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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.
Because the LA Times felt compelled to reprint his entire speech in context online with an introduction by Rush himself:
Greetings, LATimes.com readers,
You may not realize it, but you are actually doing something now that the Drive By Media consistently fails to do. You are actually reading what I had to say — in context no less — before forming an opinion on it.
Congratulations!
And I want to give a special thanks to Top of the Ticket for making this happen (and you should too).
Rush Limbaugh
There will be a lot of liberal spam in comments but how many people who would not have ever read this speech will read it now and think about it?
The more people actually hear what Rush has to say, the less they phony picture of him created by the media can survive. (via Glenn)
Jay Nordlinger does what he almost always does. Has the best commentary on the issue of the day. That issue being Rush. He starts with Colin Powell:
After November’s election, Colin Powell said that Republicans have to stop listening to Rush Limbaugh. Since when have they ever listened to Rush? For president, the Republicans nominated probably Rush’s least favorite politician (in the GOP, that is). And I’m sure most Rush fans voted for him, because they thought he was a lot better than the alternative, which he was.
Whom did Powell support, by the way? Barack Obama, the Democrat, and the most left-wing president we have ever elected, possibly. I’m not sure that Powell Republicanism is the Republicanism the GOP should want.
And let me say a further word about John McCain — whom I admire, and whom I voted for enthusiastically. He was almost perfect for the GOP moderate types, you would have thought. He was anti-Christian Right. He was Mr. Campaign Finance Reform. He was Mr. Amnesty. He was Mr. Global Warming. He was Mr. Reach Across the Aisle.
Except for being against abortion and for free trade, he was well-nigh perfect.
And if McCain isn’t good enough for the Powell brigades — who ever would be?
He gets to the bottom line in a hurry:
For eight years, we heard nothing but “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.” Those who did the most to block or undermine President Bush were exalted as the Great Americans, and People. But dare oppose The One (i.e., our 44th president) — and you’re one of the lowest life forms.
Well, nuts to that.
There are many things wrong with the Republican party today, and Rush Limbaugh, in my opinion, is not one of them. Donald Rumsfeld (another pet bogey) used to say, “America is not what’s wrong with the world.” That is true. And Rush Limbaugh is not what is wrong with the Republican party.
Frankly, Secretary Powell is more like what’s wrong: If he can’t discern the superiority of John McCain to Barack Obama, where the presidency is concerned, who needs him?
The whole column should be required reading for Republicans. If republicans aren’t willing to figure this out then we deserve all that we get.
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