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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (8238)	3/3/2009 8:15:42 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Limbaugh Attacks Stephanopoulos, Says ABC Falsely Reported That Eric Cantor Disagreed With “Fail” Remark Okay, the Limbaugh wars have just taken yet another weird new turn — Rush is claiming that a high profile GOP leader who appeared to disagree with his professed hope that President Obama will fail didn’t actually disagree with him at all. In an email exchange with me (more on that later), Limbaugh accused ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos of falsely reporting that the GOP leader, Rep Eric Cantor, had differed with him over whether Obama should fail. Rush also suggested in our exchange that Stephanopoulos is part of a White House conspiracy, pointing to the reported bull-sessions Stephanopoulos has from time to time with Rahm Emanuel, James Carville and Paul Begala, which Rush said were designed to “coordinate WH talking points on ABC and CNN.” Over the weekend, Stephanopoulos asked Cantor whether the “Rush Limbaugh approach of hoping the president fails” is the approach taken by Cantor and House Republicans. Cantor answered: George, absolutely not. And I don’t — I don’t think anyone wants anything to fail right now. We have such challenges. What we need to do is we need to put forth solutions to the problems that real families are facing today. And our common-sense, conservative principles of limited government, and the belief in free markets, and the belief that really opportunity can only be created by the private sector are going to undergird our proposals going forward. I emailed Rush’s producer today for a reply, and got an emailed answer from Rush himself. The talk show host said that I had been the victim of “misleading information on the ABC website.” “Cantor actually agreed me in his full answer re: policy,” Rush continued. Rush argued that when Stephanopoulos interviewed Cantor, he hadn’t accurately reflected the nuances of his position in terms of hoping Obama will fail. Rush pointed out that what he had actually said at the CPAC conference was this: “What is so strange about being honest and saying I want Barack Obama to fail if his mission is to restructure and reform this country so that capitalism and individual liberty are not its foundations?” Though Stepanopoulos’ question seemed straightforward and fair, Rush’s email further complained that Stephanopoulos didn’t bring up his “qualifiers,” adding that Cantor’s call for a return to conservative governing principles showed he “actually echoed exactly the premise” of Rush’s point. “This is not surprising given the morning phone calls from Rahm Emanuel to George, Carville, and Begala to coordinate daily WH talking points on ABC and CNN,” Rush concluded, though these conversations are apparently just bull-sessions among friends. More on this soon. theplumline.whorunsgov.com +++++++++++++ I guess Rush now speaks for Cantor and elected officals, too. He knows what they really think....