Rush Limbaugh says Americans voted for Obama to 'erase slavery'

slimy aditorial commentary by IC; if you're going to opine, identify it as opinion and name the opiner...really, this is childish chickensh!t.

Your prayers were answered TisEyerish,Obama did not come from great wealth.

Race and/or slavery had nothing to do with my voting for Obama. Frankly, the reason he got my vote was because I felt he was the lesser of two evils. Mitt doesn't have the vaguest idea of what it is like to be an American caught in the grip of the bank disaster that occurred several years ago and has not let go of many of us yet. The sad fact is...we didn't much of a choice at all this time around. I didn't so much vote for Obama as I voted against Mitt. In my opinion, neither of them should be in the White House. What we really need in the Oval Office is a person who did not come from great wealth and can, therefore, identify with those of us who work(ed) for a living; someone who understands the needs of "everyday people."

BTW, the lesson of 2012 was vote for Romney. It will take longer for us to get rid of the disaster of Obamacare.

Rush was obviously making a larger point and usually points-out absurdity with in your face dripping sarcasm.

Rush was obviously making a larger point and usually points-out absurdity with in your face dripping sarcasm.

Rush also said people would vote against Bush, even though Bush was gone. Obama still can't take the blame for the mess he has made in our Country! Obama will never accept responsibility for spending us into oblivion, his actions have caused job losses every month! I don't know if people voted because O is black or if he spouted class warfare, but they sure didn't do this Country a favor by electing him!

Jefferson really looked after his slaves what poppycock. He never emancipated any of them nor did he mind porking them

He is such a simple, obvious, IDIOT! Just pathetic! We could elect black Presidents forever and we would still not have erased the crime of slavery! Does he think that voting for the Violence against Women Act will wipe out what we did to Native Americans because it includes provisions for women on reservations? Does he think that you can erase the Holocaust by treating Israel fairly now? No one can ever "ERASE" these crimes against humanity. We can only treat EVERYONE fairly in the future and guard against doing more evil. That means guarding against what Limbaugh and his ilk preach!

The man Ronald Reagan called "the Number One voice for conservatism in our Country" Rush Limbaugh, continues to be a pathetic example of a human life form. I wonder if Reagan would compliment this bigoted degenerate today. I doubt it. If anyone has caught his radio broadcast, you know he often refers to his upbringing in his lawyer filled conservative(cracker)home which including "his" African American maid. In his perspective about why people voted for the clearly superior candidate, in the 2012 election, Limbaugh continues to stay mired within the constraints of his biased small thinking as the world moves past him, and those like him. Dinosaurs do still walk among us!

Jefferson kept detailed records - slave Jupiter received woolen cloth, shirting, a hat and summer clothes. Some slaves were granted more than others in this year, and a few received nothing at all, as recorded in his Farm Book of the food, clothing, and blankets that he distributed to his slaves

When Millions of Americans reject the tired pleas of bigotry and the unworkable programs of the past not once but TWICE, even in the face of organized attempts at voter suppression and rigged voting machines, those "pundits" of the rejected right HAVE to find something or someone to blame. This "feel good" excuse is as good as any, and it may have factored into something less than 1% of the vote. I just wish we'd hear more about responsible Republicans working to restore responsible OPTIONS and to find responsible candidates to COMPROMISE with their opponents and GOVERN (the true JOB of a political party) rather than touting shallow excuses. Until they do that, we'll be guaranteed not just the next 4 years but the next eight to sixteen years of good government controlled by the other party. A REAL political party finds out what the electorate wants and finds a financially and ethically responsible way to GIVE it to them! This is not "buying votes" or gifting "stuff" to special interests - this is GOOD GOVERNMENT as the founders understood it. We Republicans have to take our party BACK or be left in the dust like the Whigs.

Jefferson's bairns born to his female slave Sally Hemming - enough 'bout that - back to .. As a personal valet, Jupiter dressed Thomas and accompanied him on travels. In this intimate role, he gained Thomas' trust and earned privileges. He was often sent out alone on errands involving large monetary sums.

2nd amendment guy - Writing on Jupiter's death, Thomas acknowledged the loss both emotionally and practically. "I am, sorry for him," Jefferson wrote of Jupiter, "as well as sensible he leaves a void in my administration which I cannot fill up."

Jefferson's slaves were constantly employed, working up to 14-hour days. Although Jefferson provided for his slaves better than most, he rarely considered their freedom. The labor, even of a companion like Jupiter, was too valuable.