Rush Limbaugh Calls Obama A 'Pharaoh' (AUDIO)

Rush Limbaugh referred to President Obama as a "pharaoh" while speaking about the Egyptian revolution on his Monday show.

Had President Bush still been in office, he said, everyone would be asking why Bush hadn't seen the uprising coming.

"Well, the same question needs to be asked about Pharaoh Obama," he said. "Why didn't the Pharaoh see this coming, particularly given his wonderful relationship with this regimes and their people? Obama went over there, made a speech...even grew a quasi-mustache there for the appropriate facial hair."

Listen (via Media Matters):

Comments

[farmilyman]

05:04 AM on 02/04/2011

Rush must be running out of H8 material. This is pretty weak.

[RedLeg2]

02:11 PM on 02/03/2011

He isnt pharoah.
If he was we'd have better infrastructure and lower unemployment (due to slavery)
lol

[idcsys]

11:12 AM on 02/03/2011

"Pharaoh Obama"

Whew. I thought we had run out of names for the 44th President of the United States of America. Hey Rush, if you Google synonyms for pharaoh, you can vary your name calling.

Pharaoh Synonyms:
Kaiser
absolute monarch
absolute ruler
all-powerful ruler
autocrat
commissar
czar
despot
dictator
disciplinarian
driver
hard master
khan
martinet
mikado

[livesimply]

08:09 PM on 02/03/2011

A pharaoh was also believed to be chosen by God. I've only heard right wing politicians alude to that.

[CB5]

11:44 AM on 02/03/2011

What a lady, Molly Ivins!!! I know she is still writing somewhere and telling it like it us. We love you, Molly. You were quite a lady who spoke very well. She made men as well as women stop and listen.

[caseyblab]

01:57 PM on 02/03/2011

The great Molly Ivins.

[yill danniel]

08:54 PM on 02/02/2011

Rush is doing what he does best, blowing a lot of hot air.

[52tucker]

06:51 PM on 02/02/2011

Any news story, this windbag and his cohorts inject hate for Obama. Time to get over it, Rush.

[Dewts]

06:46 PM on 02/02/2011

if its true obama grew a mustache for his speech it would be the first presidential facial hair since taft!

[margoharris]

11:09 PM on 02/03/2011

Of course it's BS.

[ASHology]

05:59 PM on 02/02/2011

How does anyone listen to his hatred... I wish people would realize that he only cares about fame and money than he does about moving the country forward. He rather divide us than find reasonable solutions to the country's problems. It's a shame that people become famous for such things.

[anitaj]

11:05 AM on 02/03/2011

. . . without the eloquence.

[HoratioGalt]

12:06 PM on 02/03/2011

Or the charm.

[headhuntnyc]

03:24 PM on 02/02/2011

He has nothing else to cling to so he has to come up with this kind of muck. Who are his advertisers? We should launch a boycott of them.

[Francois Bergeron]

03:07 PM on 02/02/2011

I really wish there was a special page on Huffy reserved for the best posts on the comments pages. Some of these are priceless.

[chloe4455]

02:26 PM on 02/02/2011

So Rush ,which Pharaoh is he?Is he from the First Dynasty, the Middle Kingdom, or the late period?

[Mama Bee]

02:24 PM on 02/02/2011

I was just wondering when Sista Sarah was going to pipe up and accuse Obama of urging the ASP to bite Cleopatra.

[media4me]

02:16 PM on 02/02/2011

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/how-to-understand-rush-limbaugh-15634
You DA MAN RUSH

[glojet]

02:12 PM on 02/02/2011

rush is just paranoid bc he knows if the american people revolt against anyone its going to be the BANKS, not our elected officials..