Rush Limbaugh the Rev Wright of the GOP
Everyone in the GOP is still all a twitter about the latest WH attacks on Limbaugh.
It is not a new strategy though, it is exactly the game that the GOP attempted to play during the campaign with their endless Rev Wright and Ward Churchill fantasies.
The difference is that Democrats really don't have a problem criticizing Wright, or Churchill or even Michael Moore while the Republicans dare not speak against Rush. By some measures of power, that makes Rush their leader.
In practice I would suggest that Grover Norquist and Larry Kudlow are probably a bigger influence on policy. But its the same mechanism - anyone who refuses to kiss the ring faces a real risk of a primary challenge.
It is not a new strategy though, it is exactly the game that the GOP attempted to play during the campaign with their endless Rev Wright and Ward Churchill fantasies.
The difference is that Democrats really don't have a problem criticizing Wright, or Churchill or even Michael Moore while the Republicans dare not speak against Rush. By some measures of power, that makes Rush their leader.
In practice I would suggest that Grover Norquist and Larry Kudlow are probably a bigger influence on policy. But its the same mechanism - anyone who refuses to kiss the ring faces a real risk of a primary challenge.
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Please stop comparing Rev. Wright to Rush Limbaugh. They are not cut from the same cloth.
You can compare Rush to Hitler or Charles Manson. To Pol Pot or Idi Amin.
But to Rev. Wright, please no. Wright's words were taken out context, Rush cannot make that claim as he allows no editing or 'censorship" of his message. Rush makes millions with is bloviating. That is not the business of Rev. Wright. Rush has done nothing to help his community, other than support his local drug dealers.
Say whatever hateful things you want about Rush, but Rev. Wright is not comparable to that vile parasite.
March 7, 2009 9:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
I agree. Rev. Wright is no Rush Limbaugh. Listen to his full sermon instead of the news sound bite. It's a misplaced comparison.
March 7, 2009 11:39 PM | Reply | Permalink