Ari Fleischer has been making the cable rounds (Mornin' Joe just this a.m.) the last couple of days, promoting the theory -- with a straight face and somber tone, I might add -- that the leader of the free world has hatched a dastardly plot to destroy the Republican party by sparking up a fight between all other Republicans and Rush Limbaugh for the heart and soul  of the party.

According to Ari, who pulls quotes from President's inaugural to prove his point, Barack Obama has failed, failed in promise to be a "new" kind of positive politician because James Carville and Paul Begala and Stan Greenburg took a poll, found out people -- especially people who are not conservative Republicans -- ab-so-lute-ly hate Rush Limbaugh and decided to exploit it. On the basis of a daily phone  call between the president's chief of staff and the three "mouth-keteers", Ari has come to the concrete conclusion that this bears the hand of none other than the President himself going all "Manchurian candidate." 

Ari, his poor back hunched over as far as he can bend for Rush, his face straining to remain composed,....

Okay, I can't even carry on with this bullsh(t...

Note to Ari: If you're going to keep this up, you're gonna wanna buy some lube, man.