Posted on 03/02/2009 2:08:13 PM PST by Sub-Driver
White House fires back at Rush Limbaugh By Sam Youngman Posted: 03/02/09 03:56 PM [ET] The Speaker of the House won't mention his name, but the White House has shown a willingness to invoke the name of radio host Rush Limbaugh whenever challenged.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) won't comment on anything the hero of conservatives has to say — and he has a lot to say — but the White House on Monday was only too happy to respond to Limbaugh's repeated assertion over the weekend that he hopes President Obama's presidency fails.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, who last month blasted CNBC host Rick Santelli from the podium in the briefing room, challenged reporters on Monday to ask Republicans if they agree with Limbaugh's desire.
"Do they want to see the president's economic agenda fail? You know, I bet there are a number of guests on television throughout the day and maybe into tomorrow who could let America know whether they agree with what Rush Limbaugh said this weekend."
Gibbs said he thought "it would be charitable to say he doubled down on what he said in January in wishing and hoping for economic failure in this country."
"I can only imagine what might have been said a few years ago if somebody might have said that on the other side relating to what was going on in this country or our endeavors overseas," Gibbs said.
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I find it interesting how when Olbermann or the New York Times criticizes conservative policies, it gets a pass, but when Rush Limbaugh makes comments about Obama, all hell breaks loose.
How conveniently the left forgets its own rhetoric when the tables have turned. They can all burn for what I care.
Fire back all you want FUBO. But in the meantime, don’t try to change the subject. Explain why you have cause the market to crash.
Rush is the voice of the opposition.
No, he wants the intitution of SOCIALISM to fail....
I want Obama to fail.
“I can only imagine what might have been said a few years ago if somebody might have said that on the other side relating to what was going on in this country or our endeavors overseas,” Gibbs said.”
Uhm... we don’t have to imagine it, we were there. Remember Dingy Harry saying the war was lost? Remember “Bush Lied, People Died”? Remember “Wrong war, wrong place, wrong time”? Remember “Not in my name”?
Funny, I still do.
I guess Obama is really worried that Rush is going to run against him in 2012....lol
What have you done to stand against socialism and communism?
I know this will make folks defensive when I say this, but take it as wounds from a faithful friend -- are you still turning your children over to the socialist indoctrination centers? If I had a dollar for every parent who's told me their kids became a commie or socialist in college (if not earlier), I'd be running BerkshireHathaway.
We're slouching, folks, (hat tip to Bork); we're on the wide road (hat tip to Hayak (sp?)) to serfdom...
hello...hello...
libs double standard.
Gibbs is taunting the spineless GOP to say something good about Limbaugh cause he knows that they are tools of Washington DC and the PC stalinists.
Republicans need to call out 0be and ignore Rush questions.
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DO I want Obama to fail?...He doesn’t need my opinion, he IS failing right now....and I suspect it is by design.
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Didn’t (channeling Rush’s deep baritone) The Messiah interject Limbaugh into the fray by telling Congressional and Senate Republicans NOT to “listen” to him??? And he did that in his first week in office?
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