Rush Limbaugh, like all the rest of us, were hardly able to believe the gall of Joe Biden's claim that a stable Iraq is "one of the great achievements of this [Obama] administration." Here's a bit of Rush's response:Do you know how hard it is to really not blow a gasket when you hear something like this?
In the first place, it was Joe [Biden; Rush accidentally said Lieberman] that wanted to cut that country in three. It was Joe Biden and Barack Obama who opposed the surge, who proclaimed defeat in front of General Petraeus. They opposed everything that led to whatever they think now is stable in Iraq. Obama and Biden wanted to leave in defeat! Harry Reid: "This war is lost." These people threw the U.S. military under the bus! These people were doing everything they can to secure a defeat for the United States military and he has the chutzpah to go on Larry King Live and say, "This could be one of the great achievements of this administration."
Now, I know that there is rabid hatred for anything Bush in the far left of this country, and I just wonder if they even fall for this. One of the great achievements of this administration? They don't have an achievement, folks. Not as you and I would measure achievements. The Obama administration doesn't have one thing they have done positively for this country. I was all set to say that I think maybe Obama is dumber than Biden, until I heard that. . . .
We're going to have some audio coming up very soon, ladies and gentlemen. It's Joe Biden saying he was going to ram Iraq down Bush's throat, and another one of Biden saying, "Petraeus is dead wrong." We could probably do a half hour of Biden quotes on what was wrong with the Iraq policy that they inherited, that they now claim was "one of the great achievements" of the Obama administration: Iraq. See, I hear something like this, and I ask myself: "Who, who has been paying attention the last three years, can possibly believe that or fall for it?" I'm serious. Who could possibly buy that?...
Everything he mentions he inherited. Every last word of that is the result of the Bush-Cheney administration -- "the troops coming home," "the stable Iraq government" -- and yet this "could be one of the great achievements of this administration"? Why do we believe anything these people say ever? Why do we even grant them the notion that they are sane? This is worse than chutzpah, folks. This is insulting everybody's intelligence...
Biden said -- you'll remember this when I tell you. He came out of the meeting, he was talking to the press, and he said he delivered this message in a recent meeting. He told Mr. Bush, "Mr. President, this is your war." This is your war!...
Believe me, you gotta' read this transcript and watch the video clips Rush inserts of Joe Biden's previous positions. Better yet, listen to the clip and get the full effect of Rush when he's at his best.
