So, let me see if I've got this straight. The teabaggers are now going to use their great power and popularity to perpetrate a boycott of GM because it's crucial that prevent Obama's policies from working, because, um, because if Obama's policies were to work, that would . . . um, mean that Limbaugh and his teabagging pals insistence that his policies can't possibly work are wrong?

Will they also boycott the banks and insurance companies the taxpayers also own? Maybe Rush can open his own bank and issue his own credit cards. Then you can tell the whole world what a tool you are every time you buy something.

Hewitt:

They have to say no to GM products and services until such time as the denationalization occurs

And the worse off GM becomes, the faster the denationalization will occur! Or something!

Not to overstate the obvious, but this seems really stupid, and great grist for campaign commercials, as well as a round of questions to Republican politicians about whether they agree with Rush that hardworking Americans don't deserve our support.

Too stupid for words.

Why do they hate America?

If it wasn't already crystal clear to everyone, Rush Limbaugh is the absolute nadir of ends-justify-the-means thinking, if it can be called thinking.

Nothing is too extreme for him to advocate or encourage in pursuit of those ends. And what ends does he pursue? Conservative defeating liberal. It's a football game to him and his team must win at any cost. He'd rather blow up the stadium than see the other team win. He doesn't give a rat's ass what happens to the fans in the stands. If they've got to be collateral damage, so be it.

What these guys don't seem to realize is they're going up against a great politician. One of the best political strategists we've ever seen. And he is going to eat them for lunch -- again.

Most folks buy a car based on their need, their budget, long-term value and, to an extent, brand loyalty.

If the new GM makes a good Chevy car or truck at a good price, the Chevy drivers are going to buy it.

How did that fat gasbag not learn from the "I hope Obama fails" nonsense? Even as a tactical move (because, let's face it, it's unlikely Limbaugh says anything that he actually means), this is terrible. He's quite literally telling people to ruin a company just to teach Obama a lesson.

Again, as stated above, this will blow up in his face. A rational and simple response is "Well, personally, I hope that GM come out of bankruptcy and the miilions of families who depend on GM can benefit from its recovery."

We have a government-controlled media? Does Lump even know what country he's in?

This sounds like a great opportunity for a TPM survey. Ask your readers to contact members of Congress to see whether our elected representatives support this boycott. This puts conservatives in a bind -- either get pilloried on the radio or hand the Democrats a terrific issue in the next election season.

Can't buy American. . .
Can't buy foreign. . .
Which leaves, what?
Amish buggies? With satellite radio installed, natch, so the ditto-heads can get their marching orders from On High.

This is breath-takingly insane rhetoric--here's hoping the Republican Twitterati go all in on it immediately.

I guess the wingnuts have figured out they're not going to destroy Obama with a sex scandal, so they're branching out. No success so far, as they have trouble with more abstract concepts (i.e. they iz stoopid).

Ct voter had it right. The press needs to ask every Republican if they agree with this idea. Then they are forced to either say "screw Americans" or "screw Limbaugh".

Yeah...remember those Midwestern industrial states that you lost in November, GOP? Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and even reliably red Indiana? Yeah. Wait till they get a load of this GM boycott.

It may also have escaped these mental midgets that Obama will "denationalize" GM when it gets back on its feet.

So, Limbaugh and Hewitt are determined to prevent GM from recovering, which means that government involvement will actually be protracted.

Smart.

Ya know, if you really break down "conservative" ideas, policies and implementation from Reagan on, you can't find one thing that makes any sense, worked well, or did this country a whit of good.

Everything they stand for is wrong for America. And it just keeps getting worse, not better.

Unnecessary wars; torture; cutting taxes for the already rich; massive deficits and new debt; a gutting of the public sector in favor of replacing it with far less efficient and more expensive private sector initiatives; standing in the way of health care reform, consumer protections, environmental protections; gutting the separation of church and state; spying on all Americans; demonizing peace organizations, environmentalists, civil rights advocates. In general, doing whatever is best for the wealthiest, polluters, religious zealots and the military-industrial complex.

In short, why do righties hate America so much?

God, I truly believe some of these right-wingers would starve to death rather than accept government help.

WAIT AN F'ING MINUTE
The ReagaNaziCorp's (...corpse?) talking point up until the bankruptcy was "This was the fault of the unions." (because, of course, those union folk on the line designed those lousy cars and the lousy marketing camapigns that couldn't sell the lousy cars.)

Now that GM and Chrysler (and I'm waitin' for Ford) are in bankruptcy, the ReagaNaziCorpse talking point from Rush is "Limbaugh reassures any GM workers who might be listening that the boycotters aren't angry at them."

Is Rush paraphrasing Hugo T. Firefly, saying in essence, "Whichever Dem proposes or presents it, I'm against it!"?

Thanks Groucho!

The anti-union thing is a part of this, too.

Very little of what the Republicans do or say surprises me these days. But I do have to admit to a surprise when I hear them saying that this deal was a gift to the unions.

Oh, really? What was it, 20,000 job losses there? Massive concessions as well. The kind that were NEVER asked of the white collar crowd on Wall Street.

They seem to go into hysterics whenever they think union workers might get a small piece of the pie. Never heard one "conservative" ever complain when white collars get massive stock options, etc. etc.

I mean, put this in perspective. A piece of the pie for union workers probably amounts to thousands$. Piece of the pie for corporate officers ROUTINELY amounts to millions$.

Sheeesh.

Charlie Pierce is right. This IS "Idiot America". 99% of what "conservatives" say is complete bullshit, but our MSM feels obligated to put them on the air far more often than people who actually tell the truth.

That's fair and balanced.

Wrong. It might be wise to weight that time to the degree someone tells the truth, knows the facts, and presents evidence to support it all. Put people who do THAT on the air in direct proportion to their percentage of getting things correct. Don't put people on air who consistently lie, distort, mock, distract, incite violence and the like.

What a concept!

I think the real interest group that is at risk here is big oil.
They are losing control and influence.
In five years, everyone will be buying plug-in hybrids that get 100 mpg.
I want to buy mine from GM...built by union workers.

Does no one on the 'right' have the balls to point out to Rush, that worsening GM's sales is counter-productive to the 'de-nationalization' of GM.

The US government can only get out of being the majority shareholder in GM when private investors are sufficiently confident of its future profitability that they are willing to invest in GM.

Can NO one muster the strength to ask him how boycotting GM is supposed to increase the interest of the private sector in buying GM shares?

Better yet, why don't you all start by boycotting the use of the GOVERNMENT AIRWAVES. You get them for free. Also, why not start by boycotting government launched SATELLITES that transmit your garbage. And finally, are you planning on boycotting the GOVERNMENT PROVIDED GPS information in your "pop-up nav screens"?

I applaud the right-wingers boycotting GM. It was the right-wingers and there VERY SMALL PENISES that pushed the Hummer over the EV-1. Maybe now GM can move into the future instead of into the past.

I mean really. Is that a face Limbaugh has or is it a unnamed planet? Too huge.

No doubt about it now, none.
The right hates America, wants it to fail.

They can't avoid that now.
In fact they want to lead with it.

Profits before America.
Give us your downtrodden. We need the mulch.

limbaugh's job is to make money, number one

he's got everyone squawking today about GM boycott

tomorrow or next week it'll be something else

he's keeping those ratings up with the buzz he can create

he doesn't give a fuck about anything else

Wow, I just checked this on Google blog search, and it is really out there. Lots of little puke-brain smallpenis rightwing bloggers talking boycotting GM. They are talking like they are Revolutionary war heroes or something....Something besides the attention-craving wackbrains that they truly are.

What's weird to me is, most GM dealers I know in San Antonio are right wingers. I wonder how this all plays out...

In fact, a lot of right wing GM auto dealers are sponsors on hate radio stations where these mental midgets spew daily. (San antonio...home of Clear Channel). It will really be interesting to watch this. Thanks, dufusses, for bringing us more inconsequential entertainment. Remember Operation Chaos!!!!! Bwahahahahaha!

The right wing: Anti-American, anti-business, and proud of it.

Rush must go. to think if this was WW11, we would run this guy to nearest pow camp. he is the enemy. he hopes, repeatedly, that President Obama will fail (substitute he hopes the American workers will fail, see more unemployment). now he hopes the American people will not buy General Motors cars. does he hope the American people will buy all the mercedes, bmws, porches, toyotas, masdas, mitsubishis and hundais we can get our hands on, while japan and korea will not let American to fairly companies sell our cars in their countries( they have quotas on how many cars we can sell there)? WTF, is anyone hearing this mad man. This is all too sad for my country - America the land of the big mouth, self-defeating fools who beg for rebellion against my President with all the big media standing mindlessly allowing this jerk to blab endlessly without his oxicondoned saturated mind to undermine the economic security of my country.

This is excellent news! Where Rush goes the GOP must follow. The MSM should pick up on this and ask the GOP do they agree with Rush and will they be boycotting GM. I would love to hear what they would say to the American people about deliberately working to put thousands of people out of work.

Someone interviewed the CEO of ZipCar, the company that loans out its cars in dense urban areas so that people who must drive don't have to own a car. ZipCar take input on which car types to buy for its clientele. How many people have requested General Motors cars?

None. Zero. Zip. Nada.

So in other words, people don't even want to be loaned GM cars. And these clowns are wanting a boycott? How do you boycott a company that can't even loan its cars out, let alone sell them?

As I recall the american auto industry went to the federal government and groveled for a bailout. The way these bloviators exercise their pie holes makes it seem that it's the other way around. And wanting any and everything the government does to fail simply because Obama is president, well, all I can say is these gasswholes make me gag.

I say get in touch with anyone you know that works at GM that might listen to Rush and see if you can persuade them to boycott Rush as unamerican...

That would probably get press in support of GM and the people who work there.

If this blowhard wasn't all about his ego, he could use his impressive bully pulpit for something useful. How about a boycott on the top 3 oil companies’ product? You can't stop buying everyone’s gas but if MOST OF US stop buying from say BP Exxon and Shell for a month or 2 it would force them to lower prices. Gas prices are projected to rise back to the 4-5 dollar range this summer so how about a little preemptive strike by the consumer? This is something most Americans could get behind. Too bad oxiboy is all about making Pres. Obama/ The United States go under. He would rather see the failure of a Nation than be wrong.