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Why I'm Not Now and Have Never Been the Democrats' "Rush Limbaugh"

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And then, finally, two years after that, we won the White House.

That's the difference -- The American people agree with me, not Rush.

The American public believes that health care is a right and not a commodity.

They want tougher environmental laws and believe that global warming is real, not a myth.

They believe that the rich should be taxed more.

They want to go after the crooks on Wall Street who got us into this mess and the politicians who enabled them.

They want more money invested in education, science, technology and infrastructure -- not in more tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.

They believe that, whether Democrats or Republicans have been in power, wealthy corporations have been calling the shots for the past few decades and the American people's voices have not been heard as their country has slowly been driven into the ground. Our politicians and our media have been bought and paid for by the highest bidders and we don't trust them anymore.

Finally -- they want us to get the hell out of Iraq and to investigate the criminals who sent us there for fictitious reasons.

Obama and the Democrats going after Rush is a good thing and will not do for him what the Republican attack plan did for me -- namely, the majority of Americans will never be sympathetic to him because they simply don't agree with him.

The days of using my name as a pejorative are now over. The right wing turned me into an accidental spokesperson for the liberal, majority agenda. Thank you, Republican Party. You helped us elect one of the most liberal senators to the presidency of the United States. We couldn't have done it without you.

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It's wrong for Democrats to claim Rush is the leader by Kevin Gosztola on Friday, Mar 6, 2009 at 1:35:43 PM
I agree with most of Kevin's post by virginius "gin" arnold on Friday, Mar 6, 2009 at 3:30:00 PM
bienvenidos, Mike!!! by martinweiss on Friday, Mar 6, 2009 at 4:11:53 PM
Oh PLEASE! by steve scheetz on Friday, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:15:29 PM
(Fullof Sheetz..as usual!) by Bia Winter on Saturday, Mar 7, 2009 at 8:11:39 AM
I guess I liked the Cuba scenes at the end best, by GLloyd Rowsey on Friday, Mar 6, 2009 at 6:05:25 PM
If we're going to talk about Cuban Scenes by mikel weisser on Friday, Mar 6, 2009 at 8:41:47 PM
The mother of all our woes by Perry Logan on Saturday, Mar 7, 2009 at 6:03:31 AM
Here, here, Perry! by Bia Winter on Saturday, Mar 7, 2009 at 8:18:52 AM
To compare Moore to Limbaugh is sheer lunacy, by Paul Magill Smith on Saturday, Mar 7, 2009 at 10:58:51 AM
Michael Moore And COTO by Michael Cavlan on Saturday, Mar 7, 2009 at 11:21:25 AM
Here, here, Paul Magill Smith by mikel weisser on Saturday, Mar 7, 2009 at 11:10:52 AM
Thanks, Michael by Meryl Ann Butler on Saturday, Mar 7, 2009 at 12:52:08 PM
Several snorters in this by Scott on Sunday, Mar 8, 2009 at 6:36:19 PM
Bury Your Head Deep by Paula Sayles on Tuesday, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:22:16 AM