The conservative talk show hosts will give President Elect Obama the same chance that a card shark with a marked deck extends to a rich, but dumb “mark.”
Obviously, all human endeavours are flawed to some extent. Therefore if Obama does well, the Rush crowd will denigrate his accomplishments and point out the flaws and stress that things could be better and imply that if Repbulicans were running the show; they would be better.
If things don’t go well and Obama fails to avert an economic catastrophy, well then the conservative talk show hosts will play the Ann Coulter freedom of speech card and say: “What did you expect from a democrat.” If they really want to play dirty they can even imply (or say it flat out): “What else could you expect from a person of color?”
The conservatives have it made for the time being. They can stress the negative, ignore the Obama accomplishments, and harangue the listeners about how things would be much better if the Republicans had remained in control.
The liberal pundits will have to defend against all the lies, innuendo, and spin and stress the positive. If Obama gives every tax payer a new Ford car, the conservative commentators can just say: “Why not a Rolls?” If the world experiences a new Great Depression, Rush and Bill & Co. will be relentless in their efforts to condemn him for incompetence and failure.
If Alaska’s Senator has to resign can Governor Palin name herself to replace him in the Senate?
For Democrats dealing with Republican sin spin and grin attitude will always be a Sisyphus type task.
For the Republican bankrolled commentators it ain’t over until the fat lady sings and they will gleefully inform you: she just died.
For Democrats it will always be a case of an eternal Rush (and Bill).
Bob, Rupert Murdoch’s stock is dropping — literally — and he’s laying off News Corp. employees; right-wing media in general is losing its audience — look at Keith Olbermann prevailing in the ratings over Bill O’Reilly recently — and preaching to a dwindling choir; add to that the the increasingly delusional pronouncements by media wingnuts, like this one from last Thursday:
“The Obama recession is in full swing, ladies and gentlemen — stocks are dying, which is a precursor of things to come. This is an Obama recession. Might turn into a depression.”
– Rush Limbaugh on Nov. 6, 2008, apparently forgetting that Obama doesn’t officially take office until Jan. 20, 2009. http://mediamatters.org/altercation/200811100008#4
This delerious nonsense came straight from the Clown King of right-wing talk radio.
We are in the midst of a shift in national politics and culture to the left and the neocons are as behind the times as a dial phone and they have lost all credibility, even with some of their fans. They are, thankfully, returning to the fringe where they belong.
Comment by RS Janes — November 10, 2008 @ 7:59 pm
This link off Bart’s page was the funniest thing I’ve seen in months: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127130/posts
According to them, Murdoch’s a liberal and closet Democrat along with 80% of Fox News.
Comment by bittershaman2 — November 11, 2008 @ 12:03 am
That is hilarious, Bittershaman2. What will they do if they cut Murdoch loose? (Back to cross-burning as a hobby, I guess.)
Do they really think Sarah Palin has a chance in 2012? Apparently it hasn’t sunk in that she was cited by a good number of moderate voters as the reason they didn’t vote for McCain.
Comment by RS Janes — November 11, 2008 @ 7:50 am