Cenk Fires Back at Rush Limbaugh on MSNBC

Cenk Uygur responds to a video of Rush Limbaugh analyzing a clip of Robert Reich on Cenk's MSNBC show discussing taxes and wealth redistribution. Uygur is especially amused by how Rush pronounces names - Cenk suggests that years of drugs (Oxycontin) screwed up Limbaugh's hearing.

Transcript:

00:05
On Tuesday we had Robert Reich on this program
and we suggested raising taxes and we knew

00:10
that was going to make conservatives angry
and we also knew that it was completely supported

00:13
by the american people and the polls today
bear that out but it made one guy angry Rush

00:19
Limbaugh and this is what he had to say about
Secretary Reich. Rush Limbaugh:"He's talking

00:23
in terms of an actual war, he's telling the
rich you better give up the money before the

00:27
people with pitch forks come to your house
and and get it from you. Isn't that what's

00:32
happening in Wisconsin? Can we be honest,
isn't this sort of what all this is about?

00:37
All these people occupying the capital building.
And demanding all these public sector union

00:41
people demanding but it's not the rich they're
demanding it from is it? It's average americans,

00:48
average americans many of them whom are underemployed,
unemployed or what have you isn't that who

00:54
these teachers and public employees are saying
give us more, it's what the king of Saudi

00:57
Arabia's doing, it's what Gaddafi is doing"
Rush Limbaugh cares about the unemployed and

01:03
the underemployed when did that happen? And
did you notice the little trick he did in

01:07
the middle, first he's like Reich is going
after the rich oh my god he might come after

01:11
my mansion in Palm Beach, did I say that?
No, okay, I, no I'm for the unemployed and

01:16
the underemployed, no, no, no Robert Reich
didn't go after the unemployed, he wants to

01:20
help the unemployed and underemployed he went
after the rich, people like you. Do you know

01:23
that Rush has his staff light lavender scented
candles before he comes into his home? How

01:29
very nice. So that's why he's scared. And
then he got even more clever and he made fun

01:34
of our names. Rush Limbaugh: "Robert B. Reiiiiiiiiiiccccccccccccccccchhhhhhhhhh
was on MSNBC Live last night with the anchor

01:49
Sink Wehgur" He said my name wrong [laughing
and pounding desk] that's so funny Rush, that's

01:55
really funny. To be fair to Rush though he
has a hearing problem because of all the Oxycontin

02:01
he took so that's maybe why he mispronounced
the name, it is a hard name.

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[syzygy501]

@usucdik Republicans are fake Americans.

[FurubaGirl08]

Rush looks like the fat balled guy that speaks while shaking his head sideways from the Simpsons ("YOUR HIRED!!!") lol! xD

[that1commandment]

@markbowlby1 That wasn't a cheap shot. Cenk said that because Rush is Anti-drug legalization.

[CaptainRano]

1:37 this is batshit

[markbowlby1]

I'm on board with what Cenk says 90% of the time. This clip was an example of why he didn't make it in the tv market. He was tearing it up until he brought up Limbaugh's drug use to explain his hearing problem. It was an uncalled for dig and seemed juvenile. On the internet anything goes...national tv you have to polish your argument and delivery.

[gricer1326]

@rodeo179 He didn't get fired, he quit because they were trying to keep him in a box.

[rodeo179]

rush still has his job but Cenk got fired from MSNBC. corporations don't like when their masters are criticized. it's good to make fun of Rush (easy target, scapegoat) but raise a mirror to Dems Congress, Corporations, etc., you'll get fired. and i say that as a Dem voter.

[MrClaydough]

Funny to see Pigbaugh in usual rant and rave, as even he sees hi 35% drop while his fat arms a flailing about. Yes Fat Ass... you suggesting your home? Is that invite? I could make us A great omelette and we could talk and play guitar, as I tell you what a fucking asshole racist pig you are!

a] your message means squat

b] you'r a hater'

c] clear channel needs smoother voice like mine

d] you're a racist homophobic pig

e] organizer of low IQ dilwads

'Pigbaugh Lies' is a 5 hour read n study

[deeppurple28]

@nonrepublicrat They already do you fucking redundant pile of steaming Turds! You truly are the load that bitch you once called Mommy should have swallowed! Why don't you go ask Warren Buffet who pays more taxes, him or his secretary, You Dumb Pile of Shit!

[SouthParkBear]

@EbolaZidane

More like pedophilia.

[BorgKing001]

Two fat heads square off

[emantabrizi]

@TheThumper49 ... Case in point. :-)