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Rush Limbaugh Live Thread
« on: October 09, 2009, 02:51:02 pm »


Should be an interesting show today....to say the least!
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« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2009, 02:52:34 pm »
It certainly should be. 

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« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2009, 03:39:19 pm »
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 Limbaugh: 'Greater embarrassment' than losing Olympics
By: Jonathan Martin
October 9, 2009 09:45 AM EST

Conservatives pounced on the the Nobel Prize committee's decision to award President Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize, with talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh calling it a "greater embarrassment" than losing the Olympics.

"This fully exposes the illusion that is Barack Obama," Limbaugh told POLITICO in an e-mail. "And with this 'award' the elites of the world are urging Obama, THE MAN OF PEACE, to not do the surge in Afghanistan, not take action against Iran and its nuclear program and to basically continue his intentions to emasculate the United States."

Limbaugh continued: "They love a weakened, neutered U.S, and this is their way of promoting that concept. I think God has a great sense of humor, too."

The Nobel award comes a week to the day after Obama's personal pitch for the 2016 Olympics in Chicago was rejected by the International Olympic Committee.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele echoed the view: “The real question Americans are asking is, ‘What has President Obama actually accomplished?’ It is unfortunate that the president’s star power has outshined tireless advocates who have made real achievements working towards peace and human rights. One thing is certain — President Obama won’t be receiving any awards from Americans for job creation, fiscal responsibility, or backing up rhetoric with concrete action.”
And conservative strategist Craig Shirley said on POLITICO’s The Arena: “Utterly ridiculous. The credibility of the Nobel Peace Prize has been dwindling downward for years and now it has hit rock bottom.. . . Reagan won the Cold War, freed millions, yet was never awarded the Nobel.”

Even as some conservatives ridiculed the award, others in the GOP expressed more caution, not wanting to simply trample on what will be a great source of pride for many in the country.

Mike Huckabee and Tim Pawlenty — both potential 2012 presidential contenders — urged restraint.

"There will be an outcry from those on the right who will say that Obama's nomination, made two weeks into his Presidency, is impossible to justify, but I think such an outcry will sound like right-wing whining," Huckabee said in a statement. "The better response is simply to allow those on the left to explain what he did in his first two weeks as President that merited such recognition."

Pawlenty, speaking on NPR, said there "will be some people who are saying 'Was it based on good intentions and thoughts or is it going to be based on good results?'"

"But I think the appropriate response is when anybody wins a Nobel Prize, that is a very noteworthy development and designation and I think the appropriate response is to say 'Congratulations,'" said the Minnesota governor.
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« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2009, 03:49:22 pm »
Today is house cleaning day and the batteries in the radio are fresh and the vacuuming is done so nothing will interference with my listening pleasure today!
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« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2009, 03:52:01 pm »
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Mike Huckabee and Tim Pawlenty — both potential 2012 presidential contenders — urged restraint.

"There will be an outcry from those on the right who will say that Obama's nomination, made two weeks into his Presidency, is impossible to justify, but I think such an outcry will sound like right-wing whining," Huckabee said in a statement. "The better response is simply to allow those on the left to explain what he did in his first two weeks as President that merited such recognition."

Wimpy, wimpy, wimpy!


If the issue isn't raised by us, what reason will the left ever have to try and trump up an "explanation" - or is Huckabee under the mistaken impression that CNN, or ABC, is going to raise the issue on its own? ::)
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Re: Rush Limbaugh Live Thread
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2009, 04:12:37 pm »
Rush says the Committee basically said "You're doing a good job neutering America, Obama.  Keep it up."
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Re: Rush Limbaugh Live Thread
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2009, 04:49:45 pm »
Good idea, Mud, to keep the thread ongoing.  Or maybe a monthly thread?
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« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2009, 04:53:55 pm »
Monthly works fer me...

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The other night I cooked a new recipe for dinner and my husband said "mmm mmm mmm" and I told him I can never again hear that and be happy.
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Re: Rush Limbaugh Live Thread
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2009, 07:50:54 pm »
I believe this thread should be an ongoing, day-by-day thread, not a bunch of single individual threads fer each day...and yes, I think Rush deserves to be "Breaking News" on GBR each and every day he is broadcasting (and maybe even in another color...hint hint).

BTW...did y'all know I was a "close and personal friend" with Diana Alloco (sp?), the talented young lady who edits "The Limbaugh Letter"?  If we do this thread justice, I'll repeatedly send her email links to our efforts to aggrandize the glory of El Rushbo...LOL!!

Dittoheads UNITE...MUD :seeya:



I used to talk to Diana in chat all the time on WA. Then she and her husband moving from Clinton's neighborhood and she never came back to wa, until after we "ahem" left :D


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Re: Rush Limbaugh Live Thread
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2009, 04:29:28 pm »
Monday, October 12, 2009
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« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2009, 11:29:08 pm »
I was just gonna post this...glad I checked here first.
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« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2009, 12:09:03 am »
In today’s NewsReal, Paul Cooper and Joseph Klein have offered some fine analyses of how the leftist media have willfully distorted Rush Limbaugh’s views about race. Those views have suddenly become newsworthy because of Rush’s current effort to purchase the National Football League’s St. Louis Rams, whose roster, like the rosters of NFL teams generally, is mostly black. Six years ago Rush was excoriated for his infamous on-air observation that the media were overrating the skills of then-Philadelphia Eagle quarterback Donovan McNabb because of their own desire to see an African American dominate the quarterback position. At the time, high-profile leftists like Al Sharpton and Howard Dean called for Limbaugh to be fired immediately.

Less well known — in fact, scarcely known at all — is the fact that soon thereafter a white member of the print media made precisely the same points as Rush had made, yet unlike Rush, he was not smeared as some kind of narrow-minded racist who resented the success of a black athlete. The writer was Allen Barra, and his piece, titled “Rush Limbaugh Was Right,”  appeared in Slate – hardly an organ of conservative thought. The article is well worth a read, even six years later. Some of Barra’s money quotes include the following:

    “… In his notorious ESPN comments last Sunday night, Rush Limbaugh said he never thought the Philadelphia Eagles’ Donovan McNabb was ‘that good of a quarterback.’

    “If Limbaugh were a more astute analyst, he would have been even harsher and said, ‘Donovan McNabb is barely a mediocre quarterback.’ But other than that, Limbaugh pretty much spoke the truth. Limbaugh lost his job for saying in public what many football fans and analysts have been saying privately for the past couple of seasons….

    “In terms of performance, many NFL quarterbacks should be ranked ahead of McNabb. But McNabb has represented something special to all of us since he started his first game in the NFL, and we all know what that is.

    “Limbaugh is being excoriated for making race an issue in the NFL. This is hypocrisy. I don’t know of a football writer who didn’t regard the dearth of black NFL quarterbacks as one of the most important issues in the late ’80s and early ’90s…. So far, no black quarterback has been able to dominate a league in which the majority of the players are black. To pretend that many of us didn’t want McNabb to be the best quarterback in the NFL because he’s black is absurd. To say that we shouldn’t root for a quarterback to win because he’s black is every bit as nonsensical as to say that we shouldn’t have rooted for Jackie Robinson to succeed because he was black….

    “t is equally absurd to say that the sports media haven’t overrated Donovan McNabb because he’s black. I’m sorry to have to say it; he is the quarterback for a team I root for. Instead of calling him overrated, I wish I could be admiring his Super Bowl rings. But the truth is that I and a great many other sportswriters have chosen for the past few years to see McNabb as a better player than he has been because we want him to be.

    “Rush Limbaugh didn’t say Donovan McNabb was a bad quarterback because he is black. He said that the media have overrated McNabb because he is black, and Limbaugh is right. He didn’t say anything that he shouldn’t have said, and in fact he said things that other commentators should have been saying for some time now. I should have said them myself. I mean, if they didn’t hire Rush Limbaugh to say things like this, what did they hire him for? To talk about the prevent defense?”

http://newsrealblog.com/2009/10/13/a-fascinating-perspective-on-rush-limbaugh-the-nfl-and-race/
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« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2009, 03:22:32 pm »
http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/content/news/2009/10/13/LIGHTS_Brief_1014.html

Rush Limbaugh, girlfriend pledge $100,000 toward holiday decorations

By WILLIAM KELLY
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh and girlfriend Kathryn Rogers have promised the town $100,000 toward the cost of new holiday decorations.

The gift is part of $350,000 in private donations pledged by a few town residents, Town Council President David Rosow said at Tuesday's council meeting.

Limbaugh wanted to help bring "brightness and cheer" to a town he dearly loves, said Rosow, who is a friend of Limbaugh's.

Rosow solicited the donations to cover the entire cost of the new lights and garlands, and installation of wiring to support them.

"No one I called said 'no,' " Rosow said. "Everyone I spoke to said, 'This is great.' "

Rosow has said he couldn't justify spending more than $300,000 to celebrate the holidays in a year when the council expected town employees to do without raises, and trimmed their health benefits.

Rosow himself tossed in $25,000, which in turn prompted Councilman Robert Wildrick on Tuesday to pledge another $25,000.

The plan calls for annual leasing of LED lights to wrap around palms, and purchase of garland for light poles on County Road, Worth Avenue, Royal Palm Way and Royal Poinciana Way.
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Re: Rush Limbaugh Live Thread
« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2009, 04:20:29 pm »
Rush Limbaugh Talks About Buying The St. Louis Rams NFL Team

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Re: Rush Limbaugh Live Thread
« Reply #15 on: October 14, 2009, 04:36:19 pm »
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/10391/low-class-now-nfl-commissioner-team-owner-attacking-limbaugh-anti-semitism-death-threats-ok-for-nfl-owners-but-not-conservatism/

October 14, 2009, - 12:08 pm
Low Class: Now NFL Commissioner, Team Owner Attacking Limbaugh; Anti-Semitism, Death Threats OK for NFL Owners, But NOT Conservatism

By Debbie Schlussel

I used to like NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell because he’s been tougher on NFL criminals than any previous NFL commissioner by far.  But I don’t care for the guy anymore.  In fact, he nauseates me. For him, anti-Semitism, Israel-hatred, and death threats coming from NFL owners is okay. But NOT conservatism.



Goodell lowered himself and entered the disgusting fray of faux-orthodoxy against Rush Limbaugh in his bid to become a part owner of the NFL’s St. Louis Rams.  He attacked Limbaugh as “divisive” and publicly opposed his NFL ambitions.  So did Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay.  Limbaugh may very well soon own part of the Rams.  And Goodell will have to eat crow and work with the ownership team of which he’s a part. This was a boneheaded move and not at all professional. Goodell reduced himself to a nobody by publicly denouncing Limbaugh.  These people sound like Politburo members, not gazillionaire owners and executives of a major American sports monopoly.

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    Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay declared Tuesday that he would not approve a sale of the Rams to a group including Limbaugh, while NFL commissioner Roger Goodell cast polarizing comments by the conservative commentator as a “negative” for the league.

    “I would not be in favor of voting for him,” said Irsay, adding that he might tap his former coach, current coach and the Colts’ star defensive end — all of whom are African-American — for direction. “If it was put before me, I could ask Tony Dungy, Jim Caldwell and Dwight Freeney and consult with them and see what position they’re coming from.

    “Sometimes when there are comments made that are inappropriate, incendiary, insensitive … it’s bigger than football,” Irsay added. “As a nation, we have to watch the words that we say.”

    Irsay maintains that owning an NFL franchise is a privilege that shouldn’t be afforded Limbaugh.

    “Sometimes,” he said, “privileges are lost.”

    In 2003, Limbaugh resigned as an analyst on ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown pre-game show after igniting controversy by contending that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was favored by media members because he is African-American.

    “They are polarizing comments that we don’t think reflect accurately on the NFL or our players,” Goodell said. “Those comments … are divisive. That’s a negative thing for us.” . . .

    Goodell emphatically indicated that he would take issue if a team owner frequently made controversial comments about issues of politics and race.

    “I have said many times before that we are all held to a higher standard here,” Goodell said. “I think divisive comments are not what the NFL is all about. I would not want to see those kind of comments from people who are in a responsible position within the NFL. No. Absolutely not.”

I find that interesting because, as I’ve noted on this site, Venus and Serena Williams are part owners of the Miami Dolphins.  Serena Williams recently swore at a U.S. Open line coach and essentially threatened her life, saying she’d shove something up the woman’s throat.  And no-one seems to be concerned that she’s an NFL part owner.  Venus Williams recently defended the United Arab Emirates’ apartheid policies against Jews with Israeli passports, when the Dubai Tennis Championships refused to allow Israel’s Shahar Pe’er to play in the tournament or even a visa to enter the country.

So, I guess anti-Semitism and death threats are A-Okay for NFL part-owners.  But being conservative is not.  And, as I’ve also noted previously, NFL Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney openly supported Barack Obama during the campaign and is now Ambassador to Ireland for it.  Since almost half the country voted for John McCain, that’s divisive.  And we can’t have division in the NFL, so time for him to go.

Oh, and while we’re at it, since Goodell is into fake orthodoxy and phony indignation, maybe he shouldn’t be NFL Commissioner.  After all, his wife is FOX News Channel’s Jane Skinner.  And we can’t have someone related to a FOX News personality as NFL chief.

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« Reply #16 on: October 14, 2009, 04:39:31 pm »
What the left is doing to Rush is right out of the Alinsky playbook.  I wish Rush would talk about that more.
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« Reply #17 on: October 14, 2009, 04:45:13 pm »
Rush should start suing people for slander....he has the money to do it...
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« Reply #18 on: October 14, 2009, 05:54:18 pm »
‘Hustlers’: Limbaugh Blasts Al Sharpton & Jesse Jackson Over Legacy of Lies

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Re: Rush Limbaugh Live Thread
« Reply #19 on: October 14, 2009, 07:16:26 pm »
http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/limbaugh_little_club_issue_nVPd7i0mvYqNcTbYUdJqRJ

Limbaugh's little club issue

Last Updated: 2:29 AM, October 14, 2009

Posted: 12:36 AM, October 14, 2009


Now that Rush Limbaugh is trying to buy the St. Louis Rams, a team in a league where 70 percent of the players are black, he might consider quitting his membership in the Everglades Club in Palm Beach, which has never had a black member. Joseph Kennedy quit the Everglades when his son became president. Socialite C.Z. Guest was suspended after she brought Estee Lauder, who was Jewish, there in 1972. Florida's New Times reports that Kleenex heir James Kimberly took Sammy Davis Jr. to the club once and they were escorted out. A source said Limbaugh had no trouble when he brought Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas there for lunch. But the Rev. Al Sharpton, who's agitating to block Limbaugh's purchase of the Rams, said, "At the very least he should resign -- he never should have joined an exclusive club. I may go down to Florida with some brothers and sisters to see if we can have dinner at the Everglades. Guess who's coming to dinner at the Everglades?"
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« Reply #20 on: October 15, 2009, 04:13:24 am »
http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/limbaugh_little_club_issue_nVPd7i0mvYqNcTbYUdJqRJ

Limbaugh's little club issue

Last Updated: 2:29 AM, October 14, 2009

Posted: 12:36 AM, October 14, 2009


Now that Rush Limbaugh is trying to buy the St. Louis Rams, a team in a league where 70 percent of the players are black, he might consider quitting his membership in the Everglades Club in Palm Beach, which has never had a black member. Joseph Kennedy quit the Everglades when his son became president. Socialite C.Z. Guest was suspended after she brought Estee Lauder, who was Jewish, there in 1972. Florida's New Times reports that Kleenex heir James Kimberly took Sammy Davis Jr. to the club once and they were escorted out. A source said Limbaugh had no trouble when he brought Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas there for lunch. But the Rev. Al Sharpton, who's agitating to block Limbaugh's purchase of the Rams, said, "At the very least he should resign -- he never should have joined an exclusive club. I may go down to Florida with some brothers and sisters to see if we can have dinner at the Everglades. Guess who's coming to dinner at the Everglades?"

Well, if Justice Clarence Thomas had no trouble being seated and left alone in peace, then it would seem that any discriminatory practices at this club are history, in which case there is absolutely no rhyme or reason for anyone to quit it, other than the false rhetoric and faux racial concern of liberals.

I'm sure that, if ole Al (not too)Sharpton could just behave himself like a decent human-being for once, the way his momma must have taught him, he'd probably have a pretty decent dinner there, although the price might not be to his liking - he's grown fat on "free" handouts from stupid white liberals all these years.

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« Reply #21 on: October 15, 2009, 04:07:11 pm »
Here we go...
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Re: Rush Limbaugh Live Thread
« Reply #22 on: October 15, 2009, 04:29:47 pm »
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/10/15/report-george-soros-part-of-checketts-group-too/

Report: George Soros part of Checketts group, too
Posted by Mike Florio on October 15, 2009 11:38 AM ET
Maybe Dave Checketts really doesn't want to buy the St. Louis Rams.

Why else would he have included both Rush Limbaugh and, reportedly, George Soros in the group cobbling together the money to make the purchase?

If, after all, Limbaugh is not eligible to become part owner of a team due to polarizing and divisive comments, Soros' comparison of the Bush administration to the Nazi regime arguably merits that same outcome.

But, per Bloomberg.com, Soros is part of the Checketts group, too.

Bottom line?  Checketts should have done more homework before piecing together his investment group.  All he needed to do was call the league office or maybe a few owners to get a feel for whether this kind of thing would fly.

With Limbaugh now out, it's likely only a matter of time before Soros will have to go as well.  Even if the reaction to Soros' involvement isn't as sharp and immediate, it only takes nine of 32 "no" votes from the full league ownership to kill the deal -- and there probably are at least nine Republican owners who believe that, if Limbaugh isn't fit to own part of a team, Soros isn't, either.
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« Reply #23 on: October 15, 2009, 05:05:50 pm »
Has Rush mentioned Keith Olberman?  Olberman is regularly part of the NFL commentary and his outrageous and insane rantings are apparently acceptable to the NFL.

There is no better example of a double standard than what happened to Rush vs how no one complains about Olberman.
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« Reply #24 on: October 15, 2009, 05:11:20 pm »
No.....I was hoping he would announce his plans to sue...but no, that didn't happen either.
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