[Byron York]
According to an account in the New York Post, President Barack Obama
yesterday told Republican leaders, "You can't just listen to Rush
Limbaugh and get things done." With George W. Bush now off the stage,
it may be that Obama and some of his fellow Democrats view Limbaugh,
and not John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, or any other elected official,
as the true leader of the Republican opposition. This morning I asked
Rush for his thoughts on all this, and here is his response:
There are two things going on here. One prong of the Great
Unifier's plan is to isolate elected Republicans from their voters and
supporters by making the argument about me and not about his plan. He
is hoping that these Republicans will also publicly denounce me and
thus marginalize me. And who knows? Are ideological and philosophical
ties enough to keep the GOP loyal to their voters? Meanwhile, the
effort to foist all blame for this mess on the private sector
continues unabated when most of the blame for this current debacle can
be laid at the feet of the Congress and a couple of former presidents.
And there is a strategic reason for this.
Secondly, here is a combo quote from the meeting:
"If we don't get this done we (the Democrats) could lose seats and
I could lose re-election. But we can't let people like Rush Limbaugh
stall this. That's how things don't get done in this town."
To make the argument about me instead of his plan makes sense from
his perspective. Obama's plan would buy votes for the Democrat Party,
in the same way FDR's New Deal established majority power for 50 years
of Democrat rule, and it would also simultaneously seriously damage
any hope of future tax cuts. It would allow a majority of American
voters to guarantee no taxes for themselves going forward. It would
burden the private sector and put the public sector in permanent and
firm control of the economy. Put simply, I believe his stimulus is
aimed at re-establishing "eternal" power for the Democrat Party rather
than stimulating the economy because anyone with a brain knows this is
NOT how you stimulate the economy. If I can be made to serve as a
distraction, then there is that much less time debating the merits of
this TRILLION dollar debacle.
Obama was angry that Merrill Lynch used $1.2 million of TARP money
to remodel an executive suite. Excuse me, but didn't Merrill have to
hire a decorator and contractor? Didn't they have to buy the new
furnishings? What's the difference in that and Merrill loaning that
money to a decorator, contractor and goods supplier to remodel Warren
Buffet's office? Either way, stimulus in the private sector occurs.
Are we really at the point where the bad PR of Merrill getting a
redecorated office in the process is reason to smear them? How much
money will the Obamas spend redecorating the White House residence?
Whose money will be spent? I have no problem with the Obamas redoing
the place. It is tradition. 600 private jets flown by rich Democrats
flew into the Inauguration. That's fine but the auto execs using
theirs is a crime? In both instances, the people on those jets arrived
in Washington wanting something from Washington, not just good will.
If I can be made to serve as a distraction, then there is that
much less time debating the merits of the trillion dollar debacle.
One more thing, Byron. Your publication and website have
documented Obama's ties to the teachings of Saul Alinksy while he was
community organizing in Chicago. Here is Rule 13 of Alinksy's Rules
for Radicals:
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTU5MjE3MmQ0NWU1Zjc1YzYyMDE1NzNmZmM2MzYxMmI=
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