The Rush Limbaugh LIVE Radio Show Thread - Wednesday, October 17, 2012

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[IMissPresidentReagan]

AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, serving humanity simply by showing up, and he’s not retiring until every American agrees with him, do NOT doubt him, with shrieks of joy at the mere mention of his name (that’s Rush, for those in Rio Linda),the Mandarin of Talk Radio, with talent on loan from G-d, at the cutting-edge of societal evolution, with half his brain tied behind his back — just to make it fair, the all-knowing, all-caring, all-sensing, all-feeling, all-concerned Maha-Rushie! America’s anchorman, truth detector, and doctor of democracy. A Real Man, a living legend, a way of life. Commander in Chief of U.S. Operation Chaos. Chief Waga-Waga El Rushbo of the El Conservo Tribe. Chief of the Patriotism Police. Leader of the Conservative Movement. A Weapon of Mass Instruction. El Rushbo (a little Spanish lingo, there). He is the man who is running America (you know it and I know it). He knows the Democrats like every square inch of his glorious naked body. He is ready to do what he was born to do—that’s host. Get ready to what you were born to do—that’s listen (and post your comments on the Rush Limbaugh LIVE Radio Thread).

[Ingtar]

Gallup’s seven day rolling just moved to Romney 51, Obama 45. Romney +1 and Obama -1. I wonder if Gallup is finally standing up to the Just Us Department.

[Ingtar]

I did not expect them to be busy, but reachable vs. unreachable does cause me to think.

[advertising guy]

well FR crashin AGAIN....is gettin old....new servers my butt

[Son House]

I liked when Romney pointed out the math that didn’t add up is Obama’s 5 trillion dollar debt.

[Carriage Hill]

Thanks for the Ping!

[Girlene]

I thought I heard one of the questioners refer to Romney as the President. Noone made a comment about it so I thought I had misheard.

Romney looks, sounds, acts more presidential than obama. The comparison between the two is striking. When the two are in the same room, obama is less physically attractive, his voice is more irritating, his knowledge of the facts is less convincing.......overall his presence is minimalized when compared to Romney. I had noticed that at the first debate, and was reminded of it again last night.

[Son House]

I also liked when Romney told Obama he didn’t believe him that he was for getting our own oil and energy resources.

[Carriage Hill]

Chris Wallace and Bret Baer should be hosting 2 of the 3 debates; those failed lib-dem-bought-and-paid-for moderators are dogsh•t!

[Son House]

Here it is;
Transcript And Audio: Second Presidential Debate
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2945950/posts

PRESIDENT OBAMA: I’ll give you your time. Go ahead.

MR. ROMNEY: — and gas on federal lands and in federal waters. And coal — coal production is not up, coal jobs are not up. I was just at a coal facility where some 1,200 people lost their jobs. The right course for America is to have a true all-of-the-above policy. I don’t think anyone really believes that you’re a person who’s going to be pushing for oil and gas and coal.

You’ll get your chance in a moment. I’m still speaking.

(Chuckles.)

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, Governor, if — if you’re asking me a question, I’m going to answer it.

MR. ROMNEY: My — and the answer is I don’t believe people think that’s the case, because I — I’m — that wasn’t a question.

[skinkinthegrass]

We just can’t afford four more years like the last four years...
...How about the growth of the economy? It’s growing more
slowly this year than last year and more slowly last year than
the year before.pResident O'Bozo; Was an empty suit again last night..absolutely vapid..
"US$4.09/gal (national) gasoline..."it's the economy, stupid" (to quote snakehead carville ;)
this debate does nothing to stop OBozo's slide in the polls; it only solidifies
Romney's position after the lying O'Bozo & Crawley's antics
lets have some true debates, one on one with no moderator..
OR citing only facts / no falsehoods / no misinformation @ the end; score it..
each falsehood..worth negative 25 points & each fact..worth 5 points
(if they really want a game / sporting event..an horse race. ;)

[Son House]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2945950/posts

MR. ROMNEY: “When we’re talking about math that doesn’t add up, how about $4 trillion of deficits over the last four years, 5 trillion (dollars). That’s math that doesn’t add up.”

[Carriage Hill]

It crashed here at 8:53pm, during TGO, and I tried 5-6x to get back on, but got “can’t connect to remote server” every time. Watched it on C-Span CATV. 2 FR threads with over 1,350 posts? Not gonna even try to navigate that mess. Meh. Thank God for Bacon-Cheddar Popcorn!

[Clint N. Suhks]

They put in new servers?

[advertising guy]

nope

[acsrp38]

I am beginning to like Greta since she dropped the “anna nicole” type crap

She will actually ask both sides tough questions and expect real answers.. I think she would be a great moderator

[NonValueAdded]

Where is (pardon my French) the testicular fortitude in all this?

I heard two snippets of the debate and both times it was Obama telling an outright lie. Amazing that a random sampling would yield that result, but I digress. I so much wanted Romney to say, "Mr. President, if you call me a liar one more time, you better back that up with facts."

As to the debate structure itself, why the h-e-double-hockey-sticks do the Republicans acquiesce to this 2-on-one lynching (code word not intended)??? Again, we need someone with the stones to stand up here and I recommend Sarah Palin as the one to do it! Sarah for RNC Chair!!!

[Springman]

Is he trying to blow her a kiss?

Good thing I'm working afternoons and not watching this junk, or I'd be watching the Tigers beating the Yankees.

[Clint N. Suhks]

There were plenty of people on FR before the debate began...if not just as many during the debate.

Curious it shut down exactly when the debate began. It’s like someone threw a switch.

[TornadoAlley3]

Below is an excerpt from the full transcript of President Obama’s remarks from a Univision Town Hall.

THE PRESIDENT: Muchas gracias.

Q Before we start, before talking about education and its future, we would like to talk about something that is happening right now in recent news. As we know, at the present time, 1,000 people are trying to get into the embassy in Pakistan, and we have seen protests, anti-American protests in thousands of countries.

We know in Libya, four Americans were killed. We know now that Ambassador Chris Stevens warned about security days before he was killed. Many people want to know whether — if you expected so much anti-American sentiment in the Islamic world. And why wasn’t your administration better prepared with more security at our embassies on September 11?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, first of all, obviously we mourn the loss of the Americans who were killed in Benghazi. But I think it’s important to understand that that’s not representative of the attitudes of the Libyan people towards America, because they understand because of the incredible work that our diplomats did as well as our men and women in uniform, we liberated that country from a dictator who had terrorized them for 40 years. And Chris Stevens, the ambassador there, was one of the leaders of that process. So when he was killed, there were vigils in Libya but also in front of the White House expressing the deep sorrow that the Libyan people felt towards them.

What we’ve seen over the last week, week and a half, is something that actually we’ve seen in the past, where there is an offensive video or cartoon directed at the prophet Muhammad. And this is obviously something that then is used as an excuse by some to carry out inexcusable violent acts directed at Westerners or Americans.

And my number-one priority is always to keep our diplomats safe and to keep our embassies safe. And so when the initial events happened in Cairo and all across the region, we worked with Secretary Clinton to redouble our security and to send a message to the leaders of these countries, essentially saying, although we had nothing to do with the video, we find it offensive, it’s not representative of America’s views, how we treat each other with respect when it comes to their religious beliefs, but we will not tolerate violence.

And our goal now is not only to make sure that our embassies and our diplomats are safe, but also to make sure that we bring those who carried out these events to justice.

There is a larger issue, and that is what’s going to be happening in the Arab Spring as these countries transition from dictatorship to democracy. And we cannot replace the tyranny of a dictator with the tyranny of a mob. And so my message to the Presidents of Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and these other countries is, we want to be a partner with you, we will work with you, and we stand on the side of democracy, but democracy is not just an election; it’s also, are you looking out for minority rights, are you respecting freedom of speech, are you treating women fairly.

All these issues are ones that the region is going to wrestle with. The one thing we can’t do is withdraw from the region, because the United States continues to be the one indispensable nation. And even countries where the United States is criticized, they still want our leadership and they still look to us to make sure that we’re providing opportunity and peace. And so we’re going to continue to work in these regions.

Q We have reports that the White House said today that the attacks in Libya were a terrorist attack. Do you have information indicating that it was Iran, or al Qaeda was behind organizing the protests?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, we’re still doing an investigation, and there are going to be different circumstances in different countries. And so I don’t want to speak to something until we have all the information. What we do know is that the natural protests that arose because of the outrage over the video were used as an excuse by extremists to see if they can also directly harm U.S. interests —

Q Al Qaeda?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, we don’t know yet. And so we’re going to continue to investigate this. We’ve insisted on and have received so far full cooperation from countries like Egypt and Libya and Tunisia in not only protecting our diplomatic posts, but also to make sure that we discover who, in fact, is trying to take advantage of this.

But this is part of the reason why we have to remain vigilant. Look, when I came into office I said I would end the war in Iraq — and I did. I said that we would begin transitioning in Afghanistan so that over time Afghans can take responsibility for their own security. But what I also said was we’re going to have to focus narrowly and forcefully on groups like al Qaeda, the ones that carried out the 9/11 attacks and the ones that still threaten U.S. interests.

And those forces have not gone away. We’ve decimated al Qaeda’s top leadership in the border regions around Pakistan, but in Yemen, in Libya, in other of these places — increasingly in places like Syria — what you see is these elements that don’t have the same capacity that a bin Laden or core al Qaeda had, but can still cause a lot of damage, and we’ve got to make sure that we remain vigilant and are focused on preventing them from doing us any harm.

[Eagle of Liberty]

I liked how Obama used FULLY DEBUNKED talking points from the first debate!! HA!

Oh and on that whole "coal kills" comment by Mr. President:

Massachusetts singled out its most egregious polluters as the "Filthy Five" plants, including Salem Harbor. Public health and environmental scientists at Harvard studied the emissions from two of the plants in 2000 and concluded that Salem Harbor was responsible for 53 deaths, 570 emergency room visits, 14,400 asthma attacks and 99,000 incidents of upper respiratory symptoms -- all per year.

And that is from POLITIFACT!! Obama says Romney once said a coal-burning plant ‘kills people’