WOW! Obama's hissy fit goes global. That's a great article from the Telegraph! A little taste from the article
Barack Obama picks a fight with Rush Limbaugh as bipartisan spirit crumbles
"Barack Obama is on a collision course with his critics after picking a fight with Rush Limbaugh, America's most influential conservative commentator.
Mr Obama has told Republicans in Washington to stop listening to the right-wing talk show host Rush Limbaugh, risking a new culture war with conservative voters.
His exhortation came as he enraged other Republicans by reversing George W Bush's ban on funding international aid to charities that perform or provide information about abortions.
After less than a week in office, Mr Obama's presidency is already encountering the very partisan bickering he had pledged to stamp out during his first 100 days.
He faces mounting criticism over his $825 billion economic stimulus plan, from Republican leaders who say the legislation has been drawn up without the input which Mr Obama had promised to allow them.
The president responded with a clear signal that he is prepared to ram the bill through without the bipartisan consensus he promised to construct, telling Republican leaders from the House of Representatives: "I won. I'm the president."
He then told them to break free of the confrontational mindset epitomised by Mr Limbaugh, the highest paid talk show host in America. "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done," Mr Obama said.
His comments followed a blunt attack on him by Mr Limbaugh, who declared on air that he hoped Mr Obama would fail as president because otherwise it will usher in socialism.
With characteristic robustness, he said: "We are being told we have to hope he succeeds, that we have to bend over and grab our ankles... because his father was black, because he's the first black president, we've got to accept this." [
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After the euphoria of his inauguration, Mr Obama's team have been handed a cold dose of political reality. A series of controversial policy decisions, mistakes and unforeseen events has brought home the difficulty of bridging the divisions in Washington"..........
Nobody is taking on Obama properly. It’s been on FR before, but just Google “Obama Citibank”. He holds far more responsibility than GWB for the global crisis. His hands are bloody with sub-prime loans and Franklin Raines as an advisor. Rush needs to say this. All of us need to write this in letters to your local editors and blogs.
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=Obama+citibank&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
And yet, the most bass-ackward interpretation for the cause will go down in history. “It was Bush’s deregulation.”