War of Words

" That segment tonight is becoming clear that the Obama White House is positioning radio dial Rush Limbaugh as a stalwart inside the Republican Party. Over the weekend Obama's chief of staff Rahm Emanuel went down that road and mr. Limbaugh reply. And it's not our desire that the Republicans would work with us in trying to be constructive rather than. Adopt the philosophy of somebody like rush -- who's praying for failure."

" What what is so strange about being honest in saying I want Barack Obama to feel if his mission. Is to restructure. And reform this country so that capitalism and individual liberty are not its foundation."

" But joining us now from Miami boxes out Bernie go over and author of the big best seller a slobbering love affair. I'm not exactly sure what the Obama White House strategy is here is clear to me that Rahm Emanuel -- lot of Powell. And he goes on a Sunday show and says is an elevates mr. Limbaugh. To a very very high position within the Republican Party what do you think he's doing."

" You know let me throughout my experience on why. If they could make Rush Limbaugh on the voice of the Republican Party he is the voice the leader of the Republican Party. And then run a sound bite that only says I hope he failed with out. Giving Russia's explanation. For what he meant by that and it's -- that fox just ran. The entire sound -- where he explained what he meant by that. Then all they have to do is running ads that say Rush Limbaugh is the voice of the party and then they pop in the sound bite that says I'm hoping sales. And not savvy. People not people who are listening to us now. But though the vast majority of the American people who are not politically savvy say oh yeah. -- Rush Limbaugh those Republicans want the president to fail I don't like but I think it's a strategy that may work."

" This is usually done by surrogates to see they usually go to NBC news and and kicked him overtake you know what you do this and indeed in the beginning. In the beginning after mr. Limbaugh made his comments about success and failure of the bomb demonstration that's the way it was played. They kicked out to their newspaper columnist a reliable people who in all will print what the Democratic Party wants them to they kicked it over to MSNBC these people and air America on a radio and they said okay. Demonize this guy but now it's inside the White House now to the chief of staff level. So on Santa myself. There's got to be more than Rush Limbaugh involved here man very popular on -- radio but he's not. To the level of say a John McCain or somebody within the Mitch McConnell senator. He's not at that level so are they trying to -- or -- they try to divert attention away this is what I think it may be. The economy is so bad and so shaky and and the Obama vision. As has not war -- at all zero now again it's only been six weeks but it isn't work. I think they're trying to I think get a culture war our goal in here to divert attention you know start a little fire get that on there. And get out of the economic ground."

" Yes I think first of all I disagree I think rush is bigger than Mitch McConnell. And John McCain not a -- that though if he's bigger within the Republican Party are you saying because pity that -- public policy. No I mean these bigger in that most conservatives don't have any use for Republicans anymore they have sold out. They are the reason. Conservatives are Republicans are behind the eight ball now because Republicans sold out and every conservative listening to us right now. Knows I'm right do you think 1 do you know they'll vote to bill but. I don't I don't think rush is the target I don't think Russia is the target I think that target is if you make -- the leader of the party. And then you you -- Moderates are going to say well I don't especially like rush I mean conservatives. We look brush but moderates are going to say I don't I don't like rush and what they're going to do is they're going to minimize the Republican."

" Owners and they always dividing god church split off the right from the modern art at that agency now do you believe that Rama Manuel. And the other imprisoned Obama and the other guys in the White House. See Limbaugh as a threat. -- little -- from the jump has been anti Obama. So is he if the rest to them or they just using him as day Pena got."

" He he may be a threat and it's not -- not argument it's if you could create if you could make Rush Limbaugh. The spokesman for the Republican Party. They know that Limbaugh and and -- knows this he's he's a polarizing figure either local or if NATO. And they figure there are enough people out there who are not politically savvy again. It's not the people who watching us now who are going to buy this argument and they're going to turn. Turn on rush and by proxy turn on the Republican podcast one quick question is a magazine new republic left wing magazine. And they say Bernie Goldberg is ruining the country right. They say Fox News. And and and even liberal critics. Are creating a crisis of confidence. In the crisis of authority. In the mainstream media and that's why newspapers are going under Michael knew you had a much pass it. No exactly exactly and if I have that much power they they did have gone under along time ago at a -- here's the thing on the list on the last page of my book. On the last page I predicted exactly this would happen. Instead of taking the blame and saying. We're the reason we don't have credibility we the media they're gonna blame their critics. And nobody is going to buy it everything the media has no authority is because in the media not because you and not because in the bank has."