Rush Limbaugh Said These Words Today: ‘Thank God for President Obama’

A sign that the post-Osama haze of unity has taken hold of American society (if only fleetingly): Rush Limbaugh opened his radio show today with effusive praise for President Obama. True, much of the praise was directed at Obama merely for continuing some of the anti-terror policies of George W. Bush. But Limbaugh also went out of his way to laud the prescience of Obama's decision to go with a surgical special-ops strike that could recover proof of Bin Laden's death, as opposed to bombing the hell out of the place and hoping the world takes our word for it. "Thank God for president Obama," Limbaugh said. "If he had not been there, who knows what would have happened. It was only Obama who understood the need to get DNA, to prove that was Bin laden that we had assassinated." Cherish this moment.**** After viewing the video a second time (thanks, commenter hicountryho), we think he might actually just be using a ton of sarcasm here. But if Limbaugh is mocking the idea that Obama alone, against the wishes of all his military and intelligence advisers, came up with the plan that killed Bin Laden, he's attacking a straw man. Nobody has suggested that Obama alone is responsible for killing Bin Laden. Far from demonstrating that post-Osama unity has arrived, Limbaugh's opening remarks — assuming they are, in fact, sarcastic — prove the exact opposite: Some people will always be too small and bitter to give the opposition credit for anything.

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Mr. Trump has already begun trying to find other ways to lure the media, including a discussion of Mr. Obama’s academic background and whether he deserved to be admitted to Columbia and Harvard. But it’s unclear whether the media will continue to bite the way it did on the birth certificate story. And Mr. Trump is increasingly facing questions about his own history. But he told the Post, “The fact that it was a settled issue did not keep it from becoming a major part of the political discussion in this town for the last several weeks here. So there’s absolutely no question that what the president released in 2008 was his birth certificate and answered that question, and many of your organizations have done excellent reporting which proved that to be the case. But it continued; the president thought it was a sideshow and chose to take this step today.”

If Tiki Barber succeeded on NBC's 'Today' show he likely wouldn't be looking to make NFL comeback

Since Tuesday, when he announced his desire to return to football, Tiki Barber has had little to say. There is plenty of irony here. During the 2006 season, when he prematurely announced his retirement from the Giants, he couldn't keep his mouth shut.
And for good reason. His mouth was going to make him a television star. A star so bright he would shine not only as a "regular" on NBC's "Today" show but also as a featured player on "Football Night In America."
See, if Tiki Barber had made it in TV, made it so big NBC would have added years and dollars when his three-year, $6 million contract expired in 2009, there would be no need to put the pads back on and be reduced to a one-word punch line.
Barber's comeback motives are being questioned. Is it born out of passion for the game or does he simply need the money? Ironically, his ultimate broadcasting agenda led to his TV demise. It's an ending built on Barber and NBC's unrealistic evaluation of his talent.
After Barber told Fox's Jay Glazer he wanted to play football again, the analysis began. Those moments when Tiki was critical of the Giants, whether it be Tom Coughlin or Eli Manning, were rehashed. The calendar pages were turned back to August 2007, when many who pay attention to such matters believe Barber's TV career started tanking. That's when he debuted on NBC's "Football Night In America" during halftime of a Giants-Ravens exhibition game.
In an instant (one minute, 15 seconds, to be exact) Barber created controversy. He questioned Manning's ability to lead, punctuating his measured analysis with what he thought was a throwaway line: "Sometimes it was almost comical the way he (Manning) would say things." Those words turned into headlines. Manning shot back a few days later, giving the story legs.
Barber was branded an ingrate by the Giants organization. Fans, who already perceived him as a phony, were further angered. NBC Sports suits were ecstatic. If Barber had tarnished his Giants legacy it was of no consequence to them. Barber was doing exactly what he was paid to do, offer a strong opinion. All the better that it generated controversy.
This was Barber's first, last and only great on-camera moment. His TV career was already headed down the tubes when he insisted on emphasizing his commitment to "Today" and setting his sights on becoming the next Matt which amounted to science fiction.
Still, Barber, in nearly every interview, expressed his goal. From the outside looking in this reinforced the notion his lucrative NBC contract was being driven by the network's news/entertainment division, not sports. The sports component was only used to justify his $2 million per year salary.

GOP confident of chances in Florida Senate race

The National Republican Senatorial Committee says a newspaper story that the GOP is trying to recruit MSNBC's Joe Scarborough for a Senate bid in Florida is incorrect.
Brian Walsh, communications director of the community, said NRSC chairman John Cornyn had a "casual conversation" during the 2010 election cycle with Scarborough about the ex-congressman possibly running for a Senate seat -- but in New York.
This morning, we linked to a story in The Hill, a newspaper that covers Congress, that said Cornyn had talked to Scarborough about being a candidate in the Florida Senate race.
Florida will be a factor in the 2012 election cycle, as the GOP targets Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, who is running for a third term. Republicans need a net gain of four seats to win majority control in the Senate.
"We already have plenty of great candidates looking at the Florida Senate race and we're confident any one of them can beat Bill Nelson in 2012," Walsh said
Scarborough, who served in the U.S. House from 1995 to 2001, has been talked about as a potential candidate and recently told PARADE magazine that he "may feel the need to run for office again" at some point