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Showing Original Post only (View all)Obama: Limbaugh, Fox Helped Create Environment for Republicans Refusing to Work With Me [View all]
Source: Mediaite
by Josh Feldman | 10:50 pm, January 13th, 2017
In tonights NBC Dateline special, as President Obama tonight discussed his frustrations with Republicans for not being more willing to work with him over the past eight years, he once again invoked Rush Limbaugh and Fox News to discuss that very issue.
Because while on the one hand there was a tactical decision not to work with him, Obama told Lester Holt, there was also a pressure they had to deal with:
The ability of Republican leaders to rile up their base, helped along by folks like Rush Limbaugh and some commentators on Fox News, I think created an environment in which Republican voters would punish Republicans for cooperating with me.
Some on Fox News recently reflected on all the times the president name-dropped their network in his musings on the fractured media environment and how he wasnt able to get his message out more.
Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/obama-limbaugh-fox-helped-create-environment-for-republicans-refusing-to-work-with-me/
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Obama: Limbaugh, Fox Helped Create Environment for Republicans Refusing to Work With Me [View all]
DonViejo
Jan 2017
OP
your sister's a whore, your brother's a thief, and your ideas are treasonous!!!
certainot
Jan 2017
#17
Yes, and Republicans calling others RINO's for even the slightest cooperation was...
Buckeye_Democrat
Jan 2017
#3
Mostly their constituents, who would vote them out of office if they...
Buckeye_Democrat
Jan 2017
#6
Limbaugh and others were funded by right-wing think tanks like the Heritage Foundation.
Buckeye_Democrat
Jan 2017
#15
Yes. And it's a losing strategy right from the start unless the liberals...
Buckeye_Democrat
Jan 2017
#25
Most Dems & progressives refused to recognize RW radio's threat & now we have Trump
uhnope
Jan 2017
#9
Lots of us supported Air America and I wonder if the flaw there was it was not local
bettyellen
Jan 2017
#29
good point. the incompetent failure of Air Amer. put back the cause for years. nt
uhnope
Jan 2017
#33
I think it nurtured some talent but it's a tough market to break into without
bettyellen
Jan 2017
#37
Spot on. Dare to get on Fox News badside and they were done. As David Frum once said
underpants
Jan 2017
#12
Another by-product was that it gave the left a reason to come together.
Baitball Blogger
Jan 2017
#13
and now they want everyone to just 'get over it' and get along as long as they are in charge.
keithbvadu2
Jan 2017
#16