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RUSH: Press secretary Jay Carney, daily press briefing after Obama had his “I\u2019m really ticked off, I\u2019m really mad, and I\u2019m really gonna get to the bottom of it” press conference this morning, which came after he met with Shinseki. So, at the White House press briefing the CNN correspondent, Jim Acosta: “What about criticism of his management style, Jay? Is Obama too detached from some of the nuts and bolts of running government?” <\/p>\n

See? This is how it works. Obama goes out (imitating Obama), “I didn\u2019t know. I am livid. I\u2019m not tolerating this. I\u2019m not putting up with this. This is unacceptable,” and the press swallows it. They just swallow it hook, line, and sinker. And then the question, “You know, Jay, is the president too detached from some of the nuts and bolts of running the government, is that possible? Running the administration, some of these issues catch him off guard. The health care website caught him off guard, and now this. Is it maybe legitimate to criticize his management style?” (laughing) So here\u2019s this guy, yeah, he didn\u2019t know about the debacle of the website, perfectly understandable. He didn\u2019t know about the VA, perfectly understandable. Maybe it\u2019s okay to criticize his management style, Jay?<\/p>\n

CARNEY: If you look at how the president handles a challenge like the website and handles this challenge, he responds by demanding action. Demanding that Americans who are counting on benefits and services, whether it\u2019s a functioning website or benefits through the VA, that they are taken care of. He expects results and he holds people accountable.<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: This is absolutely unreal. This is Twilight Zone stuff. (laughing) It\u2019s hilarious. What a bunch of boobs, totally worthless boobs. Boobs on a boar hog, we\u2019re talking about here. Useless. (interruption) Oh, Carney, you can\u2019t believe he can do it with a straight face? (interruption) I can. Carney thinks he\u2019s being brilliant here. They all do. They all think this is brilliant stuff. <\/p>\n

So basically, let me recast this. This CNN guy stands up, he\u2019s a little worried, he said Obama didn\u2019t know about the website, the health care website. He accepts that Obama didn\u2019t know, three years, he didn\u2019t know the website wasn\u2019t working. Perfectly understandable he wouldn\u2019t know. But then today Obama didn\u2019t know about the VA. So maybe it\u2019s time to ask the press secretary if it\u2019s legitimate to criticize Obama\u2019s management style, not criticize Obama\u2019s competence, not to ask, “Does he know what he\u2019s doing?” Oh, no, no. It\u2019s his style. <\/p>\n

Even Ron Fournier has a piece today at National Journal<\/a>: the White House thinks we are stupid, meaning the press corps. And Jim Acosta is proving it. “Jay, is it time, maybe, like if Limbaugh –” — he didn\u2019t say this. “If talk radio criticizes Obama\u2019s management style, maybe we have to understand that because, Jay, he didn\u2019t understand the website. He didn\u2019t know it wasn\u2019t working. He didn\u2019t know the VA problem,” and this Carney answer is just classic. (imitating Carney) “Well, Jim, if you look at how the president handles a challenge like the website not working, and this challenge, the VA not working, Jim, look at what he does. He demands action. He demands that Americans who are counting on benefits and services, whether it\u2019s from a health care website to the VA, that they\u2019re taken care of. He demands it. He expects results. He holds people accountable.” <\/p>\n

All right. And problem solved. What I meant, folks, by the way, I got e-mailed, “What do you mean, Rush, if you tried to survive on image? You couldn\u2019t. They\u2019ve destroyed your image.” That\u2019s not what I meant. Wouldn\u2019t it be great to have the media and everybody tell you that this was the most listened to radio show and it isn\u2019t? That\u2019s what I mean by buzz and PR. Not real. I couldn\u2019t survive. My conscience wouldn\u2019t let me. <\/p>\n

If I had the lib media fawning all over me when my program wasn\u2019t the most listened to but they treated me that way, I\u2019d have to give up the ghost. But these people are totally at home and comfortable living the lie, living the image, living the buzz. The reality is something they don\u2019t want to get anywhere near. So that was that. <\/line><\/p>\n

Then the next one is Jonathan Karl, the ABC White House correspondent. Jonathan Karl is concerned that since Obama was obviously so passionate about this VA thing today, why didn\u2019t he speak out sooner?<\/p>\n

KARL: This story\u2019s been a big story, it\u2019s been, you know, front burner for at least a couple of weeks now, and the president hasn\u2019t come out — obviously he feels very passionate about it, we heard that today. Why didn\u2019t we hear that from him before today?<\/p>\n

CARNEY: Jon, all I can say is that you heard from him today. You heard from him on his foreign trip, and he has taken actions in the interim, and he eagerly awaits the results, both of the review that Secretary Shinseki has initiated, and of the investigation of the independent IG.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Jon, what are you talking about? You have heard from him. You heard from him on a foreign trip. You heard from him today. He\u2019s taken actions in the interim, eagerly awaits the results of both the review that Shinseki\u2019s initiated and the independent IG, inspector general. But what a question. The question was, “Why haven\u2019t we heard from him before today?” <\/p>\n

Jon, you did. You did. You heard from him today, and you heard from him in the interim, and he\u2019s waiting on Shinseki to get back to him. What more do you want? It\u2019s all we got and it\u2019s done. He cares, he\u2019s on it, waiting for results, what more do you want, for crying out loud. You know what this question would have been if it were George W. Bush? <\/p>\n

If it were George W. Bush, the question would be, “Jay, does the president not care that the people he sent into war are dying? Does he not care that they are wounded and may never walk again? Does he not care that some have been blinded and may never see again? Does the president simply not care about the injuries that his wars have caused?” That would be the question, or worse. (interruption) Yeah. “Why does the VA secretary still have a job? Why has nobody even fired job?” <\/p>\n

In this case, “Why didn\u2019t the president speak out sooner? He was really passionate today. Why didn\u2019t he speak out sooner?” <\/p>\n

“He did. He spoke out today. Spoke out in the interim. He spoke out on a foreign trip and he\u2019s waiting on Shinseki. Shut up.” They move on to the next question. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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