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Post on March 6, 2009 by 10 Comments »

What does Sen. Richard Burr think of Rush Limbaugh? When a reporter from The Hill newspaper asked Burr our senior senator “stopped short” of saying he “hoped the president would fail” but declined to criticize Limbaugh. Maybe North Carolina newspapers should press the issue.

Does Burr want President Obama to fail? Is Burr afraid to criticize Limbaugh?

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  1. James
    March 6, 2009 at 8:55 am

    Burr seems to have a streak of political cowardice.

    James

    PS Maybe North Carolina newspaper should press the issue indeed. Don’t hold your breath.

  2. IBXer
    March 6, 2009 at 9:28 am

    There are only two differences between Limbaugh and the people at NC Policy Watch.

    1) Limbaugh gets paid more than you guys to express his opinion.

    2) He’s been known to make intelligent statements from time to time.

  3. Adam Linker
    March 6, 2009 at 9:53 am

    Don’t forget that NC Policy Watch is not the head of the Republican Party — another difference between us and Limbaugh.

  4. Show Us The Jobs
    March 6, 2009 at 3:10 pm

    at least we now have Thom Hartmann on WCHL 3-6pm

  5. Eugene Barufkin
    March 6, 2009 at 3:53 pm

    Burr needs to change is first name to Aaron.

  6. sliney
    March 6, 2009 at 5:47 pm

    Another difference you may ask…?

    I’m willing to bet that NC Policy Watch happens to know the difference between The Constitution and The Declaration Of Independence.

  7. Adam L
    March 8, 2009 at 8:01 pm

    Exactly — we know that the preamble to The Constitution guarantees the right to happiness, liberty, and the pursuit of property.

  8. IBXer
    March 9, 2009 at 8:23 am

    Actually Adam, that is what the Constitution originally did because the framers borrowed heavily from the writtings of other philosophers of the time, one of which being John Locke.

    John Locke wrote that we all have a right to life, liberty and estate. The idea here being that if we all know our lives, our liberty, and our property were protected from the whims of others, then each of us would be free to pursue our own happiness on our own terms.

    Jefferson paraphrased John Locke by simply stating “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

    Anyone who knows anything about American history or who has studied political philosophy knows this is the case.

  9. AdamL
    March 9, 2009 at 12:09 pm

    Thanks as always IBXer. Might want to check the preamble to the Constitution and then the preamble to the Declaration of Independence to get in on the joke.

  10. Marsha V. Hammond, PhD
    March 11, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    What I think of Senator Burr can be summed up by the length of time it took to get his office online so that you could correspond w/ your state senator. MONTHS after he had been elected to office, you still could not get an e mail to him.

    That pretty much still sums up how intent he is on listening to his constituents. He might as well have an IV drip coming from the RNC made more evident.

    The news services take us for fools if they do not press Burr on whether he is able to entertain at least some of the good ideas that Obama has.

    It is not acceptable to me to have a ‘just say no’ senator to represent me.

    Please give us someone else. His re-election campaign, which I hope is the moment we shake him, is right around the corner.

    Save us from the non-involved.

    Marsha V. Hammond, PhD: Clinical Licensed Psychologist, Asheville, NC