The nations preeminent conservative talk radio host referred to Mr. Obama as a jackass, an economic illiterate and an idiot, where capitalism is concerned.
The rough stuff came during a monologue on the presidents position on extending the Bush tax cuts to all but the top two percent of wage earners.
Obama, Limbaugh says, is an "economic ignoramus" for not understanding how a "tax increase" on the wealthy won't stimulate growth. Here is what happens next: for the next 30 days, Republican candidates will be asked, "Do you agree with Rush Limbaugh that our Dear Reader, Hussein the Prompter Punk, is an ignoramus?"