The Story That Rush Limbaugh Says Wouldn’t Have ‘Surprised’ the Media If They ‘Bothered to Listen to Me’ in 2008

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh went after President Barack Obama on Thursday over reports that he went to play a round of golf immediately after issuing a statement on beheaded photojournalist James Foley.

Limbaugh first went to the audio archives of his radio show, playing a 2008 clip of him describing Obama as “cold” and “devoid of passion” like a “programmed robot” before he was elected president.

“This is me advising and informing everybody my take on Obama. October 16th, 2008,” Limbaugh recalled on Thursday. “That’s what I mean. If...