Michael Steele kisses Limbaugh's ass, bows down before the drug-addicted pig

[marmar]

Steele Bows Down To Limbaugh: ‘No Attempt On My Part To Diminish His Voice Or His Leadership’

Yesterday, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel called Rush Limbaugh the “intellectual force” of the GOP. “And whenever a Republican criticize him, they have to run back and apologize to him, and say they were misunderstood,” he observed. Today, ThinkProgress first reported that Steele dismissed Limbaugh as an “entertainer” this weekend on CNN:

STEELE: So let’s put it into context here. Let’s put it into context here. Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer. Rush Limbaugh, his whole thing is entertainment. Yes, it’s incendiary. Yes, it’s ugly.

Limbaugh fired back on his show today, sneering at Steele’s leadership of the Republican Party:

“So I am an entertainer and I have 20 million listeners because of my great song and dance routine,” Limbaugh said. “Michael Steele, you are head of the Republican National Committee. You are not head of the Republican party. Tens of millions of conservatives and Republicans have nothing to do with the Republican National Committee…and when you call them asking for money, they hang up on you.

Just as Emanuel predicted, Steele has quickly backed down. Politico reports that Steele “reached out” to Limbaugh today to say that he didn’t mean what he said.

“My intent was not to go after Rush – I have enormous respect for Rush Limbaugh,” Steele said in a telephone interview. “I was maybe a little bit inarticulate. … There was no attempt on my part to diminish his voice or his leadership.” (…)

“I went back at that tape and I realized words that I said weren’t what I was thinking,” Steele said. “It was one of those things where I thinking I was saying one thing, and it came out differently. What I was trying to say was a lot of people … want to make Rush the scapegoat, the bogeyman, and he’s not.”

Steele made clear that he will welcome Limbaugh into the party,” calling him a “very valuable conservative voice for our party.” “He does what he does best, which is provoke,” Steel said. “My job is to try to bring us all together.”

Steele isn’t alone. Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC) and Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) have previously dared to criticize Limbaugh but then quickly backed down. To quote Rush, a lot of Republicans are being told to “bend over and grab the ankles” for him.


http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/02/limbaugh-steele-apologize/

[pacalo]

1. Hahaa! Steele's explanation should come with hip boots.

[spanone]

2. the gasbag is so full of himself.....do any americans really like this kind of person

if so, i really feel sorry for them, cause he's one sad, evil bastard.

[The Gunslinger]

4. The scarry part is that many do.

and it now seems that Rush is truly the head of the Republican party and now he knows it, and is running with it.

[scarletwoman]

3. A sow is a female pig. Why did you pick a female reference as part of a put-down of a man?

Just asking.

sw

[marmar]

5. Umm, I really didn't give it that much thought.

I don't know that I know the term for a male pig.

[connecticut yankee]

7. It's

RUSHBO!

[scarletwoman]

10. A male pig is a boar. (nt)

[saigon68]

12. Guess you taught him

LOL :-) :-)

[Canuckistanian]

6. Rush always used to call himself "an entertainer"

"I'm just a loveable little fuzzball" is his signature line.

But now it seems the Pigboy is getting full of himself (well, he always has, now he's being blatant about it), demanding apologies and acting like the BMOC.

There are now vague grumblings about Limbaugh's supposed power in the GOP corridors. As much as they adore Rush's message, they're realizing that Rush has risked NOTHING by claiming this newfound power.
He hasn't run for office, served on any committee or board and his "morals" can be seriously challenged if he ever DID run.

It will be delicious to see his downfall.

[Autumn]

8. Hardly a sow, boar (bore)maybe

but sows and boars are useful creatures. Limpballs has no useful purpose.

[last_texas_dem]

9. "I have enormous respect for Rush Limbaugh..."

What a pathetic display, Mr. Steele. You're allegedly the head of your party, but you're letting Anal Cyst dictate your actions. The fact that you backed down as quickly as you did is simply further evidence of who the true head of your party is. It's a shame you're willing pass off your role as party head to a bigoted radio comedian, but somehow I'm not surprised.

[Canuckistanian]

11. Yep. It just proves Rahm Emannuels' point

If you diss El Rushbo, better get out your kneepads.

[Elidor]

13. Not exactly a man of Steele, is he?

Michael Marshmallow would perhaps be a more fitting sobriquet.