Calling you on a story that you read on a left wing website and then repeated here (without credit) as a fact; when it was clearly not, makes me anal retentive? Just proves your user name is as fictitious as your postings.

I looked at the site you posted, and it looks like a piece of sarcasm, so you might be right about it. I apologize for that. I still believe you are anal retentive, but I won`t post anymore.

Prove he didn`t say it. If you can do that I`ll quit posting!

Anal retentive raf, look at the quotation marks in what I posted, I quoted Rush, that`s all. You still haven`t addressed what he said! Because he made this article we are posting on 100% true!

"I didn`t quote a story, I quoted Rush, and gave him full credit."
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You are such a clown. You copied a post from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borow... and thought it was real...so much for your facts.

raf, I didn`t quote a story, I quoted Rush, and gave him full credit. This article is about him spewing his garbage, why don`t you comment on what he has to say? He makes the case for this writer out of his own mouth!

factcheck: I usually applaude your posts but claiming the quote about wishing the world would explode is right out of Rush's mouth is simply not a fact. It was part of Andy Borowitz's column yesterday. www.borowitzreport.com
He is a satirical comedian, pokes fun at all sides and is quite funny sometimes.

I am just thinking that the economy is failing fast and we need something to happen to stop it! Obama is not helping, in fact since he's been in office it's only gotten 100 times worse. Before the civil war, black men were enslaved by the southern white plantation owners, now a black man who is in the white house has made us all slaves of his government by putting the government smack in our Private businesses!! He is a socialist in wolves clothing!

"I guess you`re right, raf, Obama has spent a total of $787 billion so far, Bush only spent $750 billion on the bank bailouts. Oh, wait a minute, what about his other eight years! Don`t let the facts get in your way. "
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Who said other 8 years? I said no other President has spent as much money in as little time....So, don't let the truth get in the way of your facts.

"hate to burst your little bubble but just because no one refutes something within your time frame....I'm still curious what "facts" SuperDave brought forth"
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Timeframe? My comments posted after yours, should I wait for you to post again before I comment? As for his fact(s) it was the 3rd and 4th sentence when he discounted the story...before stating the obvious of a biased story "UNLESS IT' AN EDITORIAL". Your comments were pointed directly to his 6th and 8th sentence. Anything else you care to share?

"Limbaugh, 3/5/09 "I`m rooting for the planet Earth to explode. Let`s face it, the world exploding would be great for the GOP and Obama knows it."
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Hey, if you are going to take a story from Huffington post and try to make it sound like your own at least get the date right.

kiowamohican, you and I have disagreed about many things on this website. But your assessment of Russ is right on. I like bright, pragmatic Senators who are not beholden.

Obama is a tool, he has been flying all over the darn world, with his THREE jets, non stop for two months. All the while whining about climate change.
The Prime Minister of Britian bought for him as a gift, an ornamental pen holder made from the timbers of the Victorian anti-slave ship HMS Gannet - at one time called HMS President.
The unique present delighted Mr Obama because oak from the Gannet's sister ship, HMS Resolute, was carved to make a desk that already takes place in the Oval Office in the White House, after being presented by Britain to the US in 1880...

The Prime Minister went to the trouble of hunting down the perfect gift after becoming the first European leader invited to the White House by the new Commander In Chief.

So it would be perfectly understandable if Mr Brown felt a little underwhelmed at the official gift he received in return.For despite being leader of the world's most bountiful nation, President Obama handed over nothing more thought-provoking than 25 classic American films on DVD.
http://www.620wtmj.com/shows/charliesyke...

-Way to go Chief!

Also in regards to Russ Feingold.
My beliefs as a libertarian are much different then are his; but I really do have a lot of respect for the guy. He has all ready voted AGAINST TARP, and now says he will vote against this outrageous spending budget of Obama's! He was also the ONLY senator to vote against the Patriot act, and one of the few on the Democratic side to support some of Bush's cabinet choices and supreme court nominees.
I don't think people like Russ are the problem at all in DC. If we had more independent thinkers like him; I think we'd be on a much better path then we are now.

zoom:
Not that I really care about the political games any more (been there done that), but the Obama support will begin to fade as the economy falls further and further. Almost all newly elected presidents come in with big approval numbers, and support. Jimmy Carter had 70% support when he came into office. As the economy fell apart his support sank into the 30% area , and he was of course wiped out by Reagan in the 1980 election. Much the same will happen to Obama. The cry's of the economy being inherited will grow tired as people loose their jobs in mass, and the scope and recklessness of government spending grows out of control. His likability will remain high, much like Crater's did, but when the economic collapse hits many citizens personally, it will send the masses to pointing the fingers at those in the government.
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The economy will be much like the Iraq war was to Bush. It will just grow tiresome, and outrage the public more and more as bad news stories just keep coming by the day, and consequently approval numbers will just start to slide big time.
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Much of this "war against Rush (Limbaugh)" that you see in articles like this, is simply an attempt to demonize a hated figure of the other side as a distraction to the 800lbs gorilla (in this case the economy) in the room. The Bush/Rove team did the same thing using figures like Michael Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, ext; when they had power. Figures that internally poll with VERY HIGH un-likability amongst the public. Bush/Rove were successful enough to use that strategy as a good enough distraction to get Bush re-elected in 2004, even though he was loosing tons of support from the Iraq war. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, so to speak, Rush will be made the demon figure of the Democratic machine that now holds power. I suspect it will work for a short while, but the economic collapse will eventually just be to much over come by any political games.

coast2coast:
Hey; thanks for the props my man!
It's like the 3 ball from the corner. Every now and then I get lucky, and hit it! HAHA
For all the people that rip me apart on some of those blogs, it's nice to know I still have a few "homies", looking after me!!
BTW: You may want to TAKE PROFIT on that play! At least that's what I did. Next dow support level is at 6600 (have to chart back 15 years now to get the technicals for these support levels) which is where we are now. So you may see some resistance here, and a little bounce in the market. If we break 6600, s$it is going to be hitting the fan BIG TIME, and that SKF will just continue to fly up.

From the article: "The Fairness Doctrine is a terrible idea! Who wants fair and politically balanced commentary on the airwaves when being “unfair” is keeping both armies in their Humvees?"
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The author obviously doesn't understand the issue. CONGRESS cannot abridge the freedom of speech. If a privately owned radio or TV station wants to be fair to both sides, then I'm OK with it. But I do have a problem with the government enforcing it.

Have to give my man kiowa some credit. On a different blog he gave a stock play to 'ring in the new year'. One that he touted as the 'stongest market play in decades'. Some double leveraged ETF. SKF was the ticker ticker symbol. Was something like $110 a share when he gave it out in January. Today it was at over $240. Man; I wish I put more in it then I did! Thanks nonetheless my man. Stop getting kicked off all the blog sites. Just give the plays, and stop with the rants!!!!

Limbaugh, 3/5/09 "I`m rooting for the planet Earth to explode. Let`s face it, the world exploding would be great for the GOP and Obama knows it. That is why he is doing everything in his power to keep it from happening. If the population of the US was suddenly afflicted with plagues, locusts, and open sores, that would be fantastic for the Republican party. I`m rooting for all those things to happen." Super, right out of the mouth of your boy Rush!

Who will resuce our country? If naming a govt. official is even in the cards for you, save your breath because you've already derailed your train. Here we go again with the garbage media training the drones of society what to think. The government isn't there to rescue the people of this country! Infact, our government is the very reason our country is so reliant on them! Actually, NO, YOU and I are the reason this country is so reliant on them! The people that are going to rescue this country aren't in the govt! They're in the communities in which we live in! People who are willing to step out of their comfort zones and start being a part of the solution and not the problem. That's what it's going to take. One of us can't fix this thing. If each of us individually work on ourselves, collectively we can not only change this country, we can change the world!

RetiredAirForce,
I hate to burst your little bubble but just because no one refutes something within your time frame, you have not necessarily won the debate.
SuperDave didn't seem to take it personally that I pointed out that he was trying to apply journalistic standards to an opinion piece, I find it odd that you do. You then go on to do essentially the same thing I did, commenting on comments rather than the story.
I'm still curious what "facts" SuperDave brought forth that need to be refuted. Besides the rhetorical questions at the end of my post, I brought up valid points in response to your post. You don't refute my implications that you are a hypocrite guilty of the same thing that you accuse me of, you also didn't bring any evidence to support the imaginary (no offense, Dave) "facts" you see in Dave's opinion-laded post. You aren't even capable of pointing out what "facts" you are referring to.

kio, Obama's support won't shrink as much as you think. The vast majority of the public, according to recent polls, isn't correlating Obama with the current economy, and won't hold him personally responsible if it doesn't start to turn around in the next six months. I would agree that our other elected representatives deserve to take a lot of blame. Until people start voting out their own incumbents (even including our dear own Ryan and Feingold), I'm also afraid not much will change in congress.

I guess you`re right, raf, Obama has spent a total of $787 billion so far, Bush only spent $750 billion on the bank bailouts. Oh, wait a minute, what about his other eight years! Don`t let the facts get in your way. Obama has PROPOSED spending, but it hasn`t happened yet! Oh, and none were refuted(facts) because none were given. I was giving you one, and like always you brush them off because they don`t fit your ideology that Republicans can do no wrong, even if convicted!

Rush wants Obama to fail. He has said so many times. I don't know how a President can fail, and the country still succeed. It's never happened before.

Rush is an entertainer. He, and others, get ratings by creating controversy. Some Republican politicians have correctly characterized where Rush is wrong, but don't have the balls to stand behind their words after Rush rolls over them on the radio. It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

The Obama support will will begin to dwindle very soon. EVERYONE in elected office is going to loose support faster then a ton of bricks dropping from the Empire States building. Take a look at today's business page. Another wave of mass job cuts (more then expected), declining growth that was way worse then expected, ext ext. Even heavy weight investors like Warren buffet who were optimistic a few months ago now say the economy is in "shambles". George Soros who has funded the entire "move on" political movement of the left says we are all ready in a depression. Markets are on another mass sell off today, and breaking through one support barrier after another.
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Won't be long before you literally see a revolution with the amount of outrage people will have when they see how bad things are going to get.

proartist: Thanks for citing the MSNBC poll numbers. I did some searches on poll numbers, and my overall impression is that there a lot of numbers floating around out there, with various definitions. In general, it appears that Obama's numbers tanked in February, but may have gone back up since then (depending on where you look).
factcheck: You seem to be "shooting from the hip" as it were. I am going to start just glancing at your comments until you get a bit more thoughtful in your postings. Don't feel bad (I'm sure you won't), there are some posters who I don't read at all!
RetiredAirForce: Thanks for your support!

Well kids, I have to return to my real-world life now. Go ahead and talk amongst yourselves.

"Obama has given his tax cuts, and when did spending ever go down in conjunction with tax cuts? Not with Reagan or Bush,"
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Yeah, but they did not raise spending as much in as little time as the current President. And speaking of tax cuts, what are you going to do with the extra $1.85 a day this year and $1.09 a day next year? I can't wait to bring the economy back with that...but wait. With the market finding a new 52 week low again today, most people will be a net loss in money not a gain from the big tax cut. So much for stimulus.

Bubs...how many more clues do you need? I guess if you are going to ask rhetorical questions of posters you disagree with others can ask the same rhetorical questions of you.

"The fact is Rush stated on national TV Saturday that he hoped Obama would fail. And he has said the same thing on his radio program. Is that the fact you are looking for raf?"
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Oh dense one...did I ask for a fact? No. I stated none were refuted.

Obama has given his tax cuts, and when did spending ever go down in conjunction with tax cuts? Not with Reagan or Bush, that`s for sure! And Congress gave Reagan LESS than he asked for in spending every year!

RetiredAirForce,
What facts was I supposed to refute?
- Dave offers the fact that Parker has no proof that Limbaugh wants to "slash and burn." I agree, there was no "proof." Then again, there is no "proof" to show that Limbaugh doesn't want to slash and burn (whatever the heck that means).
I mostly see opinions in SuperDave's post.
- I see an opinion that Limbaugh wants everyone to succeed despite the things that he has said. I don't know Limbaugh's motivations and desires any more than anyone else (including you or SuperDave). We could debate what we think he wants, but we would simply be voicing opinions based on facts with no way to prove nor disprove them.
- I see Dave's opinion (later partially rescinded) that Parker should just support the news. I did disagree wit this opinion and pointed out that Parker is a columnist, not a reporter (like the other columnists the Gazette prints, such as McNalley or Krauthammer)
- I see an opinion that journalism died in '08. I don't have any proof that it didn't. What proof is there that it did? What exactly is meant by the opinion "journalism died?"
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I wasn't complaining about SuperDave's post, simply pointing out to SuperDave that this was an opinion piece.
What evidence did you bring to support SuperDave's facts? Or did you just want to "complain" about previous posters?

Latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll:
Obama's Popularity Peaks in MSNBC Poll
"(March 4) - Despite the huge amounts of political capital he has used in the last few weeks, President Barack Obama's approval ratings remain extremely high, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll."
"MSNBC reports that 68 percent of respondents have a favorable opinion of Obama, with 47 percent whose opinion is "very positive." Both the figures are all-time highs for the president in the survey."
"The poll also revealed that 60 percent approve of his short tenure in the White House, and that 67 percent say they feel more hopeful about his leadership."

Check your facts on that one factcheck! His approval numbers are down since the election, although you won't hear that in the mainstream media. They are actually lower than Jimmy Carter's numbers at the same point of his presidency.
Yes, "out of context". Surely you understand that complex issues cannot be explained in four or five words. Don't put your faith in sound bites!
I won't comment on whether Obama's policies will work, that's not what this thread is about. But since you mentioned tax cuts, tax cuts accompanied by spending cuts have always worked in this country, every single time it's been tried. And btw, didn't Obama campaign on tax cuts?

He has higher support now than when he was elected. Out of context? It was pretty plain what he said. Nobody knows if Obama`s policies will work, tax cuts certainly won`t!

factcheck: Yes, he did say he hopes Obama will fail. That is taken out of context, and I'll leave it to you to get the rest of the facts.
But please notice that the majority of the country has opposed the bank bailouts, the auto bailouts, and the recent stimulus package. So I guess Limbaugh is in good company because apparently the majority of the citizens of this country do not support Obama's policies (and so they must want him to fail also).

The fact is Rush stated on national TV Saturday that he hoped Obama would fail. And he has said the same thing on his radio program. Is that the fact you are looking for raf?

Don't worry Dave. The two that complained of your post did not even try to refute the facts you listed.

My bad. Don't know how I clicked into this article but I thought it was a news piece.
I realized after I posted, but too late. Maybe I should have "suggested removal"? I did notice that at the bottom it says "Kathleen Parker is a columnist for the Orlando Sentinel", which to me does not necessarily indicate that this is an opinion piece.
So I should have left out the comment regarding editorializing, and simply said that she is obviously piling on to the orchestrated White House campaign against Limbaugh.
No need for name calling HockJock.

Well said, Bubs. Maybe his name should be "StuporDave."

This is an opinion column, in the opinion section of the Gazette, written by someone who is given the title of "syndicated columnist." How many more clues would you like that this is an opinion piece? Just like all the other conservative and liberal columnists who get their pieces printed here, Parker is not attempting to nor pretending to report the news. If she were, she would be called a reporter.

"Limbaugh wants to slash and burn"??? Really? Please supply the source of this statement.
And "Where Limbaugh wants Obama to fail, Romney wants 'our country to succeed'". I have heard Limbaugh state, repeatedly, that he wants ALL people to succeed. So that also is misleading.
Kathleen, please just report the news. No one needs to read a biased story, unless it's clearly an editorial. They say that journalism died in '08. Sadly, this is another compelling example of that death.