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

To: pompsander who wrote (8344)	3/4/2009 8:04:25 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

Does Michael Steele have Rush's permission to appear on TV again?

To: pompsander who wrote (8344)	3/4/2009 10:26:13 PM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 103300

who in the hell is nate silver? your little sister?

To: pompsander who wrote (8344)	3/4/2009 10:28:50 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Some damaging arguments (and links to sources) in this diatribe: To fall under the rule of Limbaugh means that the Republicans have sealed their status as the party of race-baiting. In Limbaugh's world, Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama ( blogs.abcnews.com ) simply because Obama is black ( bobcesca.com ) -- excuse me, Halfrican American ( mediamatters.org ). In Limbaugh's world, all blacks say "axe" instead of "ask." ( fair.org ) In Limbaugh's world, it's hilarious to pronounce Mayor Ray Nagin's name as Mayor Nay-ger. ( movies.crooksandliars.com ) In Limbaugh's world, black contestants on Survivor are at a disadvantage because "blacks can't swim." ( mediamatters.org ) To fall under the rule of Limbaugh means that the Republicans have become the party of sexism. In Limbaugh's world, women who seek equal rights are making up for the fact that they're "ugly." In Limbaugh's world, it's hilarious to compare pubescent teenage girls to "the family dog." ( motherjones.com ) In Limbaugh's world, women live longer because their lives are somehow "easier." ( mediamatters.org ) I can't imagine that would apply to Limbaugh's three ex-wives, but okay. To fall under the rule of Limbaugh means that the Republicans have become the party of comparing torture to fraternity pranks. ( mediamatters.org ) They've become the party of multiple divorces. The party of Oxycontin addiction. The party of "phony soldiers." ( mediamatters.org ) The party of mysterious all-male excursions to foreign nations while in possession of erectile dysfunction medication prescribed under a false name. ( thesmokinggun.com ) They've become the party of wild conspiracy theories like the one Limbaugh was repeating in October -- maybe you've heard this one. Did you know that Barack Obama traveled to Hawaii, not to visit his then-gravely ill grandmother, but instead to participate in the cover-up of his secret birth certificate? ( bobcesca.com ) huffingtonpost.com

To: pompsander who wrote (8344)	3/5/2009 10:51:19 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

WH admits Limbaugh attacks unhelpful Jon Ward (Contact) Thursday, March 5, 2009 UPDATED: The White House on Wednesday fessed up to lowering the quality of public discourse and acknowledged that its sniping at radio show host Rush Limbaugh has been "counterproductive," even as Democratic political committees continued to use the issue in a political line of attack approved by the Obama administration itself. "It may be counterproductive. I'll give you that," said White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, when asked about his repeated verbal jousting with Mr. Limbaugh and other media personalities who have criticized President Obama. Mr. Obama himself has regularly employed the term "cable chatter" to dismiss criticisms of his economic agenda that he thinks are uninformed or inaccurate. And his administration has often complained about superficial, back-and-forth debates that substitute for political discourse or journalism. But Mr. Gibbs said he has been "feeding" the very beast that he and others in the White House have lambasted. "There are days in which, yes, your head throbs from listening to arguments that aren't necessarily centered on delving into some important issue, but finding two people at completely opposite ends of the spectrum to yell loudest in a seven-minute segment before we go on to something else," Mr. Gibbs said. "I certainly criticize it, and I even occasionally watch it," he said. "I certainly believe that feeding it, undoubtedly, I'll plead guilty to counterproductivity." Mr. Gibbs made the remark Wednesday after several weeks in which he pointedly blasted one cable television reporter, ridiculed the audience of a cable network and questioned who was in control of Republicans. But it served to keep the issue in the news yet again, in what appears to be an intentional strategy. Limbaugh The White House has pushed Mr. Limbaugh's comments about Mr. Obama's policies into the public debate beginning with Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, who on CBS' "Face the Nation" show Sunday brought up the talk show host without being asked. The morning after Mr. Limbaugh spoke to a conservative conference in Washington, Mr. Emanuel called the talk show host "the voice and the intellectual force and energy behind the Republican Party." washingtontimes.com