Axelrod fires back at Limbaugh

Politico ^ | 11/1/2009 | Lisa Lerer

[markomalley]

White House senior adviser David Axelrod shot back on Sunday to scathing criticism by conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh.

“It is a surreal day when you are getting lectures on humility by Rush Limbaugh,” Axelrod said on CBS’s "Face The Nation." “He is an entertainer. The president has to run the country.”

Limbaugh called Obama “immature, inexperienced,” “narcissistic,” and “a child,” on "Fox News Sunday."

He also accused President Barack Obama of “destroying” the economy, pursuing an “unconstitutional” health care reform plan, and “not caring” about the war in Afghanistan, in the Fox interview.

“It’s no surprise that Rush Limbaugh espouses the views that he espouses,” said Axelrod. “He’s marketing the outrageous and he does very well with it.”

[markomalley]

I guess Rush left a couple of marks this morning!

[Chi-townChief]

Axelrod really needs more grease in his hair; what’s left of it anyhow.

[SkyDancer]

Axelrod brought a rubber chicken to a gun fight .....

[TOneocon]

Rush got to them. At-ta boy Rush.

[KJC1]

It is a surreal day when you are getting lectures on humility by Rush Limbaugh,” Axelrod said

What's really surreal is having a White House that targets an individual for exercising free speech.

[Man50D]

“He is an entertainer. The president has to run the country.”

The BO administration keeps shooting itself in the foot by going after Limbaugh. Doing so only increases his support.

[all the best]

“The president has to run the country.”

What is disheartening is that most Americans think this. They actually want the President to run the country. They think that is his job. The President’s actual job is to run just one branch of the federal government. That’s it. Most “conservatives” don’t even know this. Until conservatives get this there is not much hope.

[GeronL]

The President does “run the country” he is supposed to “run the executive branch of the federal government”.

and he is doing horribly.

I find it amazing that this White House feels it necessary to respond to every criticism. It just proves Rush’s point about how narcissistic this President is. They are so thinned-skin it is incredible.

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

[Elkiejg]

Note to Bambie and his thugs —— “THE TRUTH, YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH”. To borrow a movie phrase.

[GeronL]

Wow.

This WH is incredibly thinned-skin.

[Former Proud Canadian]

It is hilarious to watch this. Beck, Hannity and Rush are competing to see who can goad the White House into responding to their attacks. Each response means more ratings and garners even more attacks. BHO cannot win this unless he puts these three guys in jail.

[MaxMax]

He also hasn't been listening to Rush and has most likely got his
misinformation through talking points and bumper sticker slogans.

[GeronL]

doesn’t

[Man50D]

“It’s no surprise that Rush Limbaugh espouses the views that he espouses,” said Axelrod. “He’s marketing the outrageous and he does very well with it.”

Outrageous to BO and his fellow socialists means supporting the Constitution. Limbaugh should wear that as a badge of honor.

[PubliusMM]

Got under your skin, did he, Mr. Axelrod? Too bad. He’s right. The anointed one is incapable of leadership, and not likely to get any better; especially with socialists like you and Rahm as his handlers.

Do us all a favor and resign. Take your toadies and sycophants with you.

[muawiyah]

Axelrod has friends who would gladly murder whoever he wishes. He'll eventually try it.

You cannot trust ANY politician from Chicago ~ not for an instant.

[JPJones]

"The president has to run the country.”

Axelrod admits our new dictatorship.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

The president has to run the country.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Axelrod’s Hitler hairdo is making me feel ill...

[AnotherUnixGeek]

White House senior adviser David Axelrod shot back on Sunday to scathing criticism by conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh.

Democrats only like the whole "speak truth to power" thing when they're not the ones the truth is being spoken to.

[Former Proud Canadian]

I think the boys have fairly good security, or should have.

[SkyDancer]

Yeah, those guys listen to other sites that misinterpret Rush.

[hgro]

Axelrod is one of the Chicago mafia who long ago sold his soul to the Devil.

Rush is a truth giver and thats the reason he is on 600 radio stations, 3 hours each day, 5 days each week.

On the other hand, Hussein manages to get his face on television constantly, blathering tripe for his leftist buddies.

[riri]

Beck, Hannity and Rush are competing to see who can goad the White House into responding to their attacks

Many of us Freepers have been saying for a while now to use this weakness to our best possible advantage. Keep pushing Zeros' buttons and making him dance. So far, it is working.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Well, it is so simple, and so obvious. One wonders why the White House hasn’t figured this out. Are they that dumb?

[Waco]

Considering that axerod is a commie bastard, Rush did pretty good. Don’t we have security clearance type rules or do they apply to a commie CIC??

[DPMD]

He got it half right when he said, “ the president has to run the country.” The next line is, “but he can’t.”

[StandUpChuck]

I thought Rush is the leader of the Republican party? Now he is just an entertainer? If it is the latter, why would Assrod be concerned by what an entertainer has to say?

[riri]

I don’t think he has enough real world experience and ability to use perspective that comes with experience to stop. Do you know what I mean? He has always lived in an alternative universe where everything went as he dictated because he was the “magic negro”. People made things happen for him. So, I don’t think he can understand why people can’t just make Limbaugh, Beck, Fox, etc. just go away. That is the way I see it going down anyway, ofcourse we don’t really know we can only surmise.

[adorno]

“It’s no surprise that Rush Limbaugh espouses the views that he espouses,” said Axelrod. “He’s marketing the outrageous TRUTH" and he does very well with it.”

To the democrats, Rush is an outrage simply because he tells the truth about democrats and he tells it so well.

The truth is to democrats as a holy cross is to vampires.

[hsalaw]

Wow. Rush really hit the target and has driven Axelrod insane. The WH should have just ignored it, or said “everyone’s entitled to his opinion” if asked, but this kind of heavy attack just draws more attention to Rush.

[gusopol3]

Axelrod’s too dumb to figure out that if the Obama administration were offering Sibelius and some of their other dunces to Fox News Sunday that there wouldn’t be time for Limbaugh in that slot. These “geniuses” can’t figure out after moths of strategizing that they’re playing on the opposition’s turf.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

They intend to try and run it....or else ruin it...

[Seven plus One]

One wonders why the White House hasn’t figured this out. Are they that dumb?

Yes. They aren't half as smart as they think they are. That's where the entertainment really is. Watching these dopes flop around is a hoot.

[Vehmgericht]

Is this the same David Axelrod who compared Carrie Prejean to a dog. What a class guy. He is the true expert on humanity.

[ziravan]

If Rush was on offense and Axel on defense, then why is the headline about Axel “firing back”? Doesn’t this strike you as politico media bias?

Shouldn’t the headline read something like, “Rush Puts WH Advisor on Defensive”?

The way the headline about this exchange is written is very telling. . .

[isthisnickcool]

Obama and his goons can’t handle it when unlike in Chicago they have people “talk back” to them. The best they can do is try to play checkers, which they do badly, when the game being played is chess.

[Yardstick]

Axelrod’s Hitler hairdo is making me feel ill...

Reference noted and understood.

[Leisler]

[adorno]

Axelrod’s too dumb to figure out that if the Obama administration were offering Sibelius and some of their other dunces to Fox News Sunday that there wouldn’t be time for Limbaugh in that slot.

I was thinking something along a similar line.

FOX is getting back at Obama and his henchmen who are regulars on the other networks and avoiding FOX. The Obama administration is trying to hurt FOX and it's programming by not appearing at the network. What FOX is doing is putting on the complete opposite of Obama and his henchmen. By doing so, FOX attracts a wider audience and more attention, and Obama and his minions end up the rest of the week defending against whoever FOX had on in their FOX News Sunday. While Obama and his cohorts spend the week attacking and defending against FOX, FOX gains more viewers who become curious about what all the fuss is about.

With FOX not getting Obama or any of his co-conspirators, FOX is teaching them a lesson by putting on the administration's most ardent and visible critics.

Unless Obama can shut down FOX news, he loses in this media battle against FOX.

[rlmorel]

In the words of a famous Democrat President (who would today be unrecognizable as a Democrat) Rush might say: “I tell them the truth and they think it’s Hell.”

[Uri’el-2012]

What kind of Crack is Axelroad smoking ?

[azishot]

Axelrod’s *red diaper* needs changing.

[gusopol3]

But then , you gotta figure Axelrod’s smart enough to figure that out, so the alternative must be worse— having his clowns face real questions. Like a baseball manager sticking with his starter who’s getting pounded because he’s afraid to go to the bull pen.

[rawcatslyentist]

“He is an entertainer. The president has to run RUIN the country.”

Dang Typo's!!!

[no-llmd]

The Ax is smoking the Barry weed.

[JudgemAll]

No more Nachos for me after watching Axelrod’s usual suspect “grease-head” attacks and lies. These people are disgusting at all level. Maybe their goal in being so gross is to cure us all of over eating and other sins.

[pepsionice]

I can’t think of any President over the past forty years...that had to target any journalist in this fashion. The fact that Rush has so many hits on the guy.....invites the question of how weak the President was to start with...and has never gained any momentum.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

If the state controlled American media (SCAM) were not a .. well, scam this would be the headline:

Aging radicals, followers lack experience; full of zeal for change
Obama White House Is Not A Real Administration
1960s Marxist street radicals, adherents want "social justice" not America. "Bring it all down, man."