A Friend Stopped By | 02/26/2009 10:30 am

Margo Howard Calls Rush Limbaugh a Fat Fool

By Margo Howard

Well, that didn’t take long. Obama’s been in office little more than a month and I am once more in banshee mode, alternately known as high dudgeon, about the Republicans (exempting a very few, like Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins). Republican leaders are calling it “irresponsible” to increase some taxes, along with the federal debt. Well, there is no choice! Why can’t these party hacks connect the dots and own up to the fact that these measures are necessary because George Bush, with Cheney pulling the strings, got us into this mess … mostly to help their big business buddies? Obama inherited this financial chaos. I assure you he did not choose to begin his term by rescuing financial institutions and printing money.

The putative golden boy of the Republicans, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, in a lame response to Obama’s address, beat the drum for tax cuts. Helloooooo. We had tax cuts, remember? And … the Republicans’ own George W. Bush, during eight years, ran up quite an eye-popping deficit himself.

I find it Kafkaesque that many Republicans embrace the wish voiced by that fat fool Rush Limbaugh that Obama fail. It is hard to imagine an American even saying that. Do these people not live here, too? Who in their right mind would wish failure on a leader just because their guy lost? This is partisanship on steroids, with a big dose of obstructionism thrown in.

But I have a wish, too, Rush: that when the Republican legislators battling Obama come up for reelection, they are booted out, in big numbers, with their constituents letting them know that singing the same old song is no longer acceptable. Not to mention that they were way off-key in the first place.

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10 things you should know about Obama’s plan (but probably don’t)

The plan:

Makes a $634 billion down payment on fixing health care that will go a long way toward paying for a more efficient, more affordable health care system that covers every single American.
Reduces taxes for 95% of working Americans. And if your family makes less than $250,000, your taxes won’t go up one dime.
Invests more than $100 billion in clean energy technology, creating millions of green jobs that can never be outsourced.
Brings our troops home from Iraq on a firm timetable, finally bringing the war to a close—and freeing up almost ten billion dollars a month for domestic priorities.
Reverses growing income inequality. The plan lets the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans expire and focuses on strengthening the middle class.
Closes multi-billion-dollar tax loopholes for big oil companies.
Increases grants to help families pay for college—the largest increase ever.
Halves the deficit by 2013. President Obama inherited a legacy of huge deficits and an economy in shambles, but his plan brings the deficit under control as soon as the economy begins to recover.
Dramatically increases funding for the SEC and the CFTC—the agencies that police Wall Street.
Tells it straight. For years, budgets have used accounting tricks to hide the real costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Bush tax cuts, and too many other programs. Obama’s budget gets rid of the smokescreens and lays out what America’s priorities are, what they cost, and how we’re going to pay for them.

This is the change we voted for. President Obama has done his part, now we need to do ours.

P.S. Turns out there are way more than 10 amazing things in Obama’s budget and we couldn’t resist sharing just a few more.

Stops unnecessary government subsidies to big banks, health insurance companies and big agribusiness.
Expands access to early childhood education and improves schools by investing in programs that make sure every child has a qualified, strong teacher.
Negotiates for better prescription drug prices using Medicaid’s tremendous bargaining power.
Expands access to family planning for low-income women.
Caps the pollution that causes global warming, and makes polluters pay to support clean energy innovation.

- by Daniel Mintz

By DeBúrca obj on 03/01/2009 11:30 pm

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i never voted for him…and the same change was promised by McCain and other Dems b4 Obama …it never happened because the secret societies do not want it to and therefore kill off those who try to put power in the peoples hands …all people not just blacks and others who want the same thing…power!! So they try to fool the Americans and Obama and his mass million black voters did that very thing…it will not stick!!

By Sharon Jones on 03/02/2009 7:01 am

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McCain didn’t promise the ‘same change’. In fact, every one of his policy stances were in lock step with Bush.

By DeBúrca obj on 03/02/2009 10:27 am

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McCain is a whore monger and a war monger, thank God, he didn’t win the election.

By Alessan O on 03/05/2009 2:27 am

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McCain is a whore monger and a war monger, thank God, he didn’t win the election.

By Alessan O on 03/05/2009 2:27 am

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"his mass million black voters…" By Sharon Jones

Sharon, Barack Obama WON a huge majority of American voters and did so by winning the majority of every demographic… most women voters, most African American voters, most young voters, most hispanic voters, most Catholic voters… you name it, Obama won every demographic except older white males. So the idea that he won due to a "mass million black vote" is absolutely ridiculous.

By DeBúrca obj on 03/02/2009 10:30 am

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Oh, and Sharon, I forgot to also mention Obama won the majority of INDEPENDENT voters as well…. and it is the Independent voter who is being repelled from the Republican Party every time Limbaugh opens his big trap.

By DeBúrca obj on 03/02/2009 10:32 am

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you also failed to mention that people to not elect the president anymore…thats fake..it is electorial votes paid for by the presidential hopeful…and a lot of Obamas money came from muslim nations and terrorists harboring countries…my eyes are open.

By Sharon Jones on 03/02/2009 10:44 am

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Obama got both the majority of the popular vote AND the electoral vote.

And the vast majority of Obama’s money came from the average American in small campaign donations under $200. That is a fact, in spite of the right wing attempt to spin it otherwise.

Your "eyes are open" to lies and spin.

By DeBúrca obj on 03/02/2009 11:38 am

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no my dear that is false…Obama promised not to use money from other entities and got mad if he thought McCain was…you are so not with it if you think he won by little public donations. You know the truth as well as everyone does…is he a your dream of being something you are not? Whats your beef. You cannot change my mind or the millions who know the same thing i do…what a mistake we made!!!

By Sharon Jones on 03/03/2009 12:33 am

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I might have chosen a slightly less physical description of the bloviating master of propaganda, but I certainly appreciate the variety of opinions shared in this thread. To me, Mr. Limbaugh seems nothing more than a highly skilled cult leader with a microphone and a big tent. "Follow me blindly, for I am the ONE TRUE VOICE." If this means disconnecting from family and friends, so be it. If this demands sycophantic submission, and the suspension of independent thinking, so be it. Or sabotaging the will of the majority at ANY cost….so be it. His brilliance is reflected in his ability to convince his faithful supplicants that he has educated them and made them EVER so much smarter that any NON-ditto-head who might hold a different view. (There is a post on this thread that would appear to support this theory.) If they dare question, they have betrayed his ONE TRUE VOICE and are subjected to rants of ridicule….. politicians and common folk alike……and are then excommunicated from the congregation of the smart until that time they can see the light and come groveling back. United, his loyal lemmings continue to enrich Rush and divide the country. Not so hard to understand really. The moonies knew the drill: unquestioning devotion coupled with a well-programmed mission. America is Limbaugh’s airport and the currency collected for him here is power. (Any deprogramming jobs in that new stimulus package?) If the ONE TRUE VOICE actually gave a damn about the Republican Party, or genuine honorable conservatism in this country, he would be working to strengthen, not further divide Republicans in a time of crisis. He would value the importance of balance, and the need for a healthy two party system. He would aspire to provide solutions instead of working to create division and failure. Instead he continues to laugh heartily at us, fans and critics alike, swaggering all the way to the (Swiss?) bank.

By ~ countrywoman ~ on 03/02/2009 1:29 am

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wow, countrywoman. well said.

By rocky rocky on 03/03/2009 12:25 am

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Thanks for the thumb’s up, RR. This is a subject close to my heart. I have a very dear friend who has been sucked down into the Ditto-cult, it has been painful and frightening to watch. The guy used to think for himself but over time, that beautiful open mind has been systematically "re-educated" and locked down. Green is red if Rush says so. Should anyone dare question the wisdom of the great one, they must be unpatriotic and really stupid. Buh-bye critical analysis or discussion. Nothing but an indignant "defend the mentor" session now. I was only half-joking about those deprogramming jobs. We all remember what Jim Jones was able to "inspire" with a Bible. At least Limbaugh is only working to insure that our democratically elected government’s policies fail. Always something to be grateful for, I suppose?

By ~ countrywoman ~ on 03/03/2009 3:13 am