Limbaugh Challenges Obama To A Debate

To loosely quote the puppet Lamb Chop, 'This is the media story that never ends... it goes on and on my friend'. And Rush Limbaugh is doing a great job of extending it and ensnaring everyone on network television, including the White House press office. We're guilty too, since I'm about to post Rush's latest challenge to the President. This time he doesn't want the President to fail, but he does want to debate him. He even made up an invite for the Commander-in-Chief.

Read an excerpt from Rush's radio transcript below:

But I have an idea. If these guys are so impressed with themselves, and if they are so sure of their correctness, why doesn't President Obama come on my show? We will do a one-on-one debate of ideas and policies. Now, his people in this Politico story, it's on the record. They're claiming they wanted me all along. They wanted me to be the focus of attention. So let's have the debate! I am offering President Obama to come on this program -- without staffers, without a teleprompter, without note cards -- to debate me on the issues. Let's talk about free markets versus government control. Let's talk about nationalizing health care and raising taxes on small business.



Let's talk about the New Deal versus Reaganomics. Let's talk about closing Guantanamo Bay, and let's talk about sending $900 million to Hamas. Let's talk about illegal immigration and the lawlessness on the borders. Let's talk about massive deficits and the destroying of opportunities of future generations. Let's talk about ACORN, community agitators, and the unions that represent the government employees which pour millions of dollars into your campaign, President Obama. Let's talk about your elimination of school choice for minority students in the District of Columbia. Let's talk about your efforts to further reduce domestic drilling and refining of oil. Let's talk about your stock market. By the way, Mr. President, I want to help. Yesterday you said you looked at the stock market as no different than a tracking poll that goes up and down.

Comments

[rshrink]

The Diagnostic Manual is now recognizing a new disorder which has been labeled, socialist phobia, under the heading of anxiety disorder.

It is usually a subcategory, generally seen as a part of a larger syndrome known as the Limbaugh Malaise.

Limbaugh Malaise Syndrome or LMS is characterized by the following symptoms:

1. A sense that there is always an impending catastrophy
2. Paranoia stemming from people with differing political views
3. A general sense that people cannot be trusted
4. A compulsion to speak dramatically about one's point of view rather constantly in an effort to get others to take on your fears
5. Difficulty relating with others without the use of a microphone
6. A compulsion to put on weight and smoke cigars
7. A desire to go to foreign countries and take Viagra
8. Difficulty staying married possibly leading to avoidance of long term relationships

5 of the 8 symptoms are required to make the diagnosis.

Also consider eating disorder, drug addiction, borderline, narcissistic, obsessive-­compulsive and histrionic personality disorders.

[ConservativeTim]

Without a teleprompter, Limbaugh would make Obama look like the uninformed novice that he is.
Obama would be reduced to stuttering and stammering searching for something to say.

[rshrink]

When will you be returning from fantasy land?

[littleH]

I don't believe his rantings are normal. I think he needs a drug test.....

[Daniboy]

Barack shouldn't debate Rush-Rush would be very tough. Rush understands capitalism-Barack only knows government. Rush is a self-made man-the kind of people that are usually very smart.

[Daniboy]

Barack should debate him. He can use a teleprompter.

[Phxflyer]

If Rush brings his A game . . . he'll still lose in a route.

[tjfdownsouth]

Barack barely bested McCain in the debates there is no way he could stay in the room with a professional debater who truely believes what he says.

[guntotinganglion]

Limbaugh has openly stated that we are at war. Consider that he is also now advocating, during a time he considers to be wartime, the failure of a US President. Is it just me, or does this sound like treason? I don't happen to believe we are in a war, because the Constitution requires a declaration of war for there to be a war, and that hasn't happened since 1941, but, since Limbaugh believes there is, why is this not treason?

The carnival barker is attempting to get the most famous man in the world (yes Rush, even more famous than you) to come into his tent and be fleeced like the rest of the rubes who buy the garbage this con-man shovels. If the circus clown challenges you to put on the makeup and come out and act like a clown with him...don't do it, because he is going to do everything he's going to make you look foolish. You see, he can afford to look foolish, but our President cannot. The President has far greater problems to deal with than a sad, treasonous clown playing to his dullard ditto heads.

Remember Cindy Sheehan? Rush vilified her for trying to talk to President Bush? She tried but the War Loving President never acknowledged her. She paid the price to see the man, with the life of her son. What price has Rush paid to have the right to speak with President Obama, much less "debate" him?

[Daniboy]

Rush pays a lot of taxes-supports Baracks social programs-maybe he's paid for a private meeting!

[MM216]

Rush doesn't debate.
He debases, dehumanizes, demeans, and demonizes.
He doesn't understand the word "civility"

[guntotinganglion]

In short, he's a demagogue.

[YouBetcha]

Jeez it's time to pull that plug in his ear because his ego is dangerously over-inflated.

[Stephani Stephenson]

think about it . all limbaugh has to do for a job is talk.
he doesn't have to work on any legislation, he doesn't have to actually work on any budgets,
he doesn't have to make any decisions with consequences, he doesn't have to manage anything, he doesn't have to face or accept any responsibility
especially the type that any president, or even any elected representative , or even any working stiff does. he just has to sit back and tell the world how he thinks it should be run
just has to sit back and flap his jaw and stuff his ego.
and challenge people to 'a debate' and taunt anyone , anytime...

i have met people like limbaugh my whole life. no matter how bloated their egos or their pocket books.
they are ridiculous and they are losers.

[saami]

President Obama needs to keep doing what he has been doing and doing well, minding the country's business. He has been hard at work doing what we hired him to do. My grandmother said "never wrestle with pigs, you just get dirty and the pigs love it."

[dimplesmile7]

I love hove the media keep inflating the number of listeners he has, first 20M, then I heard 13M, and yesterday 11M. I think even the 11M is inflated. They don't want you to know the real number because people will realize how insignificant Rush really is in the industry. He has a job yelling on the air. It is obivious Rush is really not qualified for anything else.

[TKDMike]

SOOOO the community college drop out challenges the HARVARD LAWGRAD to a debate....­...hummm..­..ARE YOU FRIGGEN KIDDING ME????/

[dmsdzinr]

Our President would NEVER sink so LOW as to debate BOSS Limbaugh! Limbaugh holds NO REAL significance!!! BUT IF Obama did debate Limbaugh, Limbaugh would be SCHOOLED to the MAX and have his BUTT handed to him! Rushie wouldn't stand a CHANCE!

[OliverTwist]

My dog challenges Rush to a debate.

I have confidence she'll win.

[cigi]

LOL, you made me really laugh! Thank you and I am rootin' for your dog!

[kmswriter]

The dittoheads that follow Rushbot are just paying for the fuel for his gulfstream - (for those dittoheads - a gulfstream is an aircraft)

Calling for a debate just keeps them coming back - pathetic!