FREAK OF THE WEEK: U.S. Congressman Eric Cantor
This week, the FredBlog shines the freaklight on U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor, the Virginia Republican and House minority whip who really, really doesn’t want to claim Rush Limbaugh as his own.
This past Sunday, Cantor – the self-styled second coming of Republican revolutionary Newt Gingrich – appeared on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” During the interview, Georgie asked The Cantor what he thought about talk-radio toad Limbaugh repeatedly saying how he hopes President Barack Obama fails.
Georgie asked: “Are you worried that the impression that you're not working with the president, you're not trusted on the economy, and you're rooting for him to fail is going be burned in and locked in with the American public?”
The Cantor responded: “George, nobody – no Republican, no Democrat – wants this president to fail.”
Um, Eric, Rush the Toad can’t stop talking about how he wants Obama to fail. Is The Cantor that out of the conservative loop? Or is he just embarrassed by the Toad?
Not one to give up, George tried again. Later in the interview, he said: “So the Rush Limbaugh approach of hoping the president fails is not the Eric Cantor, House Republican approach?”
The Cantor replied: “George, absolutely not. And I don't think anyone wants anything to fail right now.”
Yes, yes, someone does want Obama to fail right now. Rush Limbaugh does. So that’s twice – TWICE – Cantor showed either his stupidity or his poor excuse for spin.
And as if Rush was watching, the Toad gave a speech at this past weekend’s Conservative Political Action Convention in Washington, D.C., on the same day as The Cantor’s interview.
What did Rush say in his speech? He said he wants Obama to FAIL! “I want any force, any person, any element of an overarching Big Government that would stop your success, I want that organization, that element or that person to fail. … What is so strange about being honest to say that I want Barack Obama to fail?”
Oh Eric, maybe you should turn on the radio sometime to hear what some on your side are saying.
I watched 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with David Shuster yesterday and Rep. John Barrasso (R-WY) had the exact same talking points. He says he doesn’t want any president to fail but he couldn’t say that Rush the Toad is wrong for advocating Obama’s failure. To watch Rush at the CPAC event calling for Obama to fail and to hear the roar and applause of the crowd and then to hear these elected officials say they want Obama to succeed and refuse to denounce Rush is such a joke. Parti san politics is alive and well in Washington – always have been and always will be – it’s just that sometimes the majority of the electorate falls on the side I agree with. And this time the electorate and I agree that Obama needs to succeed; the Republicans are just showing how pathetic and removed they are from having their finger on the pulse of this country.
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