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Fox News Runs With GOP Talking Point That White House Is Focusing On Limbaugh To Distract From The Economy

Yesterday, Politico reported on an alleged “strategy” to paint hate radio talker Rush Limbaugh as the face of the GOP, and claimed that it was “hatched” by Democratic strategists and is “being guided in part from inside the White House.” From there, Greg Sargent detected a “new media meme” that the White House “is entirely to blame for the Rush Limbaugh story getting so much media attention and turning into a media circus.”
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But also, this media “meme” ignores the more important point that Limbaugh himself started the “diversion” when he said he hopes Obama fails. From then on, Republicans of all stripes have either criticized (and then apologized to) Limbaugh, praised him, debated his role in the Party, and elevated him by giving him the keynote speaker slot at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference, where, once again, he reiterated his desire for Obama to fail.

(Think Progress)

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So, somehow, the WH has the power to make rush say absurd, anti-American statements and then make repugs either agree or disagree with - and then apologize to - rush, have CPAC make rush their keynote speaker (and then make rush say more inflammatory statements) and have all of the media outlets reports on these events!

Whew! That's some power there!

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The White House's secret strategy to destroy Rush Limbaugh. So secret that no one told any of us.

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