Schwarzenegger Calls Limbaugh "Irrelevant"
Calif. Governor Later Called In To Conservative Commentator's Radio Show To Make Nice
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Limbaugh, who a day earlier had accused the governor of abandoning the conservative cause, treated Schwarzenegger cordially. But the two had a back-and-forth discussion over extending health care to illegal immigrants — a sensitive subject throughout the United States.
Schwarzenegger's recent policy moves to cut the greenhouse gases associated with global warming, raise the minimum wage and extend health care to all Californians have angered many conservatives.
Limbaugh said the compromises Schwarzenegger said were necessary "to get things done" were a capitulation to liberals.
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But Limbaugh sounded pleased when Schwarzenegger eased out of the interview, saying he wanted to smoke more cigars with him.
"The key thing is that people should know that you and I, we don't have a fight," Schwarzenegger said.
In an interview aired Tuesday on NBC's "Today" show, Schwarzenegger had said Limbaugh's views were irrelevant to his work in California.
"All irrelevant. Rush Limbaugh is irrelevant. I am not his servant," Schwarzenegger said.
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See all 131 CommentsPosted by cbscrash07 at 10:27 AM : Mar 21, 2007
...... Ronald Reagan was a conservative........and the people of California loved him......
In 2008 Arnold will help bring California into the GOP column for any of the three "moderate" GOP candidates ....Rudy, John, or Mit......
Well said.
However, over the last several years, I have come to see that he is actually a very good politician and not so bad a governor.
Amazing how a little middle-of-the-road common sense can go so far toward diffusing this poisonous bi-partisan atmosphere.
Well said.
Posted by micma
Ditto
Wouldn't it be wonderful if our other elected officials would remember that they also are our SERVANTS not our KINGS, or DICTATORS, or bosses, or whatever they want to call themselves? So many have forgotten this simple fact that it is truly amazing when one DOES remember!
Limbaugh - Firmly believes it is patriotic to slaughter Columbian and Guatamalian families to steal their fruits. Also, is a drug addict and goes to countries where under age prostitution is leagal with a suitcase full of viagra and condems. Has no problem continuing the big lie to cover up the 9/11 false flag operation which has killed over one million innocent civilians.
Scum vs. Scum
THATS BECAUSE THE 80% IN THE MIDDLE DON'T GET INVOLVED, AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THE CHOICES THEY'RE GIVEN INSTEAD OF HELPING TO FRAME THE QUESTION.
He's just a talking point repeater.
What he should be asking is why there is nothing "conservative" about the conservative party.
Rush is a RUBBER STAMP!!
Wooooo, hold on there, big guy. First, not all Californians loved him.
And most importantly, Reagan was NOT a conservative the way that is defined in today. Reagan is whirling like a top over what passes for a conservative these days.
"But the way I feel is this: I feel liberated, and I'm just going to tell you as plainly as I can why. I no longer am going to have to carry the water for people who I don't think deserve having their water carried."
Answer: One is a flaming Nazi gas bag and the other is a blimp.
Urban Dictionary
Your insulting attitude is definitely telling. My guess is that you were fired as a matter of convenience because of a bad attitude. Your (continuing) bitter attitude probably didn't help you as you searched out a new job as that comes through in interviews.
You're just another common, dime-a-dozen "it's not my fault" whiner.
Pure definition of hypocrite.
if you believe 9/11 was a hoax or whatever your an idiot.
they have those *** on voice recorder we know it was terrorists,get a grip.
keep sticking your stupid head in the sand,***.
Ideology that led Cheny, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz to urge [pre-panned? war on an Iraq innocent of 9/11. Honorablr Prez mistakenly thought he was getting honest advice?
Ideology led Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz to disregard Army Chief of Staff Gen. Eric Shenseki's advice to havr 'at least several hundred thousand" troops in Iraq to keep order there after the invasion.
Ideology led US "viceroy" Bremer to disband the Iraqi army and to issue his de-Baathification order as well.
Now an admitted former addict that a governor is not ideologicl enough?
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actually, in dec CBS did a story on VA computers...yes, the DOCORS all know what is going on ... but what about the PATIENTS? they do not usually have access to their own records or computer.
i hope you all choke
Posted by kaili3
Califorians are nothing but a bunch
of queers. suck it.
Posted by kaili3
You are obviously fixated. Come on out of the closet buddy, it's ok.
You just figured that out now, Arnold ?
Limbaugh doesn't give a d*amn about principles, conservative or otherwise.
He has a good scam going. It's made him filthy rich. There is absolutely nothing in Limbaugh's personal background that indicates the slightest idealism or self-sacrifice for anything.
Money-making is all he's about.
Fairness (a quality Rush Limbaugh lacks in abundance) requires me to note an honorable exception to that statement:
Wikipedia:
"Limbaugh holds an annual fundraising telethon called the "EIB Cure-a-Thon" for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. In 2006 the EIB Cure-a-Thon conducted its 16th annual telethon, raising $1.7 million; totaling over $15 million since the first cure-a-thon.[51] According to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society annual reports, Limbaugh personally contributed between $100,000 and $499,999 from 2000 - 2005..."
Even Limbaugh deserves fair treatment, though he never accords it to others.
Both of these people have no care in anything except their wallets, though if the EIB Cure-a-Thon is actually a real happenstance, I owe Rush a just due apology, even if that is a form of fairness he so rarely presents.
And thank's to Schwarzenegger's line about being the peoples' servant, it'll be fun to see if he sides with the majority of them, or the minority of them (aka the 'corporations' who want to be treated as individuals... only when it suits them.)
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If Arnold is that, what does that make George W? I can point to at least 3 talk shows (Non Air America stations)on the west coast that are calling for his or his staff's head on a daily basis on a myriad of issues.
Posted by b48151
Hitler drew big crowds too.
His rallies at Nuremberg drew millions of cheering followers.
So what ?
You mean hippopotamus. Pure definition of a hippopotamus.
That doesn't prove him right, any more than the size of Rush's crowd of resentful dittoheads.
He has the number one talk show but the political tide is changing. Mainly because the Republican party has lost its compass and moved far away from its base. Also you have George W. Bush who's turning into a runaway freight train, firing US attorneys and jailing Border Patrol Agents for stopping illegal alien drug smugglers. Frankly as a Republican, I think the party would do better off if it weren't driven by the furthest right wing of the party.
Schwarzenegger's recent broken leg would knock the odds down to 500-to-1.
(That's 500-to-1 that Rush wouldn't even show up.)
Radios are so 19th century. They're simple and easy to use.
I wager his popularity among people with PhDs is nothing to shout about.
Posted by kaili3
I'll bet you're a little princess too! I can just imagine!! Big wart on your nose, thick, hornrim glasses, hairy knuckles.
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