Obama to GOP leaders: Stop listening to Rush Limbaugh; Update: Rush responds
posted at 1:40 pm on January 24, 2009 by Allahpundit
President Obama warned Republicans on Capitol Hill today that they need to quit listening to radio king Rush Limbaugh if they want to get along with Democrats and the new administration.
“You can’t just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done,” he told top GOP leaders, whom he had invited to the White House to discuss his nearly $1 trillion stimulus package.
One White House official confirmed the comment but said he was simply trying to make a larger point about bipartisan efforts.
Smart points in response from Tom Maguire, especially number three. If, contra his campaign rhetoric, The One really does plan on bringing back Fairness, he just made his task of selling it to the public as a nonpartisan measure not aimed squarely at conservative talk radio a lot harder. Exit question: What’s his game here? Obama’s a shrewd guy; he must have known a comment like that would leak and that Limbaugh would have a field day with it. Maybe he’s trying to buy himself cover with the left by antagonizing Rush into a blood feud? Progressives will be less likely to grumble about his tack to the center if their archenemy is on the air every day accusing him of being the Marxist antichrist. Or, doubly Machiavellian, maybe he’s trying to bolster Rush’s influence so that he’ll drag the GOP back to the right, leaving the center to Obama and the Dems. Maybe? All theories welcome! The more sinister, the better.
Update: Limbaugh fires back, via Byron York:
To make the argument about me instead of his plan makes sense from his perspective. Obama’s plan would buy votes for the Democrat Party, in the same way FDR’s New Deal established majority power for 50 years of Democrat rule, and it would also simultaneously seriously damage any hope of future tax cuts. It would allow a majority of American voters to guarantee no taxes for themselves going forward. It would burden the private sector and put the public sector in permanent and firm control of the economy. Put simply, I believe his stimulus is aimed at re-establishing “eternal” power for the Democrat Party rather than stimulating the economy because anyone with a brain knows this is NOT how you stimulate the economy. If I can be made to serve as a distraction, then there is that much less time debating the merits of this TRILLION dollar debacle.
Follow the link and note well the conclusion.
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That’s very true (nor any of his board scores or how his bar exams went …). One of the few things we do know about the idiot messiah is that he graduated Harvard Law Magna Cum Laude, which is historically pathetic for a President of the Law Review (though not at all poor for a Precedent of the Law Review), as the president of the Review was supposed to have gotten the position on the basis of having the best grades. Added to this is the fact that Harvard changed their whole grading system (the same time that they changed the mechanism for picking editors and the president of the Law Review, in order to help minorities) to make the grading much more subjective and secretive. Heh … subjective assessments by left-wing Harvard law profs … what a joke.
progressoverpeace on January 24, 2009 at 6:59 PM
I see in the 50% range by July at best, and with both houses full of Dem majorities no less. Once his EO’s kick over and then Congress starts passing more crap sandwiches I would not be surprised if people march on Wash DC against it all. Of course MSM wont be there to share it all with the public they wont dare tarnish his image-they didnt even bother showing the 300,000 who Marched for Life.
canditaylor68 on January 24, 2009 at 6:59 PM
+7%……
Seven Percent Solution on January 24, 2009 at 7:05 PM
500 posts.
Good job, people.
Thanks to a feckless lightweight in Ogabe, we can all look forward to many more lengthy discussions on the hellstorm coming our way.
Bishop on January 24, 2009 at 7:06 PM
RedState has links in this post that indicate some cracks in the media wall.
I have to say I was really encouraged to read them. Some of the media already knows they are being had about the issue of “transparency” and “access”.
CBS newsman Bill Plante is already mad. Look at the last phrase!
INC on January 24, 2009 at 7:07 PM
they didnt even bother showing the 300,000 who Marched for Life.
Very encouraging to see so many younger people in the crowd.
I yet have hope that the Ogabe koolaid won’t infect our youth.
Bishop on January 24, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Came across this at DC’s place,…
Would love to get a peek at his records, by now I’m sure someone’s made a few “changes”
christene on January 24, 2009 at 7:10 PM
Good info, INC. This may be a short honeymoon, especially since Obama is acting like the only butt that needs kissing is his own. I can’t see the press continuing to enjoy the attitude this guy has displayed in his first four days in office. His little performance piece down in the White House basement press quarters was nauseating.
califcon on January 24, 2009 at 7:12 PM
it really is funny to think that the gop was listening to rush. yeh right.
Jamson64 on January 24, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Look,,, why not just pass a law and give every American a million dollars???
Why not??
It would end all suffering,, all housing problems,, all the health care costs,, all the debt problems many people have,, no more job problems,,,
Seriously!!!(it makes as much sense as any stimulus plan to date!!!)
There is something to this. You don’t need a trillion dollars to spend to make up low paying jobs,,, you won’t need to bail out failed banks,,, we have around 280,000,000 million citizens in the country. Pass a bill that would be enough to send every single American a check for $1,000,000 We would be a nation of millionaires!!
Poverty would be eliminated,, hunger out the window,, no more class envy,, children around the nation would have high self esteem because everyone is a millionaire!!
The majority of government spending could stop,, no one would need food stamps any more,, no one would need homeless shelters, We’d all be rich. Make it $2,000,000 for that matter. We would all have money to buy cars, buy houses,, the economy would jump through the roof. The unemployment rate wouldn’t matter anymore because everyone would have a fat bank account!!
Sure,, if some Republican was smart,, he should come up with this idea and push it for everything he has got!!
We would finally have utopia! And it would cost less than all this other spending,,, and you know what,, the ignorant welfare addicts of the world would love it!!
It would be bold! think of it!!
The Republicans come out and propose to and do what should have always been done!! No more lower or middle class!! it’s time to end all the failed bailouts,, all the failed government spending programs on poverty,, bring an end to the failed social security system,, stop the hunger, bring an end to homelessness,,, It is time now that we reach down into our pockets and do the smartest, best thing we can! Send every American regardless of class, education, health or status a $1,000,000 check now! Yes, Mr Obama,, this is the only stimulus plan we will support!! Every American deserves it! Money directly to the people! Do it now Sir!! End poverty now once and for all!!
I would so love to see the Democrats oppose making the poor rich!! I would love to see the Democrats oppose sending real checks to Americans while defending sending billions to banks!! I would love to see Obama explain why sending a million dollars to poor families across the nation would fail,, while spending a trillion to being them low paying jobs is a success!!!
JellyToast on January 24, 2009 at 7:13 PM
califcon,
I was surprised to read them. That video the other night was so sickening. It was good to see there were some who were not happy campers.
INC on January 24, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Obama is hoping to have Rush and Palin pair up for the 2012 GOP ticket. He will double his margin of victory from 2008.
devious enough AP?
Bradky on January 24, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Very interesting that the term used is “Africans”. Foreign student?
Thanks for the post, christene. I hadn’t seen this before.
progressoverpeace on January 24, 2009 at 7:16 PM
WASHINGTON – Barack Obama opened his presidency by breaking sharply from George W. Bush’s unpopular administration, but he mostly avoided divisive partisan and ideological stands. He focused instead on fixing the economy, repairing a battered world image and cleaning up government.<blockquote>
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
dont taze me bro on January 24, 2009 at 7:16 PM
JellyToast,
That’s a good question to ask your and my congressional reps. Who wants to be a millionaire???? Can I sign up?
INC on January 24, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Despite having admitted to daily smoking weed and smoking crack,Presidential candidate Obama still got admitted to Columbia University.
Another liberal screaming point thrown to the wayside, that of the recovering alcoholic Bush.
Amazing how so much of the left’s vitriol against Bush for the last eight years is being reborn in Ogabe; substance abuser, warmonger, hubris, secretive, verbal gaffer.
Ogabe is a disaster for the nation, but I must say I look forward with glee to his growing list of mistakes and the subsequent spin by his media whores.
Bishop on January 24, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Obama is tossing rush a bone since rush was whining about not getting invited to dinner.
Of course, rush needs to skip a few meals but gives the blogs something to talk about over the weekend.
Looking at the last two thumpins, Obama wants the gop to listen to rush.
getalife on January 24, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Christene, I hate to be dense, but what is “DC’s place?” I’d really like to spread that around. Because there is very little I would not do in order to see this phony’s college transcripts, it still astonishes me that he got away with being such a self-described mythical creature in this whole process.
califcon on January 24, 2009 at 7:16 PM
you cannot read. the gop did not listen to rush. boy you are dim.
Jamson64 on January 24, 2009 at 7:19 PM
dont taze me bro on January 24, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Trying awfully awfully hard not to laugh….I’m afraid I might bust something.
“…he mostly avoided partisan and ideological stands.”
Oh forget it.
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Bishop on January 24, 2009 at 7:19 PM
At least 25% of todays liberals would give him a high approval rating if he Nuked Australia, Western Europe and maybe even Texas.
rlemaz on January 24, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Of course, rush needs to skip a few meals but gives the blogs something to talk about over the weekend.
Hey! HEY! OVER HERE! You forgot to call Rush a “pill popper.”
Come on man, complete the insult and join the rest of your liberal brethren.
Bishop on January 24, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Bishop on January 24, 2009 at 7:19 PM
.
The “spin by his media whores” is well underway.
dont taze me bro on January 24, 2009 at 7:26 PM
getalife on January 24, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Why not take your user name’s advice.
IrishEi on January 24, 2009 at 7:27 PM
Bishop on January 24, 2009 at 7:22 PM
It is going to be a lot of fun watching our Trolls self-destruct along with Mr. President.
kingsjester on January 24, 2009 at 7:27 PM
Just copy a bit from the post (I used, “According to admissions official Michael McHenry”) and search for the phrase (quoted is best). I didn’t find DC’s place, but got other hits for it.
I’d note that that sentiment isn’t much different from what the New York Times, itself, wrote about the idiot messiah’s rise to the Precedency of the Law Review, First Black Elected to Head Harvard’s Law Review:
progressoverpeace on January 24, 2009 at 7:27 PM
Yep,, everybody should be a millionaire!
End all government welfare programs at once, and in their place, send everyone a check for $1,000,000 or $2,000,000. tax free!
Stop all food stamp programs.
End all welfare programs.
Stop the school lunch programs
End housing assistance, rent rebates, heating assistance programs.
Stop all college loan programs.
Stop medicare and medicaid.
End all programs to the poor,,, no matter how small or large.
Send them each, every man woman and child a $1,000,000 or $2,000,000 check now!
It would be so, so much fun to watch the contortions of Democrats as they explain how this would not work! I would love to see them argue it against their own constituents!
I think a lot of poor would be willing to give up their services, free health care and housing and food stamps for life, if they were given a check for $2,000,000!!
JellyToast on January 24, 2009 at 7:28 PM
Good response from Rush. He didn’t personalize it, but rather threw it back on Obama and his efforts to distract from his weak “policy” decisions. I like the Saul Alinsky line. I’d like to see every single conservative — every single time he or she is interviewed — point out that Obama is using Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals” as his presidential handbook. Say it enough times, it’ll become the narrative. Oh, and it’s also true. That’s helpful.
Rational Thought on January 24, 2009 at 7:29 PM
“Look,,, why not just pass a law and give every American a million dollars???”
Yes, brillant – then I can move somewhere else.
izoneguy on January 24, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Great info. Thank you for it. I am going to keep my eye out for more, and hopefully the cracks will expose and if not at least allow some journalists to see where this has all led too. I have serious doubts though.
Absolutely. Keep the faith. Our youth are active and voting and more are coming of age! I think 2012 is going to be a rude awakening for some. I think they know that and I think Rush is right when he speaks of the “democratic eternal power”.
canditaylor68 on January 24, 2009 at 7:31 PM
Well, I would credit the animosity between unions and management as what is destroying both of them. Neither of them want to back down and be seen as the weaker side.
Consider that there are those who may not relish union membership, but know that they have motivated companies to strike a balance between profitable and civil to its employees.
sethstorm on January 24, 2009 at 7:33 PM
I know you are just making fun of the idiot messiah, but the fact is that if Americans were given full rights to our citizenship, including the right to sell it on the open market (with the buyer subject to the same security restrictions and tests that immigrants must normally pass) then every single American would have control of an asset worth some hundreds of thousands of dollars.
I have been an advocate of this (with the government no longer being allowed to print up US citizenships at will to dole out to whomever they wanted) for a very long time. Open markets for citizenship. Let Americans see what being an American is really worth (and it’s worth a lot!) and let them see the value drop like a rock in response to idiotic policies, like the stimulus or the amnesty and “path to citizenship”.
progressoverpeace on January 24, 2009 at 7:33 PM
2012, I’m looking at 2010 for the tide to turn.
Purely anecdotal, but the younger crowd in my neighborhood are anti-abortion, especially the girls and they are pretty vocal about it.
Bishop on January 24, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Texico – Texas will merge with Mexico and you a’ll can keep the blue lib states.
Open the border here and let them all in. We will build the wall separating Texas from New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and especially Louisiana. No lazy libs need apply.
izoneguy on January 24, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Dude, what you propose would cost about 300 trillion
tommylotto on January 24, 2009 at 7:35 PM
This is exactly how the left got President Bush. We need to continue to drive the Saul Alinsky “Rules for Radicals” and Bambi connection home over and over again until everyone knows it. Keep the memes simple and keep hitting them hard–and, unlike the libbies–we keep to the truth.
Matt Helm on January 24, 2009 at 7:36 PM
And when normal people fail to pay their taxes they are seldom named Secretary of the Treasury. But these aren’t normal times. So a tax cheats fits the bill in this administration.
Cindy Munford on January 24, 2009 at 7:36 PM
You know I am having some fun here, right??
But it makes as much sense,, more sense really,, than spending a trillion dollars or more on nothing.
It is an argument worth making, though.
Why is it Ok for the government to spend a trillion to create jobs,, Ok to bailout banks, ok to bailout industries,, even send Americans a check for $300 or $500,,,, spend trillions on low income housing, spend trillions on education, health care and food stamps and payments to the poor,,,,,, BUT NOT OK TO JUST END ALL POVERTY OR NEED FOR THE PROGRAMS BY MAKING ALL AMERICANS MILLIONAIRES???
If all this spending actually works,,, lets just do it right once and for all!! Send the million dollar checks now!!
JellyToast on January 24, 2009 at 7:40 PM
This is really too funny. Leftists, and especially hard leftists like Obama, have no idea what conservatives are really like, and genuinely believe their own stereotypes concerning them. Obama, here, is illustrating the common delusion that conservatives generally take their marching orders from Rush Limbaugh. He actually thinks he’s helping conservatives become better people, by explaining to them that there are other possible sources of information. That’s how they think. I’m not kidding.
He’s not stupid, Allah, but he is delusional, like all leftists. They really do live in a fantasy land.
philwynk on January 24, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Cindy Munford on January 24, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Most Ethical Congress Ev…um…hold on…Most Ethical Administration Eve…no, that’s not right.
Almost there…just about…got it…
Most Ethical Democrat-Majority Federal Government Ever™.
Brought to you by Geithner, Rangel, Dodd, Ogabe, Reid and of course Frank whose banking pals just made the front page of ‘FBI True Stories’.
Bishop on January 24, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Agreed. Unfortunately, the few we’ve got left in Congress haven’t got the brains or the, er, other things that start with the letter ‘b’ to fix a narrative on Obama or anyone else. The libtards do it. We watch them do it. And we sit in our homes and beg the conservatives to do it, but other than Rush, Sean, a couple of others, “our side” can’t stay on message long enough to order a Coke. Just pick a couple of phrases, such as “Obama is taking his cues from Saul Alinsky and his ‘Rules for Radicals,” and say it over and over, each time you’re interviewed, no matter the topic, and it’ll eventually stick. But. They. Can’t. Do. It. They’re afraid, and fearful men don’t lead, they follow.
Rational Thought on January 24, 2009 at 7:45 PM
JellyToast on January 24, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Agreed, it’s no crazier than where the money is going now, most of which will have disappeared with no discernible effect in six months anyway.
Bishop on January 24, 2009 at 7:45 PM
And that one million would have the buying power of about $25k in about a few short months, if that long.
Doing it the Chicago way, trickling out funds to loyal supporters and tag-a-longs, in the long run, that same $1 million would eventually end up having the buying power of about $25k anyway, over several years, the dollar would tank worldwide…be on par with the Zambian Kwacha, if that much…but it would be a gradual thing, something that can be blamed on opponents to government bail-outs and graft, those nasty corporations raising prices and such, those troglodyte Rush listeners, those hate-filled conservatives.
The goal is to make every citizen a subject of the government, dependent on government for all needs, thus forcing citizens to chose life and servitude, or being deemed an anti-progressive, an enemy of the state, thus worthy of NO assistance from the state…obsolete to the state…and easily cast aside.
To once again cite Kipling:
coldwarrior on January 24, 2009 at 7:46 PM
The original page this info was posted on , has since been removed, first post was about a month ago,…
http://goprevolution.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?user=0iue1hzbnelzl
to here:
http://smithfiles.com/2009/01/22/politico-who-is-this-obama-guy-anyway/
Rick has “log in” but can’t locate e-mail.
http://smithfiles.com/2008/06/12/obama-received-affirmative-action-to-attend-columbia/
Still searching for the “original” post/page/document,…
If by any chance you come across Ricks e-mail please share..: o )
christene on January 24, 2009 at 7:48 PM
JellyToast,
I have been advocating that since the looting of the Treasury started. it would be a cheaper solution and would do much more for the economy then this “stimulus” BS.
The Corruptocrats instead want to pay off their buddies so are looting the treasury to do so. Those Visa gift cards that were used to donate to the Obamamessiah had to be bought by someone and those someones are expecting their money back. You all wondered how Obama could raise so much money, now you know.
Nahanni on January 24, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Woo Hoo!
This post made it from the Headlines last night, to The Blog earlier today, and now it is officially a Top Pick!
Was that you, 7% or Bishop who asked about that earlier?
IrishEi on January 24, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Irish,
It was me!
Have you seen this before? I can’t remember one, but I don’t keep up with everything.
INC on January 24, 2009 at 7:56 PM
I was watching the Journal Editorial Report tonight on Fox and it was fairly enlightening. When they talked about Mr. Geithner, they first spoke to a young D.C. correspondent who just thinks this all much ado about nothing, naturally. Then they spoke to Dan Henniger and a woman (sorry didn’t get her name). Those two felt that not only is Mr. Geithner tax evasion a problem but that his track record for the last 15 years had been completely wrong. I wish they would have expanded on the subject because it sounds like something the public should know more about.
Cindy Munford on January 24, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Oh, sorry INC! I knew it was one of the “regulars.”
I can’t remember this either. And when you think about it, this post probably has about 900 comments already (including the 357 from Headlines.) That’s got to rank among the top.
IrishEi on January 24, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Thanks, Christene! I used progressoverpeace’s excellent suggestion (thank you, too!) and found those sites, but nothing further. I’m a little irked that this was out there in June ’08 and I somehow missed it, but I guess that’s because so few of our intrepid journalists felt it worthy of pursuing.
califcon on January 24, 2009 at 8:01 PM
From Scared Monkeys, a commenter called Ted:
Take the test.
FIRST QUESTION: Who IS the actual and lawful 44th President of the USA?
ANSWER: Joe Biden
Biden was initially the Acting President for at least 5 minutes under either the Constitution’s Article 2 or the Constitution’s 20th Amendment, from 12:00 Noon 1/20/09, having already taken his Oath of Office and before Obama completed his ‘oath’ at approximately 12:05 PM, 1/20/09. Under the 20th Amendment if the President-elect shall have failed to qualify, or alternatively under Article 2 if the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term, being 12:00 Noon 1/20/09, which ability and/or qualification includes that he take the Article 2 oath “before he enter on the execution of his office,” then either the Presidency shall devolve on the Vice President under Article 2 or the Vice President shall act as President under the 20th Amendment. (The importance of the oath in ‘commencing’ an ‘Obama Presidency’ — rather than merely the 1/20/09 Noon time — is confirmed by the re-take of the ‘oath’ by Obama at the White House on 1/21/09 after the first ‘oath’ was NOT administered by Justice Roberts NOR recited by Obama in the words as required under Article 2.)
This is significant because at such time that the Supreme Court finally rules on the merits on Obama’s disqualification as not being an Article 2 “natural born citizen” (clearly he is NOT), Biden’s automatic status (without needing to take a separate Presidential Oath) of being President would be predicated upon four different bases: First, having been Vice President under Article 2; second, having been Vice President-elect under the 20th Amendment; third, having been actual President in the hiatus before Obama took the ‘oath(s)’; and fourth, retroactively deemed President during the full period of the Obama usurpation so that the acts of the Federal Government under the usurpation can be deemed authorized and/or ratified by Biden’s legitimacy.
SECOND QUESTION: Who will be the 45th President?
ANSWER: Hillary Clinton
One must assume that Bill and Hillary Clinton have been aware of all of the above. Biden’s wife recently “let the cat out of the bag” on the Oprah Show that both Biden and Hillary had considered alternatively Veep or Secretary of State, in either case, setting up Hillary to be President on a vote of the Democratic Congress if need be.
THIRD QUESTION: Is Obama an unwitting victim of this troika or a knowing participant?
ANSWER: Yet undetermined.
ProudPalinFan on January 24, 2009 at 8:03 PM
IrishEi & INC
I think that Palin is the only one to out do this thread but Rush may actually beat her. Gives you a feel for the political temp. of the conservatives huh?
katy on January 24, 2009 at 8:04 PM
I’m really wondering,is it really possible
that President Obama,came up with this verbal
political war with Commander of the airwaves
that cross the oceans,’Shining the Light of Truth’
Rush Limbaugh!
Me thinks not,Hopey cannot be this stupid!
So,it either must be Rahm,or Ayer’s,who else
would be this foley,or stupid!
So,who in the Liberal Socialist Party hates Rush
the very most,and its only ‘Day 4 of America held
Hostage by the Left’ at that!
And,if the President of the United States of America,
the great ‘Hopey of Hope’ likes to destroy ‘Joe the
Plumber’,joe average American,and now wants to take
on Rush,is any American safe from Hopey when any ‘Joe
American annoy’s or perturbs Obama!
And really,all this pent up angry,and get evenism withism
against the right,shouldn’t the POTUSA being putting in
quality time with the ‘catostrophic world is ending depress
ion that serendipishly came right before the voters went to
the voting booth in one of the worst fraudulent campaigns
in American History!
And wouldn’t it be better if the POTUSA time be spent more
wisely,with his angry at the RIGHT,at pursuing the real
enemy of America,—————-THE JIHADYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Or,is the ENEMY OF AMERICA, THE RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
President Obama,please,WHICH IS IT????????????????????????
canopfor on January 24, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Cindy Munford on January 24, 2009 at 7:59 PM
It shouldn’t have to be expanded on, that is the sad part of the entire mess. A verified tax cheat who blames it all on his tax software, and now he is going to oversee the IRS, much less the Treasury?
A guy who just happens to make the same mistake with his tax software four years running, even though the software is updated every year, and the software developers have said they can prove the applicable formulas exist in the program.
This is so much bullshiite, I can barely stand it. How did we come to elect a guy like Ogabe?
Bishop on January 24, 2009 at 8:11 PM
I’d love a million dollar check too but if everyone got one then there would be no one at the grocery store stocking shelves, no one at the gas station, no teachers, no one driving the cruise ship I’d want to sail on….you get the picture….no one would be working and that wouldn’t be good…
Rockygold on January 24, 2009 at 8:14 PM
Your Welcome..: o )
The MSM goons really screwed America this election. As God (and HotAir) as my witness, if I win the lottery, 95% will go towards defeating Barry & MSM!
christene on January 24, 2009 at 8:16 PM
Glad to help, califcon. I’m also looking into this, to see how reliable that McHenry quote is, because it is really something.
Wayne Allen Root (Libertarian VP candidate) had challenged BHO on his qualifications to get into Harvard Law without affirmative action, so I don’t know why he would not have spoken about this before. If this quote is true, it’s a doozy.
progressoverpeace on January 24, 2009 at 8:17 PM
Because 1/2 the population of this country thought it was just another reason to Text A for the cool guy.
sherry on January 24, 2009 at 8:18 PM
I’m surprised they haven’t pulled out the smear campaign tactics yet. Digging up all the dirt on Rush they can find and drilling the airwaves with it. I suppose that is coming as it is part of the Alinski hand book.
Watch for it.
katy on January 24, 2009 at 8:19 PM
IrishEi, no problem!
katy, yes, it does. I’d rather talk about someone with some ideas that are really HOPEful.
INC on January 24, 2009 at 8:22 PM
A guy who just happens to make the same mistake….
Bishop on Jan 24,2009 at 8:11PM.
Bishop:Its the ‘Clinton Template’!
Every error,mistake,F—up,is somebody else’s,and yet,that
person who is blamed——-never seems to exist!
Re: The FBI Files,a year later,is found on a table in the White House!
White House secruity,Hillary hired the guy,I think Greg
Livingstone,and yet Hillary can’t remember!!!
Its Clinton I can’t remember who,its not my fault Part Deux!
And the MSM,no investigations!
canopfor on January 24, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Once Bush left town they needed a new enemy. As I noted in another thread, John Boehner wasn’t big enough for MSNBC to keep the audience it has coming back.
So the government picked a member of the press? We, especially the press, should all be horrified.
mankai on January 24, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Yes, I saw the stuff on Root, too — same major and graduating class at Columbia. I did read quite a bit prior to the election about how nobody at Columbia during those years ever saw him in any classes or anywhere else.
My dad thinks that someone in the media has all this stuff and they are just waiting for the right time to drop the bomb. I hope he’s right.
But I think I will always be dumb-founded that so many people voted for a complete cipher.
califcon on January 24, 2009 at 8:25 PM
In all seriousness, I wouln’t be shocked if he runs for re-election with someone other than Biden.
Red State State of Mind on January 24, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Another slip? Forget the blackberry, Barry needs a 24/7 teleprompter.
Psst,..remember Barry,..you don’t speak any other languages!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hejzVhk0t5E
christene on January 24, 2009 at 8:31 PM
You sure rock with your posts. Always very intelligent. Excellent!
sheebe on January 24, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Excellent response from Rush! It will be interesting to see whether it receives fair play from the media. /sarc
FloatingRock on January 24, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Hmmm… Maybe that’s what it’s for….
FloatingRock on January 24, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Wait till he finds out that everything transmitted to or from it while he’s in office is subject to FOIA.
Oldnuke on January 24, 2009 at 9:05 PM
So far . . . give the man time to make the necessary changes.
califcon on January 24, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Wow! Rush is SSSSSOOOOOO in Obama’s head. With Sarah, Rush, and Sean in his dreams, I’ll bet his sleep is not so sound these days.
And Jan. isn’t even over yet.
This is going to be one of the most exciting political and economic periods in our nation’s history as Obama and the Dems attempt to complete the transformation of the USA into a European Socialist mess.
With the Red States rise for the fight if they go for the full court press?
Sapwolf on January 24, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Heh, I forgot he’ll just write an executive order. You know like Nixon did with the tapes.
Oldnuke on January 24, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Jimmythenotable — this is not the first time I have written this:
I read in the Honolulu Advertiser that he got a B in high school history. At his elite private high school. That private school was not too fond of our boy. You may recall that he was not grateful that he got aid to go there and just saw it as an indication of how the poor were being mistreated in public schools. This was when he wasn’t high, of course.
But back to the grade, I understand that the teacher in question has now shut up and the school just gloats and glows with pride.
And they keep quiet.
IlikedAUH2O on January 24, 2009 at 9:45 PM
I think the one that really torments him in his nightmares is Ann Coulter. He knows that Ann would tear him to shreds, on anything. Rush is certainly going to rip him a new one, without much effort, and Sean can even handle BHO pretty easily, but Ann Coulter would leave nothing but a few limbs.
I like the way Rush thinks. He’s a very smart guy. Sean is not so much smart, but he does his work and sticks to his fundamental principles (which usually leads him to identify good policy and point out bad). But Ann Coulter is highly intelligent, with a razor sharp wit and not given to suffer fools gladly. I am very impressed by her and I think BHO is truly terrified of her, along with the rest of the libs.
progressoverpeace on January 24, 2009 at 9:53 PM
And they were worried about Sarah Palin and hidden ear pieces during the Veep debate.
Heh. Welcome the age of the text message presidential press conference.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on January 24, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Lots of people keeping quiet when it comes to Barry, payback time is coming in the form of our tax dollars.
And Barry wants our money,..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjxGM4_6U2w
christene on January 24, 2009 at 9:57 PM
This is one problem I have with Rush. He is in a position to really play that Soros role for the conservatives, but he doesn’t really take the risk. He is all talk unfortunately, although he is a ‘talk-radio’ host.
He never really throws himself in the fight to really make a big difference.
If I was Rush Limbaugh, I’d quietly tell Obama that if he pushes the Fairness Doctrine, I’ll call a million dittohead march. He needs to use his power as a deterrant to Obama’s arrogance, otherwise, Obama and Rahm WILL get it in their heads they can roll up the entire country and take total control.
Rush needs to decide if he is really gonna do something, or just talk. Like that hero of some movies you see that wants to be left alone, but gets pulled into being the hero due to obuses of the powers that be.
Sapwolf on January 24, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Why should Rush, or even any of us donate to a party that has moved away from conservative principles? Rush is a conservative first whom is a registered Republican, a distinction that many on the left who peddle in group think can’t seem to wrap their heads around. Rush does what he believes is right for the country, NOT what is right for the party, and for that I salute him.
smfoushee on January 24, 2009 at 10:13 PM
I’m so tired of hearing this trash that conservatives or Republicans are “mind numbed robots” falling in line behind Limbaugh.
So, so tired of it.
Ryan Gandy on January 24, 2009 at 10:16 PM
On the tactical level, this Obama comment about Rush, and by extension the implication that all Republicans and Conservatives are mind-numbed lemmings following Rush, has grown from a “distraction” to a cause celebre. Less than a week into Obama’s Administration and they are using time and effort to put out a
Rushbrush fire.The response, thus far, is not what Obama wants…he wants everyone to fall in lockstep behind him…ain’t gonna happen.
Each “distraction” has value, if used in a concerted way, methodically keeping The One off his game. Less than a week into the Obama Administration. Hard to believe. But there is an Achilles Heal in front of us. To wit, keep Obama off script…and keep at it.
Silently sitting by and watching it all unfold may be a fun thing to do, but of greater importance is to keep the flames of each brush fire alive, hot, burning. He is a linear thinker. The script is vital. Think in a 360 evironment, keep Obama off script…and the fact that the Emperor has no clothes will become apparent to more and more Americans.
When he does something that is good for America…let it ride. No congratulatory commentary. Just let it ride.
When he does or says something that is not good for America, then, strike the match.
Give Obama a free pass…and we will see in our lifetime a deeply entrenched socialist America, with most of the population totally beholden to the Left…and taking that to battle will get ugly, and costly.
An ounce of prevention…because that pound of cure is going to be darned expensive.
coldwarrior on January 24, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Remember, after Palin was announced and Obama flipped his lid for a couple of weeks until the media bailed him out again? Dennis Miller said: “He doesn’t know whether to defecate or wind his watch.”
Just as I used to say about famous bag person Cindy Sheehan; once someone gets wrapped up in the all-encompassing bubble of media idoltry, they lose all touch with reality. They literally come to believe they can do no wrong.
Barack Obama has never done anything to show character. he led a very sheltered life even prior to the last two years. Now, whenever he comes into contact with even the tiniest little bit of even the most good-natured opposition, you see him start to come undone almost immediately.
And this guy is now the President of the United States. God help us all.
logis on January 24, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Rush has been taking it to the streets more and more lately. He has done more interviews in the last month than he has in the last two years. I think he will be more visible now because there has never been a threat like there is now and he is rising to the challenge.
katy on January 24, 2009 at 10:40 PM
If the Republicans really did listen to Rush Limbaugh, they’d be in control of Congress and the Presidency.
:)
hadsil on January 24, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Truth is conservatives are far more diverse than liberals. Liberals subscribe to group-think mentality and ostracize anyone who articulates an independent thought. Just look at how they treated Lieberman. Conservatives tend to be better critical thinkers from my experience. I know a wide array of Republicans running the gammet from fundamentalist Christians to South Park conservatives. And none of them are anyone’s robot. Meanwhile liberals the world over are following Obama like a bunch of zombies.
Disturb the Universe on January 24, 2009 at 10:43 PM
That’s a lot of matches, think I’ll buy stock in that company.
Oldnuke on January 24, 2009 at 10:48 PM
That is excellent advice. I have to ask if you’re in the military, because it sounds as if you’ve evaluated the situation and decided on the best way to seize the hill.
INC on January 24, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Brilliant, Wethal!
It will be more difficult than ever for Obama to control his environment as Public Figure #1. That reality alone will expose him to the kinds of personal challenges he’s never faced before. It’s all been rather easy for him, until now, and not even a fawning press corps can doctor/rig his environment to insulate him like he’s used to. Welcome to the fresh air, my
manPresident.RD on January 24, 2009 at 10:56 PM
You must be a new listener. His only interviews have been with people wanting to peddle their latest books to the conservative masses. Again none of these people actually care what happens to the country. They are still getting rich so who cares what the guy in office does? The guy can’t even debate any more thanks to his hearing loss.
ClassicCon on January 24, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Knowing how tony private schools can be sometimes, I tend to give former students the benefit of the doubt on old kerfuffles, real or imagined – not all are created equal, of course ;), and sometimes there are some real pieces of work in the classroom, administration, etc.
Having said that, there may be enough information to go on here to remove all doubt. :-)
I hadn’t heard about the history teacher; it’ll be interesting to hear what he/she has to say.
I’m sure some of us on the board know of people who went to that school; maybe one of us can chime in with their own observations? I know of at least four students myself who went there, but the oldest one was at least a few years behind Obama, and I’ve not talked to them for years any-hou.
RD on January 24, 2009 at 10:57 PM
That it is happening is no surprise. That it is happening so swiftly and so blatantly does kind of surprise me.
They aren’t even pretending to care about appearances.
And as someone predicted, very accurately on November 5th:
Ma0bama’s LittleRedBlue BookLegendHasIt on January 24, 2009 at 10:57 PM
The google was Magna Cum Laude… Check out the first page, and follow the Wiki link to Larry.
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Leisure Suit
LarryBarry works for me. Best part, he even looks like Obie, only white.RalphyBoy on January 24, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Exactly. Democrats practically pull out the pitchforks and torches at the faintest inkling of heresy. When have Republicans done that?
I have no problem with people like Lieberman, Zell Miller, John McCain or Olympia Snowe. There’s plenty of room for all of them in the Republican tent. As long as they don’t try to pretend they’re the ones leading the show. There is nothing good that can possibly come of that.
logis on January 24, 2009 at 11:00 PM
In many ways, that’s a very good thing, but in some ways, it makes us conservatives job a much more difficult one. Often, it seems that it is easier herding cats than getting conservatives to come together on an issue. But that’s the price of embracing the individual and individuality. Still, I would rather have our give and take and free and critical thinking and brisk and goodnatured disagreements on certain positions than the mindless lockstep of the left. Better a free-thinking human being than an automaton any day.
Matt Helm on January 24, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Well, come to think of it, some seem to be ostracizing Tom Tancredo.
Disturb the Universe on January 24, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Byron York? what book is that he is pushing? must have missed that.
Sean Hannity? new book? must have missed that too…
Barbara Walters? gosh, you got me there again!
I will concede Coulter but that’s about it. Rush is coming out into the spotlight more and more and no doubt will as the threat becomes more imposing.
katy on January 24, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Yes – the thing is, over my (not-too-long) lifetime I’ve seen the “diversity ratio” of liberals vs. conservatives change, as leftists remake liberalism, and consciously drive more and more folks out of their movement, branding them as “conservatives”.
In other words: I think the conservative movement, whether self-defined or defined by outsiders such as the media, academe or Code Pink, has grown more diverse over the last 30 years, and the liberal movement correspondingly less diverse, even as the population itself has remained relatively static. The people have stayed largely the same, but the labels have shifted. All of this, mind you, was agitated for and driven by modern
leftism“liberalism”.It’s fascinating to compare what someone like Lawrence Auster has to say about conservatism (where, among other things, he is constantly striving to reinforce the traditional definition of conservatism, and keep it from “sliding” the same way that liberalism did…) to other so-called right-wing pundits of the day, like Coulter, Michelle, Krauthammer, Gigot, Hannity, and many many others.
RD on January 24, 2009 at 11:20 PM
……… as do you.
Thanks, :O)
Seven Percent Solution on January 24, 2009 at 11:24 PM
“following Obama like a bunch of zombies” Well, it brings to mind those other blind followers–you recall the lemmings? We all know what happened to them.
jeanie on January 24, 2009 at 11:26 PM
JellyToast,
Lol. I never thought of that. How about this, give everyone 1 or 2 million dollars IF they agree to invest 10% in the market or some other investment so it can collect interest?
It’s fun to think about. Besides, who wouldn’t say yes to them getting 1 or 2 million of their own money back. I think something like that would only work if every tax payer (and only tax payers) got to vote on the idea first.
As for Rush, I’m not that big of a fan, but who is Obama to tell anyone who they can and can’t listen too? The way he is going, I wonder if he will even make 2 years into his Presidency before he is impeached.
Jesse on January 24, 2009 at 11:49 PM
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