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RUSH: Now the Obama White House is asking informants to send them the names of the people who are being critical of the Obama health care plan. Obama had the Democrats over for lunch today and gave them a Knute Rockne-like pep talk: ‘Go to the town halls! Go out there and lie, lie, lie.\u2019 You know, Knute Rockne was, ‘Fight, fight, fight! We\u2019re going to fight. We\u2019re going to fight, fight, fight, fight, fight! We\u2019re going to going to get out there and fight, fight, fight!\u2019 Obama is, ‘Lie, lie, lie! Keep it up. Lie! Force it down their throats. Force it down their throats! Lie, lie, lie. Push \u2019em back. Push \u2019em back! Harder! Lie to them.\u2019 <\/p>\n

Dingy Harry with a report on the lunch…<\/p>\n

REID: In spite of the loud, shrill voices trying to interrupt town hall meetings and just throw a monkey wrench into everything, we\u2019re going to continue to be positive and work hard. There was a lot of experience in that room and we had someone who was leading us that we all admire so very very much. The president didn\u2019t get one standing ovation, but several of them. He was — really kind of reminded me of the days when I was an athlete and the coach was giving you a pep-talk before the game. You came out of that pep-talk that the coach gave you ready to take on the world. We\u2019re ready to the take on the world.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You know the way I look at pep-talks if you\u2019re professional. You go to the National Football League, there aren\u2019t a whole lot of pep-talks, especially in a championship game, a Super Bowl or the playoffs, the coaches, if these professionals aren\u2019t motivated to play on the basis of it\u2019s time to win, if they gotta be pep-talked, something\u2019s wrong in the first place. So something\u2019s wrong. There is panic in the White House. It\u2019s falling apart, it\u2019s unraveling on them. Obama goes up and gets standing ovations from Democrats? I want to share with you what ABC\u2019s The Note wrote about this lunch this morning and it is snarky as it can be. ‘Let\u2019s bring everyone together in one place (since that worked so well for streamlined messaging out of the Cabinet over the weekend . . . ) It\u2019s leadership time for President Obama and his White House. (And now that we have not one but two Clintons unleashed to work on foreign-policy hot spots — good luck breaking through in this news environment.) President Obama celebrates his birthday Tuesday by bringing the Senate Democratic caucus to the White House for lunch, to deliver a message everyone in the room knows all too well: Failure is not an option on health care. It\u2019s time for some of that trademark Obama cool — in the service of a party that needs a pep-talk. (And you know you\u2019ve always wanted to hear Jeff Bingaman and Barbara Boxer sing happy birthday.)\u2019<\/p>\n

I mean this is snarky as can be. This is state-controlled ABC, and state-controlled ABC is fed up. They\u2019re mad at how they\u2019re botching this. Listen to this: ‘The photo ops may help public perceptions and private morale heading into the August recess. But it\u2019s the action outside the White House that continues to roil the Democratic Party during this critical stage of the legislative push. There are currently four Democratic health care bills to defend. The Senate is stalled until a fifth can be completed. Liberal groups are aiming their fire at Democrats now — their patience having run out. As for the town halls intended to drum up support for reform — everyone from Sen. Arlen Specter to Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, are getting heckled and booed out there.\u2019 ABC\u2019s The Note. Not happy. <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what the New York Times had to say: ‘The conservative groups, including FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity, are harnessing social networking Web sites to organize their supporters in much the same way Mr. Obama did during his election campaign.\u2019 Oh, like ACORN? But we\u2019re not allowed to. These are unruly mobs, you see. So they\u2019re not happy over at ABC with the way this is all — oh, by the way, Obama went to the pressroom to celebrate Helen Thomas\u2019 birthday today. Helen Thomas and Obama have the same birthday. Obama said that Helen wished for health care reform. Helen, you\u2019re 89, be careful what you\u2019re wishing for here. Here is the sound bite, Obama went over there and here\u2019s what he said.<\/p>\n

OBAMA (sped up): Helen wished for world peace, no prejudice. But she and I also had a common birthday wish. She said she hopes for a real health care reform bill. I\u2019ll leave it up to you, Helen, how you want to distribute the cupcakes.<\/p>\n

RUSH: We sped that up. Let me translate that for you. ‘Helen wished for world peace, no prejudice. She and I also had a common birthday wish. She said she hopes for a real health care reform bill. I\u2019ll leave it up to you, Helen, how you want to distribute the cupcakes.\u2019 What is it with this administration and cupcakes? Now, Helen Thomas is 89 years old. I don\u2019t think Helen Thomas has one thing to complain about regarding our health care, do you? Helen Thomas is 89 years old. If Obama health care passes, Helen Thomas is soon to be put out to pasture at Statist Farm. First time she gets sick, it\u2019s going to be judged not worth it. All right, Mary in Fort Worth, Texas, great to have you on the Rush Limbaugh program. Hi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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