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Obama And Conservatives Break Bread At George Will's House
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... The odd-couple gathering led to speculation that Rush Limbaugh, who said that he was in D.C. for a "secret meeting," was also in attendance. "I'm just offering, a personal trip, nobody even has to know about this," the notorious and combative talk show host wrote on his website. ...
Obama And Conservatives Break Bread At George Will's House
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... The odd-couple gathering led to speculation that Rush Limbaugh, who said that he was in D.C. for a "secret meeting," was also in attendance. "I'm just offering, a personal trip, nobody even has to know about this," the notorious and combative talk show host wrote on his website. ...
Obama Dines With Conservative Writers
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
... from the transition, but your pool is satisfied with the documentation. Your pool has been told it's a dinner party. And, thanks to an enterprising photographer, a shot through a window showed op-ed stalwarts William Kristol and David Brooks are also part of this unlikely gathering of tight, right suits. Transition mouthpiece Tommy Vietor was also spied inside the manse. This is for real, folks. The bloggers are going to love this one. Update: Hot Air suspects Rush Limbaugh might also be at the dinner. (Hat tip: John Aravosis ...
Obama dining with conservatives?
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
... . I suspect Brooks is the only one even possibly movable, and Limbaugh and Kristol are simply treacherous. Still, it's an interesting move. Oh, I say Limbaugh because he's rumored to be part of the posse. ...
Obama Dines With Rightwingers
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
Obama's at George Will's house, at a dinner party, with Billy Kristol, David Brooks, Charles Krauthammer, and possibly Rush Limbaugh! So much for the secret liberal theory. (Unless the secret liberal is putting something in the rightwingers' brandy.) So when is the President-elect dining with Paul Krugman, Helen Thomas, Amy Goodman and Noam Chomsky??? Progressive Politics Conservative News George Will Barack Obama
Incredibly Wild Hollywood Style Speculation
Wizbang —
... that president elect Obama is having a dinner tonight with several not so left wing types such as William Kristol and David Brooks. Hot Air speculates that the most evil one himself may be attending because of a late cancellation of today's broadcast. So what to make of this? Is Obama turning even more solidly center than his appointments have indicated? Is he going to completely irrigate the far left base that, pardon the choice of words, carried water for him against the forces of Clinton? Forget all of that. There is something else at work here and I sense more than the ...
Obama, George, Bill, Dave, Chuck... but no Rush
Taylor Marsh —
... Of course Bill, Dave, Chuck and George would not include a woman in their all male smooze.
That Rush would ever be invited to this confab is a joke. He only talks to
himself.
When someone is opposing you, disarm them. Charm them. Give them your ear. Let them get to know you so that the person they’re critiquing isn’t some far off detached subject. It’s much harder to slam someone when you’ve met them. Besides, Obama knows he’s got the liberal punditocracy no matter what he does.
Access is the ultimate ...
Rush Limbaugh's Unannounced DC Trip Has Left, Right In A Frenzy
The Radio Equalizer: Brian Maloney —
... were far more concerned about the whereabouts of El Rushbo than with major political developments in Washington. Just the possibility of a Rush - Obama Summit could horrify both the left and right all at once. Could anything be more subversive? ...
Charm offensive
Political Animal —
... at the residence were other luminaries of the conservative commentariat, including the Weekly Standard's William Kristol, New York Times columnist David Brooks, and Charles Krauthammer of the Washington Post. [...] Obama's choice of dining partners seem likely to cause its fair share of hair-pulling and eye-rolling. As the pool reporter, Ken Bazinet of the New York Daily News, penned in his write up: "This is for real, folks. The bloggers are going to love this one." There was some speculation that Rush Limbaugh have also joined the soiree, but that turned out not to be the ...
Bush hosted Limbaugh for private birthday lunch yesterday.
Think Progress —
Yesterday, a fill-in host for Rush Limbaugh told listeners that Limbaugh had traveled to Washington, DC for a “secret meeting” and dropped several hints the meeting would be with Obama. When news broke that Obama was to dine last night with several prominent conservatives, speculation swirled that Limbaugh would be there. Today, however, Limbaugh revealed that he actually traveled to Washington for a private lunch with President Bush at which Bush surprised Limbaugh with a birthday cake:
LIMBAUGH: With 10 minutes ...
