Rush Limbaugh: 'The Press Has Met Their Waterloo and It's Obama'

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Expounding on a formulation he's propounded this week on his radio show in pivoting off Senator Jim DeMint's prediction health care could become President Obama's “Waterloo,” in an interview with FNC's Greta Van Susteren aired Thursday night Rush Limbaugh asserted: “The press has met their Waterloo and it's Obama.” Limbaugh contended “they have sacrificed whatever integrity, character, professionalism, ethics that they've had” so now “their total reason – most of them – for existence” is “propping this guy up.” The nation's most popular talk radio host ridiculed MSNBC's “countdown clock” during the day Wednesday: “Countdown clock: 8 hours, 25 minutes, 13 seconds until Obama's press conference!”

Journalists are “sitting around with the tingles up their legs all day” as “they marvel at how Obama is so smooth and elegant,” yet, Limbaugh observed in the interview conducted in Florida, over 50 percent of the people “oppose this health care plan,” prompting him to ask and answer: “Who's telling the people what's in it? Alternative media, your network, talk radio, the conservative blog network. The mainstream media has cashed in its chips, they have become nothing more than stenographers for Rahm Emanuel.”

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Limbaugh's slam at the drive-by media, as shown on the July 23 On the Record with Greta Van Susteren:

And the press, this is the sorriest time, I think, in my lifetime. Jim DeMint said that health care is Obama's waterloo. The press has met their Waterloo and it's Obama. They have sacrificed whatever integrity, character, professionalism, ethics that they've had. It's all gone. Their total reason – most of them – for existence: propping this guy up. They're not reporting the details of his plans, they're not reporting his policies. They're looking at it as a horse race: Will Obama win? Will Obama lose? And there are countdown clocks on some of the networks for the press conference last night. Countdown clock: 8 hours, 25 minutes, 13 seconds until Obama's press conference!

These people sitting around with the tingles up their legs all day, they marvel at how Obama is so smooth and elegant. They are not informing anybody about the details of his policies and yet 53 percent, over 50 percent in most polls now, oppose this health care plan. So who's telling the people? Who's telling the people what's in it? Alternative media, your network, talk radio, the conservative blog network. The mainstream media has cashed in its chips, they have become nothing more than stenographers for Rahm Emanuel, in large part, and it's breathtaking to see willingly sacrifice every characteristic that makes quality journalism.

—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center


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  Rush is right.  The

  Rush is right.  The media bet everything on obama and he has blown it.  Most likely they could have had their liberal agenda advanced much farther had they not dropped hillary who is a much more experienced politician than obama but they just couldn't resist being 'historic' and promote their dream candidate in the form of a minority.

I agree with your

I agree with your reasoning.

It's so they can say "I'm not a racist; the person I admire most is black!"

I don't think they cover for him just because they promoted him. I think they feel like his Presidency is "their" Presidency (they are part of it); that's why they have to make it out a success no matter what.

We now have the most clueless President since Jimmy Carter, and he hasn't even surrounded himself with experienced hands, except in the art of politics. 

The race factor and mandates

I agree that Obama benefited from voters who wanted to be PC. Unfortunately, he took this election as a mandate for more government control.

(Sadly, this affliction affects politicians, regardless of party. Unless voters actually vote on a single issue, politicians should not assume a "mandate" because of their election.)

                  ~~save your tea, dump congress~~

Rush has integrity?

That's funny - this thrice married draft dodging drug addict - this fat, undisciplined racist is accusing others of propping up Obama! even as Rush - who never accomplished ANYTHING, is propped up as a spokesman for the bankrupt conservative movemnt! Rush Limbaugh couldn't get a handful of Klansmen to his funeral, while Obama can draw crowds the world over, but we're to believe that somehow Rush is the serious voice while Obama is a fake...

sure - if it helps you sleep at night... 

jabelson, That's funny

jabelson,

That's funny - this thrice married draft dodging drug addict - this
fat, undisciplined racist...

I think you forgot "doody-head".

...is accusing others of propping up Obama!

I guess you've missed the hundreds of posts on this website which have provided evidence of just how up Obama's butt the MSM is. 

even as Rush - who never accomplished ANYTHING,..

Well, except, you know, being one of the most successful radio talk show hosts - ever. Aside from that...

Rush Limbaugh couldn't get a handful of Klansmen to his funeral, while Obama can draw crowds the world over,

Um, what? Generally, when you make comparisons, you need to compare similar situations. How about comparing how many people listen to Limbaugh on a daily basis to the number of people in those crowds. Oh, wait. That would undermine your point.

Keep up the good work, Einstein.

Off the topic, but ...

Why are these stars ... treated as courageous recoverees, but Rush is a pill-poppin' drug addict?

KC, Two words...

KC,

Two words... selective outrage

"The World Loves My Obama" - a short story by Jabelson

Oh, Obama is going to be drawing even larger crowds in the near future, only they're going to be wielding pitchforks and torches.

And there'll be plenty of Democrats in the mob, in case you haven't been keeping up with the news.

Another drive by hater

It is funny how much the 'tolerant and compassionate' ones on the left always show their true hater colors with derogatory, vile, slanderous nonsense (their trademark). Jabelson you are just so righteous in your indignation, must have touched a nerve you know bashing your savior. 

"Somehow, I told you so, just doesn't quite say it." Will Smith in 'I, Robot.'

Friends, when you all see me reference the government-schooled

...American Idol watching, People Magazine reading dumbMass stoopid sheeple, jabelson here is the kind of person I am referring to.

LOL-Just thought I would throw that out there as an example, but then,  most of you already knew tthat anyway.

-Dave

Just exactly who is this Barack Hussein Obama?

Oh dear -- ANGRY WHITE

Oh dear -- ANGRY WHITE LIBERAL goes off the deep end!

As Nelson Munz would say -- HA HA.

Ever notice how people who believe complex conspiracy theories, usually think the intricate universe and humans are merely an accidental product of random events. 

Proof of journalism's decay

What's actually in the healthcare plan?

  • We're about to change the way we do medicine. We're about to spend going on a trillion. The politicians are frothing.
  • WHY?
  • If you don't really know (I admit I don't) ... what's the whole point of journalism?

All I know is that they're proposing a "public option," which means that government is creating an insurance company for uninsured people that the rest of us have to pay for. And if you want to join it yourself, fine.

  • But of course, if they do that, citizens will be paying for their own insurance and for free riders. Why will people pay for two insurances when they're only covered by one?
  • Sooner or later, everyone will be economically driven (like cattle) to the public option.
  • Government will become the only insurer. Hell, you're paying for it now anyway.

Other than the public option, what else are we talking about here?

And if you don't know ... what does that say about journalism? Remember that as you hear the fawning over Obama's salesmanship. They'll tell you how smoothly he's selling it, but they're not telling you anything about what he's actually selling.

And, of course, Obama

And, of course, Obama purposely isn't telling us the details because that would reveal what an abomination the government health plan would be.

But I don't even think that he has a clue to what the details are.

That's also why he's tried

That's also why he's tried to rush this through.

He learned from Hillarycare: the more people know about it the more they hated it!

You can't tell me that he doesn't know about that ticking bomb on page 16! He either told the Democrats what he wanted to be in the bill, which means he's lying or he didn't and just let them have their way with it.

Either case is appalling.

Bank of America now advertises a mortgage that summarizes the whole thing on one page, in plain language.  Granted, this isn't just a mortgage, but why should it take 1100 pages to explain? 

That, more than anything, reveals the sorry fact that they don't just want to provide medical insurance for everyone; they want to control the health care system in this country.

You don't have to read the whole bill

 
Just to page 16, to find out that it won't be an economic decision to go to the government option.  What will happen is you will be forced to the government option if you decide to change insurance.  Further, it says that by 2017 all other options disappear.

This is another case of Obama lied, health care died.  When he was out stumping for this plan, someone asked him about this page.  His comment was that he had not read the bill.  Maybe some "show prep" is in order for the Actor in Chief.

It has become a low life

It has become a low life limbo:  just when you think the 'journalists' couldn't stoop any lower, they amaze everyone by acting like they've spent their whole lives in the sewer.

I appreciate Greta giving Rush a large portion of her show to

reach viewers who don't listen to his radio show. Part 2 of her interview with Rush will be on tomorrow (Friday).

I'm going to send her an email at ontherecord@foxnews.com, and thank her for having Rush as her guest.

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“Understand something about liberalism.  They never stop until they get what they want, and when they get what they want, it's never enough.  That's why it's a constant thing to have to oppose them.  You can't join forces with them, you can't moderate them, you can't slow them down by joining them, you can't make them like you and have them change their agenda.  They have to be stopped.” ~ Rush Limbaugh

Rats, I missed it! Does

Rats, I missed it!

Does anyone know if her show repeats at any time?

Well I guess I'll have to go online to foxnews and see if they have full episodes there.

morning motherbelt, when in

morning motherbelt, when in doubt go to you tube, LOL

motherbelt

HERE are links to videos of the interview. There are three parts.

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"Obama knows this stimulus won't work. The Democrats know it won't work, too, and yet they want to do it. So why do they want to do it? Well, it must accomplish something, and it does, folks: it buys votes." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Reparations is Hiding

is hiding in the open, here and for blacks mostly. Problem is there is no end game, just money and unlimited opportunities for them. We never get to say "there, that's settled." 

Glenn Beck had it all on yesterday. 

El Rushbo!

Rush Limbaugh is one million percent dead on with this. And yesterday was a perfect example of this. When all those New Jersey DEMOCRATS, were arrested for a money laundering scheme on Thursday, would any state run media mention their party affiliation. "HELL NO!"  Slowly but surely, any smart American's have drifted awasy from the network crap. I can't wait to hear the state run media's excuses this time. They will be outraged, that Mr. Limbaugh has the nerve to tell American's the truth. That's because Rush will do that, unlike these other wastes of stenographers.

         I have

         I have nothing to add. Rush has already said what I think.

Rush is right

The MSM have indeed sacrificed whatever was left of their integrity and ethics on the altar of The Dear Leader.  When Obama goes down, and I hope he does, I hope the sychophants in the press follow.

By the way, we all know who one of the 'tinglers' is -- Chrissy Matthews.  That panty-waist scumbag.  That he is still on is a puzzlement and a travesty.

 

ObamaMedia

 reminds me of the "CarFax" commercial:

 

Buyer (us): "great car now show me the carfax quote"

 

Seller (obamamedia) : "it has a radio"

 

Buyer: "nice,now show me the carfax"

 

Seller: " it has shiny hubcaps"

 

Buyer" "seriously, show me the carfax"

 

 

Smoke and mirrors just like this "Administration"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"I LOVE DEAD KENNEDY'S"

CarFax analogy is perfect

The CarFax analogy is perfect. I want to see the CarFax on Obama.

Careful, Cacca chewchew

Careful, Cacca chewchew will label you a "Birther".  I too would love to see the real Obama.  There are sooooo many gaps then need to be filled in.

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

Re Cars

Michael Steele came up with some great analogies to describe what the Bamster is trying to do, and one of them is the pushy car salesman that tells you -"this deal is only for today, if you come back tomorrow this deal will not be available..."

Exercise gyms use these same tactics. His description of the democratics' program as 'experimental' is also worth repeating.

Voters Scared of Obama's Rushed Experiments: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com

Takes a while to fax it

Takes a while to fax it from Kenya.

They're not using the drums anymore?

They're not using the drums anymore?

Fox is my default channel but I don't usually...

watch Greta.  I DVR Beck, O'Reilly and Hannity.  Last night and tonight I added Greta to my roster.  I am curious to see her ratings for Rush's appearances.  Bet they were never higher.  Jim Webster