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Rush Limbaugh Live Thread Wednesday 10-18-2006
Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | 10-18-2006 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 10/18/2006 9:03:11 AM PDT by MNJohnnie

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720277/posts

Why Gas Prices Dropped money.cnn.com ^ | October 16 2006 | Nelson D. Schwartz

Posted on 10/16/2006 10:31:49 AM CDT by kellynla

(Fortune Magazine) -- If the recent plunge in gas prices is the result of a conspiracy by President George W. Bush to help the Republicans retain control of Congress, as 42 percent of Americans believe, according to one Gallup poll, a lot of Wall Streeters wish they'd been in on the plot.

So what really drove prices down - if not an Oliver Stone-worthy scenario involving the Commander-in-Chief, the House of Saud and Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson cajoling his cronies at Goldman Sachs to sink the crude market?

By late summer, hedge funds and other investors had poured billions into long positions in oil, gasoline, natural gas and the rest of what traders call the "energy complex," all betting on a replay of the severe 2005 hurricane season that sent prices soaring in the wake of Katrina and Rita. But one day after oil reached a monthly high of $76.98 a barrel on Aug. 7, government meteorologists downgraded their hurricane forecast and cautioned that a repeat of 2005 was "unlikely."

That announcement, combined with the end of the summer driving season and a recalibration of the Goldman Sachs (Charts) commodity index that reduced the weighting of gasoline, prompted speculators to head for the exits even faster than they'd piled in.

The switch in Goldman's basket of commodities had been previously announced by the firm, but that didn't stop the conspiracy theorists.

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


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To: rodguy911

What happened, Papi Soros not kicking in to CREW and the DCCC?
It costs money to pay off accusers and get docs (real or forged). They're missing a lot of that Creative liberal gay money... I wonder why?

Yet Pelosi, Reid and others are doing quite well; I'm surprised they cant set up companies to feed the beast.


361 posted on 10/18/2006 10:44:16 AM PDT by AliVeritas (If there were no God, there would be no Atheists.)
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To: angcat

There are a lot of people that believe in Bush's magic wand.

You know, all he needs to do is wave it and the price of gas goes down, OBL pops up, all Mexicans go back to Mexico, the budget is cut in half, and on and on....


362 posted on 10/18/2006 10:44:23 AM PDT by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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To: imskylark
OK, I knew he only served one term. I did not know it was that short. Boy, he REALLY was for term limits. x):-)
363 posted on 10/18/2006 10:44:26 AM PDT by Sensei Ern (http://www.myspace.com/reconcomedy - For a good time visit www.laurelbaptisttemple.org)
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To: MaestroLC

The WaPo predicts a gain of "7 to 30 seats". In other words, they don't know what they're talking about. Assuming Allen wins his race, which he will, the Democrats have to sweep all the remaining races in order to win back both houses of Congress.


364 posted on 10/18/2006 10:44:48 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (Karl Rove you magnificent bastard!)
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To: AliVeritas
And...

Sorry, I've got a bunch of posts on this thread. What exactly are you looking for from me?

365 posted on 10/18/2006 10:44:58 AM PDT by Ogie Oglethorpe (2nd Amendment - the reboot button on the U.S. Constitution)
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To: rodguy911; spatso

Me either and I look for them. Where are these "mystery conservatives" that are frustrated and not going to vote Republican this year. It's all a crock, and election day will turn these wannabe pundits on their ears as the GOP holds both Houses and might even gain seats. THAT is the only poll that counts. Then we'll hear months of excuses and accusations of voter fraud.


366 posted on 10/18/2006 10:45:05 AM PDT by TexasPatriot8 (The Democrats gave up trying to win elections on issues, they're now trying to win on fixed scandle.)
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To: mnehrling
Yep, I didn't know that they had a name for it, "viral marketing".

We've had viral marketers on FR for years.

367 posted on 10/18/2006 10:45:10 AM PDT by A Citizen Reporter (Go Cards! Go Cards! Go Cards! Beat the Pond Scum!)
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To: TexasPatriot8
DNC Takes Out Loan For DSCC

The DSCC's optimism about winning the Senate is apparently contagious as the DNC is going to pony up an extra $5-10M for the Senate committee, according to sources familiar with the previously reported arrangement between the two campaign orgs.

While the DNC doesn't have $10M to just toss around to another campaign committee, the DNC apparently has decided to go into debt to come up with the extra cash DSCC Chair Chuck Schumer has been pleading for from DNC Chair Howard Dean. The actual amount of the loan the DNC is taking out is not known as the committee holds out hope they can raise nearly everything they need before the election. But a line of credit has been opened.

368 posted on 10/18/2006 10:45:25 AM PDT by MaestroLC ("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Fourth Century)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
Those people who lived through the great depression aren't the same people who wallow in credit card debt.

That was certainly true of my parents, who were born in 1915 and 1920 respectively.

369 posted on 10/18/2006 10:45:29 AM PDT by American Quilter (You can't negotiate with people who are dedicated to your destruction.)
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To: mnehrling
I was livid because this makes 4 times more money than I and I have to listen to his moonbat talking points. He said gas will go up after the election.......
370 posted on 10/18/2006 10:45:39 AM PDT by angcat ("IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM")
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To: AliVeritas
Beware that Common Good crap the dems are giving out to churches. Spread the word.

Speaking of churches, I was flipping radio channels the other morning and ran across the Russ Parr morning show on some FM station. This guy had on, I believe, a Reverend and he was scolding him because the Reverend was telling his church to vote for Steele. Russ had the GALL to actually bring up some crap about Republicans giving money to churches and paying off Priests to spread the Republican word. He said that Republicans should keep their message out of the church. What about the Dems that EXIST in black churches around election time?

Then Russ attacked any and every Black Republican that has achieved a high status by a Republican, saying that even some of the better black slaves were given easier jobs.
371 posted on 10/18/2006 10:45:55 AM PDT by Eagle of Liberty ("Thanks Bill Clinton. The gift that keeps on giving." - Glenn Beck)
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To: quidnunc

Ah but that flea is worth millions and millions and millions.......


372 posted on 10/18/2006 10:46:07 AM PDT by nitejohnboy (I'd say I'm leaving the country except that the whole world is screwed up.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
I wish I recorded Zell challenging Chrissy to a duel for lying about what Michel Malkin said. I'd pay to see that again.
373 posted on 10/18/2006 10:46:25 AM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (If you don't love Jesus, you can go to hell.)
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To: American Quilter
Excellent bumper sticker! Reminds me of one I want to be a bumber sticker; "Want to rape the Constitution? Elect a Democrat Congress". Harsh but true.
374 posted on 10/18/2006 10:46:28 AM PDT by TexasPatriot8 (The Democrats gave up trying to win elections on issues, they're now trying to win on fixed scandle.)
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To: nutmeg; A.Hun
Does anyone have a link to that article Rush was talking about.... re: Republicans staying home rather than vote? I think it was by Tony Blankley? Thank you! :o)

This is driving me nuts! I was in the shower with my radio blaring and couldn't catch which post/blogger he was talking about!?!

Help! :o) :o))!

375 posted on 10/18/2006 10:46:42 AM PDT by meema (I am a Conservative Traditional Republican, NOT an elitist, sexist, cynic or right wing extremist!)
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To: A.Hun

I just hope they are PAYING for the priviledge of coming on FR...and being brain dead!!! LOL


376 posted on 10/18/2006 10:46:56 AM PDT by Txsleuth (FREEPATHON TIME--You need FR, you know you do, so please don't forget to donate!!)
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To: MaestroLC
Is that real? That is GREAT!

Yes it's a real court artist's sketch.

This one isn't:


377 posted on 10/18/2006 10:47:12 AM PDT by SuperSonic (Bush "lied", people dyed.......their fingers purple.)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
BigSkyFreeper wrote: What anti-Bush tear was he on? Bush not being "conservative enough"? Bush would be the first to admit he's "not conservative enough". Hell, I knew that even when he debated Al Gore three times.

A few years ago before he went into detox Rush went on a two-week Bush-bashing rant during a radio ratings sweeps period.

It really soured me on Limbaugh; so much so that I cancelled my Limbaugh Letter and Rush 24/7 (I was a charter subscriber to both).

By the way, some of the same Rushbots who are today parroting the Limbaiugh line were argueing the opposite when Rush was Bush-bashing.

378 posted on 10/18/2006 10:47:15 AM PDT by quidnunc (Omnis Gaul delenda est)
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To: American Quilter

My grandparents were frugal for a reason. They just stayed in that habit the rest of their lives, of saving their money, and my grandmother in her retirement sits atop a huge pile of cash.


379 posted on 10/18/2006 10:47:17 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (Karl Rove you magnificent bastard!)
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To: MaestroLC; Mo1
Carville predicts 50 seats? He.Is.Crazy.

Mo1, you have target to shoot for.

380 posted on 10/18/2006 10:48:18 AM PDT by Sensei Ern (http://www.myspace.com/reconcomedy - For a good time visit www.laurelbaptisttemple.org)
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