a few choice words from the MobFather himself...in response to...
" The State of Obama " speech...

RUSH: I penned a message to Obama that I would like to deliver now. Because Mr. Obama, I think it's time we had a heart to heart talk. Let me be the father that you never had or never really knew, because I think you need some guidance. It's time to man up. It's time to grow up. That speech last night was an embarrassment. You couldn't focus, you lashed out in all directions, you refused to accept responsibility for your own actions, and you were angry.

And he was, folks! He was mad. Being president is a big job. It's a big responsibility. You wanted the position, Barack. You campaigned for it. You told the public to trust you with it, and they elected you -- and you're now president of the greatest country mankind has ever known, and yet you act like this was all coming to you, like you deserve it, that you're better than the people you are supposed to serve and that you have no tolerance for debate or dissent. That's not the way it works as president, Barack. We have a Constitution, we have checks and balances, we have separation of powers, we have states -- and most of all, we have the people. You don't get to impose your programs and policies on the nation and the people without our consent.

This is a representative republic, not a banana republic, and let me remind you: Karl Marx and Saul Alinsky are not our Founding Fathers. This is a nation built on individuality, built on liberty, free markets, and faith. Yet you, Barack, demand fidelity to a different belief system: A system that crushes individual initiative and free will. The president does not berate Supreme Court justices who are guests of the Congress and who have no ability to respond to your attacks. You've made such a mess of things, Barack, and it's time to stop deluding yourself. It's time to stop blaming others. You are delusional. You are delirious. It's time for you to assume the responsibilities of a president rather than pretending to be one.

You've driven the nation's debt over the edge. It is your responsibility to fix it now. Otherwise, our young people will have no future. You were wrong to grant terrorists constitutional rights. Even the libs in New York don't want the trial there now! You, Mr. President, are endangering the security of this nation. Now fix it! Reverse course, and end the terrorists -- all of them -- back to Guantanamo Bay, where they belong. You are wrong to nationalize one industry after another from automobiles to banks. You are destroying competition and jobs. You need to stop what you were doing before million of more families go broke from your misguided policies. It's not too late to stop this. I know you're not going to stop it because last night you said you don't quit, and I know what you mean.

You're gonna keep plugging for the same agenda, which is going to destroy this country even more -- which makes me think, Barack, that's your objective. You know, Barack, unlike most presidents you're dealing with a Congress that has super majorities in both houses, fellow Democrats. It amazes me that with all the talk about your ability to persuade and communicate, that you can't even hold your own party members together anymore. Is that Bush's fault, too? Is it is fault of the banks and the insurance companies and the lobbyists that you can't keep your own Democrat Party unified -- or is it a problem with your leadership, Barack, or lack of leadership? It's the latter, Mr. President. I'll tell you, you are not a leader. You are an agitator and an organizer, and a process guy, but you are not a leader. It is you who are doing something wrong.

The people in Virginia don't like it. The people in New Jersey don't like it. The people in Massachusetts don't like it. The people in Massachusetts and all over the country have the ability to inform themselves outside of your sycophant press corps, and they are doing so. Members of your own governing majority don't like what you are doing. I mean, this calls for some self-reflection and some circumspection. Has it occurred to you, Mr. President, even once that you're not as cool as you think you are? Has it occurred to you that you are screwing up? And if it has, are you happy about that? Has it occurred to you that you have a great deal to learn and that you need to take your own measure, or are you Mr. Perfect? Are you God-sent?

Are you The One that you've been waiting for? See, I have a little concern there may be a psychological issue at play here. I don't say this to demean you, Barack. I say it because I'm concerned. I mean, Tom Daschle was always "concerned" and I like the word. I'm concerned. You seem to have a whole lot of enemies, at least in your own mind. A partial list would include Fox News, insurance companies, banks, oil companies, the "special interests," the Supreme Court, Republicans, talk show hosts, executives, anyone or any business that earns over $250,000 a year, mortgage companies, credit card companies -- and the list goes on and on and on. You have the longest enemies list of anybody I've ever known.

These people are not your enemies, though, Barack. They are Americans. They are part of this country. They are part of what makes the nation work. You are not. You have nothing to do, and have had nothing to do, with this nation's greatness. You can't lay claim to greatness on any scale, not even rhetorical. But you have no direct relationship to the greatness of this country. You are damaging the possibility of further greatness. Nevertheless, like a bully, you continue to threaten all of these people. The Supreme Court, Big Oil, Big Pharmaceutical, Big Retail, talk show hosts, Fox News, the list goes on. You threaten anybody who does not agree with you. You try to intimidate them. You smear them. Your sycophantic media goes right along and carries your water. But this is not what presidents do.

You're supposed to lead not by threatening people but by encouraging them, by embracing them, by thanking them, by inspiring them. Most of all you don't seem to appreciate the magnificence of this nation! I know you don't. The way you've been educated about this country it's painfully obvious. You think this country is guilty, period. Guilty and unjust. You seem to think this country needs to be torn down so you can rebuild it. But you were elected to be president, not some kind of dictator. You must operate within the confines of the Constitution. You are not bigger than the law, and you are not bigger than the people. You were elected to serve the people, not dictate to them. Anyway, I'm sure this little lecture will not do you much good, particularly given the spectacle of your speech last night. You really are full of yourself. But I truly hope that this little talk does do you some good down the way, because something is going to have to change in you or we are doomed for at least the next three years.




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"You're supposed to lead not by threatening people but by encouraging them, by embracing them, by thanking them, by inspiring them." This is probably the only enlightened thing I've ever heard him say!

This from the same man who said "I hope you fail" barely one day into the President's term.

Why don't we just dispense with the bull and tell it like it is-- this was all just whoring for ratings, there wasn't one sincere phrase in that little screed.


-Kerry O.

I think that Rush is the one that is mad. They thought that Obama would be more towards the center but he stuck to his guns.

I can agree with all of you except to clarify it . I think that 99% of the government does not think they need to answer to the public . they think they have the job and they can do what ever they want with out question .

yes the republicans are mad..because Obama hasn't done what they predicted he would do.

He hasn't done what the dems wanted him to do.
Can you say Guantanamo Bay?
Seems that place is still open last I looked.

to anyone who listens to rush and believes him. rush spreads lies everyday. but the koolaid drinkers believe him. to those who believe him. does it bother you that you fought in wars. rush hid behind his senator dad.

I think his claims are hilarious as almost ALL of them are a perfect description of RUSH and have little to no true application to OBAMA.

The man, OBAMA, is a contitutional lawyer who graduated Magna Cum Laude from HARVARD and this man who barely got through high school really thinks he needs to give him a 'lesson'.......?

LOL,, talk about pompouse and overinflated egos,,,,amazing

everyday rush tells everyone how smart he is. but guess he is smarter then his listens. rush makes million on spreading hate. and his racists views towards. women and people of color.

How silly of me to have forgotten, call Bush an idiot, moron, ruiner of the country, and you are excersizing free speach. Disagree with Obama's socialist agenda, and you are racist.

seems to me the white man is afraid of losing its power. after years of racist in USA. i think its kind of funny to here the white man cry foul.

1st, racists have freedom of speech as well.
2nd, any 'race' that is given absolute power will become absolutely corrupted,,,its nothing innate in race, its innate in mans obsession with power

Do I really need to explain that I was being sarcastic?? There is nothing racist about disagreeing with Obama's policies, but people who do so are consistently branded as such. I don't agree with Rush, Bush, or Obama. I just find it laughable that the same people who attack Bush with pointed name calling, call anyone who respectfully disagrees with Obama a racist. I read through alot of threads here, not just this one, and it is consistent.

As someone outside the whole media circus that is modern America - I'd like you to clarify just exactly -where- Obama has failed?

You make points in your open letter about his failure to lead the way - but you provide no examples of how and when this has hurt America.

Also, if you're arguing that he's pushing against the general vein of common thought you should know even Obama is farr, farr too right-wing to get elected in Britain - so before you go slandering and throwing mud you ought to take a step back and look at what the rest of the world thinks. Most of Europe are behind USA taking a step to the left - have you noticed how suddenly France is back on-side?

Who held up Copenhagen? Kyoto was held up (at least in part) by the Bush administration refusing to commit to, frankly, negligible cuts in emissions. Copenhagen was held up by the Chinese, with one of the loudest voices condemning their stubborn stance coming from the US. Now, I'm not saying that Obama is going to solve all the world's problems and I'm certainly not saying he's perfect - but he is helping America.

As for your not-so-subtle allusion to Obama's administration being Socialist and/or Communist. Wow.

I'd also like to bring a wee note of attention to your mention that America is a country based on Liberty, Free markets and faith. Faith? Need I dig out the innumerable quotes from your founding fathers that show they very specifically wanted faith to play no part in the running of the country? Need I dig out and display the secular nature of your constitution? The UK is a country based on Faith - you really want to be like us?

I'm fed up with the unsubstantiated mud-slinging masquerading as political comment in America (yes, I am looking at you, Fox).

Lastly I apologise if I'm sounding angry and confrontational, but I'm angry and confrontational so that's how it comes across.

M

so⋅cial⋅ism 

–noun 1. a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
2. procedure or practice in accordance with this theory.


( Government involvement in banks and auto industry, redistrubution of money through taxation and social programs, etc.)
Just my opinion^

Good point, and well made.

Government involvement in the banks was necessary to keep the US economy afloat - and besides the bailout was Bush's thing.


As for the motor industry - forcing GM into bankruptcy was counter-socialist as regards the above definition - the only other option other than bankruptcy was government monetary aid - as it happens GM pulled a neat trick - bankruptcy of some it's minor subsidiaries resulting in minimal job-loss or disruption (as compared to the scale of disruption Government intervention would've caused - think 3-400% of the job-losses we've seen plus major scaling back in spending) plus it very specifically left the companies concerned in the free market and outside of crippling government oversight.

As for healthcare - I can see how people come to call it socialist, but isn't that a good thing in this case? Plus, working the maths you get better care (I'll revise that to 'wider-reaching' or 'less-class-ist' if toys get thrown out of prams), for less investment per head.

Also, I am apologising now for my argumentative nature - I'm really not trying to call anyone stupid. I live for intelligent debate and I'll never descend into personal slants or slights.

"Insight is knowing you were wrong once, True enlightenment is knowing you will be wrong again, and again." - anon

Keep it coming!



<<edit - horrible, horrible misquote :s>>

seems awful funny when bush was in office wasting billions of dollars on wars. you or no one else said nothing about it. you say your not a racist. but no matter what obama done. you said talk crap about him. just face it conservatives. you cant get over. you lost the election. no amount of complaining is going to change that fact.

I think alot of people follow Presidents BLINDLY, not expecting them to have flaws or make mistakes(be human). I saw it alot with Bush and I see it with OBama too, although it doesnt seem like as much.

I dont agree with OBama on every decision he is making(I disagree, albeit respectfully, with his stand on stem cell research and the dont ask dont tell policy in the military), but I believe that about 85 percent of what he is doing is in line with helping America recover and I appreciate that he is working his little butt off and bringing back some class and intelligence to the office.