VIDEO: Limbaugh and Leno Enjoy Spirited Political Talk
by Big Hollywood
*Below the fold: Watch Rush run over Al Gore … twice!*
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Rush Limbaugh: Always on message, articulate, charming, convincing…
Jay Leno: Always a gentleman.
Great ten minutes.
Now close your eyes and imagine what a smarmy, self-satisfied, adolescent punk Letterman would’ve been. Oh, wait…
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I'm glad I'm on the side of the political fence as Rush. I would not want to debate him under any circumstance.
I'm glad I am on the side of the political fence as Rush. I would not want to debate him under any circumstance.
I loved this segment when I watched it…
I would have mentioned to Mr. Leno that it isn't a good idea to let the government regulate earnings…because someonein the government just might find the one guy out there who hates his show, and wants to pay him only $35,000…
A year…
Hard to buy a Bugatti on that kind of scratch…
I loved this segment when I watched it…
I would have mentioned to Mr. Leno that it isn't a good idea to let the government regulate earnings…because someone in the government just might find the one guy out there who hates his show, and wants to pay him only $35,000…
A year…
Hard to buy a Bugatti on that kind of scratch…
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If Politics were WWF I would put all my money on a tag team of Rush and Newt Gingrich to be basically champions for life in any debate on any idea. There isn't a Democrat that can match those two minds, throw in Charles Krauthamer and clearly you see that the Conservative side has an wide array of deep thinkers. So I second your thought.
Rush Limbaugh always on message, always articulate. Jay Leno, one classy guy. David Letterman, a clueless dork.
The two sides of the left. More prevalent in the old days, now an oddity.
Ditto!
This is off topic but would anyone know why the Clintons would donate 2300.00 each to obama's campaign fund back in june of '08? It couldn't have been for a tax write off could it? I meant that wouldn't make much of a dent in a write off, 4600.00. This was at opensecrets.org
Rush makes me proud to be from Missouri.
This is off topic but would anyone know why the Clintons would donate 2300.00 each to obama's campaign fund back in june of '08? It couldn't have been for a tax write off could it? I mean that wouldn't make much of a dent in a write off, 4600.00. This was at opensecrets.org
Did they donate to the other candidates, or just Obama? Maybe they just enjoy giving money to Democrats. Really, the dollar amount itself is not significant; if I had to guess, I'd think they just like appearing large and benevolent and supporting their party.
Just because the Clintons did it, it doesn't HAVE to be crooked and subversive.
No it doesn't Tom but why would you give money to the person you're running against? I will have to check to see if they donated money to the other candidates though.
Its true for everyone, LLOROB…you want to make enough for yourself and your family, and when they're set, you want enough for other purposes, like church, hospitals, Boy Scouts, etc.
That's the key…I want for (blank), and I'll pay such and such.
Libtards want for (blank), and they want to have us pay for it…more…and more…and even more…and for that there…and those…and a bunch of that…
I watched the whole thing. It was wonderful to see two successful people have an intelligent and spirited DEBATE without resorting to abuse or prevarication. They provided fodder for the audience, articulated their positions and were respectful to each other's points of view. And the audience appreciated it.
More please Leno. It was classy and nothing like what happens on Letterman et al's hate sessions. Less of Michael Moore and Kanye West and other gutter dwelling news of the moment guests.
i would love for rush to debate:
a pharmacist (about drug dependency)
jimmy the greek (about "colored" athletes)
jesse jackson (about polarizing people for personal gain)
thomas jefferson (about God and country)
Odd, Zap ratings for last night don't even talk about the Tonight Show:
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2009/09/t...
Rush does well, but his hearing problems do obviously hamper him in these situations.
You are right as usual Mjolnir, thats part of what makes capitalism work.
To Lenos point, I do think the manipulations in the board rooms of some companies lead to legalized extortion. Fiduciary responsibilities are sometimes bypassed by accomodating board members
that approve bonuses that maybe should not have been. The stockholders also have a duty to see the
companies capital is spent responsibly. Maybe in a perfect world.
I like what Rush said today — he wishes he'd thought of a comeback like "Well, how many cars does a man need?"
surprising that Jay would be concerned that someone had made too much money. as a guy whose toy collection is an awesome thing to behold, you would think he would be a little more well versed in the laws of acquisition.
and who didn't think that rush wouldn't take time to hit algore and eddie greenpants at least twice.
Thank you.
Should I look at this as "diabolical" omission by commisson or oops.
Thank you.
Should I look at this as "diabolical" omission by commisson or oops?
Rush = Conservative brilliance, an unabashed American who believes in the ability of his fellow Americans to overcome any obstacle …including Barry!
Yikes, Aint It Cool says it was the worst night for Leno so far: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42487
Yikes, Aint It Cool says it was the worst night for Leno so far: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42487
Agreed, the day after always have better retorts than yesterday. Particularly in my case.
If Jay thinks someone has to much money if they have 100 Billion dollars, Then is it fair for someone to say Jay gets paid to much and has to many cars. It's all perspective Jay. If someone is dumb enough to pay you enough money where you have over 200 classic cars. It ain't your fault Jay, but if it makes you feel better you can give me 10% of your classics.
Thanks again, I think, Perfect Tommy, I hope I didn't Jinx Rush by my comments.
I hope you find some good news on the subject if any available.
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If you can't beat him, hate him. There hatin' up Glenn somethin fierce right now.
Rush was spot-on when he says (paraphased) "Liberals always let you know when you nail 'em good 'cause they squeal like stuck pigs"
Rush and conservatives need to hammer the libs on the issue of the subprime cause of the mortgage crisis! Republicans tried to reign in the debacle especially in regards to Fannie and Freddie and Democrats totally stonewalled –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs
Rush and conservatives need to hammer the libs on the issue of the subprime cause of the mortgage crisis! Republicans tried to reign in the debacle especially in regards to Fannie and Freddie and Democrats totally stonewalled –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs
Rush and conservatives need to hammer the libs on the issue of the subprime root cause of the mortgage crisis! Republicans tried to reign in the debacle especially in regards to Fannie and Freddie and Democrats totally stonewalled –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs
Isn't he amazing. Damn. We have some amazing people doing good work now. This makes me happy.
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All of which is true to a point…
I come down on the side of the investor…its his, (or her), financial risk, and they should be the first in line after the producers who made the product. Management has a stake, but the creative talents and the manufacturers, the risk takers in the business, they need to get up front more…
The savings comes from not having to deal with unions trying to break in on decently compensated employees…bonuses work both ways…and the proxies keep the management teams in place, so compensation, though smaller, goes over a longer time…
Why is your link to a discussion on how to make a doomsday virus?
Agreed, particularly the part about the unions.
Nothing can destroy an industry or business like unions
with help from irresponsible management.
Thats another discussion for another time. I look forward to it.
Rush was the best thing to happen to Leno's show. When Rush stopped his green putt-putt car to run over Al Gore a second time? Priceless.
Has the executive branch shown any sign of relinquishing control directly or indirectly
inspite of what may have been said. All these questions will be answered in the next few months as Obama is in a hurry to achieve his goals. You may have an whole new set of questions at that time. Your scenario is correct to my limited knowledge of
the situation and is having a very chilling effect on our financial furure.
Outstanding post! So good to hear from like-minded people that speak the TRUTH! Thank you bluenight99 – I could not have said it better myself!
Evening all. It was great watching Rush and Jay however I think Jay needed some more prepping. For awhile there I got the impression that Jay thought the 700 billion was going to the wall street execs rather then the bank. Rush had to clarify what Jay was talking about (TARP). In fairness it wasn't a debate however you could sure tell that Jay didn't agree with Rush. It would have been nice for them to talk for 30 minutes or so. Jay would have had a chance to better articulate his position and Rush could have corrected him (nicely of course).
The running over of Al Gore twice cracked me up. I'd like to see the ratings for this as well. I think if they were high enough (they have been going down) Jay would have him on for longer.
Darn, he must have corrected the link. The Jihadist need a boost in their weapons system.
They're reduced to buying supplies from beauty parlors.
very fishy; if you hover over my link, for some reason, more code is added "<a/>" – youtube doing this?
-try again and delete any code after "cSi7Rs".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs
-the exact link above works. Youtube video entitled:
Shocking Video Unearthed Democrats in their own words Covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam that caused our Economic Crisis
I like Jay but he has less political knowledge than I do and thats saying something.
He doesn't have time to wipe up oil leaks or at least point them out, attend car auctions
and still prepare for the show and not eat vegetables let alone watch FOX for the news. If he is an MSNBC fan
than that explains a lot. He is not a good interviewer anyway so sometimes it doesn't go as well as it should.
Like I say I do like Jay and and he at least wouldn't try and make his guest look like an illiterate dummy as Letterman does. O'reilly is the ownly idiot I know that would appear on Letterman.
I like Jay but he has less political knowledge than I do and thats saying something.
He doesn't have time to wipe up oil leaks or at least point them out, attend car auctions
and still prepare for the show and not eat vegetables let alone watch FOX for the news. If he is an MSNBC fan
than that explains a lot. He is not a good interviewer anyway so sometimes it doesn't go as well as it should.
Like I say I do like Jay and and he at least wouldn't try and make his guest look like an illiterate dummy as Letterman does. O'reilly is the ownly idiot I know that would appear on Letterman.
nice discussion – I think the liberal premise is that rich people get rich on the backs of the working class. So to rectify, whack the mole at the top, and the grub(s) falls down to the proletariat. It is a different take on the trickle down angle. They fail to see that guys at the top lay off the guys at the bottom when the company gets whacked. If libs really believed in caps on income in general, they would be speaking out against pro athletes and entertainers. talk about overpaid.
nice discussion – I think the liberal premise is that rich people get rich on the backs of the working class. So to rectify, whack the mole at the top, and the grub(s) falls down to the proletariat. It is a different take on trickle down theory. They fail to see that guys at the top lay off the guys at the bottom when the company gets whacked. If libs really believed in caps on income in general, they would be speaking out against pro athletes and entertainers. talk about overpaid.
Rush is always a crowd pleaser.
The network of GE has Rush on, and he eviscerates Leno's attempts at moderation. Mastery.
Leno is a great guy, don't get me wrong, but Rush can clean the clock of any Progressive, any day of the week.
I'M sorry Evan, you gave a serious opinion to our discussion on finance and I gave you a semi serious response.I was somewhat serious on the relationship between Hollywood and the liberal party. They are an ATM machine for the libs so are protected from any serious threat to their livelyhood, somewhat like union members. I don't think athletes have quite the Hollywood relationship but its like Nero and the lions, gladiators etc, Football/basketball keeps the masses amused and out of the governments inbox and corridors. They all are protected. Also the congressmen enjoy freebes to the games.
I felt I was brushing off an opinion and I should be the last one to do something like that.
Appreciate your input.
I knew what was coming and it still made me laugh out loud.
Political contributions are not tax deductible. Can't write them off either way.
Geeze, NBC (Nothing But Crap) just closed the interview.
Leno…. Bub by
I love Rush, but what happened to the video? It was removed by NBC because of "copyrights." Any mirrors to the vid?
That would have been the question of the evening.
Human nature being what it is "its only the other guy thats makes too much dough, I'm underpaid."
(Boy is that true in my case! No, No, its really true.)
Too cool ! Rush is awesome !
It will be interesting to see Lenos ratings for the evening.
Hopefully, once again it may show it pays to go conservative, NBC of course
detests the thought its for that reason and will go to lengths to explain it away.
I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Gratuitous insults make you look like the small troll that you obviously are.
I LOVED Rush on Leno last night! <3 <3 Especially the part when he ran over Al Gore twice!!!
Well it looks like Bill gave 2300.00 to John McCain also so maybe it was a write off. It's funny because I checked Pelosi and Reid and they don't give to anyone, well reid does but only a couple of people. Pelosi doesn't donate to anyone at all, not even obama.
oops, I take it back, yes she does..I was looking under the wrong window.
Love it!First video already gone!That says it all!
If Letterman had to debate Rush it would take MAYBE 10 minutes before a whistle sound would start coming from that gap in his teeth and blood would start trickling from his ears. Blatant, pseudo-intellectual, unprincipled liberalism in the face of rational thought is like Dracula in Tijuana: POOF!!! Only instead of turning into piles of ash, these "entertainment" nosferatools morph into petulant 5-year olds with grass covered all-day suckers and accounts on MoveOn.org.
There has been a change in corporate ownership from the prior generation. It used to be that most companies while public had a family or families with enough stock to provide for control. These individuals would take a more long term approach to a corporations dev elopment.
Now the stock more and more are controlled by investors through mutual fund ownership. This has led to a more short term results based orientation. I think the major reason that liberals would like to see salary caps on CEO;s and Board members is to limit the possibility that one or two individuals have enough control. This means that bankers and the government will have more control over corporations. Now with the government simply taking over the stock of large banks and forcing banks to consolidate the real question is how much control direct or indirect will the government have over corporations through the mutual funds the bankers run. I don't know the answer to that question.
Jay better keep putting on conservatives or his ratings will tank. jay was so concern about wall street making so much money, Rush told him the facts of capitalism. Jay is worth a few hundred million from his Tonight show earnings and he doesn't even touch that money. He lives off the interest and the money he makes doing shows all over the country. He has 100s of cars and motorcycles, can we put a cap on how many toys he can have and can we take some of his money that he has banked, since he has more then any of us? Jay should have never said a thing about wall street.
Bill donated to McCain? That kind of reinforces my original premise: he likes supporting his fellow Democrats…
You have a point BUT, big BUT here Evan my friend, entertainers and athletes are the libs personal atm machines . The party needs a quick mil or two off to Hollywood. Do you think those people are really as stupid as they seem? No sirrebob. They are playing their expected parts while protecting the old estate overlooking downtown LA from the front porch and the Pacific ocean from the pool. Does His Royal Highness have to suck up to Chavez, again no sirrebob, Sean Penn to the rescue. Does his His Royal Pain have a message for Castro. does HRP delivery it, no sirreebob, Oliver Stone and a few friends toss it up on Castro's porch while buying a few thousand ceegars for the trip home. You could get a Bentley in those diplomatic bags.
Hmmm, I did not know that BigDaddy, thanks for the info.
Yes Tom he definitely did. AND I was thinking the same thing.
i literally clapped in glee when i heard (didn't see it) that rush ran over gore twice. man, i needed that….
The Limbaugh appearance on Leno's show was fun to watch. And kudos to Jay Leno for actually engaging Rush in real debate instead of setting up cheapshot laugh lines. And judging by the applause from Jay's audience, Rush was very well-received. I was frankly surprised at the favorable reaction of a southern CA audience to Rush.
I thought it went really well. I'm always nervous when Rush ventures into enemy territory but this appearance went well. Leno strikes me as being a reasonable( if misguided ) kind of a guy and that he might be more like us than he lets on. But he knows where his bread is buttered and isn't going to do anything to upset that. I mean really, how can you have such a love of cars and believe in global warming?
I'm glad I'm on his side because he's right. This from a libertarian-leaning atheist.
And just what are aintitcool's own ratings? LOL.
Go over to youtube.
And I think everyone would love to see you play in traffic.
There is no greater treasure to conservatives than the Maha Rushie.
Ditto that.
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Learn how to use Hulu for clips from NBC, ABC & FOX.
Protip: You can edit the videos just to show certain clips! And won't have to worry about copyright claims.
I posted all three videos, embedded via code form NBC.
No worries.
<a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" linkindex="473" href="http://serr8d.blogspot.com/2009/09/rush-limbaugh-on-jay-leno-watchable.html" target="_blank">I posted all three videos, embedded via code from NBC.
No worries.
I posted all three videos, embedded via code from NBC.
No worries.
Really, not so much. Read my above reply to "Black Cone".
NBC has the entire Tonight Show available on their own web site. Unless they've taken THAT down, there's no conspiracy here. They just don't want to lose the hits because of ad revenue…
It really is OK to protect your own commercial and artistic property rights.
Hey, I'm as funny as Jay Leno, and I drive a three-year-old Ford Ranger.
Can I get some of that sweet grant money so I can pursue my artistic dreams and post crap on the internet without having my creative juices interrupted by some pesky "job"?
of course they closed the video. look who owns NBC
You can see the entire 2 part segment (interview and the car) at http://www.rushlimbaugh.com and its free.
Rush – It's not saving the environment! I love that.
I'm sure Rush brought a nice ratings boost to Leno's show because as much as the MSM doesn't want to admit it – there are lots of people out there who are fans of Rush!
I wouldn't be surprised if Rush is asked to come back very soon.
You can bet your A$$ that Letterman's people are going to try to book him on Daves show.
GE/Universal/NBC sucks!!! Thanks for the EIB link, Cyn
Don't forget Thomas Sowell, Evan Sayet, Andrew Breitbart, Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, Mark Levin, and Mark Steyn.
The fact that this is not part of the discussion in the news cycle is disconcerting to me. Let's say Obama fails to pass Ocare. We will think we have a major victory. Will anyone be talking about how many shares of AIG stock are still controlled by congress. LEt's say that an executive at a company majority owned by the government commits an Enron style fraud. Will the justice department have pressures not to allow it to be revealed.
Did you know that Fannae Mae had an adverse audit opinion in 2005. Barney Frank swept it under the rug. Honestly the prospect of this is scary. It is Fascism, the Third Way government ownership of corporations. When Corps are separate from the government they can be regulated by them. When they are not there is no segregation of duties.
As Jovenal said of Plato "Who will guard the guardians"
I may be wrong but wasn't the result of that audit the reason Dubya tried to correct the situation with a bill that received a negative vote that was captained by the same Barney
"don't call me from the basement while I'm at work" Frank and his cohorts. If I may philosophize just a smidgen We at some point have to have an honest, don't laugh, government, or as honest as possible. Obama is taking us close to the point of no return. If we are fortunate to clean sweep and the folks installed are no better than the ones we replaced then governance of the AIG shares fraud will be small potatoes. Possibly, in a way, I'm ducking your question but I have to believe we will have honest oversight of these companies until we divest ourselves of these properties including the Auto Cos.
These days I prefer Costellos quote' whose on first?"
Well, I am a pharmacist and I would love to debate Rush. The problem is we would agree too much. I would love to be his wingman whilst we debate some left wing hacks like Gore, Olbermann or Obama himself. As far a drug dependency goes, are you trying to be funny? Ask Heath Ledger’s family if it's funny, pal. If you are trying to be serious, what is the debate? Athletes get hooked on pain killers all the time. All drugs have risks. Cost / benefits have to be weighed in most medical decisions.
What's on Second
I Don't Know Third Base
Point taken. I am told that even today the Italian government holds interests in Italian corporations. We will have to demand it. Problem is you talk accounting to the masses you put them to sleep.
evan: The economic collapse (as manifested in the Real Estate Bubble) was the result of a Perfect Storm of unusual economic activity
Unfortunately , the reasons are many and no one thing can take all the blame.
However I have distilled it to this:
The Government broke the economic risk model for banks loaning money
The Government broke the economic risk model for investors buying securitized mortgages
Breaking the Risk Model of Loaning Money..
It started with CRA and SubPrime but it didnt end there. Once those things destroyed the historical loaning standard , the standards were destroyed for all real estate loaning.
Thus Leftists will play their "gotcha" game of saying that SubPrime mortgages were only some tiny share of all mortagages. But the point is irrelevent.. their damage was due to their effect on loaning standards , not their economic value
In Regards to investing in securitized Mortgages
The Govt established the architecture of the Secondary Mortgage Mortgage and told Wall St and the World to invest in these things because that will make it possible to have more cash to make mortgage loans.
The GSEs had an implicit Federal Guarantee for the loans it was involved and it also had access to credit as if it was the US Govt… it's Securitizations were considered as safe as cash.
So these fundamental destructions of a market that EVERYONE assumed was safe happened at the very worst time
- The US Stock Market had just collapsed when Tech Bubble disappeared
- The US was in a recession
- The FED was giving away money for free
- 9/11 Happened
- The Govt was doign all it could to get mortgages to everyone
- Wall St was playing with new ways to hedge risky investments
The Democrats focus on that last thing almost exclusively.. but it was their policies that destroyed the traditional mortgage market and the emergence of the insolvant and stupid secondary mortgage model.
nice info vince. Despite the fact that this whole mess got blamed on McCain and Repubs, (McCain was up by two points over Obama when Bear Stearns went under) clearly, Bush and the Repubs tried to correct and stave off the mortgage bubble (as shown in the video link I posted). Bush made 17 different moves to try to reel it in. Dems saw it as racist and attempt to deny American dream to all (surprise). I remember during Clinton era how much grief the Dems were giving mortgage lenders about "redlining," not extending enuf mortgages to low income areas. They threw race card at them and threatened sanctions if they did not lend more to everyone and anyone. This was, as you say, an implicit govt. loan guarantee and of course many of the loans came thru FHA/Fannie/Freddie. Some brokers got greedy though and pushed paper as fast as they could. If you can't beat em, join em. The bond raters also stamped AAA ratings on the packaged mortgages – again b/c of govt guarantees.
Some conservatives say the govt could have let the big financials go under, but b/c of govt guarantees of so many of the loans, the govt would have still been legally liable to someone. I wonder if the TARP should have been bottom up. You know, directly pay off the defaulting loans. Do you think that would have cost more or less?
Quite right, we go staight from "A" hearing about the problem to "Z" complaining about whomever they tell us is at fault. Somehow its never the politician.
For Chrysler and Fiats sake, I hope Italy doesn't run out of money before we do.
Fortunately or unfortunately the unions temporarily in control so money isn't a
problem with the large amount of viagra money still available from Obama.
Yes I have seen this. Thanks for posting i here
Two thuings to point out that are equally disgusting. OFHEO, the regulator of Fannae Mae was disbanded in 2008 after the debacle as part of the Tarp legislation. Their last report was I believe 2008 which means that if you want to see who is regulating Fannae today you go to a different agency. To my mind this is a white wash to cover up what OFHEO uncovered.
The next is if you read the 2005 annual report you will see reference to internal control errors. Further digging and you see that the auditors issued an adverse opinion on Fannae Mae's financial statements. That means simply that the numbers on the statement are meaningless and that management's decisions are at fault. If it were because of lax record keeping it would be a disclaimer.
This makes Enron executives look like honest girl scouts selling cookies door to door in comparison.
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