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Media Mantra: "The Reluctant Warrior"
Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | September 11, 2014 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 09/11/2014 10:57:00 AM PDT by Kaslin

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RUSH: Do you remember, ladies and gentlemen, when George W. Bush -- some of you new to the program, if you've not heard this, it's amazing. When George W. Bush was looking for a vice presidential candidate to run with him he appointed Cheney to head up the search committee, and Cheney said, "I don't need to look. I'm your guy." And Bush said, "You know what, you're right. You don't need to look. You are my guy."

So Bush chose Cheney and the media went out, and we had an audio montage put together, had to be 25 different media people all explaining how Bush had chosen Cheney because he needed gravitas. In other words, Bush was a lightweight. Bush was an idiot. Bush was a cowboy from Texas, a pretend, faux Ivy Leaguer. But Cheney, there was some heft. He was gravitas. It was amazing. It's like a memo went out from some central location to advise every analyst and commentator to refer to this as gravitas. It was uncanny.

So we are on the lookout at all times for repeats of that phenomenon. And we have one. I've got more people here than I can count referring to President Obama after his speech last night, some before the speech -- listen to this and it will become abundantly clear to you.

ANTONIO MORA: The president has been described as a very reluctant warrior.

JONATHAN KARL: It was a remarkable moment for a reluctant warrior.

ERROL BARNETT: This reluctant war-time president.

JOE KERNEN: A reluctant war president.

CHUCK TODD: This is a president, although a very reluctant warrior.

RICHARD HAASS: A war-weary America, a reluctant president.

ED HENRY: He's a reluctant warrior.

GEORGE MITCHELL: A reluctant warrior than one who's seeking combat.

JOHN HEILEMANN: A very reluctant warrior.

AL HUNT: Come across as a reluctant warrior.

HAROLD FORD JR.: Reluctant, as is a reluctant warrior.

JUDY WOODRUFF: This reluctance, that he’s doing this reluctantly.

MARK SHIELDS: I don’t think there’s any question of his reluctance.

DAVID BROOKS: Reluctant leader who’s reluctant to go to war.

DAVID GERGEN: He's a very reluctant warrior.

JOHN HARWOOD: He's deeply reluctant.

VAN JONES: He’s gone and turned tonight from being that reluctant warrior to being an actual warrior against ISIS.

RUSH: It's just uncanny. If I were in that business, I would want to say something unique. I would want to say something different. I would want to come up with a description that nobody else had. Let me give you the names of people associated with what you just heard. Antonio Mora, Jonathan Karl, Errol Barnett, Joe Kernen, F. Chuck Todd, Richard Haass, Ed Henry, George Mitchell, John Heilemann, Al Hunt, Harold Ford Jr., Judy Woodruff. Hers was especially good.

Judy Woodruff said, "This reluctance, that he's doing this reluctantly." As though her audience didn't know what reluctance meant. Jonathan Alter had that role in the gravitas sound bite. Gravitas, he said, to add weight to a thing. As though the audience doesn't know what they're talking about. Then there was Mark "Maxi" Shields, David Brooks, David "Rodham" Gergen, John Harwood, and Van Jones. Reluctant warrior. He doesn't want to do this. No way. He's being dragged into this.

The reluctant warrior bit, folks, is the subtle way to inform the low-information crowd that this is a leftover mess from George W. Bush. Obama got us out of there. Obama finally got us out of there. He doesn't want to go back in there. Obama doesn't want to rekindle, but damn it, because Bush screwed it up -- that's unstated -- he gotta go back in and he's reluctant, but he's a responsible guy, and he's a great leader, and he's gonna do what has to be done. Even though he's reluctant, even though he's a warrior, he really doesn't want to do this, but he's been dragged back.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: iraq; isis; obama; rush

1 posted on 09/11/2014 10:57:00 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin



2 posted on 09/11/2014 10:59:17 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Please RESIGN Mr. President Its the RIGHT thing to do_RETIRE THE REGIME!)
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To: Kaslin

I mean is there any doubt — any whatsoever — that the corrupt MSM is nothing more than the propaganda arm of the DNC?


3 posted on 09/11/2014 11:01:05 AM PDT by Obadiah (None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.)
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To: Kaslin

If you repeat any word enough times it starts to sound silly.
Here, it started that way......................


4 posted on 09/11/2014 11:03:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Obadiah

There is no doubt that they have no thesaurus:

RELUCTANT

adj unenthusiastic, unwilling

afraid
averse
cautious
circumspect
hesitant
loath
shy
slow

squeamish
uncertain
wary
backward
calculating
chary
demurring
diffident

discouraged
disheartened
disinclined
grudging
hanging back
hesitating
indisposed
involuntary

laggard
opposed
queasy
recalcitrant
remiss
slack
tardy
uneager


5 posted on 09/11/2014 11:06:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Kaslin

What a crock of crap. Obozo is a muslim sissy and a coward. The only reluctance he has is speaking truth, in fact he is a habitual liar. The dude is mental.


6 posted on 09/11/2014 11:11:07 AM PDT by drypowder
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To: Kaslin

Reluctant husband maybe.


7 posted on 09/11/2014 11:12:47 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: drypowder

muslim + habitual liar == muslim practicing al-taqiyaa


8 posted on 09/11/2014 11:35:20 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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He had to say something to get his approval ratings out of the teens and try to salvage a couple of seats in the next congress.


9 posted on 09/11/2014 11:50:53 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.)
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To: Kaslin

The Reluctant Warrior AKA Conscientious Objector


10 posted on 09/11/2014 1:00:48 PM PDT by RetSignman (Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
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To: drypowder

“Reluctant”...

is that a way of saying “sides with the enemies of this country”?


11 posted on 09/11/2014 1:02:58 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: drypowder

don’t forget he’s also a rat and all rats lie


12 posted on 09/11/2014 2:20:25 PM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin

Bump for later...


13 posted on 09/11/2014 3:13:00 PM PDT by Patriotic1 (Dic mihi solum facta, domina - Just the facts, ma'am)
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