What's wrong with Limbaugh earning a living?
What's wrong with speaking out against a president who's trying to silence discussion and whose party is even now trying to figure out how to stamp out free expression?
So, for the third or fourth day in a row (frankly, I've lost count) Republicans are talking about Rush Limbaugh rather than Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid or Barack Obama. This is a losing strategy for the GOP (and conservatives) and are WINNING strategy for Barack Obama and the DNC.
You must be listening to a different station than I am. It's not a losing strategy to talk about free speech in concrete as opposed to theoretical terms--people need to see specific, real examples of how Obama is trying to silence dissent.
Obama isn't winning because of this, he's winning because he's a new president and people are waiting for the other shoe to drop. I seem to recall Reid and Pelosi being criticized for years. Didn't seem to stop them. You think suddenly people are going to say "Yeah, that Reid and Pelosi, how about them?" With the exception of Gingrich no modern party leader in congress has ever been the focal point of the general public's interest. Most people don't know who they are, or can't quite place why they're famous.
The Limbaugh thing isn't a winning strategy for the Dems. They are attempting to divide and conquer, starting with the most visible public non-governmental face of the GOP. They will move on once they've destroyed him. At what point will we say "OK, THIS one is important enough to fight for!"? When the personal destruction starts getting to Congressional members? Too late then, the Dems will have written the storyline, and people will say "OH, I see, this is a pattern..."
We have to write the storyline. Tossing Limbaugh to the dogs because we're jealous that he's a rich commentator is suicide, not because I care about him per se, but because he is one part of a larger strategy. If we refuse to see the larger picture, we're sunk. The dems are banking on responses like yours, I'm afraid.
Obama is getting EXACTLY what Obama wanted. He wants Republicans either defending or embracing Rush Limbaugh. My advise to Republicans is to IGNORE these questions about Limbaugh and focus on the task at hand.
Respectfully, this crap about the fairness doctrine and Obama failing and whatever else are just Red Herring's planted by Obama - the guy is a political genius.
As for Limbaugh making a million or a billion, I couldn't care less - more power to him.
And, as for listening to a different station as you, I would as what station are you listening too. Because, every network, broadcast or otherwise is consumed with the "What's the GOP going to do about Rush Limbaugh" crap. So, news cycle after news cycle is eaten away by this phony story while Reid, Pelosi and Obama have their way with America's domestic and foreign policy.
Obama's not trying to silence dissent, and he's especially not trying to silence Limbaugh. Limbaugh is the best thing Obama's got going for him. What he's trying to do is get the GOP to chase their own tail, to war with their own base and to worry about survival rather than acting as a coherent, organized opposition party. Barry sets the bait, Republicans and conservatives bite it like a trout on a newly tied fly and the MSM sets the hook. It's amateur hour at the GOP. We're getting schooled by a guy who's only won two freakin elections.