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Limbaugh: Obama will 'lose big'

Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor May 7, 2008 04:54 PM

Talk show host Rush Limbaugh, who for weeks has promoted Hillary Clinton to keep the Democratic race going, changed course today and pushed Barack Obama.

Obama would be the weakest nominee, declared Limbaugh, who told listeners that Obama "has shown he cannot get the votes Democrats need to win -- blue-collar, working class people. He can get effete snobs, he can get wealthy academics, he can get the young, and he can get the black vote, but Democrats do not win with that."

"He will lose big," Limbaugh predicted.

Clinton, in more palatable language to Democrats, basically makes the same argument to say she would be the stronger nominee in November.

Limbaugh -- who credits his "Operation Chaos" for Republicans crossing over in open primaries such as the one in Indiana on Tuesday to support Clinton -- "released" Democratic superdelegates to "get in the tank" for Obama, but also urged Clinton to stay in the race.

"You've come too far to quit," he said.

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Obama is changing the face of politics as he goes. This is his first big test and win against the old politics of the divisiveness and distraction within the Democratic party. Obama withstood the blistering attack machine that defines Clinton and not only survived but did very well in last nights crucial contests. It seems odd last night and today to watch the talking heads of the mass media and politics (not most of you guys) trying to figure out what happened, most don't get it yet and some will never be able to understand it. The politics of tearing people down, dividing them up, making them hate each other and then marginalizing them are dead, the American people simply will not fall for it anymore. If you want proof of what I am saying look at what happened last night in IN and NC (bitter, gas tax pander, elitist, Rev. Wright, etc.).

Next stop the Republican party.

Posted by Deward Bowles May 7, 08 05:14 PM
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Who is Rush Limbaugh???

Posted by Ali May 7, 08 05:18 PM
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"He will lose big," Limbaugh predicted.

Oh really? This sounds like a bad prediction! McCain is McBush and who would want that? The movement of change is gaining momentum so why would anyone listen to Limbaugh? Not many people did what he asked them to do in the Indiana Primary! Hillary almost lost there!

Posted by John May 7, 08 05:23 PM
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Who does Limbaugh (who ever he is) think he is fooling? The Republicans wanted Clinton to run because they think she would be a weaker opponent than Obama. Why else would they want her to win the Democratic nomination?

Posted by Deward Bowles May 7, 08 05:24 PM
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Dear Fellow Americans,

Our Great-grand Nation, the United States of America
is and will face very critical and substantial
"Challenges" in coming,
months, years, and decades to come.
It is very essential that we pick out our next
President on following criteria in mind.


1. A candidate with "Vision and Mission".

2. A candidate with " Stable Character and Integrity"
.

3. A candidate with "Presidential Temperament" and
"stable Judgment".

4. A candidate with "little "Washington" exposure"
and
"real connectedness with New Voters".

5. A candidate who "Inspires us up" rather than
"Tears us down".

6. A candidate not based on sexism, racism, and
ageism.

In my professional and personal opinion, the only
candidate who has the above qualities and
characteristics and is also cool, calm, and collected
is Senator Obama.

As an independent registered voter since 1980. I voted
for Carter, voted for Reagan, voted for First Bush,
and second Bush in 2000 and In the process last
interest in Washington politics as usual and I
stopped voting.Not a good idea under any circumstance
particularly at present.

This time we can not afford to stay on side lines and
let Washington stay the same.We can not afford our
Greatgreat Nation to become less than what we are and
can be.

We need to send clear and candid message to the world
and some 24 hour partisan hateful media. These media
outlets are trying to deprive, dupe, and derail us
from getting it right this time.

They are trying there best to deny us better rather
than bitter future. { Our Greatgrand Nations people
are persistently and constantly subjected to
Psychological terrorism" without their knowledge thru
these hateful partisan media outlets.

We Americans are should not and would not to allow
them
psychologically terrorized, traumatized and silence us
this time.

I am sure that we will get it right this
time and elect Senator Obama our next President. let
us not get dragged down into racism, sexism and
ageism.

Let us remember that our Greatgrand is constituted of
family, friends,fellowships, faith, funds,foundation,
fun, and future with fairness and freedom and without
fear or favor.

We can not afford to lose any of above. Let us stand
up, be counted, save, build our Greatgrand Nation for
centuries to come and regain our world economic, and
power status back.

God Bless our Great grand Nation and its diverse
people.

Our Greatgrand nation needs present and future
stability, security, safety,sustained progress and
restoration of our due status in this perilous Global
World at the all levels.

Yours sincerely,

COL.[retd] A.M.Khajawall
Forensic Psychiatrist.
Disables American Veteran.
Las Vegas Nevada.

Posted by COL.[retd]A.M.Khajawall May 7, 08 05:31 PM
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Bill Clinton couldn't keep his suit on. Barry (Oh Mama!) is an empty suit. A dedicated Marxist who freely and frequently travels with America haters, terrorist bombers, racist bigots, and whiners someone thinks that we are stupid enough to believe his eloquent speeches about nothing. Barry's affirmative action candidacy is about to come toppling down.

Posted by America First May 7, 08 06:17 PM
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Hey, Col...yer windy and nuts! Nothing for the diagnosis, and really don't care to intervene with your delusions.

Posted by Dr. Hugo K. Hackenbush May 7, 08 06:20 PM
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I stopped listening to Limbaugh the day he launched Operation Chaos, an assault on the memory of every soldier and civil rights worker who ever laid down his life in defense of the fundamental principles of democracy, including the sanctity of the vote. It is his perfect right to engage in this obscene and unAmerican tactic, of course, just as it is mine to be revolted by it, and by a Republican Party that has refused to denounce it. I also started listening to Senator Obama at about the same time. Despite policy differences (which I have had with every president since I have been old enough to vote), I proudly cast my primary vote for Obama, and look forward to voting for him this fall. The impact of Rush on this old white Republican lady was transformative: though a long-time GOP voter and conservative, I have become an honest-to-God crossover voter for Barack, not for the sake of political mischief, but for the sake of my country. The willingness of Limbaugh and the Republican Party to treat the vote like a dirty political joke was the end of the line for me.

Posted by Dee May 7, 08 06:23 PM
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Limbaugh is relying on the Big Lie. Tell enough potential voters that Obama can't win, and maybe they'll stay at home.

Sorry, Rush. We really aren't that stupid.

Posted by Starbug May 7, 08 09:29 PM
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Sen. Obama has suffered a lot of damage during the primaries; it's hard to tell who the culprit is (talk radio, Sen. Clinton, Sen. Obama himself...). Elderly voters appear thoroughly scared (of him). Jewish Americans should be frightened of an Obama presidency. He has trouble with other core Democratic groups, such as Hispanic Americans. Can Sen. Obama, despite these negatives, draw in enough new voters to win a general election? Possible, but the odds are against it.

Posted by Kevin May 7, 08 11:31 PM
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I see Rush is still under the influence of Oxycontin.

Posted by Dr. Phil May 7, 08 11:51 PM
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My Operation Chaos: What I Learned in Talk Radio

I've learned a lot from failure. In the late 1990's I worked in AM talk radio here in Salt Lake City. In that time I worked in front of and behind the mic of two AM talk radio stations and was the program director of a third station devoted to syndicated news. When I got into radio it was with the hope and ambition of having an enduring career. One day I thought, if I work really hard maybe I could be as popular as a Rush Limbaugh, Michael Medved, or G. Gordan Liddy.

http://www.futureosophy.com/2008/05/my-operation-chaos-what-i-learned-in.html

Posted by Christopher Wilde May 8, 08 01:44 AM
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I think what Mr. Limbaugh is saying is
" I say stupid things and encourage stupid actions because I got high,
because I got high, because I got high!"
Mr. Limbaugh is an idiot and those who follow are the same. Voting who our future leaders are is not something to play or toy with. Mr. Limbaugh cannot make good decisions i.e.-Vote for Hillary. Now he says Vote for Obama. Its a shame that Mr. Limbaugh has listeners because the truth is people who cannot make their own decisions and who follow him will be trapped in a closet of fear, ignorance, and divisiveness. Americans are suffering from a war based on lies by the Republicans, an economy crashing by mortgage crooks, and a decreasing dollar value because of high oil prices. We need to get it together and rise up to the great nation that our grandparents built us up to be. We need universal healthcare, we need to build better infrastructure, and focus on education for our children. How about Mr. Limbaugh voted Republican but now he is telling his listeners to vote for a Democrat? Does that sound stable? Does that sound like a true Republican who does want the best for his party? Sounds like a former dope-fiend who has a low self esteem so he will encourage tearing down others so that they too can feel worthless like himself. God Bless America! P.S.- That includes you too Mr. Limbaugh.

Posted by The Beautiful One May 8, 08 10:12 AM
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So the fat, drug-addicted sex tourist has spoken. Why does anyone listen? Maybe for the same reason people listened to Tokyo Rose, Mata Hari and other infamous propagandists? Remember, he represents the party that has to cheat to win; that has to lie to disguise its abhorrent policies (see "The Clear Skies Act"); that has as one of its core missions the disenfranchisement of voters (See "von Spakovsky, Hans"). America's Goebbels will continue to issue dog whistles, race baiting comments, and unpatriotic and subversive directives such as "Operation Chaos" as long as there are the 28%-ers who will heed the call.

He's simply flipped to the next page in the neo-con playbook for 2008 now that the Democratic nominee is presumptively known. It's time we stopped paying attention the this radio comedian and started tending to our issues.

Posted by Jim Malone May 8, 08 11:15 AM
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Obama is a socialist he will destroy this country. He talks about hope and change but he never tells us what he will change. He will be weak on defending this country and he will be in with the terrorist.

Posted by Phase May 8, 08 12:27 PM
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Look for Obama, in contrast to Clinton, who welcomed the help no matter the source, to publicly state that he does not want the support of those who would tamper with the vote.
Thats' the difference between Hillary and Obama.

Posted by ched May 8, 08 01:08 PM
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what was the democratic party thinking , obama shouldn't be a senator ,much less the president of the USA, he is too young and easily manipulated , his wife is one scary dude. needs at least 10 more years to temper his thoughts, heaven help us, because our best bet is j McCain...

Posted by f byk May 8, 08 01:31 PM
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White men have been getting screwed by the social re-engineering policies of the Demoncrat party, which has favored blacks and women through afirmative action (aka reverse discrimination) for the past 40 years. This election is pay-back time. Rush is correct. Obama will get the nomination but get crushed in November in the biggest landslide since Reagan look 49 states to Carter's one in 1980.

Posted by JJ in RI May 8, 08 02:07 PM
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First, let me say....I don't care for Rush...but I find it very hard to understand why anyone would vote for someone (Barack Obama) that they know so very little about. The fact that he was a member of a church with a pastor who is clearly a Anti-American and Anti-Semite is VERY hard to understand. Add to that fact that he was a member of that church for twenty years.....Everyone voting for him gives him a pass claiming he does not share the views of Rev. Wright....well,why would you sit there for twenty years and listen to that type of "hate" if you did not believe it....and don't tell me he didn't know about it...Surely he did....It was quite apparent that the rest of the congregation agreed with what Wright preached. If any of this had been a shock to them and they did not agree with Wright, they would have
left just as would most reasonable people. At the VERY least, I would agree that if Barack does not share the beliefs of his pastor and church that he at least accepted it as being ok.

Add to all of this that he also has the elitist comments made in San Francisco, his wife's comments, the questions about his relationship with the American terrorist
William Ayers and the Resno situation...

Just a bit too much "negative" information for me on someone we know VERY little about other than these negatives.

Posted by Michele B. May 8, 08 02:25 PM
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Does anyone seriously think voters in the states between the coasts are ready to elect either a black or a female president in 2008? I'm seeing others who have considered the question predicting a forty-nine state GOP romp. I respectfully disagree. I think Obama can hold them to forty.

Posted by Johann vonSuess May 8, 08 02:35 PM
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Nobody wants a black president so we have race wars and we would. Everybody will vote McCain if Obama runs . If Hillarys run the Dems. have a good chance of winning.

Posted by Reddesires May 8, 08 02:55 PM
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Rush "Oracle" Limbaugh, you're correct. Obama is too liberal for most Americans. There's too much unknown about Obama and what is known doesn't sit well bt any stretch of the imagination or spin.

McCain, on the other hand, may not everything to everybody, but he's more to most especially given his bipartisan record. Couple his proven bipartisanship juxtaposed against Obama's lack thereof while simultaneously promising just that and you have meat & potatoes versus sprouts. Americans like meat & potatoes. Only ivy leaguers, San Franciscans and indoctrinated college looy leftists vegetarians like sprouts.

If we suffer another 9/11, who would most Americans trust at the helm? Ultimately, that is the deciding question.

Posted by Eagle May 8, 08 03:28 PM
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I have no idea what people do not know about obama after a longest, most scrutinized and media spying driven democratic primary. I guess this is only a lame excuse to not vote for him or keep repeating it enough to make it a reality. We can do better then this stupidity. WE DO NEED A BIG CHANGE IN THIS COUNTRY AND EVERYONE KNOWS THAT!

Posted by Vishi Metta May 8, 08 03:39 PM
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I'm not really thrilled with McCain either, but he is the best of the three still in the race. God help us.

Posted by John McWilliams May 8, 08 04:01 PM
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You Limbaugh haters crack me up ! Operation Chaos is not about getting Hillary elected. It is about CAUSING CHAOS in the Democratic Party by making the Democratic Primary extend as long as it can and let the candidates beat each other up. This certainly appears to be the case. He is so disheartened with McCain and his lack of attacking the democratic candidates that Rush started Operation Chaos to let Democrats attack Democrats. What do you think? Think it worked? I think it worked beautifully. Hillary and Obama have been beating each other up for months to the point that there is so much dirt out on them now that they did the dirty work for the Republicans.
That is all Operation Chaos is haters. Rush isn't flip flopping on candidates - he has never endorsed a candidate or pursuaded listeners to get behind a certain candidate. He is an advocate for conservative thinking and loathing Liberalism - period.
Those who attack personally, well life must be great that there are no overweight people in your family and no one ever had an addiction in your family. Must be nice - I don't know anyone who doesn't have one or the other or both.
Why don't you go to his website and learn about things instead of taking the twisted, spun version from the Liberal Media. Operation Chaos is about keeping the democratic primary going on as long as possible to have them beat each other up - nothing else.

Posted by The correct explanation May 8, 08 04:20 PM
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Dear Vishi Metta:

Here's what we don't know about Obama:

(1) Do his views about middle America reflect his elitist condesdending views which he himself expressed in San Fransisco where he didn't know he was being recorded or those which he expresses on the stump and before the media where he knows he's being recorded?

(2) Why only after Rev. Wright became a political liability did he try to distance himself from him?

(3) How is it honestly possible that he was unaware of Rev. Wright's views for 20 years of being a member of that church?

(4) Why does Obama consider a pregnacy a woman's "penalty"?

(5) Why does he not consider unilateral talks w/ Iran's destabilizing, ant-semitic, anti-American looney leader Ahmedenejad to be a reward for such actions?

(6) Why is he afraid of going on the O'Reilly factor or Hannity & Colmes, especially the latter which does not get more fair and balanced where there's one conservative and one liberal?

(7) If he were to withdraw troops from Iraq as he promised, what would he do in the event Iran invaded Iraq? If Al Quiada established bases from which to wage jihad?

(8) Would he rather lose the election and win the war in Iraq or vice versa?

(9) What do you view as better for the economy and balancing the budget: lower taxes and its concommitant increase in revenues or higher taxes and more regulation and why?

(10) Do you believe, as your wife believes, tha America is "a mean Country?"

(11) Do you believe the Constitution is generally a conservative or liberal document in its essential principles?

(12) If they were not already sitting on the united States Supreme Court and you ahd only 2 people to chose from for one seat on the court, who would you select: Ruth Bader Ginsburg or Antonin Scalia, and why?

(13) Because you are campaigning to be bipartisan uniter and to end politics as usual, provide at least 3 examples of major legislation introduced by you that reflects your claimed bipartisanship.
Those are just some of the unknowns about Barak H. Obama?

Posted by Eagle May 8, 08 04:30 PM
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"I have become an honest-to-God crossover voter for Barack, not for the sake of political mischief, but for the sake of my country. The willingness of Limbaugh and the Republican Party to treat the vote like a dirty political joke was the end of the line for me."

#2 for the same reason. Limblow continues on the path he has chosen as a fat cat Republican protecting his pocket book (hoping that McBush #3 is elected)?

Posted by Fatboy03 May 8, 08 04:51 PM
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Operation Chaos wil control West Virginia and keep the Dummycrats fighting all the way to Denver, where they will self-destruct!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by FMC May 8, 08 06:57 PM
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Obama is a TERRORIST and he paid Mayor Rudy Clay to play with the ballots, but Clay got caught and had to bring in the ballots. If CNN and the other Mayor didn't push him, Hillary would have lost Indiana. Just watch the video below; if the link is taken off of youtube, then you know who else Obama paid. Look at it while you can.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5goTs_Bp8I

Limbaugh can say what he wants but this terrorist will stop at nothing to get in the white house.

McCain, watch your back and double your secret service men because I wouldn't trust Obama for anything. Remember the way terrorists think!!

See for yourself

Posted by Lisa May 8, 08 07:18 PM
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For #13 the beautiful one. I think once you start calling names you lose your credability. That is if you had any in the first place. I only hope you are not old enough to vote!

Posted by Joe Cleary May 8, 08 09:04 PM
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Like him or not, Rush has a respectable track record in his political predictions. He's carefully explained Operation Chaos, and, yet, people still describe it incorrectly. It had nothing to do with getting any Democrat nominated. Rush realized, correctly, that John McCain and the spineless RNC will never attack Obama and never expose his extreme left-wing agenda (see McCain's actions against the North Carolina GOP). In order to expose the real Obama (who is much closer to Rev Wright than he is to someone who could pull the country together), Rush knew he needed someone who had no fear of fighting with any weapon available, i.e. Bill and Hillary Clinton. And he got exactly what he planned for and hoped for. Operation Chaos was always a win/win for Rush regardless of who the Democrats nominated. If, as it appears, it was Obama, Hillary would have taken the shiny veneer off of him, exactly as she has done. And if Hillary had gotten the nod, it would have looked as if she stole it from the African-American guy. Starting a battle you know you can't possibly lose makes Rush look pretty smart to me.

Posted by Dennis Goldston May 8, 08 09:34 PM
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Obama, O Really,

A man with a vision? A man of Change? Oh Really?

Can someone articulate his 'Vision'. Can someone articulate the 'Change' that he will bring. Every time this guy opens his mouth from the time he gets the nomination he will drop 2 points in the polls. I know, Jeremiah Wright doesn't count. That is why he stayed a membeer of his church for 20 years. He didn't realize his pastor was saying those things. That is why he hid him away when he announced he was running for president.

This guy has more bagage than Union Station. He will lose and it will be big because he won't capture any of the votes or states that Democrats need to win the White House.

Posted by Mike May 8, 08 10:40 PM
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gas and oil, and the cost of living didnt SKY ROCKET, until the DEMS took over congress, in 06!

Do the research people, no how GOV. works before you speak! who declares war CONGRESS does, now i no that it was once controlled by the REPUBLICANS, but now the DEM WITS have it, and hey were still in Irag!?? Wonder Why?

OPERATION CHAOS, Is a HUGE SUCCESS!!

Posted by Derek May 8, 08 10:59 PM
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Khajawall??? Isn't that a muslim name? Yeah, just as I thought. What else would you expect from someone with a name like that? Colonel in who's army? This diatribe on Obama is longer than his qualifications and not true. This man is dangerous and very bad for America. Just look at his decision abilities. I do not want a person like this making decisions for America.

Posted by Lee May 8, 08 11:22 PM
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Obama Hussein IS A LIBERAL AND A SOCIALIST WHOSE ASSOCIATES INCLUDE A WIFE WHO UNTIL NOW HAS NEVER BEEN PROUD OF HER COUNTRY, A RACIST LUNATIC PASTOR AND A PROUD TERRORIST WHO EVEN NOW PROFESSES THAT HE DIDN'T DO ENOUGH DAMAGE TO AMERICA. HUSSEIN WILL BE LUCKY TO CARRY ILLINOIS AND OF COURSE WASHINGTON, WHO LIKE LEMMINGS WOULD VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT EVEN IF IT WAS A DEAD CORPSE. AN EVEN BIGGER ANCHOR IS THAT HE IS BLACK. YOU CAN CALL ME AN AMERICAN / HISPANIC RACIST BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO DUMB, DEAF, BLIND, A KENNEDY OR THAT DEAD CORPSE TO DISAGREE
WITH THE FACTS.

Posted by Rican May 8, 08 11:33 PM
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I keep hearing that Obama is "for change". What change? He will not unite anything, he has never brought anyone together, and doesn't have a clue about foreign policy. American needs to wake up and realize what is going on in our nation. McCain is perhaps the only one with a record on working with both dems and repubs, because Obama certainly can't stand on his record. And please someone answer his policy to handle the oil crisis. Obama wants to make 160 million green jobs! What is a green job, are the taxpayers paying for this also, and how does that impact the price of gas! Give us answers and not slogans.

Posted by Spinning Ginny May 8, 08 11:48 PM
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I love America. I love freedom. I love that I can work my backside off and reap the financial reward. What I don't love is socialism. I don't love being penalized for my hard work and success. A liberal vote is a socialist vote. That is totally unacceptable. For God's sake, keep the liberals out!!!!!!!!!! Shore up the border, kill every terrorist that crosses the barrel of an M-4 and live the American dream. If you've served our country, God bless you! If you don't support our soldiers, shame on you!

Posted by Lawdog May 9, 08 01:03 AM
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This is so silly. Barak is ignorant, Hillary is elitist and power-mad. McCain is definitly the lesser of three evils

Posted by Jerr G May 9, 08 01:22 AM
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Obama is an empty jar who says nothing. People fill his empty, circular rhetoric with whatever they wish a politician would be. He's a socialist, just like Hillary, or Teddy Kennedy, or any of a number of other Democrats. You can fall for his "Hope for Change which brings Hope, for Change," etc. etc. all you want, but he has shown himself to be a vacuous politician through and through.

Posted by Robert Duffey May 9, 08 03:27 AM
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Some of the people on here are ridiculous. Obama is a terrorist and can't protect this country? No one will vote for a black man? My god! Some people are just pathetic and stupid. If talking to Iran is what people are basing their assessments on, then people are dumber than I thought. Terrorism is an idea. You can't destroy hatred with a military or the insane idea that not talking or being diplomatic will solve the problem. That outlook only gives terrorists more recruits and more fuel to spread their hatred. It is fairly obvious that Obama is young, but at least he has an understanding of what is going on in the world. Most people are clueless. And as for the Wright issue, Obama denounced his views and shared his own from the start.

Posted by Frank May 9, 08 06:55 AM
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Go Rush...Hurray for Soldiers of the operation. How Obama, an obscure street Organizer for the Bl;ack Mpslem Brotherhood got to this point, is beyond me. I guess in America anyone can run for president, ....getting elected to the office is another thing.

Posted by All is fine May 9, 08 01:30 PM
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When I listen to people who are voting for Obama, I understand why the Founding Fathers wanted to limit the vote. Too much democracy is just as dangerous as any totalitarian government in eliminating freedom. The greatest fear in a democracy are demagogues who use emotion and fear to gain power. Obama is a perfect object lesson demonstrating this principle. He is nothing more than another far left socialist who will move the country further down the road to economic ruin. I do believe that Democrats have no clue about the principles that form the foundation of our Republic. History will mark the decline of this nation with the advent of big government socialists beginning with FDR. Fear has always been used by tyrants to seize power. Democrats are cut out of the same mold as the Nazis, who used fear to not only eliminate freedom, but to turn a population agains the Jews. Substitute Fundamentalist Christians for Jews and the pattern is obvious.

Posted by Paul W. Brock May 9, 08 01:43 PM
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Obama is the same old politics as usual. Look how he runs around and plays the race card on everyone. Look at what he did to Geraldine, a lib. His camp played the race card on her and forced her to apologize for a comment that was true. Obama wouldn't be where he's at if he were white. He would be John Edwards out of the race. And for all you whiney libs who get upset about that comment, name another democratic primary candidate that has pulled 90% of the black vote. Let me guess Jesse Jackson. Obama is a divisive candidate and I am thrilled the dems are gleefully holding hands, singing songs and walking straight off a cliff again (McGovern '72, Dukakis '92). Obama was part of a black separatist church. Is friendly with a police station/pentagon bomber, whose house he went to when he first ran for public office to seek approval for his candidacy. Just buy the audio tape of "The Audacity of Hope" and you can hear Obama in his own words talk about the black value system and how white people's greed has ruined the west. This guy is DOA in the general when the Republicans hit him with this. Not to mention the Hamas connection to his church's bullentin board. With Bush as unpopular as he is (fair or not), this election was the Dems to lose. And they managed to weed out all the good candidates because the drive by media was in love with him. Keep singing the songs and holding hands dems.. the cliff is just around the edge.

Posted by John B May 9, 08 03:25 PM
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You morons really don't get it do you? The goal of Operation Chaos was never to get Hillary the nomination. The goal is to drag out the Democratic Primaries as long as possible. Barack Obama and Hillary have the same agenda save a gas tax holiday for the summer which is a moot point. As far as McCain goes...McCain is McBush? Seriously? McCain has the same stance on the war as Bush and that's about it, so when Obama (we will call him Curious George cause thats who he looks like) so when Curious George says that we will have 4 more years of Bush thats about as competent as his stance on Cap Gains. Curious George looks good as long as everyone is nice to him and he has a script to read from but come general election time it's going to get ugly for him. But hey look at the bright side Curious George supporters. He can write a new book after this is all over and it can be titled, "Curious George goes to Washington and gets Mauled: Gets taken Home by His Wife who is wearing a loincloth screaming about how America is nothing but TYPICAL WHITE BITTER RACISTS!" Thats quite the title huh? LOL

Posted by Abbadon the Destroyer May 9, 08 04:37 PM
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I really can't believe all those who celebrate Obama ending "politics as we know it." What in the world has he done that would suggest that he is anything but an extreme partisan? He's not even remotely a centrist or moderate--he's a far left pol from a city with a history of corrupt political life where politics is played as a blood sport. America has thrived for more than 200 years based on intense partisan competition. You think the electorate is polarized now, you should look at our history. Does anybody really think Obama is going to be any less of a rabid attack dog than Hillary? or McCain? I'm mesmerized by this quaint view that Obama is somehow "post-partisan." What silly nonsense. I'm all for a more civil discourse, but I certainly don't see how Obama will achieve that. He's a straight across the board liberal that's going to govern from the left, just as Bush has governed from the right. Is that what we really want? Frankly, there's no one on the scene who has unified us as a country since Reagan. Clinton and Bush II had the chance, but both blew it; Clinton by the soap opera of his personal life and Bush II by squandering our post-9/11 unity. I don't see anyone in this current lot who will move us down the road, God help us all!

Posted by Chad May 15, 08 10:42 PM
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Obama is a left wing professional victim who will pillage the middle class (letting the tax cuts expire)..........take more money for our paychecks to pay for a national health care system doom to fail (see VA hospitals, the current gov run healthcare system) for benefits no american except the ones with the entitlement mentality wil receive.

"Progressive" ? its laughable. Only an elitest liberal would think taking money from middle class americans is somehow "progressive". He has promised everyone everything. I will never vote for a socialist for president, and neither will the american people.

Posted by ken May 20, 08 11:15 AM
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Rush is hilarious!! It's amazing how many people on both sides let his entertainment show get them blazing hot.

Go ahead, get mad. You're the best thing that ever happened to the talk show industry.

Posted by dave harman May 23, 08 01:47 PM
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Obama.....please get out of the race so the Democrats can win the White House!!

Posted by al May 27, 08 11:45 AM
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Obama is just another liberal like McGovern, Mondale, Dukakis, and Kerry, but in a different color.

Posted by jamal June 3, 08 07:06 PM
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This time Mr. Limbaugh calls it correctly. Obama will lose big-time in November without Clinton on the Democratic Party ticket. Millions of Dems will not vote for Obama and they will cast their ballot for McCain. Besides, the Obama flame will go out long before election day because of what we already see, hear, and notice on Day One of his "presumptive" candidate nomination -- Obama is already showing his true elitist colors. Americans abhor snobs and snake oil is recognized.

Posted by C McDonald June 4, 08 10:08 PM
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I agree with Limbaough!
The reason is simple!
US markets and American business can not efford Obama's payroll taxes, cor[rate taxes and the most importantly Capital gains tax increase to 28%,
Noway!
Finally McCain won the debate, fundamentals of our economy is still strong!
Dow Jones is soaring today after a rescue!

Posted by Jim September 19, 08 11:41 AM
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the chang e obama is talking about is money. a little change in our pockets is all we will have left after he gets through with us and dont forget about the free watermelon and fried chicken every sunday.vote for john mccain !

Posted by gregg September 21, 08 12:38 PM
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how can someone like obama be leading the polls? what is up with us- what change? the dems have been in congress for two years-any change no, just headaches- vote MCCAIN

Posted by cs October 8, 08 11:37 PM
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Ever since Bush Sr. announced his endorsement for McCain over 6? months ago, I knew McCain was going to be the next US President. Actually, I regard this whole charade election as a supra-national globalist (Bretton Woods) election for puppet President of the New World Order elite fascist Big Business.

Sorry, but the USA lost its sovereignty to Bretton Woods (read the articles!!) since its ratification in 1945. They say that Bretton Woods failed. If that were the case then why are its organizations (IMF, WTO, World Bank) still in full operation? The answer is that they have been pulling the wool over your eyes for decades.

Posted by Brutus October 16, 08 02:24 PM
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Bush was in and still is with the terrorist, People make me sick saying Obama is with the terrorist. Why do you think Osama is still out there cause of his good old boy Bush you fake the attack on 9-11 having americans think it was a terrorist attack that old fool would have done anything to get his popularity vote up. Anybody that stand behind Bush is as dumb and he is and deserve to go under. Obama is going to win and aint nothing these stupid "McCain on cocaine" voters can do about it. Ha Ha Ha....

Posted by OBAMA all the way forget Crackhead Rush November 4, 08 04:20 PM
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President-elect Barack Hussein Obama. Nice.

Posted by mandate? November 5, 08 12:25 AM
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How deliciously wrong you were, Rush. As wrong as you are about ... well, everything.

Posted by Joe in Indiana November 5, 08 12:44 AM
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congratulations rush!!! youre a modern day nostradamus ,,,,, NOT !

Posted by low gows November 5, 08 12:44 AM
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LOOOOLLLL!!!!It's funny to be reading this article after Obama won, EPIC FAIL Limby.

Posted by Chuck White December 5, 08 05:31 AM
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Hey Rush! LOL
It's the painkillers talking!

Posted by johnnylakis January 26, 09 09:22 AM
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People that seriously listen to Rush has mental problems. He is a divider and I don't understand how ANYONE can think he has the best interest of the country in his heart.

Posted by Mike Yon January 28, 09 09:14 AM
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So much hate, so little time. Wow. Hate on the radio rewarded. Sad state of affairs.
It is just sad that the prevailing mentality in the USA today is the same mentality that kept slavery alive. That prevailing mentality is a conservative mentality. Conservatives believe that change of any kind is un-American. No matter how good the benefits may be, change is wrong. Conservatives believe that the way the country was set-up by the Founding Fathers is good enough; don�t change it. Never mind that the Founding Fathers wanted a dynamic government that could change with the course of time.

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