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Karl Rove on White House “Attack” on Rush Limbaugh
By mathpol
“The White House Misfires on Limbaugh” is the title of a column by Karl Rove in today’s Wall Street Journal, in which he criticizes the recent White House “attack” on Rush Limbaugh and claims that it was meant as a diversionary tactic to keep the public from focusing on more important issues. Here is the comment I posted. (Don’t hold your breath waiting for it to appear.)
This is all very interesting, coming from Mr. Rove. Truly the pot calling the kettle black. I agree that the White House should not have gone after Limbaugh, but for a different reason. With all his ranting, promoting the “big lie”, distortions and hate-mongering, he is not just the “entertainer” he claims to be. He is more Josef Goebbels than George Goebel. This attack helps legitimize Limbaugh as a member of the public commentariat, as does the WSJ by running his columns. He should be ostracized as the pariah he truly is. Shame on the White House and shame on you.
(end of comment)
Listening to Limbaugh recently, he has suddenly become all sweetness and light, while still continuing his lies and distortions. I argued against going after Limbaugh, but who listens to me? This wasn’t just a misfire, it has backfired!
Update: My comment did in fact appear on the WSJ Forum
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Karl Rove on White House “Attack” on Rush Limbaugh
By mathpol“The White House Misfires on Limbaugh” is the title of a column by Karl Rove in today’s Wall Street Journal, in which he criticizes the recent White House “attack” on Rush Limbaugh and claims that it was meant as a diversionary tactic to keep the public from focusing on more important issues. Here is the comment I posted. (Don’t hold your breath waiting for it to appear.)
This is all very interesting, coming from Mr. Rove. Truly the pot calling the kettle black. I agree that the White House should not have gone after Limbaugh, but for a different reason. With all his ranting, promoting the “big lie”, distortions and hate-mongering, he is not just the “entertainer” he claims to be. He is more Josef Goebbels than George Goebel. This attack helps legitimize Limbaugh as a member of the public commentariat, as does the WSJ by running his columns. He should be ostracized as the pariah he truly is. Shame on the White House and shame on you.
(end of comment)
Listening to Limbaugh recently, he has suddenly become all sweetness and light, while still continuing his lies and distortions. I argued against going after Limbaugh, but who listens to me? This wasn’t just a misfire, it has backfired!
Update: My comment did in fact appear on the WSJ Forum
Tags: politics, Limbaugh, entertainer, White House, Rove, WSJ, George Goebel, Josef Goebbels, “the big lie”, distortions, hate-mongering, commentariat, ostracize, pariah
This entry was posted on March 12, 2009 at 12:12 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.