Kristol Takes On Limbaugh: We ‘Should’ Hope For Obama To ‘Succeed’
Kristol Takes On Limbaugh: We ‘Should’ Hope For Obama To ‘Succeed’
In recent weeks, a growing number of conservatives have hopped on the Rush Limbaugh bandwagon, saying they agree with his repeated statements that he hopes President Obama fails. Michelle Malkin, Tom Delay, Rick Santorum, Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) have all said they want Obama’s policies to fail.
The Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol, however, seems to disagree with this sentiment. In an interview with Fox and Friends yesterday, Kristol broke with the Limbaugh line. Discussing Obama’s recent actions to fix the economy with progressive blogger David Sirota, Kristol said that Americans “should” “hope” that Obama’s policies “succeed”:
Q: Are people still holding on to [their hope] thinking he will be able to change the problems we are now facing?
KRISTOL: Look, Americans wish a new president well. They hope his policies succeed, as they should.
Watch it:
Is Kristol, one of the most influential conservative pundits, going toe-to-toe with Rush Limbaugh, also one of the most influential conservative pundits? Thus far, those who dared to challenge the mighty Limbaugh have quickly kneeled before him (see e.g., Michael Steele, Rep. Phil Gingrey, and Gov. Mark Sanford).
Will Kristol resist the pressure, or will he fall in line like all the others?
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Wow. Video no longer available. Already.
Rush must have really thrown a hissy.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:09 pmI’m gabberflasted that Kristol would get this, or anything, right.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:12 pmI’m going out to buy lottery tickets…
Wow, either one of them loses this argument and it’s still gratifying… hate ‘em both.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:12 pmKristol wants a dip in the ratings pool….
all show and no go.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:14 pmset up the office pool
and get the popcorn.
this is going to be fun :)
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March 6th, 2009 at 2:15 pm“KRISTOL: Look, Americans wish a new president well. They hope his policies succeed, as they should.”
To be fair, he isn’t mentioning Rush directly in this. He is just saying that Americans should hope that Obama’s policies succeed, which is the opposite of what Rush said. But I’m sure if Rush caught it we will be hearing a backtrack and apology in 3,2,1 …
March 6th, 2009 at 2:16 pmbill said that Americans hoped his policies succeed.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:18 pmWe all know rush and his followers are not American.
So I guess bill scores half a point.
Kristol Takes On Limbaugh: We ‘Should’ Hope For Obama To ‘Succeed
– - Ladies and gentleman, in this corner, standing 5′ 9″ and tipping that scales at 160 pounds, from the Washington Post and The Weekly Standard, and recently of the New York Times, give it up for Billy “”Rightie” Kristol!!!!
And in the other corner, from his undisclosed location in his compound on the beach in Palm Beach, Forida, where he can slink into the ocean and replenish his voracious appetite for krill, standing 6′ 1″ and weighing in at 300 ever-expanding pounds, Rush “FAR Rightie” Limbaughhhhhhhh!!!!
March 6th, 2009 at 2:18 pmrhut rho
krystol is ALWAYS wrong, it would be a shame he might break his record on this
March 6th, 2009 at 2:18 pmRush’s blood pressure just went threw the roof.
And speaking of that, with all that lard he carries around isn’t he due for a heart attack?
March 6th, 2009 at 2:19 pmUh Oh!
Bill “The Bloody” Kristol is going to lose is secret ChristoTalibanist Republican decoder ring with this one!
I predict:
Rush – 1
Bill – 0
with game over in under 2 news cycles
March 6th, 2009 at 2:19 pmBuckie Boy Says:
“Rush’s blood pressure just went threw the roof.
And speaking of that, with all that lard he carries around isn’t he due for a heart attack?”
Only the good die young. Evil like Rush’s is here forever. It just changes clothes. Seen Beck lately? You’ll know what I mean.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:23 pmSo far Kristol is out there alone without the GOP. Eventually he will back track. He will not apologize but he will soften his rhetoric. Kristol is powerful in his own way. But he is Republican.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:29 pmHow long before The Apology?
March 6th, 2009 at 2:29 pmWhat a great distraction this has become. Bill Kristol knows it. He just wants to throw his name in the national discussion.
And the fact that the DNC is going after a private citizen makes most of you proud? I get it if moveon.org or some of you did this. But the DNC?. Rush want’s Obama’s socialist policies to fail. Just like you wanted Bush’s policies to fail. Your side wouldn’t be in power if Bush would have not been so pathetic.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:29 pmI haven’t listened to Rush since writing the book, The Great Limbaugh Con, in 1994. Excuse the self-promotion, but the book is out of print and can be downloaded free at
I mistakenly thought he was out of the picture since then, but I’m pleased that he has risen, to the embarrassment of the Rs. Still, the public needs to understand that he and his ardent Rs represent an economic ideology that favors our new aristocracy and that is devastating to working Americans.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:30 pmA herd of antelope.
A swarm of ants.
A quiver of cobras.
A Rush of Republicans.
The Great Republican Depression
March 6th, 2009 at 2:31 pmSorry, the html tags didn’t work. You can download the Limbaugh book by going to books.google.com
March 6th, 2009 at 2:32 pmAh, I see the video is now available again.
And I note that Bill’s “should hope he succeeds” line was actually kind of a throwaway, merely setting up his primary point, which was that Americans should be very fearful because the President misspoke and said “profit-earnings ratio” rather than “price-earnings ratio”.
Heavens!
Then, of course, Bill delivered the coup de grace with the salient observation:
Can you imagine if President Bush had misspoken about something as central to the stock market?
You mean, like if he had said the Japanese currency was undergoing devaluation, instead of deflation?
That kind of mis-speak?
March 6th, 2009 at 2:35 pmSouthern Man 2 Says:
What a great distraction this has become. Bill Kristol knows it. He just wants to throw his name in the national discussion.
And the fact that the DNC is going after a private citizen makes most of you proud? I get it if moveon.org or some of you did this. But the DNC?. Rush want’s Obama’s socialist policies to fail. Just like you wanted Bush’s policies to fail. Your side wouldn’t be in power if Bush would have not been so pathetic.
You have not been paying attention. Progressives were not WANTING Bush’s policies to fail. We FEARED that they would and THEY DID.
“Private Citizen” Rush is supported by a Republican broadcasting monopoly called Clear Channel Communications who pays him MILLIONS to shove his fat head so far up his fat ass that the only way Rush sees any light at all is when his mouth is open.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:36 pmLOL, Southern “Man” chimes in with his cowardly misunderstanding as usual
What a wimp, too scared to make the effort to find out the truth
March 6th, 2009 at 2:37 pmS&M2 has been watchin him some of that Faux News. If there is a contest to get as many Faux talking points in one post, I would think our chicken fried friend wins the prize. Let’s see….
“It’s a distraction” Check
“DNC going after a private citizen” Check
“Obama’s policies are socialist” Check
“Rush didn’t say he wants Obama to fail, just his policies” Check
“Bush was a failure and the TRUE Repugnants never liked him” Check
Could somebody tie a hen down and get her ready for S&M please?
March 6th, 2009 at 2:39 pmWow. SM 2 is back and stakes his claim to Teh Stupid right off the bat.
Apparently, Rush is a “private citizen”, not a “public figure”.
Apparently, the words intimately shared with 20 million listeners are not for public airing.
Apparently, the DNC is pushing Republicans to book Rush at CPAC. They’re pushing Faux and CNN to give Rush an hour and a half commercial-free airtime for a speech. They’re forcing Republicans to acknowledge Rush as a leader of their party.
Those diabolical Dems!
March 6th, 2009 at 2:39 pm“Private Citizen” Rush is supported by a Republican broadcasting monopoly called Clear Channel Communications who pays him MILLIONS to shove his fat head so far up his fat ass that the only way Rush sees any light at all is when his mouth is open.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Is Rush a private citizen? It’s a yes or no question.
The DNC is sponsoring a campaign to see who comes up with the best billboard slogan and place the billboard near Rush’s house. The DNC. Not you. Not moveon, the DNC. If the RNC had done this same exact thing, your heads would have exploded.
This is all a distraction and you know it.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:47 pmKristol is a two-faced lying twerp. Yeah, he’s on Fox saying that all Americans want the president’s policies to succeed, but in his column at WaPo he says that for their own political survival, Republicans have to find every way they can to obstruct.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:48 pmLet’s see, it is Friday. I’ll give it to Sunday noon before the knee bend suction machine is activated.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:49 pm“Your side wouldn’t be in power if Bush would have not been so pathetic.”
You know, that’s like saying the corn wouldn’t be yellow if it weren’t for the kernels…
March 6th, 2009 at 2:51 pmI think I understand where Mr. Limbaugh is coming from when he says he wants Obama to fail. Policywise, it wouldn’t make any sense for him to say anything but that. It would be suicidal to his ratings, and, since he has an/several expensive habit/s to keep up, he needs the money.
I understand also where Mr. Kristol is coming from. Since he is more thoughtful of his comments than Mr. Limbaugh, he will issue more measured praise where it is deserved – namely in passing positive judgment on the Democratic-led passage of the stimulus package.
I admire most, though, the brilliance of the White House’s press office in suggesting to those who are curious as to the motivations for Republicans saying they want to see Obama fail, for them to query those Republicans directly and (I assume) publicly.
That way the American people can see where we truly stand with our leadership. Or, as the case may be, against it.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:51 pmRush is not the leader of the republican party. He has never once said that he is the LEADER of the GOP. It’s you who say he is. How many times did you have to keep saying it till you finally believed this one? I missed this place.
This is a dstraction. Why are we talking about Rush? Why aren’t the media focused on the President and what he is doing and not doing?
March 6th, 2009 at 2:53 pmThus far, those who dared to challenge the mighty Limbaugh have quickly kneeled before him
Kristol did this precisely so he could kneel before rush.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:58 pmSouthern Man 2 Says:
Rush want’s Obama’s socialist policies to fail. Just like you wanted Bush’s policies to fail. Your side wouldn’t be in power if Bush would have not been so pathetic.
So S&M, here’s your assignment.
1) Describe what the word “socialism” means.
2) Describe what policies President Obama is proposing that adhere to the description of “socialism”.
I’m betting you can’t answer those questions. Anyone want to place a bet on this one?
March 6th, 2009 at 2:58 pmWas it the dinner or are some realizing they appear as a pack of terrorists when wishing failure for our country?
March 6th, 2009 at 2:59 pmpublic figure
n. A famous person whose life and behavior are the focus of intense public interest and scrutiny.
private citizen
March 6th, 2009 at 2:59 pmnoun
A citizen who does not hold any official position.
Are you really trying to make the argument that Rush gets more attention from the media than President Obama?
Seriously?
Wow. SM. You need to get some rest. Or some meds. Seek therapy. Something, dude.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:59 pmI need to clarify, Bilbo: does SM need to get the answers correct? Or does he just need to make up shit?
‘Cause if it’s the latter, I’m not takin’ that bet.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:00 pm“Americans wish the new president well. They hope his policies succeed, as they should.”
Rush: “I hope he fails.”
Through Kristol’s logic, Rush is not an American.
We should check his birth certificate!
In all seriousness, this is Kristol talking. He’s stating that Americans are hoping for success, and he is not making a comment on whether or not the policies will succeed.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:00 pmOoohh goody! A billboard contest? Can I try?
Rush Limbaugh – the result of unchecked anal cyst metastasis
Really now, who would take advice from a drug addict?
Most people love America, some losers want it to fail
Maggots split their skin and fly away. Time’s up Rush.
Thanks for the link S&M2, you know except for that part about fcking chickens, you’re really not a bad guy.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:02 pmSouthern Man 2 Says:
And the fact that the DNC is going after a private citizen makes most of you proud?
March 6th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
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In what way is Rush Limbaugh a private citizen?
1. He’s a public figure. He cannot be libeled or slandered except by absolute malice. That’s not private.
2. He’s a company. As majority owner of The Rush Limbaugh Show, he is de facto CEO of a multimillion dollar corporation.
It’s not like the DNC is picking a random name out of a phone book and targeting them for ridicule. They’re responding to attacks from a bloviating alleged male prostitute solicitor.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:06 pmArchie B Says:
Kristol has no credibility.
He’s got to have credibility. He’s on Fox.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:06 pmA citizen who does not hold any official position.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:06 pm—
What exactly are we defining “official” to mean?
Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
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Southern Man 2 Says:
Rush want’s Obama’s socialist policies to fail. Just like you wanted Bush’s policies to fail. Your side wouldn’t be in power if Bush would have not been so pathetic.
So S&M, here’s your assignment.
1) Describe what the word “socialism” means.
2) Describe what policies President Obama is proposing that adhere to the description of “socialism”.
I’m betting you can’t answer those questions. Anyone want to place a bet on this one?
March 6th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
I’ll play your stupid game.
Socialism is easy to define. Winston Churchill said it best: Socialism is the equal distribution of misery to all.
Nationalized health care. Obama’s plan is not much different than any in Europe. Would you call France a socialist country?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:06 pmWhat about Sweden or Norway? How about Finland? How about all those bad socialists nations that have higher literacy rates, lower infant death stats, longer lifespans, and so on?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:08 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
I need to clarify, Bilbo: does SM need to get the answers correct? Or does he just need to make up shit?
‘Cause if it’s the latter, I’m not takin’ that bet.
As I expected, he just made up shit. He couldn’t come up with an honest, intellectual answer if his life depended on it.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:08 pmOh sorry, I forgot they have to pay taxes to have higher quality of life indexes. Kooky aren’t they?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:09 pm[apparently, some of them are resisting the "ownership" The Boss has claimed (sorry guys, he can afford way better lawyers than you)]
I think The Boss, and his legion of followers-who-have-nothing-better-to-do-than-listen-to-AM-radio-all-day-and-shoot-their-mouths-off-about-things-they-don’t-really-know-much-about are the people who made a big distraction out of themselves. On purpose.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:10 pm.
To be honest, KKKristol said, “They hope…”
Had he meant himself, included, a “REAL” journalist would have written “WE” or “I”, NO?
This is just another variation of, “Some people say…”
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March 6th, 2009 at 3:11 pmWhy would the dnc want to distract from all the problems caused by the rnc?
republicans failed miserably, so it makes sense that republicans want to distact by throwing their temper tantrum, whinning, and complaining. This is very predictable republican behavior: act like a two-year-old then blame ds for acting like two year olds.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:12 pmOk S & M, I’ll do the first half of your homework project for you. Here’s the dictionary definition of socialism.
So, please tell us what policies President Obama is proposing that fit withing the definition of socialism.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:12 pmSM2
What do you call it when a government tells anyone and everyone they can “move out west” and claim land for free?
Is that Socialism, or Communism?
It’s important we understand which, because that is our defining National Heritage.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:13 pmI answered your two questions. Let me ask you a question Bilbo? If the RNC would have done this to Randy (never met a buffet she didn’t like) Rhodes, what would be your response. Not Rush or Hannity, the RNC? What would you have said? I bet you won’t answer that question honestly?
The DNC’s job is not to go after public or private figures. That’s the medias job.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:13 pmGrease yourself up and get limber, Bill, ’cause fatty’s got a stiffy and he’s a comin’ your way. When your stuck in his folds, no one can hear you scream…
March 6th, 2009 at 3:14 pmsouthern man 2 says:
“leave limbaugh alone!”
:)
March 6th, 2009 at 3:16 pmWinston Churchill said it best: Socialism is the equal distribution of misery to all.
And in the late 40’s, England, devastated by the war, instituted a program for “socialized’ health care.
Why do the Republicans hate the idea of social? As in society? As in all the people?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:17 pmBob Says:
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Why would the dnc want to distract from all the problems caused by the rnc?
republicans failed miserably, so it makes sense that republicans want to distact by throwing their temper tantrum, whinning, and complaining. This is very predictable republican behavior: act like a two-year-old then blame ds for acting like two year olds.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Kinda like you and democrats did from 1994 to 2006! That’s very predictible political behavior.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:17 pmdrive by troll Says:
lowering capitals gains and corporate taxes would IMMEDIATLY make the market functional again.
Lowering the capital gains isn’t going to help many people these days since there are pretty much only losses on Wall Street.
And you want to lower corporate taxes? Meaning you want to lower them for the 40% of corporations who actually pay taxes? I’ll go for lowering the taxes corporations pay as long as all corporations are required to pay the amount decided upon. And providing that corporations doing business in the US can’t incorporate in the Caymen Islands to avoid paying US taxes. What do you say, is it a deal?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:18 pmThe DNC’s job is not to go after public or private figures.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:18 pm—
Have you seen the job description. Now if this is true can the same be assumed to be true of the RNC?
joe cantwell Says:
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southern man 2 says:
“leave limbaugh alone!”
:)
March 6th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
I never said that. Hammer him all you want. He’s been doing what he does for a long time. My point is, the DNC is going after him. There should be a line drawn somewhere.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:19 pmLet’s try this one. The chairman of the RNC recently publicly apologized to an entertainer because he stated publically he had thought said entertainer was being ugly.
How many people can tell me the name of the chairman of the DNC?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:21 pmSouthen Man, your wheel’s in the ditch.
Rush started this fight. Rush did. And for once the dems are standing up and pushing back and, in typical bully fashion, you rightwing whiners are crying about it. Get used to it cracker. You need to get mommy to drop you off in front of the school cuz everytime you try to cut though the playground we’re going to take your lunch money. And if we catch you in the bathroom, you’re getting a chocolate swirly….Metaphorically speaking, of course.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:22 pmSouthern Man 2 Says:
I answered your two questions. Let me ask you a question Bilbo? If the RNC would have done this to Randy (never met a buffet she didn’t like) Rhodes, what would be your response. Not Rush or Hannity, the RNC? What would you have said? I bet you won’t answer that question honestly?
The DNC’s job is not to go after public or private figures. That’s the medias job.
First, you DID NOT answer my questions. Second, I actually agree with you that it is not the DNC’s job to go after Rush via the billboard they are proposing. Other than that, it is the DNC’s job to go after the anointed leader of the opposition party.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:22 pmS&M2,
What an assclown you are.
“There should be a line drawn somewhere.”
Your hero is going after THE PRESIDENT dipshit!
You must of been out taking a nap when brains were being handed out.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:23 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
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drive by troll Says:
lowering capitals gains and corporate taxes would IMMEDIATLY make the market functional again.
Lowering the capital gains isn’t going to help many people these days since there are pretty much only losses on Wall Street.
And you want to lower corporate taxes? Meaning you want to lower them for the 40% of corporations who actually pay taxes? I’ll go for lowering the taxes corporations pay as long as all corporations are required to pay the amount decided upon. And providing that corporations doing business in the US can’t incorporate in the Caymen Islands to avoid paying US taxes. What do you say, is it a deal?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
And we all know who pay corporate taxes? The consumers!!! And we know who don’t pay taxes, half of Obama’s staff, including the new head of the IRS.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:24 pmSouthern Man 2 Says:
I never said that. Hammer him all you want. He’s been doing what he does for a long time. My point is, the DNC is going after him. There should be a line drawn somewhere.
Like the “line” your party drew whenever anyone criticized Bush and what he was doing to this country. I remember plenty of screeches from you side of the aisle about how we “have to respect the President” and that any criticism of the president was tantamount to being a traitor. Well, we criticized Bush for what he did and the harm it did to this country (justifiably so) and your party is criticizing Obama for something they think may happen some time in the future. What happened to the “respect your President” and “criticizing the President is tantamount to treason”?
Look up the word “hypocrite” in the dictionary and you will see that the definition is “Republican”.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:24 pmNow SM is trying to draw an equivalence between Rush and Randi Rhodes?
SM, darling, before you can try that rhetorical ju jitsu, you’re going to have to find a single Democratic Party official who said anything like this about Randi:
“I have enormous respect for Rush Limbaugh,” Steele said in a telephone interview. “I was maybe a little bit inarticulate. … There was no attempt on my part to diminish his voice or his leadership.”
Thanks awfully.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:24 pmThere should be a line drawn somewhere.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:25 pm—
Maybe your right especially when you consider how the RNC went after a Reverend Wright
Bobwurst Says:
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Southen Man, your wheel’s in the ditch.
Rush started this fight. Rush did. And for once the dems are standing up and pushing back and, in typical bully fashion, you rightwing whiners are crying about it. Get used to it cracker. You need to get mommy to drop you off in front of the school cuz everytime you try to cut though the playground we’re going to take your lunch money. And if we catch you in the bathroom, you’re getting a chocolate swirly….Metaphorically speaking, of course.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
You threatening me?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:26 pmdbadass Says:
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There should be a line drawn somewhere.
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Maybe your right especially when you consider how the RNC went after a Reverend Wright
March 6th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
The RNC did not go after Wright! The pundits did when the media wouldn’t do their job.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:26 pmBy logical extension, SM seems to be arguing that allowing corporations to skip out on taxes is a boon for the consumer.
SM seems to have a difficult time following a thought any further than it takes to satisfy his immediate need for emotional succor.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:28 pmYou threatening me?
Whacha gonna do bout it BEOTCH?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:28 pmSouthern Man 2 Says:
And we all know who pay corporate taxes? The consumers!!! And we know who don’t pay taxes, half of Obama’s staff, including the new head of the IRS.
Do you have any idea how childish you sound? So, I’ll play your childish game. We all know who doesn’t pay taxes on your side of the aisle;
1) John McCain
2) Sarah Palin
3) Joe the Plumber
Now, off the childishness and back to a real discussion. I assume by saying “And we all know who pay corporate taxes? The consumers!!!” you are saying that corporations raise their prices to pay their taxes. Well do you really think if we lower their taxes they will lower their prices? Do you REALLY think that?
Also, what about the 60% of all corporations in this country who don’t pay any taxes. Are you OK with that? Or what about the corporations who do business in this country but incorporate in the Caymen islands so they don’t have to pay US taxes. Are you OK with that?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:29 pmThe pundits did when the media wouldn’t do their job.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:29 pm—
Oh I see how it is….
So who was it the endlessly went after either Clinton?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:30 pmSouthern Man 2 Says:
The RNC did not go after Wright! The pundits did when the media wouldn’t do their job.
Considering the fact that Fixed News is a wholly owned subsidiary of the RNC, I think you are wrong there. Also, who do you think paid for all the Rev. Wright ads on the TV during the campaign. Do you really think that those weren’t going after Wright?
I have a question. What is your IQ? Your thought processes indicate that it is somewhere in the room temperature range.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:32 pmHe’s a liar!
March 6th, 2009 at 3:32 pmrepublicans hate facts Says:
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Bilbo, I remember those SCREECHES being made by the SAME SOUTHERN MORON! Ah the IRONY! ;)
March 6th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
What sreeches? Back it up b!tch!!!
The only crying I remember was you crying and moaning about how your hero Hillary was being treated during the campaign. “Its not fair. Obama’s not playing fair!! Boooooo hoooooooooo!!!” I remember you didn’t come here much. Even the people in here got sick of your crying. That’s irony.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:32 pmCareful now, we all remember what the trolls do when they are “threatened”. Remember how Tracie promised to scratch out Wayne’s eyes?
Wouldn’t want to piss off a Southern Man, I hear they are bad asses. They won the War of Northern Agression didn’t they?
Wait, my bad. They got their asses handed to them. Never mind.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:33 pmdbadass Says:
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So who was it the endlessly went after either Clinton?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Didn’t Rush try to get Hillary elected President?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:33 pmSM seems to raising quite a stink about the DNC ‘going after a private citizen” (who is actually a public figure), considering, as dbadass pointed out, the entire Republican power structure went after Rev. Wright with much greater furor and vitriol:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/10/new-wright-ad-a.html
March 6th, 2009 at 3:35 pmI have a question. What is your IQ? Your thought processes indicate that it is somewhere in the room temperature range.
And the thermostat is set sort of low.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:36 pmDNC can do whatever the hell it wants.
free speech and all, right SM2 ???
March 6th, 2009 at 3:36 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
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Southern Man 2 Says:
The RNC did not go after Wright! The pundits did when the media wouldn’t do their job.
Considering the fact that Fixed News is a wholly owned subsidiary of the RNC, I think you are wrong there. Also, who do you think paid for all the Rev. Wright ads on the TV during the campaign. Do you really think that those weren’t going after Wright?
I have a question. What is your IQ? Your thought processes indicate that it is somewhere in the room temperature range.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Are you implying that Fox News is owned by the RNC? If so, your delusional. The RNC did not pay for Wright ads.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:37 pmSince we wish to be disingenuous shall I reword it to say…
March 6th, 2009 at 3:37 pmOther than Rush Limbaugh who was it that endlessly went after President Bill Clinton?
Maybe we need to look at Rush’s predilection with the Clinton’s. He couldn’t decide who had a crush on and who rejected him more.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:38 pmreally, SM2, unless you’re a contributor to the DNC, it’s just none of your business.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:40 pmYeah well, he’s going after your LAME *SSES so guess what, I GOT OVER IT! Just like YOU’LL have to GET OVER being such a BIG FAT LOSER serving a PARTY WITH what’s QUICKLY BECOMING – NO POWER! ;)
March 6th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Thank you for making my day. Ha Ha ha ha ha!!! That was some response. You still didn’t back up your claim b!tch. Nothing better than a response starting with “Yeah well”. Too fricking good!
March 6th, 2009 at 3:40 pmBrilliant Einstein, and you know who pays for corporate health care? Doh.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:42 pmreally who was it that was behind the Bill Clinton witch hunt? Was it the media? Was it the pundits?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:43 pmrhf, I think he was jealous of Monica and the cigars.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:44 pmMichael J. Fox was an ailing private citizen when Rush decided to mock his infirmities. Since then all bets are off on that disgusting gas bag. Live with it SM.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:44 pmSouthern Man 2 Says:
What sreeches? Back it up b!tch!!!
The only crying I remember was you crying and moaning about how your hero Hillary was being treated during the campaign. “Its not fair. Obama’s not playing fair!! Boooooo hoooooooooo!!!” I remember you didn’t come here much. Even the people in here got sick of your crying. That’s irony.
I take back my assessment. I’m thinking that this one’s IQ isn’t even in the room temperature range.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:44 pmIs this what brought on President Obama’s brilliant retort?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:45 pmSouthern Man 2 Says: And we all know who pay corporate taxes?
Jumbo shrimp.
Military intelligence.
Republican responsibility.
Oh, sorry, I thought this was an oxymoron competition.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:46 pmtombaker Says:
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DNC can do whatever the hell it wants.
free speech and all, right SM2 ???
March 6th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Does that free speech apply to Limbaugh?
Nobody has answered my question yet so I’ll ask it again since the demand for answers here are so important. If the RNC did this to Randy Rhodes, what would you say?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:48 pmCould someone please tell the dog who is farting to go chase rabbits somewhere else?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:49 pmThe Krystol Obama suck up continues….what is he up to???
March 6th, 2009 at 3:50 pmSouthern Man 2 Says:
Are you implying that Fox News is owned by the RNC? If so, your delusional. The RNC did not pay for Wright ads.
Yes, I am suggesting that Fixed News is a wholly owned subsidiary of the RNC. It may not be owned with money, but it is certainly owned by philosophy. And if the RNC didn’t pay for the Wright ads, who did?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:51 pmdbadass Says:
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really who was it that was behind the Bill Clinton witch hunt? Was it the media? Was it the pundits?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Matt Drudge leaked the Monica story when The New York Times decided to sit on it. The pundits then followed.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:53 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
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Southern Man 2 Says:
Are you implying that Fox News is owned by the RNC? If so, your delusional. The RNC did not pay for Wright ads.
Yes, I am suggesting that Fixed News is a wholly owned subsidiary of the RNC. It may not be owned with money, but it is certainly owned by philosophy. And if the RNC didn’t pay for the Wright ads, who did?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
So it would be fair to say that NBC, CBS, ABC, and MSNBC are wholly owned by the DNC? Maybe your on to something.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:55 pmSouthern Man 2 Says:
Nobody has answered my question yet so I’ll ask it again since the demand for answers here are so important. If the RNC did this to Randy Rhodes, what would you say?
First you have to answer the question which is what is the “this” you are talking aobut? What is it that the DNC is doing to Rush? Are you talking about putting up a billboard or are you talking about discussing Rush’s “hoping Obama will fail comment”?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:56 pmrepublicans hate facts Says:
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SM2, when randi said something controversial about BUSH it was DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS that demanded SHE APOLOGIZE – not the OTHER WAY AROUND! Yet YOU GOP TARDS went AFTER THAT PRIVATE CITIZEN! HYPOCRISY MUCH? ROTFL! ;)
March 6th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
She never apoligized for anything she said about Bush! She did apologize for calling Hillary out. Which she lost her job because of it. Eat your own much?
March 6th, 2009 at 3:58 pmIt must be freezing in hell.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:58 pmrepublicans hate facts
Southern Man 2, you just gave RHF some serious creeds. I didn’t know RHF had that much passion.
*Nice*
Thanks 2
March 6th, 2009 at 3:58 pmApparently it does, ’cause that’s all the man does – run his mouth.
Never did a day’s work in his life. Silver-spooned-only-child mama’s-boy. Made it on Daddy’s connections and his own unlimited high opinion of himself. Lucky for him, a lot of people’s self-esteem issues make them vulnerable to charismatic charlatans, and AM radio holds a pretty low bar for talent.
He’s your Boss, SM2 – not mine.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:59 pmHe owns you, and said so – not me.
Southern Man 2 Says:
So it would be fair to say that NBC, CBS, ABC, and MSNBC are wholly owned by the DNC? Maybe your on to something.
So how could those networks be owned by the DNC when they are all (with the exception maybe of MSNBC) owned by conservative corporations. Don’t tell me that you still hold with the long disproved canard that our media is “liberal”. When 90% of our media is owned by 3-4 conservative owned corporations, I can’t really see how anyone could call our media “liberal”.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:59 pmrepublicans hate facts Says:
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Southern Man 2 Says:
Matt Drudge leaked the Monica story when The New York Times decided to sit on it. The pundits then followed.
Maybe because it was a TABLOID STORY and YOU PEOPLE have NO DECENCY? ;)
March 6th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
You give Gingrich a pass right? Because of the personal nature of the situation? Hypocrite!!!
March 6th, 2009 at 4:01 pmSouthern Man 2 Says:
Eat your own much?
No, it’s your party that is eating your own. We do, on the other hand, hold the people in our party responsible for what they say and do. While your party, the Party of the Borg, never hold your members responsible for anything and frequently celebrate bad behavior on the part of your members (Vitter, Craig and Stevens come to mind).
March 6th, 2009 at 4:01 pmSure SM2 – they’re all, definitely, out to get you…and your Boss. They’re all just jealous of you, and him. They just wish they were as awesome and free and manly as you and your Boss.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:02 pmTo be fair, he isn’t mentioning Rush directly in this. He is just saying that Americans should hope that Obama’s policies succeed, which is the opposite of what Rush said. But I’m sure if Rush caught it we will be hearing a backtrack and apology in 3,2,1 …
March 6th, 2009 at 4:03 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
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Southern Man 2 Says:
So it would be fair to say that NBC, CBS, ABC, and MSNBC are wholly owned by the DNC? Maybe your on to something.
So how could those networks be owned by the DNC when they are all (with the exception maybe of MSNBC) owned by conservative corporations. Don’t tell me that you still hold with the long disproved canard that our media is “liberal”. When 90% of our media is owned by 3-4 conservative owned corporations, I can’t really see how anyone could call our media “liberal”.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Over ninety percent of those polled in the TV news industry considered themselves liberal. I could give you thousands of examples but you don’t care. The best examples are what are happening to the print media. Nobody believes their liberal bias anymore. Just look at what’s happening to the NYT’s.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:05 pmS&M:
Here’s some light reading for you. Read it and weep sucker:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/188005
March 6th, 2009 at 4:06 pmIt’s difficult to tell from the picture, but those look like zipper burns next to Bill’s mouth, Just sayin.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:06 pmSouthern Man 2 Says:
Over ninety percent of those polled in the TV news industry considered themselves liberal. I could give you thousands of examples but you don’t care. The best examples are what are happening to the print media. Nobody believes their liberal bias anymore. Just look at what’s happening to the NYT’s.
So, I suppose you can link to these polls. What? You can’t? Thought not.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:07 pmDon’t worry – Kristol will be making nice with The Boss, and soon.
No one crosses The Boss. The newandimproved GOP has no room for Kristol’s pointy-headed intellectualism anyway. They’e busy waging “Red Dawn” guerilla war against hoardes of Maoists as we speak, for Christ’s sake!
The Kristol’s and Will’s of the Rightyverse are going to have to “go slumming” for years to come if they want to keep drawing paychecks. Their new Pimp Daddy from Florida will line them up right if they don’t turn tricks like he says.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:09 pmS&M:
News flash, you are in a hole. Stop digging!
March 6th, 2009 at 4:09 pmSouthern Man 2 Says:
You give Gingrich a pass right? Because of the personal nature of the situation? Hypocrite!!!
Nope, Gingrich didn’t get a pass on his bopping his young aide while his wife was in the hospital because it pointed out what a giant hypocrite Gingrich was. If they had never gone after former President Clinton for consensual sex, Gingrich would have gotten away with his peccadillo.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:09 pmI was really surprised when Steele apologized, I figured that the head of the RNC was smart enough not to appeal to the dregs of the party.
But this could get good. I predict that Kristol will not apologize and we get to hear Rush go apoplectic.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:12 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
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Southern Man 2 Says:
Eat your own much?
No, it’s your party that is eating your own. We do, on the other hand, hold the people in our party responsible for what they say and do. While your party, the Party of the Borg, never hold your members responsible for anything and frequently celebrate bad behavior on the part of your members (Vitter, Craig and Stevens come to mind).
March 6th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Really? Name one thing you have personaly held your party accountable for in the last 100 days? Did you critisize the President for the tax cheats he nominated? Did you critisize him for the transparency in goverment promise he made? Are you unhappy that the media was shut out of Biden’s meeting with the labor union yesterday?
March 6th, 2009 at 4:13 pmWho are those people’s bosses, SM2?
You’re talking about people who work in the industry, not those who control it.
That’s like saying the workers at the car plant decide which cars to make, and what color to paint them.
Fact is, like it or not, most Americans just don’t agree with you.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:15 pmSM2 – It’s none of your business who criticized what, or when. Just like it’s none of your business what the DNC does.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:17 pmSouthern Man 2 Says:
Are you implying that Fox News is owned by the RNC? .
Rove is a paid political consultant on what news channel? Tell you mom she needs to give you more money for lunch, unless you want a wedgie, punk.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:18 pmsm2,
pwn’d all over the place.
are you a mole troll?
i think you are.
**
thanks!
:)
March 6th, 2009 at 4:22 pmtombaker Says:
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SM2 – It’s none of your business who criticized what, or when. Just like it’s none of your business what the DNC does.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
When someone states they critisize their party, and of course then don’t, it’s a fair question.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:24 pmsouthern man, you are a pussy.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:25 pmBobwurst Says:
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Southern Man 2 Says:
Are you implying that Fox News is owned by the RNC? .
Rove is a paid political consultant on what news channel? Tell you mom she needs to give you more money for lunch, unless you want a wedgie, punk.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Next time you are in New Orleans, let me know. I want to see you give me a wedgie. After you fail miserably, i’ll even buy you lunch.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:26 pmYou one of those transvesttes on Burbon St?
March 6th, 2009 at 4:27 pmI’m not sure he’s pussy. He might just be an idiot.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:30 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
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Southern Man 2 Says:
Eat your own much?
No, it’s your party that is eating your own. We do, on the other hand, hold the people in our party responsible for what they say and do. While your party, the Party of the Borg, never hold your members responsible for anything and frequently celebrate bad behavior on the part of your members (Vitter, Craig and Stevens come to mind).
March 6th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
So Bilbo, are you happy with the broken transparency promise. I bet you were critical when the President wanted a speedy vote on that massive spending bill, and no one, not even the politicians voting on it read it. It was supposed to be online 48 hours before the vote went down. Were you critical? Or did you tow the party line?
March 6th, 2009 at 4:30 pmOK, we’re 164 posts in, has Krissie apologized yet?
March 6th, 2009 at 4:36 pmBobwurst Says:
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southern man, you are a pussy.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Again, next time you are in New Orleans, let me know. I want you to say that to my face. Back it up b!tch. Or are you a coward? Real men back it up! I’ll buy you lunch after you don’t say it to my face.
And what’s wrong with transvestites? They are loyal democrats. Oh, I get it. Silly me. You are making fun of transvestites. The left in you is coming out. Not very tolerant of the transvestites are you. Have to use them in a negative way to make fun of me. That makes you homophobic and intolerant!
March 6th, 2009 at 4:38 pmI’m glad these two aholes (limpy&bloody) are at war but then again being a repug going up or down the ladder is dangerous for everyone else. repugs could be playing bad cop, worse cop to their own base.
How can repugs blame dems for their infighting, shortcoming? repugs are ghost of 18th century and a bunch of idiots. I knew it, most of us knew it and the world (excluding Israel) knew it.
Next the repugs are gonna blame nixon and raygun for their problems.
HAHAHAHAHA
March 6th, 2009 at 4:41 pmsm,
don’t want to talk
about limbaugh anymore?
we understand.
:)
March 6th, 2009 at 4:46 pmjoe cantwell Says:
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sm,
don’t want to talk
about limbaugh anymore?
we understand.
:)
March 6th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Do you think Rush is on Obama’s enemy list?
March 6th, 2009 at 4:49 pmMatt Drudge leaked the Monica story when The New York Times decided to sit on it. The pundits then followed.
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March 6th, 2009 at 4:57 pmWhitewater wasted time. Filegate weirdness and so on? I suppose the dude with the stupid hat single handedly orchestrated those too?
Over ninety percent of those polled in the TV news industry considered themselves liberal.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:59 pm—
Seems that invisible hand thingie has been at play yet again.
Good grief.
March 6th, 2009 at 5:20 pmrepugs — you should pray to hell chimpy’s economy, wars, lies don’t tank out.
repugs would had had a better chance convincing us they didn’t rig chimpy’s elections.
March 6th, 2009 at 5:27 pm“Asked to comment on Limbaugh’s statement, Joel Sawyer, Sanford’s Communications Director, said that “the governor was not referring to anyone” in particular when he said that anyone hoping for Obama to fail is an “idiot.” Rather, Sawyer said, Sanford was speaking “generically” and did not know that Limbaugh had previously said he hopes that Obama will fail.”
TP has it right except for Sanford, who as far as I know never “kneeled before” Rush after his comments to Real Clear Politicis nor referred to him in his interview with the site, as the above response from Sanford’s communications director shows.
March 6th, 2009 at 5:57 pmSouthern Man 2 Says:
Do you think Rush is on Obama’s enemy list?
What “enemy list”? Would this be the one in the imagination of you righties? Just because you keep enemy lists doesn’t mean that President Obama does. He’s a mature adult, unlike you and yours and has no need for an “enemy list”.
March 6th, 2009 at 6:00 pmTo “hope” is to emit a positive energy for some future event or state of being. To use “hope” as a means of invoking failure of positive movement is a futile effort in defying the forces of energy.
March 6th, 2009 at 6:00 pmMarch 6th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
I’ve been to those countries where they have that and It aint GOOD THERE
March 6th, 2009 at 6:37 pm– Might we get that list of locales?
C&L has up a great clip demonstrating why Rush Limbaugh is one radio, and not in front of a live audience.
March 6th, 2009 at 6:41 pmyeah, support the president, everyone must want him to succeed.
March 6th, 2009 at 6:44 pmWhere ya from, youtube?
March 6th, 2009 at 6:53 pmSouthern Man 2 Says:
joe cantwell Says:
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sm,
don’t want to talk
about limbaugh anymore?
we understand.
:)
March 6th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Do you think Rush is on Obama’s enemy list?
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enemy?
dude’s going to help get
him re-elected.
:)
March 6th, 2009 at 7:00 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
C&L has up a great clip demonstrating why Rush Limbaugh is one radio, and not in front of a live audience.
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nice comb over.
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from limbaugh’s website:
Rush’s First Televised Address to the Nation:
Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Speech
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it is?
:)
March 6th, 2009 at 7:07 pmalpuz3 Says:
Where ya from, youtube?
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you know kazakhstan?
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well it’s not there.
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ha, ha for you!
:_
March 6th, 2009 at 7:10 pmKristol stands a chance to help elevate his image if he sticks to his guns on this.
Or he can fold, and stick his nose up Limbaughs ass like Micheal Steele and the rest of them.
:|
Assuming there’s any room left.
March 6th, 2009 at 7:38 pmKristol is nothing but a grandstanding opportunist. He was very liberal before getting “mugged by reality” as an excuse to become a newly fashionable neocon. Will his explanation of taking a progressive turn be something like: “a progressive is a conservative who realized the nihilism of his own philosophy”.
March 6th, 2009 at 8:16 pmBill Kristol was liberal once? The son of Irving Kristol, the godfather of neoconservatism?
Seriously?
I don’t buy it.
March 6th, 2009 at 8:45 pmBuckie Boy Says:
And speaking of that, with all that lard he carries around isn’t he due for a heart attack?
No joy, Buckie–in order to have a heart attack, one must first possess a HEART. RushBo possesses a gizzard, a craw, and an X-Pando-Gut.
March 6th, 2009 at 9:56 pmjoe cantwell Says:
southern man 2 says:
“leave limbaugh alone!”
LOVE the link. I kept picturing various trolls who haunt these threads.
As Larry the Cable Guy would say, “I don’t care WHO y’are—that’s funny!” [Well, unless you're a pubbie.]
March 6th, 2009 at 10:10 pmSouthern Man 2 Says:
And we all know who pay corporate taxes? The consumers!!! And we know who don’t pay taxes, half of Obama’s staff, including the new head of the IRS.
Could you cite your source? You’ve made a serious accusation, and if you’re correct, the voters need to know.
March 6th, 2009 at 10:15 pmKristol is just trying to use his reputation as the man who is ALWAYS wrong to his advantage. If he says that Americans should hope for Obama to succeed, it means that they should actually want him to fail. So really, he’s just agreeing with Limbaugh in his ass-backwards, Kristoline way.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:38 pmWhether Obama would fail is an important issue; however, one of the most important things Obama should do is deal with Bush’s raging racism.
For example, on balance, George W. Bush hates immigrants (indicated at http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-w-bush-hates-immigrants.html “George W. Bush hates immigrants”; and http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-did-you-think-of-that-naacp-anti.html “George W. Bush had better stop committing hate crimes”).
Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
March 7th, 2009 at 1:59 amB.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
Wow is this the first time billy boy k didn’t get something wrong, there must be some underlying reason for deceit, otherwise he will have to get down on his knees before rush soon.
March 7th, 2009 at 8:57 amI have often considered the possibility that Kristol hand picked Sarah Palin to intentioanlly inflict a fatal wound on the McCain campaign as he actually wanted Obama in office. Obama is towing the AIPAC and Bush party line in regards to warfare and Israel. He also apparently supports privatization of Social Security and HMO mandates, both regressive boons to the lobbied interests.
March 7th, 2009 at 9:34 amObama’s loudest critics say they hope his policies fail. What they mean is that they are terrified Obama’s policies will succeed. It comes down to “every man for himself” or “we are all in this together.”
March 7th, 2009 at 12:13 pmSouthern Man 2 Says:
Over ninety percent of those polled in the TV news industry considered themselves liberal. I could give you thousands of examples but you don’t care. The best examples are what are happening to the print media. Nobody believes their liberal bias anymore. Just look at what’s happening to the NYT’s.
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This is a LIE and you are an idiot. There have been a few discredited studies with biased polling groupings that tried to make this claim. However when an HONEST study was done with a large polling group a majority considered themselves to be socially liberal and economically conservative. We havent even TALKED about the political leanings of the editors and publishers which would be MORE relevant. You are a moron spewing and parroting the propaganda you were programmed with like the idiot you are. The ONLY people who dont believe anything the print media says are morons like you who tune into AM hateradio to have rightwing idiots do your thinking for you. This so called liberal media LED the rush to war in Iraq, refused to call out Bush on his near constant lying, and refused to even TALK about the downing street memo for a MONTH while it was the biggest story in Europe though it was OBVIOUSLY relevant. You are stupid and you are brainwashed and you think things are true because Rush said them or because YOU keep repeating them. Your world is one of delusion and stupidity
March 7th, 2009 at 5:56 pmSouthernMORON. You are an ignorant, brainwashed punk. A very stupid person who thinks he is clever. You arent clever you are just pathetic.
March 7th, 2009 at 5:59 pmRush Limbaugh is a festering sore on the ass of the GOP. The sooner they disassociate themselves from his disingenuous, malicious blather, the better off they will be in the eyes of the American public.
March 7th, 2009 at 7:15 pm