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…did David Frum rate a Newsweek cover article.
And the Sunday and Monday shows will jump all over it. This week already did featuring David “Obama is a moderate” Brooks. Where the panel of course agreed that conservatism needs to change.
We will see a lot of this for a while, as the Obama program makes things worse we of course will not see the reverse suggesting that Rush was right.
As long as you are willing to attack leading conservatives voices the media will always love you.
Well the White house has an answer to debating Rush:
When pressed again on whether President Obama — the leader of the free world with the biggest megaphone — will take up Limbaugh’s offer, Ms. Barnes let out a burst of laughter. “Well, I think it’s probably unlikely, but we look forward to hearing more from Mr. Limbaugh and from others as we continue to address these problems,” she said.
So lets take it from the top:
Before the election they decide on a strategy of attacking Rush Limbaugh they anoint him leader of the opposition. They attack him by name and belittle Republicans for not rejecting him.
Rush offers him 3 hours on the most popular radio program in history to debate and the White house votes “present” rather than yes or no.
Apparently the president and his staff and his followers are not convinced they can stand up to Mr. Limbaugh and persuade this audience, particularly without a teleprompter to tell him what to say.
The longer they pause the more likely we will see more news outlets actually covering what Rush says instead of reporting on the faux Limbaugh image that the media and the White House.
And the president’s defenders? They attack Rush for his past addiction, make fun of his weight but are unable to answer his arguments. Note how many times Rush has mentioned our president’s admitted drug use during this debate? Not once.
Leaders all over the globe will note that the leader of the free world is afraid of a talk show host. This is going to bleed for a while as s it does Republicans and conservatives will gain courage to stand up to him. I think Glenn is right time to break out the Chicken Suit.
You know I’ve been thinking about Ann Althouse’s question today:
But Obama should be setting off positive fantasies around the world. That’s what he said he’d do. That’s what those of us who voted for him believed he would do. Come on! Where’s the magic?
What has happened reality has happened. Think of it this way.
Vincent LaGuardia Gambini as the real World
Nobody – I mean nobody – pulls the wool over the eyes of a Gambini, especially this one.
The entire Obama phenomenon has been a magic trick. You have a guy who won his primaries by getting his opponent’s off the ballot, Who won his senate seat due to another scandal that knocked the incumbent Senator Jack Ryan off the ballot. Who didn’t even serve a single term before running for president. Who faced an adoring press that fawned over him, who played the race card against Bill Clinton and who used tactics against Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin that reeked of misogyny.
And after the election we still see comics unable unwilling to make a joke about a president who can’t even announce a cabinet position without a teleprompter.
All of this might be fine for getting elected but once elected one has to govern. From Russia, to North Korea, to Syria, to Iran, to the stock market, to the banks, reality is intruding on the magic tricks. He can’t even make nice with our friends.
Gambini has him on the stand asking if he is sure about those five minutes. He doesn’t have an answer. It looks like some of us may have been mistaken.
Via the corner and the Catholic key Archbishop Naumann bottom lines it:
I am also concerned personally for Governor Sebelius. Her appointment as Secretary for HHS places her in a position where she will have to make many decisions that will in all probability continue her personal involvement in promoting legalized abortion and her cooperation in this intrinsic evil.
I am also concerned that the appointment of Governor Sebelius places another Catholic supporting legalized abortion in a prominent national position. She joins Vice-President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and unfortunately a host of Catholic Senators and members of the House of Representatives who support legalized abortion contrary to the clear and consistent teaching of their Church. It saddens me that so many Catholics, to gain political advancement, have chosen to compromise their Catholic faith by their failure to defend the most fundamental of all human rights – the right to life.
I am reminded of the powerful scene in A Man for All Seasons, the play about the heroic Catholic English Martyr, St. Thomas More. After Richard Rich has perjured himself in order to make it possible to convict Thomas More of treason, the Judge asks Thomas More if he has any questions for the witness. Thomas More notes that Richard Rich is wearing a chain of office and asks what it signifies. He is told that Richard Rich has been appointed Attorney General for Wales. Thomas More then paraphrases the Gospel saying to Richard Rich: “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul, but for Wales?”
This is where the rubber meets the road. The soul. If you are a Catholic Pol you have to decide if you actually believe in Catholicism or not. And if you do is your soul worth it? Ted Kennedy is near death. A knighthood won’t do him much good for much longer.
I may tweak these people with the ” …rest of your life after that it’s up to you” line. The Archbishop’s is actually trying to save their souls, to give the warning. May he succeed.
Update: The Curt Jester got there ahead of me.
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