What are your thoughts on Rush Limbaugh and President Obama?

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  1. SweetiePie profile image82
    SweetiePieposted 14 years ago

    Obama's drug usage was long ago during his college days, and he cleaned up his act and turned his life around.  At least Obama has been open about demons in his past, whereas some conservative candidates like Reagan hid things to generate a squeeky clean image.

  2. SweetiePie profile image82
    SweetiePieposted 14 years ago

    I used to write in votes for historical figures and fictional characters on school election ballots.  I guess one teacher told my sister years later not to write in votes for fake people, so I wonder if anyone had my idea too smile.

  3. RooBee profile image82
    RooBeeposted 14 years ago

    Yeah, the whole patriotic/unpatriotic "do you hate America?" thing is about as ridiculous as it gets.

    I won't even waste the finger-strokes to explain what patriotism really means. Some still know and I'm glad of it.

    Obviously, somewhere along the line some folks got the idea that being patriotic simply means you have the biggest flag in your yard and that you can yell louder than those who question you.

    1. livewithrichard profile image73
      livewithrichardposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Good point. 

      I think this thread has gone way off topic.  The original question was Which one would win a debate, not which one would be a better leader.

      I don't think anyone here would agree that Rush would be a better leader, he is after all an entertainer.  I sit on the left side of center but I find some of his stuff entertaining, not that I agree with everything he spews out, but I often find myself debating him from my car as I'm driving and listening.  He makes you think, he makes you question and he definately tries to make you choose. 

      Without him or others like him, we would only get one side of an opinion and it would be much easier to sway public opinion with only one side.

    2. tksensei profile image61
      tksenseiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      And others got the idea that it's tearing down, belittling, or spitting on the flag "and that you can yell louder than those who question you."

  4. RooBee profile image82
    RooBeeposted 14 years ago

    Most Americans love their country and the principles upon which it was founded. To nit-pick and accuse each other of 'hating America' simply distracts us from the fact that most politicians are scuzzy and they love keeping us drawn into two factions so that we'll never unite on anything long enough to see how badly they've ALL been cheating us.

  5. Uninvited Writer profile image81
    Uninvited Writerposted 14 years ago

    Guys...Obama won the election. Constantly complaining and nitpicking about it does not change that fact. You just have to live with it until you can try and vote him out of office.

    Yes you can criticize, but complaining about ancient history will not help.

    1. nicomp profile image61
      nicompposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.

      1. Uninvited Writer profile image81
        Uninvited Writerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        And how does that quote fit in here?

        Give Obama a little more time before you say he has failed...

        1. nicomp profile image61
          nicompposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I didn't say he's failed. I will say he's failing.

          1. SweetiePie profile image82
            SweetiePieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            He is doing a better job than McCain would have, and honestly I am seeing a few improvements.  Given the horrible economic situation our country is in I highly doubt a Republican candidate would have done any better.

            1. tksensei profile image61
              tksenseiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

              You don't know that.

              1. SweetiePie profile image82
                SweetiePieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                Actually I do with most certainty.  John McCain would have definitely have been the wrong choice for this country, and many did not vote for him for a reason.  Honestly, I think it just irks you that not everyone is conservative as you are, but you are free to think as you wish.  Stop trying to convert everyone to your way of thinking.

                1. nicomp profile image61
                  nicompposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  You are so right. It does irk me that not everyone is as conservative as I am. We conservatives need to do a better job of swaying people to political conservatism: smaller government, more personal freedom and greater opportunity for self-determination. Neither of the major parties supports any of these viewpoints any more.

                  As PJ O'Rourke said, Republicans are the party that claims government doesn't work, then they get elected and prove it.

                  1. livewithrichard profile image73
                    livewithrichardposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                    You can probably start swaying people with genuine actions instead of the same old rhetoric.  Bush's administration created the 2 largest beauracracies this country has ever seen, No Child Left Behind, and Homeland Security.  How is that for smaller government.  I don't even want to get into the Patriot Act and what it has done to personal freedoms.

                    Actions will always speak louder that words.  This country has been moving left for the past 16 years so conservatism as you once knew it is no longer an option. 

                    The US census estimates that our population will include 30 million more people by 2016, do you think they will be on the left or the right?

                2. tksensei profile image61
                  tksenseiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  Where did you develop this occult power to see into alternative realities?


                  Come on...

          2. Uninvited Writer profile image81
            Uninvited Writerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            There hasn't been enough time to say whether he is failing or not.

            1. tksensei profile image61
              tksenseiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

              And there hasn't been enough time to say he is succeeding either but that hasn't stopped  a lot of folks right here from declaring him a great and brilliant leader.

    2. tksensei profile image61
      tksenseiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Really? Is participating in the democratic process limited to voting once every few years and then keeping your mouth shut until next time?

      1. Uninvited Writer profile image81
        Uninvited Writerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        I did not say that

        1. SweetiePie profile image82
          SweetiePieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          He loves to twist words around and ask one liners.

        2. tksensei profile image61
          tksenseiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I quoted your own words.

  6. SweetiePie profile image82
    SweetiePieposted 14 years ago

    The gift of gab does not make one intelligent.  I know some very erudite thinkers that pen their ideas well, but who are reticient to participate in lively discussions because they are more introverted.  I stand by my statement that Obama is a very intelligent man because he has made great strides in his life to bring himself to where he is, and to me questioning anyone's intelligence is an act of arrogance, and slightly negative.

    Everyone has a form of intelligence, and the need to question or claim someone is not is often looking down upon someone.  Let us try to deviate from that.

  7. Ralph Deeds profile image65
    Ralph Deedsposted 14 years ago

    Limbaugh would be a great GOP candidate for president in 2012 or a cool running mate with Palin.

    1. jiberish profile image80
      jiberishposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I think you must be facetious, both are doing exactly what they should, without running for any office.

    2. profile image0
      Leta Sposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      We can only wish for that line up, wink.

 
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