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That’s a pretty cheap shot from a guy with some of the worst hair on cable news.
BadgerHawk on January 30, 2009 at 9:01 PM
“I’m not a politician, I can say Rush is a drug-addict”. STFU you jealous bastard. You only wish that you had an audience outside of CNN.
sherry on January 30, 2009 at 9:01 PM
OT: (Sorry) Fox News: Obama tells Pentagon to cut its budget by 11% [while Obama wastes trilions on stimulus and bailouts]
Wethal on January 30, 2009 at 9:02 PM
“I’m not a politician, I can say Rush is a drug-addict”. STFU you jealous bastard. You only wish that you had an audience outside of CNN.
sherry on January 30, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Do we know if Obama has stopped doing illegal drugs..
the_nile on January 30, 2009 at 9:06 PM
Wethal, I hope all those defense contractors in N. VA who voted for Obama, lose their jobs.
artist on January 30, 2009 at 9:06 PM
This is what I hate the most about an Obama presidency.
Now we have to listen to every left-winger loser lecture us as if his bitter ,angry and distorted views are suddenly vindicated.
Begala is the worst of the worst.
Him and Carville ran CNN’s Crossfire into the ground during the 2004 election.Not that I care but at one time a long time ago I used to like it.
NeoKong on January 30, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Democrats love drug addicts, they are just upset Rush was able to quit.
zmdavid on January 30, 2009 at 9:08 PM
This from a guy who famously said, “We cannot win with egg heads and African-Americans.”
Begala is merely getting revenge for Rush calling him The Forehead all these years.
Sneaky of him to do it on a Friday afternoon. I’m sure El Rushbo will bring it up Monday.
Its funny, Obama smokes weed and snorts cocaine but Rush is an addict!
I’m ok with them using this line, it gives me a perfect opportunity to point out that we have a coke-head as our President.
javamartini on January 30, 2009 at 9:31 PM
I will go there, find a Rush story. Somewhere in the comments, someone will call Rush an addict. I will hit reply and type in what you said.
Is it uncool to that? Ijust realized how annoying it is when a lib comes here. But I only go to see what they have to say, and they make me so mad, I have comment. That’s a good comment.
amynorw on January 30, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Someone else used those exact words to describe Rush this week. I can’t remember who. Must have gotten that from the daily briefing with Rahm.
Its funny, Obama smokes weed and snorts cocaine but Rush is an addict!
I’m ok with them using this line, it gives me a perfect opportunity to point out that we have a coke-head as our President.
javamartini on January 30, 2009 at 9:31 PM
There’s a good point.
capitalist piglet on January 30, 2009 at 9:43 PM
genso on January 30, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Jack Cafferty used it. I posted a larger comment that got moderated for some reason. Go to Newsbusters and look on Jan 27.
zmdavid on January 30, 2009 at 9:44 PM
zmdavid on January 30, 2009 at 9:44 PM
That’s right. I remember, now. Thanks. I think this will be a phrase to keep in mind just to see how coordinated they are.
genso on January 30, 2009 at 9:48 PM
If Begala is high on Michael Steel, the Republican party is in alot of trouble.
I guess all these folks forgot that Obama used to do cocaine and marijuana.
SoulGlo on January 30, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Begala says Palin is bitter and devisive. That tells me Sarah is doing a good job. Try this formula: Just do the exact opposite of what Paul Begala says, and you’ll be fine, lol.
I guess all these folks forgot that Obama used to do cocaine and marijuana.
SoulGlo on January 30, 2009 at 9:53 PM
So did a lot of people. Rush had a problem, a huge problem. No need to ignore it, deny it or rationalize it. He beat it, so it’s done. Bringing up Obama’s openly admitted to drug use is a weak retort.
Rush’s current standing and work ethic is his defense.
The Race Card on January 30, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Rush will have a wonderful vacation next week, I hope, with good friends, golf and wagyu steaks paid for by him as opposed to the One’s, which WE paid for.
YankeeinCA on January 30, 2009 at 10:58 PM
The title should really be altered… Saying stay classy would make one assume that Begala has been classy in the past.
vaerris on January 30, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Begale is and has been so far up Obama a** he can brush his teeth from the inside.
Classic BDS which will morph it RDS (Rush or Republican)
How can CNN have a guy who wrote a book on how bad Bush was and try to get an option other than BDS is what is wrong with everything.
Paul Begala is a hyper-partisan hack, who couldn’t wear Rush’s jockstrap.
This is what they’re capable of — no arguments, simply smear.
Richard Romano on January 30, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Yeah, it won’t really mean much to point out that Obama did drugs in his youth. It’s well known that he is our third president in a row who did drugs in his youth. The only difference is that he is the only one who actually admitted it and didn’t lie or evade the question about drugs. Plus, there is a difference between using drugs and being a drug addict, like there is a difference between having a cocktail and being an alcoholic.
justfinethanks on January 30, 2009 at 11:51 PM
If we have a corpulent drug addict running the GOP, then America all the same has a scrawny, Marxist drug addict running the country.
I guess all these folks forgot that Obama used to do cocaine and marijuana.
SoulGlo on January 30, 2009 at 9:53 PM
To paraphrase Joilet Jake Blues: “…just because I gave up cigarettes, doesn’t mean I quit smoookiiiinn’!”
soundingboard on January 31, 2009 at 4:16 AM
Begala is a HATE-FILLED PIECE OF DUNG! He openly hates Republicans and conservatives, calling them some very filthy names on cable TV. Sliming Limbaugh is the least of his crimes against America. Here is an example of what he really thinks about “red states”, conservatives, and Republicans:
“Yes … tens of millions of good people in Middle America voted Republican. But if you look closely at that [electoral] map [showing counties that voted Republican in red] you see a more complex picture. You see the state where [African American] James Byrd was lynch-dragged behind a pickup truck until his body came apart—it’s red. You see the state where Matthew Shepard was crucified on a split-rail fence for the crime of being gay—it’s red. You see the state where right-wing extremists blew up a federal office building and murdered scores of federal employees—it’s red. The state where an army private who was thought to be gay was bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat, and the state where neo-Nazi skin-heads murdered two African Americans because of their skin color, and the state where Bob Jones University spews its anti-Catholic bigotry: they’re all red too.”
This bigotted, evil man has no business being on TV. Blitzer ought to be fired for allowing this scumbag to spew his lies and hatred to the nation.
georgej on January 31, 2009 at 5:39 AM
Paul Begala is a hyper-partisan hack, who couldn’t wear Rush’s jockstrap.
This is what they’re capable of — no arguments, simply smear.
Richard Romano on January 30, 2009 at 11:17 PM
A Begala with a smear. Sounds like some sort of breakfast item.
J.J. Sefton on January 31, 2009 at 6:07 AM
He forgot to mention the viagra in the Domnincan Republic. ‘Conservative’ family values at its best!
Vernon Hardapple on January 31, 2009 at 6:20 AM
georgej on January 31, 2009 at 5:39 AM
This is typical, bigoted hate speech. Yes, let’s damn an entire state or region because of one or two incidents. How about New York for starters? The infamous Crown Heights riots where a black mob hunted down and killed an innocent Hassidic Jew? The rioting and looting during the 1977 blackout? The infamous “wilding” incident where a gang of black teens beat and gang raped a white jogger? The 1988 assassination of NYC policeman Eddie Byrne, who was shot in the head by two black gunmen while protecting a drug witness. The crazed left-wing brownshirts who stormed the stage at Columbia and attacked a representative of the Minute Men? The countless number of mugging victims attacked and robbed because they were white (including me)?
No, we can’t count those? Blue states are bastions of peace and tolerance? Blacks/minorities are ALWAYS the victims of racism and these incidents only highlight a righteous reaction to white/male/conservative oppression?
Okay. Consider me chastised.
J.J. Sefton on January 31, 2009 at 6:30 AM
Know what? We lost. We did. It’s gonna be funny to watch these assholes implode. Only problem is it’s a dangerous game.
I’m really starting to like this Cantor guy, he has no problem saying what he means, not like all these puss mouth Repubs.
It’s kind of fun being the guys who throw the bombs now.
LtE126 on January 31, 2009 at 7:12 AM
The media just can not talk about the weaknesses or problems in the Obama administration so they must in desperation look for non-Democrats to smear and villify.
If tax cheats Rangel, Geitner and Daschel were Republicans then CNN and friends would have 24 hour a day coverage on the outrage of these tax cheats running the U.S. Government.
Obama thinks it is terrible that Wall Street people get bonuses, but it is okay for high-level Government people to cheat on their taxes. The press wants to ignore that comparison.
albill on January 31, 2009 at 8:27 AM
I get it now! Paul Begala wants to start a WAR aganst ALL drug addicts in the U.S. Hurras! I think there are a few LIBERAL pot smokers that I can turn in to my local law enforcement agencies today.
Begala is a partisan hack of the worst kind who doesn’t have a clue, completing all of the resume requirements laid out by the former Clinton administration.
Begala: 5 minutes a week on CNN grossing $15,000 annually with 17 listeners Rush: 15 hours a week on EIB grossing $50 million annually with 20 million listeners
Need I say more.
fogw on January 31, 2009 at 10:37 AM
justfinethanks on January 30, 2009 at 11:51 PM
When did Bush lie or evade when it came to drugs and alcohol? I don’t recall any time. You’re right about him being (at least) the third president in a row to use drugs, but how is it not fair to point out that he was a cokehead when his crony calls Rush a drug addict? Rush was upfront about his problem too.
Blowback
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He’s got the talking points from his master.
Mark1971 on January 30, 2009 at 8:58 PM
They are unhinged and unapologetic b/c there is NO accountability.
Where will the negative headlines come from?
Exactly.
artist on January 30, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Limbaugh is addicted to drugs? Where did I get this silly idea that he isn’t, and hasn’t been for years?
MadisonConservative on January 30, 2009 at 9:00 PM
That’s a pretty cheap shot from a guy with some of the worst hair on cable news.
BadgerHawk on January 30, 2009 at 9:01 PM
“I’m not a politician, I can say Rush is a drug-addict”. STFU you jealous bastard. You only wish that you had an audience outside of CNN.
sherry on January 30, 2009 at 9:01 PM
OT: (Sorry) Fox News: Obama tells Pentagon to cut its budget by 11% [while Obama wastes trilions on stimulus and bailouts]
Wethal on January 30, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Do we know if Obama has stopped doing illegal drugs..
the_nile on January 30, 2009 at 9:06 PM
Wethal, I hope all those defense contractors in N. VA who voted for Obama, lose their jobs.
artist on January 30, 2009 at 9:06 PM
This is what I hate the most about an Obama presidency.
Now we have to listen to every left-winger loser lecture us as if his bitter ,angry and distorted views are suddenly vindicated.
Begala is the worst of the worst.
Him and Carville ran CNN’s Crossfire into the ground during the 2004 election.Not that I care but at one time a long time ago I used to like it.
NeoKong on January 30, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Democrats love drug addicts, they are just upset Rush was able to quit.
zmdavid on January 30, 2009 at 9:08 PM
This from a guy who famously said, “We cannot win with egg heads and African-Americans.”
Besides, he’s pulled this line on Rush before.
The Ugly American on January 30, 2009 at 9:09 PM
Well if he did, my bet is he started back up this past week.
sherry on January 30, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Someone else used those exact words to describe Rush this week. I can’t remember who. Must have gotten that from the daily briefing with Rahm.
genso on January 30, 2009 at 9:18 PM
zmdavid-Can I go to huffpo and use that quote?
amynorw on January 30, 2009 at 9:18 PM
I guess so, how do you plan to use it?
zmdavid on January 30, 2009 at 9:23 PM
He just can’t handle Rush ridiculing him by naming him The Forehead.
JammieWearingFool on January 30, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Good punishment for turning the state blue last election…
Dritanian on January 30, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Wow, it really is true–Limbaugh is the new Bush. Got to have a demon to rally the troops against.
PattyJ on January 30, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Begala is merely getting revenge for Rush calling him The Forehead all these years.
Sneaky of him to do it on a Friday afternoon. I’m sure El Rushbo will bring it up Monday.
jgapinoy on January 30, 2009 at 9:29 PM
Its funny, Obama smokes weed and snorts cocaine but Rush is an addict!
I’m ok with them using this line, it gives me a perfect opportunity to point out that we have a coke-head as our President.
javamartini on January 30, 2009 at 9:31 PM
I will go there, find a Rush story. Somewhere in the comments, someone will call Rush an addict. I will hit reply and type in what you said.
Is it uncool to that? Ijust realized how annoying it is when a lib comes here. But I only go to see what they have to say, and they make me so mad, I have comment. That’s a good comment.
amynorw on January 30, 2009 at 9:36 PM
From Jan 27 CNN’s Jack Cafferty Slams Limbaugh as ‘Corpulent Oxycontin Aficionado’
What are the odds 2 guys independently came up with corpulent?
What are those Saul Alinsky rules again?
zmdavid on January 30, 2009 at 9:38 PM
They are terrified that Rush will help foment another Republican Revolution, as in 1994, and they are pulling out all the stops to make him a pariah.
exlibris on January 30, 2009 at 9:41 PM
There’s a good point.
capitalist piglet on January 30, 2009 at 9:43 PM
genso on January 30, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Jack Cafferty used it. I posted a larger comment that got moderated for some reason. Go to Newsbusters and look on Jan 27.
zmdavid on January 30, 2009 at 9:44 PM
That’s right. I remember, now. Thanks. I think this will be a phrase to keep in mind just to see how coordinated they are.
genso on January 30, 2009 at 9:48 PM
If Begala is high on Michael Steel, the Republican party is in alot of trouble.
apacalyps on January 30, 2009 at 9:52 PM
I guess all these folks forgot that Obama used to do cocaine and marijuana.
SoulGlo on January 30, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Begala says Palin is bitter and devisive. That tells me Sarah is doing a good job. Try this formula: Just do the exact opposite of what Paul Begala says, and you’ll be fine, lol.
apacalyps on January 30, 2009 at 9:55 PM
I’ve told a few people that they are “douchebags” in my day. Well, I’m going to have to apologize to them. This guy redefines “douchebag”.
malan89 on January 30, 2009 at 9:58 PM
@#$%!
CP on January 30, 2009 at 10:06 PM
The guy looks miserable. Lefties are a hateful, miserable bunch it seems.
therightwinger on January 30, 2009 at 10:19 PM
But of course, when Republicans and conservative fight back we’re “angry” or “defensive”.
therightwinger on January 30, 2009 at 10:28 PM
So did a lot of people. Rush had a problem, a huge problem. No need to ignore it, deny it or rationalize it. He beat it, so it’s done. Bringing up Obama’s openly admitted to drug use is a weak retort.
Rush’s current standing and work ethic is his defense.
The Race Card on January 30, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Rush will have a wonderful vacation next week, I hope, with good friends, golf and wagyu steaks paid for by him as opposed to the One’s, which WE paid for.
YankeeinCA on January 30, 2009 at 10:58 PM
The title should really be altered… Saying stay classy would make one assume that Begala has been classy in the past.
vaerris on January 30, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Begale is and has been so far up Obama a** he can brush his teeth from the inside.
Classic BDS which will morph it RDS (Rush or Republican)
How can CNN have a guy who wrote a book on how bad Bush was and try to get an option other than BDS is what is wrong with everything.
Third Term
tjexcite on January 30, 2009 at 11:01 PM
Paul Begala is a hyper-partisan hack, who couldn’t wear Rush’s jockstrap.
This is what they’re capable of — no arguments, simply smear.
Richard Romano on January 30, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Yeah, it won’t really mean much to point out that Obama did drugs in his youth. It’s well known that he is our third president in a row who did drugs in his youth. The only difference is that he is the only one who actually admitted it and didn’t lie or evade the question about drugs. Plus, there is a difference between using drugs and being a drug addict, like there is a difference between having a cocktail and being an alcoholic.
justfinethanks on January 30, 2009 at 11:51 PM
If we have a corpulent drug addict running the GOP, then America all the same has a scrawny, Marxist drug addict running the country.
Grafted on January 31, 2009 at 12:12 AM
To paraphrase Joilet Jake Blues: “…just because I gave up cigarettes, doesn’t mean I quit smoookiiiinn’!”
soundingboard on January 31, 2009 at 4:16 AM
Begala is a HATE-FILLED PIECE OF DUNG! He openly hates Republicans and conservatives, calling them some very filthy names on cable TV. Sliming Limbaugh is the least of his crimes against America. Here is an example of what he really thinks about “red states”, conservatives, and Republicans:
This bigotted, evil man has no business being on TV. Blitzer ought to be fired for allowing this scumbag to spew his lies and hatred to the nation.
georgej on January 31, 2009 at 5:39 AM
A Begala with a smear. Sounds like some sort of breakfast item.
J.J. Sefton on January 31, 2009 at 6:07 AM
He forgot to mention the viagra in the Domnincan Republic. ‘Conservative’ family values at its best!
Vernon Hardapple on January 31, 2009 at 6:20 AM
This is typical, bigoted hate speech. Yes, let’s damn an entire state or region because of one or two incidents. How about New York for starters? The infamous Crown Heights riots where a black mob hunted down and killed an innocent Hassidic Jew? The rioting and looting during the 1977 blackout? The infamous “wilding” incident where a gang of black teens beat and gang raped a white jogger? The 1988 assassination of NYC policeman Eddie Byrne, who was shot in the head by two black gunmen while protecting a drug witness. The crazed left-wing brownshirts who stormed the stage at Columbia and attacked a representative of the Minute Men? The countless number of mugging victims attacked and robbed because they were white (including me)?
No, we can’t count those? Blue states are bastions of peace and tolerance? Blacks/minorities are ALWAYS the victims of racism and these incidents only highlight a righteous reaction to white/male/conservative oppression?
Okay. Consider me chastised.
J.J. Sefton on January 31, 2009 at 6:30 AM
Know what? We lost. We did. It’s gonna be funny to watch these assholes implode. Only problem is it’s a dangerous game.
I’m really starting to like this Cantor guy, he has no problem saying what he means, not like all these puss mouth Repubs.
It’s kind of fun being the guys who throw the bombs now.
LtE126 on January 31, 2009 at 7:12 AM
The media just can not talk about the weaknesses or problems in the Obama administration so they must in desperation look for non-Democrats to smear and villify.
If tax cheats Rangel, Geitner and Daschel were Republicans then CNN and friends would have 24 hour a day coverage on the outrage of these tax cheats running the U.S. Government.
Obama thinks it is terrible that Wall Street people get bonuses, but it is okay for high-level Government people to cheat on their taxes. The press wants to ignore that comparison.
albill on January 31, 2009 at 8:27 AM
I get it now! Paul Begala wants to start a WAR aganst ALL drug addicts in the U.S. Hurras! I think there are a few LIBERAL pot smokers that I can turn in to my local law enforcement agencies today.
DannoJyd on January 31, 2009 at 9:27 AM
Confirmation.
Begala is a partisan hack of the worst kind who doesn’t have a clue, completing all of the resume requirements laid out by the former Clinton administration.
Begala: 5 minutes a week on CNN grossing $15,000 annually with 17 listeners
Rush: 15 hours a week on EIB grossing $50 million annually with 20 million listeners
Need I say more.
fogw on January 31, 2009 at 10:37 AM
When did Bush lie or evade when it came to drugs and alcohol? I don’t recall any time. You’re right about him being (at least) the third president in a row to use drugs, but how is it not fair to point out that he was a cokehead when his crony calls Rush a drug addict? Rush was upfront about his problem too.
OneGyT on January 31, 2009 at 11:23 AM