Quote# 77732
Rush Limbaugh blasted President Obama on Wednesday for thanking the Native Americans and using "every cliché" during the White House's official Thanksgiving proclamation.
The conservative radio talk show host said he was so shocked by Obama's "wildly distorted" version of the holiday that he initially thought it was "a prank."
Limbaugh read the President's words and added his own commentary.
"This Thanksgiving Day, we reflect on the compassion and contributions of Native Americans, whose skill in agriculture helped the early colonists survive, and whose rich culture continues to add to our Nation's heritage," Obama said in the declaration.
Limbaugh added, "…at their casinos and on their reservations."
In the proclamation, Obama said "This spirit brought together the newly arrived Pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribe — who had been living and thriving around Plymouth for thousands of years."
The radio host chimed in, "So, we were the invaders. The Indians were minding their own business. We were incompetent idiots. We didn't know how to feed ourselves so they came along and showed us how and that's what Thanksgiving is all about."
Limbaugh complained that Obama said "nothing about the Constitution in his Thanksgiving Day proclamation because he's got a problem with it."
He explained to the caller what he thought the "real" story of Thanksgiving:
"The true story of Thanksgiving is how socialism failed," the radio host tells a caller, adding "the Indians didn't teach us capitalism" and that "we shared our bounty with them… because we first failed as socialists."
Rush Limbaugh,
Daily News 150 Comments [12/1/2010 7:11:17 AM]
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#1231080
Headache
Only in USA are mentally ill people given radio shows to entertain other mentally ill citizens - it's the US version of universal health care!
12/1/2010 11:27:56 AM
#1231083
Henry
Ok Rush, I know thanksgiving is a North American holiday, but please explain what relevance the constitution has during this holiday.
12/1/2010 11:49:41 AM
#1231091
Anon
>>Headache
Only in USA are mentally ill people given radio shows to entertain other mentally ill citizens - it's the US version of universal health care! <<
Stop with the trolling.
And I've heard people just as messed up as Rush on the radio in Australia and Canada and the UK, and Mexico and Venezuela. And we're not going to talk about what happened in Rwanda in the 1990s.
Just like Phelps and the KKK, Rush is an example of the price for freedom of speech. All things considered, I think we get a good deal for the price we pay. This is to say that people should not be held accountable for what they say; but that it is very dangerous to restrict free speech too much.
12/1/2010 12:32:49 PM
#1231092
LAchlan
@Unbeliever
I've heard that old get out before, but stealing is stealing, whether legislated against or not. Cunt.
12/1/2010 12:46:47 PM
#1231094
Mister Spak
@Anon:
"And I've heard people just as messed up as Rush on the radio in Australia and Canada and the UK, and Mexico and Venezuela."
But do those shows generate a wave of death threats big enough to frighten national politicians into going to those radio shows and kissing radio host ass in the hope of calling off the the death threats? Because Rush does.
12/1/2010 12:54:17 PM
#1231095
EdgyB
Damn Rush, what drugs are you on now?!?
12/1/2010 1:03:08 PM
#1231098
Anon
>>Mister Spak
But do those shows generate a wave of death threats big enough to frighten national politicians into going to those radio shows and kissing radio host ass in the hope of calling off the the death threats? Because Rush does. <<
I think you may be exaggerating Limbaugh's influence. But, yes, some of them do. In Venezuela, some of the broadcasters were involved in a coup against Chavez' government:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Venezuelan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt
12/1/2010 1:24:21 PM
#1231099
Brent
"Limbaugh complained that Obama said 'nothing about the Constitution in his Thanksgiving Day proclamation because he's got a problem with it.'"
If President Obama has such a problem with the Constitution, why are you and your buddies the ones that want to repeal all the parts you don't like?
What a moron.
12/1/2010 1:27:27 PM
#1231100
Dire Sloth
They...but...wait... the United States Constitution was ratified over a hundred and fifty years after the first Thanksgiving...oh god, I think my brains is broke...
12/1/2010 1:29:04 PM
#1231107
Murdin
No amount of ridiculous hyperboles will do the trick in order to express my disgust, so I will keep it simple.
I wish you harm, Limbaugh.
Sincerely.
12/1/2010 1:52:01 PM
#1231109
freako104
At this point, I think Rush is either an idiot, or he is like the Boondocks version of Ann Coulter. Does he really believe this shit?
12/1/2010 2:03:15 PM
#1231111
Green
SHOCKING NEWS UPDATE
CONSERVATIVE PUNDIT DOESN'T KNOW BASIC HISTORY
MORE AT 11
12/1/2010 2:14:31 PM
#1231112
Freethink
Mr. Limbaugh is a prime example of a waste of space and air on an already too crowded earth. Too bad we can't cull the idiots like him, Beck and others of their kind.
12/1/2010 2:15:29 PM
#1231113
Freethink
@Anarkist 78:
"Limbaugh the Hutt", I love that. I hope you don't mind, but I may use that some day.
12/1/2010 2:22:34 PM
#1231114
Wehpudicabok
What the fuck does Thanksgiving have to do with a political philosophy that wasn't invented until over 200 years later?
12/1/2010 2:23:15 PM
#1231118
Old Viking
The Pilgrims forked the Indians over, then established a despicable religious despotism.
12/1/2010 2:53:12 PM
#1231121
Is anyone else embarrassed by how bad lots of Americans are getting at hiding their racism towards a black president?
12/1/2010 3:07:24 PM
#1231123
@Headache
If you honestly believe all the things that come out of your mouth, then you are just as deluded and "mentally ill" as he is.
12/1/2010 3:11:47 PM
#1231124
@Mister Spak
While it was done publicly, a certain German Fuhrer had such an influence. These fear tactics are not a US specific occurrence.
12/1/2010 3:15:49 PM
#1231127
SoCalScience
I really think this website needs a separate "Conservatives Say the Darndest Things". God is not referenced in Limbaugh's rant. It can't be a fundie thing. His argument is totally ludicrous, but also totally secular. On that note, I urge the moderators of this site to create a fourth section for "Conservatives Say the Darndest Things", and adorn it with a caricature of Reagan. This section would be a good home for quotes that are anti-socialist rants or really funny criticisms of Obama (this one fits both categories). I'm sure you guys would have no trouble filling it up with good content.
12/1/2010 3:26:26 PM
#1231128
radda
Soooo I guess Limbaugh is homeschooled?
12/1/2010 3:28:23 PM
#1231132
Ken
Limbaugh, the story you disagree with so strongly was retold by mice in a storybook I read to preschoolers. Four-year-olds are now smarter than you.
12/1/2010 3:37:59 PM
#1231133
You know, it could be worse. Limbaugh here would have had his brain and spinal cord implanted into a killer robot that would be fueled by Oxycontin.
12/1/2010 3:41:32 PM
#1231135
@Mister Spak
While it was done publicly, a certain German Fuhrer had such an influence. These fear tactics are not a US specific occurrence.
12/1/2010 3:46:47 PM
#1231137
@SoCalScience
It doesn't have to religious to be fundy.
12/1/2010 3:47:35 PM
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