Axelrod to appear on Bill Maher show
[ David Axelrod is a dumb tw*t. There's no other word that applies. ]
From The Daily:
Obama adviser slams Romney for Limbaugh while planning to go on Maher By Daniel Libit and Sam Goldsmith
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
CHICAGO — While slamming Mitt Romney for not standing up to the “strident voices” on his side, a top Obama advisor is planning to spend some quality time with one on his own, The Daily has learned.
David Axelrod, President Obama’s senior campaign strategist, is scheduled to appear on Bill Maher’s late-night talk show within the next few weeks, according to Kelley Carville, an HBO spokesman.
As the controversy over Rush Limbaugh’s comments about Sandra Fluke continued, a former Obama White House official today joined Republicans in pointing out that Maher, who recently donated $1 million to a pro-Obama super PAC, has a history of his misogynistic slurs.
Last year, he was rebuked by the National Organization for Women for calling Sarah Palin a "dumb tw*t."
“palin is right to point out that bill maher has said some pretty disgusting things about women, comedian or not. they are rush like,” Austan Goolsbee, the former chairman of President Obama’s Council on Economic Advisors, and currently a professor at the University of Chicago, tweeted.
After Obama spoke with Fluke, the Georgetown University Law Student called a “slut” and “prostitute” by Limbaugh, Palin challenged Priorities USA to return Maher’s donation.
"Pres. Obama says he called Sandra Fluke because of his daughters. For the sake of everyone’s daughter, why doesn’t his super PAC return the $1 million he got from a rabid misogynist?," Palin wrote Tuesday on her Facebook page.
In a conference call with reporters today, Axelrod invoked Limbaugh on several occasions.
“He’s going to continue to lose independent voters when he walks away from issues like the one involving Rush Limbaugh last week, where he essentially refused to comment on what was a really egregious set of comments by Limbaugh,” Axelrod said. “Why? Because he’s afraid to challenge a guy who’s the de-facto head of his party.” …
If it weren’t for double standards, Democrats would have no standards at all.
The number of advertisers to pull spots from the The Rush Limbaugh Show hit 43 yesterday — and even the band Rush had bad news for the embattled talk show host…
It is pathetic to see even The Daily reprinting these misleading figures that were most likely dreamt up by Media Matters and the rest of the Obama campaign.
But speaking of ‘grassroots’ organizations, as we were the first to note back in April 2009, David Axelrod is an acknowledged master at "Astroturfing." That is, ginning up phony grassroots movements, like advertising boycotts.
From the March 14, 2008 archives of Business Week:
The Secret Side of David Axelrod The Obama campaign’s chief strategist is a master of "Astroturfing" and has a second firm that shapes public opinion for corporations
By Howard Wolinsky
March 14, 2008
David Axelrod has long been known for his political magic. Through his AKP&D Message & Media consultancy, the campaign veteran has advised a succession of Democratic candidates since 1985, and he’s now chief strategist for Senator Barack Obama’s bid for President. But on the down low, Axelrod moonlights in the private sector.
From the same address in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, Axelrod operates a second business, ASK Public Strategies, that discreetly plots strategy and advertising campaigns for corporate clients to tilt public opinion their way. He and his partners consider virtually everything about ASK to be top secret, from its client roster and revenue to even the number of its employees. But customers and public records confirm that it has quarterbacked campaigns for the Chicago Children’s Museum, ComEd, Cablevision, and AT&T.
ASK’s predilection for operating in the shadows shows up in its work. On behalf of ComEd and Comcast, the firm helped set up front organizations that were listed as sponsors of public-issue ads. Industry insiders call such practices "Astroturfing," a reference to manufacturing grassroots support. Alderman Brendan Reilly of the 42nd Ward, who has been battling the Children’s Museum’s relocation plans, describes ASK as "the gold standard in Astroturf organizing. This is an emerging industry, and ASK has made a name for itself in shaping public opinion and manufacturing public support." …
It is probably safe to say that Media Matters is profiting from Axelrod’s vast experience at mounting such phony ‘grassroots’ campaigns as this one again Mr. Limbaugh.
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