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RUSH: Here\u2019s Bruna in Chandler, Arizona. Bruna, great to have you on the program.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hi, Rush. It\u2019s a pleasure to talk to you.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Pleasure all mine. Bruna is one of which my all-time top ten female names.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Ha! Yeah, right. How many of us do you know? I want to compliment Snerdley, too. He\u2019s extremely polite and I made him chuckle. I\u2019m watching Obama as he takes these trips all over the world.<\/p>\nRUSH: Yeah.<\/p>\n

CALLER: He needs all this great acclaim that he gets in all these countries because he\u2019s not getting it here. When he goes to events here, it\u2019s something that\u2019s staged or he has to have a captive audience. He reminds me of the “Dear Leader,” Kim Jong-il. I mean this guy, he\u2019s got to have this adulation all the time. Now he\u2019s over there in England trying to get Cameron to agree on the \u201967 borders.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah, I know. Trying to get British PM to agree on the \u201967 borders. Did you hear Obama said that he and Cameron are the equivalent of Reagan and Thatcher?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh, yeah.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Do you believe that?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I mean, this guy is latching on to everything he can get his hands on to make himself look good because he doesn\u2019t look all that good. Unfortunately Democrats know one thing: Their voters are stupid. They\u2019ll vote for him again, and a lot of Jewish people will vote for him again, because they don\u2019t check out what this guy is really like. It\u2019s like he\u2019s got this Samantha Power who\u2019s his top person for responsibilities for tax things. That\u2019s her deal, so she\u2019s a top advisor on national security. She\u2019s married to Cass Sunstein, and in 2002 she was giving an interview and said she thought we should arm the Palestinians. Now, you tell me that this guy is in favor of Israel. He\u2019s not.<\/p>\n

RUSH: No, of course he\u2019s not.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nCALLER: You know, he\u2019s —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Look, he wants to be the president who secured, quote, unquote, “Middle East peace.” That\u2019s what he wants. He doesn\u2019t care what it is; he doesn\u2019t care what that means. He wants the medal, he wants the award: First President to Bring Mideast Peace! I got Bin Laden; I brought peace.” That\u2019s what he wants. But, you know, you\u2019re discussing him as though he can\u2019t be beat. I think he\u2019s eminently beatable. I think he can be beat. I know what it would take. It\u2019s not gonna be easy, don\u2019t misunderstand, but he\u2019s not the slam-dunk that everybody thinks. <\/p>\n

You know, Shelby Steele has an interesting piece today. I admire Shelby Steele\u2019s writing. He has an interesting piece. You know, I better find it. This is worth quoting rather than paraphrasing. He also thinks Obama can be beat, but he thinks, however, that Obama still can benefit from being the first black president, that there\u2019s still value in that. “This Presidency Flatters America to a Degree That No White Republican Can Hope to Match.” That\u2019s the headline of Shelby Steele\u2019s piece. Now, when you hear that headline, and you haven\u2019t read the accompanying story, you might see, “Okay, ‘This Presidency Flatters America to a Degree That No White Republican Can Hope to Match,'” so you might think Obama can\u2019t be beaten.<\/p>\n

“Well, of course he can give away things that no Republican will give away.” That\u2019s not what Shelby Steele means. What he means is, that Obama, by virtue of being president, is a walking testimonial to the greatness of America — that a guy from a group of people who were slaves, from that race of people, can become president of United States (and therefore the most powerful man in the world) says more about America than any nation in the world — that Obama, as president, just occupying the office (not even doing anything, just occupying the office) is a greater testament to the greatness and the uniqueness of this country. And Mr. Steele says that white guys cannot hope to have that same aura about the country be realized or felt if they are elected.<\/p>\n

Because we\u2019ve always had white guy president, it\u2019s still novel and still unique enough. I\u2019m not sure I totally agree. Now, he also says that Obama can be beat, and he lays out how to do it. His term is “social exceptionalism.” He says, “[T]he media hold the president\u2019s exceptionalism,” and that simply means his race, “against Republicans.” A black president still makes this an exceptional country. It doesn\u2019t matter what the black president does or even who it is. It\u2019s just that fact alone represents an American triumph that a white president can\u2019t hope to tap. “[T]he media hold the president\u2019s exceptionalism against Republicans. <\/p>\n

“Here is Barack Obama, evidence of a new and progressive America. Here are the Republicans, a cast of largely white males, looking peculiarly unevolved. Add to this the Republicans\u2019 quite laudable focus on deficit reduction and spending cuts, and they can be made to look like a gaggle of scolding accountants. How can the GOP combat the president\u2019s cultural charisma? It will have to make vivid the yawning gulf between Obama the flattering icon and Obama the confused and often overwhelmed president. Applaud the exceptionalism he represents, but deny him the right to ride on it as a kind of affirmative action. <\/p>\n

“A president who is both Democratic and black effectively gives the infamous race card to the entire left: Attack our president and you are a racist. To thwart this, Republicans will have to break through the barrier of political correctness. Mr. McCain let himself be intimidated by Obama\u2019s cultural charisma, threatening to fire any staff member who even used the candidate\u2019s middle name. Donald Trump shot to the head of the [class] by focusing on Mr. Obama as a president, calling him our ‘worst\u2019 president. I carry no brief for Mr. Trump,” writes Shelby Steele, “but his sudden success makes a point: Another kind of charisma redounds to those willing to challenge political correctness — those unwilling to be in thrall to the president\u2019s cultural charisma.” <\/p>\n

In other words: GET OVER IT! <\/p>\n

Get over it and stop being cowed by political correctness. Treat him as the president, not somebody of affirmative action, not somebody special. He\u2019s the president. It\u2019s sort of like Newt and his reaction to David Gregory on Meet the Press when Gregory came up with this BS question about “food stamp America” being racist, and Newt looked at him and you said (summarized), “You gotta be serious! He\u2019s president of the United States, for crying out loud! He\u2019s got to be accountable! Forty-seven million Americans are on food stamps, the majority of them are white. What are you talking about race?” In other words, what Shelby Steele is saying is: Do not be afraid to criticize him as president doing a lousy job.<\/p>\n

Amen, bro! Amen! You know, every time Shelby Steele publishes a piece, I find that we\u2019re on the same page, and it makes me very proud.<\/p>\n

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