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#1 Jan 23 2009 at 11:10 PM Rating: Excellent

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/23/obama-quit-listening-rush-limbaugh-want-things/

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama warned Republicans on Capitol Hill today that they need to quit listening to radio king Rush Limbaugh if they want to get along with Democrats and the new administration.

"You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done," he told top GOP leaders,

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While discussing the stimulus package with top lawmakers in the White House's Roosevelt Room, President Obama shot down a critic with a simple message.

"I won," he said, according to aides who were briefed on the meeting. "I will trump you on that."

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#2 Jan 23 2009 at 11:21 PM Rating: Decent

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olol.

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#3 Jan 24 2009 at 8:25 AM Rating: Default

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bwahahaha, The President lays the SMACK DOWN!!!

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#4 REDACTED, Posted: Jan 24 2009 at 11:35 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Guess he can say what he wants, so long as he doesn't actually try to make them stop listening to certain things.

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#5 Jan 24 2009 at 11:57 AM Rating: Excellent

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Yes, the statement that getting your talking points from a fat egomaniacal pill addict is not the way to get things done in the Beltway is clearly a First Amendment violation in the making.

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#6 Jan 24 2009 at 12:30 PM Rating: Excellent

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Barack "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done" Obama. Catchy, no?

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#7 Jan 26 2009 at 7:22 AM Rating: Decent

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Haha, I'm glad he came right out and said it.

Rush Limbaugh and like spin-offs can be pretty damaging to a cohesive government.

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#8 Jan 26 2009 at 9:23 AM Rating: Good

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They should listen to NPR.

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#9 Jan 26 2009 at 9:30 AM Rating: Good

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"I won," he said, according to aides who were briefed on the meeting. "I will trump you on that."

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#10 Jan 26 2009 at 10:12 AM Rating: Excellent

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They should listen to NPR.

It'd be better than Rush. His entire schtick is "Don't give in to the liberals on anything, don't cooperate with them, don't compromise with them because you'll never win. The only way to win is to fight them on everything and never give them an inch."

Yeah, if someone makes that their mantra for the stimulus package then they're not helping me productive and they're really just going to ***** themselves over.

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#11 gbaji, Posted: Jan 26 2009 at 1:41 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Nothing says "Bipartisan" like telling the people not to listen to anyone who disagrees with you...

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#12 Jan 26 2009 at 1:56 PM Rating: Excellent

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Nothing says "Bipartisan" like telling the people not to listen to anyone who disagrees with you...

/tumbleweed

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#13 Jan 26 2009 at 2:07 PM Rating: Excellent

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Big surprise that the word "just" slipped past a neocon. Smiley: tongue

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#14 Jan 26 2009 at 2:07 PM Rating: Excellent

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gbaji wrote:

Nothing says "Bipartisan" like telling the people not to listen to anyone who disagrees with you...

No, nothing says "Bipartisan" like telling people not to take their cues from the guy on the radio yelling "Don't be bipartisan!!!"

But you were close.

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#15 Jan 26 2009 at 2:26 PM Rating: Excellent

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Nothing says "Bipartisan" like telling the people not to listen to anyone who disagrees with you...

I think you mean "someone" who disagrees with you. One person isn't the same as every person, I know it's confusing, but let me see if I can get you up to speed. I wouldn't fuck the Pope. This does not necessarily mean I wouldn't fuck Cardinal Richelieu's corpse.

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#16 gbaji, Posted: Jan 26 2009 at 4:25 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I just find it interesting how compromise always seems to be Republicans giving ground to Democrats, and bipartisanship always involves Republicans going along with what Democrats want.

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#17 Jan 26 2009 at 4:32 PM Rating: Excellent

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I just find it interesting how compromise always seems to be Republicans giving ground to Democrats, and bipartisanship always involves Republicans going along with what Democrats want.

Hey! That's the exact line Rush Limbaugh uses when he says not to talk to liberals! Smiley: laugh

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when Democrats stop taking campaign funds from special interests? Fair?

You mean when everyone stops taking money from special interests, right?

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#18 Jan 26 2009 at 4:54 PM Rating: Good

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I was listening to Mark Levin on Fox Radio this evening (my choices in AM radio get limited up here in the boonies where my mom's house is; Bloomberg Radio is better in the morning) and he was talking about how hateful the Democrats are. His argument was, verbatim, "Socialists! Socialst socialist socialists!! Socialists socialist socialists! SOCIALISTS!!!

I mean, with such a compelling speech, I really have no choice but to condemn the entire Democratic party.

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#19 Jan 26 2009 at 5:02 PM Rating: Excellent

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So, gbaji, is it your considered opinion that Democrats NEVER compromised with Bush?

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#20 gbaji, Posted: Jan 26 2009 at 5:31 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Not at all. It's my opinion that they don't call it "compromise". But that's just semantics...

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#21 Jan 26 2009 at 6:12 PM Rating: Good

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gbaji wrote:

The Democrat agenda is to take a step at a time towards a goal.

Should not this be the goal for any good administration regardless of political affiliation?

The Bush administration sent us tumbling backwards. We lost at least 8 or 9 steps towards becoming a more secure, financially sound, technologically friendly, classless nation. But what really stinks is we 'compromised' away human rights we may never get back.

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#22 Jan 26 2009 at 6:24 PM Rating: Decent

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Elinda wrote:

gbaji wrote:

The Democrat agenda is to take a step at a time towards a goal.

Should not this be the goal for any good administration regardless of political affiliation?

The Bush administration sent us tumbling backwards. We lost at least 8 or 9 steps towards becoming a more secure, financially sound, technologically friendly, classless nation. But what really stinks is we 'compromised' away human rights we may never get back.

No no no, you're wrong on one point there. We certainly are classless thanks to Bush.

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we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.

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#23 Jan 26 2009 at 6:37 PM Rating: Good

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The bigger point depends on the issue. Some issues are temporary things. Some are much more permanent and represent a "moving of the bar" in some way. By their nature, the things that Republicans tend to push for are short term.

Did you just say that Republicans are shortsighted?

Is someone else posting on your account?

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#24 gbaji, Posted: Jan 26 2009 at 8:29 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) No. We believe that in the long run, the people prosper the most if they are interfered with by their government the least. Thus, actions by the government should be short term and temporary. We act to prevent or fix problems, not try to control things entirely. The war in Iraq is temporary. At some point, it will end and the cost to the people will cease. Legal changes like those in the Patriot Act are easy to change. No one's standing in the way, and no one losses something if we tweak the language over time.

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#25 Jan 26 2009 at 8:41 PM Rating: Excellent

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What Gbaji is trying to say is that Republicans really suck at the bargining table and get screwed over because they don't know how to strike a good deal that'll last 'em Smiley: laugh

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#26 gbaji, Posted: Jan 26 2009 at 8:52 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I disagree with this entirely. In what way did we go "tumbling backwards"? What freedoms did you lose? What rights were lost? There's a lot of rhetoric about this, but no one seems to ever be able to actually state what these backwards steps are. And "other nations don't like us as much" isn't a good answer btw. That's a difference of opinion on foreign policy and is far more complex an issue.

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