Posted on 01/24/2009 1:06:04 PM PST by JRochelle
According to an account in the New York Post, President Barack Obama yesterday told Republican leaders, "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done." With George W. Bush now off the stage, it may be that Obama and some of his fellow Democrats view Limbaugh, and not John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, or any other elected official, as the true leader of the Republican opposition. This morning I asked Rush for his thoughts on all this, and here is his response:
There are two things going on here. One prong of the Great Unifier's plan is to isolate elected Republicans from their voters and supporters by making the argument about me and not about his plan. He is hoping that these Republicans will also publicly denounce me and thus marginalize me. And who knows? Are ideological and philosophical ties enough to keep the GOP loyal to their voters? Meanwhile, the effort to foist all blame for this mess on the private sector continues unabated when most of the blame for this current debacle can be laid at the feet of the Congress and a couple of former presidents. And there is a strategic reason for this.
Secondly, here is a combo quote from the meeting:
"If we don't get this done we (the Democrats) could lose seats and I could lose re-election. But we can't let people like Rush Limbaugh stall this. That's how things don't get done in this town."
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.
Obama was angry that Merrill Lynch used $1.2 million of TARP money to remodel an executive suite. Excuse me, but didn't Merrill have to hire a decorator and contractor? Didn't they have to buy the new furnishings? What's the difference in that and Merrill loaning that money to a decorator, contractor and goods supplier to remodel Warren Buffet's office? Either way, stimulus in the private sector occurs. Are we really at the point where the bad PR of Merrill getting a redecorated office in the process is reason to smear them? How much money will the Obamas spend redecorating the White House residence? Whose money will be spent? I have no problem with the Obamas redoing the place. It is tradition. 600 private jets flown by rich Democrats flew into the Inauguration. That's fine but the auto execs using theirs is a crime? In both instances, the people on those jets arrived in Washington wanting something from Washington, not just good will.
If I can be made to serve as a distraction, then there is that much less time debating the merits of the trillion dollar debacle.
One more thing, Byron. Your publication and website have documented Obama's ties to the teachings of Saul Alinksy while he was community organizing in Chicago. Here is Rule 13 of Alinksy's Rules for Radicals:
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
Obama, you poser, consider yourself slapped.
“If we don’t get this done we (the Democrats) could lose seats and I could lose re-election.
I like the sound of that. I really do.
Ree, ree, ree, kick’um in the knee.
Rass, rass, rass, kick’um in the other knee.
this is gonna be fun
“If we don’t get this done we (the Democrats) could lose seats and I could lose re-election.
I like the sound of that. I really do.
Commit this to memory.
This is part and parcel of Obamadamadingdong's ongoing, never-ending, bait-and-switch campaign strategy.
Sic em Rush! Expose the magic negro for the marxist that he is.
“Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”
And, MSM is willing to play along. Ask Sarah.
Great post, but where does Rush’s quotation end up there? It’s a little unclear.
What a great response. Rush is a friggin’ genius. He has Hussein pegged so well, it is scary.
My goodness, he is so afraid of Rush! LOL
What Rush is missing is that it isn’t enough for the GOP to simply oppose 0bama’s stimulus.
The GOP has to present a *popular* alternative.
If we can’t do that, then we’ve got to go along with the only (popular) game in town: 0bama’s.
Otherwise, we’re the new Whigs (no matter how tough we talk to ourselves).
People watch Chris Matthews? heh
Actually, I think Obama make a big mistake injecting Rush into this. Seems the Republicans were just raising reasonable questions concerning all the pork in his plan.
This episode makes Obama look like a small minded poser, and yes, as most have been saying, an empty suit.
For many Americans, the ENTIRE POINT of the ‘08 election was to be part of the novelty of electing the first black President.
That accomplished, the novelty is wearing off. Quick.
Can the target (true conservatism, here being given the persona of Rush Limbaugh) avoid destruction if it is aware of the tactics being used?
Is there an effective antidote and counter?
The Alinsky call-out is brilliant!
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