Rush

Today Rush asked a caller if his life is better now than when Obama took office (about 70 days ago). Caller said Obama's been meeting with people who are doing better off, so probably things are better (not a good answer - but that doesn't matter here)

Rush goes on to admonish the caller for listening to the drive by media, which is nothing more than Obama's own stenographer.

His next claim was what drove me nuts today .. that 600,000 people are out of a job each month, and that American auto manufacturers are going out of business. While these facts may be more or less true .. what he went on to say was that this is all Obama's fault, that it is all evidence that Obama's policies have failed.

These later points simply cannot be made only 70 days into the Obama administration. The global economy - which really is what is trying to be corrected - doesn't change in 70 days. It is going to take time. To issue any kind of assessment after only 70 days is way, way, way too premature. The macro economy moves not like a nimble, sure footed sports car, but more like a giant ocean tanker. It takes a long, long time to make even the slightest adjustment in direction.

Yet the damage is done .. now all Rush's blinded followers believe that Obama's policies have _already_ failed. They are programmed to believe the economy is headed straight into a trash can.

In fact, given that Rush has 20 million listeners, if he can convince enough of them that Obama is sending the economy into the skids, then these people could actually help this occur - because a consumer based economy is so dependent on people SPENDING their money - when enough of them become afraid that the economy is about to worsen, and suddenly curtail or even STOP spending, then it becomes a self fulfuilling prophecy.

Furthermore, Rush has publicly stated that he WANTS Obama's policies to fail. So, since he has the power to sway millions of people, and his stated desire is for Obama's policies to fail, then it stands to reason he would try to influence his listeners into not going along with any optimism that might loosen their purse strings and in any way assist in economic recovery.

Funny thing is, Wall St. doesn't seem to agree with Rush as to where the economy is headed. Today it closed at 8029. The market is very nearly back to where it was when Obama took office.

Oh, that brings up another funny thing .. you don't hear Rush, Hannity, Ingraham, et. al. talking about the market anymore. My how times change quickly .. just 3 weeks ago they couldn't talk enough about how Wall St. was taking a nose dive because of Obama. Now that the market has recovered .. an eerie silence on the topic exists on the conservative talk airwaves.