by Mark Silva
Senor Limbaugh esta hablando en espanol hoy.
Rush, on the radio, in Spanish?
Andrew Malcolm, our Top of the Ticket colleague, explains that the Mouth of the South has had it with attacks from Democrat Barack Obama, who has aired campaign ads spotlighting some of Limbaugh's more incendiary intercultural comments and tried to tie them to John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee. Obama took those Mexican-baiting comments out of context, Limbaugh insists.
Some time ago, Limbaugh aired the "Limbaugh Laws,'' as Malcolm reminds us -- "a series of restrictions that should be imposed on immigrants, including required work and language skills, no welfare and social benefits, required savings to immigrate, restrictions on what land they can buy, no demonstrations or foreign-flag waving, etc.
The kicker that day was that all these laws are already in place -- on immigrants into Mexico.''
The Obama campaign lifted one line: "Shut your mouth or get out!"
So Limbaugh is rebroadcasting today exactly what he really said, in Spanish. He has a few other tricks up his Spanish-language sleeve too: Lambasting Obama for, in Limbaugh's view, inflaming racial hatred and using a two-tier campaign approach -- "Chicago tactics behind the scenes, new politics imagery in front of the cameras."
"That, too, en espanol,'' Malcolm notes.
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Comments
Listen, the guy can be on the radio, in Martian, it makes no difference !! He is the $14,000,000 year person, that is going to try and fool Americans, that he speaks for us, workers and middle class Americans!! He and Rove should take their show on the road, bill themselves as, " The Rolly-Polly Boys ", a lie and a laugh, a minute. They'll help the Republicans continue to have the Working and Middle Class bailing out the wealthy and they'll continue to make tons of money too !! Against success, not on your life !! I am against citizens who lie to get anywhere, or cheat and steal and not pay their fair share of the tax burden and to those that help them get away with those criminal and unpatriotic acts !!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW.
Posted by: Don Fitzgerald, Chicago | September 22, 2008 12:49 PM
It's so funny when Dr. Goebbels cries foul....
Posted by: C. Morris | September 22, 2008 12:49 PM
Hey 'Hush'!
He who lives by the hollow political rhetorical flourish, dies by the hollow political rhetorical flourish.
Posted by: Allajoke | September 22, 2008 12:52 PM
It is obvious who you favor.
Posted by: s williams | September 22, 2008 1:39 PM
Rush does not represent the entire republican party. The guy's a bit flakey and has many, many problems of his own to get a grip on to be name calling.
Won't stop me from voting McCain/Palin! Bring those troop's home when we're done over there!
Besides Don, Afghanistan & Pakistan will be Barry's war on terror so you'll be panting for a long, long time to come about wars!
Posted by: Springfield | September 22, 2008 1:55 PM
s. williams,
It's obvious who Rush favors.
Posted by: TheLeninSisters | September 22, 2008 3:06 PM
Those LIMBAUGH LAWS were refering to the laws they have in Mexico, not his personal views. You are writing that wrong and I think you already know that. Do you have a bone to pick with Rush L. ? Someone criticized you on that one before and showed you a FACT SITE PROVING IT last time you put Obama's ad on there without checking the facts. I just sent you another fact site that explains that as well and you will not post it. What is your problem????
Posted by: LOSERS CAN BE SOME BAD SPORTS | September 22, 2008 6:57 PM
Team Obama how they can distort the truth, must have learned it in Chicago-
Posted by: LOAM | September 22, 2008 7:45 PM
Note that reporter Silva, in an article ostensibly about Limbaugh, doesn't dare talk to Limbaugh to get his side of things. Or even visit Limbaugh's website. Such actions would resemble journalism, which the politicized reporter feels free to ignore in his haste to vent on his political opponents.
Not that I blame the reporter much. If I had to defend that ludicrous Obama ad, as Obama-supporting reporters feel they must, I'd make sure to avoid talking to the "other side".
Posted by: Bruce | September 23, 2008 9:32 AM
Please move along... no bias to be seen here, folks... just move along now.
Posted by: Douglas | September 25, 2008 11:02 AM