Rush Limbaugh Talks US Embassy Attacks, Adds Nothing To The Discussion [Op-Ed]
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.



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Sep 14, 2012
Please somebody silence this corpulent piece of rubbish!!!
Sep 14, 2012
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…
Sep 14, 2012
Why does anybody care what the Idiot has too say? I will never understand.He gets dumber evryday.
Sep 14, 2012
T. Garrett and Rekha, Two libs that want to silence opinion contrary to the opinion their liberal controllers would have them think.
Sep 14, 2012
his comments are more pertinent than either of your lives.
Sep 14, 2012
you are to stupid to comprehend. you used the wrong form of too also, idiot
Sep 14, 2012
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!
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
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!
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
A ditto head is someone without a brain follow someone with has a half a brain.
Sep 14, 2012
A ditto head is someone without a brain follow someone with has a half a brain.
Sep 14, 2012
how?
Sep 14, 2012
such a piece of scum..not sure why he still gets press.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
May i ask , and what is that you take that makes you so brain loss.
Sep 14, 2012
Looking at your photo, I doubt you should be calling anyone else corpulent.
Sep 14, 2012
Always looking for someone else to do the job. You're a twat.
Sep 14, 2012
Why does the news continue reporting what Rush Limbaugh says or does. Stop commenting on old Rush and he will shut up.
Sep 14, 2012
Douche Lamebowel, poster troll for the 'Joe the plumber' nimrods.
Who gives a fetid crap what he has to say?
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
Well Jo, just what should Marvin had done? Rush IS an idiot, he proves it everyday on his radio show.
Sep 14, 2012
Do people who were abused as children, become drug addicts late in life?
Sep 14, 2012
Hey idiot our president was a drug abuser. DUHHHHHHHHH
Sep 14, 2012
jo, didnt you just use the word to and too wrong, youre an idiot too
Sep 14, 2012
OK, Genius. Did you know that sentences should be capitalized?
Sep 14, 2012
LOL.. you're joking right Stephen? That was sarcasm right?
Sep 14, 2012
Rick Shoaf
Idiot or NOT, in the US we STILL have the right to say WTH ever we wish on any topic.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
Well I'm pretty sure W would have said "We Did It" ………. not "I Did It" and that's the point Rush was making.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
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.
Sep 14, 2012
Oink, oink, squeal, grunt, oink, grunt, grunk
Sep 14, 2012
Rush limpdick
Sep 14, 2012
snort snorkle grunt
Sep 15, 2012
lol, he is serious as a heart attack, that's what makes it sooooo funny.
Sep 20, 2012
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.
Sep 20, 2012
Or shut your ignorant trap.