Today it was verified that Rush Limbaugh is worthy of much CNN air time. It gave credibility to the idea that he is in effect the leader of the Republican Party.
His new contract this year is
38 million a year according to Barbara Walters in the video.
38 million a year!? That shows the love and respect that the Republicans have for him, and he is duly rewarded.
He owns
5 homes in Palm Beach, 6 cars about half a million each.“ANTICIPATING A QUESTION,” Limbaugh said when we pulled into the garage of his secluded beachfront mansion in Palm Beach, “why do I have so many cars?”
I hadn’t actually been wondering that. Very rich people tend not to stint on transportation. For example, we drove to the house from the studio, Limbaugh at the wheel, in a black Maybach 57S, which runs around $450,000 fully loaded. He had half a dozen similar rides on his estate.
“I have these cars for two reasons,” Limbaugh said. “First, they are for the use of my guests. And two, I happen to love fine automobiles.”
He also loves space. There are five homes — all of them his — on the property. The big house is 24,000 square feet. Limbaugh lives there with a cat. He’s been married three times but has no children.
I don't know about the finances of Karl Rove, but I know he is probably the most protected SOB on the planet. Even our
Democrats are hesitant to hold him accountable. He is amazingly free.
Rove Is Gaming Congress, While Betting President Obama Will Look the Other Way
In addition, as grand jury testimony is secret, Rove must be well-aware that his confessions of what he may have done regarding the firing of U.S. Attorneys will never be known outside the grand jury room – unless he is prosecuted. And given the fact that U.S. Attorneys serve at the pleasure of a president, it will not be easy to base a prosecution upon their removal, even if it was for political reasons. Congressional proceedings are, of course, almost always held in public. So clearly, Rove's strategy is to tell the grand jury what it wants to hear in secret, and to hope that will be the end of the matter.
....."Rove will be able to pull this strategy off if the Obama Justice Department refuses to enforce the Congressional criminal contempt statute, like the Bush and Reagan Administrations before it.
More from John Dean on Rove's gaming.
If the Obama Justice Department forces Congress to proceed civilly to enforce its subpoenas, then the House Judiciary Committee will have to find Rove in contempt for claiming absolute immunity; the entire House will have to vote on it; and the committee will have file a lawsuit. In turn, the lawsuit will go from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, to the U.S Circuit Court of Appeals for the District, to the U.S. Supreme Court – where Rove will likely lose, and thus be forced to appear before the committee. However, when Rove appears, he will invoke “executive privilege.” This issue, in turn, will have to be litigated all the way to the Supreme Court – where Rove will likely lose again. When called before the committee after that, he will no doubt take the Fifth Amendment, an assertion that will also have to be litigated. In short, this could go on for years.
..."The bottom line, however, is this: Unless the Obama Justice Department says the criminal code sections regarding contempt of Congress will be honored and applied, no one should expect to hear anything publicly from Rove under oath anytime soon, if ever.
He is given such credibility by the GOP and much respect by the media. He is favored as a speaker still, getting tens of thousands to speak at various events.
The hugely credible Karl RoveMr. Rove is the former deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush. He is currently a Fox News Contributor, Wall Street Journal Columnist and a Newsweek Columnist.
Karl Rove has been described by respected author and columnist Michael Barone in U.S. News & World Report as "…unique…no Presidential appointee has ever had such a strong influence on politics and policy, and none is likely to do so again anytime soon." Washington Post columnist David Broder has called him a master political strategist whose "game has always been long term…and he plays it with an intensity and attention to detail that few can match." Fred Barnes, executive editor of The Weekly Standard, has called him, "The greatest political mind of his generation and probably of any generation…"
That's one thing about the Republicans. They treasure those people who got them to power....they treasure them even when they are out of power. They protect them and give them credibility.
Our party only does that for the more centrist conservative party leaders, sad to say. Others who are more liberal, like Dennis Kucinich, or more outspoken, like Howard Dean....are rather left to their own devices.
Our party even uses the media to make sure certain former leaders are
kept out of the national leadership.Right after Dean stepped down there were
anonymous hit pieces attacking him.
An example:
Mr. Dean certainly had a liberal fan club pushing for him. A medical doctor by training, he burst onto the presidential scene in 2004 on the strength of his "universal health care" plan as governor of Vermont. The militant Netroots crowd -- which he was among the first Democrats to cultivate -- has remained loyal and has been howling for his appointment. Some left-wing Democrats also felt he deserved the job as payment for the electoral victories he oversaw as head of the DNC.
Back in reality, however, Mr. Obama was having none of it. Plenty of top Democrats were fine with letting Mr. Dean run the DNC. His attack-dog style and Internet savvy were well suited to a job that was focused on winning elections. But his personal aggressiveness couldn't be more at odds with Mr. Obama's cool demeanor. And putting Mr. Dean in control of one of Mr. Obama's most cherished initiatives (health care) would've made John McCain's Sarah Palin pick look safe.
Lovely stuff.
A week or so later, The Hill decided he had not gotten the message so they wrote
a rather nasty editorialA Dean appointment is not likely. Based on their history of working against one another, Emanuel, now White House chief of staff, must be recommending other candidates to President Obama. Moreover, Dean does not have a lot of close friends among Democratic leaders in Congress. But some on Capitol Hill, including Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), are publicly calling on Obama to tap Dean. Stranger things have happened in politics, and it appears Dean, a physician, would take the job if it were offered.
..."The HHS job requires working with both political parties, especially with healthcare reform expected to move in the 111th Congress. Dean has been firing salvos at the GOP for the last six years. Because of that, very few Republicans in Congress would want him at the negotiating table on a massive revamping of the healthcare system. The stimulus package shows that despite Obama’s commitment to bipartisanship, GOP votes are tough to come by in the Senate. Healthcare reform will be no exception.
The Hill was right. The other 3 anonymous sources were right.
Rush is rich.
Rove is protected and given media jobs.
Dean is gone from national party leadership.
Way big different standards for the two parties and those that brung them to the dance.
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