Mr. Limpballs wants a list of "what did Democrats EVER do for you" hehe lets give him one...hehe

[greenbriar]

we know he reads us...just like we listen to him.

Today on my short drive home, he asked "Just what has Democrats ever done for the middle class...hehe








UNIONS
Social Security
Benefits

[DS1]

1. They made Rush a very rich man

[SammyWinstonJack]

35. Oh yeah and he is so unappreciative of that, isn't he?

[sandnsea]

2. Small Business Admin

FHA
Student Grants and Loans
Medicare
Equal Rights
Schools
Environment

The fucking SPACE PROGRAM

Uh, WON BOTH WORLD WARS

Is this guy just a complete idiot or what. :eyes:

[damntexdem]

18. Older Americans Act.

Medicaid.

(Actually, OAA, Medicaid, and Medicare in the same summer of 1965.)

Social Security (and many of its amendments, including Medicare and Medicaid).

Raises in minimum wage.

[FSogol]

3. Weekends. Bank Insurance, Safety standards for vehicles, medicine, food

etc, etc.

[SmokingJacket]

4. Eight years of peace and prosperity, thanks to old Bill. nt

[ComtesseDeSpair]

5. That list would be a mile long, you fat fuck.

I hate him so much.

[ComtesseDeSpair]

6. Sorry, I'm not usually vulgar...

I lost myself for a minute there...

[EOTE]

12. No need to apologize. I don't know if you've ever heard or seen

Rush before. But he is, in fact, actually a fat fuck.

[greenbriar]

24. thats what I am hoping for so kick it and rec it and add to the list

and yes he is a fat phuck

[Burma Jones]

7. The GI Bill

Sent my Dad to College and my family out of the Lower Middle Class

[BOSSHOG]

8. The GI Bill, family base housing, GI Life Insurance

Of course I'm referring to something knows nothing about - THE MILITARY.

[Orrex]

9. The ACLU argued for his privacy when his addiction became front-page news:

http://www.aclu.org/privacy/medical/15036prs20040217.html

Lousy Liberals!

[Gregorian]

16. Wow. He won't be able to argue with that one.

Good find.

[Orrex]

19. It speaks volumes about the group's integrity and courage

I applaud them for taking up the cause of one of their most vocal critics, even if I can't say that I'd have done the same for him...

[fascisthunter]

10. WOW... Easy: Minimum wage

without that, people would be working like other humans do in third world countries. Is he that ignorant?

[Dr Fate]

11. Victory over global facism. Public education. In my case, free college.

a minimum wage- plus all the other stuff mentioned here...

[Caliman73]

13. Don't forget

Civil Rights legislation

[MgtPA]

14. 40-hour work week

[DJ13]

15. You need to remember Rush has an unspoken qualifier at the end of the question

"Just what has Democrats ever done for the middle class..."

"....that I, as a cheap labor, free trade, love the wealthy Republican, would care about?"

[liberal N proud]

21. Democrats created the middle class

[ghurley]

17. Winning WWII and bringing us out of the depression

[liberal N proud]

20. Environmental Protection

Endangered Species

[TygrBright]

22. Rural Electrification Administration/Rural Utilities Service

Tennessee Valley Authority
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
FDA and the USDA Inspection programs for safe food and drugs (until dismantled by * & Co.)
The Marshall Plan that put together a solid coalition of resistance to Soviet hegemony in Europe
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FHA Mortgages (and, incidentally, the mortgage interest deduction)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Farm Credit Administration

Not much, really. Just the entire infrastructure of a modern, competitive economy.

patiently,
Bright

[FranMonet]

23. monty python skit

this sounds like a scene from Monty Pythons life of brian.

what have they ever given us in return?
Xerxes:
The aqueduct.
Reg:
Oh yeah, yeah they gave us that. Yeah. That's true.
Masked Activist:
And the sanitation!
Stan:
Oh yes... sanitation, Reg, you remember what the city used to be like.
Reg:
All right, I'll grant you that the aqueduct and the sanitation are two things that the Romans have done...
Matthias:
And the roads...
Reg:
(sharply) Well yes obviously the roads... the roads go without saying. But apart from the aqueduct, the sanitation and the roads...
Another Masked Activist:
Irrigation...
Other Masked Voices:
Medicine... Education... Health...
Reg:
Yes... all right, fair enough...
Activist Near Front:
And the wine...
Omnes:
Oh yes! True!
Francis:
Yeah. That's something we'd really miss if the Romans left, Reg.
Masked Activist at Back:
Public baths!
Stan:
And it's safe to walk in the streets at night now.
Francis:
Yes, they certainly know how to keep order... (general nodding)... let's face it, they're the only ones who could in a place like this.

(more general murmurs of agreement)
Reg:
All right... all right... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order... what have the Romans done for us?
Xerxes:
Brought peace!
Reg:
(very angry, he's not having a good meeting at all) What!? Oh... (scornfully) Peace, yes... shut up!

[Papagoose]

25. Don't remember where I found this...

[gollygee]

26. There was this labor shortage during the Clinton years

it seems like ages ago, doesn't it? Anyway, my husband and I both got really good jobs during that time that paid well. Jobs we would probably not be able to get now.

[dhpgetsit]

27. Hmmm.. where to begin...

How about the United States of America!
Party of Jefferson, Fathead!!

[turner52]

28. Limbaugh - need a list? What has a repug done for me?

child labor laws

[Wilber_Stool]

29. This one's been popping

up since the 90s. Always good for a re-read.

August 29th, 2004 9:38 pm
Day in the Life of Joe Middle-Class Republican

by John Gray

Joe gets up at 6:00am to prepare his morning coffee. He fills his pot full of good clean drinking water because some liberal fought for minimum water quality standards. He takes his daily medication with his first swallow of coffee. His medications are safe to take because some liberal fought to insure their safety and work as advertised.

All but $10.00 of his medications are paid for by his employers medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance, now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs this day. Joe’s bacon is safe to eat because some liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.

Joe takes his morning shower reaching for his shampoo; His bottle is properly labeled with every ingredient and the amount of its contents because some liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained. Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some tree hugging liberal fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his government subsidized ride to work; it saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees. You see, some liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.

Joe begins his work day; he has a good job with excellent pay, medicals benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe’s employer pays these standards because Joe’s employer doesn’t want his employees to call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed he’ll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some liberal didn’t think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune.

Its noon time, Joe needs to make a Bank Deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe’s deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some liberal wanted to protect Joe’s money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the depression.

Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae underwritten Mortgage and his below market federal student loan because some stupid liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his life-time.

Joe is home from work, he plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive to dads; his car is among the safest in the world because some liberal fought for car safety standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. He was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers Home Administration because bankers didn’t want to make rural loans. The house didn’t have electric until some big government liberal stuck his nose where it didn’t belong and demanded rural electrification. (Those rural Republican’s would still be sitting in the dark)

He is happy to see his dad who is now retired. His dad lives on Social Security and his union pension because some liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn’t have to. After his visit with dad he gets back in his car for the ride home.

He turns on a radio talk show, the host’s keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. (He doesn’t tell Joe that his beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day) Joe agrees, “We don’t need those big government liberals ruining our lives; after all, I’m a self made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have”.

And as mentioned earlier, if you live in the country, there's rural electrification and phone service. There's more but this should do.

[Uncle Joe]

30. No party is perfect, but I believe the Democrats were most human whereas the Republicans

were most corporate.

[Courtesy Flush]

31. Family Medical Leave Act FMLA

I've had to use it twice. Once when I had major surgery, and again when my mother was dying.

But Rush, If you're reading... it's not just about what they can do for me. It's about who can make the country better. It's about who will help my neighbors when they need it.

To be honest, I think my taxes might go up a little under Obama, compared to McCain. And I don't know enough details about his health care plan to know if it's better or worse than what I already have. But I want a better country. I want a stronger community. That may cost me a little. When America benefits, I benefit.

[ThomWV]

32. Paved the road in front of my house - an Earmark from Robert Byrd did it.

[greenbriar]

34. hehe booooooo yaaaaaaaaaaa

more

[Indenturedebtor]

33. Don't forget the FDA, pulling us out of the first Republican Great Depression

pulling us out of 4 recessions
OSHA laws
Medicare/Medicaid
The Highway/Interstate system
The Apollo missions

[Marr]

36. The list is long, but... isn't the whole Conservative ideology built around the idea that

government cannot and should not be in the business of helping people? I really don't see how a Conservative can ask this question with a straight face.

[fascisthunter]

38. On Top Of It, The GOP Has Done What?????

I'd like to see him of one of his ditto-heads come up with a list.

[lynettebro440]

37. We let you live slimeball

Isn't that enough