Posted on 03/04/2009 6:29:09 AM PST by St. Louis Conservative
Top Democrats believe they have struck political gold by depicting Rush Limbaugh as the new face of the Republican Party, a full-scale effort first hatched by some of the most familiar names in politics and now being guided in part from inside the White House.
The strategy took shape after Democratic strategists Stanley Greenberg and James Carville included Limbaugh’s name in an October poll and learned their longtime tormentor was deeply unpopular with many Americans, especially younger voters. Then the conservative talk-radio host emerged as an unapologetic critic of Barack Obama shortly before his inauguration, when even many Republicans were showering him with praise.
Soon it clicked: Democrats realized they could roll out a new GOP bogeyman for the post-Bush era by turning to an old one in Limbaugh, a polarizing figure since he rose to prominence in the 1990s.
Limbaugh is embracing the line of attack, suggesting a certain symbiosis between him and his political adversaries.
"The administration is enabling me,” he wrote in an e-mail to POLITICO. “They are expanding my profile, expanding my audience and expanding my influence. An ever larger number of people are now being exposed to the antidote to Obamaism: conservatism, as articulated by me. An ever larger number of people are now exposed to substantive warnings, analysis and criticism of Obama's policies and intentions, a ‘story’ I own because the [mainstream media] is largely the Obama Press Office.”
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Anytime a Dem or media hack asks them about Rush, they just say "Obama and the Democrats are desperate to change the subject from their multi-trillion dollar tax increases and massive government expansions. This is AMATEUR HOUR stuff trying to bring up Rush Limbaugh".
There. See, I'm not even a political guy and I came up with that in 30 seconds.
Rush has them right where he wants them.....
Michael Steele is coming up on the Laura Ingraham show shortly after this break. Should be interesting.
Yeah, Rush is unpopular among young voters. Whoopee doo.
The punks who haven’t had a job or exposure to anything but left wing academes.
Among working people (which I admit is getting to be a smaller and smaller demographic) he isn’t hated.
I said similar things yesterday to my libtard co-workers.
They were hysterical, going on and on about Rush; I said - Really, between the Russian spy planes, the economic melt down, the trillions of dollar deficits and tax hikes, the only thing you, your “new politics” leader 0-ba-ma and Emmanual can talk about is Rush Limbaugh???? Wow, he really lives up to his hype and then some!
Talk about sputtering and stuttering. They were mad! *L*
I’m not so sure. While I and most here at FR love Rush and agree with him, his bombastic style turns off others (most of whom have never listened to him, but have a negative opinion nonetheless).
Bottom line, Rush provides a valuable service by rallying conservatives, but the GOP needs an aggressive articulate spokesman & leader to speak on behalf of the party.
The Dems are distracting the public from their budget and tax increases by convincing non-politically savvy people that Republicans take marching orders from Rush and thus cannot be trusted.
Someone should post an open thread for that.
I wonder how Mary Matlin feels about sleeping with Obama’s Goebbels....
"Please dohn troh me in dat dere briar patch."
The GOP ought to focus on Blue-Dog Dems in Congress. The 50 or so of them are likely very uncomfortable with Obama’s economic policies.
“Please dohn troh me in dat dere briar patch.”
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Good point.
I was wondering that myself. How does she do it and allow it to happen. I would cut him off. NO nookie, nooke??????
“Rush has them right where he wants them.”
Opposition to Obamachev is growing. Their little plan is going to boomerang big time.
Bottom line, Rush provides a valuable service by rallying conservatives, but the GOP needs an aggressive articulate spokesman & leader to speak on behalf of the party.
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Steele was correct when he stated that Rush is an entertainer. One who specializes in preaching to the choir.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
And (will I be excoriated for saying this?), when the head of the RNC has to apologize for his words about Rush, it does tend to bolster the argument that Rush is, in fact, the leader of the GOP.
I wrote an article YESTERDAY about how the Usual Democrat propoganda subjects were going all out to frame Rush as the “Face of the Republicans”.
KOS Going All-Out To Frame Rush Limbaugh As “The Republican Leader”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2198437/posts
I warned that once this particular “Opinion Driver”/Propogandist started pimping it, it would start apearing in Major Media all over the place.
Damn....
I hate to be right all the time.
“They’ve got us surrounded, the poor bastards.”
Yes, this is a strategic mistake by the RATs. By elevating Limbaugh, more people will hear the truth now.
Opposition to Obamachev is growing. Their little plan is going to boomerang big time.
Where do you see that???? I hear it here but all day, every day it he is still high in polls and numbers for R’s are in the freakin 20’s????
Michael Steele sure isn't appearing to be that guy. I am glad Rush has rattled his cage early and in effect revealed what a weak &^% he is. We're not going to get anywhere is Steele thinks his job is to refute every blowhard in the media.
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