Rush Challenges Obama to a Debate

I am offering President Obama to come on this program -- without staffers, without a TelePrompter, without note cards -- to debate me on the issues. -Rush Limbaugh


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Taking his beef with President Barack Obama to the next level, radio host Rush Limbaugh has thrown down the gauntlet.

He wants to debate Obama.

Besides the fact that he would look like a flabberghasted idiot next to the cool-headed president, it's a nice little publicity stunt. It's a quick way to grab headlines, and it carries zero risk since that's how much chance he would have of getting Obama to agree to a debate.

Rush issued the challenge on his Wednesday show:
I am offering President Obama to come on this program -- without staffers, without a TelePrompter, without note cards -- to debate me on the issues. Let's talk about free markets versus government control. Let's talk about nationalizing health care and raising taxes on small business...

Let's talk about the New Deal versus Reaganomics. Let's talk about closing Guantanamo Bay, and let's talk about sending $900 million to Hamas. Let's talk about illegal immigration and the lawlessness on the borders. Let's talk about massive deficits and the destroying of opportunities of future generations...
Despite what anyone thinks about the hot-headed radio host, it's fascinating that he's found a new way to make himself relevant. He's calling the Republican party a bunch of pansies and the Democrats fools, positioning himself and his followers as the only sane lot in the whole country. Of course, Rush should be careful what he wishes for. If Obama were to ever, in a moment of abject insanity or temporary dementia, accept such a debate, it would be bad times for good ol' Rush.

A good radio host has ways of making himself sound like the smartest man around, but all delusions of grandeur aside, Obama is one the greatest modern masters of political rhetoric. Imagine Scrappy Doo vs. the Incredible Hulk and I think you might be in the right ballpark.

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