{"id":15451,"date":"2012-06-11T16:12:22","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T16:12:22","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-06-11T16:12:22","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T16:12:22","slug":"after_obama_screws_up_mark_halperin_wants_a_truce_on_gaffes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/06\/11\/after_obama_screws_up_mark_halperin_wants_a_truce_on_gaffes\/","title":{"rendered":"After Obama Screws Up, Mark Halperin Wants a Truce on “Gaffes”"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: I\u2019ll tell you what, folks, the White House hasn\u2019t had this much leaking since Billy Carter “watered” the Rose Garden. Remember those days? Down came the zipper, and zammo. Anywhere, it didn\u2019t matter, but the Rose Garden was a favorite target. He-he-he-he-he-he-he-he. <\/p>\n

We are happy to have you along with us, my friends, here at the beginning of a brand-new busy week of broadcast excellence. El Rushbo behind the Golden EIB Microphone. The phone number is 800-282-2882, and the e-mail address, ElRushbo@eibnet.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n

You know, whenever the Democrats screw up, whenever Obama screws up, whenever a Democrat president screws up, it\u2019s always time for a truce. And the offering for a truce comes today from Mark Halperin, our old buddy at TIME Magazine in a short little blurb entitled, “Stop the Gaffe Patrol.” Here\u2019s what he says. “The President doesn\u00c2\u2019t think the economy is ‘doing fine.'” By the way, on that, you know, I live in Realville. I parse words. Obama did not correct himself on Friday. He went out there on Friday to a presser and said, “The private sector is doing fine.” In the afternoon, he went out, ostensibly to correct himself, and said, “The economy isn\u2019t doing fine, that\u2019s why I went out there.” He did not say the private sector isn\u2019t doing fine<\/a>; he said the economy. He did not correct himself. He didn\u2019t say one thing different, but he made everybody think that he did. <\/p>\n

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So, anyway, Halperin writes: “The President doesn\u00c2\u2019t think the economy is ‘doing fine.\u2019 Mitt Romney doesn\u00c2\u2019t oppose firefighters, police, or teachers.” Do you believe that? Here\u2019s Axelrod on television yesterday, and Obama, too, all these Democrats: “The problem in our private sector is we don\u2019t have enough cops. We don\u2019t have enough teachers. We don\u2019t have enough firefighters.” That\u2019s the private sector to them. Now, those are municipal employees, and nothing against them, but that\u2019s not private sector stuff. Those are municipal employees, and many of them are unionized, which is the key. At any rate, so Obama\u2019s being hurt by all that. There are stories about Obama\u2019s week last week being the week that he lost the election. The Democrats are all over the place writing that. The Democrats are all over the place worrying about that. <\/p>\n

So here comes Halperin to the rescue. “The President doesn\u00c2\u2019t think the economy is ‘doing fine.\u2019 Mitt Romney doesn\u00c2\u2019t oppose firefighters, police, or teachers. Yes, there are legitimate questions about the President\u00c2\u2019s understanding of how the private sector operates. And, yes, Governor Romney supports less federal aid to states and localities for such jobs than the Democrats do. But shame on the media for starting the week perpetuating the self-fulfilling prophecy that Friday\u00c2\u2019s gaffes will be a big deal in the election by continuing to pump them. These gaffes will matter because we say they do.”<\/p>\n

What gaffes? I thought the gaffe was Obama\u2019s. Did Romney commit a gaffe? Romney didn\u2019t commit a gaffe. So, anyway, Halperin says: “How can the press ever criticize politicians for trivializing our politics when we focus on statements that have little to do with the candidates actual views or their proposals for the future?” Mark, when the president of the United States goes out there and says the private sector\u2019s fine, or the economy\u2019s fine, whatever, it is substantively relevant. It\u2019s not trivial. The president of the United States I don\u2019t think has a concept of the private sector if he thinks that adding police officers and firefighters and teachers to it is the way you build it. It\u2019s highly relevant and I think Halperin knows this, and that\u2019s why he\u2019s offering the truce. When their guy starts getting creamed it\u2019s time to offer the truce.<\/p>\n

And so here\u2019s Halperin: “How can the press ever criticize politicians for trivializing our politics when we focus on statements that have little to do with the candidates actual views or their proposals for the future? But also: shame on both campaigns for saying, in effect, the other guy\u00c2\u2019s gaffe matters but our guy just had some bad phrasing which should be ignored.” I just love it. The Democrat screws up, always time for a truce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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