by Mark Silva
DENVER - Rush Limbaugh, who probably needs no commas after his name, already is passing judgment on the Democratic National Convention:
"Not one night has been believable,'' Limbaugh says in a talk with FOX News Channel's Bill Hemmer on America's Election HQ.
Limbaugh suggests that this is the "first time since 1976 that a convention has been more excited about a loser than the winner."
(That judgment may be trumped by Thursday night's assembly at Invesco Field at Mile High, where Sen. Barack Obama plans to accept the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. If Sen. Hillary Clinton's appearance in the convention hall last night appeared "exciting,'' it will likely pale in comparison with the celebration the party is planning on closing night.
(This will be the first time since John F. Kennedy stepped out of his convention hall in 1960 to accept his nomination at the Los Angeles Coliseum that a party's presidential nominee has taken a field apart from the hall. But, we digress, back to Rush here....)
Limbaugh doesn't buy the unity talk that Clinton is attempting to promote, suggesting that Obama's victory in November spells the end of Clinton's hopes for the presidency. "If Obama wins,'' he says, "she's finished.'' The Clintons still are counting on Obama losing, he suggests, and will do "whatever they can after they leave Denver to see that that happens." (Well, if the Clintons don't, Rush certainly will).
The Democratic Party, he maintains, "is so far different from the public image they try to portray...they are fractured, they are undecided."
(Photo for the Chicago Tribune by Carlos J. Ortiz)
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Here's a quote taken directly from Rush's web page on 2-4-08. This is Rush describing McSame:
"He's taking the easy route, moistening the finger. He's out there saying the Democrat Party has better ideas than we do; the Democrat Party's ideas poll better than ours do. I'm going to adopt the Democrat Party's ideas. Maverick my rear end."
And somehow the Swamp thinks this thrice divorced drug addict is qualified to even comment on the Democratic Convention!
Posted by: Neal | August 27, 2008 12:40 PM
Really. Does anyone expect him to say anything else?
Remember this is a man who railed against drug addicts as weak and worthless. Lo and behold we find out he's a drug addict who lied to Dr's for Rx.
The man is a side show act whose ego is the only inflation of his perceived importance
Posted by: Todd M | August 27, 2008 1:11 PM
The Demo Convention is a wealth of laughs and the biggest one mentioned by Rush is coming Thursday night with Obama appearing in a recreation of a Greek Temple at stadium in Denver. Obama just can't help but consider himself some type of God ("A light will come down saying vote for Barack").
This election is coming down to a two word joke: "Barack Obama."
Posted by: Danforth | August 27, 2008 1:18 PM
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates: Orders are nobody can see the Great Oz! Not nobody, not nohow!
Posted by: Toto | August 27, 2008 1:28 PM
The Dems may make you laugh, but the republicans will put you to sleep.
Posted by: Ben Kaufman | August 27, 2008 1:35 PM
I'm not a fan of Clinton, but that speech was excellent. Oh, and Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer - why is he on this news page?
Posted by: Joe | August 27, 2008 1:37 PM
Who cares what the bloated blimp Limpbag has to say. Here's a guy who said just about everything against McBush earlier.
Posted by: bill r. | August 27, 2008 1:39 PM
Limbaugh would love it if the Democrats were as divided as he suggests, but even diehard Hillary supporters would not want to see us suffer through four more years of Bush policies. Rush is wrong about the Dems as usual, but from the quotes above, it sounds like his opinion of the "maverick" is right on the money.
Posted by: Tom O | August 27, 2008 1:59 PM
If people would just ignore the fascist he'd go away you know.
Posted by: Cheryl Hussein | August 27, 2008 2:04 PM
Oh, Rush, you big fat windbag. Does anyone really expect you to say anything positive about the Democratic National Convention. Not only are you just a big, fat windbag but a hypocrite, too since you spent the primaries dissing McCain. Now, you're his biggest fan. Your flip-flops are big belly flops. Please, entertain us some more with your buffoonery.
Posted by: Jeff | August 27, 2008 2:23 PM
Mr. Silva, Limbaugh's words on politics are followed by a lot more people than read your usual sources, the Washington Post and the NY Times.
A lot more than read your Chicago Tribune, in fact.
And given the recent polls, more people trust Limbaugh to tell the truth than trust the three newspapers cited.
Posted by: Bruce | August 27, 2008 5:02 PM
Bruce: I think you may indeed need to put down whatever sauce it is you're drinking. What you just said might be the most unsubstantiated thing I've ever heard in Swamp comments.
Posted by: Joe | August 27, 2008 6:44 PM
Bruce, Anybody can see why conservatives love Limbaugh. He's a porcine racist millionaire drug addict who's been married three times and avoided Vietnam service due to a cyst on his fat rear end. Why, he's a real live conservative hero! No wonder you dittoheads worship him.
Posted by: Tom O | August 27, 2008 7:02 PM
Isn't Hillary Rush's candidate? I thought he said he would vote for her if McCain was the Repub choice.
Posted by: C.Morris | August 27, 2008 9:33 PM
All you flat-liner liberals miss the fact: he is correct. After Hillary's speech last nice (if you agree with her statements, you must have tp admit it was delivered well). Well enough that some are wondering of they nominated the right person for preisdent or at least why she isn't the v-p canidate.
Hillary will put on the show that she is behind BO, but in her heart she is pulling for Mccain so she has a shot at 2012.
Posted by: Terry | August 27, 2008 9:33 PM