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2009-01-24 Home Front: Politix
Obama Tells Congressional GOP To Turn Off Rush Limbaugh Show
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Posted by tipper 2009-01-24 09:14|| || Front Page|| [4 views ]  Top

#1 "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get Marxist-socialist things done."

There, fully repaired.
Posted by Besoeker 2009-01-24 09:40||   2009-01-24 09:40|| Front Page Top

#2 The Leader of the Western World has gone into high dungeon about media infotainment heckling -- on what? Day four? I am already pining for the days back when we had a real president.
Posted by regular joe 2009-01-24 09:42||   2009-01-24 09:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Tell Obama to stop watching Oprah...
Posted by tu3031 2009-01-24 09:54||   2009-01-24 09:54|| Front Page Top

#4 "You can't listen to".... Jeremiah Wright for 20+ years and amount to a damn thing! Just say'n.
Posted by Besoeker 2009-01-24 09:56||   2009-01-24 09:56|| Front Page Top

#5 
Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-01-24 10:22||   2009-01-24 10:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Given the current crop of GOP posers, it's pretty clear they stopped listening to Rush, or any other conservative a long time ago.

That said, I think Noobama is the only person with thinner skin then McCain.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2009-01-24 10:25||   2009-01-24 10:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Is this a "Play" by BHO to get the "Fairness Doctrine" rolling?. We can't show dissidence in the ranks.
Posted by Tom- Pa 2009-01-24 11:37||   2009-01-24 11:37|| Front Page Top

#8 The GOP, at least the establishment, blue-blood part of it that gave us Bob Dole and John McCain (and Jorge Arbusto), hasn't listened to Limbaugh for ages.

Obama is pretexting for "Fairness Doctrine".

And also shows he is worried about Limbaugh (as he shoudl be): nothing hurts a fraud so much as a man with the truth and the courage to speak it loudly and fight for it.

Hey Dems, what ever happened to "speaking truth to power"?
Posted by OldSpook 2009-01-24 12:12||   2009-01-24 12:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Noobama is making a play at coopting as many Republicans as he can. Essentially, get with my program or get left out in the cold. No bipartisanship, zero negotiation. He's governing like a dictator, commanding people where to get there info, and what to think.

There is no room for opposition - only resistence.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2009-01-24 12:15||   2009-01-24 12:15|| Front Page Top

#10 They can take Rush from me, but the can't take Dreamboat Annie or anyone else in Townhall.com

Stay strong, Obama. You may silence Rush one day but you will never silence conservatism.
Posted by badanov 2009-01-24 12:59|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org]  2009-01-24 12:59|| Front Page Top

#11 Rex, this is what happens when you have the presidency, the House and a near filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. You tell the other side to play along or shut up. Repubs did pretty much the same thing in 2005 (and look what happened two years later).

No worries, the Dhimmis will over-play their hand. They always do.
Posted by Steve White 2009-01-24 13:04||   2009-01-24 13:04|| Front Page Top

#12 A newbie mistake. Why direct your audience to your enemy? And where is the above-the-fray gravitas? He just can't keep his mouth shut.
Posted by Grunter 2009-01-24 15:08||   2009-01-24 15:08|| Front Page Top

#13 From the article:

The timing was no coincidence: after a rocky first week in office, the Obamists are also faced with a resurgent Fox News Channel, where ratings have been climbing since the moment he took office.

In particular, Hannity's Limbaugh interview, which took place in the latter's Florida studios, scored fantastic audience figures for the former's network. In overall viewers, Thursday's Hannity nearly trebled his MSNBC competition and almost doubled CNN's Larry King.

The 2010 elections will be fascinating.
Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife  2009-01-24 15:55||   2009-01-24 15:55|| Front Page Top

#14 Rush is just a threat that his candidates and policies were soundly thrashed at the ballot box.

Oh, and BTW, it wasn't me.
Posted by Governor Rod Blagojevich 2009-01-24 16:01||   2009-01-24 16:01|| Front Page Top

#15 I don't remember the Repubs ever having the brass sacks to tell the Dems to "shut up". Doesn't mean it didn't happen, but if they did the Dems obviously just laughed in their face and went about business as usual, and the 'pubs never backed up their words.

All the while, Bush was still playin' nice. Bush took 8 years of insufferable personal attacks from the MSM and Hollyweird and never issued an ad hominem let alone defend himself. It took Noobama only 2 days to lash out.

I still hold the game has changed and the GOP is sleepwalking itself in subservience, taking the rest of us with 'em.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2009-01-24 16:32||   2009-01-24 16:32|| Front Page Top

#16 Rush responds:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTU5MjE3MmQ0NWU1Zjc1YzYyMDE1NzNmZmM2MzYxMmI=
The beginning:There are two things going on here. One prong of the Great Unifiers plan is to isolate elected Republicans from their voters and supporters by making the argument about me and not about his plan.
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The end:If I can be made to serve as a distraction, then there is that much less time debating the merits of the trillion dollar debacle.

One more thing, Byron. Your publication and website have documented Obama's ties to the teachings of Saul Alinksy while he was community organizing in Chicago. Here is Rule 13 of Alinksys Rules for Radicals:

"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
Posted by Nero Whonter5475 2009-01-24 17:00||   2009-01-24 17:00|| Front Page Top

#17 who knew an empty suit could have such thin skin? A natural narcissistwho's bought into the cult of personality, he won't tolerate those who don't worship at Teh One's feet. Gonna be a loooong 4 years before this tool is removed
Posted by Frank G 2009-01-24 18:43||   2009-01-24 18:43|| Front Page Top

#18 Rex's comment was spot on - McCain is just as bad
Posted by Frank G 2009-01-24 18:44||   2009-01-24 18:44|| Front Page Top

#19 At least McCain has earned the right to be a dumbass on the national stage. What has Obama ever done for his country?
Posted by AzCat 2009-01-24 20:50||   2009-01-24 20:50|| Front Page Top

#20 point taken.
Posted by Frank G 2009-01-24 21:27||   2009-01-24 21:27|| Front Page Top

#21 AzCat is onto the main point. Always avoid looking back, but when McCain is bad, he's pretty bad, but when he's good, he's very good. He faltered as a campaigner, and takes the responsibility for his loss, but BHO's first weeks (and pre-inaugural actions) show a lot of talk, natural posturing, and reveal that when he actually says something meaningful, he draws flak since there's no record to balance it.

Wait until he actually begins doing things instead of saying them. I don't fear as much as many seem to, but his biggest problem could turn out to be that he's a very popular and very ineffective leader. We haven't had one of those for a long time - most overcome the ineffectiveness in some way, but there's simply no telling how BHO will do so.
Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2009-01-24 21:29||   2009-01-24 21:29|| Front Page Top

#22 The Tally is in! Over 2 million people attended the Obama inauguration.

Only 14 missed WORK!
Posted by Besoeker 2009-01-24 21:35||   2009-01-24 21:35|| Front Page Top

#23 Wow. Prediction: Rush will be jailed or dead within the year. The Obamination will also outlaw fire, firearms, and nationalize production of produce into co-ops run by minorities while outlawing personal gardens and livestock. Maybe not within the first year, but you gotta get those red states somehow.
Posted by Jaique Johnson2117 2009-01-24 23:59||   2009-01-24 23:59|| Front Page Top

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