Limbaugh on Obama’s Nobel: ‘We all agree with the Taliban’

By David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Friday, October 9th, 2009 -- 9:02 pm
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rushlimbaugh20090217 Limbaugh on Obamas Nobel: We all agree with the TalibanRepublicans and right-wingers have been working overtime to find ways to use Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize as ammunition against him. None, however, has gone quite as far as radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, who proclaimed on Friday that "we all agree with the Taliban."

Limbaugh began his assault on Obama comparatively tamely, when he emailed Politico to say, ""This fully exposes the illusion that is Barack Obama. And with this 'award' the elites of the world are urging Obama, THE MAN OF PEACE, to not do the surge in Afghanistan, not take action against Iran and its nuclear program and to basically continue his intentions to emasculate the United States. They love a weakened, neutered U.S, and this is their way of promoting that concept."

By the time Limbaugh did his radio show, however, he had moved beyond all-caps Antichrist references designed to appeal to Christian fundamentalists and had realized who his true allies were.

"Our president is a worldwide joke," Limbaugh proclaimed. "Folks, do you realize something has happened here that we all agree with the Taliban and Iran about -- and that is he doesn't deserve the award? Now that's hilarious, that I'm on the same side of something with the Taliban."

A Taliban spokesman, speaking from an undisclosed location, had told AFP earlier in the day,
"We condemn the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for Obama. When Obama was elected president, we were hopeful he would keep his promise to bring change. But he brought no change, he has continued the same old strategy as Bush. He reinforces the war in Afghanistan, he sent more troops to Afghanistan and is considering sending yet more. He has shed Afghan blood and he continues to bleed Afghans and to boost the war here."

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Limbaugh would probably not agree that shedding Afghan blood is Obama's gravest crime, but that may be a small point of difference. As the Afghans themselves say, "I against my brothers; my brothers and I against my cousins; my brothers, my cousins and I against the world.”

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen, however, took Limbaugh's statements seriously enough to issue a statement of condemnation. "The outrageous reaction by Rush Limbaugh, RNC Chairman Michael Steele, and others to President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize is the latest sad example of Republicans putting politics before country by rooting for America to fail," Van Hollen wrote. "House Republicans should immediately condemn these outrageous statements asserting that they are 'on the same side as the Taliban.'"

This video is from MSNBC's News Live, broadcast Oct. 9, 2009.

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  • Dan
    Limberger is a text-book definition of the word "terrorist:; one who creates fear and terror and uses it to achieve political ends. He is no different than the Taliban or Al Quaeda, so no small wonder he agrees with them.
  • Moonbeams
    Limbaugh is disgusting. He needs to be off the air. I know one thing. People need to scream loud and clear to the Miss America Pageant Organization to protest his appearance and the sponsors need to boycott. It's time to pull the lpug on Rush.
  • dave
    limbaugh is nothing but an ignorant piece of shit bonding with his fellows.
  • thepoliticalcat
    Reminds me of that 60s? 70s? poster showing two Hankeys shaking hands. The caption read, "Get Your Shit Together."
  • bayside
    This poster opened my eyes a little further..
    President Obama deserves the Nobel Prize for bucking the conventional wisdom in BOTH political parties and charting a course for PEACE.

    - Obama ended the policy of pre-emptive war, which basically stated that the United States can do whatever the hell it wants.

    - Because he ended the mindless policy of not talking to our enemies. If you won't talk to someone, how can you make peace with them?

    - Because the world was weary of America's random selection of enemies
    based on our economic interests. A wink for China, our banker, and bombs for everyone else.

    - Because after a war based on lies which killed THOUSANDS if not MILLIONS of Iraqis, America has been smeared by the blood of all the innocents whose only crime was to be living in the wrong oil rich country at the wrong time.

    - Because he ended the policy of torture and secret prisons and lawlessness that saw agents of OUR country terrorizing people around the globe.

    Senator McCain wanted to take Georgia into Nato and go to war with Russia AND Iran.

    Those folks cheering in the streets around the world weren't cheering for the "first black President". They were cheering for an end of tyranny and oppression.

    President Obama EARNED the Nobel prize by ignoring people that said negotiating is weak, admitting error is weak, working in alliances is weak and finally recognizing that ALL PEOPLE are precious in God's sight, not just americans.
  • Savantster
    "- Because he ended the policy of torture and secret prisons and lawlessness that saw agents of OUR country terrorizing people around the globe."

    Uh, no.. he hasn't.
  • bayside
    Rush is part of the problem...A big part..Why would anyone listen to a drug pusher ,no conviction and someone who was caught going to thailand with a prescription of viagra, that was under someone elses name, but got out of jail free card because he is rush..
  • twitterpated
    Rush-to-judgement Limbaugh is a horse's ass feigning concern over Obama when the truth is, he's nothing more than an airwaves contrarian who paid to stir up trouble. That's what fuels his show and makes him so popular with car-bound radio listeners. Who knows, if he keeps making a stink, he'll be on Sirius soon. But whatever you do, remember this guy's no more than an entertainer. He ranks and rages and is a total tool -- for money that lines his pocket.
  • twitterpated
    Let's start a "Rush to Dump Limbaugh" Campaign. The guy's so yesterday.
  • libertate
    Pop quiz: who's the actual terrorist threat in Afghanistan? If you say America then you get a gold star! If you think the "Taliban" then I get a job position for you in Obama's cabinet.
  • terrymo1
    I got one word for you! You are a TRAITOR TO YOUR COUNTRY!
    You are the threat to the freedom of AMERICA!
  • canuckkid
    That's more than one word, mate.

    Oh, and there's no need to shout.
  • Savantster
    Terroists are a perspective, terrorism is a tactic.. Blow shit up, kill innocents, do everything you can to scare people into doing what you want.. And in Afghanistan, Americans are every bit the terrorists the Taliban is.

    In drinking the kool-aid, you seem to miss that the Taliban is a theocratic movement in Afghanistan. Most of the Middle East is run by those same people, though the Taliban is a bit more harsh with regard to women's rights.. and while that is very problematic, that's not why we're there..

    Two major things come from Afghanistan that we like, as a matter of policy. Heroin and oil (via pipelines that the Taliban would tear down if they got in power). We need the poppys so we have cheap medical drugs in America..well, cheap ingredients, you're still paying insane prices for them (consider the poppys subsidized, and add to that a huge counter price to boot.. very very expensive). The runoff is that many of those farmers also sell their poppys to those that end up making heroin, and we turn a blind eye to that so we can keep the farmers farming for Big Pharma.

    The Taliban, as bad as they may be, are trying to help their population.. from their perspective. They are trying to ensure their country is an Islamic country, much like the right-wingers are trying to make America a Christian country. Both are equally nuts, but the difference is we have no right to arbitrarily blow the shit out of Afghanistan to secure oil and drugs while pretending we actually care about women and children.. if we cared, we'd not blow them up with unmanned drones and go "oops.. ".

    The "traitors" to America are those that would create new enemies in the name of profits while lying about what's going on. If we want to "liberate" some country, you put that to a poll, you have a direct and measurable goal, and you do it. Then get out. The people driving America's foreign policy (bases in every country, wars of choice and profit, etc.) are the traitors... as are those that support them.

    It's sad that so many people in this country lack the brain power to understand such things. It's good for business, but is a "threat to the freedom of AMERICA!". Ignorance is what drives our problems, and those same people are being conditioned to shun science and intelligence and knowledge. How does that saying go? Stupid is as stupid does?
  • conservatve
    While I generally find Stoner Lindbog's commentary to be beneath comment, I could not resist this opportunity to agree with him. His positions have always been those of the Taliban. He is a terrorist, seeking to herd the people by fear and ignorance. Just like the Taliban, extreme right wing, religious when convenient, willing to engage in violence over beliefs, against womens' rights, conveniently ignoring the teachings of christ, while pretending to fight for them.
  • socatrini
    I wonder if people have realized that Cry Baby Beck, Drug addict/impotent/ pedophile Rush, and liar to the bone, Hannity all have not gone further than High School education and are all college dropouts. And they are the shrills/point persons for the GOP. Says a lot about the the party and these right wing racist nuts. They are not fit to tie the POTUS shoe laces and they want to dump on him. Their only vehicle is the tired old hateful rants to fire up the aging bigots in the GOP. Because the upcoming young smart Americans can read through their BS from afar and are rejecting it.
  • musashi
    i forgot to mention, just because i dont agree with this award, i dont side with a fat,limp-dick,
    drug addicted,whore-chasing nazi like pills limpdick!
  • luschnig
    Gone entirely un-commented on was the Israeli intelligence report last year that Rush Limbaugh met last year with a representative of a Mexican drug cartel who offered certain encouragements to him if he would stir up discontent and division in America so as to weaken our defenses. But the real kicker in the report was that the Mexican also had connections to middle east terrorist organizations. Just who is Limbaugh working for?.
  • tacticalgrace
    What do you mean "we" pig!
  • Bill from NY
    I'm surprised that nobody's been able to shut this fool's trap by now. Limbaugh's been nothing but a blithering idiot since day one, and his popularity speaks volumes about the far reaching national boneheadedness that exists here in our fair country.

    Mr. Limbaugh is a shining light that beckons to the rest of the world our willingness to be nothing but a sorry laughingstock to everyone else.

    If it isn't Limbaugh, it's "who the hell lit this one?" Beck or not quite bright Palin.

    The US appears to be on a collision course to universal stupidity.
  • jimbo701
    Poor Rush, Obama still gets more attention than him.
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