{"id":35124,"date":"2010-04-09T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:10:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T01:10:12","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:10:12","slug":"even_the_jokes_come_true_obama_to_appear_on_american_idol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/04\/09\/even_the_jokes_come_true_obama_to_appear_on_american_idol\/","title":{"rendered":"Even the Jokes Come True: Obama to Appear on American Idol"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p><BR\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125108.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"280\" height=\"263\" class=\"alignright\"\/>RUSH: On this very program behind this very microphone, your host said:<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/>RUSH ARCHIVE: You know, they\u2019re looking for a new judge to replace Paula Abdul on American Idol. Obama! He\u2019s doing television everywhere else. Nobody wants Ellen DeGeneres on there to be a judge. Paula\u2019s gone, so put Obama! He could be on TV every Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday night in the important winter months when people are staying at home. So let Obama, if he\u2019s willing to call Kanye West a jackass, imagine what he could say about some of the other talent on American Idol.<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/>RUSH: Well, that\u2019s not what I said the day after the program, I said that September 15th of 2009. I gave the broadcast engineer the wrong number of sound bite to start with. But nevertheless, I said it, I predicted it, I made a joke about it, and he\u2019s going to be on American Idol! He and Michelle are going to appear on American Idol to tout something or other. I swear, every time I start making jokes about these people, whatever it is, they happen. 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