I'm hardly envious of Rush...in any way....not any more than I am of Barbara Streisand or any other celebrity with an opinion and a microphone. I figure I can bash the stupidity of either one...and will get called names by one side of the other anyway...I don't care. I'm hardly considered to be "liberal" in most circles. As everyone (including me) said in the past, "respect the office if not the man".
The killing of Bin Laden was significant, and if the mission had been a total failure, Rush and the ditto heads would of blamed Obama alone for blowing it. Give the man some Kudos for at least one job well done.
Rush is just describing the truth? rush wouldn't know the truth if it hit him like a Percocet. I know he likes to play sounds bites over and over and over...maybe he'll revisit this one.
Oh that's right... there is no serious reflection, Q&A or debate on his show.
"OBAMA: As president, I would make the hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. military aid to Pakistan conditional, and I would make our conditions clear: Pakistan must make substantial progress in closing down the training camps, evicting foreign fighters, and preventing the Taliban from using Pakistan as a staging area for attacks in Afghanistan.
I understand that President Musharraf has his own challenges. But let me make this clear. There are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered 3,000 Americans. They are plotting to strike again. It was a terrible mistake to fail to act when we had a chance to take out an Al Qaeda leadership meeting in 2005. If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won't act, we will.
And Pakistan needs more than F-16s to combat extremism. As the Pakistani government increases investment in secular education to counter radical madrasas, my administration will increase America's commitment. We must help Pakistan invest in the provinces along the Afghan border, so that the extremists' program of hate is met with one of hope. And we must not turn a blind eye to elections that are neither free nor fair -- our goal is not simply an ally in Pakistan, it is a democratic ally.
During an August 6 campaign stop in Iowa, when an audience member asked Obama about his comments, Obama responded, "The misreporting that was done needs to be cleared up. I never called for an invasion of Pakistan."
From the September 20 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
LIMBAUGH: Well, we've got another tape from -- I get these guys confused -- Usama bin Laden. Another tape says he's going to invade Pakistan and declare war on Pakistan and Musharraf, which, ladies and gentlemen, puts him on the same page with a Democrat presidential candidate -- that would be Barack "Uss-Obama." And let's go back to August 1st: "U-Bama" gave a speech on counterterrorism, and here's a portion of what he said.
OBAMA [audio clip]: If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf will not act, we will.
LIMBAUGH: All right, so, we're going to attack Pakistan. Poor Musharraf's going to get it on both ends if Barack's elected."
