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Does this clip from the Rush Limbaugh show make you think Limbaugh's father was a bad father?

I mean, does he really think this is how fathers should talk to sons? He chose the metaphor of being Obama's "Father Figure," right? So to Rush Limbaugh, Father Figures are people who berate you, and point out when you fail?

The history of serial divorce and substance abuse are making more sense everyday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08rx3JmspnI

Update:

Commander McBragg:

What do you mean "Acting Like..."?

I'm actually feeling sorry for Rush after hearing this, nothing vindictive.

Update 2:

Warren V:

Rush says "...you're now president of the greatest country mankind has ever known, and yet you act like this was all coming to you, like you deserve it, that you're better than the people you are supposed to serve and that you have no tolerance for debate or dissent."

At the very least, that's a matter of opinion, but it isn't "Truth" unless there really is some documentation about how a person does act when he thinks he's better than others.

"This is a nation built on individuality, built on liberty, free markets, and faith."

Simplistically untrue. The Founding Fathers were not of a single faith- They ranged from atheists to Baptists, Catholics to Quakers. They struggled to build a country where people of different faiths could co-exist without the religious persecution that they wanted to impose each other.

And that Free Market nonsense? It wasn't really an issue at the time. Englands Serfdoms were long gone, and people were economically fairly free.

Is that enough?

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  • Joanie
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    I have no idea as to how you jumped to this conclusion, from this clip, other then the fact that you have all ready predetermined that you are not, will not and can not look at things objectively. Like it or not, In a Fathers love, Fathers create a sense of strength in their off spring sometimes by just being present in their lives and doing what is right for the family. This strength does not come form berating their of spring but by holding their offspring to being responsible in all they take on in all they do, whether they are boys or they are girls. This society has taken the need of having a strong male figure in your life and turned it into some kind of abusive situation. It's no wonder we have so many men turning away from their responsibilities and young women turning to bad boys for some desire to have a strong male figure in their life.

    Source(s): Lessons learned living life
  • 1 decade ago

    A good father's job is to correct his child when that child is wrong. Rush didn't do anything in this clip but tell Obama he behaved badly, which he did. He told him what he has done wrong and told him to fix it. This is what any good father would tell a son who had made a mess of something.

    Maybe the problem is that too many kids are growing up with fathers who don't love or care enough about them to correct them when they are wrong. The kids then grow up to be spoiled adults.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Hadn't heard that yet, but hey how true it was. I realize that you are probable still swooning over Obama's State of the Union, but for shiits and grins, name anything in your youtube link that is not the truth. I notice you have taken the typical liberal high road, won't address what the man said and attack him, was most if not all of what he said true? Yes it is, was it drivel drooling over anything Obama? No and you can't stand it and you can not dispute it, so you'll resort to name calling.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I guess at least Rush's Dad didn't abandon him,leaving him with a mother so incapable of running her own life she had to leave him with his Grandparents to raise.

    Why does that scenario sound so familiar?

    What is really hilarious,is that as far as I listened to it,not one thing he said about Barack was wrong.Including whether he has mental issue,which I have asked my wife about,since she is a psychologist.I think she agress with Rush,Barack has issues.

    Heil 0bama!!

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  • 1 decade ago

    I do not think Rush Limbaugh's family or relatives are fair game to harass, belittle, stalk or pry on simply because you don't like Rush Limbaugh. He is his own person. Stop acting like a depraved stalker.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    That's the problem with today's youths, they can't take criticism! He was merely speaking the truth, should people not be told when they're fu@king up...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Youtube is not a source by any means. A father figure to someone doesn't make them a good one, it's jsut the one you are stuck with. Hopefully it will be a good one.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Mine sure did, and it did nothing but help me, to realize and understand

    just what path I was on was the wrong one. And turned me around headed

    in the right direction.

  • 1 decade ago

    I wish my father would have taught me how to make millions.

  • Tiss
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    More fathers should talk to their sons that way.

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