Why is that any Republican's testicles disappear the minute Rush's name comes up?

All I know is, Rush is the Einstein who suggested Palin be Veep last year, so I loves me some "GOP continuing to kiss his ass." It works out so well for the rest of us!

"I went back at that tape and I realized words that I said weren't what I was thinking," said Steele. "It was one of those things where I thinking I was saying one thing, and it came out differently."

Steele continued, "Come to think of it, how did I get to be RNC chairman? What? I said I wanted it? Well, I may have said that, but I definitely wasn't thinking that."

So the RNC leader is praising Limbaugh for his "voice and his leadership".

More ammo for the "Party of Rush" campaign...

I was struggling with my desire to have an ice cream sundae. Now, I don't even want one. This is much, much sweeter! HA!!

Steele Apologizes To Limbaugh, Praises His Leadership

wow. I didn't see that coming...

How about a feature illustrating everytime Steele has to "walk something back"

The guy made a 'newby' mistake and Rush, to his credit, is giving him a second chance.

The next question a reporter should ask this man is why on earth he would have "enormous respect" for someone whose rhetoric he finds "incendiary" and "ugly."

trembling. abject. obsequious. pusillanimous. cringing. lickspittle. craven. bowing. scraping. quivering.

I wouldn't say Rush necessarily has anyone eating out of his hands. Those backing him do. Rush's sponsors could be the same sponsors of Hannity, Levin, O'Reilly and all the other right wingers that are the relentless voice of free market capitalism and lower taxes. There is big money backing these guys.

If those backers say jump, conservative Republicans say how hi.

Steele is now demonstrating exactly how high he can jump.

Wow, I walked three blocks to a friends house and back and look what happened! Did Steele really say what he said? I mean, WTF? That quick? Who is going to take Big Fat Limbaugh out? Joe the Plumber? Ismore asked the right question, What does Limbaugh hold over these guys?

So, now that Limbo is the acknowledged Godhead of the GOP, will he now be a feature on the Sunday chats?

The thought of George Will sullying himself in Limbo's aura is sending chills up my spine.

That wasn't a surprise at all.

Michael Steele: Please forgive me Rush, pretty please with sugar on top.

This is getting gross, all of these conservatives kissing Rush's raunchy rear.

“A black man voting for the Republicans makes about as much sense as a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders.”

These words of wisdom are from the father of J. C. Watts, the former Republican Representative (1995-2003) from Oklahoma who was then the only black GOP member of Congress.

The GOP picked Steele for the color of his skin, not his counsel. His steel-free backbone was a plus. Just shut up and move to the back of the bus.

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Why do so many people have that same black & white icon? Are you a political party? The Whigs?

I'm puzzled why everyone takes Rush so damn seriously these days. He's not even on FM radio anymore. Instead, his pathetically repetitive and one-dimensional show has been relegated to the backwash that is AM radio for years. What are his ratings like? What's his market share on AM? 2? How many people still listen to him? Who on earth lends this bloated drug addict any credibility at all anymore? My guess is not many. The truth is that he's become completely irrelevant, just like his portion of the Republican party. The post 9-11 world that the Bush crowd loved to trumpet as an excuse for all sorts of ill-conceived shenanigans has morphed into the post economic collapse world where the RepubliCONs are largely held to be to blame for the awful mess we currently find ourselves in. Their spin has become more than obvious for most of us by now, to the point where the same old message (read lies) bellowed by the same old crowd of blowhards (Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter, O'Reilly, etc.) not only fails to make them any points but actually costs them in the public arena. They come off as clueless ideologues, blind to the failure of thier ideology, completely in denial as to their own culpability for the current situation and completely determined to cling to the messages and unethical methods that worked so well for them 15 years ago, even tho it is abundantly clear that their efficacy has passed on into history.

DAYUM!!!

This must be how they do the do in Chi-Town. First POTUS, then Rahm, and now Tim Kaine, DNC Chair Response

"Democratic National Committee chair, Governor Tim Kaine, just released the following statement:
Kaine Statement: Steele Apology to Rush Limbaugh Proves the Point:
Limbaugh is Leading Force behind Republican Party

Washington, DC – On the same day GOP Chairman Michael Steele apologized to conservative talk radio show host Rush Limbaugh for courageously challenging Limbaugh’s role as leader of the Republican Party calling his show “incendiary” and “ugly,” Governor Tim Kaine, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, issued the following statement calling on Republicans in Washington to stop following Rush Limbaugh’s lead:

“I was briefly encouraged by the courageous comments made my counterpart in the Republican Party over the weekend challenging Rush Limbaugh as the leader of the Republican Party and referring to his show as ‘incendiary’ and ‘ugly.’ However, Chairman Steele’s reversal this evening and his apology to Limbaugh proves the unfortunate point that Limbaugh is the leading force behind the Republican Party, its politics and its obstruction of President Obama’s agenda in Washington. Just this weekend, Rush Limbaugh repeated his claim that he is rooting for the President to fail. The last time Rush Limbaugh said he wanted the President to fail, virtually every single Republican in Congress followed his lead and voted against the President’s plan to create or save 3.5 million jobs.

“As Congress works to pass the President’s budget, Republicans need to stop following divisive figures like Rush Limbaugh, stop apologizing to him and put aside the failed politics of the past so we can put our economy back on track, reform our health care system, break our dependence on foreign oil, improve our schools, and lay the foundation for long-term growth in the 21st Century.”

A word of warning to the Democrats that they need to shut up. Remember the first and most basic rule of politics: Never ever interrupt your enemies when they are committing political suicide. Just sit back and let it happen.

Dianaw

Once I learned that he criticized Rush to D.L. I knew he would take it back eventually or wouldn't have the nerve to do that on FOX. Steele told the audience at The State Of The Black Union that he's going to come to our churches and community centers whether we want him there or not. Well Mr. Steele, make your way to Brooklyn because I have a few things to ask about your enormous respect for Rush Limbaugh.

The same foolishness that made them a pariah party during the elections is continuing if not getting worse. That's Point 1.

Point 2: what could Steele have possibly thought he had to gain by insulting Rush Limbaugh? Seriously, what exactly?

I never thought I would see this day! Are the Republicans going to actually say: "El Rushbo has no clothes!"

Well, my prediction that Steele was enough of a hothead to stick to his guns was wrong. Now NOBODY can be in any doubt about who runs the Rethug party, and Democrats will make sure everybody in the country damn well knows it. Such fun.

Say hi to the Whigs when you get to political party Hell, guys. Been nice knowing you (not.)

Here comes the groveling! I wondered how long it would take 'til Mr. Steele begged from the bottom of his hip-hop heart for forgiveness from dear leader Rush Limbaugh.

http://democralypsenow.blogspot.com/2009/03/michael-steele-declares-war-on-rush.html

Each and every day this group proves to us what clowns they are, rather than leaders. I don't know who Rush thinks he is, but the others are elected officials, participating in some juvenile, middle school ritual of toeing the line for the class bully. It makes me sick.

So then who is the RNC Chairman? Is he the de-facto leader , the ad-hoc leader , the excepted leader or just the pretend leader? The question seems to be; why was Michael Steele elected?

My question is: Did Rush let Michael use his hands to unbuckle and unzip, or did he make him use his teeth?