Rush Limbaugh Stumping for Joseph Kony in 2011

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I lol’d, poor little Rushy can’t seem to get a break these days.

huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/0 … 32477.html

[quote]Lord’s Resistance Army are Christians. It means God. I was only kidding. Lord’s Resistance Army are Christians. They are fighting the Muslims in Sudan. And Obama has sent troops, United States troops to remove them from the battlefield, which means kill them. That’s what the lingo means, “to help regional forces remove from the battlefield,” meaning capture or kill.

So that’s a new war, a hundred troops to wipe out Christians in Sudan, Uganda, and – (interruption) no, I’m not kidding. Jacob Tapper just reported it. Now, are we gonna help the Egyptians wipe out the Christians? Wouldn’t you say that we are? I mean the Coptic Christians are being wiped out, but it wasn’t just Obama that supported that. The conservative intelligentsia thought it was an outbreak of democracy. Now they’ve done a 180 on that, but they forgot that they supported it in the first place. Now they’re criticizing it.

Lord’s Resistance Army objectives. I have them here. “To remove dictatorship and stop the oppression of our people.” Now, again Lord’s Resistance Army is who Obama sent troops to help nations wipe out. The objectives of the Lord’s Resistance Army, what they’re trying to accomplish with their military action in these countries is the following: “To remove dictatorship and stop the oppression of our people; to fight for the immediate restoration of the competitive multiparty democracy in Uganda; to see an end to gross violation of human rights and dignity of Ugandans; to ensure the restoration of peace and security in Uganda, to ensure unity, sovereignty, and economic prosperity beneficial to all Ugandans, and to bring to an end the repressive policy of deliberate marginalization of groups of people who may not agree with the LRA ideology.” Those are the objectives of the group that we are fighting, or who are being fought and we are joining in the effort to remove them from the battlefield. [/quote]

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[quote]The hunt for Joseph Kony and LRA actually began in the George W. Bush administration with 17 counterterrorism advisors sent to train Ugandan troops with millions of dollars in aid to the Ugandan army. While it dispersed the LRA, the rebel army of children regrouped and its reign of terror continued in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

So far, Rush Limbaugh has not eaten his words nor is he likely to.
But it is his rush (pun intended) to bash President Obama at every turn, even when he has his facts wrong and is on the wrong side of the argument
, that leads Limbaugh into hot water.

Last fall, Rush got away with it. This spring in the case of Sandra Fluke he didn’t.

But it is unlikely that he will get a pass the next time around either, which is why his outrageous attack on our troops and the President has returned to haunt him in the spring of Kony 2012.[/quote]http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/ad-lib/2012/mar/13/kony-2012-limbaugh-berated-obama-sending-troops-af/
There’s the problem. :thumbsdown:

This is old news though:[quote]
What Limbaugh did not say was that the list of LRA objectives appeared to have come straight off Wikipedia, according to a contemporaneous New York Times account. Nor did Limbaugh mention that for years the group had been widely accused of torture, murder, looting, and wanton destruction.

Perhaps the other major reason Limbaugh made this faux pas was that he was just talking too fast about stuff of which he knew little. Today over 50 million people have seen the Invisible Children video, which documents such LRA abuses as its kidnapping of children for use as soldiers. But Limbaugh’s discussion of the group occurred long before it became so well known.

In fact, as his broadcast progressed last October, Limbaugh obviously began receiving reports from listeners of the LRA’s real nature.

Near the end of the show he said, “Is that right? The Lord’s Resistance Army is being accused of really bad stuff? … Well, we just found out about this today. We’re gonna do, of course, our due diligence research on it. But nevertheless we got a hundred troops being sent over there to fight these guys – and they claim to be Christians.
”

At the time, the broadcast created an uproar among those who knew of the LRA’s actions. The next day conservative Sen. James Inhofe (R) of Oklahoma went on the Senate floor to set the record straight, noting that Joseph Kony was in no way a Christian, and that he had been disavowed by the Ugandan Catholic Church.

“I stand behind the president in his decision … Josephy Kony and the LRA are responsible for one of the longest, most violent, and costly conflicts ever on the continent of Africa,” Senator Inhofe said.

Even Stephen Colbert took after Limbaugh for his maladroit move. On his Oct. 19 Colbert Report, the comedian picked up on the talk show host’s “due diligence” comment, saying, “Of course due diligence always comes after accusing the president of killing Christians.”

“That’s why it’s called re-search,” said Colbert, drawing out the last word. “If you do it before, it’s called pre-search.”[/quote]Why did Rush Limbaugh defend Joseph Kony and Lord's Resistance Army? - CSMonitor.com

Seems like Rush knew he stuck his foot in his mouth right after he said it.

People often say Rush is a news guy, but I’d put him up there with the best of the political comedians. and then shelve his “insight” accordingly. :raspberry:

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[quote=“jdsmith”]

People often say Rush is a news guy, but I’d put him up there with the best of the political comedians. and then shelve his “insight” accordingly. :raspberry:[/quote]

Ya. He’s fuckin’ hilarious. :loco:

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Rush Limbaugh is the best thing to ever happen for the Dems. The guy has been nothing but full of shit since 92.
Mega dittos, my ass.

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Is it time for our 2-minute hate on a private citizen already?

:flog:

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[quote=“saddletramp”]Rush Limbaugh is the best thing to ever happen for the Dems. The guy has been nothing but full of shit since 92.
Mega dittos, my ass.[/quote]

He’s the BOSS!

[quote]
Appearing on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront,” David Axelrod said that Limbaugh is “really the de facto boss of the party. Everybody responds to him, which is the reason why I think Gov. Romney was afraid to take him on.”[/quote]

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Someone defending the misogynistic Bill Maher?

I am both shocked and saddened by this.

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[quote=“TainanCowboy”]Someone defending the misogynistic Bill Maher?

I am both shocked and saddened by this.[/quote]

Hello there inside the bibble. Calling a particular woman an idiot doesn’t make him a hater of women. It makes him a hater of idiots. He is dorkinystic if anything. But I know you are neither shocked or saddened in reality. You’ve just made a bowl of popcorn and are settling in for a good evening’s worth of interactive flamefesting. Fan on Cowpoke…fan on… :wink:

But ya, let’s make this thread about Bill and not Rush. Deflect (that old tactic) away from the fact that he publicly supported a rapist and murderer of children. We sure don’t want thinking Repubes to focus on that little faux pas do we?

FWIW, I wish the right had something to offer. Anything at all. But the entire message, from Hannity and Beck and Friends, thru Limbarf right on up to Santorum and Gingrich, is wraught with 15th century appeal. If Ron Paul weren’t so fiscally stunted, I’d probably back him over BHO. At least those debates would be something worth my time.

Naw…yinz are doomed. I and the rest of the world sit waiting for the bubble that is American Democracy to go POP.

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[quote=“TainanCowboy”]Someone defending the misogynistic Bill Maher?

I am both shocked and saddened by this.[/quote]
And a racist!

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Funny you should bring up old Bill, he’s the best thing for the Republican party.

Clowns to the LEFT of me, Jokers to the RIGHT. :runaway:

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[quote=“Stewart Pendous”][quote=“jdsmith”][quote=“TainanCowboy”]Someone defending the misogynistic Bill Maher?

I am both shocked and saddened by this.[/quote]
And a racist!

[/quote]

Really clutching at straws now boyo. Deflect away. Quick. Before anyone realizes this thread is actually about RUSH LIMBAUGH SUPPORTING GENOCIDE OF CHILDREN.[/quote]
Go sell an ad, adguy. Isn’t this post kind of an abuse of your position?

And please, I’ve already stated my thoughts about Rush. He’s a boob and he got caught with his foot in his mouth.

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[quote=“Okami”]Is it time for our 2-minute hate on a private citizen already?

:flog:[/quote]

Yes, because outspoken media critics should be left to themselves and not questioned on their commentary because they are ‘private citizens’. Were you taking a shit when you wrote this?

[quote=“TainanCowboy”]Someone defending the misogynistic Bill Maher?

I am both shocked and saddened by this.[/quote]

Latest move in the right wing playbook: Run the Bill Maher parallel whenever a right wing talking head talks out his ass, don’t discuss the content, keep it antagonistic, remind the left that some of them are wrong too (although Maher claims to be ‘independent’…cheeky of him to steal a play from the right wing playbook like that).

[quote=“saddletramp”]
Clowns to the LEFT of me, Jokers to the RIGHT. :runaway:[/quote]

Close, but you got it backwards.

For the record, I simply thought it was poor timing given the recent Facebook thingy and all the crap about Kony, and my post states that. You guys (yes YOU!) got all lathered up, but back to the original premise, you gotta admit it is kind of funny, in a pigheaded, reactionary, grab for the straws kind of way.

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Rush Limbaugh is now on Twitter…sets your lil’ hearts all aflitter, eh?

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Yesterday I wrote, “Really clutching at straws now boyo. Deflect away. Quick. Before anyone realizes this thread is actually about RUSH LIMBAUGH SUPPORTING GENOCIDE OF CHILDREN.”

Just so the quote doesn’t appear to emanate from no where. Good one though, JD. I realized I had posted under my corporate smurf nano-seconds after clicking submit and removed it within 20 seconds. But jd-on-the-spot was there to catch my slip up. Brava!!

Anyway, this may happen from time to time. I try to catch it b4 pre-click, but sometimes I post too quickly. Sorry for any confusion and let’s get back to our regular programming…

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LOL, some people just haven’t figured out what context really means. …LOL

[quote]
(excert)
from October 14, 2011:
BEGIN TRANSCRIPT
USH: On sending the soldiers to fight the Christians in Africa, here is how Obama ends his letter to John Boehner justifying sending troops to Uganda: “I have directed this deployment, which is in the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States, pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct US foreign relations and as commander-in-chief and chief executive.” Would somebody explain to me what you think our “national security interests” are in Uganda. Now, keep in mind, folks, this is the same Barack Obama who said that we had no national security interests in attacking Iraq. After they were shooting at our planes and trying to kill our president and Allah knows what else, Obama said, “We got no national security interests in Iraq! They don’t threaten us! What are we doing?” We’ve got 500 to a thousand soldiers in the Lord’s Resistance Army and Uganda trying to wipe them out, and we’re sending a hundred soldiers to help them.

Vital national interests are at stake, according to Obama.

BREAK TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: I wonder when the Nobel Committee is gonna call Obama and ask for the Peace Prize back. You think this is what they had in mind when he got the Peace Prize? Remember, he got that prize on the come. He hadn’t done anything for peace, and since then, how many wars are we in now, five? And he hasn’t gotten us out of any of these wars? I know, isn’t gonna happen.

BREAK TRANSCRIPT

Is that right? The Lord’s Resistance Army is being accused of really bad stuff? Child kidnapping, torture, murder, that kind of stuff? Well, we just found out about this today. We’re gonna do, of course, our due diligence research on it. But nevertheless we got a hundred troops being sent over there to fight these guys – and they claim to be Christians.
rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2011/ … christians [/quote]
abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/20 … ance-army/ <- link to the story Rush quoted.

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[quote=“TainanCowboy”]LOL, some people just haven’t figured out what context really means. …LOL

[quote]
(excert)
from October 14, 2011:
BEGIN TRANSCRIPT
USH: On sending the soldiers to fight the Christians in Africa, here is how Obama ends his letter to John Boehner justifying sending troops to Uganda: “I have directed this deployment, which is in the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States, pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct US foreign relations and as commander-in-chief and chief executive.” Would somebody explain to me what you think our “national security interests” are in Uganda. Now, keep in mind, folks, this is the same Barack Obama who said that we had no national security interests in attacking Iraq. After they were shooting at our planes and trying to kill our president and Allah knows what else, Obama said, “We got no national security interests in Iraq! They don’t threaten us! What are we doing?” We’ve got 500 to a thousand soldiers in the Lord’s Resistance Army and Uganda trying to wipe them out, and we’re sending a hundred soldiers to help them.

Vital national interests are at stake, according to Obama.

BREAK TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: I wonder when the Nobel Committee is gonna call Obama and ask for the Peace Prize back. You think this is what they had in mind when he got the Peace Prize? Remember, he got that prize on the come. He hadn’t done anything for peace, and since then, how many wars are we in now, five? And he hasn’t gotten us out of any of these wars? I know, isn’t gonna happen.

BREAK TRANSCRIPT

Is that right? The Lord’s Resistance Army is being accused of really bad stuff? Child kidnapping, torture, murder, that kind of stuff?
Well, we just found out about this today.
We’re gonna do, of course, our due diligence research on it. But nevertheless we got a hundred troops being sent over there to fight these guys – and they claim to be Christians.
rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2011/ … christians [/quote]
abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/20 … ance-army/ ← link to the story Rush quoted.[/quote]

Now, TC. CUT THAT OUT! Facts have no place in neither here nor organized religion.

This thread is about
RUSH LIMBAUGH SUPPORTING GENOCIDE OF CHILDREN.

And that’s what it CLEARLY says in that quote you put up. Jesus, even a doped up Hannah Montana can see that, yo! :aiyo:

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[quote=“jdsmith”]Now, TC. CUT THAT OUT! Facts have no place in neither here nor organized religion.

This thread is about
RUSH LIMBAUGH SUPPORTING GENOCIDE OF CHILDREN.

And that’s what it CLEARLY says in that quote you put up. Jesus, even a doped up Hannah Montana can see that, yo! :aiyo:[/quote]

piesay…:bow:

(magic words…now you have to forgive me)…

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I second JDSMith’s post.

TC, you have screwed up.

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lulz

right wingers really DO create their own reality. read the OP, then read your replies, then read the OP, then read your replies…continue this circuit to undo the spin in your collective brains.

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[quote=“Okami”]I second JDSMith’s post.

TC, you have screwed up.[/quote]
Dude…I said “piesay”…you’re not allowed to cap on me any further.

Plus…the money picture is really cool…:smiley: