Posted on 03/03/2009 11:28:21 AM PST by lewisglad
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh rejected reports that he is rooting for the failure of President Obama on his syndicated radio program Tuesday.
Instead, he suggested that President Obama stands to gain from an economic failure.
“I am an average citizen…I have a microphone,” Mr. Limbaugh said. He argued that he has been financially fortuitous in his life and asked why he would want to see the economy fail and his capital shrink.
Mr. Limbaugh also responded to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s comment on CBS’ ‘Face the Nation’ Sunday that Limbaugh “is the voice and the intellectual force and energy behind the Republican Party."
Limbaugh once again denied that he is the party’s de facto leader.
“I have no control…I am not in charge of one political policy,” he said today. “Why in the world would I want the economy to fail and destroy everything I am produced …I want just the opposite…I want to get out of this.”
“No one” is for economic collapse, Limbaugh said on his show this morning, “except maybe Obama.”
The president, Limbaugh said, is the “one person who can do something” about the economy “attitudinally,” and “he is standing mute.” Mr. Limbaugh claimed that President Obama has the ability to give a speech and ease people’s concerns, but there is no proof that the economy has been helped by his words or actions.
“Ask yourself, who is benefitting?” Limbaugh said. “Who said a crisis is a terrible thing to waste?…Rahm Emanuel.”
No, he didn’t
“Ask yourself, who is benefitting?” Limbaugh said. “Who said a crisis is a terrible thing to waste?…Rahm Emanuel.”
eh, that could just as easily have been karl rove.
Many investors pull out of stocks and go to Treasuries.
That's Obamas money
“Who said a crisis is a terrible thing to waste?…Rahm Emanuel.”
This little sleaze ball is pulling all the strings in the dummy called Obama!
Mr. Rove was the one trick pony that could win elections, nothing more. Granted when you want to be the Prez...that's a pretty good trick.
Mr. Rove is an amoral political opportunist with no other motivation than to win elections.
But hey, what the heck do I know.
But it wasn’t and isn’t.
While I wholeheartedly agree that Emanuel is indeed a sleaze ball, I don't believe he is the one who is pulling the strings. Someone else closely connected with the Clinton's is doing that job.
Rove and Bush took a 10 point win in 2004 and made it into 2.
There is some truth in that statement.
“Mr. Rove is an amoral....”
Give us just one example.
Wow, that was quick. He was just talking about this in this hour. And it is a complete misrepresentation of what he said. I guess we will just have to wait for the transcripts.
This is way cool. I didn't think the general public would be exposed to this concept this until at least 2010. Now it's out there. If DemonRats want to discuss Rush's desire to see Zero fail they run the risk of spreading the planned economic collapse concept.
And Zero will RUSH to break out the signature pen ...
Atleast the liberal media is now listening to Rush. Maybe they’ll learn something. Rush should take this opportunity to educate the ignorant.
In the cage contest for GOP idea leader we have McCain, Palin, Limbaugh and Joe the Plumber. Democrats must be passing the popcorn.
Speaking of sad times, has anyone bought any product completely MADE IN AMERICA lately?
It’s very easy to know who controls the Democrats and Obama today (beside Satan): George Soros and moveon.org
Try not to lose the hispanic vote (fail) and placate the business that want the cheap labor, all the while weakening the country.
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