You seriously won't believe what Limbaugh said today...

[CoffeeCat]

...about Bush's low approval ratings on the Iraq war.

I was completely astounded by this horrendous lie. Either the man is completely delusional, or he's intentionally lying and assuming that his audience is comprised of drooling lemmings.

Limbaugh conceded that Bush's handling of the war has low poll ratings. However, he said these low poll ratings are a GOOD thing. Rush said that the reason the polls are slipping on Iraq is because more and more people want Bush to do MORE. They want him to invade Syria and bomb them, and they want Bush to invade Iran and bomb them.

So--according to Rush--people are unhappy with Iraq because Junior isn't taking this war far enough, wide enough and we're not bombing or killing enough people.

I'm sorry, but this is so delusional that it's criminal.

I know...Rush is a liar and we should expect crapola to ooze from the corners of his mouth. However, I truly think that this is the biggest bunch of disingenuous crap ever launched from the EIB microphone.

[quaoar]

1. People also want Bush

to help out the desperately poor oil companies with huge tax breaks. Just the other day there were protestors at the local Exxon demanding that the price of gas be increased.

[salinen]

2. Rush is probably correct this time

rethugs are happiest when there is death and destruction.

[punpirate]

3. LImbaugh is an IEF...

... Improvised Explosive Fathead.

[Systematic Chaos]

4. I hope that fucking scumbag's ticker holds out long enough

for a starving, rabid mob of terrified Americans to have its way with him. Does that make me evil? :shrug:

[CoffeeCat]

19. NO....you're not evil...

...that was a beautiful sentiment.

Cross stitch that baby on a pillow!

Seriously, I feel the same way. I also hope that the rabid, angry mob has Ebola and lice. :)

[SammyWinstonJack]

27. It could blow tomorrow and it would not have been soon enough.

Doesn't matter though, some other heinous, hate spewing RW asshole would just pick where he left off.

[Eloriel]

5. You'd expect that kind of thinking from a drug addict, maybe

Yes?

:evilgrin:

[smoogatz]

6. What you said about the drooling lemmings?

That's the theory Rush has always operated under. If he says it, his army of ditto-head morons will repeat it over and over, and pretty soon it will start to appear on TV and in newspapers as the truth. That's how it works.

[MisterP]

17. that's how FAUX got an innocent suburban family's house vandalized:

just wind the goose-steppers up and send them loose

[CoffeeCat]

20. I think you're right...

...Rush hopes that his words will be parroted by the mind-numbed robots who listen--while they drive and polish their gun racks at the same time.

Also---I think that Rush is able to take BushCo's message to the next level, because he's not as accountable as the White House. I think BushCo uses Rush to say things that they cannot say. For example, when Junior said that those who want us to pull out of Iraq immediately were "weakening American" Rush also added that we were "unpatriotic" and that we sympathized with the terrorists.

I think they work in tandem and it makes me sick.

[smoogatz]

24. Yep. Rush, O'Reilly, Hannity and the rest of the RW yack-heads

are constantly floating rhetorical trial balloons for Rove et al, just to see if they get any traction in the broader media. It's a real circle-jerk.

[dajoki]

37. bush's "disciples"...

go spread the word. that's what they do, doesn't matter that it's all lies.

[LincolnMcGrath]

7. Why do I have to pick one?

Either the man is completely delusional, OR he's intentionally lying and assuming that his audience is comprised of drooling lemmings.

Both seem to fit.

[mwb970]

8. Wow, that's just plain silly.

He reminds me of pathological liar Tommy Flanagan: "Bush's plummeting numbers are good because...because...because he's not killing enough people. Yeah, that's the ticket."

[blue sky at night]

9. If only Pat Robertson would take a stand for truth........

and ask for Rush's assassination. I would praise the lord and give a hundred bucks to the 700 club. Could you imagine!!!???

[MsTryska]

12. *lmao*!!! I said the exact same thing down below.

great minds think alike i guess.

[blue sky at night]

30. well, I humble myself to your compliment.........

We are not supposed to advocate for anyones demise on this site, but since Pat was so kind to offer the idea, I thought I could blame him.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

10. Low Poll Ratings Usually Mean Good Things For Shrub. n/t

[MsTryska]

11. why oh why do the raving

homicidal nutcases have to be on their side?



it would be cool if just once there was some raving frothing at the mouth looney putting a fatwa on him.

[evlbstrd]

13. The Noise Machine worked so well for so long

that that fat fucktard can't imagine it failing now. And it is.
This is what desperation and fear sounds like. Ain't it great?

[Bozita]

14. Even Karl Rove hasn't had the guts to try this ... yet

Is Limbaugh sending up a trial balloon?

[mcctatas]

15. Somebody needs to up his dosage!!!!

I suggest high enough to take down an elephant. :evilgrin:

[jonnyblitz]

16. the sad part is if his dittoheads believe what he says..

which i fear they do...

[CoffeeCat]

23. That is truly--what is so pathetic...

...that there are actually people out there who believe what Rush says.

That notion that there is a riveted audience that salivates when Rush comes on--as they wait for their daily dose of "news."

Now that's damn scary.

[jonnyblitz]

35. i used to listen to him all the time in the 90's for shits but I can't

anymore. I would rather watch fox news all night long. seriously.

[KittyWampus]

29. the even sadder part is this shit gets broadcast to troops in Iraq

[jonnyblitz]

34. oh i know..that just drives me NUTS!! nt

[NewJeffCT]

49. you are right, they all believe him

I was down in Freeperville, NC on a business trip a while back and got to hear them complain that the Democratic Party of today is WAY WAY far to the left of the Democratic Party of the 1960s...that Bush's main problem is that he is NOT conservative enough... and then I got to listen to them practically orgasm when they talked about Reagan.

[steve2470]

18. I guess the Zyprexa is wearing off. Time to try Haldol. Geez louise nt

[Deus Irae]

21. Powertrippers.

Addicts do and say very strange and often delusional things. Pat Robertson, George Bush, Rush Limbaugh, and so on... they're all addicted to power.

[barbaraann]

41. Hi and welcome to DU!

:hi: I wish more Americans understood what you are saying about their power addiction. It's the worst addiction by far.

[newyawker99]

44. Hi Deus Irae!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[yorkiemommie1]

22. i think that is why my husb would say he disapproves of *

some of these folks want to go Nu-cu-lar.


:crazy:

[the_spectator]

25. I almost feel sorry for the man -

He must SO miss the late 90s: newly thin and flying high thanks to his pills, getting to bash a Democratic President everyday rather than having to prop up a stupid Republican one - and the Impeachment Drama!-- he was really enjoying himself back then. Haven't heard him much in recent years, but what I hear is never good. You know during impeachment, he could do THE BEST Clinton impression -- and would go off on these (pill-fueled) hilarious riffs of Big Dawg trying to talk himself out of his scrapes.

That man would be so much better off, I think, if Kerry had actually won.

[proud2BlibKansan]

26. He is on drugs

And he's an ass. That's a scary combination.

[Cocoa]

28. Michael Savage said the exact same thing

they're both reading off the same memo.

[blue sky at night]

32. Please.......with accuracy in mind...........

we must call Michael by his proper last name: WEINER. Michael Weiner.
master of the Weiner Nation.

Ha Ha Ha.......Ha Ha Haaaaaaaaa!

And now for our further edification:

http://www.michaelsavagesucks.com/

[Skittles]

39. assignment: spin the plunging approval ratings

OMG what whores they are

[Strelnikov_]

31. Can He Make The AAR Hosts Jobs Any Easier?

The script writes itself.

[Rex]

33. They have dropped the veil

full nazi assault now since no one will stop them.

[barbaraann]

42. Now how am I supposed to sleep tonight?

You should only post stuff like that in the morning. ;-)

[Mr_Spock]

36. Republican philosophy: thou shalt kill (especially if poll numbers are low

What kind of shit-headed logic is this? Are they going to kill us all when they commit suicide with our nation? Are we really in that much trouble? Judging by Bush's tacit approval of Robertson & the American Legion, I think we need to be ready for anything. I know they are trying to scare us with these tactics, but some of the more gullible Republican red-necks may not know the difference between rhetoric and a commandment. That's why incitement is a criminal offense! Republicans are inciting a riot - this is a criminal act and they MUST be arrested NOW!

[leftofthedial]

38. in a related story,

people want the bushturd to destroy MORE jobs. That's why his poll numbers are down on his decimation, er, handling of the economy

ALSO

people want the bushturd to out more CIA operatives

AND

people would rejoice if the bushturd told us more lies about some country in order to start a war there to benefit Halliburton

[Dr Fate]

40. In a way, he is right. Bush's approval ratings probably would go up.

The media and many (most?) of the Democrats would race to support any new war, for fear of being called unpatriotic or compared to Micheal Moore.

It will be the pre "Mission Accomplished" days all over again- his poll numbers would go back up.

[wli]

43. there's nothing beyond these fascists

I wouldn't be surprised at all if Rush Limbaugh said verbatim that "George Bush should set up an Auschwitz for liberals and Democrats."

[salin]

45. typical rush

never understood how his listeners could eat up his warped logic. But they do.

[Dawgs]

46. Great news...

Any logical thinking person that might be swayed by Rush will see how big of a bafoon he has become. This kind of stuff only helps our side. You can't tell me that people haven't been disgusted by Schaivo, the Pat Robertson murder remarks, and Rush's insanity.

[terrya]

47. Gee, why don't we just nuke them eh, Rush?

Just as I thought that Robertson's comments were so completely unconscionable and inexcusible, Limbaugh steps up to the plate and hits one out of the park.

Truly, one of the most irresponsible comments I've heard from Rush Limbaugh.

[newportdadde]

48. In a perverted way he is correct. The war has grown stale.

Personally I think his poll numbers actually are a result of higher gas, I believe if gas was 1.40 and credit was still cheap he would be in the upper 40s. Frankly most Americans could give two shits about kids dying in Iraq as long as its not there family but poor people who aren't there 'kind of people'.

Back to Rush though... this country loves to bandwagon, sports teams(90s cowboys, New England now), political parties, etc the masses role with perceived power. But inorder to bandwagon you need a one to climb abord on and it needs to have continual fire. This war started off being pushed like the 90s cowboys and suddenly we were all on the bandwagon lifelong fans of the Iraqi war and ready to kick ass.

The problem is that it is essentially a stale mate, and Joe Average doesn't have the attention span for a stalemate, so much like that baseball game thats dragging on and on with no score into the 7th inning stretch Joe is decided to move onto greener pastures.

So Rush is essentially saying if the president wants to get gains in his poles he needs to start a fresh attack, one with shock and awe and explosions and embedded journalists looking ridiculous and get that testoserone flowing. This whole thing with young men and women slowly getting killed off, wounded for life is getting old for the American public because its 'boring'.

[Mutley]

50. I can't listen to Limbaugh and his ilk anymore.

I just can't. But from the posts like this one that I've been reading, it sounds like they are getting desperate and grasping at straws to explain why people are becoming more and more dissatisfied with Bush and his administration. This is good news. It will get worse before it gets better as these people will resort to more and more ridiculous claims. But the more ridiculous it gets, the more people will realize how nuts they are.

[tlsmith1963]

51. They Don't Even Try Anymore

It's just all-out, stupid lies from these people now. At least before, they tried harder to make their lies seem legitimate. I think they are finally losing it, big time. I don't know whether to be happy or scared, because these guys could get very nasty now that they are cornered. We need to watch them closely.

Tammy

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

52. I'm sure he'll be among the first to put on a uniform for these new wars.