Happy days are here again (4.00 / 1)

Ooh, I can't wait. Bliss is just around the corner, and Chris is its prophet.

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by: William Timberman @ Wed Jan 28, 2009 at 12:57:29 PM CST

hey! (0.00 / 0)

This is something we can agree on! I was watching Hardball yesterday; Pat and some nut from Nevada were relishing in delight because they thought that Obama was erred in mentioning Rush in his meeting with Republican pols. Their thought was that Obama was holding Rush up and putting him up as the voice of the Republican Party. To them, that is a mistake. But it's as though they don't realize how poorly he is perceived by most everyone in the country. It's brilliant to make Rush the leader of the party because only the nutjobs like him.

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by: odnarbssagib @ Wed Jan 28, 2009 at 12:58:30 PM CST

I find it stunning that Limbaugh is so powerful within the GOP (4.00 / 1)

I mean, the guy is just a radio talk show host. He's not even on television! I know he's got a shit-ton of listeners, but still.  

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by: Jason C. @ Wed Jan 28, 2009 at 13:27:04 PM CST

true, but... (0.00 / 0)

This country has a shit-ton of mindless tools. It's no wonder his listener base is so big.

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by: skylights @ Thu Jan 29, 2009 at 01:01:36 AM CST

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Gee, he is the single most powerful Republican now, isn't he? (4.00 / 2)

The thought hadn't occurred to me, but for the first time since 1993, the Republicans don't have any political leaders more powerful than Rush Limbaugh.  

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by: Chachy @ Wed Jan 28, 2009 at 13:33:17 PM CST

natural law is on our side, hallelujah (0.00 / 0)

politics abhors a vacuum
Limbaugh rushes into the vacuum
America abhors Limbaugh

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by: T Maysle @ Wed Jan 28, 2009 at 13:53:47 PM CST

If they could continue this it would be great! (0.00 / 0)

The media might just follow along, not because they think it will divide the GOP but because they think of it as the right kind of 'balance'.  In reality they want those 20 million sheep to also listen to them, so showing Rush is a potential goldmine of slack-jawed consumers.

The reality is that, while 20 million people (a number likely exaggerated) are a lot of potential customers, they only constitute 7% of our country's population.  Now if we had a parliamentary system they could wield considerable power.  But in a two party system where a majority of the population now think that 7% is batshit crazy, any party that feels the urge to try and capture that 7% is really putting itself into electoral jeopardy in national elections.

This could be fun to watch...

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by: Ricky @ Wed Jan 28, 2009 at 14:48:39 PM CST

why take the focus off Congressional GOP? This is dumb. (0.00 / 0)

Why is Obama taking the focus off them too and pointing elsewhere?

It's absolutely wrong -- and reminds me of MoveOn and that stupidity.

GOP Congresspeople running the media narrative -- not Limbaugh or any radio person. And Obama is helping them by distrating everyone?!?

not cool. at all.

not helpful either. at all.

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by: amberglow @ Wed Jan 28, 2009 at 15:54:31 PM CST

I understood it differently (0.00 / 0)

I think Chris meant that we should try to glue Limbaugh's attitude to the congressional Republicans. Given their actions, it's a plausible thing to do. Believe me, they don't want to be seen in the same camp and the jerk who wants our government to fail. But it's good to help Americans make this association, because the next time they have their tantrum, people will see it for another Limbaugh-style attempt to sabotage our government in hopes that Obama fails in reviving the economy.

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by: spork @ Wed Jan 28, 2009 at 22:32:54 PM CST

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Posting after the stimulus vote... (0.00 / 0)

I actually think that this is a pretty effective line, because Limbaugh's ridiculous line actually got a lot of play. And if the Republicans are really prepared to take their ball and go home even if Obama is openly inviting them to play, we should let them and play our way.

The downside of that was that the American people, as well as our president, wanted some sort of bipartisanship. But I'm pretty sure that once it's clear that the Republicans are simply out to torpedo Obama and everything he does, the demand for bipartisanship will subside. The best way to do that would be to consistently say this everywhere and at every opportunity:

Clearly, the Republicans want our president to fail. Some have had the courage to admit this directly. We went to DC with the intention of being bipartisan, but that's a two-way street, and you can't be bipartisan if the other party's agenda is nothing more than simple sabotage. We will welcome them back to the table when they put their bitterness behind them.

 

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by: spork @ Wed Jan 28, 2009 at 22:29:24 PM CST

How do you spell RIDICULOUS (0.00 / 0)

 It's well documented that Obama's has ties to the teachings of Saul Alinksy while he was community organizing in Chicago. Here is Rule 13 of Alinksy's Rules for Radicals:
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."

He did this to Fox News, during the campaign.
Now he's doing it to Rush.
WHEN is the last time an American president has publicly
ridiculed a private citizen -- by name ??
Rush is not a politician.

Obama just shows how thin-skinned he really is.

IF he can't handle dissent, he's in the wrong business.

OHHHHHHH,, and as for this STIMULUS/ PORK FEST :

The line from Barack Obama and Joe Biden is that all economists agree with a stimulus package to expand government spending. So they won't have been happy to see a full page advertisement in today's New York Times disagreeing, signed by around 200 academic economists, including three Nobel prize-winners.
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According to Mr Biden: "Every economist... from conservative to liberal, acknowledges that direct government spending on a direct program now is the best way to infuse economic growth and create jobs."
Barack Obama said earlier this month that: "There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jumpstart the economy."
But the economists who signed the advert, funded by the Cato Institute in Washington DC, say that: "we the undersigned do not believe that more government spending is a way to improve economic performance. More government spending by Hoover and Roosevelt did not pull the United States economy out of the Great Depression in the 1930s. More government spending did not solve Japan's "lost decade" in the 1990s."
They propose instead that: "To improve the economy, policymakers should focus on reforms that remove impediments to work, saving, investment and production. Lower tax rates and a reduction in the burden of government are the best ways of using fiscal policy to boost growth."

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by: rannan3 @ Thu Jan 29, 2009 at 08:08:47 AM CST

Who's Driving A Wedge ?? (0.00 / 0)

My point for my post Chris, is that it's not Republicans trying to drive a wedge, it's Obama . He's trying to drive a wedge between conservative republicans and both Fox News and Rush Limbaugh.
and he thinks he's so cool no one will see through it--

WRONG !@!

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by: rannan3 @ Thu Jan 29, 2009 at 08:17:04 AM CST