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Rush Limbaugh: The Last Thing This Regime Wanted Was An ‘Alive Bin Laden’

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Conflicting reports have arisen as to exactly what went down in that house in Pakistan with some now questioning whether or not the United States ever wanted to take Osama bin Laden alive. On his show today, Rush Limbaugh gave some theories as to why the White House might have been loathe to have a captured, living Bin Laden. Limbaugh explained that that would be the “last thing” they’d want as then they’d have to put him through their “sissified” legal system.

Citing the conflict between Eric Holder’s claim that the shooting was in “self-defense” and Pakistani officials remarks that that there were no guns in the building, Limbaugh had this to say:

“There is no way this administration is going to bring him here alive and apply their own sissified techniques to this guy. You talk about politically DOA. You bring Osama anywhere, you put him in Club Gitmo, and you give him an ACLU lawyer and then you promise him a trial, everything they’ve done with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. There is no way they were going to apply their own sissified policies they’ve tried on everybody else on Bin Laden. And, if they kept him alive and they brought him here and they did anything other than that, their base would go absolutely nuts.”

Of course, Holder actually said that Bin Laden was shot in “national self defense” which is very different and doesn’t imply that he was firing at the US soldiers therefore not conflicting with the Pakistani report. However, Limbaugh is right that the official story has seen some changes in the past few days.

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  • Liberal Tormentor

    You libs KNOW he’s 110% right about that, but you will never admit it. Having him alive and afforded all of the right you libs would give him would be political suicide.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    We respect you Rush and want you to have a long and happy life .

    Don’t read any further , Rush .

  • Liberal Tormentor

    ps Jon, it’s REGIME an not REGINE. I just don’t want you to get cited by the Royal Spelling and Grammar Czar.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    One of the last things I want is an alive Rush Limbaugh, but we don’t always get what we want, unfortunately.

  • sparty

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    You libs KNOW he’s 110% right about that, but you will never admit it. Having him alive and afforded all of the right you libs would give him would be political suicide.

    I would think it’s closer to 115%, but anyway.

    If Rush was a gay prostitute, he probably wouldn’t have a successful conservative radio program.

    If Osama survived the raid on Sunday…[conservatives fill in the blank].

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    The Lantern of Truth said:
    We respect you Rush and want you to have a long and happy life .

    Don’t read any further , Rush .

    speak for yourself, this guy can’t even keep his mind straight. Three days ago he congratulated Obama, then the next day Obama “owed American an apology”, now he says “this administration did not want Bin Laden alive”.

    Rush is just a flip-flopper sell-out. He doesn’t even make sense, there is no consitency, he’s just loud and angry all the time. but mostly, Rush Limbaugh is a flip-flopper and he doesn’t put himself out there like Donald Trump because he just doesn’t have the balls.

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Snowspot, he congratulated the president for continuing the polices of Bush that allowed us to get Bin Laden. The press just didn’t bother to read the whole quote before they ran out screaming that Rush was siding with Obama. They do that alot.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    Snowspot, he congratulated the president for continuing the polices of Bush that allowed us to get Bin Laden. The press just didn’t bother to read the whole quote before they ran out screaming that Rush was siding with Obama. They do that alot.

    Bush isn’t President anymore!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111

  • Thelonious Funk

    Isn’t an alive Osama the last thing every American wanted?

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    Thelonious Funk said:
    Isn’t an alive Osama the last thing every American wanted?

    You know who wants Osama alive? A small bitter group of conservatives that wish we’d gotten “the kill” on Bush’s watch. Most other conservatives and Americans are ready to just let this die, Osama is dead, we’re back to square one… I just wish this didn’t turn into some huge politcal fight. Osama is dead, can we move on to more important things now?

  • D REX

    Clusterfuk Bush had 8 years to capture and/or kill OBL…..instead he was chasing rainbows in IRAQ..and now his pundits ..including Limpballs… want to give him credit?..hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha…. sorry………didnt mean to laughj

  • D REX

    Snowspot said:
    You know who wants Osama alive? A small bitter group of conservatives that wish we’d gotten “the kill” on Bush’s watch. Most other conservatives and Americans are ready to just let this die, Osama is dead, we’re back to square one… I just wish this didn’t turn into some huge politcal fight. Osama is dead, can we move on to more important things now?

    AMEN……AMEN…….AMEN

  • D REX

    Publius219 said:
    Bush isn’t President anymore!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111

    …actually he never was!!!! lol

  • Newsjunky

    So the obese, drug-addicted, un-American oaf is still slobbering all over himself trying to discredit President Obama. LMAO! Why does he breathe so hard when all he’s doing is talking? Gross. Anyway, this gasbag is sounding just as mentally unstable as Beck has… I think he might be losing his marbles. Maybe a diet would help? I dunno… just sayin’.

  • Bill Huggins

    Regime? He must be speaking about Pakistan seeing as President Obama wasVOTED INTO OFFICE DEMOCRATICALLY.

    With that one idiotic comment, it depletes the accuracy of the rest of his “idea”.

    Hahahahahahahha. LOSER

    It just EATS YOU UP that Obama caught OBL and Cheney didn’t.

    Hahahahahahahahahahahahabababa!!!!

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    Snowspot said:
    speak for yourself, this guy can’t even keep his mind straight. Three days ago he congratulated Obama, then the next day Obama “owed American an apology”, now he says “this administration did not want Bin Laden alive”.

    Rush is just a flip-flopper sell-out. He doesn’t even make sense, there is no consitency, he’s just loud and angry all the time. but mostly, Rush Limbaugh is a flip-flopper and he doesn’t put himself out there like Donald Trump because he just doesn’t have the balls.

    You obviously don’t know that Rush’s “congratulations” was sarcasm- Jon didn’t figure it out when he posted his first article either, until several posters enlightened him. Not to worry, Rush IS consistent. He knows what his core values are and he does not suffer from moral equivalency like Obama does.

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    Newsjunky said:
    So the obese, drug-addicted, un-American oaf is still slobbering all over himself trying to discredit President Obama. LMAO! Why does he breathe so hard when all he’s doing is talking? Gross. Anyway, this gasbag is sounding just as mentally unstable as Beck has… I think he might be losing his marbles. Maybe a diet would help? I dunno… just sayin’.

    No one needs to “discredit” Obama- he’s doing an excellent job of that all by himself.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    I know there are some decent ,upstanding liberals out there . They clearly have never heard of , or they avoid , this website .

    The liberal collection of nasties , numbskulls and filthy sickos on Mediaite is truly impressive .

    Sad .

  • WCinWI

    Publius219 said:
    Bush isn’t President anymore!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111

    With the big government policies that are being enacted and the new war that has been started, you could confuse Obama and Bush.

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    Dirk said:
    Evidently the tea-baggers and other learning challenged goofs would be happy if bin Laden were still living comfortably in his villa.

    It’s all about Obama getting him and nothing else… there’s no reason to be upset Osama is gone.. it’s what our whole freaking country wanted.

  • murphy0071

    The Lantern of Truth said:
    The liberal collection of nasties , numbskulls and filthy sickos on Mediaite is truly impressive .

    Sad .

    I didn’t know Scott Petersen had internet privileges.

  • DonnaK

    Why don’t some of you lame people on her, just shut up for once…..People are so happy that Osama is dead, period…Then you righties can’t stand Obama to get any credit or praise, so you have to start all you conspiracy theories as soon as you can….Bush didn’t get him, he gave up…..Obama got him…He didn’t give up….Get over yourselves!!!!

  • BatBoy

    You must remember this….a “Hit” is still a “Hit”

    Viva La Obama….the New War El Presidente!

  • Liberal Tormentor

    You people listen to Donna. She voted for Bush twice and is disgusted by how people talk about Obama. Bush was treated with nothing but respect, you;ll remember.

  • DonnaK

    Hey Michelle (liberal tormentor), I respected Bush, as I did vote for him (you never forget), but he didn’t get the job done…Obama did!! You haven’t grown since the first post I saw from you when I joined this board…Your comments are like a 5 year olds, and really that is an insult to 5 year olds…..Respect is earned and I don’t believe you have ever earned anyone’s respect……

  • DonnaK

    Dirk–You’ve got her exactly right, I guess it always amazes me that people think if they say something enough, it is fact….and just putting someone down for sport is all they have…..

  • hgovernick

    I do agree with fat belly that the government (CIA) would not want a living bin Laden in captivity, but for reasons other than fat belly espouses.

    For the same reason that W Bush refused to accept a challenge to an internationally televised debate given by Saddam Hussein, this government – (CIA and all administrations back to the 80′s) would be embarrassed by the dirty secrets bin Laden could reveal to the world at large about his cooperation with this government in various capacities as a CIA operative in Afghanistan, and as a very close friend to the entire Bush family, who has been doing business with the bin Laden family in Saudi Arabia for decades.

    So – get it straight, fat belly.

  • hgovernick

    sparty said:

    If Rush was a gay prostitute, he probably wouldn’t have a successful conservative radio program.

    Rush IS a gay prostitute.

  • Newsjunky

    hgovernick said:
    Rush IS a gay prostitute.

    A prostitute means somebody would be willing to pay to be with that obese, heavy-breathing, old, ugly, gnarled up piece of shit. Who would pay to have sex with that big blob of nastiness?

  • pinandpuller

    Dirk said:
    Is Limbaugh on the double cheese burger, chips and oxycontin diet? Good Lord is that man obese or what?

    He’s having whatever Michelle is having.

  • Skippy

    Newsjunky said:
    A prostitute means somebody would be willing to pay to be with that obese, heavy-breathing, old, ugly, gnarled up piece of shit. Who would pay to have sex with that big blob of nastiness?

    Many of his johns, er, listeners pay to have premium access to the real lard Limpo.

  • Tedderman

    So now we have proof of the dangerous results of mixing viagra and oxycontin, brain damage.

  • jim bronson 990cc

    Does this mean the GOP wanted UBL alive?

  • Rokker

    This fat racist slug is a national embarrassment.

  • ChrisNH

    I’m laughing at all the limp-wristed Leftists who are ‘incensed’ at Limbaugh while knowing that there’s not a bloody thing they can do about him or his influence.

    It is fun watching Leftist media hacks get livid over Limbaugh. To quote another Leftist here who couldn’t stand the heat, ‘TEE HEE!!’

  • J R D

    Cheap shots on Rush — how about a vid showing Obama in post interview with O’Reilly?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROsLAKq1xBs
    Very, very funny.

  • ChrisNH

    Dirk said:
    Is Limbaugh on the double cheese burger, chips and oxycontin diet? Good Lord is that man obese or what?

    A limp-wristed observation. We laugh at you. I mean, you’d laugh if I called Obamo a big-eared cigarette smoker, right?

  • Mia Kulper

    ChrisNH said:
    I’m laughing at all the limp-wristed Leftists who are ‘incensed’ at Limbaugh while knowing that there’s not a bloody thing they can do about him or his influence.

    No matter what sort of outrageous or inflammatory smears and lies he broadcasts across our nation every day, there’s not a lot people can do about Rush Limbaugh.

    They pay Rush Limbaugh ninety thousand dollars an hour to spout his bile.

    The only thing you could do to change Rush Limbaugh’s tune would be to pay him ninety ONE thousand dollars an hour.

  • Mia Kulper

    Citing the conflict between [United States Attorney General] Eric Holder’s claim that the shooting was in “self-defense” and Pakistani officials remarks that that there were no guns in the building, Limbaugh had this to say: …

    OK, every Limbicile who believes the “Pakistani officials” who supposedly said that bin Ladin had “no guns in the building,” please raise your hands…

    …and then slap yourselves in the back of your head.

  • hgovernick

    Newsjunky said:
    A prostitute means somebody would be willing to pay to be with that obese, heavy-breathing, old, ugly, gnarled up piece of shit. Who would pay to have sex with that big blob of nastiness?

    Dick Morris. Dick Cheney. Karl Rove. Glenn Beck. To name a few.

    You know. Other old, ugly, gnarled up pieces of shit.

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