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Rush Limbaugh: ‘Shame On The Republicans Who Piled On Herman Cain’

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First they came for Herman Cain
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Herman Cain fan…

Today on his radio show, Rush Limbaugh seemed to be channeling a famous post-World War II poem in his public shaming of establishment conservatives who didn’t rush to Cain’s defense when the sexual harassment settlement story first broke. Limbaugh argued that, whatever the risks of the story possibly turning out to be true, conservatives should have stood up for their own. Unfortunately, however, some appear to have forgotten that they are, as Limbaugh sees it, “at war.”

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“All Republicans, all conservatives, if you are one of those who treated Herman Cain as though he was guilty just because of his unpracticed response to vague suggestions of legal or immoral or unethical behavior. If you caved just to look good to the mainstream media, if you piled on Herman Cain just so the rest of the mainstream media wouldn’t associate you with the ragtag conservatism you don’t like, then shame on you! Because here’s a promise that you can take to the bank. Every one of you Republicans, other nominees in the media, elected politics, you can take to the bank that your guy is going to be next.”

Limbaugh, on the other hand, knew just what to do. The instant the story broke, he was ready to accuse everyone covering it of racism. His defense was so good that he’s even got a cameo as “Voice of Outrage #2″ in Cain’s new campaign ad.

The rest of you, though…for shame.

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  • Anonymous

    Shame on Rush Limbaugh’s doctors, for saving him.

  • Anonymous

    It must kill ol’ Limpballs to watch the Republicans squander their opportunity for 2012. But even he can see the writing on the wall: this is the most ham-fisted, incompetent, shrill, screwball class of candidates ever to put themselves up for high office. Even Pat Robertson has had to call them out for their nutty talk! 

    What’s a bloated, nasty, dirtball radio shock jock supposed to do? 

  • The_Reasonable_Lib

    Break that 11th commandment, neocons, break it like balsa wood!!!

  • Anonymous

    What is Rush on his 4th wife now?  Rush doesn’t respect women more than his politics.

  • Anonymous

    “All Republicans, all conservatives, if you are one of those who treated Herman Cain as though he was guilty just because of his unpracticed response to vague suggestions of legal or immoral or unethical behavior. If you caved just to look good to the mainstream media, if you piled on Herman Cain just so the rest of the mainstream media wouldn’t associate you with the ragtag conservatism you don’t like, then shame on you! Because here’s a promise that you can take to the bank. Every one of you Republicans, other nominees in the media, elected politics, you can take to the bank that your guy is going to be next.”

    Oh, the conservatives treat him as guilty because of vague suggestions of legal or immoral or unethical behavior …. but liberals treat him as guilty because they’re racist.  Got it.

  • Anonymous

    That was the same argument used in reverse during the BO campaign in 2007, wasn’t it?

  • Anonymous

    Not at all.  Can you supply some examples please?  I’ve been asking for them all day yet none have been produced.

  • Anonymous

    Come on
    When have they ever given an example?

  • Anonymous

    Doesn’t that mean Rush likes women 4 times as much as a Liberal?

  • Guest

    Not all of them; he just likes certain parts!

  • david r

    The GOP has gone completely to shit.  It’s all religious right and signing pledges.

  • Pious Jeffy Proudly Teabagged

    Yes. El Limpo is absolutely correct again. Shame on those gNOpigs who piled on 666 Herbs.

    The gNOpig’s “magic negro” must be given a pass just like they did with Moose Boogers.

  • Replying To A Homosexual

    “Teabagged” and “magic negro”? Hmmm… So you dig BLACK man ballsack’s dropped into your mouth! Repulsive to consider you with a “Moose”, Jeffy.

  • MSLSD Racial Agitation Network

    You have the only example you need. Read it again. Now, how long have you been a transexual? They did a bad job. See WiddleAbandonedBlackBaby for help.

  • pocketPool

    What are you on your 4th case of bung lube now? Stop abusing your butt.

  • American Liberal Destruction

    Not again. “balls” and “nutty” again? Only a good liberal could respect you, exHETEROSEXUALman.

  • Anonymous

    Rush – put a sock in it.  People reacted normally – no one failed a test.  Who the hell are you to shame anyone for not reacting properly.  

  • http://twitter.com/JCP1975 JCP1975

    “Now, how long have you been a transexual?”

    Wow, and to think the person who posted this comment is an adult. We as a nation often wonder what happened to our country. Gone are the days of discussing information without ad hominen attacks. Like I said earlier, this is their (Conservatives) tactic.  They get backed in a corner and they start hurling childish insults. – usually those insults are geared towards making fun of homosexuals.   You know who else acts in this manner?  Teenagers.

    Congratulations Keyboard Commando.  

  • http://twitter.com/JCP1975 JCP1975

    Is that the best you’ve got?  If you’re going to insult somebody, why not make it at least slightly witty.

  • Rhonda

    Rush Limbough, who has called Obama “boy” and really wants to call him the N word so bad he can taste it is a good actor at least.  Mann Coulter with his “Our Blacks” bull crap, and of course Cain.  You line up all 3 of these losers and you wonder why African Americans, Latinos and other communities of color don’t want to have anything to do with the current GOP? I’m black and I actually like Michael Steele, Collin Powell and Condi Rice. Unlike Cain, they are intelligent, well educated and did not see their role as some ignorant black face minstrel/clown who likes to make white folks smile and feel non threatened. As for Clarence Thomas, he was smart enough to weather the accusations and go on to the Supreme Court.  He didn’t need to sing or entertain.  He was just himself.   Cain however is not that bright, and he brought these issues upon himself. He  needs to quit being a victim, stop blaming Perry and Romney, own up to what happened, and move on. There are black conservatives out there who are worth listening to.If they ever come forward and sustain themselves without throwing their own people under the bus or playing the colored stooge, they would probably get a lot of black support.  I expect Cain to stick around, at least until 1 or 2 primaries get rid of him…then Romney will pick a white running mate…no surprises.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jane-AnnMiceli/100001115805535 Jane AnnMiceli

    why should they go to his defense for HIM not telling the public he has had a past of  sexual harassment, I mean get real RUSH. Sometimes I think you are getting senile

  • Anonymous

    You know things are going downhill when Republican leader Oxycontin Rush is taking it out on his own minions.

  • Anonymous

    Memo to Rusty the Chickenhawk: No one called out Cain, because no one could top the job he was doing on himself. He blamed Perry and you blamed Romney for leaking the story. You are simply attempting to save your “boy” by playing the victim card. Obama supporters would never, ever call out Cain in this fiasco because they want to run against this idiot. 

  • Bob

    “Limbaugh argued that, whatever the risks of the story possibly turning
    out to be true, conservatives should have stood up for their own.”
    –just goes to show you how morally bankrupt the conservative “movement” is. Party before country. Ideology before common decency.
    —–
    BTW, back in the ’90s, Limbaugh used to boast  “of a sign on his office door that read, “Sexual harassment at
    this work station will not be reported…. It will be graded.”
    http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1238
    So is anyone really surprised that the woman-hating, thrice-divorced Viagra-popper would immediately side with the harasser?

  • Anonymous

    The two reporters in the following link dance around the innuendo that there was a racist innuendo made about BO until right at 2:16. However, the statement in question doesn’t really say anything of the sort.
    To state that BO is of the street isn’t anymore a racist statement than to say he’s half black. Both of these descriptions are accurate depictions of BO. He is the product of a black man and a white woman, and he did work neighborhoods to organize the community. Why is it always about racism with your liberals?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsrb7bZSp5k

    In another video by the same reporter reporting on a situation where BC was president during exactly half of the time the case is represented to be based upon the reporter never mentions racism at all even though he describes in detail the difference between what the so-called discrimination was based upon. But the reporter goes on to claim that a republican who voted in favor of the settlement is somehow substantially different than a republican that didn’t vote for the settlement without reporting any evidence of the nay congressmen’s vote to base his accusation of racism between 2:10 -2:18. But, he does state that these republicans who voted against the settlement believe there is a plot for the black president to give these people money for “no reason”. Then at about 2:30, the reporter mentions that the government settled this in the 1990s which isn’t accurate – they settled it in the late 1990s by his own accounting of the story – and still no charge of BC being a racist for not doing anything sooner, but a wholesale condemnation of republicans by the actions of a congressman he mentions that voted against the settlement as reported from the following website citing the reasons for the objection to HR 2112 and offered an amendment blocking additional funding of the settlement – which was settled back in the 1990s for $100,000,000 to set aside an additional $1,500,000,000 without mentioning anythingn ab out the fact that the first settlement was passed and agreed upon. Remember, the question is, is there any racism detected in the congressman’s statement. And, also that we are exploring if the liberals are doing the exact opposite of what you said they are doing in reverse to Cain.

    AT 2:49, the reporter states that logic is not necessary despite there is a clear case made in the sen.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjYuquqxHPw

    http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/06/15/rep-king-files-amendment-to-block-pigford-ii-funds/

    “In the 2008 Farm Bill, Congress limited taxpayers’ exposure to the Pigford II settlement program at $100 million, a figure that was deemed sufficient to resolve the racial discrimination claims leveled against the United States Department of Agriculture by black farmers,” said King. “Since that time, a lame-duck Democratic Congress agreed to President Obama’s request to pump an additional $1.15 billion into the Pigford II settlement program, doing so even though the program is rife with credible allegations of massive fraud that have not been fully investigated. This was an irresponsible act, and it violated Congress’s responsibility to be good stewards of taxpayers’ money.”

    “The new majority in the House of Representatives should not ratify the lame-duck Congress’s decision to increase American taxpayers’ exposure to Pigford II fraud. I believe that an investigation into the program will reveal that the majority of the claims that have been filed are fraudulent, and Congress should not turn a blind eye to the real possibility that the money is being used primarily to build political goodwill for the President instead of being used to properly redress the much smaller universe of people who have actually suffered harm. If passed, my amendment would put the brakes on Pigford II funding, and it would prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from paying fraudulent claims one $50,000 check at a time.”

    So, this is just the first example I could piece together to show you how this has been happening at your request.

    If you would like I can continue to research and step you through the examples using this level of detail, or perhaps even more.

    There is your example.

    If you wanted to make the case that King is guilty of accusing BO of favoritism, I would be right there with you, because that is what he is saying. But there’s no racism.

    And remember, we were talking about how the liberal media is trying to accuse conservatives of being racial when criticizing a political figure who is black for something he did that is wrong while they allow another black political figure to get away with something that is also wrong and not say a peep. The correct journalistic response to King’s accusation would be to ask, “is the president trying to win favor from a group of potential constituents by allowing an already settled case to be funded with tax payer money by more than ten times the original amount.

    I really hope you take a little time to ask yourself if this sounds fair.

    Would you like for me to keep digging for more examples like this?

  • http://www.thefriendcenter.com/ SoThere

    Pigford II is just a back door reparations bill where they have paid so-called Black farmers who claimed that they would have been farmers if they wanted to but didn’t because they weren’t real farmers with farm land.

    Those people got money under Pigford II.

    “TMP”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Edwards/588445226 David Edwards

    Just out of curiousity why is it the only conservative radio host written about is  Rush Limbaugh? what about Mike Medved, Michael Gallagar, Hugh Hewit, or Michael Savage ever mentioned>

  • Anonymous

    Yeah, and the point that it was a settled deal, which stinks of fraud is ignored by the liberal media and consumers such as PK…

    SPH

  • Anonymous

    Herman scares the Republican Establishment as much as he does President Obama.  He doesn’t play by the rules that the Establishments do, you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours, the party hacks get the gold mine and the people who get the shaft. 

  • Anonymous

    Come on, keep it civil. 

  • The Democrat End Soon!

    AIR AMERICA! AIR POLLUTION! RACHEL BULLDYKE?

  • The Democrat End Soon!

    Angry about your family trip to The Halfwhite House?

  • I’m Not Black

    You calling “African Americans, Latinos and other communities” colored people? You Dirty raaaaaaayciiiiiss liberal. I demand a heartfelt apology and you are to sit in time out without your rubber penis belt for 3 days!

  • Anonymous

    Jon Bershad wrote the following”"Limbaugh argued that, whatever the risks of the story possibly turning out to be true, conservatives should have stood up for their own.” Limbaugh actually said the following:”Nobody today knows the facts.”and“Wait until you know that he did before you throw him under the bus.” Mr. Bershad, shame on YOU.

  • http://twitter.com/Saje3D Saje Williams

    ROFL… As if Rush Lowbrow and the other Repugnicant’s are capable of shame.  Most psychopaths aren’t.

  • Anonymous

     Communities of color, OF COLOR … not colored people!  *sheesh* (shakes head in utter amazement)

  • Anonymous

    I’m starting a new PAC – Democrats for Herman Cain.  Get off the plantation and get on the Cain SuperTrain!

  • Sharpo

    why is rasta farian a pooseyboy with no balls ?

  • Anonymous

    Speaking of poosey, you’ll never have to worry about Herman Cain or any other man getting all up in your dried-up coochie.

  • Sharpo

    rasta farian exposes himself for the useless failure that he is.

    rasta farian is a cowardly keyboard warrior .

    meh .

    whoislloydc@gmail.com

  • Anonymous

    While Rush is drumming for Cain, Rachel figured out that Cain is a satirical art project.

    “Life can be a challenge, life can seem impossible, but it’s never easy when there’s so much on the line.”

    Cain quoting the Pokemon song in his closing statement at one of the GOP debates.

  • Jerry Baustian

    Rush is right, as usual. 

    As for the progressive left, he is not nearly as hard on them as they deserve.

  • Ambroseracing

    Because he is the Godfather of Conservative radio!!

  • Anonymous

    I’m just wondering when Rush is going to start playing the “Majic Negro” tune again. 

  • Anonymous

    Anybody would want a dummy who didn’t even know China had nukes.

  • Anonymous

    He doesn’t scare Obama.  In fact, there is no GOP candidate Obama would rather run against -well, maybe Michelle Bachman.  Her “women need to be subservient to their husbands” would probably get her 1% of the women’s vote. 

  • Anonymous

    When you make a settlement – or agreement, or whatever Cain wants to call it today, that is in itself an acknowledgement that there was cause for a lawlsuit should the woman have wanted to go to court And it should be noted that the company probably felt they were getting by a lot cheaper than if a lawsuit did indeed make it into court.

  • Anonymous

    I agree.  I think we need to see  Cain as the GOP candidate.  I would certainly get excited about that.  The debates would sure be interesting.  Kind of like watching a Rhodes Scholar debating a 1st grader.

  • Anonymous

    I think Cain ran for the following reasons:
    1.  Got money from the Koch brothers
    2. Increased his book sales
    3.  Increased his speaking engagement demand and fee
    4.  Loves attention

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SMUGSPLRKQOJBS5T6I4S5H2YSE Andy-48

    Please look at the “normal” farm bill that pays farmers for not growing crops at times. In others where the land used to grow some type of crop, where that land was turned into housing tracts.One Doctor outside of Houston was receiving over $100,000 since his land used to grow rice, and since he’s not growing it he gets checks sent to him. He does send it back though.These things happen because of the EU vs the US in farmers price supports. The EU did away with them and they thought to have an even playing field the US should be required to do the same. But the GOP “Contract (Against) w/America” decided that farmers should get money for just being farmers. They had a $500,000 guarantee.

    When Obama’s administration went to try and “cut” spending by limiting the payments to $250,000 they sad NO.

  • Anonymous

    Maybe because Republican primary voters don’t listen to those guys?

  • Anonymous

    I would imagine there is somebody in the Pentagon who could bring Herman Cain up to speed on national defense matters if he should be elected president.  As for the canard that he did not know that China has nuclear weapons, I find that very hard to believe.  China tested its first nuclear weapon in 1964, and has conducted 45 tests since.  Herman Cain earned a degree in Mathematics in 1967 and, after graduation from college, worked for the Navy calculating ballistics – I would think someone in the Navy might have mentioned China’s nuclear capability.
    At a guess, Herman was speaking of China’s ongoing work to IMPROVE its nuclear position, as he mentioned China’s work to launch an aircraft carrier.
    The people who characterize Herman Cain as unintelligent or uninformed are either ignorant of the man or actively untruthful.  He has earned a Bachelors in Mathematics and a Masters in Computer Science.  He has risen to the top of his profession in everything he has done.  How many of you detractors out there can claim anything like that?

  • Anonymous

     Herman Cain didn’t scare President Clinton in 1994 either.  But he wiped the floor with “policy-wonk-in-chief” Bill Clinton in a discussion about the Clinton health care plan.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WP5dYfBBzU

  • Anonymous

    Looks like you have been eating up all the embellishment of Herman Cain.  Cain was NOT in the Navy calculating ballistics.  Cain was in a civilian job FOR the Navy. Cain’s job in the Navy was to determine the FIRE safety equipment and it’s functions aboard aircraft carriers and jet planes.

  • Anonymous

    What does this have to do with racism?

  • Yukon Jack

    If the poobahs at NAACP were not such flaming hypocrites, they would update the name and acronym of their extremely profitable club to something more politically correct.

  • Yukon Jack

    Anybody would want a dummy who didn’t even know there was no such language as Austrian? Or that there were no 57 States?

  • Yukon Jack

    Just out of curiosity, why isn’t anything ever written about a liberal/progressive radio talk show host?

    Answer: There ain’t any successful ones. No normal people would waste their time listening to garbage. 

  • Anonymous

    Limbaugh has become a total moron.  We’re in the middle of primary season.  Why should Cain’s competitors defend him against a true story by Politico, a right of center website?  This isn’t like the Clarence Thomas deal where Anita Hill never filed a complaint.  Doesn’t Limbaugh understand that the Democrats have been all over the blogs defending Cain?  His political instincts are not nearly as good as he advertises.

  • Anonymous

    He has been wrong on all the big strategic political choices of the last several years.  He doesn’t do well during election season.

  • Anonymous

    I wish Rush would just admit he is a Democrat and be done with it.  He’s killing our side with his colossal stupidity.

  • Anonymous

    Because he does the most damage to the Republican side, that’s why he is quoted all the time.  Rush takes pride in this, thinking it makes him relevant.

  • Anonymous

    May I take it you never served in the military?  “Fire control” doesn’t have to do with putting out fires, it has to do with aiming the guns so the projectiles go where you want them to go. 

    This is from a Herman Cain interview with Lawrence O’Donnell:
    “I was working in a critical area called exterior ballistics. I worked on
    something called the rocket-assisted projectile for the Department of
    the Navy. It was my local board in Atlanta, Georgia, that told me, we
    would rather for you to continue to do that analytical work to help the
    Navy rather than us drafting you. Secondly, when they had the lottery, I
    made myself available. The year that they had the lottery for the draft
    they did not draft me because they didn’t get to my number. So I think
    that’s a poor choice of words on your part, to say that I avoided the
    Vietnam War. I made myself available to my country, and they did not
    draft me. The rest of the time I was serving my country in a critical
    role called exterior ballistics analysis. So I am offended with your
    choice of words in terms of what I was doing during the Vietnam War.”Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/10/07/herman-cain-asks-msnbcs-odonnell-do-you-stay-night-come-wording-these#ixzz1d19lqrRe

  • Anonymous

    HEY RUSH…what games you gonna play this time out,, Operation Chaos again…thanks you helped Obama get elected with that one..by the way..isnt that election tampering..but any hooo..howz that 4th wife working out ,get any hay for yer donkey there Bunky?

  • Anonymous

    sleeping with him must be like sleeping with 5 lbs. of bacon on your face at night

  • Anonymous

    Limbaugh seems to have forgotten when he belittled the ‘uppity”Michael Steele  on his radio show and put him in his place and Steel shuffled over and apologized  …but some black people didnt forget. That’s one reason why Cain didnt have a chance  with black voters.

  • Anonymous

    normal people are out working..unlike Rush’s listeners who are polishing their guns  in their basement or down in the parking lot of the Bi-Lo drinking a 32 oz Bubble Up and eatin’ slim jims or having sex with their sister

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