Limbaugh: Obamacare is ‘The Law of the Land’ Just Like Slavery Was

As the major implementation date for the Affordable Care Act approaches, conservatives are doing everything they can to prevent the law from coming to fruition. Naturally, this includes Rush Limbaugh, who used a new tack to argue against Obamacare on his radio show Thursday, along the way comparing it to slavery.

Limbaugh’s argument hinged on a term that’s popular with Democrats who want to see Obamacare become a reality: “It’s the law of the land.” The host wondered “what else at one time was the ‘law of the land?’: Slavery!”

“Slavery used to be the law of the land,” Limbaugh informed his audience, noting that the Supreme Court even once upheld it. From there, he listed other things that used to be the “law of the land” but are not relics of the past:

• “Defense of Marriage Act.”
• “The speed limit used to be 55, now it’s 70.”
• “Immigration law.”
• “Guns, Second Amendment.”
• “Laws against marijuana.”

Limbaugh wanted to know why Democrats are allowed to get rid of “bad laws” they don’t like but Republicans aren’t. “Is that the only way they can defend this?” Limbaugh asked. “Is that the best they’ve got? ‘It’s the law of the land’?”

Listen to audio below, via Rush Limbaugh:

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Limbaugh: Media Can’t Bring Themselves to Condemn Obama’s Post-Shooting Partisan ‘Assault’

President Obama shocked many politicians and pundits on Monday when, after delivering brief remarks on the Washington Navy Yard shooting, he proceeded to give his planned speech on the economy, replete with Republican-bashing. Rush Limbaugh was also disturbed by Obama’s “assault” on the GOP in a time of crisis, and found it beyond unbelievable that even though the media was clearly uncomfortable with it, they couldn’t quite bring themselves to outright condemn it.

Limbaugh echoed a similar point made by Joe Scarborough, namely that George W. Bush would have been taken to the woodshed if he had made that kind of partisan address during a crisis. But, as Limbaugh noted, most of the media is only going so far as to call it “tone-deaf,” and simply calling it a big screw-up instead of using the opportunity to understand who Obama really is.

And so the Drive-Bys [go], “No, we gotta somehow explain this and cover for Obama.” Because they see everything through the prism of, “Oh, gosh is it gonna help Obama or is it gonna hurt Obama?”

He also ripped apart Jay Carney for defending the appropriateness of Obama’s address, mockingly declaring that “that even in the midst of such a disaster like this, we cannot lose sight of the focus of the real important matter in Washington, and that’s what a bunch of creeps the Republicans are.”

Listen to the audio below, via WABC:

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[VIDEO] Limbaugh: Putin Understands American Exceptionalism Better Than Obama Does

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[AUDIO] RUSH LIMBAUGH LETS LOOSE ON OBAMA OVER THIS ‘PSYCHOPATHIC’ STATEMENT

Earlier this week, President Barack Obama reframed his “red line” rhetoric in regards to Syria and the use of chemical weapons, saying it was the “world,” not him, that “set a red line.”

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on Thursday expressed his disbelief at the claim, which he called “psychopathic.” According to the online Merriam-Webster dictionary, “psychopathic” is defined as: “of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy or antisocial personality disorder.”

Limbaugh is not alone in his confusion over the statement.

Obama last year clearly stated that Syria would cross a “red line” that would “change my equation” if he used chemical weapons on his own people.

“This is some ‘pathic’ – psychopathic,” Limbaugh said. “He drew the red line, then he said he didn’t, then he said his credibility [isn't] on the line, it’s Congress’ fault because they’re the ones who passed a resolution decades ago against the use of chemical weapons. So yeah, it’s the Republicans fault.”

The conservative radio host went on to say that President Obama’s handling of Syria and the so-called “red line” is “dangerous” and “not cool.”

“It’s not brilliant politics, it’s not Obama cleverly outwitting his opponents,” he added. “He’s president of the United States, he’s not up to it. He doesn’t want the job. He doesn’t want the responsibility, not with something like this. He’ll be glad to raise your taxes and control your life with health care — he doesn’t want all this. It’s too messy.”

Listen to the segment via the Daily Rushbo below:

Via: The Blaze

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Rush Limbaugh: Labor strike should target Barack Obama

While the fast-food strike has drawn much buzz from the media, Rush Limbaugh isn’t going to be swayed, saying that those striking have been “organized” and that the protests are “staged.”

“The question really is: Are these people doing this on their own or have they been organized? The obvious answer is they’ve been organized. Once you see them say, ‘Si, se puede,’ and attacking the minimum wage, you know it,” the conservative radio host said on his Thursday show according to a transcript. “But it’s Obamacare. It’s Obama’s economy that they should be protesting. Obama’s economy, Obamacare is what has led to whatever circumstances make them unhappy.”

Limbaugh said that this type of acceptance of a president with the current state of the nation would not be the case, if the country were being run by a Republican, saying that protesters had been taught to blame Republicans, using a vocal protester, Taisha Backs, as his example.

(Also on POLITICO: Fast food strike takes over 60 cities)

“She’s had the government of her choice for coming on five years now, and yet she’s still mad at people who don’t have any power to affect her at all, at least not in politics,” he said. “This woman’s obviously mad at the Republicans. That’s what she’s been told to be. But the point is that none of them blame Obama. They’re livid.”

Limbaugh also had one more thing for the discontent strikers to think about — immigration, saying it would be “fun” to see the situation the employees would find themselves in if amnesty were given to people who would be willing to do the jobs for less pay.

Via: Politico

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MSNBC Personalities React to Obama’s Speech: Where Was the Policy Proposal?

MSNBC host Chris Matthews and Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson were the first to react to President Barack Obama’s address on the 50th anniversary of the civil rights movement’s march on Washington D.C. Both thought the speech was good, but lacked a policy proposal to address issues which are important for the African-American community. 

RELATED: Rush Limbaugh: Obama Will ‘Hijack’ MLK Anniversary to Push His Own Agenda

After Obama finished speaking, Touré turned to Chris Matthews for his reaction to the speech. “You have been so great at speaking about race throughout your career,” Touré noted. “I want to hear your thoughts on what’s going on right now.”

“I thought the speech had great values in it,” Matthews said.

He said he would not criticize the speech expect for the fact that it did not contain a policy proposal of any kind to address poverty. “I was waiting for a proposal today, something concrete,” Matthews added.

Robinson largely agreed, saying that Obama was not speaking to Washington D.C. with an agenda but to the nation at large. “Perhaps that’s the State of the Union address or – he has many chances to do that,” Robinson said.

“In many ways, he put the burden, sort of, on us to act and to push progress forward,” Krystal Ballopined.

Watch the clip below via MSNBC:

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Rush Limbaugh: Obama Will ‘Hijack’ MLK Anniversary to Push His Own Agenda

Rush Limbaugh predicted today that at tomorrow’s events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington,President Obama will “turn the occasion into something about him and his presidency,” promoting his personal political agenda on a day dedicated to the legacy of the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King Jr.

Limbaugh noted how it appears Obama will address the impending budget battle and “attack the wealthy,” the latter a charge he found amusing, considering Obama will be joined by the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Jamie Foxx, and Forest Whitaker. Limbaugh mocked the idea that these people would stand before a crowd and “claim that they have everything in common with the audience that will be there.”

RELATED: Obama Previews ‘I Have a Dream’ Anniversary Speech, Says MLK Would Have ‘Liked’ Obamacare

Limbaugh then shared what he believed to be the most cynical part of Obama’s expected remarks.

“To take the 50th anniversary of that event and to convert it–hijack it–into something to advance your political agenda, that’s as bad as wedding crashing, funeral crashing that the Clintons are famous for. This is really unseemly.”

Limbaugh added this is “close to these guys doing their Miley Cyrus impersonation.”

Listen to the audio below, via WABC:

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Rush Limbaugh Derangement Syndrome, Obama-Style

He seeks to control debates by banning opponents from them.

Concealed within President Obama’s carping about Rush Limbaugh is a distaste for democracy. Obama is not the first aspiring tyrant to complain that the pen is mightier than the sword, or in this case, that the pundit is mightier than the president.

Speaking to CNN last week, Obama whined that Republicans listen to Rush Limbaugh too much. They need to “think less about politics and party and think more about what’s good for the country,” he said. “I’ve made this argument to my Republican friends privately, and, by the way, sometimes they say to me privately, ‘I agree with you, but I’m worried about a primary from, you know, somebody in the tea party back in my district’ or, ‘I’m worried about what Rush Limbaugh is going to say about me on radio.’”

If Obama’s story here is true — that GOP pols whisper anti-Limbaugh fears to him over dinner — they are even bigger weasels than previously suspected. Obama’s attempt to drive a wedge between these spineless Republicans and Limbaugh is part of his drive to build a de facto one-party state. That’s all he means by “unity.”

By “bipartisanship,” he means collusion in error, free of Rush Limbaugh and other conservative voices who would counsel against it. Talk radio is the lever by which American politics is pulled to the right, so Obama has to smash it.

Via: American Spectator

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Barack Obama, Rush Limbaugh and the politics of blame

President Obama blamed some of his problems on Rush Limbaugh the other day. And that may not be a brilliant strategy.

In an interview with CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, the president said that some congressional Republicans tell him privately that they believe defunding ObamaCare is a bad idea, but say they are “worried about what Rush Limbaugh is going to say about me on the radio.”

Really? A guy with a microphone is preventing the president of the United States from getting his way on Capitol Hill? Is Rush that powerful?

Cuomo, to his credit, pressed Obama: “How much of the lack of action in Washington do you put on yourself in terms of blame?” he asked. Obama went Trumanesque, saying “the buck stops with me” but that he is “frustrated” by GOP intransigence.

Let’s unpack this a bit. As the nation’s most powerful radio broadcaster, Limbaugh is an unquestioned force on the right. But when Republicans (who probably do want to defund ObamaCare but don’t want the political risks of a government shutdown) invoke him, what they’re really saying is they fear a backlash from conservatives powered by the likes of Limbaugh.

They don’t want a Tea Party primary challenger. They don’t want their fundraising to dry up. They don’t want leading conservative pundits to turn on them.

So Obama was indulging in a bit of shorthand by saying his problem is El Rushbo—and in the process elevated Limbaugh to his level.

Via: Fox News Politics

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Limbaugh Fires Back at Obama Blaming Him for Congressional Gridlock

Rush Limbaugh found it more than a little amusing that President Obama name-checked him as one of the biggest roadblocks to Congress getting anything done. The president said in a CNN interview Friday morning that many Republicans privately want to work with Obama, but can’t because of pressure from Limbaugh and others. Limbaugh suggested Obama’s just deflecting from his own failures, charging that no one listens to the president anymore.

Limbaugh said, “I am the reason he can’t move his agenda forward, which is silly, because he’s getting everything he wants.” This is not the first time Obama has referred to conservative pundits as one of the biggest reasons for Congressional inaction, which led Limbaugh to call Obama a “broken record.”

Limbaugh threw out this theory for why Obama’s going so far as to blame him.

“I think that nobody’s listening to Obama anymore. I don’t think he commands nearly the attention or the interest that he does, and so what he’s doing is going back to the greatest hits… He recycled this idea that the Republicans are not cooperating with him because they’re afraid of what I’m going to say about them. The Republicans are not listening to me!”

Listen to the audio below, via WABC:

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Limbaugh to leave flagship WABC in NYC, but stay on other Cumulus stations

Last week, conservative talk show host Sean Hannity announced he was firing Cumulus, which will effectively end his relationship with the radio company and WABC, where he had been a fixture since the late 1990s.

But Hannity’s long-time lead-in Rush Limbaugh is taking a different approach with his Cumulus agreement. Effective Jan. 1, 2014, Limbaugh will be leaving his flagship station 770 AM WABC in New York City for its crosstown rival 710 AM WOR, but remaining on other Cumulus stations, including other large-market stations 890 AM WLS in Chicago, 820 AM/96.7 FM WBAP in Dallas, 630 AM/105.9 FM WMAL in Washington, D.C. and 760 AM WJR in Detroit.

“We’re on 600 radio stations, and the way that was going to happen was that a group owner, Cumulus Broadcasting, was going to cancel their contract with me on 35 of their radio stations, and that was going to end my career because one of those 35 was WABC in New York and WLS in Chicago and WMAL in Washington and WBAP in Dallas and WJR in Detroit and other such large markets,” Limbaugh said. “And once that happens, sayonara, I’m in everybody’s rear-view mirror.”

“This has been going on for a year,” he continued. “We have negotiations with every radio station that carries the program, every group owner. These negotiations just happened to end up in the public. But the media believed everything that was being said, because they wanted to,” he continued. “And the image, I guess, that was created was that my heyday was gone, it was over with, and if you listen to me now, you better like it while you can, because you’re not going to be able to at the end of the year because I’m going to be gone.”

Listen:

Limbaugh went on to explain the situation in the New York City market, which he attributed it to his syndication partner Clear Channel wanting to do its own thing.

Via: Daily Caller

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Sharpton Fires Back At O’Reilly: Since When Are You The ‘Expert On What African-Americans Want?’

MSNBC’s Al Sharpton took Bill O’Reilly’s recent comments about race head-on Friday evening, after the Fox anchor singled him out last night for being “in business with people who put out entertainment harmful to children.” Sharpton called it “ridiculous” that O’Reilly is somehow the “expert on what the vast majority of African-Americans want.”

“In the time since George Zimmerman’s acquittal,” Sharpton declared, “some right-wingers have gone into overdrive to push the most negative stereotypes of the African-American community for their own gain.” He lumped O’Reilly in with Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity as the “unholy triumvirate of right-wing reaction” that has “been desperate not to have a real conversation about the injustices of the justice system.”

Sharpton mocked O’Reilly and others for their sudden concern about gang violence in Chicago, something he said “many of us in African-American community” have been talking about for months. “Better late than never, I guess.” On O’Reilly’s focus on the breakdown of the African-American family, Sharpton asked, “Is Bill O’Reilly saying George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin because Trayvon was born out of wedlock, even though he wasn’t? That’s ridiculous, right?”

“All of this is an effort to avoid addressing the urgent topic that something is fundamentally flawed with our justice system if laws like Stand Your Ground allow a kid to be gunned down,” Sharpton continued. “But Rush, Hannity, O’Reilly don’t want to talk about that.”

Sarcastically calling O’Reilly the “expert on the vast majority of what African-Americans want,” Sharpton said, “we need a real conversation about justice in this country, not the same old right-wing divide and conquer garbage. Bill O’Reilly, the Willie Horton stuff has got to go.”

Watch video below, via MSNBC:

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Limbaugh Slams Obama’s Economic Speech: ‘There’s Something Pathologically Wrong Here’

RUSH: We have a couple of sound bites from Obama, as he’s out in Galesville, Illinois, blaming Washington for paying not enough attention to the economy.  We’ve actually got one, two, three, four, five, six sound bites here.  We’ll get the last two that I want to play for you right now.  This is Obama talking about his vision for rebuilding the economy.

OBAMA:  With this endless parade of distractions and political posturing and phony scandals, Washington’s taken its eye off the ball.  And I’m here to say this needs to stop.  There are Republicans in Congress right now who privately agree with me on a lot of the ideas I’ll be proposing.  I know because they’ve said so.  But they worry they’ll face swift political retaliation for cooperating with me.

RUSH:  Oh, jeez.  Folks, I can’t react to this without… there’s something pathologically wrong here.  In the first place, “Washington has taken its eye off the ball, and I’m here to say this needs to stop.”  Now, I mentioned, I told you I heard that bite, I heard him say it live.  He is Washington!  This is the Limbaugh Theorem.  He’s articulating it himself.  It’s coming out of his own mouth.  He’s out there in Illinois claiming Washington hasn’t been paying enough attention to the economy.  They’ve been looking at the IRS. They’ve been looking at Benghazi. They have been looking into Obamacare, and they haven’t been working on the economy, and (imitation) “I’m here in Illinois to make sure that they refocus in Washington,” as though he has had nothing to do with it.

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Reagan’s House Heroes Stop Plan B

Call it a Reykjavik Moment.

An Air Traffic Controllers Moment.

Both of which were Reagan Moments.

Moments in American history when, under extreme pressure, Ronald Reagan simply refused to buckle. Against all the chorus shouted from the media and congressional bleachers — that he had failed by walking out on a bad deal with Gorbachev or recklessly fired striking air traffic controllers who were striking against federal law — Ronald Reagan never blinked.

And the fact that he didn’t blink made America — and the world — an infinitely better place.

Thursday night 13 conservative House Republicans defeated the Rule for the vote on Speaker Boehner’s highly controversial “Plan B.”

Those conservatives, by name (an asterisk denoting those who will not be returning to Congress next year) are:

Justin Amash of MI
Paul Broun of GA
Trent Franks of AZ
Louie Gohmert of TX
Tim Huelskamp of KS
Walter Jones of NC
Jim Jordan of OH
Andy Harris of MD
Jeff Landry of LA*
Thomas Massie of KY
Ron Paul of TX*
Jean Schmidt of OH*
Joe Walsh of IL*

Let’s not forget here that in terms of pressure, a great deal of it was coming from the GOP House Leadership. Congressmen Amash, Huelskamp, and Jones were removed from their committee assignments for not cooperating with the Leadership.

And make no mistake….the talk radio stars jumped on this, each in their own way. Rush was there. Hannity was there. Levin was there.

Then there was the great Brent Bozell from For America (as reported at Breitbart) pounding away just Wednesday at a Capitol Hill presser saying:

I’m going to make a prediction, right here and now, and write it down – and call me on it. If the Republicans support this tax increase, they will lose control of the House in the 2014 elections,” Bozell said.

Via: The American Spectator

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RUSH: 'MANIACAL' DEMOCRATS 'SET TO IMPLODE'

PALM BEACH, Fla. – With Election Day less than 11 weeks away, top-rated radio host Rush Limbaugh says Democrats are “set to implode,” becoming more “maniacal” and going to war against each other.

“Obama isn’t looking happy. Nobody on the Democrat side is looking happy,” Limbaugh said this afternoon. “These people are at war with each other and they’re getting, even if it’s possible, more maniacal in their TV appearances.”

Two national polls out today by Gallup and Rasmussen have Mitt Romney ahead of President Obama by two percentage points, while an Associated Press/Gfk poll has Obama leading by one point.

While analyzing the surveys, Limbaugh explained, “You can detect trends, and in swing states, Romney and Ryan are gaining ground. And in some places, it’s small but it’s perceptible. There’s something happening out there. And I frankly have been of the opinion that – and I’ve been very careful saying this – but you’ve heard me say it. If the election were held today, I think we’re looking at landslide. I thought that a week ago. I don’t want to say this too often because political situations are too volatile as the [Todd] Akin thing illustrates.”

Akin is the six-term Republican congressman from Missouri whom some Republicans are urging to quit his race for the U.S. Senate after suggesting a woman’s body can shut down a pregnancy after a “legitimate rape.” Akin has apologized for the remark and said he will not withdraw from the race.

Limbaugh said Democrats are “saying some of the craziest, wackiest things, and the Akin thing is unfortunate, but I think the Democrats are – I don’t want to say this too loud either ’cause I don’t want to affect what their inclinations are – but I think they’re set to implode over this. They have these hot-button, boilerplate issues that cause them to go to Page Two of their playbook that’s 30 years old.

Via: WND

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