Posted on 03/05/2009 5:23:07 AM PST by CASchack
It's been a win-win the past few days for Democratic and Republican loyalists, but what about the rest of us?
You know. Americans who either don't think that (a) spending nonexistent trillions is quite the way to proceed in an economic crisis, or that (b) Rush Limbaugh is the messiah.
Oh wait, that's right, Barack Obama is the messiah. I get confused sometimes, what with so much deification going on. Limbaugh's 85-minute speech at last weekend's Conservative Political Action Conference, frequently interrupted by grateful applause from a slightly star-struck audience, was, dare we say it, Obama- esque.
But where there's deification, there's bound to be demonization. Thus, Rush told conferees that Obama, in essence, is Stalin. And Obama, via chief commando Rahm Emanuel, anointed Limbaugh as leader of the GOP, calling him the "voice and the intellectual force and energy behind the Republican Party."
Talk about damning with praise.
El Rushbo can't have minded much, despite his protestations that he was being manipulated and maligned by the White House to distract Americans from the "plunging economy." What could be better for a talking head than to be chosen by a president as his worthy adversary?
At least finally both sides certainly should agree on one thing: The Fairness Doctrine is a terrible idea! Who wants fair and politically balanced commentary on the airwaves when being "unfair" is keeping both armies in their Humvees?
The body politic, meanwhile, resembles a tempest-tossed ocean liner on which passengers scurry across the deck as the ship pitches. On one side is the president, promising to build a new $3.6 trillion ark. On the other is El Rushbo, clutching the conservative tablature: Thou shalt not raise taxes.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
Consider the source. As long as people like Parker try to cram Romney down Republicans’ throats, that is exactly where he will continue to stick.
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"The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly - - it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over." |
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I did not such thing. There is no employer mandate. A paltry $295 per employee tax is hardly a mandate.
But, don’t you get it? The Mitt-haters on FR, who never get out of their basements, are smarter and better informed than all of the people on your post.
You are definitely a Mitt supporter.
You are definitely an Economist.
Just like Mitt's conservatism...
And a Mitt supporter...
And a Mitt supporter...
I also don't hate Mitt...
But facts are an issue with his fan base, so such hyperbole is not surprising...
Damn smart phones...
The cut and paste lists contain more distortion and misrepresentation than “fact.” We’ve been through it all many times.
But that’s okay. You really are smarter and better informed than everyone on sevenbak’s list. Really.
As far as smarter, I think Bork's and Grudem’s IQ are a few points higher than mine, and perhaps Kmies’s and Glendon's as well, but I can hold my own despite that shortcoming...
Thanks for noticing, it is always good to receive affirmation even of the otherwise obvious.
LOL
Yes I have to deal with that as well.
Brilliant and funny, it’s a curse really but you get used to it.
I understand, since I bear the same burden.
I feel your pain.
You got a HIT!!
(Except for that NEVER part)
And... it ain't REALLY a basement - just a lower level with more out of the ground than in it.
you two get a room!
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