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Obama WH Secret Phone Conferences Bear Fruit With TV Media’s Limbaugh Attack
Publius' Forum ^
| 3/03/09
| Warner Todd Huston
Posted on 03/03/2009 6:34:48 AM PST by Mobile Vulgus
Back on January 29, we discussed the daily strategy phone call engineered by Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel for friendly TV commentators and "reporters." Politico reported that Emanuel has a daily phone conference call with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, and CNN's James Carville and Paul Begala. With Rush Limbaugh's raucous CPAC address, as he termed it his "first address to the nation," we can see at least one example of what is likely an attack strategy resulting from the Emanuel phone session with a rush to bash Rush the day after the appearance. [Image credit: politico.com]
As soon as the sun rose on the day after Limbaugh's CPAC appearance, three of the four of the phone call participants attacked Limbaugh with the same talking points. It seems obvious that they coordinated their attack together in the Obama secret strategy session. It is amazing that a president's staff can have such power over major media figures without a peep being heard from those that only months ago bashed former presidents over a perceived undue, even "dangerous," control of the media.
The morning after Limbaugh's CPAC speech, Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel appeared on CBS News' Face the Nation and told Bob Schieffer that Limbaugh was the "voice of the Republican Party," and that he "hasn't stepped back from" the "hopes for failure" he expressed for Obama's administration...
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TOPICS: Government; Local News; Politics
KEYWORDS: 0bama; barackobama; bho2009; bho44; dcnmediamachine; democrats; emanuel; enemedia; liberalmedia; limbaugh; mediabias; msm; obama; obamedia; rahmemanuel; rush; rushlimbaugh; waronrush
The media is not just sold out to but PART OF the Obama administration.
To: Mobile Vulgus
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posted on
03/03/2009 6:37:39 AM PST
by
Islander7
(If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
To: Mobile Vulgus
They gush about Michelle’s lovely arms and the beautiful Obomba children while kicking the clueless Republicrats in the backside.
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posted on
03/03/2009 6:38:17 AM PST
by
IbJensen
(In 2008, Americans foolishly used their freedom to vote for “chains” not “change.”)
To: Mobile Vulgus
It is not amamzing this whitehouse has such power to influence the media. During the clinton terms the media and democrats received daily talking points. It’s the democrat MO.
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posted on
03/03/2009 6:47:54 AM PST
by
tillacum
(.)
To: IbJensen
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posted on
03/03/2009 6:50:22 AM PST
by
Dallas59
("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
To: Dallas59
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posted on
03/03/2009 6:52:24 AM PST
by
IbJensen
(In 2008, Americans foolishly used their freedom to vote for “chains” not “change.”)
To: IbJensen
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posted on
03/03/2009 6:56:02 AM PST
by
Dallas59
("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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