FAIR MEDIA ADVISORY: Rush Limbaugh Demonizes Tom Daschle-- Literally

"It is time for someone, everyone, to start using the phrase 'Daschle Democrats' and the word 'obstructionist' in the same sentence," Republican pollster Frank Luntz wrote in a December 2001 memo (New York Times, 12/21/01). "It's time for Congressional Republicans to personalize the individual that is standing directly in the way of economic security, energy security, and even national security." By painting Daschle as a demon and a traitor, Rush Limbaugh has taken that strategy to an extreme.

Daschle didn't go far enough, this was a Republican organized talking point to paint him as a traitor and a demon. The new talking point is to portray him as a whiner.