Rush 1 Barack 0

While in the military and considerably younger, I used to enjoy playing softball. Some of the people I played with used to get angry at the fans who heckled them. They would get so angry they would even start talking back to them, which invariably lead to their loss of concentration. We had a name for those type players. We called them “rabbit ears”. Even the fans would recognize our “rabbit eared” team mates and felt empowered by them. They had the ability to make a good player make errors they normally wouldn’t if they were concentrating on the game at hand.
Anyone who has so much as accidentally run across Rush Limbaugh on talk radio knows he is a staunch conservative and has never met a liberal/democrat he didn’t love to heckle. Enter the 44th President of the United States. Barack Obama, In Mr. Limbaugh’s opinion, is the most liberal senator ever to grace the halls of congress. As President he had to know, or at least someone on his staff had to know, Rush was going to jump on him with both feet. Our President did the unthinkable and acknowledged Mr. Limbaugh’s presence. I know it isn’t nice to refer to our new Presidents slightly large ears but it is not my intent to make fun of his looks. I simply state the fact that he is a “rabbit eared” President. One of President Obama’s “no tax paying” confidants needs to let him know that Rush is going to be on him like a cheap suit until he is no longer in the white house. He may even stay on him after he is no longer president. It is what Rush does. It is what Rush lives to do and to acknowledge that he has credence only adds fuel to his fire. To acknowledge his comments or opinion in any way makes Rush even more arrogant than he is normally. Worse, it makes him more effective. Here’s a little piece of advice from and old ball player to a new President. Since I have always paid my taxes I don’t think I qualify as a paid advisor so I give it free of charge. You are President of the United States of America. If not the most powerful voice in the free world, you are certainly one of the most powerful. You need not worry yourself with what a talk show host says. His followers were there before you and will be there after you leave office. Let him have his say and don’t acknowledge any interest in him one-way or the other. Instruct your staff to forget Mr. Limbaugh exists and get on about the business of running the country. If Rush were as smart as he would have us believe he would be in the White House. Either he considers himself incapable or he is afraid to take on the responsibility. I can say one thing for you Mr. President. You may be responsible for Rush breaking his arm trying to pat himself on the back for getting you to bite at the bait he threw out!