Limbaugh: "The Obama Recession Has Begun"

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I was amazed when I heard him say it today. He had invented a whole new fallacy. "Pre hoc ergo proctor hoc"

Actually, of course, he was saying that the mere election of Obama had caused us to slip into recession. Of course, in that case he is committing the fallacy of confusing cause and effect.

But mostly, when I heard it, I thought...

Aaarrrgh!...The stupid!....It burns!!!!
 
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He lost me the moment he gleefully quoted whoever referred to Obama as a "magic negro."
 
Meadmaker said:
I was amazed when I heard him say it today. He had invented a whole new fallacy. "Pre hoc ergo proctor hoc"

Actually, of course, he was saying that the mere election of Obama had caused us to slip into recession. Of course, in that case he is committing the fallacy of confusing cause and effect.

But mostly, when I heard it, I thought...

Aaarrrgh!...The stupid!....It burns!!!!
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WOW, the honeymoons over!
 
I listened to Rush a bit today. I wanted to see what he had to say about the election. He attacked anyone who voted for Obama as stupid and talked about how he wished that Ohio would suffer financially. He actually defended that. Then said that he would personally ensure that America would be ok in the end and for folks not to worry too much. I damn near spit out my coffee. I wondered if I heard that right. It was at the beginning of the 3rd hour. Did you hear it?
 
I caught part of the rushblob on the radio last night. He was whining that the right wing of the party is being screwed and that it was only because of palin that the ticket did as well as it did. Contrast that to BillO saying that there country is really only about 39% conservative, and that pushing too hard to the right will lose more seats. How many of the Senators bounced in this election were middle-of-the-road? How many moderate Republicans held their seats.

It actually looked for a while like McConnel was going to get what he had coming.

Send Narco to the rushblob's house. He seems to have fallen off the wagon.
 
Do you guys think he actually believes this dribble? I'd be surprised if he did.
 
I wish I had invested in Republican sour grapes before the election.
I'd be a happy miser now.
 
Wait, Rush Limbaugh is still around? I thought he OD'd on Tylenol or Midol or something back in the late nineties.
 
I was listening to a few economists and prognosticators on the boob tube on Monday and they were predicting the stock market wouldn't move much if Obama won, because his victory and tax increase on job creators was already factored into the recent slump. They expected a boost if McCain won. If it were only that simple.

Whatever, after the last 8 years of the media trashing Bush and the economy 24/7, Obama running a divisive campaign of "blame Bush for everything bad" for the last 2 years, is it realistic to expect a turnaround in a day or two? Obama and the media might have done their job too well and they've started something they don't know how to stop.
 
Well, my father was screaming about yesterday's 5% slip in the markets and blaming it all on Obama. "Of course Wall Street is in the crapper! They know that Obama is going to tax American business out of existance!!!"
 
RandFan said:
It was at the beginning of the 3rd hour. Did you hear it?
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No. I usually listen on my way to or from lunch and/or lunchtime errands. That means I catch a little bit of the first hour one or two times a week, and I usually switch back and forth between him and Tom Hartman (sp?) on Air America.

If Franken loses in Minnesota, as appears likely, I hope he gets that slot back.
 
I listened to him Nov. 5th, very briefly on a short drive home. All I heard before the commercial break was "Ever since John McCain got the nomination everything I predicted has come true!"
 
Meadmaker said:
No. I usually listen on my way to or from lunch and/or lunchtime errands. That means I catch a little bit of the first hour one or two times a week, and I usually switch back and forth between him and Tom Hartman (sp?) on Air America.

If Franken loses in Minnesota, as appears likely, I hope he gets that slot back.
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Franken is gaining and there will be a recount. It's not over yet. Tom Hartmann is ok. Maddow is the only reason I tuned in anymore and now that she is on TV I haven't even turned on Air America. Oh wait, not true, I listen to FFRF religiously ;) but truth be told I usually catch the podcast. I caught Maron and Seder recently and I might start making that a regular.
 
What I find most delicious about el Rushbo is how he's defending Palin against Fox News! Nothing like watching these right-wingers eat each other...

 
RandFan said:
I listened to Rush a bit today. I wanted to see what he had to say about the election. He attacked anyone who voted for Obama as stupid and talked about how he wished that Ohio would suffer financially. He actually defended that. Then said that he would personally ensure that America would be ok in the end and for folks not to worry too much. I damn near spit out my coffee. I wondered if I heard that right. It was at the beginning of the 3rd hour. Did you hear it?
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I listen to Rush mostly for entertainment, but as for politics I don't have much favor in him after the whole thing he did with Clinton during the primaries. Schnidt (however you spell his name) is the one I listen to right now...
 
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RandFan said:
Franken is gaining and there will be a recount. It's not over yet. Tom Hartmann is ok.
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Tom Hartmann is a 9/11 truther, or at least was the last time I heard him. I listened to him do a whole segment about how the fires couldn't have been that hot with that lady standing in the ragged crash site.
 
Meadmaker said:
I was amazed when I heard him say it today. He had invented a whole new fallacy. "Pre hoc ergo proctor hoc"

Actually, of course, he was saying that the mere election of Obama had caused us to slip into recession. Of course, in that case he is committing the fallacy of confusing cause and effect.

But mostly, when I heard it, I thought...

Aaarrrgh!...The stupid!....It burns!!!!
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My patience for the Round Mound of Sound started to wane a while ago when he featured that "Barack the Magic Negro" song (with an Al Sharpton impressionist as the singer).

Of course I gave in this morning and listened to him warn that media people have noticed that Obama is "creepy" and (later) that "It's almost like he's not a real person".

That last statement is a red flag because of the message it sends to people with unbalanced minds: Painting a leader with a paranoid brush and then reducing him to an object (not a person), serves as justification for the harming of that person. Limbaugh is walking a very thin line, I think.
 
Limbaugh: A legend in his own mind....and the only opinion he cares about is his own.
Couldn't care less if I didn't listen to him again.
 
The rushblob is having a hissy fit because he is afraid that the Fairness Doctrine is coming back and that he will be out of a job.

I think the Narco squad needs to pay him a visit. I think he's popping pills again.
 
leftysergeant said:
The rushblob is having a hissy fit because he is afraid that the Fairness Doctrine is coming back and that he will be out of a job.

I think the Narco squad needs to pay him a visit. I think he's popping pills again.
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Say, whatever happened to the allegations that he illegally purchased drugs?
 
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