PUBLIC ENEMY #1

A friend asked me today why everybody’s so pissed at Rush Limbaugh.     His greater question was “why are the Democrats and the press attacking him?   What did he do?”

Well, it’s important to first recognize that the Democrats and the press are the same thing – or as is classically referred to as a ‘distinction without a difference’.   To the point though, it is a very good question with a number of possible answers.

The first thing you have to do is recognize that this is politics, at least for the politicians.   There’s only one reason a politician would give anybody or anything any attention at all…for political gain.   So given that fact the real question is “what is the political gain the President is seeking by attacking a private citizen?”

He obviously thinks Mr. Limbaugh is a threat to him or his plans.    Limbaugh’s on to him, or on to something.   The criticism of Rush has largely been ad hominum based on comments taken out of context.   No surprise there.   That’s really all you need to know to be sufficiently suspicious that President Obama isn’t the ‘new’ agent of “change” in the attitude and character of government.

If you are brave enough to listen to the Limbaugh radio program, you’ll hear him assert that the bail-out is a purposeful tanking of our economy.   It makes perfect sense if you believe that Obama and his ilk are willing to let or make things get so bad they can ride in on their big government white horse and save the day.   Everything about the stimulus plan defies every predictable precept of economics.   Everything about it makes no sense. For someone as smart as the president to suggest that bottom up stimulus actually grows an economy staggers the mind.    It makes so little sense that I can’t help but agree with Rush’s assessment.

Think about it, if you wanted to “change the face of America” how would you do it?