Rush Limbaugh On Mitt Romney's ‘Very Poor' Comments: He Sounds Like 'The Prototypical Rich Republican' (AUDIO)

Rush Limbaugh threw up his hands on his Wednesday show, laying into Mitt Romney for his comments that he is “not concerned about the very poor” because they have a safety net. Limbaugh said Romney is making it harder and harder to beat President Obama.

Romney’s statement, made to CNN’s Soledad O’Brien on Wednesday morning, was the talk of the campaign for the whole day. Limbaugh made it clear that, to him, the line was another big misstep for the former Massachusetts governor. First, he said that Romney should not have actually been defending the “safety net,” because any social welfare programs are destructive.

“Taken in context, it's understandable,” he said. “But I even have a problem with this in context. ‘I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there.’ The safety net is one of the biggest cultural problems we've got!”

Limbaugh also lamented that Romney had once again laid himself open to attacks.

“Everybody knows what he's trying to say but he didn't say it and he makes himself a target with this stuff,” he said. “He comes across as the prototypical rich Republican. And it's gonna make it harder and harder and harder and harder to go after Obama because this turns around on him. You know, all these Wizards of Smart in the Republican establishment say, ‘We can't have Newt out there! Why, Newt's gonna be the topic. We need Obama to be the topic. We need Obama to be the guy campaign's about. If Newt's out there, it's only gonna be about Newt.’ Well, what evidence is there that it's not gonna be about Romney with these kinds of statements?”

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[salebored]

10:35 PM on 02/29/2012

Lush and Nitt have a lot in common, both ; Gaffes a many and they both act like the Prototypical One % (R)'s.

[Kate Dyson]

09:40 PM on 02/25/2012

This guy is a real winner!

[LogicalMathMan]

10:28 PM on 02/06/2012

I wonder when any conservative host will address the 'self-deportation' comment.

[grumpy2]

07:51 PM on 02/06/2012

I saw this, thought Rush was going to choke, to bad, he didn't, Rush's comments don't seem to carry much weight (well three hundred pounds or so) Rush will make a comeback, all republicans have left is Obama's heritage and Rush has years of clips to replay. If Rush has a full length mirror in his bathroom I wonder if he ever thought he saw a" typical rich guy?"looking back?

[mygiza]

01:28 AM on 02/06/2012

Rush may be rich while on this Earth ---- but his hateful misinformation media will probably limit his future domain ----like Hadestown Costa Rica.

[Madbunny]

11:53 PM on 02/05/2012

Whatever happened to this guy moving to Costa Rica?

[7dr361]

09:23 PM on 02/05/2012

>>>> 6 >>>> 6 >>>> 6 >>>>>

[7dr361]

09:17 PM on 02/05/2012

Rummny the cult leader,,,,Joe Smith christian look like southern baptist going to vote for....

[TruthBSaid]

04:01 PM on 02/05/2012

I agree with Rush. I mean, one only has to walk down the streets of Calcutta to see how the lack of social programs helps put people back to work.

[LogicalMathMan]

10:30 PM on 02/06/2012

LOL...hey now, don't dog Kolkota. It was Mother Teresa's home for decades.

[Tim Moore]

12:43 PM on 02/05/2012

OK, what did the talking pork chop say now?

[shryock]

10:07 AM on 02/05/2012

And yet, if Mittens should somehow obtain the Republican nomination, what will poor Rush do then? Will he really diss the Republican nominee and thus aid in the re-election of Obama? He twisteth in his own wind.

[sushigirl]

06:45 PM on 02/05/2012

and p.u., it stinks

[blood1]

09:20 AM on 02/05/2012

The average American would like to thank RL for the soundbite, which will be used again and again to show what the GOP candidate will actually do if elected.

After the "misspokent" course correction, it is even worse because Romney has backed the Ryan Plan and cuts to the safety net by 20%.

Roll the ad, where the social net decreases in size and people falling from the twin towers onto the sidewalk - that is the GOP plan.

[Dr Confuso]

09:17 AM on 02/05/2012

Whats with the GOP? They seem to be self-immolating. Not that thats a bad thing..

[RecreationalPilot]

08:49 AM on 02/05/2012

Rush is just showing how ineffectual he really is.

Ho's that Citizen's United thing working out for ya, Rush?

[herdlr]

11:17 PM on 02/04/2012

GM and Chrysler wouldn't exist.