Rush Limbaugh Quotes on Obamacare

I write about politics about as often as I write about quilting. And I probably know as much about one as I do the other. I have been only mildly interested in the entire healtcare reform debate. But since yesterday marked the passage of what has been called an "historic" vote in favor of Obamacare, I thought I would listen in to Rush Limbaugh today and hear what he had to say. I am a conservative, but I can typically only take Mr. Limbaugh in small doses. But I do often admire his pointed and sometimes pungent expressions. The following quotes were written down by myself while listening to his 3 hour live radio broadcast today on March 22, 2010.

03/22/2010: Rush Limbaugh on the recently passed Healthcare Reform Bill:

• “America is hanging by a thread!”

• “Our freedom has been assaulted!”

• “the will of the people was spat upon yesterday”

• “they must be hounded out of office”

• “insurance premiums will skyrocket over the next couple years until the private insurance industry collapses and the government takes over the entire healthcare system”

• “Starting today the best healthcare system in the world is history…”

• “this is not about healthcare this is about wrecking and destroying the United States of America as we know it”

• “this whole thing has to be broomed and swept away and blown up”

• “Medicaid has just been expanded, and it is a 45 year failure”

• “We HAVE to defeat them!”

• “They know they are governing against the will of the people, and that has to have them on edge…”

• “His desire is to have as many people on Federal dependency as possible.”

• “The objective is to inflict harm on the private sector of our nation”

• “They have to be hassled and hounded and run out of office”

• “DON’T DOUBT ME ANYMORE!”

• “They don’t deserve to win another election EVER!”