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Obama to GOP: Turn Off Limbaugh

Rush isn't helping to 'get things done'

By Matt Cantor| Posted Jan 24, 09 9:33 AM CST|

(Newser) – Meeting with GOP lawmakers to discuss his stimulus plan yesterday, Barack Obama took the opportunity to zing Rush Limbaugh, who said earlier this week that he wasn't one of those conservatives rooting for the new president to succeed, despite their differences. "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done," Obama told the Republicans. A White House official said the comment was meant to push bipartisanship, reports the New York Post.

Limbaugh also said in a Fox interview that the president should have sat down with him, rather than the moderate conservatives he dined with last week at George Will's house, if he wanted to better understand the right's positions. "If he did, there are some genuine conservatives he could have talked to," Limbaugh told Sean Hannity. "He could have invited us."

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I am hearing Republicans say, 'Well, we want him to succeed.' And prominent Republicans! 'Yes, we want him to succeed.' They're drinking the Kool-Aid, too. They have no guts to stand up for what their beliefs are. - Rush Limbaugh

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Lula
Jan 24, 09 9:38 AM CST

This Limbaugh, is a joke. In fact he on the verge of ignorant. Reply

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Doctor_Supercilious
Feb 21, 09 10:35 AM CST

Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot.

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Thinker
Jan 24, 09 9:40 AM CST

I don't want my president eating with pigs (limbaughs and coulters). He would gain nothing, gross out the country and give the appearance of political legitimacy to the grunts of pigs. Reply

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stormy7
Jan 24, 09 10:09 AM CST

RUSH LINBAUGH IS EVEN A BIGGER, FATTER LIAR THAN AL FRANKEN WROTE ABOUT YEARS AGO. I WOULD RECOMMEND AL'S BOOK TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE REAL RUSH LIMBAUGH Reply

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cornelison
Jan 24, 09 10:44 AM CST

Limbaugh is jealous of the new President. Ditto for Hannity. It makes one wonder who is financing much hate in the media. It might be people who want more tax cuts for the rich - something that "tanked" this economy in the first place. They still have lobbyists and cronies in Congress Reply

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Newser001
Jan 24, 09 10:46 AM CST

No one MUST come before Limbaugh, as he so demands. He represents what is absolutely wrong with America. This arrogant, hate filled, anti-American, hypocritical self proclaimed deity - Nothing but vile spews from every orifice of his being. He's only interested in his mere existence - He's an entertainer, nothing more, nothing less. Reply

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AnnieOkie58
Jan 24, 09 11:50 AM CST

As long as the media keep reporting Limbaugh's stupidity....Dumbaugh is going to keep spewing his BS....I say..ignore him...Period Reply

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christine_m
Jan 24, 09 12:56 PM CST

Rush is irrelevant. People who listen to him and think that he poops gold coins are as crazy as he is. Reply

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AnnieOkie58
Jan 24, 09 1:23 PM CST

How true that is....Christine....I dont know if one should laugh or feel sorry for them.

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dolcevita
Jan 24, 09 1:48 PM CST

Limbaugh is a comedian, NOT a political leader. He is delusional if he thinks he has ANY business with ANY president. Reply

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dolcevita
Jan 24, 09 1:58 PM CST

Beats me why anyone listens to the hate-filled drivel that Limbaugh offers. Just because he talks louder than anyone else doesn't mean he's right. He's just a squeaky wheel exercising his right to free speech. Limbaugh and his tantrums have no authority whatsoever. Get over yourself, Rush. Deflate that ego, you power-mad hussy. Reply

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jaguarj
Jan 24, 09 2:05 PM CST

LIMPBALLS DOES IT FOR ATTENTION...AND THAT'S WHAT HE GETS....... UNFORTUNATELY!!!!

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NutsInNY
Jan 24, 09 2:30 PM CST

We can SAY he is full of air, we can SAY he is a comedian, we can SAY he is a pig, but to pretend he is irrelevant is to ignore all the Angry White Whales out there to whom he appeals... Yes, he and his whiny, sociopathic ilk turn my stomach, but I'm not so drunk on Democratic power yet that I'm going to pretend like they don't exist and don't matter. Reply

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Newser001
Jan 24, 09 2:41 PM CST

A reasonable and rational assessment - Unfortunately, there are those who see him as a Messiah, when NOTHING could be further from the truth.

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wwsmith
Jan 24, 09 2:55 PM CST

limbaugh has had for years a terminal rectal cranial inversion, sad littlel man Reply

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Lula
Jan 24, 09 3:05 PM CST

He is a sad, sad person. He is so full of hate. How can anyone listen to his right-wing blabbling? Reply

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NutsInNY
Jan 24, 09 4:37 PM CST

Because they are guys with smalltown mentalities trying to resist the onslaught of the modern world all around them. In their adult lives they cannot understand why they no longer live in the "Leave It To Beaver" black & white world of their childhood. Hence they grow up and turn into overweight, xenophobic, racist Angry White Whales... (Lord knows a colored fella becoming president is just the latest, greatest symptom of the problem, in their small minds; thank God Rush Limbaugh is there to speak some "truth" to them.)

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PaleRider
Jan 24, 09 4:19 PM CST

Gee look, all the crazy Libs in one post. Listen, just because people are pointing out that you people put someone in office that is unqualified just to get away from the Bush stigma. Face it, all of you people were idiots for voting for this moron. Reply

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NutsInNY
Jan 24, 09 4:41 PM CST

"Angry White Whale"... (See my reply to Lula's comment above: Feragola is a case in point)

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PaleRider
Jan 24, 09 6:56 PM CST

My comment about you being an idiot is supported by your comment about my comment. You make no sense, you just point fingers and call names in a vain attempt to shut people up that you know have a valid point, but you don't want people to agree with them.

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NutsInNY
Jan 24, 09 7:55 PM CST

"My comment about you being an idiot [...] you just [...] call names..."

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Brownster
Feb 5, 09 8:02 AM CST

Stop beating yourself up over spilled milk. Get over the fact that everyone does not agree with you and it's okay, you don't even agree with you. You can call me a name now, I am a big boy and I can handle it.

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Technicolor
Jan 24, 09 7:22 PM CST

Rush is great for comedic value, and not because he intends to be funny. Reply

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justme
Jan 24, 09 7:48 PM CST

Once you're done bashing Limbaugh, who desperately deserves it, reread your texts and ask yourself if you can name a far left loon or two who's name can be substituted in with no further changes. It's that entire line of noise from both ends that we can all do without. Reply

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Forderon
Jan 26, 09 10:44 AM CST

Ok, name one then. I'm not lefty but I promise there is no one on the left that comes even close to Coulter/Rush/Hannity/Levin/etc

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riffran
Jan 24, 09 7:54 PM CST

and yet despite all the liberal vitriol, and hate.....He is still as popular as ever.....love em ...hate em.....whatever....he is still getting paid....Yall remember the Dingy Harry letter sold on E-Bay....THAT was awsome!.......But anyhow, I bet B.O. didn't want to be near Rush and Hannity, for the same reason Palin will avoid Couric in the future.....Hostile demeanor, and reluctance to go into a verbal war zone, with somebody who has more than enough people advising them to run ideological circles around ANY politician....because thats what they do for a living. Reply

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Vostok
Jan 25, 09 5:05 PM CST

I'm not a politician and wouldn't want to be in the same state as the guy. He is slimy pig.

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Doctor_Supercilious
Jan 24, 09 8:20 PM CST

I love Rush for the simple reason that he was behind the push for Palin as VP. Thanks Rush. Without you Obama might have lost. Reply

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Lula
Jan 24, 09 10:08 PM CST

Good point Doctorzaius. Reply

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riffran
Jan 25, 09 12:02 AM CST

Damn......ole rush is looking a bit bloated......thats one baaaad picture....prednisone?....hypertension?.....Too many cigars? or cheesecake Reply

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DeniseVB
Jan 25, 09 9:45 AM CST

I like Rush. So what if he's a bit of a bloviator, his opinions make you think. 20 million dittoheads can's be all wrong :) PBO last attacked Hannity and it didn't hurt him a bit. Reply

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riffran
Jan 25, 09 7:18 PM CST

ditto head for over 15 years..... Reply

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AmericaPrevails
Jan 25, 09 8:48 PM CST

You guys are either extremely short sighted or just misguided. He is a prominant voice of the right wing republican party. Though I don't always agree with what the man says, he has had many valid points and helpful information in the past, and will continue to in the future... Reply

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Forderon
Jan 26, 09 10:42 AM CST

Valid points? Like continuing to believe that "THE ICE CAPS ARE NOT MELTING!" and all the other ridiculous things he repeats to his brainwashed listeners everyday?

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sache
Jan 26, 09 10:50 AM CST

To wish for the President to fail ,is to wish for America to fail. It is the policies put forth by the president and approved by Congress that determine the direction , success or failure of our country. I was never a Bush fan ,i did not vote for him but he was my President. I never wished for anything other than for him to succeed. What is wrong with idiots like Rush whom are so wrapped up in right wing ideology that they can not see that as Americans if Obama fails so do we. It's takes a fool and a true idiot to go where Rush went. As far as those diitto heads i don't expect anything but stupid from them,after all they have the bad judgement to listen and believe that fat, rascist , gasbag , hater. Reply

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AmericaPrevails
Jan 26, 09 9:32 PM CST

Forderon, everyone has an off day, I told you I didn't agree with everything he said. Obviously he has been way off the mark a few times. Reply

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hwoodude
Feb 4, 09 12:44 AM CST

"Flush" Limbaugh?! Yikes! What has he ever D O N E except pompously pound on his table and endlessly yell and scream how stupid Democrats are and smart he is! Seriously, who elected him to critique ANYTHING, let alone the presidency....and he did little of that when the grrrrreat Decider was screwing up almost everything he touched! Flush has conveniently forgotten that Bush led us into the present chaos while Flush now sabotages the new president just a few weeks after he was elected by a M A J O R I TY of Americans. So, Flush continues convincing his doofus "ditto heads" that he, thrice divorced, a convicted drug addict, overweight, a multi milllionare, ex-disc-ockey, fired by ABC-TV for racist remarks - NEVER elected to ANY public office! -and a resident of that bastion of intellectual academics, Florida, that he - Flush Limbaugh - will heroically expose O'bama as a Left wing socialist fraud to frighten his lock stop folllowers and create chaos and increase the number of the doofus ditto heads who worship him. Flush exists to feed b.s. to an audience of people - mostly Republican - who can't think for themselves and thus increase Limburgers radio ratings! John Reply

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MCarswell
Feb 20, 09 11:23 AM CST

Simple analogy: If a person walking down the street sees some excrement naturally they would avoid it, some however might choose to wallow in it simply because they like the attention they will get. {i.e. the late G.G. Allin} Mr. Limbaugh and others around the country are well paid to manufacture and stir–up things of this nature under the guise of comedic entertainment. It is and has been very effective for many years. There are many radio stations that rely daily on him and others to incite controversy and generate delivery of a consistent demographic, so that they can sell other things. Please remember what country you live in. Here fame and infamy tend to hold the same stature. I am no fan but, I do listen regularly just to be aware of what contributes to public opinion. If there is any real problem it is that the president is actively falling for the bait and lifting this mans profile. Mr. Obama the future dog owner should be aware that excrement should not be addressed barehanded. That is Rom’s job! Reply

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Fondue
Mar 3, 09 10:11 PM CST

Rush Limbaugh is a Domestic Terrorist. Reply

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