RIDICULOUS
Posted on 11/01/2009 6:59:59 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Rush Limbaugh's tough criticisms of President Barack Obama on Fox News Sunday “broke” the White House's truce with Fox News, Bob Schieffer suggested during an interview with Obama's Senior Adviser, David Axelrod, on Face the Nation.
After playing a clip of Limbaugh dismissing as “a photo-op” Obama's trip to Dover Air Force Base to witness returning casualties from Afghanistan and quoting Limbaugh's characterizations of Obama as “narcissistic,” “immature, inexperienced” and “in over his head,” Schieffer, seemingly referring to Limbaugh's remarks -- or, at least the decision by Fox News to feature Limbaugh on its Sunday interview show -- forwarded:
Last week your man Robert Gibbs met with the folks at Fox News, declared a truce in this war you've been having with them. Was the truce broken this morning?
Axelrod insisted: “We're not at war with anyone. We're at war only with people who represent mistruths...”
Schieffer's exchanges about Limbaugh, with Axelrod, on the Sunday, November 1 Face the Nation:
BOB SCHIEFFER: Let me ask you this, Mr. Axelrod. Last week when casualties in Afghanistan hit a new high, President Obama went to Dover Air Force base to take part in a ceremony honoring the return of some of those who've been killed there. Well, this morning on Fox News Rush Limbaugh had this to say about that.
RUSH LIMBAUGH, ON FOX NEWS SUNDAY: It was a photo-op. It was a photo-op precisely because he's having big-time trouble on this whole Afghanistan dithering situation. He found one family that would allow photos to be taken. None of the others did. And of course when you have a sycophantic media following you around, able to promote and amplify whatever you want, then he can create the impression that he has all this great concern.
SCHIEFFER TO AXELROD: So what's your reaction to that?
DAVID AXELROD: My reaction is that I think that the President of the United States went to Dover to represent the American people and pay his respects to the families who had made so much of a sacrifice to those brave service people who made the ultimate sacrifice. It was the appropriate thing to do. And I think most Americans appreciate that.
SCHIEFFER: On this broadcast back in March the White House Chief-of-Staff said this about Rush Limbaugh. He said “he is the voice, the intellectual voice and the energy behind the Republican Party.” Do you believe that what he said today-- and we'll have some more quotes from him here -- represents what the Republican Party believes?
AXELROD: I don't know. That's for the Republican Party to decide. I think we've seen an interesting development over this weekend in a special election up in upstate New York in a congressional district. The Republican candidate withdrew because of the strong third-party movement behind a very right wing conservative. And certainly Mr. Limbaugh and others were behind that. And I think it sends a clear message to moderates within that party that there's no room at the inn for them and that's why you see Republican identification in polls at a historic low. So that may be where the energy is in the Republican Party, but it's certainly not a view on which you can build a majority party.
SCHIEFFER: One of the things he said today was that the President is “narcissistic,” “immature, inexperienced” and “in over his head.” Reaction?
AXELROD: Well, I think it's a surreal day when you're getting lectures on humility from Rush Limbaugh. And I'm not going to respond to that. The fact is that he is an entertainer. The President has to run the country. He's the commander in chief. He has huge responsibilities. I think he does them thoughtfully, he does them well and they're difficult problems. We walked into a difficult situation. I think he's handling it very, very well and most people believe that. So, we'll let Mr. Limbaugh fulminate, but I think the American people are well served and believe they're well served.
SCHIEFFER: I want to go to other things, but let me ask you one final question. Last week your man Robert Gibbs met with the folks at Fox News, declared a truce in this war you've been having with them. Was the truce broken this morning?
AXELROD: Look, I'm not – first of all, let me dispel something. We're not at war with anyone. We're at war only with people who represent mistruths as truth and that's true of any network whether it's Fox, CBS or any other network. When errors of fact are stated or when opinion is offered as fact, we will challenge that, and that will be our policy going forward and the American people deserve that. We have to do that for the sake of the administration. But we're not at war with anyone and certainly it's no surprise that Rush Limbaugh espouses the views that he espouses. He does it every day on radio. He's marketing the outrageous and he does very well with it. But as I said he's an entertainer. We've got bigger responsibilities and we're going to discharge those responsibilities.
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
What? Fox had a truce? You have got to be kidding me...
Someone should tell the MSM that Rush doesnt work for Fox News.
hahhahah a truce?
Limbaugh doesn’t work for FNC. Nice try Schieffer.
I get it, Bob. The First Amendment applies only to Mighty CBS News but not to Rush, FNC and the rest of us.
Sorry, but I’m not a party to any “truce.” Screw you.
The media is calling it a truce. The fact is that the White House surrendered.
What size DEPENDS does Schieffer wear?
WEENIES, Come out to playay! WEENIES, come out to playay!
RIDICULOUS
Rush should offer David Axelrod or Rahm Emmanuel $1 MILLION to sit down for an hour debate on the issues.
They will NOT accept.
Does Limbaugh work for FNC? Is he even associated?
BamaKennedy's teleprompter programmer..
Rush lives in “commander zero’s” head, rent free 24/7.
How deliciously enlightening that the gravest political challengers to POTUS should be ENTERTAINERS...!!!
I mean, TRUCE..?! Usually that’s to describe a state of affairs (or not) between elected politicians..!
MODERATES; BE AFRAID.
Limbaugh has the socialists panties all in a wad and he isn’t even running for office! LOL!!!
HMMM Limbaugh doesn’t work for FoxNews so how would he break any “truce”? BTW I doubt that there was any truce made anyway by FNC they probably asked that they give kid gloves to their guy and FNC laughed?
“When errors of fact are stated or when opinion is offered as fact, we will challenge that, and that will be our policy going forward and the American people deserve that. We have to do that for the sake of the administration.”
So this is why the red phone at Glenn Beck’s studio is ringing off the wall???????
Rush was brilliant today. His answers were flawless.
The implied WH view is that for anyone being interviewed on Fox News, that network was able to air the interview, if not initially gather the interview, they intended for their own purposes.
HF
As opposed to, I dunno, Al Qaeda. Nice priorities.
Rush owns O.
Nice cartoon idea for FOX NEWS - cute.
Schieffer is a joke. As is Axelrod.
IF there were real journalists in the media, the WH would be questioned on its actions and plans. So far, Fox News seems to be the only outlet that challenges anything coming out of Washington. Limbaugh is just a guest on a Sunday news and opinion show.
So this is why the red phone at Glenn Beck’s studio is ringing off the wall???????I CANNOT wait for that phone to ring. Sadly, I don't think it EVER will ... but BRILLIANT ploy by Beck, underscoring the hollowness of this administration!
This the “reporter” who told us of the prancing Michelle?
Take the same story replace Obama with Nixon and FOX with any of the three networks and Schieffer would be popping a blood vessel. He should retire he has no dignity left.
>CBS’s Schieffer Accuses Limbaugh of Breaking White House’s ‘Truce’ with FNC
But Limbaugh isn’t on Fox News (right?)... that [headline] is like accusing Germany of violating a truce between France and England.
What truce? And what does Rush have to do with Fox News?
I wonder if that’s why most of Obama’s press conferences start at Noon, ET?
Not to love The Messiah is a great disgrace?
Shall we Heil Heil Heil right in Messiah's face?
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Bob’s a well-paid government mouthpiece.
Great career,bob.
Go feed the pigions on the park bench.
It is Obama’s Fault for not doing Fox News Sunday when he had the chance.
Good grief. I have a 5 year old granddaughter who can execute a better salute than that. At least she knows better than to stick her thumb in her ear.
LOL! I was going to sarcastically say — Rush would never sign a truce. LOL! I doubt that Fox did either.
How does a third party break an alleged truce? Personal responsibility is such a foreign concept to some people.
What the Hell is that?
How about reverting to dueling to settle it!!!!!
Thieves tend to think everyone else are thieves, liars tend to think everyone else are liars and sociopathic facists tend to think everyone else are sociopathic facists.
Seriously, is he saluting or thumbing his nose? Take a close look at his right hand!
Schieffer, why don’t you go back to your fantasizing about spooning with the jOker? You’re a disgusting sycophant and a disgrace to the profession.
Typical BS...speaking out of both sides of the mouth. Well which one is it...not at war OR at war?
Yep, he going to need an all out attack, of himself.
1) Rush is not an employee of FOX.
2) You have never ended your war with Fox News.
3) A “truce” in this instance would not be defined as the W.H. selecting who will and who will not be interviewed on Fox News. You haven’t the right.
I loved it when Rush said that. Obama isn’t a fraction as intelligent as the fuzzball.
And he does it with half his brain tied behind his back, just to make it fair. ;-)
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