Rush Limbaugh addreses CPAC - I liveblog it!

[zdover]

Rush Limbaugh is good at talking without saying "uh

Comments

[grosely_clerx]

Checking Wikipedia reveals that he's been married three times, but is silent on the issue of procreation. It did, however, show me his quote bemoaning the persecution of U.S. soldiers at Abu Ghraib for "emotional release" and "just having a good time." Also, the jingle he played on his radio show, "Barack, the Magic Negro."

Also, it lists his repeated appearance on the 1/2 Hour News Hour in a series of skits, starring as the President of the United States. Ann Coulter was VP.

Yep, that's tribalism.

[ayun]

The Biden thing: Biden once basically said that every 7-11 and Dunkin' Donuts in Delaware was staffed by Indian immigrants. Here's video. I'd heard about this before, but didn't realize until watching the clip that he's actually making the comment to an Indian guy, in the context of an exchange about support for him the Indian-American community. George Allen he ain't.

I don't have the stomach to watch stuff out of CPAC, so thanks for doing the dirt work here.

[zdover]

I feel genuinely good at the very idea that I've been of help to you, publisher lady.

[silent_penis]

On the nations existing for thousands of years issue, was he referring to the traditional definition of nation, meaning self-selecting groups of people connected by shared linguistic and/or cultural content, or the more modern version, synonymous with a State?

[zdover]

I don't think he was referring to China and Israel.

the democrat party

[lionceaucadet]

rush pointedly never says the democratic party, so that bit's not exactly an error.

Re: the democrat party

[zdover]

Yeah, I know. I can't bring myself to write that though, except in this journalistic way that you've written it. It seems so hateful and petty.

[zassenhaus]

Barney Frank and Bill Clinton are portrayed as "the architects" of the current financial crisis. This gets a standing ovation.

this is a defensible claim.

McCain's not conservative, the Obama victory was not a humiliating defeat for the Republicans. (Note: only Reagan won by a higher margin, since FDR.)

this is false. nixon's margin of victory in 1972 (won by 503 electoral votes), johnson's in 1964 (won by 434 electoral votes), eisenhower's in 1952 and 1956 (won by 353 and 384 electoral votes, respectively), george h. w. bush's in 1988 (won by 318 electoral votes), clinton's in 1992 and 1996 (won by 202 and 220 electoral votes, respectively) were all greater than obama's.

if you meant popular vote margins, that is also incorrect. where did you get this information?

[zdover]

I wasn't trying to color the claim about Frank and Clinton as indefensible. I was simply reporting the content of Limbaugh's speech.

W/r/t margins of victory, I meant popular margin, but I was just doing that out of my head. So if you know the actual facts, I'll credit you and edit my entry to reflect my error.

[zassenhaus]

I wasn't trying to color the claim about Frank and Clinton as indefensible. I was simply reporting the content of Limbaugh's speech.yes, i know that. i was not trying to attribute any opinions to you, merely adding my own. i assume most of what limbaugh says should be dismissed immediately and i also assume others think this. my comment was made to point out that this is not always the case

[zassenhaus]

errata: i omitted george w. bush from the list. perhaps i am subconsciously not counting those as "victories".