Why Is RUSH LIMBAUGH So Angry At OBAMA?

You'd think the historic events of Jan. 20, 2009 would be celebrated not only by the entire civilized world, the 65 million people who voted for the country's first Black-American President, but indeed, all of the members of the biggest radio/TV mini-industry in the nation: the right-wing, media 'echo machine orchestrated by none other than it's King, Rush Limbaugh.

After all, the election of Barack Obama provides Mr. Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, and all the others, four more years of free, uninterupted programming. Why then is Limbaugh so angry?

He and Hannity, and the other Foxites, like Bill O'Reilly and John Gibson, Bernard Goldberg, and her majesty, Ann Coulter have built a virtual industry of going after Bill Clinton, and during the last Bush administration, all of that audio-visual vitriol took somewhat of a sabbatical.

Oh sure, there was Hillary Clinton, but how much commotion does a relatively timid, obscure Senator from NY provide for the Murdoch screamers during the night? Not much.

So, I think secretly Rush and the gang are positively giddy. I think Rush's moody assertions to Hannity on his Fox News show, and subsequent statement that Obama was more "scared" of him, (Limbaugh) then he was of the GOP leadership in Congress, was more of some bait to the new administration.

I can almost imagine that the echo machine has hired many more staffers, news gatherers, gofers, to begin loafing around Chicago and Washington, scouring the internet, seizing every bit of Obama material, however obscure, to begin advancing future shows. It's a virtual party at News Corporation and the EIB network.

And I haven't even mentioned Joe Biden.

Just think: had John McCain won, what was Rush to do? Another hour of illegal immigration policy? Yawn. POW's in the White House? Even the "ditto-heads" would turn that off after ten minutes. And Sarah Palin? Good for the heartland and no doubt a blessing for the GOP cash machine for 2012, but how much more compelling can she be on another "Greta wire?"

President Obama's first TV interview was granted to a Dubai-based national TV network. That alone should be enough material for a week worth of Hannity; hours for Rush, and a virtual month for Fred Barnes and the "Beltway Boys".

Locally, KSFO Radio, 560 AM, "hot-talk" has the "Lee Rodgers Show" from 5 to 9 AM and Rodgers and his co-partner, "Officer Vic", (John Benner) have never met a Democrat they didn't like, and have been cranky, 24/7, before, during, and after, the election, so it figures that, they also are quite delirious that the new Obama regime provides them new, fresh gusto for at least the next four years.

Rich Lieberman
The Rich Lieberman Report