{"id":31157,"date":"2008-12-15T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T03:00:18","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T03:00:18","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T03:00:18","slug":"rush_s_morning_update_comparisons_december_16_2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/12\/15\/rush_s_morning_update_comparisons_december_16_2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush\u2019s Morning Update: Comparisons\r\n\r\nDecember 16, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125101.Par.0002.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"137\"\/> <\/p>\n<p><BR\/><strong>Rush\u2019s Morning Update: Comparisons<\/strong><\/line><BR\/><strong><strong>December 16, 2008<\/strong><\/strong><\/line><BR\/><img src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125102.ParBottom.95973.ImageFile.jpg\"\/><\/line><BR\/><strong>Watch It!<\/strong> <strong> <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/stream.rushlimbaugh.com\/cgi-bin\/members.cgi?site=rushlimb&#038;type=download&#038;clips=1&#038;stream=2008\/12\/Rush%20Limbaugh%20-%20Dec%2016%202008%20-%20Morning%20Update.mp4\">Download Morning Update Video in QuickTime<\/a><\/line><BR\/><strong>Listen to It!<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/mfile.akamai.com\/5020\/wma\/rushlimb.download.akamai.com\/5020\/clips\/08\/12\/MU121608.asx\"><strong>Windows Media Player<\/strong><\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/mfile.akamai.com\/5020\/rm\/rushlimb.download.akamai.com\/5020\/clips\/08\/12\/MU121608.ram\"><strong>RealPlayer<\/strong><\/a> <\/line><\/p>\n<p>My friends,AP-Obama reports that our incoming president is &#8220;relatively young and inexperienced.&#8221; (Heh-heh-heh; now they tell us!)They warn of a growing list of &#8220;monumental challenges&#8221;The Messiah will face. Here\u2019s a quote: &#8220;With woes foreign and domestic on more fronts than even [FDR]encountered when he took office in the midst of the Great Depression, Obama will be sworn in as the country\u2019s 44th President.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After telling us that the striking thing about The Messiah is that he\u2019s not scared,AP then says:&#8221;Most historians liken the situation facing Obama to that which confronted Roosevelt&#8211; but the comparison does not seem to do justice to the colossal challenges Obama is facing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Actually, the comparison doesn\u2019tseem to do justiceto <emphasize>the truth<\/emphasize>.<\/p>\n<p>The Depression&#8211; which was prolonged by Roosevelt\u2019s policies&#8211; was global; and the world hasn\u2019t since witnessed economic distress on such a massive scale. Likewise, World War II was global; almost every continent on earth was engaged in some way. For years we did not know whether the Allied powers would survive, or be dominated by true madmen. Tens of millions of people diedin the war and the aftermath.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the ignorance of Drive-By reporters isn\u2019tnews, but to suggest that the problems we face today dwarf the Depression and World War II is absurd. Actually, it\u2019s beyond absurd; it\u2019sjust rank stupidity.<\/p>\n<p>The apt comparison is <emphasize>not <\/emphasize>Obama to FDR;the real comparison is these Drive-By reportersto Monica Lewinsky &#8212; if you get my drift.<\/p>\n<p>*Note: Links to content outside RushLimbaugh.com usually become inactive over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rush\u2019s Morning Update: ComparisonsDecember 16, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! 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