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Rush Invites President Obama to Debate! Transcript (Rush 24/7 Members:  Listen) » Politico: Rush Job: Inside Democrats' Limbaugh Plan » DCCC Launches New Anti-Rush Site » Union Thugs: Dems Air Another Anti-Rush TV Ad   Reporters Fail to Ask Gibbs About Rahm Emanuel's White House Anti-Rush Operation The media freaked out about Nixon's enemies list, but they applaud Obama's. Don't be fooled because Emanuel was a ballerina, or by his flunkies Carville, Begala, and Stephanopoulos. Emanuel has the instincts of a ferel rat protecting its young. (Rush 24/7 Members:  Listen)   "You're a smart guy, Mr. President.  You've debated the best. You are one of the most gifted public speakers of our age.  I would think you would jump at this opportunity. I'm offering the biggest audience in radio to a Democrat who happens to be President of the United States for fairness and balance -- all without needing the Fairness Doctrine or government mandates."  -Rush Limbaugh   Scared Liberals Flood the Phone Lines. (Rush 24/7 Members:  Listen)

(((( Imagine, Rush Boss (what Keith Olbermann calls Limbaugh) calling my cousin a ballerina and a feral, effeminate rat, yes, my cousin rahm emanuel, for  protecting his youngin',  our president, POTUS OBAMA....Oh, must get this transcript...(SEE ABOVE)now the GRANDE POOH BAH LIMBAUGH BOSS TWEEDE 2009 WANTS HIM ON HIS SHOW sans tele-prompter cue cards notepad....ah, the same sell of dead newsprint....(((( oh, yeah EIB=1 will even pick POTUS 44 up, babe!)))

(((of course, rahm emanuel will go on....but not Mr. Obama. Obama has BIGGER things than to see the main Entertainer, The Chairman of the Board of the Republican Party (LIKE, LIKE SINATRA! ) But El Rushbo will settle for Biden or even Robert Rubin to go on his big show - Golly, I love that show!))))

(((( you see, el rush bo is upset over Politico's L E A K....see twitter and this! this! )))))

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/18194.html )))))))

Americans United for Change, a liberal group, will begin airing radio ads in three states Obama won, with a tough question aimed at the GOP senators there: Will you side with Obama or Rush Limbaugh

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Cummings is simply taking the stalest 

I reckon Cousin Rahm is saying "Keep your friends close, but keep your "Limbaughs" closer (mmmmhmmmm!)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/01/rahm-on-rush-hes-the-voic_n_170854.html

and yes, kids, the LIBS were at C P A C, too. Rush Limbaugh was QUITE the showstopper! Like, like ETHEL MERMAN playing Perle Mesta! He brought the house down! But I digress, or...do I?*

Rahm On Rush: He's The Voice, Energy And Intellect Of The GOP

By Sam Stein

(Cousin) Rahm Emanuel, C O S

Not missing any opportunity to make Rush Limbaugh the figurehead of the GOP, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel called the brash talk show host the "voice and the intellectual force and energy behind the Republican Party" on Sunday.

Appearing on CBS's Face The Nation, Emanuel brought up Limbaugh without being prompted. Applauding the conservative radio personality for being upfront in his desire to see the president fail, Emanuel went to great lengths to make the case that Limbaugh, more than any other contemporary figure, is the leader of the GOP.

SCHIEFFER: We talked about Newt Gingrich a lot this morning and now you bring up Rush Limbaugh. Who do you think now speaks for the Republican Party?

EMANUEL: You just named him: it is Rush Limbaugh. He has laid out his vision, in my view. And he said it clearly. I compliment him for that. He's been very up front and I compliment him for that. He's not hiding. He's asked for President Obama and called for President Obama to fail. That's his view. And that's what he has enunciated. And whenever a Republican criticizes him, they have to run back and apologize to him and say they were misunderstood. He is the voice and the intellectual force and energy behind the Republican Party. He has been up front about what he views and hasn't stepped back from that, which is he hopes for failure. He said it and I compliment him for his honesty. But that's their philosophy that is enunciated by Rush Limbaugh and I think that's the wrong philosophy for America...

SCHIEFFER: Do you think that he's that important that other Republicans are paying that much attention to him?

EMANUEL: Well, he was given the keynote basically at the [CPAC conference] to speak. When a Republican did attack him he clearly had a turn-around and comeback and basically said that he apologized and was wrong. I think do think he's an intellectual force, which is why the Republicans pay such attention to him.

While Emanuel seemed eager to paint Limbaugh as the head of the GOP, some Republicans were growing anxious. Appearing on Meet the Press, veteran strategist Mike Murphy -- no stranger to trying to drag his party away from certain ideologically-fervent posts -- warned that the ascendancy of the talk shot host to the top ranks of the GOP could result in a "permanent minority status."

"The country is changing. Ronald Reagan won in 1980 with 51% of the vote. We all worship Ronald Reagan. But if that election had been held with the current demographics in America today, Ronald Reagan would have gotten 47 percent of the vote. The math is changing. Anglo vote is 74 percent now not 89. And if we don't modernize conservatism, we are going to have a party of 25 percent of the vote going to Limbaugh rallies, joining every applause line, ripping the furniture up, we're going to be in permanent minority status.

Meanwhile, appearing on ABC's This Week, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor pushed back against Limbaugh about as hard as any elected GOP official to this point. Asked if House Republicans, like Limbaugh, were hoping for the president to fail, the Virginia Republican replied:

"Absolutely not... And I don't -- I don't think anyone wants anything to fail right now. We have such challenges. What we need to do is we need to put forth solutions to the problems that real families are facing today."

Emanuel, Cantor and Murphy's remarks came a day after Limbaugh, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, reiterated his hope that Obama fail as a president - on policy not personal grounds. His address, which went over 80-minutes in length, was received enthusiastically by the crowd, which peppered him with standing applause.

((( a standing 0! )))

*Read more from Huffington Post bloggers:

Taylor Marsh: Rush's Ramblings at CPAC But I'm really at a loss of what to make of Rush's performance on the whole. It was a rambling, sometimes incoherent, self-indulgent mess.

 
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"Cousin" Rahm Emanuel, having a good time!

Incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel gestures prior to the inauguration ceremony of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, in Washington, January 20, 2009.

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My Cousin, Rahm Emanuel

HighVizPR + Promotion = the new journalism. Politics = Show Biz! News is entertainment?: My Cousin, Rahm Emanuel

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http://bluecatapult.com/busansky.htm

Yes, he is my cousin! Um...thrice-removed, right, Dan?

Wait a second -- It is a long line!

  

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We know Blago will fight to his last breath, but what are the consequences for Mr. Obama's new Chief of Staff Emanuel?

Senate-for-sale case threatens new chief of staff 

Friendly rapport with Blagojevich may be troubling liability for Emanuel

Blago: 'I will fight… I will fight…'

updated 24 minutes ago

CHICAGO - Gov. Rod Blagojevich is legendary in Illinois political circles for not picking up the phone or returning calls, even from important figures like the state's senior senator, Dick Durbin.

But there was always one call Blagojevich regularly took, say his aides, and that was from Rahm Emanuel — his congressman, his one-time campaign adviser and, more recently — and troubling for Emanuel — one of his contacts with President-elect Barack Obama's transition staff.

The friendly rapport Blagojevich and Emanuel shared over the years has suddenly become a troubling liability for Emanuel and the new president he will serve as chief of staff.

Emanuel and Obama have remained silent about what, if anything, Emanuel knew of the governor's alleged efforts to peddle Obama's vacant Senate seat to the highest bidder.

Emanuel did contact the governor's office about the appointment, and left Blagojevich with the impression that he was pushing Valerie Jarrett, a close Obama friend, so he wouldn't have to compete with her in the White House for Obama's attention, said a person close to Blagojevich. The person was not authorized to talk about the governor's discussions regarding the vacancy and requested anonymity.

It was not clear whether Blagojevich inferred Emanuel's motive for advocating Jarrett, or whether Emanuel discussed the appointment with Blagojevich directly or with John Harris, the governor's then-chief of staff who also is charged in the case, according to the source.

Emanuel's refusal to discuss the matter publicly, and the few comments offered by Obama to date, have prompted questions about Emanuel's ties to Blagojevich and what fallout he'll face as the criminal case unfolds, although sources have said he is not a target of prosecutors. Even so, any hint of scandal for Emanuel threatens to tarnish Obama's promise of new political leadership free of scandal and corruption.

Taped conversations
Obama has said he will release a full accounting of his transition staff's interaction with Blagojevich and his aides over his Senate replacement once he receives the OK from prosecutors sometime this week. Until then, Obama has said it would be inappropriate for him or his aides to comment further.

Prosecutors refer in the 76-page complaint to the governor's discussions on FBI tapes about a "president-elect advisor," believed to be Emanuel, but they do not specifically cite contacts with Emanuel or anyone on Obama's transition staff.

Instead, the taped conversations reveal Blagojevich telling others to float his idea by the president's adviser of forming a nonprofit that he hoped would, with Obama's help, receive millions of dollars that the governor could tap later.

Blagojevich said he didn't want the idea associated directly in conversations about the Senate appointment or filling Emanuel's seat in the House, according to the complaint. However, Blagojevich is quoted as saying "I want it to be in his head" for later discussions about Emanuel's successor.

It was Blagojevich who, seemingly out of nowhere, yanked Emanuel into his scandal when answering reporters' questions the day before his Dec. 9 arrest, invoking his name in an apparent attempt to shrug off any perception of wrongdoing.

He said he wasn't concerned about a report in the Chicago Tribune that confidant and former aide John Wyma's cooperation had helped lead federal prosecutors to tape the governor's conversations.

Senate seat only part of case against Blagojevich

Big deal, Blagojevich said. He said he's "always lawful" whenever he speaks, and he was confident Wyma has been "an honest person who's conducted himself in an honest way. That's the John Wyma I know and it's the John Wyma that Rahm Emanuel knows and a lot of other people know."

Blagojevich is right. Wyma does have ties to both him and Emanuel, those close to both have said. And Wyma's clients contributed to both — more than $100,000 to Emanuel's campaigns and causes, and more than $445,000 to Blagojevich's, according to campaign finance records reviewed by The Associated Press.

Wyma and his attorney, Zachary Fardon, did not respond to interview requests.

Emanuel's defenders say he is hardly an ally of Blagojevich.

"They were in different worlds personally and politically," said Peter Giangreco, a political consultant on Blagojevich's 1996 congressional campaign and his two gubernatorial races. "They only dealt with each other because they occupied the same political geography."

Emanuel's effort to promote Jarrett or anyone else for Obama's vacant Senate seat was more a part of his new job description and less a reflection of close ties, Emanuel's supporters have said.

But there was more to their relationship than a polite acquaintance.

CONTINUED : Two share political past, rooted in Chicago

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So, (you e-mailed me), How is Mr. Obama's Presidential Cabinet shaping up?

....let's us go back in time.

...way back!

and listen to Ernie Kovaks, Jack Lemmon and Edie Adams (Mrs. K.) as 

THE 

NAIROBI

TRIO

!

My favorite Prez (F D R) returns with the NEW NEW DEAL! Hooray! GREAT TIME MAG COVER!

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt has been reincarnated as Barack Hussein Obama!
  

• John McCain will become the head of D H S! / or part of the new "Brain Trust"*

WAIT!  There's more!

• Doris Kearns Goodwin will become oh-fficial WHO EOP historian!
  

• The Chicago Mafia will make sure that ALL hot dogs will be Vienna, boiled,with hot peppers, celery salt, tomato, sweet relish, yellow mustard, pickles and red onions (must be red!) and on a steamed seeded bun! OR they will answer to (my cousin) Rahmbo Emanuel, who may be a new Harry Hopkins
  

and Rush Limbaugh, who has been losing his voice on the air today, will be SILENCED.

Ah, so.......

fair-ness = doc--trine?

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ps: I have not framed a time cover since the late mr. s. (Sinatra) in 1998

* *   FDR's Brain(s) Trust

The New Deal witnessed an increased role for intellectuals in government. The Brains Trust, a term coined by James Kieran, a New York Times reporter, refers to the group of academic advisers that FDR gathered to assist him during the 1932 presidential campaign. Initially, the term applied to three Columbia University professors: Raymond Moley, Rexford Guy Tugwell, and Adolph A. Berle, Jr. Within a few months, Basil ("Doc") O'Connor, Samuel I. Rosenman, and Hugh Johnson would join the group. These men would quickly help FDR develop an economic plan whose programs became the backbone of the New Deal: regulation of bank and stock activity, large scale relief and public works programs for people living in both urban and rural areas.

Moley, a professor of government and law who recruited the group, argued that a regressive tax (a flat tax all citizens pay: sales taxes, a flat tax on specific amount of salary, etc.) was the only way to rebuild the economy. Tugwell shaped much of the administration's agricultural policy, believing that the key to easing some of the depression's hardships lay in the ability of the federal government to address the growing imbalance between wages and prices. However, Berle rejected the idea of a planned economy per se, but suggested a "new economic constitutional order," that would include a larger federal role in the balancing of the economy.

In their first one hundred days in office, the Brains Trust helped Roosevelt enact fifteen major laws. One of the most important initiatives was the Banking Act of 1933, which put an end to the banking panic. After the Brains Trust defended its reform recovery program in 1933, it disbanded to make room for other advisers and lawyers capable of legislative draftsmanship.

For more information of the Brains Trust, visit the following web sites:

• "The New Deal Years" in Franklin Delano Roosevelt: President of the Century on the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute website

Copyright © 2003. The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers. All rights reserved.