Byron York talked to the Maha Rushie to get his opinion on the latest White House blather:
Media morons like CBS might be smitten with The One, but the folks who will actually decide who our politicians will be through their votes are no longer enamored by hope and change.
In his new interview with CBS, President Obama refers to the "troublesome" talk and "vitriol" of Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck. "Keep in mind that there have been periods in American history where this kind of vitriol comes out," Obama says. "It happens often when you've got an economy that is making people more anxious, and people are feeling like there is a lot of change that needs to take place. But that's not the vast majority of Americans. I think the vast majority of Americans know that we're trying hard, that I want what's best for the country."
I asked Limbaugh what he thought about the president's comments. His program's popularity is undeniably soaring now, but has it risen and fallen with economic anxiety -- that is, was he less popular during times of economic security and more popular in times of economic worries? Since Limbaugh has been broadcasting nationally for more than 20 years, there ought to be some sort of pattern, if what Obama says is accurate.
"I have yet to have a down year at the EIB Network," Limbaugh responds. "I and most Americans do not believe President Obama is trying to do what's best for the country. Never in my life have I seen a regime like this, governing against the will of the people, purposely. I have never seen the media so supportive of a regime amassing so much power. And I have never known as many people who literally fear for the future of the country."
The point, Limbaugh says, is not that listeners are feeling anxiety about the economy, although many undoubtedly are. It's that they are feeling anxiety about the Obama agenda.
2 comments:
Ah, Rick! I didn't happen to listen to Rush today! Poor Obama, were it not for you, Rick, I wouldn't even know about this his most recent pathetic bit of whining!
I judge you were mistaken, Rick. He didn't get a dead cat bounce. (Even the dead cat gets more bounce than this.)
Obama really is a legend in his own mind.
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