Rush Limbaugh On Gary Johnson: 'Very Difficult For Any Other Conservative To Be Considered Original With Me On The Scene' (AUDIO)

Rush Limbaugh took former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson's purported theft of his joke in stride on his Monday show.

Johnson's line that his neighbor's dogs created more "shovel-ready projects" than President Obama ever did drew wild applause during last Thursday's GOP debate. But the very same line had been used by Limbaugh on that morning's show. Johnson denied stealing the joke, saying that a radio host in New Mexico had sent him the zinger earlier in the day. Limbaugh told HuffPost's Michael Calderone, "I guess I've become show prep for the GOP debates now, too."

Limbaugh was off Friday, so it was not until Monday that he was able to weigh in about the affair. He called the overall debate "sort of pathetic and sadly disappointing," but spent some minutes on Johnson. Playing through the many media outlets that picked up the story, he crowed, "even when I am away, I determine the news!"

Limbaugh essentially said that so many people steal his lines that he has essentially stopped caring.

"The last thing I do is get upset," he said. "It's very difficult for any other conservative out there to be considered original with me on the scene...so I cut all these people slack."

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Comments

[DickClark]

08:37 AM on 10/03/2011

......What do Lambug....Roger Ailes and Chris Christie have in common....?

.......I'll leave it up to you..................

[shag11]

10:46 PM on 10/02/2011

If there is a God, why would he make us put up with excrement such as this clown?

[Margo Arrowsmith]

07:24 PM on 10/02/2011

Rush got the joke from someone else (its very old) and is now pretending he is original.

[Obscenery]

12:30 PM on 10/02/2011

I've always thought Limbaugh was the original 'shovel ready' project?

[the griff]

10:44 AM on 10/02/2011

Ridiculas!

[ManhattanMC]

10:25 AM on 10/02/2011

There is nothing original about nasty vitriol and demagoguery.

[Ron in NYC]

09:52 AM on 10/02/2011

There's no ego in Rush's family. He's got it all.

[ArkayMI]

09:41 AM on 10/02/2011

"It's very difficult for any other conservative out there to be considered original with me on the scene...so I cut all these people slack." - Rush is so humble.

[jchal20826]

02:23 AM on 10/02/2011

Hey Rush, take two oxycotin and go to bed.

[filiusj]

10:26 PM on 10/01/2011

And my two cats can't begin to produce the sh#t that comes out of limbaugh's mouth.

[jpatuto11]

10:13 PM on 10/01/2011

Rush has made me disbelieve evolution. Only an angry God could have created him

[garoth]

12:13 PM on 10/02/2011

He's an good argument for devolution - that, sooner or later, human beings will devolve into a pile of manure. He's just out ahead of us there!

[gleitz05]

05:41 PM on 10/02/2011

Hey, don't blame God. Genetic mutations happen quite often.....

[riverhouse]

04:24 PM on 10/01/2011

I can't help but notice how the right wing freaks have a fondness for perverts.

[Ron in NYC]

09:53 AM on 10/02/2011

It's the hypocrisy that makes the right wing freaks what they are.

[Mausinn]

09:51 PM on 09/30/2011

He's the most important and intelligent man on earth. If you don't believe that, just ask him. Rush, your so full of it. He does give me a chuckle though, he really believes he's relevant.

[rMatey]

09:19 PM on 09/30/2011

Rush 'The Walrus' Limp-paw.

[glenhilda]

08:32 PM on 09/30/2011

Rush is awesome. His very existence drives liberals to drink.

[Mausinn]

09:53 PM on 09/30/2011

Go ahead, you and Rush just keep telling yourselves that. You gotta have something to believe in I guess.

[riverhouse]

04:20 PM on 10/01/2011

You dream on.