeper on March 9, 2010 at 10:36 PM
As soon as I heard him say it, I know the libtard leftist media would spin to this.
cntrlfrk on March 9, 2010 at 10:36 PM
If anything, Rush will invest some of his millions into an offshore healthcare system for Americans. There will be tons of money to be made from that. Heck, where can I buy some stock?
wildcat84 on March 9, 2010 at 10:37 PM
The Limbaugh thing spread far and wide because people take Think Progress and Media Matters at face value. Some sites you’d think know better.
Bilby on March 9, 2010 at 10:37 PM
Funny, it’s perfectly clear to me. Then again, I went to the source instead of relying on lying sacks of crap blogs.
Bilby on March 9, 2010 at 10:39 PM
Wow! Just think of the concept! A country where you could buy the health care which YOU desire! /boggle
Metanis on March 9, 2010 at 10:40 PM
For someone they HATE, the MSM sure listen to him a lot. Or should I say 1/2 listen?
GarandFan on March 9, 2010 at 10:40 PM
Media Matters has to be the most humorless organization on the planet. Might as well start forcing coal up their Clymers to produce diamonds to introduce a modicum of value to their organization.
daesleeper on March 9, 2010 at 10:40 PM
Costa Rica is looking better every day.
BHO Jonestown on March 9, 2010 at 10:40 PM
It’s called Jetstream health insurance. Big government tax to follow.
Terrie on March 9, 2010 at 10:40 PM
That fool Ben Smith over at Politico posted just a snippet of what Rush said and the libs went apeshiit crazy.
Of course they were set right by others telling them about the context but it didn’t matter, the left was on fire and they were going for the gold.
Bishop on March 9, 2010 at 10:41 PM
The SRM report whatever they want, whether it’s a half-truth or an outright lie. They can no longer be considered “news” organizations, but simply propoganda machines.
conservative pilgrim on March 9, 2010 at 10:41 PM
We can have ships, like the USS Comfort anchored just outside US waters….And we can fish off the deck too. No license required!
TheBigOldDog on March 9, 2010 at 10:41 PM
Psst, the password to actually listen to the real broadcast of Rush Limbaugh’s show is aasdfasdfasdf…
daesleeper on March 9, 2010 at 10:42 PM
Unlike liberal hacks that SWORE they were going to leave the country if Bush won…Rush Hudson Limbaugh Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm, believes that the United States of America IS the best place to live in the world.
Pull your heads out, MSM. You crotchrots.
HornetSting on March 9, 2010 at 10:42 PM
If Costa Rica has good medical services and good doctors and nurses, why not?
Mirimichi on March 9, 2010 at 10:42 PM
Black market medical care in the U.S. will be in high demand.
a capella on March 9, 2010 at 10:45 PM
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Health Care Cruzes to Nowhere… On the Good Ship Limbaugh.
RalphyBoy on March 9, 2010 at 10:45 PM
Couldn’t companies simply set up certified clinics and hospitals in Mexico. I imagine they could set up American shops down there and make money from people fleeing ObamaCare. Us poor peoples without insurance go down there already for drugs, doctors, and dentists.
El_Terrible on March 9, 2010 at 10:45 PM
Costa Rica ROCKS
John the Libertarian on March 9, 2010 at 10:46 PM
Sort of like pirate radio, we will have pirate healthcare and fishing, all in international waters.
I like it.
wildcat84 on March 9, 2010 at 10:46 PM
Rush should start reading the Bill on his show…
… then wait for Obowma to complain he is using “props”.
Seven Percent Solution on March 9, 2010 at 10:46 PM
Let’s buy Costa Rica and start our own country.
Buddahpundit on March 9, 2010 at 10:46 PM
Oh I think they hear it all, but pick, and choose bits , and pieces that will best suit their lame arguments. Then there are those so dependent they need others to do their thinking, and listening for them….that lap it up like a dehydrated camel.
capejasmine on March 9, 2010 at 10:47 PM
No point in the dope smugglers going back empty. They could run medical supplies back over the border.
a capella on March 9, 2010 at 10:48 PM
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That could be neutralized by reading it from twin teleprompters.
RalphyBoy on March 9, 2010 at 10:49 PM
Never thought the day would come when I’d have to go to Mexico or Canada for healthcare.
Thanks you IDIOTS!!!! who voted for this alien life form!
katy on March 9, 2010 at 10:50 PM
Sometimes I think some of these people know they are full of it when they say this stuff, they just do it anyway. Obviously Rush was talking about health care. In fact, I actually know someone who went to a clinic like this right over the border in Mexico. The doctors and the staff are American and so are most of their patients.
Terrye on March 9, 2010 at 10:50 PM
How about Texas? It’s closer.
a capella on March 9, 2010 at 10:50 PM
I can’t wait until my condo is finished in Costa Rica. Maybe I can sell time shares for those looking for healthcare after Barry rams it thru.
Knucklehead on March 9, 2010 at 10:51 PM
Another country reaping the benefits of constitutionally mandated, de-facto pacifism.
ernesto on March 9, 2010 at 10:51 PM
Can I be your pool-man?
MeatHeadinCA on March 9, 2010 at 10:52 PM
Nope. Giant spiders in Texas, cocoon and carry a man off in the middle of the night like a blue-bottle fly.
Bishop on March 9, 2010 at 10:53 PM
I was thinking Cuba, but then I realized we would have the “terrorists on our soil” problem.
WashJeff on March 9, 2010 at 10:53 PM
I saw a little blurb today that the median price of condos in Palm Beach, Florida is now $93,000.
a capella on March 9, 2010 at 10:53 PM
Only if you can cook.
Knucklehead on March 9, 2010 at 10:53 PM
The media is retarded.
therightwinger on March 9, 2010 at 10:54 PM
HEY…we had a contract, Meat!
HornetSting on March 9, 2010 at 10:54 PM
Well,..yeah, and then there are the fire ants. But, there would be superb medical facilities to fix that. Don’t know about the man cocoons, though.
a capella on March 9, 2010 at 10:56 PM
Doesn’t Mr. Sting carry.
thomasaur on March 9, 2010 at 10:57 PM
OK, I’m learning…
MeatHeadinCA on March 9, 2010 at 10:57 PM
What? I’m not man enough for both of you?
MeatHeadinCA on March 9, 2010 at 10:57 PM
Media spins Rush. Dumb media comments on media spins. He gets them every time, even when he isn’t setting up.
I don’t really understand how they expect to marginalize a guy when the only way people believe them is if they don’t listen to Rush. So who are they marginalizing him to? Seems like no one.
I think, therefore, mostly the media feeds the left stuff about Rush just like you feed a dog. Just to feed the appetite.
Spirit of 1776 on March 9, 2010 at 10:57 PM
Are y’all with me that we should send Obama and Carter to live in the Gaza strip when this is all done… after all, isn’t that what they wanted to transform America into?
MeatHeadinCA on March 9, 2010 at 11:01 PM
That’s how the racist libtards give themselves an out. By saying things like “We’re not sure it’s a joke, but…” they can beat the person over the head with what they said without having to acknowledge that the person was actually kidding.
And when everyone points out to them what morons they are for taking it at face value, they simply suggest that the joke was “obviously” in poor taste, or simply not funny.
“I’m sorry, but 64 gazillion people without healthcare is no laughing matter!”
CurtZHP on March 9, 2010 at 11:01 PM
Oh, OT, but speaking of Gaza, why hasn’t there been any coverage of Israel’s snubbing of Obama’s Administration today?
MeatHeadinCA on March 9, 2010 at 11:02 PM
I was thinking more along the lines of the lush cloud forests, active volcanoes, epic windsurfing, incredible beaches and beautiful women. But yeah, you’re right, I guess there’s that, too.
John the Libertarian on March 9, 2010 at 11:03 PM
Now Obama is hot on health care
He’s made it his personal affair
National Socialist under me the country will be
As he goose-stepped, said he
‘Cause you see, the misery I bring, you must all share
Cheshire Cat on March 9, 2010 at 11:03 PM
You are one porkchop short of a meat market, Meat. J/K…of course, but Thomasaur is right…if my husband catches you near our pool again in that floss thong, you’re toast!
HornetSting on March 9, 2010 at 11:05 PM
FWIW, I’ve spent some time flying around Costa Rica and it is absolutely the most gorgeous country in Central America. It would be an ideal place to get some medical treatment and then spend a few weeks to recuperate.
hawkdriver on March 9, 2010 at 11:05 PM
Because it doesn’t attack GB or Palin, Meat. Come on…
HornetSting on March 9, 2010 at 11:05 PM
Texas fire ants once killed and ate an entire Nacogdoches team of fire fighters…and their trucks. True story.
Bishop on March 9, 2010 at 11:06 PM
Already happening. They’re recruiting pissed-off US doctors to provide private-type healthcare to expat Americans in offshore facilities. Should be quite a brisk business if Obamacare happens.
bofh on March 9, 2010 at 11:07 PM
I prefer to call it the Banana Hammock… but I iz scared of Mr Sting …
I’m also scared of Thomasaur… wouldn’t want to cross his path.
MeatHeadinCA on March 9, 2010 at 11:07 PM
I HATE fire ants~talk about weapons of mass destruction!
HornetSting on March 9, 2010 at 11:07 PM
My bad… it’s not like I couldn’t go to Huffington Post to learn about what’s going on outside of the Green Room oriented blogosphere.
MeatHeadinCA on March 9, 2010 at 11:08 PM
The state-controlled media don’t even try any more.
SouthernGent on March 9, 2010 at 11:09 PM
HornetSting hits the nail on the head!!! If it doesn’t attack GB or Palin, it is not newsworthy or HA worthy.
mobydutch on March 9, 2010 at 11:10 PM
It certainly is, with the most beautiful blue water I’ve ever seen and the beaches aren’t bad either.
I’ll send you my address. Can you hang wallpaper?
Knucklehead on March 9, 2010 at 11:11 PM
I would like to congratulate you on your DFC hawk. I know we all have sent messages via different medium but I am happy for you because those things come from dedication and hard work.
thomasaur on March 9, 2010 at 11:11 PM
This is your last warning
;-)
MeatHeadinCA on March 9, 2010 at 11:12 PM
The response patterns are always the same. I saw a thread on a lefty message board that was hyperventilating about this story, both because (a) they want Rush to move away and (b) because it proves, to their feeble minds, that Rush is a hypocrite (ZOMG!!! RUSH SUPPORTS UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE IN COSTA RICA!!!).
Then, once someone points out the truth, that Rush didn’t claim that he was leaving the country and that getting health care in Costa Rica in that context would not be a demonstration of support for universal healthcare, they seque immediately into generic Rush bashing.
I’m sure it’s too much to ever hope for a moment of reflection or pause, or even the slightest acknowledgement of error, but I keep looking.
Kensington on March 9, 2010 at 11:12 PM
Maybe instead of paying so much attention to this statement, they should listen to Rush when he tells the House dimmocrats that if they pass the bill, that will be the end of the health care “reform”. Chumps.
darwin-t on March 9, 2010 at 11:12 PM
OK, to be fair to Ed, he really did lay into Orange-man today… Lindsay Graham almost had him ex-communicated from the Church of Republicanism.
MeatHeadinCA on March 9, 2010 at 11:12 PM
I don’t care who ya’ are, that’s funny.
thomasaur on March 9, 2010 at 11:13 PM
ALLAH????? HOW COULD YOU LEAVE OUT THE QUOTE OF THE CENTURY???
Pelosi: “We need to pass ObamaCare so that the public can find out what’s in the bill”
Rovin on March 9, 2010 at 11:14 PM
:)
MeatHeadinCA on March 9, 2010 at 11:14 PM
The DFC? Pffft….they hand those out to anybody.
Just because Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and the Wright Brothers all received the award doesn’t mean anything, so don’t get all cocky about it.
Bishop on March 9, 2010 at 11:16 PM
It took politico hours to offer a correction.
memeorandum is still full of this garbage.
freedomplow on March 9, 2010 at 11:18 PM
Good thing Rush lost some weight… The Fat Czar was about to issue a fatwa
MeatHeadinCA on March 9, 2010 at 11:18 PM
Yeah, my Uncle put a magnet on the back of his to hold the grocery list on the fridge.
thomasaur on March 9, 2010 at 11:20 PM
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/03/09/pelosi-we-need-to-pass-obamacare-so-that-the-public-can-find-out-whats-in-the-bill/
Or did you think it would be a good addition to the current QOTD?
Cindy Munford on March 9, 2010 at 11:20 PM
The EIB Island of tranquility
tjexcite on March 9, 2010 at 11:25 PM
Medical Cruises will be the new rage. Real medical care while on the open seas covered by real working insurance, not the fake worthless government program where you will die of dehydration while the fat government paid union nurses ignore you.
ray on March 9, 2010 at 11:25 PM
I’ll be leaving the country, too. I’m thinking Texas or maybe Alaska.
joe_doufu on March 9, 2010 at 11:26 PM
Well sure, the DFC pales in comparison to say, my Armed Forces Expeditionary medal, which I received for floating around on a ship off the coast of Panama.
Hard work, let me tell you, not everyone can just sit in the shade on a US Navy vessel while yelling at new recruits to keep chippin’ that paint under a hammering sun.
Bishop on March 9, 2010 at 11:27 PM
O/T:
I missed the first round of the factor tonight but I’m catching it right now. O’Reilly and Lou Dobbs are DEAD WRONG on creating a national I.D. card to (as they say) to keep illegals from working in this country, AND these idiots assuming that the laws already on the books will be inforced.
A national I.D. card is the first step to the mark of the beast in my opinion. “WE” already have a national I.D.—-it’s called citizenship!
Rovin on March 9, 2010 at 11:28 PM
But seriously, an actual DFC? That’s quite an accomplishment, you don’t get those for warming a chair in the rear areas, that’s for certain.
Congratulations, HawkDriver.
Bishop on March 9, 2010 at 11:33 PM
FIFY…
Khun Joe on March 9, 2010 at 11:33 PM
Yes, Cin, I do. This quote has to go down in history, and
willsould be repeated for months to describe how dems do the business “for the people”.Rovin on March 9, 2010 at 11:34 PM
I’ve seen the health care in Costa Rica, it sucks and people die there needlessly because it’s so bad.
Mojave Mark on March 9, 2010 at 11:35 PM
Mark of the beast…heh. But, I agree..I watched this circlejerk of a story all day long…and NO ONE WOULD EVOKE THE WAY TO STOP THIS BS~E-VERIFY!
Cheap, easy, and accurate.
HornetSting on March 9, 2010 at 11:35 PM
God Bless!
daesleeper on March 9, 2010 at 11:37 PM
Yeah, stop making sense, Mobydutch! That’s not allowed here anymore! And, stop agreeing with that heathen witch, HornetSting or you’re out!
HornetSting on March 9, 2010 at 11:37 PM
Jeeze… HA is going to have to allow 10 more squishes in just to balance out the Farce.
MeatHeadinCA on March 9, 2010 at 11:40 PM
Well yeah, there’s all that…but that’s largely the case throughout latin america. It just depends on the specific type of women you prefer
ernesto on March 9, 2010 at 11:41 PM
What Democrats and lefties hate more than Rush is that they hate how desperately they need the buckets of his $ he pays in taxes. Patterson learned that fact first hand.
Niteowl45 on March 9, 2010 at 11:41 PM
If health scare is passed, it’s essentially flee or sec3de, because the United States will have been effectively broken and what follows will be very, very ugly.
neurosculptor on March 9, 2010 at 11:43 PM
ha ha hollywood celebrities said they;d leave if W got elected and you clowns hold them to it years and years later
your little celebrity says he’d leave the country and you say no no no no he didn’t mean what he said
so f’ing ridiculous
Dave Rywall on March 9, 2010 at 11:43 PM
Oh, Dave…
Did you even read the post?Can you even read the post?MeatHeadinCA on March 9, 2010 at 11:45 PM
Lawmakers insist shower run-ins like the one Massa alleges are far from norm
If Andy Card or Josh Bolten were accused of this… It would be over.
This sounds believable… Night shows would be going wild with this if they weren’t in the tank.
freedomplow on March 9, 2010 at 11:47 PM
One of the stupidest quotes of the day ever. This is old news and hardly worth mentioning again. Allah, you smell. Your mediocrity knows no bounds.
echosyst on March 9, 2010 at 11:47 PM
Oh, Dave… Did you even read the post? Can you even read the post?
MeatHeadinCA on March 9, 2010 at 11:45 PM
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Thanks for taking time out from running your awesome high school facebook page to comment here. It’s so awesome of you.
Dave Rywall on March 9, 2010 at 11:48 PM
Not me. I completely believe he will leave the country for exactly the reasons he said.
Spirit of 1776 on March 9, 2010 at 11:48 PM
He can’t read, he was raised by union clowns who ignored him. It’s amazing he survived from just scavenging from the garbage cans.
ray on March 9, 2010 at 11:50 PM
I think your moose stomped on your last braincell, Drywall.
Another idiot served.
HornetSting on March 9, 2010 at 11:51 PM
He can’t read, he was raised by union clowns who ignored him. It’s amazing he survived from just scavenging from the garbage cans.
ray on March 9, 2010 at 11:50 PM
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Unions are so bad.
Dave Rywall on March 9, 2010 at 11:51 PM
;-)
Wow, it’s as high up as a high-school level facebook page? I would have ranked it Middle School.
MeatHeadinCA on March 9, 2010 at 11:51 PM
How about a cruise ship with a major hospital and clinic. Get your major treatments, and enjoy recovery on a cruise, away from US jurisdiction.
Dasher on March 9, 2010 at 11:53 PM
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