New York – Conservative radio king Rush Limbaugh shot back at President Obama this afternoon – saying the new commander-in-chief is “not a unifier and not bipartisan” and is “more frightened of me” than he should be of Republican leaders.
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“I think [Obama] wants me to fail,” Limbaugh said on his show, rebutting Obamas’ comments Friday that GOP lawmakers should not be listening to the right-wing talk show host.
Obama had warned Republicans on Capitol Hill Friday that they need to quit listening to Limbaugh if they want to get along with Democrats and the new administration.
“You can’t just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done,” he told top GOP leaders, whom he had invited to the White House to discuss his $825 billion stimulus package.
The conservative blowhard opened his show by saying, “I’m the man you should not be listening, according to President Obama.”
Republicans have said that the price tag is too big a burden for a nation crippled by debt and that it doesn’t do enough to stimulate the economy by cutting taxes.
“You know, I’m concerned about the size of the package. And I’m concerned about some of the spending that’s in there,” House GOP Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said after the Friday meeting. “How does that stimulate the economy?”
Limbaugh also said Obama is more than happy to “see me fail.”
“He’s more frightened of me than he is of John Boehner, which doesn’t say much for our party,” said Limbaugh.
He then said Obama’s comments didn’t matter, arguing that the president is “sprinting so far to the left” during his first week in office.
“The Republicans haven’t been listening to me, anyway,” Limbaugh said. “It’s a moot point.”
ha limbaugh as usual is full of hot air. bush came to power in the closes election in us history ever (not to mention the contentiousness with which he actually came to office with the popular vs electoral votes) and he declared him self to be a “uniter not a divider” then, he even had instant unity after 9/11….but he squandered that too, and by tge 2004 election this country was as divided as ever. so where was the criticism of the great bushie, the “decixder” who was anything but a uniter and very much the divider?
if anything, the landslide victory of obama shows a great deal of unity going in. and he even got together with the brightest conservative journalists. (kristoll, krauthanmner ,etc) limbaugh was just jealous that he is a school drop out who wasnt invited. he is a shock jock who cares only about ratings nd money…not about america or improving america.
This Obama guy is starting out like a dictator and he scares the hell out of me.
Rush Limbaugh should be ashamed of himself trying to make splits in this country just so he would be right.
He is from the few people I know that hope Obama would not succeed, and America should fail, so that way everybody is going to see that he was right.
Rush is right. Republicans should not cave in to Hussein Obama’s threats. They need to remember that he is just Chicago Street Hustler who conned so many people into believing his garbage. Hopefully he will self destruct.
rush keep up your good work
Limbaugh is one of the few political commentators who make any sense, no wonder Osama is afraid of him.
I feel the President and Rush are playing a chess game. Lets see who is stronger and how they use their strength.
My saychel is already telling me that Obama is off on the wrong foot and is starting in the wrong direction. First, Obama orders the closing of Guantanamo Prison before he knows how to safely imprison extremely dangerous Al Quiada terrorists. Second, Obama requests almost one Trillion dollars for boondogle projects that will bankrupt our Nation and cause inestimable damage to the economy through wasteful programs that will not generate nearly any financial return on investment whatsoever. Thrid, Obama hires Socialist Economist Robert Reich who immediately states that none of the construction money spent should go “to white American construction workers” so Obama can begin a race war and divide the country so terribly that he will begin social unrest. Does he want law abiding white Americans to become infuriated enough to make neo-nazis gain influence? Why does he always bring in advisors that provoke race fighting? Like at his inauguration he has the Minister say terrible things about white Americans? It appears Mr. Limbaugh is onto something here.
I heard Rush’s proposal today how to get the Economy back on track. i think its brilliant. No wonder why Obama hates him so much. Rush is a man that speaks the truth and we all know politicians never speak the truth.
His proposal went something like this. I apologize i don’t recall all the details.
Obama won 53% of the votes
MCcain got 46%
Other 1 %
we’ll give Obama the One % makes it 54 %
the government has one trillion $ to spend for recover
lets give obama 53% of the money, since he won 53 % of the votes and the rest goes to Mccain strategy. lets pressure each and see which course of action will stimulate the ecomomy faster.
It appears that Obama is begining to do political things that my Zaydeh told me happened in Germanya by that Monster YMSHVZ. First, he says that he wants new laws to bring law and order and improve the economy. He does this to get more and more political control from his political opposition. Then, he appoints people loyal only to him to positions of authority. All dirty work is done by his appointees so his hands are always clean. This is happening now. I just read in VIN News last week that Obama appointed a Yid to be the head of the FCC. So it will be a Yid that will change the rules that will force Mr. Limbaugh and other conservitive critics off the airwaives. If Mr. Limbaugh is forced off the radio by a Yid, imagine how many Americans will begin to hate American Yidden C’V B’AH !!! Everyone be mispallel this doesn’t happen. If it does who knows what will happen to Yidden in America. Obama will make Yidden scapegoats like that German Animal, YMSVZ.
thats what you’ll call Bi- partition
One day before Obama’s inauguration, Rush Limbaugh was interviewed by Sean Hannity and said about Obama, “I want him to fail.”
It looks to me like Limbaugh can’t take the heat!
i Hope Rush is right and all Obama policies fail b/c they are all socialist ideas.
People Only flourish under a capitalist Society
I love Rush. The man is so smart and right on the money 99.9% of the time.
Charlie Hall says:
“One day before Obama’s inauguration, Rush Limbaugh was interviewed by Sean Hannity and said about Obama, “I want him to fail.”
It looks to me like Limbaugh can’t take the heat!”
It’s not the heat, Charlie, it’s the left-wing immoral policies that Limbaugh can’t take.
…And you shouldn’t take them either.
You can read it and listen to it free right here: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_012609/content/01125108.member.html
This way you can spot and expose the frauds who twist his words around.
obama has a way of shutting people up…..
and be consistent. if you are going to insist on saying hussein obama than say hudson limbaugh.
First of all rush is right what he says and second why does obama even talk about him in the first place? and want to answer the question president obama is afraid of rush the king of talk shows. That’s all what it is
More people listen to Limbaugh’s show, then even know who the hack you are,,,,
His jokes go farther then your name will ever go,,,,
I’m sorry that there is a guy that will uncover the untruth that you and your cabinet
Will try to hide,, yeah why not close gitmo jail and bring those terrorist to the USA
So maybe they can help you destroy this country,,,,,,,,
Rush IS sometimes full of hot air. But, he is usually correct, no matter how we may not like what he spews.
Obama did attack him personally, in a way unheard of and in a way which made the president look really petty.
It is like Obama can’t handle the competition in opinions. He does not offer any real plan other then throw money around, history has shown these plans stimulate nothing, and hates to be called on it.
In this case, I believe Rush is dead on, and Obaba is REALLY wrong.
Rush is a brillyent brain , his point to day about the Obama – limbo stimules pkg 2009 really divids good the tow diffrent pyhlosophies how to boost the economy he made such a powerful point that it put the demicrats & obama in a tuff position if peaple start to undestand what he proposed , I think today 1/26/09 was one of his best shows and proposed for obama somthing produtive
RUSH LIMBAUGH FOR PRESIDENT 2012! (If this country lasts that long and if chas vesholom Moshiach hasn’t come yet)
“Anytime a man in a position of great power attacks someone with significantly less power, it lessens the greater man and raises up his opponent. The American President is, thanks to the office, the most powerful man in the free world. If he’s worried about any political pundit so much that he has to attack him personally, it shows weakness, which is exactly what Obama cannot afford.”
rush is the best and if you say you don’t think so,either you’re lying or you don’t hear him.listen mon-fri afternoons at 770 WABC,speaking about 770 what did the rebbe hold about leftists
Obama is making the mistake of giving Rush fuel to use against him. Rush has the upper hand, he doesn’t have to worry about what others think!
Personally, I am enjoying the banter.
Rush is a liar and says false statements from the ‘getgo’, most of his program is a comedy ,poking fun at all kinds of situations His audience actually believes his retoric He has made uncounted millions from his program . There’s nothing real or honest about this man Unfortunately a lot of Frummies believe in him