Tax Cuts Can Wait?!

Well, this is interesting. From the AP:

People want the tax cuts promised during the presidential campaign, but may be willing to wait while President-elect Obama takes on the larger issue of fixing the economy.

Eighty percent say trimming personal tax rates should be a goal when the new president takes office in January, but only 36 percent say the cuts should a very top priority, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. That was less than half the 84 percent who cited improving the economy as a No. 1 goal, and the 80 percent who said creating jobs should be a paramount task.

What?? This is a load of crap. That whole line about how '95% of Americans will get a tax cut' was one of the biggest reasons a lot of (uninformed) people voted for Barack Obama. To think that those same people are now going to just sit back and wait a while before getting their tax cut is just plain stupid. I don't know about the guts of this poll, but I have a hard time believing it can possibly be accurate.

This seems to be just another example of how the media is carrying Obama's water. I've mentioned before that we can expect the Obamessiah to get into office and quickly accuse Bush of really screwing things up far worse than anyone knew, so it just wouldn't be possible to do those tax cuts. This article and poll are simply the first in what will probably be a recurring theme of cover that the media will give him, pre-conditioning people to lower their expectations.

Rush Limbaugh offers a theory on why this might be:

I get kind of amused when I look at the way the media is covering this guy. I'll tell you something else about Obama. You heard the concept. Remember when Donald Trump was in financial trouble, he couldn't pay back all the loans at this point in time that he owed various banks? So the banks had to rewrite and redo the loans, because Trump was too big to fail. If they let Trump fail... That whole philosophy... It's come back now -- and, by the way, Trump paid it all back. He's cool, fine, but that whole philosophy is operative now. "Citibank? Too big to fail. Big Three automakers? Too big to fail. American Express credit cards? Too big to fail." I don't know about that, but I'll tell you: As far as all they have invested in Obama, he's too big to fail -- and I'm talking about the media.

They have invested so much in this guy. If you are expecting the media to ever turn on this guy in toto, it ain't going to happen. You might see a story here or there critical of something as these people just try to keep themselves appearing honest. But there is so much invested in this guy. He represents so much more than just the presidency now. He represents things that (to the Drive-Bys, to the Democrats) are beyond human. He's too big to fail. So do not expect the standard build-'em-up-and-then-tear-'em-down from the Drive-By Media on this guy. It will not happen. He's going to have to screw up so bad -- he's going to have to mistreat a reporter so bad; something is going to have to go so bad that we can't even visualize what it is -- to force the press to do a 180. He's too big to fail. Remember the Drive-Bys think they got him elected. The Drive-Bys sheltered the truth about this guy.

The Drive-Bys helped create and present this image, this charismatic demagoguery. They helped write the script. They made it happen, and they are proud. They are happy. This was historic. In their minds they have made history. ... He's too big to fail. So do not get your hopes invested in the press turning on him. It isn't going to happen. He's too big to fail. Now, I'm talking about image-wise. He can bomb out as a president, it's just they won't report it.

Unless you're a Kool-Aid drinking Obot, you've probably already figured out that the media really came out in full force on his behalf during the election cycle. Given that context, Limbaugh's suggestion makes a heckuva lot of sense.

This is why we've got a lot of work to do. We've got to fight not only Obama and a heavily Democrat Congress, but we've got to fight the media, too. In order to stem the incoming tide of liberalism that is about to hit us, we've got to rely on wide spread grass-roots level communication between people. Real people, real conversations, real facts. Most Americans are smart, and most want the best for themselves and their families. As such, most people will figure out what's really going on and who's behind it...if they are presented with the truth. That's where you and I come in. It's up to us to spread the word over the next two years, to share the truth, and to be there every time some liberal idiot pushes his or her agenda onto the American people, making life less enjoyable and taking away freedom.

It won't be easy, and we'll be called all manner of things while we're doing it, but when we send the Democrat majority packing in a couple years, it'll all be worth it. Gird your loins, fellow conservatives - it's time to start picking some fights!

There's my two cents.