Rush Limbaugh on Fox News Sunday: ‘Palin Ready to be President’

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by Zeke Turner | 5:00 pm, November 1st, 2009

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This morning, Rush Limbaugh appeared on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace. Limbaugh told Wallace, “I love Fox viewers, I love ‘em,” early in the interview and proceeded to articulately and provocatively answer his questions. The pair covered a wide range of issues in over 25 minutes of airtime: Obama’s trip to Dover Air Force Base, health care, the 2010 election, Glenn Beck and the state of conservative media, his $400 million contract, his bid to on the St. Louis Rams and Sarah Palin.

Rush Limbaugh, in his own words:

On President Obama’s trip to Dover Air Force Base:“It was a photo-op. It was a photo-op precisely because he’s having big time trouble with this whole Afghanistan dithering situation. He found one family that would allow photos to be taken none of the others did. And of course whenever you have a sycophantic media following you around, able to promote an antfly then he can create the impression that he has all this concern…”

On Health Care: “This is not about insuring the uninsured, this is not about health care. this is about stealing one sixth of the US private sector and putting it under the control of federal government. And when they get this health care bill if they do, that’s the easiest, fastest way for them to be able to regulate every aspect of human behavior … it’s going to be the biggest snatch of freedom and liberty that has yet occurred in this country…”

On the 2010 Election: “Right now there’s no central Republican leader to turn to and there’s no central Republican message … I actually do think there’s going to be a revolt against the Democrat party and against Obama even if voters in 2010 have nothing to vote for…”

On Glenn Beck: “I’m kind of proud. My radio audience is astronomically high. In 1988 there was nobody doing what I am doing, nobody … and now look what’s out: all of this conservative media — conservative talk radio, television, Fox News, the conservative blogosphere — in one way, if i wanted to have my ego be as big as Obama’s I could say ‘look what I created…’”

On his 8-year, $400 Million Radio Contract: “The $400 million is not guaranteed — I have to earn that. I’m ahead of schedule … value is determined by what somebody will pay you to do what you do. I’m probably worth more…”

On the Reaction to his Attempt to Buy a Minority Stake in the St. Louis Rams: “I don’t really take this personally, but I think it was a bunch of cowards all around.”

Do you think Sarah Palin is ready to be president?: “Yes I do. One thing I do not do is follow conventional wisdom … this is not an endorsement, but I do have profound respect for Sarah Palin. There’s not many politicians that have been through what she’s been put through. This woman, I think, is pretty tough.”

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http://trickletown.vox.com/ Trickletown

Rush, great weight loss. Keith Olbermann might think about trying that diet program! I would ask one thing though.. please wear socks when seated for interviews.
TfT

It was a good interview and I really enjoyed it. I laugh at your sock (or lack thereof) statement and figured it would be a headline of an article here, given the propensity of writers here to address style over substance.

I’m happy to see in this case, the article presented does address the substance of the comments rather than just style.
rmbltmbl

ditto TfT.. if anyone wants to know what Rush is all about, watch this.
Tacoma Chuck

Wouldn’t be great if somebody could convince Rush to do an hour show on the TeeVee every week. CNN could really use Rush to give them one hour per week of great ratings and an hour of honest conservative political discourse.
The network could probably get 15 to 25% of Limbaugh’s radio listeners to tune in. Those would be Beck or O’Reilly like numbers.
ImNotBlue

I thought his answer about the NFL was very interesting. I hadn’t heard the “walkout prevention” strategy before… an interesting theory.
m

>Wouldn’t be great if somebody could convince Rush to do an hour show on the TeeVee every week.

There is already. Fox News. He’s on an regular schedule with Susteren, Hannity and Fox News Sunday.

Nice to see Wallace give Limbaugh 30 minutes on their self-proclaimed “news show”.
TfT

At least FNC has Rush on the air. The other networks (CNNMSNBCABCCBSNBC) just talk about him but never have him on the air. I’m glad FNC is around, finally a network that allows a conservative voice to be heard to counter the liberalness of all the other networks.

Funny how the other alphabets continue to get a pat on the head from Team Obama, do the never get embarrassed? Latest polls show that 70% of us think the media is completely out of touch.

Today on Schieffer’s show he questioned if “fox was breaking the truce” by having Rush on! LOL. This is a guy who is a supposed journalist who clearly supports the WH attack on the free press. You just can’t laugh hard enough at these “old” folks who claim they are journalists! Bob should be embarrassed and ashamed,
http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

Palin isn’t ready to manage her trailer park. If Palin were to be elected as POTUS, Jimmy Carter would then be third worst president in history after Bush and Palin.
m

Agreed. I think Palin as a Presidential candidate will send a horrible signal and could potentially be disastrous for the Republicans. 3 years from now, we’ll have a more liberal electorate as younger people are more liberal and closely identify themselves more with Democrats. If Palin keeps on running her very, very conservative image she has now – I don’t think she’d be able to win. Wouldn’t be surprised that, hypothetically, if Palin is nominated and loses, Republicans will start moving to the left and moderate themselves.
ImNotBlue

m says:
November 1, 2009 at 8:13 pm

There is already. Fox News. He’s on an regular schedule with Susteren, Hannity and Fox News Sunday.

Lie. He’s been on a lot recently because he’s been in the news.

Nice to see Wallace give Limbaugh 30 minutes on their self-proclaimed “news show”.

Yes, it would be much better to react like MSNBC and just talk about Limbaugh at every opportunity, but never talk to him. See… that’s the difference between good journalism, and political hack-ery. One network talks ABOUT him, the other talks TO him. But you know, its Limbaugh… so lies, distortions, non-apologies for repeating fallacies (looking at you Ms. Maddow) is acceptable… his opinion, on the other hand, (despite being an American citizen like the rest of us) is not.
Nachi

Sarah is certainly “ready.” She is highly representative of the reptilian Republicant mind. Stir in huge portions of basic hillbillyism, dogmatic religious beliefs, sprinkle in lots of Jesussah, speaking-in-tongues, laying on of hands, killing of creatures, functional illiteracy (40M), and she can’t miss. Rush is Right. A fat, slovenly perp who appeals to fat, slovenly people. Made for/in America! Yup.
ImNotBlue

Nachi… why do you hate America so much? Where are you from?
timzank

ImNotBlue, Odds are pretty good Nachi is typing from a college dorm…My guess is a sophomore…maybe a junior, probably a poli-sci major.
ImNotBlue

Nahhh… timzank. Someone who was a poli-sci major would have more intelligent (if still false) things to say.
Sunnyr

I agree with Rush in that Sarah Palin is as ready, or MORE ready, than Barack Obama was to be President of this country. I don’t know if she will run but if she does, I will be happy to vote for her. We need people with a profound love of this country to bring it back to a free market capitalistic society that became the envy of the world. I am sick of hearing BHO bash this great country and can’t wait to vote him OUT in 2012.
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