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GOP House Candidate: "Rush Limbaugh Is Meaningless To Me"

By Eric Kleefeld - March 20, 2009, 12:10PM

Jim Tedisco, the Republican candidate in the March 31 special election for Kirsten Gillibrand's old House seat, is now distancing himself from Rush Limbaugh.

"Rush Limbaugh is meaningless to me," Tedisco told an editorial board meeting of the Oneonta Daily Star. "The only constituency I'm worried about are the residents of the 20th Congressional District."

This race is going down to the wire, with a poll from a week ago showing Tedisco with only a four-point lead, after he'd previously led by 12.

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Over to you, Rush! Want this guy to fail, too?

I know I do!

Posted by Overreach THIS!
March 20, 2009 12:16 PM | Reply | Permalink

Grovelling apology to Boss Limbaugh in ten . . . nine . . . eight . . .

Posted by The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
March 20, 2009 12:20 PM | Reply | Permalink

How could this unproven regional candidate fail to show due respect to the fat baboon?! Don't you let him get away with it, Rush!

WE WANT THAT GROVELING!

Posted by Overreach THIS! in reply to a comment from The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
March 20, 2009 12:25 PM | Reply | Permalink

Oh, that guy is so out of the party now!

Posted by GregorZap
March 20, 2009 12:33 PM | Reply | Permalink

He'll have to kiss the ring after he is elected.

Posted by Walter Mitty
March 20, 2009 1:22 PM | Reply | Permalink

Which ring ? Oh no ... but you are probably right

Posted by BrianSkuse in reply to a comment from Walter Mitty
March 20, 2009 2:18 PM | Reply | Permalink

"When I said 'Rush' was 'meaningless' I meant that he transcends meaning, that you can't even begin to define how important the man is to our party and the conservative movement. Mr. Limbaugh - keep up the fine work you're doing. I love ya!"

Posted by ogliberal
March 20, 2009 1:28 PM | Reply | Permalink

Good one! :)

Posted by Overreach THIS! in reply to a comment from ogliberal
March 20, 2009 3:21 PM | Reply | Permalink

This guy is running in a district that last elected a Democrat so maybe he's running hard to the middle.

Is he too small potatoes for the Rushatollah to take notice? We'll see soon.

Posted by Cal Gal
March 20, 2009 2:16 PM | Reply | Permalink

Nothing is too small to irritate his Rushness.

Posted by jeffgee
March 20, 2009 2:54 PM | Reply | Permalink

[Insert cheap shot about penis size here.]

Posted by The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve in reply to a comment from jeffgee
March 20, 2009 3:24 PM | Reply | Permalink

Well, that didn't take long -

"Jim’s comments were in response to a question about what voters are asking him about on the campaign trail. So far, the concerns he has been hearing from voters on the campaign trail have been local in nature, such as his support for lower property taxes, fiscal responsibility, and his opponent’s appalling support for the AIG bonus loophole. That was his point and any effort to characterize it otherwise is a distortion of the facts."

And without missing a beat - http://www.dccc.org/content/sorry

Posted by Walter Mitty
March 20, 2009 4:27 PM | Reply | Permalink

GOP House Candidate: "Rush Limbaugh Is Meaningless To Me"

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