Posted on 03/12/2009 6:42:42 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross
Presidents throughout history have kept lists of political foes. But the Obama White House is the first I am aware of to pick targets based on polls. Even Richard Nixon didn't focus-group his enemies list.
Team Obama -- aided by Clintonistas Paul Begala, James Carville and Stanley Greenberg -- decided to attack Rush Limbaugh after poring over opinion research. White House senior adviser David Axelrod explicitly authorized the assault. Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel assigned a White House official to coordinate the push. And Press Secretary Robert Gibbs gleefully punched the launch button at his podium, suckering the White House press corps into dropping what they were doing to get Mr. Limbaugh.(snip)
Did it do any good with voters not strongly tied to either party? I suspect not. With stock markets down, unemployment growing, banks tottering, consumers anxious, business leaders nervous, and the economy shrinking, the Obama administration's attacks on a radio talk show host made it seem concerned with the trivial.
Why did the White House do it? It was a diversionary tactic. Clues might be found in the revelation that senior White House staff meet for two hours each Wednesday evening to digest their latest polling and focus-group research. I would bet a steak dinner at Morton's in Chicago these Wednesday Night Meetings discussed growing public opposition to spending, omnibus pork, more bailout money for banks and car companies, and new taxes on energy, work and capital.(snip)
In the face of our enormous economic challenges, top White House aides decided to pee on Mr. Limbaugh's leg. This is a political luxury the country cannot afford, and which Mr. Obama would be wise to forbid. Or did he not mean it when he ran promising to "turn the page" on the "old" politics?
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ROFL. They can't help it ... the 60's were the formative year for the puppetmasters. They're still stuck there and Tricky Dick seems to be their model.
“Or did he not mean it when he ran promising to “turn the page” on the “old” politics?”
Rove points the way, open a credibility gap.
Absolutely attacking a talk show host is a an act of desparation in my opinion.
Poor bastards.
Turd Blossom begat Obama.
We all know that Emanuel is only good for two things: ballet and aggressive, crude attacks on political enemies.
I guess their choice is obvious. Bolsheviks-yes, Bolshoi-no. The WH is a tutu-free zone.
Today, they attack Limbaugh with a newspaper.
Tomorrow, they attack another "critic" with a candlestick.
Then, they will silence "dissenters" with more lethal weapons.
Soon it will lead to this:
And this:
They attack fellow American as their "enemies," all the while cozying up to foreign forces that would really do us harm.
Good one. Rush has the ability to laugh at himself. I bet that none of these mob hoodlums can laugh at anything other than other people. They are adolescent bullies.
Another thing too Rush while popular isn’t empowered like the Administrations is...he can’t do anything other than give an opinion.
The whole affair reminded me of how Willie Mandela would incite her supporters with hate speech to neckless her political opponents whose crime was to think differently than her.
I hope the WH keeps it up so at least this assault on free speech can be showcased when they debate the fairness doctrine.
Also do you think this is another example of success hating by this Administration. Most of the radio stocks have cratered...except for talk radio. And these donkeys think it’s a threat...LOL.
Rush = Snowball
You have a stray “g” in there. I’m sure it was a typo.
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