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Rush Limbaugh Blasts President Obama’s ‘Celebrity’ Status

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Recent released ads for President Obama featuring actress Sara Jessica Paker and Vogue Magazine editor Anna Wintour sparked conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh to attack President Obama as out of touch with real Americans.

It is a sign of “how distant they have become” from average voters and how Obama himself is becoming “Barack Hussein Kardashian,” Limbaugh quipped. “Here’s a man of the people,” Limbaugh said of Obama. “Here’s a man that’s talking every day to the unemployed, underemployed claiming that that’s who he cares about.”

The ad featuring Parker aired Monday on MTV during the Music Video Awards. A follow up web ad released by the Obama campaign features Wintour asking Obama supporters to register for the opportunity to have dinner with President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at Parker’s home.

“This whole thing is a fraud,” Limbaugh added. “Anna Wintour doesn’t want to meet these people. She’s not interested in what they have to think. Neither is Obama or Michelle or Sarah Jessica.”

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