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(ABC News) Dumbass Rush Limbaugh reacts to Colin Powell's endorsement of Obama in his typically measured fashion, calls Powell an ungrateful racist   (blogs.abcnews.com) divider line 221
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hubiestubert [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 08:52:32 PM  
Stayin' classy...

 
SilentStrider [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 08:57:17 PM  
how some people see him as a "comedian", I'll never know.

 
Weaver95 [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 09:00:20 PM  
I think I liked Limbaugh when he was doing oxycotin in between calls. Can we get him another perscription? I think it actually kept him sane.

 
Angry Drunk Bureaucrat [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 09:01:14 PM  
SilentStrider: how some people see him as a "comedian", I'll never know.

Performance artist, then. Much like Andy Kaufmann without the intergender wrestling.

 
Kitwilly [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 09:01:34 PM  
Hopefully, in three weeks Limbaugh and his ilk will finally be sent to the fringes where they belong. and by fringes I mean gutter.

 
MacEnvy [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 09:02:34 PM  
This headline is not "commie".

It's stupid to give the submitter the keys to the left-right meter. If the average submitter's political instincts are anywhere near the average headline's coherence, then we're in for a rough couple of weeks. Why not just let the mod do set the bent when they green it?

 
msannomalley [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 09:02:37 PM  
Rush Limbaugh reacts to Colin Powell's endorsement of Obama in his typically measured fashion, calls Powell an ungrateful racist douchebag

 
DamnYankees [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 09:03:25 PM  
Why does anyone care?

 
msannomalley [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 09:04:04 PM  
msannomalley: Rush Limbaugh reacts to Colin Powell's endorsement of Obama in his typically measured fashion, calls Powell an ungrateful racist is a douchebag

FTFM

 
DamnYankees [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 09:04:34 PM  
MacEnvy: This headline is not "commie".

It's stupid to give the submitter the keys to the left-right meter. If the average submitter's political instincts are anywhere near the average headline's coherence, then we're in for a rough couple of weeks. Why not just let the mod do set the bent when they green it?


Seriously. If we want to make it mean something, make it something TFers can vote on, like the Link Vote.

 
Scoobie [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 09:07:39 PM  
Weaver95: Can we get him another prescription? I think it actually kept him sane.

he's never been sane. i'm just wondering why he's still relevant.

 
Demetrius [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 09:07:41 PM  
img256.imageshack.us

 
burndtdan 2008-10-19 09:09:02 PM  
ungrateful racist? there he is doing that projection thing again.

 
monty666 [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 09:13:40 PM  
MacEnvy: It's stupid to give the submitter the keys to the left-right meter. If the average submitter's political instincts are anywhere near the average headline's coherence, then we're in for a rough couple of weeks.

Like sexy rough, or just rough rough?

 
Forlorne Greene [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 09:14:06 PM  
Rush and Palin are similar in that they both want to hide in a cushy place, spew their venom, yet never get challenged on an issue by someone they can't cherry-pick. They're cowards. I'd like to see Rush tell this to Powell in person, and have to listen to Powell's response.

Buchanan was saying the same thing on Hardball today (that Powell's decision was racially motivated). Some cannot understand how a person with Republican connections can make a rational, intelligent case to support Obama. It wasn't about race when David Brooks and Christopher Buckley said it. Powell gave a broad and thorough basis for his decision.

 
MsInterpreted 2008-10-19 09:18:29 PM  
Limbaugh's words are empty, except when you consider how many take in what he spews as the gospel truth.

The best way to silence him this year will be to vote.

/Vote, people, vote!

 
Lionel Mandrake [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 09:20:45 PM  
I'm endlessly amused that a drug-addled, thrice-divorced draft dodger is a hero to the flag-waving, family-values jingoist crowd.

 
Bloody William 2008-10-19 09:20:59 PM  
Powell himself addressed this during Meet the Press. If this was purely racial, he could have done this 6, 8 months ago. Why wait when you could give your race-buddy political momentum early on in the crucial parts of the cycle?

 
Three Crooked Squirrels [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 09:23:53 PM  
Petulant child.

/Mega-douches

 
SkinnyHead [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 09:24:12 PM  
MsInterpreted: The best way to silence him this year will be to vote.

How is that going to silence Mr. Limbaugh? Are Obama and democrats fixing to repeal the First Amendment?

 
Forlorne Greene [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 09:26:44 PM  
The best thing that could happen to Rush, professionally, is an Obama victory. It's much easier to beat up on a President you oppose than defend an unpopular one. He'll have a lot more material, and his ratings should go up.

 
honeymaid8 2008-10-19 09:27:08 PM  
Weaver95: I think I liked Limbaugh when he was doing oxycotin in between calls. Can we get him another perscription? I think it actually kept him sane.

Seconded.

 
Bloody William 2008-10-19 09:29:21 PM  
SkinnyHead: MsInterpreted: The best way to silence him this year will be to vote.

How is that going to silence Mr. Limbaugh? Are Obama and democrats fixing to repeal the First Amendment?


No, but Obama's socialized health care would let him get oxycontin by himself, increasing the chances of him either mellowing out or OD-ing.

And I'm fine either way. No hate like liberal hate? Limbaugh is the farking embodiment of everything that's been wrong in politics for the last 20 years.

 
Code_Archeologist [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 09:33:11 PM  
Nicely done Rush, what better way to self destruct publicly.

Ret. General Colin Powell: 76% of voters view him favorably, 17% unfavorably (August Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll)

Rush Limbaugh: 26% of voters view him favorably, 58% unfavorably (CNN/Gallup poll)

Making an unfounded personal attack on a person who is significantly more popular than you are is a sure way to destroy your career as a public figure. He lost listeners after dissing Michael J. Fox for testifying before Congress with a Parkinson's disease twitch, he is going to lose even more for suggesting that Powell is some how a racist.

 
EponymousCowHerd [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 09:39:57 PM  
MacEnvy: This headline is not "commie".

It's stupid to give the submitter the keys to the left-right meter. If the average submitter's political instincts are anywhere near the average headline's coherence, then we're in for a rough couple of weeks. Why not just let the mod do set the bent when they green it?


The mods do have final say on the commie/fascist thing.

 
CDP [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 09:44:55 PM  
The Freepers all have their panties in a twist over this......

Some say Powell has been promised, or is fishing for, a position in an Obama administration. But I venture to say that most FReepers know the main reason for his endorsement. And it's not PC to state it.

1 posted on Sunday, October 19, 2008 7:05:10 PM by T.L.Sink

limp wristed metrosexuals vote for their own?


5 posted on Sunday, October 19, 2008 7:09:25 PM by ari-freedom (It's the socialism, stupid.)


One African-American endorsed another African American....when you have a HYPEN you have DUAL ALLEGIANCES!!
Powell is a disloyal pig!


11 posted on Sunday, October 19, 2008 7:11:12 PM by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)

Powell was an Affirmative Action general.
IMHO he didn't so much spend his career fighting Communism as he did enjoying a cushy career in a number of cushy billets.

Unlike Norman Schwartzkoff, who at the rank of Colonel, reportedly carried several of his wounded troops to safety in Nam; the only time Powell ever heard gunfire was while viewing a Wesley Snipes movie.



33 posted on Sunday, October 19, 2008 7:29:20 PM by Tucker39 (I Tim. 1:15b " .....Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am


You are correct in that it is Powell's revenge against Bush....I guess he isn't man enough to put country above himself after all. He could have voted in silence, but now has soiled his image and legacy forever

40 posted on Sunday, October 19, 2008 8:15:00 PM by Swede Girl

Link (new window)


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MisterTweak 2008-10-19 09:47:04 PM  
Scoobie: Weaver95: Can we get him another prescription? I think it actually kept him sane.

he's never been sane. i'm just wondering why he's still relevant.


Way Back When, in the early 90's, he was entertaining and pointed out the inconsistencies of the powerful. Too many years of defending the idiotic in order to sell ad minutes to get-rich-quick schemes and quack herbal cures took their toll.

 
vegasj 2008-10-19 09:52:19 PM  
Rush = douche bag

 
CDP [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 10:03:35 PM  
SkinnyHead: MsInterpreted: The best way to silence him this year will be to vote.

How is that going to silence Mr. Limbaugh? Are Obama and democrats fixing to repeal the First Amendment?


SH, as usual I see that you have a well-reasoned, researched, thoughtful insight to this discussion.

It is nice to see you putting that GED in law to good use.

Please keep up the good work!


i132.photobucket.com

 
Weaver95 [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 10:03:42 PM  
Forlorne Greene: The best thing that could happen to Rush, professionally, is an Obama victory. It's much easier to beat up on a President you oppose than defend an unpopular one. He'll have a lot more material, and his ratings should go up.

well that's certainly true enough...but he DOES have to keep up appearances. which means he has to deride Powell as a traitor to the cause. He'd call him a coward if he though he could get away with it, but that won't wash even with his more slobbering idiotic worshippers. Traitor tho...that'll resonate nicely. McCarthyism usually does (the lefty version is called Marxism).

 
FruitlandGenerics [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 10:03:51 PM  
Kitwilly: Hopefully, in three weeks Limbaugh and his ilk will finally be sent to the fringes where they belong. and by fringes I mean gutter.

Best thing that ever happened to Rush was Clinton winning twice. Seriously - his numbers soared as the wingnuts longed to hear someone who thought the way they did.

Rush will make a LOT of money off Obama winning.

 
SphericalTime [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 10:08:08 PM  
You know, to suggest that the well reasoned and carefully explained position of a black Republican is racist is itself a little bit racist.

I'd say "I hope Rush is held accountable for this" but we all know that he won't be.

 
CtrlAltDelete [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 10:18:35 PM  
Who gives a sh*t what Rush Limbaugh says. His opinion is about as qualified as Al Sharpton.

 
horse-pheathers [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 10:20:42 PM  
When rumors first started drifting down the pike that Powell might endorse Obama, who _didn't_ foresee Limbaugh (and so many other Republican-uber-alles sorts) crying "Race! Race!" Anything to get people to dismiss Powell's argument for crossing party lines this election.

Sad how they're so willing to throw the man to the dogs when not long ago they had little but praise for him. Sadder still how certain parts of the Republican base will blindly follow suit.

 
Heroic Poser 2008-10-19 10:28:31 PM  
SkinnyHead:
How is that going to silence Mr. Limbaugh?


I thought Gold Members could call him Rush.

 
lajimi [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 10:32:21 PM  
i236.photobucket.com

 
FarKnight 2008-10-19 10:54:42 PM  
I see this is a "commie" thread. I therefore find it irrelevant due to the commie bias.

/PITA thing is stupid

 
beve [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 10:56:09 PM  
I'm only surprised he didn't call him "uppity".

 
The Onanist [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 11:08:09 PM  
Weaver95: I think I liked Limbaugh when he was doing oxycotin in between calls. Can we get him another perscription? I think it actually kept him sane.

Three words will make Rush's head explode.

Senator Al Franken.

/And I'm voting for him.

 
PUFTAS 2008-10-19 11:29:08 PM  
Demetrius

THIS.

 
andrewagill 2008-10-19 11:30:52 PM  
So wait...

Phase 1: Colin Powell may endorse
Phase 2: ????
Phase 3: In the aftermath of Colin Powell's endorsement...

 
moralpanic 2008-10-19 11:30:52 PM  
Christopher Buckley must be a racist too!

Oh nm, that's white guilt! Yes, the son of the founder of the National Review, put his position, and possibly career and legacy at risk, endorsed Obama because of white guilt.

 
Sodium Benzoate 2008-10-19 11:30:53 PM  
The Onanist:
Three words will make Rush's head explode.

Senator Al Franken.

/And I'm voting for him.


I high five you across state lines my good sir!

 
Slowontheuptake 2008-10-19 11:33:04 PM  
Rush Limbaugh: All class, all the time.

Really, does this surprise anyone?

Maybe we should just start reporting whenever Rush isn't a giant cockbag.

 
TheShavingofOccam123 [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 11:34:00 PM  
I think the phrase Rush was looking for was "ungrateful house negro".

What does it say about a large group of people when their mouthpiece is a turd like Rush Limbaugh?

I always remember the quote "You can't hold a man down in a ditch unless you linger there with him." All of you who love to hate are only hurting yourselves more than anyone else.

Let it go and come join the Republicans like me who are voting for Obama. It's great over here. Love, hope, optimism, single malt scotch, you name it, we got it.

 
shower_in_my_socks [TotalFark] 2008-10-19 11:36:26 PM  
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Rush is an asshole, a racist and a dinosaur. I hope he lives just long enough to see his dreams for the GOP burn to the farking ground.

 
Gunther 2008-10-19 11:36:26 PM  
By the same "logic", wouldn't that make all the white guys who endorsed McCain racist as well?

 
PUFTAS 2008-10-19 11:39:12 PM  
This was not unexpected.

 
FeedTheCollapse 2008-10-19 11:40:26 PM  
wow, I see the racists are out in force today...

 
Slowontheuptake 2008-10-19 11:40:49 PM  
andrewagill: So wait...

Phase 1: Colin Powell may endorse
Phase 2: ????
Phase 3: In the aftermath of Colin Powell's endorsement...


Yeah, I noticed that, too. For some reason the news flash about Powell's announcement only went to the main page and not to the politics tab.

 
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