{"id":3788,"date":"2010-01-14T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/?p=3788"},"modified":"2010-01-14T12:20:32","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T17:20:32","slug":"being-rush-limbaugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2010\/01\/14\/being-rush-limbaugh\/","title":{"rendered":"being Rush Limbaugh&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\">It&#8217;s really not very hard to be <strong><font color=\"#200020\">Rush Limbaugh<\/font><\/strong> [or at least on Rush Limbaugh&#8217;s Staff]. Just look at the news and find out what <strong><font color=\"#200020\">President Obama<\/font><\/strong> has done in the last 24 hours [if there&#8217;s not much there, move on to Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, or any other Democrat]. Now look at the list of <strong><font color=\"#990000\">Talking Points<\/font><\/strong> to see which ones to apply to the news you&#8217;ve picked:    <\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA ALWAYS LIES <\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA IS VERY LAZY <\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA HATES AMERICA <\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA APOLOGIZES ABOUT AMERICA <\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA IS A BLACK RACIST <\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST <\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA IS A SOCIALIST <\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA IS A FASCIST <\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA IS A MUSLIM <\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA WANTS TO TAKE OUR STUFF AND GIVE IT AWAY TO DO-NOTHINGS <\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div align=\"justify\">Then take your news story and see how to fit the <strong><font color=\"#990000\">Talking Points<\/font><\/strong> into it:<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong><font color=\"#000099\">OBAMA TOOK THREE DAYS TO TALK ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS BOMBER<\/font><\/strong><br \/>    We nailed him to the wall for being slow to talk about the Christmas Bomber [<strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA IS VERY LAZY<\/font><\/strong>, <strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA HATES AMERICA<\/font><\/strong>, <strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA IS A BLACK RACIST<\/font><\/strong>, <strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA IS A MUSLIM<\/font><\/strong>]. So we can contrast that with his rapid response to the earthquake in Haiti.  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong><font color=\"#000099\">OBAMA RESPONDED QUICKLY TO THE HAITIAN CRISIS<\/font><\/strong><br \/>    Since <strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA ALWAYS LIES <\/font><\/strong> and <strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA IS VERY LAZY<\/font><\/strong>, we can make his quick response into something <strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA APOLOGIZES ABOUT AMERICA<\/font><\/strong>, <strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA IS A BLACK RACIST<\/font><\/strong>, <strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST<\/font><\/strong>, <strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA IS A SOCIALIST<\/font><\/strong>, <strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA IS A FASCIST<\/font><\/strong>, and <strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA WANTS TO TAKE OUR STUFF AND GIVE IT AWAY TO DO-NOTHINGS<\/font><\/strong>.  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong><font color=\"#000099\">OBAMA IS SENDING AID TO HAITI<\/font><\/strong><br \/>    Easy. <strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA IS A BLACK RACIST<\/font><\/strong>, <strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST<\/font><\/strong>, <strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA IS A SOCIALIST<\/font><\/strong>, <strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA IS A FASCIST<\/font><\/strong>, and <strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA WANTS TO TAKE OUR STUFF AND GIVE IT AWAY TO DO-NOTHINGS<\/font><\/strong>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong><font color=\"#000099\">OBAMA ASKED AMERICANS TO DONATE TO HAITI<\/font><\/strong><br \/>    <strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA HATES AMERICA<\/font><\/strong>, <strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA IS A BLACK RACIST<\/font><\/strong>, <strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA IS A SOCIALIST<\/font><\/strong>, and <strong><font color=\"#990000\">OBAMA WANTS TO TAKE OUR STUFF AND GIVE IT AWAY TO DO-NOTHINGS<\/font><\/strong>.  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div align=\"justify\">That&#8217;s all of them. This one is easy. Now for the tweaking. Throw in Venezuela and Cuba not sending any aid. Be sure to make Obama look like a goody-goody who is really motivated to get the black and liberal goody-goody votes. Throw in a little racism at the end. Okay, it&#8217;s show time:<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/home\/daily\/site_011310\/content\/01125106.guest.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><font color=\"#200020\">Obama Leaps into Action on Haiti<\/font><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\"><sup><strong>RUSH:<\/strong> Here&#8217;s President Obama speaking about Haiti this morning in Washington at the White House.&nbsp; He held a press conference.&nbsp; Now, I want you to remember, it took him three days to respond to the Christmas Day Fruit of Kaboom Bomber, three days.&nbsp; And when he came out after those three days, he was clearly irritated that he had to do it.&nbsp; He didn&#8217;t want to do it.&nbsp; He comes out here in less than 24 hours to speak about Haiti&#8230;<\/sup><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\"><sup><strong>RUSH:<\/strong> Oh, this is what he lives for.&nbsp; He lives for serving those in misery.&nbsp; Now, don&#8217;t misunderstand here, folks.&nbsp; I don&#8217;t have the whole press conference, but I wonder did he apologize for America before acknowledging we are the only people on earth that can possibly help &#8217;em out down there in any significant way?&nbsp; By the way, I&#8217;ve checked it out, Cuba has offered nothing.&nbsp; Venezuela has offered nothing.&nbsp; They have nothing to offer&#8230;<\/sup><\/div>\n<p>   <\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\"><sup><strong>RUSH:<\/strong> So the country that he runs around the world apologizing for, the country that he has chip on his shoulder about, he now turns to as its president and asks people who have lost their jobs because of his policies to donate to WhiteHouse.gov to the people of Haiti, and we will do it.&nbsp; We are the most charitable and the most generous people on the face of the earth.&nbsp; Each and every time a natural disaster like this happens, we step up.&nbsp; We are there.&nbsp; &quot;Despite the fact we&#8217;re experiencing tough times here at home, I would encourage those Americans who want to support the urgent humanitarian effort -&quot;&nbsp; You know, I have been to Haiti way back a long time ago when it was a cruise ship stop, Port-au-Prince.&nbsp; And I&#8217;ve seen pictures of Haiti.&nbsp; It is a devastatingly poor place and nothing has ever changed.&nbsp; And right across a mountain ridge in the middle you&#8217;ve got the Dominican Republic, which is like night and day.&nbsp; It&#8217;s like night and day.&nbsp; And what&#8217;s the one common factor?<\/sup><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\"><sup>That place, Haiti, has been run by dictators and communists, and how long is it going to be before we hear Obama and the left in this country say that what we really need to do is reinstate the communist Aristide to the leadership position down there to coordinate putting the country back together?&nbsp; The Haitian economy is entirely dependent on foreign aid.&nbsp; They produce nothing.&nbsp; Zilch, zero, nada.&nbsp; And it&#8217;s been that way for the longest time&#8230;<\/sup><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\"><sup><strong>RUSH:<\/strong>&nbsp; Yes, I think in the Haiti earthquake, ladies and gentlemen &#8211; in the words of Rahm Emanuel &#8211; we have another crisis simply too good to waste.&nbsp; This will play right into Obama&#8217;s hands. He&#8217;s humanitarian, compassionate.&nbsp; They&#8217;ll use this to burnish their, shall we say, &quot;credibility&quot; with the black community &#8211; in the both light-skinned and dark-skinned black community in this country.&nbsp; It&#8217;s made-to-order for them.&nbsp; That&#8217;s why he couldn&#8217;t wait to get out there, could not wait to get out there.<\/sup><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\"><object width='160' height='130'><param name='movie' value='http:\/\/cloudfront.mediamatters.org\/static\/flash\/player.swf'><\/param><param name='flashvars' value='config=http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/embed\/cfg2?id=201001130018'><\/param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'><\/param><param name='allownetworking' value='all'><\/param><embed src='http:\/\/cloudfront.mediamatters.org\/static\/flash\/player.swf' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' flashvars='config=http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/embed\/cfg2?id=201001130018' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true' width='160' height='130'><\/embed><\/object>&nbsp;<object width=\"222\" height=\"130\" id=\"msnbc449b80\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\"><\/param><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=34851273&#038;width=222&#038;height=130\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc449b80\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"220\" height=\"130\" FlashVars=\"launch=34851273&#038;width=222&#038;height=130\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"opaque\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/param><\/object> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s really not very hard to be Rush Limbaugh [or at least on Rush Limbaugh&#8217;s Staff]. Just look at the news and find out what President Obama has done in the last 24 hours [if there&#8217;s not much there, move on to Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, or any other Democrat]. 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