Posted on 06/26/2009 6:59:39 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
On Morning Joe today, Carlos Watson "joked" that fear of Pres. Obama drove Rush Limbaugh to take pills. Watson is not some night-time MSNBC pundit paid to spew controversial opinions. MSNBC has given Watson the daily 11 AM slot. The network describes him as the host of a "news recap" show.
Watson was riffing off a discussion of Rush's suggestion that Sanford's inability to prevent federal stimulus funds from coming into South Carolina, and his concerns about the federal government taking over, had pushed him to decide that he simply wanted to enjoy life.
That eventually led to Watson's unseemly remark.
View video here.
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Man... if Rush took a month-long vacation MSNBC would go under.
MSNBC host’s idea of a joke ping to Today show list.
MSNBC is a failing network. The smell of desperation is on the air.
Such silliness.
I neither drink nor take pills, but the Obama presidency has led me to consider both. I might need Obamacare just to deal with the reality of The One running my life.
Rude and unseemly comment by the Watson — but let’s be fair, folks: what Rush said was rude and unseemly, too.
Both were uncalled-for.
Be consistent.
Want to comment on courage and fear?
Come say that to Rush’s face, you brave pus. I’m sure he’ll give you airtime to defend the virtues of your boy
Sounds like a cheap shot in order to boost ratings. Rush should ignore it.
What’s MSNBC?
Another clone of David Letterman’s style, saying garbage to an audience of historically and constitutionally challenged idiots in an effort to defend his “god” Obama.
It won’t work.
” Rush’s suggestion that Sanford’s inability to prevent federal stimulus funds from coming into South Carolina, and his concerns about the federal government taking over, had pushed him to decide that he simply wanted to enjoy life.”
Please tell why you think this commentary was “rude and unseemly?” I think it was probably quite accurate.
Do you have kinder gentler explanation for Sanford’s mini abdication of responsiblity to his state and his family?
Apparently the guy is chronologically challenged as well. Rush’s pill problems were admitted to and cleared up a couple years ago at least. Mentioning it now only supports the idea that he’s still popping the pills - an obvious, politically motivated lie. Who’d expect less from MSNBC?
While shocking by today's pacifistic standards, the practice had the salutary effect of helping to convince public idiots to keep their mouths shut, lest they invite consequences for which they were unprepared and rightfully afraid.
Obama can’t even get through a day of “stress” without a cigarette. Wonder what he will turn to if we get hit by a NK Nuke that he seems to think is an unlikely situation.
Poor citizens in Hawaii haven’t had a peep out of the POTUS on how he’s protecting them. They won’t need no stinking health plan if shorty gets his way on 7/4.
I think the comment about Rush was contemptible. I have to admit, though, that when I listened to Rush yesterday, I couldn’t figure out where he was going with the “Mark Sanford just decided to get what happiness he could” theme. Admittedly I wasn’t able to devote full attention to the show, but I couldn’t tell if Rush was being satirical, humorous, or serious. I didn’t think those theories added much to Rush’s show and I just could not figure out where he was going with them.
He’s been nibbling on that love newton for more than a year.
I wasn’t suggesting anything kind and gentle for Sanford. Quite the opposite.
Making sarcastic excuses for Sanford, like Rush did, is ridiculous. I know it was supposed to be satirical, but Rush inappropriately trivialized Sanford’s immorality by making a blame-Obama joke out of it.
There is no kind or gentle explanation for Sanford’s behaviour. And, for the people of South Carolina, for the Republican Party, and for that poor family that he has torn apart, it is not a laughing matter.
That was pretty weird. Even Rush goes off the rails every once in awhile.
I think he got pretty ticked at that caller that brought up his addiction to pain killers, too.
This is what happens in socialist/communist societies.
Hopelessness sets in and people often turn to drugs and alcohol. That is why the incidences of alcoholism is so high in communist countries.
I'm not sure but I think Rush meant it to be absurd. Although, it was lost on me as to why.
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