Posted on 03/15/2009 6:32:29 PM PDT by paltz
Was it the way he seemed to relish their attacks? Or, were Obama's rapidly-sinking approval numbers to blame?
Whatever the reason, At least for now, Democrats say they're done utilizing an anti- Rush Limbaugh strategy in an attempt to neutralize their political opposition. Now, it's on to something else. For how long, however?
From the Politico:
Beginning Sunday, the White House will harness every part of the Democratic Party’s machinery to defend President Obama’s budget and portray Republicans as reflexively political, according to party strategists.
A participant in the planning meetings described the push as a successor to Democrats’ message that Rush Limbaugh is the Republican Party leader. “We have exhausted the use of Rush as an attention-getter,” the official said.
David Plouffe, manager of Obama’s presidential race, helped design the strategy, which includes the most extensive activation since November of the campaign’s grassroots network. The database—which includes information for at least 10 million donors, supporters and volunteers—will now be used as a unique tool for governing, with former canvassers now being enlisted to mobilize support for the president’s legislative agenda.
Others involved in the planning included White House senior adviser David Axelrod; the DNC chairman, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine; and DNC Executive Director Jennifer O'Malley Dillon.
The plan follows the private complaints of some Democrats that Obama let the GOP get the better of him during the debate over pork in the budget bill he just signed, and growing concerns among some Democrats that charges of big spending could stick to the president.
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LOL
Rush 1, Obama 0.
Rush has the ability to turn this particular type of lemons into very profitable lemonade. I’d ask myself when they will learn...but I know better. They’ll be back to try again, and lose again.
Only if exhausted means it blew up in their faces.
Rush was kicking their butts.
Near as I can figure Rush owes his old friend James Carville a nice dinner for suckering the Dems into pumping up his numbers. Some of them are still thinking that setting up a billboard is going to hurt Rush somehow. You have to wonder.
Okay, a clue as to what they were really doing...
“A participant in the planning meetings described the push as a successor to Democrats’ message that Rush Limbaugh is the Republican Party leader. “We have exhausted the use of Rush as an attention-getter,” the official said.”
Just using Rush as a “tool” — that’s about all...
“We have exhausted the use of Rush as an attention-getter,”
Translation: They found out we were behind it and it got him ATTENTION!
There are plent more crises to manufacture. Plus, Rush challenged Obama to a debate! I think he should have offered a debate someplace big, Madison Square Garden? Sell tickets? Agree to donate the proceeds to Obama’s favorite faith-based charity.
There you go. That’s how you beat the rats. Hit them again and again. Let no attack go unanswered. Simple strategy really. And typical lib, run when the opponent has teeth.
Don’t believe it for a second, they have handed it off to DU, moveon, and the tard fest at the SCRIANNA post...You know, all those so called journalists sitting in the front row of the Odrama press briefings by Gibbs.
Rush 1, Zero 0
Look for more disrupter attacks here. Kittens are going to be busy.
Pray for America and Our Troops
"He's on the radio three hours a day and we can't overcome that."
"I WON."
But he (in his own blue-collar way) has too much class for that.
Cheers!
I can’t believe those sorry bass turds attacked a private, U.S. citizen. That’s the kind of thing fascist regimes do. Amerika is looking more and more like the Third Reich everyday. I guess “change” is NOT always a good thing.
Not only did they expand Rush’s audience, they awakened the Tea Party Patriots. Plus the Glenn Beck effort.
They can’t undo what they’ve done, and the more they try, the faster they’ll fail.
Bring it on, Obama-Nuts!
I think he's got his front claws in that butt. The back ones are next.
There, fixed it.
lol!
I’m sure they have other targets. I think Joe Arpio may be one of them but it may prove to be an even bigger failure than the Limbaugh strategy.
Obama was using his bully pulpit to attack a radio personality and loses.
The bully pulpit is supposed to be used in a judicious manner and not to attack non-politicians.
Only the end of the first quarter, IMO. When Rahm-bo needs another distraction, Rush will be the center target on their radar.
Dems never give up, they simply find another, dirtier, sneakier tactic.
Whatever they say, they're lying!
They're reading us ~ and they're finding out how many really good soundbytes 400,000 people can turn out.
The Obama regime is already exhausted both economically and politically.
Guy isn't going to make his first 100 days above 50% popularity. It's entirely possible we can drive him and his drones away before the next election in 2010.
So, let me say this, "Obama, Get Out of Biden's House!"
The Obamessiah is his OWN faith-based charity!
It was Limbaugh’s SPEECH at CPAC and FOX News that caused Rush’s Ratings to explode...NOT the Democratic attacks.
The Dems think too much of themselves.
RUSH made an excellant speech....give him credit.
If you look up thread a bit, one is already here :0)
Sorry, I goofed the last one
ROTGLMAO!
Man ron you’re speedy!
Pray for America
Tomorrow's WaPo headline: Republicans Reflexively Political!
Same for NYT, LAT, CNN, MSNBC, etc. etc.
They never counted on Rush's spirited counter-offensive and challenge as "party head" to Obama to come debate him one on one on the issues. He totally defeated their stratagem.
Unique means one-of-a-kind. Original? Your call:
But why, oh why, did he decide to take off the last two days? Seems like he missed a huge opportunity for recruiting new mind-numbed robots (although he did replay the CPAC speech on Friday.)
Oh, Rush will always be a target of opportunity, when he says something controversial. But there won't be a do-over of this "Party head" offensive. It was blocked, countered, and checkmated--by the debate challenge, specifically.
You're being redundant. ;-)
“Stupid is as stupid does”
LOL! True-dat...but imagine the fun if Rush would make the offer?
Here we go with the attempt to move Obama to the “center.” His leftist policies will be portrayed as moderate.
The liberals are beating up on Rush because Bush is no longer in office.
It doesn’t look good when the white house is debating a talk show host. Last I checked Rush wasn’t a member of congress.
Man that pic is a classic. You have a hard time finding that book now-a-days.
Just one more mistake in a continuing line of mistakes. This guy is making Carter look like a good President.
"And de tar baby, he don't say nothin, and de Br'er Fox, he lay low.."
Yesterday Bob Brinker was ranting about and against an unnamed person wanting Obama’s financial plans to fail.
I like to listen to Brinker’s show on the same station as Rush, but it now seems that Brinker is supporting Obama’s socialist plan to change America forever.
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