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Should Obama debate Rush?

Should The Obama debate Rush? Will he?

  • He should; He will

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  • He should not; He will

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Seems to me that The Obama has seen fit to call Limbaugh out.

So, Rush offers a debate.

Rush to the President: Debate Me

Should The Obama debate Rush?
Will he?

If not, why not?
After all, is He is so right, what does He have to lose?
 
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He should because it would be of great interest to allot of people. He will not though.
 
Seems to me that The Obama has seen fit to call Limbaugh out.

So, Rush offers a debate.

Rush to the President: Debate Me

Should The Obama debate Rush?
Will he?

If not, why not?
After all, is He is so right, what does He have to lose?

Well, since the question is "should he" and not "would he," I'll bother to throw in my own two cents: absolutely not. Rush Limbaugh is the equivalent of the online troll. Acknowledging their existence only makes them stronger, and being right counts for nothing. They're not bound by the same rules of maturity and staying on point as you yourself may be. No, Obama could be 100% right throughout the debate and would still lose simply by way of being dragged into the mud with Rush.

Also, it would set a really dangerous precedent. If Obama showed himself willing to accept the challenges of Rush, it would be blood in the water for every single American citizen who'd want their own shot in the ring.
 
No he shouldn't. The President shouldn't entertain hyper partisan entertainers simply because they have a bully pulpit. Rush isn't a political leader, he's a talk show host. The President should focus on running this nation and not engaging in contests with hyper partisan talking heads.
 
The President has a lot more important things to be doing in the day other than debating Rush Limbaugh. I don't know how this crap spun so hard out of control in this manner, but it's a bit ridiculous. Rush is an entertainer, he knows this himself. Obama is PotUS, he has a lot of **** to do, he shouldn't and he won't debate Rush.
 
No he shouldn't. The President shouldn't entertain hyper partisan entertainers simply because they have a bully pulpit. Rush isn't a political leader, he's a talk show host.
The President should focus on running this nation and not engaging in contests with hyper partisan talking heads.
So, you are critical of The Obama making hay about Rush being the leader of the GOP, etc.

TheHill.com - White House fires back at Rush Limbaugh
 
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The President has a lot more important things to be doing in the day other than debating Rush Limbaugh. I don't know how this crap spun so hard out of control in this manner, but it's a bit ridiculous. Rush is an entertainer, he knows this himself. Obama is PotUS, he has a lot of **** to do, he shouldn't and he won't debate Rush.

Because Rush's MO is to make mountains out what was an ant hill.
 
Well, since the question is "should he" and not "would he," I'll bother to throw in my own two cents: absolutely not. Rush Limbaugh is the equivalent of the online troll. Acknowledging their existence only makes them stronger, and being right counts for nothing. They're not bound by the same rules of maturity and staying on point as you yourself may be. No, Obama could be 100% right throughout the debate and would still lose simply by way of being dragged into the mud with Rush.

Also, it would set a really dangerous precedent. If Obama showed himself willing to accept the challenges of Rush, it would be blood in the water for every single American citizen who'd want their own shot in the ring.
So... The Obama has no need to put his money where His mouth is -- for HIm to snipe from a distance and not back up what He says and believes is OK.
 
Seems to me that The Obama has seen fit to call Limbaugh out.

So, Rush offers a debate.

Rush to the President: Debate Me

Should The Obama debate Rush?
Will he?

If not, why not?
After all, is He is so right, what does He have to lose?

I think it is quite obvious that no U.S. President should ever lower their stature by debating a talking head. Rush is simply a spin-master rallying the troops against a popular president of the opposing party. It is his job to behave as he is, but for a president of any party, to engage and become apart of such happenings would damage the authority of the office. So no, he should not and I am sure will not.
 
I think it is quite obvious that no U.S. President should ever lower their stature by debating a talking head.
So, you are critical of The Obama making hay about Rush being the leader of the GOP, etc.
 
He should not, and he will not

I think it was wrong of his administration to bother with saying anything about Limbaugh, and I don't think having a debate with him does anything. If Obama is going to debate people, debate the ones in Congress that actually vote on the bills, and don't worry about what media talking heads say. I admired Bush's "I don't give a **** what they think" attitude towards liberal pundits, and I think Obama should have the same regarding the right-wing media. Engaging with them is a fruitless endeavor.

Now I don't have the hatred hard-on for Rush that some of the people on here do. But I don't think the POTUS needs to stoop to the level of entering into debates with radio or TV talk show hosts, until their Presidency is finished.
 
So, you are critical of The Obama making hay about Rush being the leader of the GOP, etc.

Of course, he is president and should remain above such rhetoric and spin. Obama clearly knows that many GOP leaders are distancing themselves from Rush and will work with his administration for the good of the nation. If Rush reported that his show would be quite a bore. Thus, by mentioning Rush, Obama made him relevant where he perhaps was not before.
 
He should not; He will not . Obama already won the presidency. Limbaugh is a talk radio host, not a politician, nor is he running for any office nor is he even running against Obama. The only time Obama and Limbaugh should debate each other is if they run against each other in the next election. No politician,especially a president set a precedence by debating with radio and tv celebrities. Politicians have better things to do than get in little spats with radio and tv celebrities, like run our country and try to fix some of our problems. The dems are just helping fuel Limbaugh's ratings with this nonsense.

I will be open and say that Limbaugh is not one of my favorite talk show host,however my opinion would still be the same if it was one of my favorite talk show host like Glenn Beck or Michael Savage.
 
WI hit the nail on the head.

There's more important things to be focusing on for a President. Playing patty cake with the media isn't one of them. The issue is that Obama was the one that decided to start playing patty cake which spiraled all this.

If he's smart, he'll stop talking about Limbaugh, stop having his administration talk about Limbaugh, and just let Rush keep flapping his lips. If he's stupid, he'll continue with this idiotic one sided thing of having his administration attack Rush but then never dealing directly with the citizen he's attacking.
 
I voted "he should, he would not" because I'd love to see the carnage. However I agree with Crip and Zyph in reality.
 
For what idiotic purpose would Obama agree to this stunt?

That's like a little league team challenging the Dodgers to a game.
Sure, the little league team and their parents would love to see it happen because it would be prestigious for them...but why would the Dodgers ever agree to something as silly as that.
 
He should because it would be of great interest to allot of people. He will not though.

Why would he do that when he couldn't even manage to let congress debate the stimulus package thoroughly?

I don't like Rush, but Rush would tear him apart in a one on one. And also don't think the president or his administration should be getting into it with entertainers.
 
For what idiotic purpose would Obama agree to this stunt?
That's like a little league team challenging the Dodgers to a game.
If that were true, then The Obama should jump at the chance to publicly embarrass who He described as the 'leader of the GOP', and you should encourage him to do so.

No, rather than putting up, The Obama will shut up.
 
Why would he do that when he couldn't even manage to let congress debate the stimulus package thoroughly?

I don't like Rush, but Rush would tear him apart in a one on one. And also don't think the president or his administration should be getting into it with entertainers.

I'm sure Rush would be a better showman. I'm also sure he would employ sophistry.
 
A more interesting debate pairing would be Michael Moore v. Limbaugh.
They are both nuts....extremists and entertainers.
 
A more interesting debate pairing would be Michael Moore v. Limbaugh.
They are both nuts....extremists and entertainers.

That would be worth the price of admission:lol:
 
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