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President Barack Obama's aides Rahm Emanuel and Robert Gibbs knew what they were doing when they declared Rush Limbaugh the leader of the Republican opposition. They were putting Republican politicians in a trap. Repudiating Limbaugh would mean alienating millions of conservatives and declaring Limbaugh's plainspoken conservatism - which many of those politicians share - outside the lines of the national debate. But neither could Republicans allow the insinuation that they take orders from a radio-host stand. If voters got that impression, they would look weak. Worse, the polls show more people dislike Limbaugh than like...
...Republicans escaped this trap by saying that the White House was talking about Limbaugh in order to avoid talking about Obama's failure to come up with a financial-rescue plan. But now one Limbaugh controversy has been replaced by another. Instead of squabbling with Democrats about him, Republicans are arguing with one another. The subject of the dispute: Does Limbaugh help spread conservatism among Americans or turn them off from it? (Read "Criticizing Rush Limbaugh: Over the Line...
...Limbaugh, Rush • groveling at the feet of by penitent Republicans is mocked by enemies of • preference of for country of going down in flames rather than political philosophy of being proven erroneous is expressed quite emphatically by • reference by Paul Begala to as "the bloated face and drug-addled voice of the Republican party" • rooting of for planet to explode...
Obama, President Barack • failure of is hoped for by Tom DeLay • failure of is hoped for by Rick Santorum • failure of is really really REALLY hoped for by Rush Limbaugh • failure of to name Howard Dean as Secretary of Health and Human Services disappoints Howard Dean • graying of • medical marijuana distributors will not be raided by federal government headed by • poll reveals that "African Americans are significantly less likely than whites" to be amused by jokes about race of • predecessor of continues to be properly dissed...
Gibbs' Sun King moment came when he construed Limbaugh's opposition as "wishing and hoping for economic failure in this country"--not just anti-Obama but anti-American. In a time of crisis, the line between President and nation can be thin. And Limbaugh's defense--"What is so strange about being honest?"--sat awkwardly alongside his apoplectic reaction to Democratic criticisms of George W. Bush...