Limbaugh speaks up, riles up both Democrats and Republicans

If I were a Republican I would be embarrassed having him as a spokesperson in any capacity, it is disgraceful that a slob like that gets any attention.

I' as many of people' including some democrates, agree with Rush L.. Hes very informative and is fighting for his country . America needs someone like that now. He has no hidden agenda. Just tells it like it is. You would think people would want that right now after so many lies and deceptions. As we know after this huge stimulas pork package, we cant even count on our congressmen or representatives to do right by us. After all they do work for us. We pay their salaries and they dont even care about our openions. Also. I heard that congress just gave thereselves a raise as we take pay-cuts or are laid off. What about that!

Right now Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin are the best thing to happen to the Democratic party. It is in Rush's best interest for the country to be divided and for the country to fail. Fortunately, there appears to be more Republicans that are recognizing this. In addition, as long as Palin is involved in any presidential election the Democrats will never lose no matter what they do. The republicans need to take the party back from the religious right to get back on track.

You know, I'm really sick of all the trumped up, phony nonsense coming from the right. I'm tired of pointless, nonsensical debates between Dems and Reps. I'm tired of our national debates on the critical issues of our generation amounting to us throwing food at each other, instead of having real, detailed, reasonable discussions of how the heck to straighten out this mess. I'm sick of the same old ideological warfare that smacks of hypocrisy to the highest degree. I'm tired of pandering and sound bites and fodder for the ignorant who don't really care enough to inform themselves.

During the election, we, as a Nation, really had some reasonable, thoughtful, detailed discussions about ISSUES. Now it's just a national insult contest. It makes me sick.

Perhaps that's the idea. If people get sick of listening, they tune out and just don't care anymore, then the country can be taken over again by people who are only in it for their own enrichment and couldn't give a rat's rear about the American people. An

The Republicans should take real good look at their new hero. I watched his speech last week and, he looked and acted like he was high on something, This man has some real issues. A few years ago his biography was aired on a cable channel and it was not flattering. I am sure this will be coming around again sometime in the near future. Cong. Ron Paul is right.

I think its very sad to hear a american say he hopes his own country FAILS?
Limbaugh is a big joke and let me say this.After all these years supporting a republican ,I voted democrat this time around and I will again if I feel the need is there. The republicans in office are a big joke now. They used to have Morals but I don't think they know what Morals mean anymore.

Barry will ruin our children future with debt.

I'm actually surprised by the GOP silence in response to this. I'd expect a Republican to come out and disavow themselves from wishing foreclosures, stock market crashes, and economic disaster on the country. This is deplorable coming from Rush, but the fact that the Republican party hasn't condemned his unpatriotic and dangerous attitude is just scary. We have troops in a two-front war, an economic crisis that rivals the Great Depression, and a Republican Party that hopes our president will fail in trying to solve the problems. Do they intend to undermine our national well-being? Scary.

working with low end or high end is always an advantage on certain days of the week,
the given is strongly recommended....

salil.

Rush doesn't understand that a big reason people turn away from the Repub party is because they are NOT the party of individual liberties. They are the party of warrantless survelience, torture, abridgement of the rights of reproductive privacy. They are the party of government control of your personal life.

So having Rush as their spokesperson makes the case for the Dems. It is very sad if they don't realize it.

Since Bush and the Conservatives failed US for 8 years, can't expect to hear solutions, or anything of significants, from their Party or Rush.. Misery loves company.. Instead of cover ups, like the Bush Administration achieved using scare tactics, fraud, greed and dishonesty, Obama's openingly commuicating and trying to turn this tanked economy around.. His plan may not be perfect, nothing on earth is, or may not be what we want, yet i'd rather have some plan of action then a lot of Conservative lip service with no real solutions at all.. From my lips to God's ear, hope Obama succeed and Rush becomes the miserable failure..

Tell that to his millions of listeners.......
Why would the Democrats won't to revisit the Fairness Doctrine and try to silence him???
If we have a one party system, we are really screwed????
I am an independent and am hoping a new valid party arises to throw all these bums out of office...
Term limits are necessary NOW.....................

I wish everyone would just take a deep breath and listen to what Rush was saying about hoping President Obama fails. He doesn't want our President to fail, he wants his liberal policies and push for big brother government to fail. I am really tired of people talking about something they have never listened to. All of his transcripts are available on his website. Try reading what he says before you start making judgements. I don't want the President to personally fail, just his dangerous policies and spending our money to bail out failures. You can blame Bush all you want. It is always easy to blame the last guy in office. Before you start praising Obama, how about we wait and see how he does. My gosh, he hasn't accomplished anything yet except spend "trillions" of dollars.

This is my favorite part of Rush's speech:

"We believe that the preamble to the Constitution contains an inarguable truth that we are all endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights, among them life. Liberty, Freedom. And the pursuit of happiness."

Of course, the preamble to the Constitution doesn't say anything like that; you can look it up. Much as Rush claims to "revere" the Constitution, he's evidently never read it. He is quoting from the Declaration of Independence and it's not a minor mistake. The Constitution is the foundation of American law and it was no accident that "the Creator" was left out of it. Not because the Founders didn't believe in God, but because they had too much respect for religion to allow it to be used as a political battering ram. If they'd lived to see a man like Rush Limbaugh become a public oracle, they would have petitioned for re-admission to Britain.

Thanks to Dr. Paul for being yet again the only voice of reason. Even though the current admin can stand up and look nice and speak nice-isms, and even though Rush can communicate the Republican's sheer displeasure at their loss, both of the main parties are playing the same game, and people who hold true Americanism (as a philosophy, not as a bandwagon decision) agree the 2 party system is failing the entire country.
Thanks again Dr. Paul!!!

Ron Paul gives the GOP credibility and honor. Rush not so much. I think Paul is right in saying that Rush will be more of a detriment spearheading the party.

Rush speaks words of wisdom. Let him speak as the republican lose more seats in the house and senate. This is great for the democractic party. Maybe we can findly do something right for the people of this great nation by gettting rid of the "do nothing party". Thanks Rush. Keep up the good work!!!!LOL

As a now devout Democrat it fill smy heart with joy to see Rush be kngihted by the Republicans. The coalition that President OBAMA has forged of women voters, hispanics, african-americans,youth, and yes the higher educated among us cannot be toppled anytime in the foreseeable future. The Republican tent can soon be reduced to a pup tent that Jindal, pailin, Rush, Cantor and a couple of other extremists share. America made the right decision in November and we are now led by a man and team with integrity and intellect what a concept. OBAMANOS!

As long as the GOP continues its insincere rhetoric about the importance of limited, constitutional federal government and sneer at true statesmen within their own ranks like Ron Paul, they are doomed to failure. Both major parties currently champion unconstitutional, large federal government and weak states' rights, so we will have a very bleak outlook for the foreseeable future as long as they are in charge.

Great Rush, you go right ahead and be the voice. And, republican party you go right ahead and let him lead. His ultra conserative views are just what the party needs to push themselves deeper into the pit of doom they are digging. Limbaughs big thing in life is to hear himself talk and think anyone with intellegence might actually be listening.

Hoping that our president fails is hoping that America fails. What kind of an American is he. I question his patriotism.

The Republican Party, with a history of great men and greater deeds, has deteriorated into a muck-slinging, hate mongering bunch of cretins; led today by the ugly talking head Rush Limbaugh, the vilest muck-slinging hate monger in America. This under-educated radio talk guy has blabbed his way to the top of a party in shambles with his limp school-yard bully tactics of name-calling, talking in silly voices, and polarizing the stupid with insidious repetitions of "It's us against them, folks." And now he unabashedly shouts the most un-American of utterances: "I hope Obama fails!" Republicans with a brain, distance yourselves from this fool! We must support upstanding, intelligent Republicans who can lead this party with honor!

Rush Limbaugh is anti american and sides with the terrorists. Like the terrorists Rush wants to see our president fail.

Evidently, the GOP is totally out of ideas and grasping at straws, with a new straw boss...Rush! Wait a second, didn't he lose pretty much all credibility when it was discovered that he was and is a drug addict? How about when he and a few male friends were caught on a private plane with a case of condoms and Viagra, returning from Honduras? Hmmm, I wonder what they were doing down there trying to expand the conservative base? Thinking conservatives know that he is a radical who is ranting at the wind. We Americans are better than this. Wishing ill on the president? Wasn't that a sin in the Bush administration, ask the Dixie Chicks? We are all in the same boat and have to paddle our way out of it, not deeper into it.

Sometimes Rush makes sense, sometimes he doesn't. Just have to take him with a grain of salt. At least he's always entertaining.

WHERES BOBBY JINDAL? WHERES SARAH PALIN ? WHERES RNC CHAIRMAN MIKE STEELE ? THEY DONT MATTER RNC WANTS RED MEAT RUSH IS A 24 HOUR BUCTHER SERVING UP GROUND ROUND ........................................

THR REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS SOME BRIGHT PEOPLE AND GOOD IDEAS LETS HOPE THEY FIND A LEADER BEFORE RUSH HURTS US IN 2012 ...

The hypocrisy of the conservatives is rampant when you take a close look at the background of this leech. The folks who are heroes of the Christian right have a litany of disturbing traits, such as lying, drug use, use of prostitutes, illicit gay hookups in restrooms and myriad other ills. Yet where is the outrage? Sad.

As a moderate Democrat, I hafta say, I love tuning in to Rush Limbaugh every day. Listening to him and his listeners talk is like reading Dr. Lewis Carroll - a mix-mash of words that are so unplausible or made up they are hilarious! I could listen to this guy all day, because I know he knows that things such as true-socialism is not even a remote possibility.

And the people who throw around the terms Socialism and communism are latching on to traditional fear words over trying to understand. This economical melt-down doesn't have a singular demon, as 9/11 did, but make no mistake, it's in every way, as serious. This country lined up behind Bush and gave him the benefit of the doubt for over four years. Heck, I'd be content with letting the Obama get two years -- he is surrounding himself with economic advisers who are both beyond reproach and have been tried and true during the U.S.'s great economic times.

This country will forever go back and forth -- I count on it. I'm not crazy enough to think my idealogy has all the right answers, just what I perceive as more of them. I'll always want GOPers in the mix -- I like some of their ideas a lot.

Rush is funny because he's a zealot who - if he spoke in anapestic tetrameter, may give Dr. Seuss a run for his money in the ways of whimsy.

“I hope he fails.”

…to repair the economic crisis my party created with its failed economic policies.

Then after the whole system collapses…We can return to the policies that created this crisis.

Makes perfect sense!

Rush said he went to the White House to receive a birth day gift from president Bush, but could not advise Bush on how to be 'fiscal conservative". He is now running his mouth allover the place like he knows everything. He get paid 400 million just to talk trush about other people who don't like his divisive ideas.

LIMBAUGH / PALIN in 2012!
I can just see all the democrats salivating at that.

Clearly the above bloggers who rant against Rush never listen to or have ever listened to RUSH. Before you rant and rave about an individual, get your information first hand, NOT from a "journalist" who serves as a Shoe Horn for the Democratic Party. What is truly pathetic is not Rush's views but bloggers ignorance to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Rush on steroids? He's been hooked on narcotics and his speech looked like he might now be on steroids. Pumping his fist in the air and pounding his chest. What a voice model for the Republicans! Not one single idea or solution. Just a repetition of tired ideological insults and sound bite labels. What a "beautiful goose egg" for the Republicans. Hopefully for them, they will find a lot of "one armed midgets" in their "hip hop" search for Party members. It sure makes me happy to be an ex-Republican supporter of Obama.

You have to wonder about the sanity of republicans if they are willing to applaud the rants of an Oxycotin-addled gas bag like Limbaugh! Are Michael Steele, Limbaugh, Palin, Jindal & Joe the Whatever, their best & brightest?!

Rush Limbaugh for President in 2012

Long live the Whig Party.

I have listened to Rush since the beginning when the audience was loaded with California Democrats that shouted over him and had to be ejected so the show could continue. I believe it was after that that Rush decided to or his producers decided to only allow a dignified, well dressed audience of Rush Limbaugh fans into his television studio show. Great decision, the media has their say and being of a mostly Democrat viewpoint they serve their purpose pressing their viewpoint. This show is for everyone!

It is easy to see why Rush is so popular because though we may not agree with him on all his talking points he is entertainment and he infuriates those who only believe there is one viewpoint and one party in this country. That is his significance--he makes the Democrats angry (which is not hard as evidenced by their behavior) because they don’t like having someone question them—they might feel they are not up to his challenge.

Listen to this, Rush is the "opposing view" so severely lacking in this country. He is a blessing to the country. You can make all the noise you want but you don't have the very popular radio program and the success Rush has. Now, if you like to live in a world where the media gives a pass and bows to a political party then you just don’t have much faith in your own values; you must feel your values can’t stand up to question (Which is why Air America failed to excite anyone).

I've noticed that most recovering NARCOTICS ABUSERS act weird. Just like Limbaugh.

Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot

I'm gonna take this opportunity to take easy cheap shots at Rush Limbaugh. He is a despicable human being. He's right, at it's core, the United States is basically a capitalist state where anyone can be filthy rich and make the majority of the people poor, but is that the attitude we want our children to have? I don't want my child growing up in that kind of America. I am so proud that when my son is born this May, Obama will be the President, and the people of this great country elected him. Saying he wants him to fail is mean-spirited, stupid and just plain the wrong thing to say. I wish Rush would just go away!

J. Howard, how can you possibly believe Rush Limbaugh? He is just another talking head on the radio that is quick to assign blame and point fingers at the problem but he has NEVER, I repeat NEVER offered one solution to any of the problems facing this country. The only thing he can do is continue to spout the same worn out rantings of the far right. I have heard him speak for several years and lately he turns my stomach with is vile divisive bigoted beliefs. if this is the best the GOP has to offer then they are in deep trouble.

Sorry Rush, but if you're leading our party then maybe I'm in the wrong party

The Democrats did not want Bush to fail. The Republicans want Obama to fail at the cost of our country. Rush Limbaugh is an unpatriotic beast that paves our country in hate.

Rush doesn't know the difference between the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness are in the Declaration. The Preamble of the Constitution aims to form a more perfect union, insure domestic tranquility and provide for the common defense. This was a speech - he could have checked Is he lazy or ignorant?

The Democrats did not want Bush to fail. The Republicans want Obama to fail at the cost of our country. Rush Limbaugh is an unpatriotic beast that paves our country in hate.

Rush has more brains and wisdom is his big toe than Obama has collectively in all the people he has ever talked to. This country is being taken down a road of socialism and the dems just suck it up. Obama is so far over his head. Cut our defense, tax anything and everything, spend and mortgage our future to the tune of trillions of dollars, and get every kool-aid driniking liberal to swallow every word he says. Unreal ! He's getting the government involved in every aspect of our lives. Rush speaks out against it because he's not sucking up to the new Messiah..who is the intellectual equal of a piece of lint.

The Fairness Doctrine was outlawed by the Senate 87-13 as part of the bill giving DC a voting representative in Congress, Kevoh. To get 87 votes in the Senate, a majority of Democrats had to vote for it. The bill is expected to easily pass the Democratic-controlled House and to be signed by President Obama. But don't let the facts get in the way of your paranoid fantasies or your equally paranoid friends will think you've gone soft on them.

The hard right in America hasn't had more than a glancing relationship with reality since Robert Welch was predicting a Soviet invasion of Europe in October 1952. Any leader to the left of Rush Limbaugh is the Anti-Christ, the world is coming to an end any minute now (and has been since 1848), Science is Evil because those damned intellectuals don't accept some ignorant preacher's misconstruction of the Bible as the source of all Truth, and unquestioning obedience to authority is the centerpiece of morality. When the policies they advocate are adopted, and the country's economy collapses, they look around feverishly for someone else to blame, because they couldn't possible have been wrong about anything.

When we select purposefully ignorant people to run our country because it makes hicks and paranoids feel better about themselves, we all suffer.

Limbaugh/Coulter What to do, what to do......A toss-up between stupid and arrogant or vicious and arrogant. I can't imagine that the majority of the Republican Party listen to these hate spewing, drug addicted, foul mouthed cretins. Do they really represent the part of Lincoln ? The Nazis proved that the longer and louder you shout it the more people will eventually believe it.. I feel like I should wash my hands after the lastest diatribe.

If Rush had any real ideas he would do what other entertainers like Ronald Reagan and Al Franken have done. Run for public office! Otherwise he will be seen by the majority of the public as a attention seeking, profile raising, profit taking big mouth without any sincere motivation for the public (or his audience's) good. If he's worried about a possible vacuum on the airwaves if he were to leave there's always another version of him waiting in the wings. Read: Glen Beck, Sean Hanity, etc...

The Fairness Doctrine was outlawed by the Senate 87-13 as part of the bill giving DC a voting representative in Congress, Kevoh. To get 87 votes in the Senate, a majority of Democrats had to vote for it. The bill is expected to easily pass the Democratic-controlled House and to be signed by President Obama. But don't let the facts get in the way of your paranoid fantasies or your equally paranoid friends will think you've gone soft on them.

The hard right in America hasn't had more than a glancing relationship with reality since Robert Welch was predicting a Soviet invasion of Europe in October 1952. Any leader to the left of Rush Limbaugh is the Anti-Christ, the world is coming to an end any minute now (and has been since 1848), Science is Evil because those damned intellectuals don't accept some ignorant preacher's misconstruction of the Bible as the source of all Truth, and unquestioning obedience to authority is the centerpiece of morality. When the policies they advocate are adopted, and the country's economy collapses, they look around feverishly for someone else to blame, because they couldn't possible have been wrong about anything.

When we select purposefully ignorant people to run our country because it makes hicks and paranoids feel better about themselves, we all suffer.

Rush, Anne Coulter and Sean Hannity are despicable human beings. If were a Republican I would be embarrassed to admit it, knowing that these three are out there claiming to be patriots while hoping that the Obama administration fails. These three clowns make their living not by trying to honestly represent the Republican party, but by belittling and insulting people who don't live their lives according to their standards.

wow - what a bunch of kool aid drinkers we have in America. First I will say I am glad Obama won, not becaaaaue of the way he will screw America an many future generations, but because i nver have to here that black Americans are somehow held back - we now have a half black president, this prove the country is fair. As for his politics it is clearly not a change - and as for the tax plan - Americans will see, he may cut your income tax, which many pay very little, but you will see a huge tax increase for lots of stuff you buy. please keep in mind my ccorporation does not pay taxes - No corporation pays taxes - we simply collect it from the people and pass it to the goverment. Every time some politician promises to raise taxes on the corporations please keep in mind this is a way to make the kool aid drinkers feel better, anyone who thinks about it know how it reallllly works. Raise the gas tax and what happens? The price goes up at the pump. There is no such thing as not taxing people and just taxing the corps. This is so simple it is funny to watch the crowds roar with approvale when obama promises to raise tax no the corps but not the "average american" Please wake up, before it is to late.

Rush Limbaugh's "highly unpleasant personality" has made him one of the most listened to radio talk show hosts in America. As for the dunderheads that think that the republican party is dead, Wait till 2010 when America wakes up and realizes that They are becoming France. Then the worm will turn again.

JD
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What we need to do with Rush and his kind is the same thing we do with Trolls posting on forums etc - IGNORE them. If you stop acknowledging them - they will just go away. The live for the limelight and attention. No attention= no troll.

Have any of you any idea of the type of political debate that the USA has had since before its founding? If you think it is mean politics now... hahaha! Its nothing compared to what it was like in the 1700s and 1800s. Do a little research. As far as sitting down to "reasonably" discuss the issues. This country has always had an argumentative political process. Its never been perfect, but its done us pretty good for many years. As far as the current president is concerned... Think of how much you supported him when you're complaining of how high taxes are in you and your children's future when you're paying for his profligate spending now.

Randell Godfrey wrote:
"Of course, the preamble to the Constitution doesn't say anything like that; you can look it up. Much as Rush claims to "revere" the Constitution, he's evidently never read it. He is quoting from the Declaration of Independence and it's not a minor mistake. The Constitution is the foundation of American law and it was no accident that "the Creator" was left out of it. Not because the Founders didn't believe in God, but because they had too much respect for religion to allow it to be used as a political battering ram. If they'd lived to see a man like Rush Limbaugh become a public oracle, they would have petitioned for re-admission to Britain."

Well put, sir, well put.

It is so obvious that Murdock is the driving force behind the radical elements in today's GOP and he appoints the spokesman. Hush Bimball is nothing more than the water Boy for HIS policies.
Since Bimball has been promoted to Bus driver by Murdock he has driven the Bus off a cliff several times (somehow he lives every time) and will continue to drive bus loads of simpleton dildo heads off these same cliffs until they are all gone
Mr. Bimball is in fact a double agent helping the Demo's destroy the radical Bastards.....

Five words to sum up Mr. Obama and his administration "Leader of pork barrrel legislation" oh I forgot four more "he is a liar"

The Democrats did not want Bush to fail. The Republicans want Obama to fail at the cost of our country. Rush Limbaugh is an unpatriotic beast that paves our country in hate.

The Dems have a jewel with Rush flappy his mouth-keep blabbing Rush - nothing strengthens the Dems hands as your mouth.

Rush is just a temporary figurehead or focal point for frustrated conservatives. The Republicans abandoned conservatism under Bush. McCain was a horrible candidate. So the real conservatives who believe in smaller government, lower taxes, balancing the budget, defending the country and its borders are pissed off at the Republican Party. BUsh didn't get to 25% in the polls just by irritating liberals.

Obama is taking the country from the toilet and into the sewer. Rush wants him to fail because he believes that he is taking the country the wrong way. Unlike Democrats like Durban, Kennedy, Schumer, Frank, Dodd, Pelosi, etc. whose lies put party and politics ahead of country for the last 8 years, Rush is telling the truth about Obama and his dreadful economic policies that are going to pull this nation into an economic disaster.

What Rush, like him or not, said is exactly what millions of Americans and Republicans are too afraid to say. Rush articulated in a short speech the feelings many. The hypocrisy of the left is astounding; for 8 years they fought to defeat bush at every turn, fought for and declared the war in Iraq lost, voted for budgets they now criticize. Do you believe any of the libs including the mainstream media wanted Bush to succeed? BS! If he had succeeded Obama would be missing in action from his congressional duties as they were before he was elected president. I hope he fails as well IF he wants to socialize this great country, if he wants to provide more entitlements to those who need to take responsibility for their own actions; if he wants to demonize business and the entrepreneurs who create the jobs he is so fond of talking about; if he wants to create class warfare. Fail he will and the sooner the better. And for those fools who keep saying WE WON…let me mention two words, Jimmy Carter!

I Hope Mr. Obama will listen to what Mr. Limbaugh has to say. That's "Only Hope I believe In". If He (Mr. Obama) is smart enough he will do it without mention it to his fellow Democrooks).

Mike March, I think you're right about Paul, so now do a group of us at the grassroots level need to begin working with and talking with him to develop a presence in front of all the American people like the promoters did so well with Obama? Should he be an adviser to someone more "dashing" in they eyes of the America voters. How do you and I get people to understand reality??

For anyone who is giving Republicains a hard time just at ourselves. SPEND AND TAXACHUSETTS. The Dems run the show and look at the mess we are in. Not one DEM cares about any one else except themselves and how to keep there job. They line up pork pay roll jobs for friends and family and everyone pays. Get rid of the exisiting hacks and lets try and change the financing of the PIKE and T. That way we do not need to increase tolls and the gas tax. Call your pols now tell them no new taxes, cut spending and lay off some the pork jobs personel.

What the liberal left can't stand is the bright white light of truth. They can't stand it. PERIOD. What he wants to fail is Obama's policies and I agree with him 100%. Obama can succeed as an academic if he wants, but his policies undermine the very footings of this great country. No longer will hard work be rewarded with the fruits of their labors, but to re-distribute that wealth. I own two businesses and it makes me sick that for every dollar I make over $250K I have to give over 50-60% of it away in taxes to the Federal and State Governments. I can tell you this. I will be hording my money. I won't be hiring anyone during Obama's reign of terror. I won't be investing in any additional equipment, and my employees will not be getting any raises. If you have a problem with that, you can thank Obama and his policies.

One of two things is clear about the comments to this article and Democrat response to Rush Limbaugh in general:

1 They have never listened to Rush. Not only are literally none of the long list of hate filled ad hominem attacks warranted, Rush is the sterling example of civility and grace that the left should consider emulating. For example, Franken, the wannabe Senator from Minnesota/New York might have followed this example in the highly uncivil book he wrote. Air America might have considered emulating Rush before Franken and other snarky leftists drove it into the ground. Rush's enormous popularity is largely a direct result of his civility and genuine decency. To claim otherwise is simply to lie.

2 They realize that Rush is an honest conservative in the mold of Reagan and Buckley and want to marginalize his influence in politics. This is a fair ambition, but the method just illustrates the grasping overfed sense of entitlement on the left.

While I am not a Republican ( I am a Libertarian leaning, registered Democrat), I recognize the lower forms of life in the political cesspool. Rush is not among them, snarky Democrat commentators clearly are. In the interest of full disclosure, I support separation of the U.S. into two countries, leaving the left to immediately create the socialist utopia they dream of - while freeing the producers in capitalism from the grasping, greedy hands of a malevolent and too powerful government.

I agree with Ravenswing!

Rush is a man in great pain. As a result he needs to take pain killers to numb his pain. I don't think he is aware of it which is very sad. Instead, like many in pain the spout vitriol and externalize their world view of pain and fear. Look, Rush is not a pleasant fellow but have some pity on a fellow human who is suffering more than most.

Limbaugh Palin 2012

Based on all th e comments made by liberals, it is painfully obvious that no one took the time to watch, listen or read any of what he had to say. Its always amazing to me that people speak wih no knowledge or basis in fact. How about trying to argue based on fact ...oh thats right if liberals argue on the facts they LOSE EVERY TIME!

Someone tell Rush that his oxy's will be covered by the new medical plan. That should be a relief to his illegal housekeeper.

For eight years we were ruled by a complete moron and a bunch of immature people who value ideology and ideas over people and commonsense. The hardcore right wing came close to running this entire country into the ground. We will be paying for their idiocy for years to come. Shame on the media for not calling the morons on it, and shame on Kerry for losing to those idiots. Now it is up to Obama to pick up the pieces and we all hope it is not too late.

Rush Limbaugh is to politics as a sports writer is to sports. Mr. Limbaugh has the luxury of sitting back in his palace and stirring up the masses. What the GOP fails to realize is that Mr. Limbaugh turns on his level of ad revenue. If his "conservative" base were no longer supporting his radio show, he'd quickly become the new voice of the non-conservative rest-of-the-nation so we'd listen to his show and buy his sponsors products. Rush serves 1 purpose- his own wallet. As long as he can get like minded folk to listen to his show, he'll continue to spout his diatribe and laugh all the way to the bank while you sit and wonder what happened to your job/home/bank account/credit score.

Folks in the GOP- stop listening to this drug addled separatist or be continued to be voted out of office. I think the collective intellegence of this nation is rising and we're seeing and realizing yes- our government can perform more funtions than paving roads and hiring firefighters and that yes, our government can provide for us and spend our tax dollars on us so that they benefit us. What are we paying for anyway? Think about that one folks.

What short memory democrats have.

Harry Reid: "The war is lost". and countless other statments that were intended to undermine the presidency of George W Bush. How many times did the press allow democrats to say that Bush stole the election. The mass media is bought and paid for by the democrats and has lost all objectivity. The media is so in love with the current President that they drool over his every word and talk of chills running up their legs when he speaks.

The current group of democrats in Congress and the new President seek to destroy capitalism, the principles of the founding fathers and the Constitution. The goal of the media, the democrats and the President is to transform America into a clone of France and other European Socialist countries. The moral and social decay of Western Europe is apalling. Secular Humansit / the Progressives seek to destory individual liberties and replace it with government control. The progressives should be more careful. The loss of individual rights and power vested to the government for "issues" that progressives seek will one day be truned around and take away individual liberties that you seek to preserve. The loss of individual liberties and the destruction of capitalism is not and never will be in the best interst of America or any country.

The progressives and their willing enablers in the media are driving America to the depth of debauchery that sank the Roman Empire. An honest media would compare the social and moral corruption of Rome against the desires of Progressives and see how history treats the Progressive's goals. Those who fail to learn from history will suffer from hisory's failures.

For those of you that say that wanting Obama to fail is tantamount to wanting the country to fail, let me ask you this. Were you behind every initiative and agenda of GW Bush? If the answer to that question is no, then surely you didn't think by your opposition, you wanted the country to fail did you? Be honest.

Didn't the Democratic Party want Bush to fail also? Hoping that the President will fail is bad for the country period!! I don't agree with much of what Obama says or does, but I hope I am wrong and that he succeeds.

It seems like the majority of the comments are from leftist liberals who can't stand an opinion from a conservative American who believes the president is wrong, is heading this country in the wrong direction and who will eventually lead the U.S.
toward being a socialist nation. Rush is right and has as much right to say the president is wrong as liberals did when they criticized President Bush all the time he was in office as being the wrong person for the job. I too believe the current
president is the wrong person for the oval office. I also believe his is getting wrong advice from those he has appointed. Our country will continue to suffer for it.

For Kevoh and other Limburgers, although there are serious concerns about the concentration of the print and broadcast media in the hands of people with enough money to own multiple outlets all over the country (and to give air time to shills and hacks who are eager to lick the hand that feeds them), the only people talking about the "Fairness doctrine" are the Republicans, although now that the Republicans have expressed their concern that voices other than the owners of America and the despoilers of traditional American values might be heard, some Democrats have stated that it WOULD be nice if at least some of the airwaves, which belong to the public, were actually used to benefit the public interest.

One other thing that Bah Humbug is good at -- aside from attempting to trash whatever non-Republican may be president -- is in making or regurgitating things up as he goes along -- such as the fake return of the Fairness Doctrine, the fake Nancy Pelosi mouse, the fake high-speed train between Disneyland and Las Vegas -- and then in attacking people who point out that, to be charitable, he has his facts wrong or, to be honest, he's lying and lying intentionally.

This is even apart from the desire he feels, a desire that I am sure Osama bin Laden and our other enemies hold along with him, that the President of the United States fail in his efforts to rescue well over a quarter-billion Americans from the mess that the people that Rush Limbaugh, in his own words, "carried water for."

Given the deservedly high contempt in which W's past followers now hold George W. Bush, Rush Limbaugh is a fitting successor at presiding over the demise of the Republican Party.

Funny how its OK for the Republican to not support the President and publically state that he hopes he fails... but if a Dem does that, they are called unpatriotic, treasoness, playing into the terrorists hands and on and on...

whoever is posting this ,why are you changing the wording. Im going to check on this and out you!

Guy is a drug addict. Oxycontin head.

Rush,
America! Love it or leave it!

Rush loves you all. But, in my opinion, Rush gets a bad rap and calling him a "hater" or the Republicans "haters" is just ridiculous. Like Rush said in his speech (which I doubt seriously, any of you read) is that “It is about control.” One of the ways you like to control is by trying to put us on the defensive.

It is my firm belief that this attack is nothing more than manipulation. Rush is on to you when he says "the Democratic party is about control...and Obama is about control." He goes on to say that Obama doesn't mind spending money that is not his and he never plans on repaying. He just wants control. Obama stated long ago that he "always [knew] he wanted a career in politics." His brother in law told him to keep that to himself if Obama planned on making a good impression on his Mother-in-law when he was first introduced.

So, he is a Lawyer, a career politician, and he loves control and manipulation. He is practiced and don't be fooled. That polish he has can't come from the heart. As Rush recently said, "I don't speak from a teleprompter. What I say comes from my heart." I guess Rush must have some kind of heart because he wants America to exceed not just President, Obama, and his social engineering. And that is why Rush says he wants Obama to fail because his long held plans are not for building a country, they are plans to build a long line. You see ( and Rush says it best) Obama sees America as "one big soup kitchen." Obama's plan is nothing more than Socialism and I too along with million others believe that Obama's intentions are either mislead or he is the Man you should be calling a "hater." Because it is Obama that is bringing back the welfare state. It is Obama, not Rush, that wants the government to stick it’s big nose everywhere. Obama wants the government in your living room, and comfortably enjoying your sofa. He wants you to believe he is the one who knows best where your money should go and what should be done with it. And he knows as well as anyone that taxing the rich “as if he was punishing achievement” always garners less government income due to a shrinking economy and a lower investment base. I hope Obama fails big time.

When is Rush's job going to be shipped oversea, India?

Mr. Limbaugh is intelligent and energetic but extremely partisan and pandering to the most primitive of the GOP fans. He seems never left his sportscaster's roots and behave like it is really "Game of politics" and he do not care about the Country just his team will win. Basically I agree with Dr. Paul.

Isn't Limbaugh just the greatest thing for the Democratic party? Obama '12. Hey Rush why not just get out of the way, your OLD style and very OLD messages won't work anymore. This past election proved that there are new rasied standards and we (American people) will never accept the OLD repugnant way of doing business again.

#98 Ditto! Ditto! Ditto! Pass the syringe.

Rush Limbaugh is the "voice" of the GOP? How sad is that? A man kept out of Viet Nam by a cyst on his butt, known to be hooked on various medications, who stated days into Obama's presidency that he wanted Obama to fail is a great voice. But if that's what the Republicans want, who am I to say that he's not the voice of the party? Personally I never wanted Bush to fail overall, that's bad for the country, though I did want some of his initiatives to fail, which many of them did.

For those of you blaming Obama for the economy today, STOP and grow a brain. The economy's been tanking for years, Bush did nothing to stop it. We've tried just cutting taxes, it didn't work. Never mind, most of you let Rush do your thinking for you anyway.

I have listened to Rush a few times recently. I think you liberals have him all wrong. He is concerned about the little guy trying to earn a living and create a better standard of living for him/herself. He points out how the Democrats are getting in his/her way and why Obama and his crowd are determined to keep them down.

Part of me is happy to see this; it will hurry the demise of the Republican Party. They have (in my lifetime anyways) always put party above country and this is bad for America. But part of me worries, as Democracy only works with multiple (viable) parties. I don't trust the Democrats much more than the Republicans.
Mostly I am glad to see Ron Paul staying relevant. He was the best the Republicans had to offer and could have won the election and saved the party had he gotten the nomination. The problem is Ron is one of the last true conservatives left in the party and no one recognizes him for what he is (the neo-cons just think he is crazy). I really hope he switches back to the Libertarian party and breathes some life into that organization. The difference between the Democratic and Republican parties is that one wants to grow government deficits by 18% a year and one wants to grow government deficits by 16% a year. The Libertarian party would be a much more responsible opposition than the Republicans and would do a much better job of keeping the Democrats in check. What they really lack is a strong national leader. I wish Ron would be that guy.

The President is for America. And if your not for the President then you are not for AMerica. And if your not for America leave the country!!! NOW.

Goodbye Rush! We smell ya lador

Bush was a failure, Rush is a failure and so shall the Conservatives in 2010 & 12!

Rush for president in 2012. I know the Republic party is desperate but if all they have is this drug addict , hate monger , polarizing big mouth who is out of ideas like his party, bring him on.What happened to John McCain would look like a picnic.we Dems are ready to finally show the Republic party what they really are.A bunch of Hippocrates.How Hippocratic, let me count the ways,
1.They are against the stimulus but they will take the money.
2.Bush spent all the money he wanted. Went in with a surplus left with biggest deficit but Republicans were not complaining. They cheered him on. got us in this mess but it is ok . They are the NO PARTY.SOON NO MORE REPUBLICANS.

Obama hates this country. Rush realizes this and will speak truth to power. Obama is a sad little boy and those who support Obama illustrate to us how Hitler could possibly come to power in Germany so many decades ago, because it is the same brainwashed zombie attitude. Obama failing = USA succeeding.

I am amazed at the double standard that the news media applies to Mr. Limbaugh. If a liberal had made the comment that "they hoped George Bush's war in Iraq" they would be labeled a traitor. Here we are in the worst economic crisis of the moderen era and Limbaugh "hopes" that an attempt to at least mitigate it fails. This is a blantantly unpatriotic statement. It is fair game for him to question the policy and even doubt that it will work. But to "hope it fails" shows an a state of mind that one is both unbalanced and unpatriotic. I can only guess the Mr. Limbaugh has not succeded in his efforts to kick pain pills and that they are still affecting his hudgement

My Faith is in God, not man and definitely not Rush Limbaugh.. He's just another opinionated nut and nothing more.. He too shall come to pass..

Former President Bush is the Poster Boy of Socialism.. He totally Screwed our Nation on his Watch and left us worse off than when he took office... Enron and other scrupulous corporations were the start of things to come, yet nothing was done.. His failed Administration had it all Lies, Greed, Fraud, Dishonesty, Cover ups, big government spending with more money going to the bogus Iraq war then the war in Afghanistan.. Wall Street and others had a field day under Bush.. Hey Rush, where were you when all this was going on? Lining your pockets like all the other Fat Rats.. What a bunch of Conservative Losers who wouldn't stand up to Bush yet can wanna rant and rave now..

Sunny1, What news program are you listening to? Just what do you think of Barney Frank? Is he your hero?!! I guess he has no blame? What about Clinton, no fault of his?? Give me a break. There is no hiding this nonsense. You can not even believe Bush is to blaim for a war that the democrats asked for long before:
"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction. ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real." - Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003 'D' stands for Democrat

“I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force-- if necessary—to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security.” - Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002 'D' stands for Democrat

“[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs.” - Letter to President Clinton, signed by Senators Carl Levin (D-MI), Tom Daschle (D-SD), John F. Kerry ( D - MA), and others Oct. 9, 1998 'D' stands for Democrat

“In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members. It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons.” - Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002 'D' stands for Democrat

“We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country… Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power.” - Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002 We all know Gore was a Democrat--he was Clinton's Vice President.

He looks like him, so why not sound like him?

Who you ask?

Herman Goerring of course! Buy the man a uniform!

Vote Republican!!!