Rush: Obama Speech Was Pep Rally

Limbaugh Slams Arizona Pep Rally And Slobbering Fox News All-Stars
Rush Limbaugh took to the airwaves and wasn’t so eager to echo the overwhelming praise of President Obama ’s memorial Speech last night. Not only was he shocked by the “pep rally” tone of the crowd (something that also troubled CBS’ Mark Knoller during today’s Press Conference with Robert Gibbs ), but he also had some complaints about what was said, the timing of the ceremony and the media reaction to it. Limbaugh first doubted the wisdom of having Department ...

Bogus Christianists
Yes, I have paid attention to the attempted Assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), the Murder of six other people, and the attempted political Assassination by the Leftist media of Former Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK) in these past few days. Yes, I'm up to my ears in taking care of my great-aunt--an invalid since her accident on September 24th of last year.  Yes, I am grateful to the awesome King Shamus for keeping my blog alive from that time until now. But what I want to know...

Rush Limbaugh Rips Fox News Panel For 'Slobbering' Over Obama Speech, Panel Responds (VIDEO)
A new feud has broken out between Rush Limbaugh and the so-called "All Star Panel" on Fox News' "Special Report" over the panel's praise for President Obama's Speech at the memorial for the Arizona Shooting Victims. Speaking on his Radio Show Thursday, Limbaugh slammed the panel, which, on the night of the speech, had consisted of Brit Hume, Charles Krauthammer and Chris Wallace, for their positive comments. "They were slobbering over it for the predictable reasons," he said. "It was smart, it...

Obama temporarily lifts ban on religious expression
Administration officials stunned the Tuscon Memorial crowd and television audience last night by talking about God. Although the auditorium crowd was instructed to applaud everything, television viewers were shocked when Janet Napolitano began reading from The Bible. “I expected Security Guards to take her away” remarked Lou Roberts, who watched the program from his favorite sports bar in Atlanta, Ga. Tension continued to fill the air as Attorney General Eric Ho...

Limbaugh Vs Krauthammer: Low Road Vs High
Rush Limbaugh’s reaction to the Arizona tragedy has been nothing short of embarrassing, and not worthy of the Talk Radio host with the largest audience in that medium. Limbaugh railed against the Fox News “All Stars”, Chris Wallace, Brit Hume and Charles Krauthammer for “slobbering” over President Obama’s Arizona Speech, going so far as to derisively call it a “pep rally.” Either Limbaugh really believes the drivel he’s been emitting since th...

Obama re-wrote Arizona speech on way to arena
In the hours before President Obama's Tucson memorial Speech, White House officials said he would likely be working on the speech up to the last minute. And that turned out to be literally true. In fact, one of the most reported moments of his speech -- Obama's revelation that wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., had opened her eyes that day -- surfaced in the car ride to the University of Arizona Basketball arena, officials said. Giffords' husband and mother accompanied Obama in the presi...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day and environmental justice
Attorney General Eric Holder spoke today about environmental justice at an EPA program commemorating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Here are some quotes from text the Department of Justice put out: "Nearly half a century ago, it had become clear to Dr. King and his supporters that integrating our schools and public spaces, securing Voting Rights, and advancing the Civil Rights Act did not solve a series of other problems. People of Color still suffered, unequally, from...

Obama Should Continue Tucson Speech Themes in State of the Union
Aside from the length of the Speech—half an hour rather than the usual five minutes or less—something else made President Obama’s remarks at the raucous Tucson memorial service different from every other Presidential Speech in times of tragedy. If you look as far back as President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, or President Roosevelt’s address immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, or President Clinton’s remarks at the prayer service following the Okl...

Oh, Its On: Charles Krauthammer Responds To Rush Limbaughs Slobbering Critique
A house divided against itself cannot stand… but it will certainly garner a lot of media attention. As we told you earlier, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh is criticizing Fox News Channel’s “All-Star Panel” for, as he sees it, “slobbering” over President Barack Obama’s Speech at this week’s memorial event for those killed in the recent Tucson, Arizona shooting. Fox News is, of course, fighting back. Charles Krauthammer appeared on Bret Baier...

Civility Flashback: Wanda Sykes Jokes About Death/Torture of Rush Limbaugh Obama Yuks it up.
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Brooklyn AUSA Heading to FCPA Unit of DOJ
Click here to cancel reply. Track leadership changes in the 93 U.S. Attorney offices, with Bush holdovers and Obama Candidates. "That's been dealt with now." - Attorney General Eric Holder on the factors that slowed U.S. Attorney nominations....

Clear Channel Pulls Limbaugh's 'Straight Shooter' Billboard In Tucson
What is this? Several weeks before the shooting rampage in Tucson, local Radio Station KNST put up a Billboard for Rush Limbaugh's show. Rush Limbaugh. Rush Limbaugh. It said: Rush Limbaugh, Straight Shooter. And scattered across the billboard were eight graphical bullet holes. After the shooting, the billboard quickly became part of the discussion about whether or not political Rhetoric had gone too far. In reaction to the billboard, Susan Campbell at the Hartford Courant asked simply, "Is this...

Colby Hall Hires Guy Who Wants To Bone Sarah Palin To Diagram Sentences For Mediaite
Thin-skinned future Bieber biographer Colby Hall saw an opportunity to do something more important with his Mediaite doodlepage than their usual “Anderson Cooper: Hot or Not?” polls so he decided to get someone with an extensive background in textual analysis, narrative, and Rhetoric to contrast and compare President Obama’s Tucson Speech with Sarah Palin’s Borscht Belt video comedy short and tell us what the hell they were talking about. After striking out at the blood...

Palin to speak to hunting group
ABC News' John Berman reports: Sarah Palin is set to deliver a Speech to hunting enthusiasts about “how politics affect the current state of hunting and fishing.”  On Saturday January 29th, Palin will deliver a keynote address to at the Safari Club international convention in Reno, NV.  The group’s website says Palin will address the politics of hunting along with discussing her “past hunting experiences.”

Some question pep rally atmosphere at Obama speech
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Some conservative commentators are criticizing the cheering and peppiness of the Arizona Mass Shooting memorial that featured President Barack Obama. Some have wondered whether it was a scripted political event, but White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Thursday he and other aides didn’t expect Obama’s Speech to receive as much applause as it did. The University of Arizona, which hosted the event, insisted it was not political. The school said it planned ...

Some Question Pep Rally Atmosphere At Obama Speech
TUCSON, Ariz. — What was billed as a memorial for Victims of the Arizona shooting rampage turned into a rollicking rally, leaving some conservative commentators wondering whether President Barack Obama's Speech was a scripted political event. Not so, insisted the White House and host University of Arizona. Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said Thursday he and other aides didn't expect the president's remarks at the school's Basketball arena to receive as much rousing applause as it did. Gibb...

Some question pep rally atmosphere at Obama speech (AP)
TUCSON, Ariz. – Some conservative commentators are criticizing the cheering and peppiness of the Arizona Mass Shooting memorial that featured President Barack Obama. Some have wondered whether it was a scripted political event, but White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Thursday he and other aides didn't expect Obama's Speech to receive as much applause as it did. The University of Arizona, which hosted the event, insisted it was not political. The school said it planned the event with ...

Some question pep rally atmosphere at Obama speech
(01-13) 23:27 PST Tucson, Ariz. (AP) -- What was billed as a memorial for Victims of the Arizona shooting rampage turned into a rollicking rally, leaving some conservative commentators wondering whether President Barack Obama's Speech was a scripted political event. Not so, insisted the White House and host University of Arizona. Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said Thursday he and other aides didn't expect the president's remarks at the school's Basketball arena to receive as much rousing applau...

Some question pep rally atmosphere at Obama speech
President Barack Obama greets Daniel Hernandez, a intern for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who helped her after she was shot, at a memorial service in Tucson, Ariz., on the University of Arizona campus, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Some conservative commentators are criticizing the cheering and peppiness of the Arizona Mass Shooting memorial that featured President Barack Obama. Some have wondered whether it was a scripted political event, but White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Thursday he and othe...

Homeland Security Axes Bush-Era 'Virtual Fence' Project
ABC News' Jason Ryan reports: The Department of Homeland Security today officially scrapped a Bush-era program designed to use radar technology to detect Illegal Immigrants crossing the border, according to a DHS official and a congressional source. The project, called "Virtual Fence," was rolled out under the Bush administration in 2006 with much fanfare about how technology could help secure the border. Illegal immigrants crossing the border would be detected by a radar and pi...

Gillibrand Heads To Tucson With President
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s office said she has boarded Air Force One with President Obama this afternoon to travel to Tucson, Ariz., to attend tonight’s memorial service for the Victims of Saturday’s shootings. According to the White House pool report, Gillibrand was joined on the trip by some House colleagues, the First Lady, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Attorney General Eric Holder, Department of Homeland Security Security Janet Napolitano, the former Arizona Governor, and Democ...

Robert Gibbs Asked About Pep Rally Tone At Tucson Memorial
While many people have given President Obama’s Speech at last night’s memorial high marks, some have been angered, not so much for what Obama said, but for how his words impacted the audience. According to some, Obama gave a Speech people enjoyed just too much for a solemn, serious event. To paraphrase Tropic Thunder, everyone knows you don’t go “full inspirational” at a memorial. The key phrase being tossed around has been that the atmosphere was too much like a &#...

President Obama official schedule and guidance, Jan. 12, 2011. Tucson Memorial Service
In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press. Later in the morning, the President will meet with Prime Minister Saad Hariri of Lebanon to discuss U.S. support for Lebanon's Sovereignty, independence, and stability, the ongoing work of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, and other regional issues. Lebanon is an important partner in U.S. efforts to promote peace, stability, and justice in the Middle East. The President an...

O Pleaze. No More Tragedies for Profit of Politicians.
Will he stand with the America that wants an end to the invasions and occupations of foreign lands. Operations preferably referred to by the Administration and those who buy the Administration's line as, "wars?" Will he stand with the poor? The Brown skinned? The Elderly who needs a raise in their cost of living? The sick who need Health Insurance? Obama's words to me sound like profiteering in the midst of tragedy. Profiteering aided by the entire tone of the media in the midst of this traged...

Bizarre Tucson Memorial
Humor me while I throw in my two cents. Perhaps it was the raucous whopping. Perhaps it was the Opening Ceremony with the Chief blessing all above, below, here, there, everywhere. Maybe it was the Holder and Napolitano reading the scriptures. No one of the cloth this time to invoke the spiritual. Janet shouting out “hello Tucson, hello Arizona” didn’t awaken my empathy, but perhaps it was her reading of Isaiah. “Make straight in the dessert a highway” that came to m...