When was the last time we had a president who decided to cheapen his office by fighting in public with a pundit? Some say Richard Nixon’s assault on the Dan Rather of old. A few might remember Harry Truman’s battle with critics panning his daughter’s singing. In any case, it’s only serving to enhance the pundit, Rush Limbaugh:
"Demand for his air time hs suddenly become so intense, Limbaugh told The Examiner’s Byron York earlier today, that his network sold 80 percent as much advertising in January 2009 as it did in all of 2008, and expects to sell-out the year by the end of March. That was before Obama and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel launched an explicit counter-attack against Limbaugh that seems only to be making him bigger."
Utterly predictable. People who’ve never heard Limbaugh will flock to hear what the fuss is about. I learned to like Rush after 9/11, but he rambles too much for me to make him a steady diet. But now that Barry boy seems to have decided to let the stock market collapse and impoverish us all, I might actually become a fan.
UPDATE: RedState has a good analysis of what’s going on here. A little Dumbocrat game of hide the pea.
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Tagged Byron York, DC Examiner, Obama, Obamalot, Rush Limbaugh
Looks like this could be an all-Baby Barry day. But, really, going all the way to Berlin to give a rousing speech to, the Germans? Why not a rousing speech in Des Moines? What is this guy running for, chancellor? Maybe he could get them to send some troops to Afghanistan, which he says he cares so much about? He asked for it, but others have asked. I suppose this is the fruit of growing up in Indonesia. If he’d grown up in the U.S. he’d know better. Maybe.
As it stands, BB, you have about as much chance of being elected president of the U.S. as Bob the Builder, the British fellow whose slogan ("Yes-We-Can") you stole, as every five-year-old knows. Heck, you confuse them. Where are Scoop, Muck and Wendy? I haven’t spent much time listening to Rush Limbaugh, but he’s got your pomposity down perfectly–which is why the Nancy Pelosis and Harry Reids want so bad to get him off the air.
UPDATE: As David Brooks says BB’s speech "…was the end of history on acid."
The Dems have done it, I’m sure, and the Republicans, too, from time to time. But publicly encouraging Republicans to vote for Hilarity in the Dem primaries in Texas and Ohio, to keep her and Barry in a nomination battle–like big-mouth Rush Limbaugh is doing–is really foolish. Not to mention unethical. No wonder his influence is said to be declining.
UPDATE: National Review Online, at least, says it seems to have been a significant factor in Barry’s 48 percent to 51 percent loss of the popular vote in Texas. But nobody in Barry’s camp is yet blaming Limbaugh. Some evidence, anyhow, of Limbaugh’s mini-vast right wing conspiracy.
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Tagged Michael Ramirez, Move-On, Rush Limbaugh
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