COMMENTARY | Rush Limbaugh, you are not helping.
After a string of horrifying US embassy attacks in the Middle East this week, politicians and pundits alike have been passing the gaffe-ball around, taking equal turns with it on the right and the left. Mitt Romney reacted emotionally: Too quickly, and without all the facts. President Obama reacted poorly: Lacking any meaningful criticism of the violence, instead directing his ire at the offensive film thought to have “provoked” the embassy attacks.
Of course, we’ve covered how the embassy attacks ought to have been handled here.
Enter Rush Limbaugh, full of opinions on the matter. We concede that the situation is not as clear cut as it seems, and that most media outlets are weakly paying lip service regarding a truly disturbing trend of incidents occurring abroad on-or-uncomfortably-close-to the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. But like Todd Akin’s opinion on tension in the Middle East, Limbaugh’s opinion on the matter politicizes the issue further and brings up a bunch of things that really don’t belong in the conversation:
“Do you think Al-Qaeda depends on Osama bin Laden anymore, or did? What was he doing there? They call it a mansion, but it was a pigsty. He was drinking Budweiser and watching porn.
He had a courier going back and forth, but Al-Qaeda was not depending on Osama bin Laden for operational leadership. His day had come and gone. So he’s expendable. He was near death anyway from diabetes or something. He needed dialysis. So they give him up; they give up his location. We go in and SEAL Team 6 gets him. Obama puffs up. ‘I killed Osama! I did it! I killed him!’
He gets instant credibility and gives himself some political capital.”
Yeah, Rush. The president does get instant credibility and political capital for taking out the most wanted man in the world. George Bush would have gotten it if he was sitting-POTUS, and whoever’s next would have gotten it if they had caught bin Laden instead of President Obama. But that’s not the point, and you are sorely missing it.
Now it’s my turn to be full of opinions on the matter.
These US embassy attacks are horrifying, disturbing, wantonly violent, and completely unjustifiable. If anything, it is now more important that ever to identify the problem of extremist Islam, consider where it is being enabled, honestly ask ourselves whether it is bigger than we originally thought, identify the moderate Muslims caught in the crossfire, lift them up as examples and empower them to speak out against the oppression they experience within their own religion.
We do need to put our foot down, draw a line, and condemn violent attacks against our people and property.
And we could…
…if voices on the right weren’t crying conspiracy and voices on the left would find the stones to call the attacks what they are instead of making contrived excuses for an admittedly offensive film that we have no national responsibility for.
Please somebody silence this corpulent piece of rubbish!!!
R.L., scaring old people for over 20 years….Why don't they wise up. Maybe he'll write another useless book, sell it to all them, and go on vacation. Very few still or really listen to that drug addict…
Why does anybody care what the Idiot has too say? I will never understand.He gets dumber evryday.
T. Garrett and Rekha, Two libs that want to silence opinion contrary to the opinion their liberal controllers would have them think.
his comments are more pertinent than either of your lives.
you are to stupid to comprehend. you used the wrong form of too also, idiot
naw! RL THE DRAFT DODGEN DRUG ADDIC(Look it up on "fact check" 1Y (HA!) and drugs? (Well that is a no Brainer!) just dosent get it!
Rush is smarter than the whole democratic party put together. Rekha, I love how you want to silence people who are agains your brainwashed thoughts. You sound like our president.
Mr Garrett you are a fool, like all liberals. Obama is the one to blame for all of this and that is all Mr. Limbaugh is pointing out. You on the other hand are naive and ignorant of the facts as most liberals. by the way the facts are his audience has increased since you liberal tried the stunt with that whore that wanted free birth control and his sponsorship has doubled. Check your facts next time you feel like posting something. It will probably be seen by someone other than your foolish liberal friends and you will be called on it and proven the fool that your are. Idiot!
While I defend Limbaugh's right to speak his (very) little mind, what I don't understand is his appeal, other than the fact that he points fingers of blame in every direction save his own. Limbaugh refuses to accept that he alone, through hid drug -addled hijinks, is responsible for his condition. His appeal lies primarily with those of a like mind; people who are afraid to think for themselves and who would rather rant and rave about issues than to examine with an unbiased eye.
The freedom of speech applies to all Americans not just you liberals. If that were not the case your liberal lies and nonfactual statements would have been silenced years ago. Thanks to the first amendment intelligent, factual and honest statements have just as much right to be seen by the public as the misguided, factually bankrupt dribble you idiotic liberals put out.
A ditto head is someone without a brain follow someone with has a half a brain.
A ditto head is someone without a brain follow someone with has a half a brain.
how?
such a piece of scum..not sure why he still gets press.
dusten….you miss the point…out potus is a complete incompetent idiot. he sent in 50 marines with no live ammo to protect the embassy….limbaugh is correct 99.7 per cent of the time….y.
the president caused this mess.
He ahs taken way too mush oxicodone that it has done damage his brain even more. And he was telling his supporter to cross the line and Vote fo Obama in the open primaries back inn 2008. THANK YOU RUSH FOR OBAMA.
Sharon Wright I see how easily you brain wash, Limpbras comments are for entertainment only. He's kind of like Eddie Murphy only alot fatter.
You guys are totally missing the point here. We can't trust the news to give us the correct news. At least when I listen to Rush Limbaugh I feel like I'm getting the "rest of the story." Limbaugh breaks things down and allows people to understand what is really going on. Usually Limbaugh, Beck, Lavin, Hannity, etc all have more information on what is going on in the world than what CNN or Fox tell. I will defend why I listen to the other side of the story and not be some stupid person who has blinders on and ear plugs. To me Carlson is just jealous because he can't even come close to filling the shoes of these men.
Regardless of what you believe he has the largest audience share on the radio bar none. Don't be silly and say things that are not grounded in reality in order to try and cast aspersions on someone whom you clearly don't like or don't agree with. Simply turn the dial and don't listen or if you want call the guy a bonehead and move on.
May i ask , and what is that you take that makes you so brain loss.
Looking at your photo, I doubt you should be calling anyone else corpulent.
Always looking for someone else to do the job. You're a twat.
Why does the news continue reporting what Rush Limbaugh says or does. Stop commenting on old Rush and he will shut up.
Douche Lamebowel, poster troll for the 'Joe the plumber' nimrods.
Who gives a fetid crap what he has to say?
Moderate Muslims – you're joking, right? The Moderate Muslims keep their mouths shut. Otherwise, they are attacked. No, I think that Islam is going through the same "growing pains" that Christianity did in the dark/middle ages. Unfortunately, they need to be isolated and left alone until they figure it out for themselves. That is the only way that the "Moderates" will be able to raise their voices. I believe it will take a long time.
David – are you writing about Rush or The Bamster? Google "Obama blames" and get an education. The Bamster was quite the drug abusing maggot when he was young. The Bamster's appeal lies with people of like mind (socialists and the lazy that just want to ride the in wagon and complain about what they don't have). The Bamster is all about identifying a Boogeyman and then acting like he is the one leading the fight against the Boogeyman. Pitiful.
While I don't give Obama credit for much, I do give him credit for terminating Osama Bin Laden. Believe it or not Rush, it IS about results and Bin Laden's death occurred on Obama's watch. I'm a republican, and I do give him credit for that. I'm sure if it had happened on Bush's watch, W would be out there crowing too. I would! So Rush, a little less pontificating on this issue, and a little bit more about how Romney can run a smarter campaign against this president, who should be voted out of office. Leave it to Mitt to run the most wussy campaign in recent memory. I thought McCain ran a terrible campaign, but Romney is even worse.
Stevens was not taken to the hospital to be saved, Middle East papers are reporting he was raped, suffered horribly. The US media wont report, it will make Osama Obama look even worse. Second, Obama's not going to be able to silence the idiots and he will be exposed as the fraud he is…. America may be blinded but the world is not.
Rush's head is deeply imbedded in his ass that he can't figure out which direction is up. Rush is so full of crap that he floats in it. Limpbaugh has never had to make an important decision expect maybe if he should get a new drug dealer a or how about a 5th wife. Easy to sit on his duff and criticize anyone and everyone and then try and sound relevant, which he isn't. The Limp baugh is an entertainer with little talent except for his loud mouth and feable, demented brain.
Rush's head is deeply imbedded in his ass that he can't figure out which direction is up. Rush is so full of crap that he floats in it. Limpbaugh has never had to make an important decision expect maybe if he should get a new drug dealer a or how about a 5th wife. Easy to sit on his duff and criticize anyone and everyone and then try and sound relevant, which he isn't. The Limp baugh is an entertainer with little talent except for his loud mouth and feable, demented brain.
Rush's head is deeply imbedded in his ass that he can't figure out which direction is up. Rush is so full of crap that he floats in it. Limpbaugh has never had to make an important decision expect maybe if he should get a new drug dealer a or how about a 5th wife. Easy to sit on his duff and criticize anyone and everyone and then try and sound relevant, which he isn't. The Limp baugh is an entertainer with little talent except for his loud mouth and feable, demented brain.
Rush's head is deeply imbedded in his ass that he can't figure out which direction is up. Rush is so full of crap that he floats in it. Limpbaugh has never had to make an important decision expect maybe if he should get a new drug dealer a or how about a 5th wife. Easy to sit on his duff and criticize anyone and everyone and then try and sound relevant, which he isn't. The Limp baugh is an entertainer with little talent except for his loud mouth and feable, demented brain.
The US press corps is not about to expose Obama, Rush will, and those outside the US will. Stevens was raped, not rushed by caring individuals to the hospital, brutally and savagely killed. The US knew for some time that their was a threat and they had no one standing guard that could have defended. Now documents are missing, the safe house has been bombed out and thousands of Lybians who are helping the US are in jeopardy. This is the tip of the iceberg, OBAMA is completely DONE, COOKED, BURNT, FINISHED. Watch and learn.
I like hearing what drug addicts have to say. That way you know why they are crazy pathetic individuals who need drugs to forget about their uncle having that special time with them.
Well Jo, just what should Marvin had done? Rush IS an idiot, he proves it everyday on his radio show.
Do people who were abused as children, become drug addicts late in life?
Hey idiot our president was a drug abuser. DUHHHHHHHHH
jo, didnt you just use the word to and too wrong, youre an idiot too
OK, Genius. Did you know that sentences should be capitalized?
LOL.. you're joking right Stephen? That was sarcasm right?
Rick Shoaf
Idiot or NOT, in the US we STILL have the right to say WTH ever we wish on any topic.
Sharon, speaking about misguided dribble and factually bankrupt! You do realize that the first amendment only protects your speech from the government.. right? The Constitution grants ZERO rights of protections for private citizens against private citizens.
B.S. Marines guard the embassies, and they are ALWAYS armed with live ammo. Limbaugh is correct about .3% of the time.. most of the stuff he makes up. He's been caught so many times lying on the air it's ridiculous.
This is true discowhale.. but did I say anything about Rush not having the right to say anything? That does not mean that he's still not an idiot.
Well I'm pretty sure W would have said "We Did It" ………. not "I Did It" and that's the point Rush was making.
So, size of audience means he automatically speaks the truth? Limbaugh has made a career of scaring old people… that's what he does. Look at his demographics.. typically white, older and male:
Male (76%)
Over Age Age 35 (79%)…with the majority of that being over age 50
White (95%)
Has No Kids (76%)…most likely because the kids have grown & moved out
The latest statistic that I could find was an average age of 67.
That's my point. We should direct our efforts into making it safe for the Moderates to be heard insomuch as we can. Then we can more clearly define the antagonism dealt by the radical sects. Liberals get their Moderate Muslims to show that they aren't all bad, and Conservatives get their Radical Muslims to villify all they like. Everybody wins.
We can call out the violent radicalism for what it is without throwing everyone under the bus, if you will. It might be a pipe dream, but it's a better idea than I've heard so far from either side on how to deal with it.
Oink, oink, squeal, grunt, oink, grunt, grunk
Rush limpdick
snort snorkle grunt
lol, he is serious as a heart attack, that's what makes it sooooo funny.
Rick Shoaf has not a clue. None of our Marines who have guarded our embassies in the Arab spring nations were, or are, armed with live ammunition. Become educated.
Or shut your ignorant trap.