Top Dems Planning Amped Up Efforts To Elevate Rush As GOP’s Public Face

[babylonsister]

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Top Dems Planning Amped Up Efforts To Elevate Rush As GOP’s Public Face


Top Democratic operatives are planning a stepped up campaign to promote Rush Limbaugh as the public face of the GOP — an effort that will include recruiting Dem governors to make this case on talk shows, getting elected officials to pen Op eds arguing it, and running more ads pushing it, a senior Democratic operative says.

Key leadership staff in the House and Senate, and in all the political committees, have been encouraged by senior Dem operatives to push this message wherever possible, the operative says.

“I’m encouraging everybody to go out and say this,” Paul Begala, the well-known Dem strategist, just told me by phone. “I’m hot for this. Let’s get this out every way we can.”

Begala is emerging as a major cheerleader and public face for this effort, though he says he’s not formally directing it. He described the effort as “organic” right now, though senior Democrats are discussing ways to formalize it.

Another sign that Dems will be amping up efforts to stamp Rush’s face on the GOP is the fact that Brad Woodhouse, a major proponent of this strategy, will soon take over as communications director at the Democratic National Committee. Woodhouse’s current group, Americans United for Change, just launched a new ad pressing the Rush-owns-the-GOP message.

“I’m encouraging every Democrat, every progressive, to be pointing out this powerful but painful truth: The party of Lincoln is now the Party of Limbaugh,” Begala continued. “We should make every Republican answer this: Why do they want our president to fail?”

Begala’s partner on CNN, James Carville, who first articulated the Rush message in early February, is also pushing Dems to blare this message, he confirms. “He is the embodiment of the Republican party, circa 2009,” Carville said.

[gratuitous]

1. Let the Republicans disavow Limbaugh

If they dare.

[NeedleCast]

2. Brilliant

Hang that load-stone over every Republican running in 2010.

[rvablue]

3. "The party of Lincoln is now the Party of Limbaugh" is a fantastic meme

I just hope some can get over their negative perceptions of Begala to use it.

It is short and clear and true.

We need to chant this to EVERYONE in our lives!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. I suspect you meant to say

The party of Lincoln is now the party of Limbaugh...

[rvablue]

11. Thanks, Peggy!

Now that is one EMBARASSING typo! :blush:

edit to say: Phew! Made it in time to change it!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. No worries!

Glad I could help!

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. The Party of Lincoln is now the Party of Limbaugh...

And how the mighty are fallen...

The answer to the question is obvious: They want Obama to fail so they can blame him for not succeeding...

So they can point out how they will lead the country back to prosperity...as if!

K&R

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

5. Carville and Begala - finally starting to act like the geniuses they thought they were 10 years ago.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. Why do you want our President to fail?

Don't you love your country?

[Ikonoklast]

7. Drive that wedge.

Force them to either publicly defend Pillboy, or split from him. Piss off his followers, foster the coming schism in the ranks between the 'true believers' and the political realists.

I see large amounts of win in this strategy.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

8. Tie that smug, bloated, drug-addled sack of gorilla shit

to the Repig brand at every POSSIBLE opportunity. As loudly as it can be yelled.

[City Lights]

10. Let the coordinated effort begin, Dems!

I love this! Let rush limpbaugh be the anvil tied around the ankle of the GOP. :thumbsup:

[OhioChick]

13. K&R

:kick:

[nichomachus]

14. It's an awesome party

A drug addict radio buffoon is the party leader.

Their two brightest lights are a witch hunter from Alaska and a do-it-yourself exorcist from Louisiana who blew his maiden speech so bad even the wingnuts couldn't swallow it, and the best thing anyone could say is that he sounds just like Kenneth the Page.

Their last presidential candidate is running around Washington and shaking his cane at pigeons thinking they're helicopters.

GOP governors tried a grandstand play to refuse the stimulus money and now their unemployed constituents are pissed at them.

The most recent ex-president, who in fact should be the party leader, can't find anyone to offer him a speaking engagement or a book deal.

You've got to love it.

[GiveMeFreedom]

15. I love it!! The repugs are drinking the koolaid n/t

[LanternWaste]

16. "The party of Lincoln is now the Party of Limbaugh"

Fantastic! This is as though we were holding a carnival mirror in front of them for the world to see, but in this case the absurd reflection is accurate.

Say it loud and say it proud, "The party of Lincoln is now the Party of Limbaugh!"

[creeksneakers2]

17. Fantastic strategy!

Then when the GOP is tied to Limbaugh, start pointing out lies and frauds that are spread by him. Ask Republicans if they think Democrats hate God and want to destroy America. Make them eat the garbage that they serve up.