Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said in an interview that Rush Limbaugh is only an"entertainer" whose show is "incendiary" and "ugly."
I'm glad that someone in the party has enough guts to tell it like it is. Bravo!
Likes attract, law of nature. Those who agree with Rush, think like Rush. If the Republican party continues to embrace him and Ann C. they deserve the pit they have fallen into. Next stop oblivion
it is interesting to note the difference between a public figure who is accountable to someone (Steele) and a public figure who is not (Limbaugh). It seems odd to me that many in the Republican party welcome Rush as their public face. Imagine the Dems welcoming Michael Moore as their public face!
Keith, it is 2009, not still in 2007-2008 the longest election campaign in history and the most mean-spirited. Can you just move forward?
What we all fear from the likes of Joe the Plumber and Sarah the hunter is this: the Republican right wing of the party is seriously considering running these jokers and more like them for office in the next elections. I wouldn't be surprised to see Limbaugh as the next RNC chairman. If the moderate Republican has not become totally extinct, (s)he needs to do something quickly to redeem her party as a viable part of the two party system of the USA. Jokers are wild and untrustworthy. The voting citizens of this country will not fall for such jokers again.
This is good news, Carla. Thanks for posting it. Now we will see who is most powerful. I always see Limbaugh as the ugly public face of the dark and shadowy mega corporate owners who run the right wing media. Wouldn't want to meet them in a dark alley.
Limbaugh represents on the whole, the anti thesis of the Dem light Repub party. He is opinionated but that's why people listen to him. He has moments of total ignorance too but he also hits the nail on the head quite often. His stupidity in the drug debate highlights the wrong side, his accuracy in what Obama would do despite some non Dem hopes, is another.
GOP head Micheal Steele is not off to a good start. He is advocating the continuation of the Dem light policies that have driven off the indies/Libertarians, alienated many conservative Repubs and this is not giving Americans much of a choice between the two parties. Steele also put his foot in his mouth last week by saying the New Deal didn't create any jobs...many understood what he meant but his words were poor. He meant that the New Deal didn't create permanent jobs but temporary and far too many as make work jobs-none that lasted for long. So Steele needs to think if he wants to strengthen his party or be content to be a shadow of the Dems and fit only for occasional opposition.
Trish, now if Micheal Moore was the Dem public face, you'd have a lightening rod that would drive the Repubs to power in the next election. That wouldn't be any good for the nation, the Repubs need to be hungry (maybe rediscover the principles that they claim to have) for another few years. Also some Americans will learn under a Dem economy that hard work/success doesn't mean anymore then it did under a compassionate Repub one.
If people actually woke up or cared about the nation's long term future-both parties would have collapsed some time ago.
I listened to Rush's "exact words" this afternoon on his own show. Leaving those aside for the moment, he spent a half hour of bombast ridiculing Mr. Steele (and his "ilk"), and then he played the "I hope Obama fails" part of his speech, with, to be fair, a good chunk of what went befoer and after. Assuming he didn't doctor the tape, and I am, in fact, assuming that (but only because it's WAY too checkable), he's having done to him exactly what he does ALL THE FREAKIN' TIME!!! They've taken "I hope he fails" and hammered those four words like a big nail in a small board. What he really said (and it's evident from the full segment of the tape) was that he hoped Obama would fail in his financial policies, because it's his belief that the failure of those policies is essential to "save" the country. Gasd, I HATE having to be fair to this bloviating blowhard, but there it is.
'T'ain't fair, to be sure, but Rush ol' buddy, it's but a small measure being done to you, of what you do to anyone who disagrees with you EVERY DAY EVERY HOUR you're on the air. You take small meaningless snippets that are part of larger statements, and do your best to make everyone believe they mean something very different than their obvious meaning as apart of whatever the full statement was.
And that, dear Rush, is why I despise you. I can't object to anything you say that's true, and I refuse to be offended that you insult and ridicule me and my fellow "libruls" as constantly as you breathe, but your constant drumbeat of half-truths, inuendo and outright lies, is just mind boggling. While I don't mind being boggled, I HATE being preached to by the boggler.
I think Michael Steele may be trying to redeem the Republicans. He knows that people are starting to see Limbaugh as the spokesperson for the party. Hard to believe, but there are those out there that actually believe that he is or should be the head of the party. Scary, I'd say.
By the way, Keith, I may be wrong but I doubt if anyone here fits into the 5% of the public who will be paying higher taxes. Please tell me if I'm wrong folks.
Love it, dontcha' know? --snicker-- They ran the country and the Republican party straight down the tubes and as we watched, a nation, teetering on the edge of the abyss, was (and is) being wrestled from their grasp before it falls -- even while they try to continue to push it over the edge.
Now that the GOP has shot itself, they're turning on their own, like rats that eat their own young...and I will watch them continue their meltdown with some sense of amusement and a realization that there will be a small measure of justice for what they've done if it's nothing more than amusing me. For a change.
I don't mind paying the extra in taxes if the government will actually work....perhaps now with Obama in office we might have enough competence back to get a government that actually works....like in the pre Reagan days......I know our republican enemies will bring up Carter...but hell bad as he may have had it from 8 years of Nixon-Ford policies and the same OIL men who've brought us Iraq........he was a genius at good government compared to W........
At the end of the day, we've got exactly what the country needs....let's hope the democrats in congress don't screw it up like they did with Clinton!
Look in NYC 200000 isn't very much money, perhaps it is in the South or in Oklahoma....but in NYC you need about 500K to be at the same level of middle class as in the rest of the country...that's a fact.
That said if taxing us a bit more will help get us back in bidness that's OK.
So ready willing able and happy to be asked to pay more......just don't blow it on senseless wars or wasteful [and I don't mean the arts, education, healthcare] spending!
To me this smells like a good cop/bad cop routine. But if it's not, count on the mindless dittoheads to throw Steele under the bus. Because conservative comments about Obama aside, it is Limbaugh who has reached messianic status. A whole narrow-minded populous is addicted to his fabricated talking points. What would they do without his daily drivel? How dare anyone on the sinking ship point out the obvious?! I for one applaud Michael Steele for his remark. As Michele Bachmann said, "You be the man!"
Trish- I agree that Moore has some merit- Fahrenheit 911 was actually a pretty accurate portrayal of GWB, we just failed to believe our eyes and therefore elected the jerk in 2004- but like charles I think it unwise for a political party to select a strongly polarizing figure for a public face at this juncture. We are still tired of Bush's habit of pushing the envelope, and I think we crave some moderation. suddenly everybody is already looking at the Conressional elections of 2010, and thinkin how do we win? I don't think Limbaugh or moore would be good choices, because both risk alienating centrists. I think politically you lose that way, pick up a couple extremists, lose a dozen moderates. Bad numbers there. Steele knows this, but unfortunately there is a strong core of intransigent folk in the Republicans that love Limbaugh. They are not helping the fortunes of the political party. I am actually happy about that, but I just think it needs to be objectively noted.
Why give the right wing crazies something to hang their hats on by actually pushing the envelope ourselves? They see conspiracies everywhere as it is, even if none are actually present.
Another 10, Carla. Rush has a tremendous following so the backlash of this should be mighty interesting. I've always believed that he was the backstage spokesperson for the Republican Party because he can say what he wants (within certain limits) and incite both sides with his inane remarks. Those guys in Washington have to be more civil so as not to insult their constituents, but Rush can, and does, go all out. Anyone watching him on a regular basis must do so for some deep sado/masochistic desire or for the entertainment, if one could call it that. I couldn't stand watching him for more than 60 seconds.
Has anyone noticed how much Limbaugh looks like Rove....that is scary in itself.... and the thought crossed my mind, Limbaugh had better change his tune, and hope Obama and this administration do not fail...cause if they do he could very easily be standing in line at the unemployment window with the rest of his cronies!
Carla you gave credit to Steele a wee bit too early. He apologized to Rush Limbaugh who accepted the apology and said, "who is your daddy now, Mickey?"
Oh well, Carla, you had hopes. It's always good to be optomistic. Unfortunately, reality sometimes slaps you around though. I hope this is the end of the backlash, but I'm not so sure. Rush = Rove = Cheney= McCain = Republican Party. Heck, why I don't add Palin and make it an even 5. Do they have the power to unseat Obama? They think they do. Will we let them? Not on our lives!
Very interesting, all of this. If I were a sensible, moderate Republican I'd be cringing. RL is a demagogue who made his fame and fortune by misrepresenting facts and aggressively slandering people he disagreed with. There's no accountability, since he's an entertainer not a politician. His drivel may drive up ratings among his fans, but I think he's turning the Republicans into a laughing stock. Rush Limbaugh? You're kidding right? And that's when intelligent people start laughing out loud.
Unfortunately, RL is being portrayed on FOX as THE head of the Republican Party since he can express what he wants for them. And has their blessing at the same time. According to MR. FOX himself tonight, they all fundamentally agree so it's perfectly natural for them to have some disagreements from time to time. I think he was trying to get the rest of the party behind RL without hurting the Big Boss of the party. How nice that they have someone in the media to help solidify the party. A mediator, so to speak, since they apparently can't run their own show. After all, no one in the party had better hurt RL's feelings.
Stay tuned for the continuing saga, or better yet watch FOX and get a good chuckle.
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What we all fear from the likes of Joe the Plumber and Sarah the hunter is this: the Republican right wing of the party is seriously considering running these jokers and more like them for office in the next elections. I wouldn't be surprised to see Limbaugh as the next RNC chairman. If the moderate Republican has not become totally extinct,
(s)he needs to do something quickly to redeem her party as a viable part of the two party system of the USA. Jokers are wild and untrustworthy. The voting citizens of this country will not fall for such jokers again.
GOP head Micheal Steele is not off to a good start. He is advocating the continuation of the Dem light policies that have driven off the indies/Libertarians, alienated many conservative Repubs and this is not giving Americans much of a choice between the two parties. Steele also put his foot in his mouth last week by saying the New Deal didn't create any jobs...many understood what he meant but his words were poor. He meant that the New Deal didn't create permanent jobs but temporary and far too many as make work jobs-none that lasted for long. So Steele needs to think if he wants to strengthen his party or be content to be a shadow of the Dems and fit only for occasional opposition.
Trish, now if Micheal Moore was the Dem public face, you'd have a lightening rod that would drive the Repubs to power in the next election. That wouldn't be any good for the nation, the Repubs need to be hungry (maybe rediscover the principles that they claim to have) for another few years. Also some Americans will learn under a Dem economy that hard work/success doesn't mean anymore then it did under a compassionate Repub one.
If people actually woke up or cared about the nation's long term future-both parties would have collapsed some time ago.
'T'ain't fair, to be sure, but Rush ol' buddy, it's but a small measure being done to you, of what you do to anyone who disagrees with you EVERY DAY EVERY HOUR you're on the air. You take small meaningless snippets that are part of larger statements, and do your best to make everyone believe they mean something very different than their obvious meaning as apart of whatever the full statement was.
And that, dear Rush, is why I despise you. I can't object to anything you say that's true, and I refuse to be offended that you insult and ridicule me and my fellow "libruls" as constantly as you breathe, but your constant drumbeat of half-truths, inuendo and outright lies, is just mind boggling. While I don't mind being boggled, I HATE being preached to by the boggler.
http://mediamatters.org/countyfair/200902270021?show=1
Love it, dontcha' know? --snicker-- They ran the country and the Republican party straight down the tubes and as we watched, a nation, teetering on the edge of the abyss, was (and is) being wrestled from their grasp before it falls -- even while they try to continue to push it over the edge.
Now that the GOP has shot itself, they're turning on their own, like rats that eat their own young...and I will watch them continue their meltdown with some sense of amusement and a realization that there will be a small measure of justice for what they've done if it's nothing more than amusing me. For a change.
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
I don't mind paying the extra in taxes if the government will actually work....perhaps now with Obama in office we might have enough competence back to get a government that actually works....like in the pre Reagan days......I know our republican enemies will bring up Carter...but hell bad as he may have had it from 8 years of Nixon-Ford policies and the same OIL men who've brought us Iraq........he was a genius at good government compared to W........
At the end of the day, we've got exactly what the country needs....let's hope the democrats in congress don't screw it up like they did with Clinton!
That said if taxing us a bit more will help get us back in bidness that's OK.
So ready willing able and happy to be asked to pay more......just don't blow it on senseless wars or wasteful [and I don't mean the arts, education, healthcare] spending!
But if it's not, count on the mindless dittoheads to throw Steele under the bus.
Because conservative comments about Obama aside, it is Limbaugh who has reached messianic status. A whole narrow-minded populous is addicted to his fabricated talking points. What would they do without his daily drivel? How dare anyone on the sinking ship point out the obvious?!
I for one applaud Michael Steele for his remark. As Michele Bachmann said, "You be the man!"
We are still tired of Bush's habit of pushing the envelope, and I think we crave some moderation. suddenly everybody is already looking at the Conressional elections of 2010, and thinkin how do we win? I don't think Limbaugh or moore would be good choices, because both risk alienating centrists. I think politically you lose that way, pick up a couple extremists, lose a dozen moderates. Bad numbers there. Steele knows this, but unfortunately there is a strong core of intransigent folk in the Republicans that love Limbaugh. They are not helping the fortunes of the political party. I am actually happy about that, but I just think it needs to be objectively noted.
Looks like the repub hierarchy should have warned the Nazi arm of their party about their window dressing with Steele. Some just don't accept tokens.
and the thought crossed my mind, Limbaugh had better change his tune, and hope Obama and this administration do not fail...cause if they do he could very easily be standing in line at the unemployment window with the rest of his cronies!
Stay tuned for the continuing saga, or better yet watch FOX and get a good chuckle.