Posted on 03/04/2009 1:24:23 PM PST by mort56
It was reported with much glee today that conservative talker, Rush Limbaugh, and the Republican Party national chairman, Michael Steele, had a dust up. The reports went on to say Mr. Steele eventually felt a need to apologize for calling Rush’s show “ugly”. Since this is a story that fit a specific journalistic template, the one that states any intramural brawl between Republicans is always news; it received very heavy play on television, radio and in print.
What was covered with less enthusiasm or not at all was the admission on Politico.com by President Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, that he and two reporters from CNN have been plotting for months to use Mr. Limbaugh as a means of crippling the Republican Party. The man who once said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste” seemed rather proud of his effort.
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After the 2008, anyone who whines about “right wing media”, should be field dressed.
Do we have the names of the reporters? Or, more importantly, does Rush have them? FOX? Bill O? Hannity? Megan Kelly?
Democrats act like they lost the election.
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