Obama: Quit Listening to Rush Limbaugh if You Want to Get Things Done
  • Obama warned Republicans to quit listening to Limbaugh if they want to get along with Democrats, during a White House discussion on his nearly $1 trillion stimulus package.

    "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done," he told top GOP leaders, whom he had invited to the White House to discuss his nearly $1 trillion stimulus package.

    One White House official confirmed the comment but said he was simply trying to make a larger point about bipartisan efforts.

    "There are big things that unify Republicans and Democrats," the official said. "We shouldn't let partisan politics derail what are very important things that need to get done."

    That wasn't Obama's only jab at Republicans today.

    While discussing the stimulus package with top lawmakers in the White House's Roosevelt Room, President Obama shot down a critic with a simple message.

    "I won," he said, according to aides who were briefed on the meeting. "I will trump you on that."

    The response was to the objection by Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) to the president's proposal to increase benefits for low-income workers who don't owe federal income taxes.


I think the Limbaugh comment was probably just a little "red meat" for his liberal base. Attacking Rush is the kind of thing that makes rabid left partisans swoon. And I'm willing to accept his spokesperson's assertion that it was meant as a call for "bipartisanship."

However, I think that the "bipartisanship" he wants is simply "do things my way," as evidenced by his comments to the Congressman who objected to Obama's tax rebate proposal.

In addition, when you add in his continuing annoyance when asked questions from the White House Press Corps (a press corps that was SAVAGE to Bush and his spokespeople for eight years straight) you start to see a thin-skinned and, apparently, a rather childish persona

This could turn out to be a very dangerous combination. Especially when you add it to the crazed quasi-fascist movement and thugs in his thrall.