By talking about Maher, the Republicans are defending Limbaugh.

[gulliver]

It's a lame defense of course. Take your average woman and have her watch a few cases of Bill Maher calling bomb-throwing "Mama Grizzly" Sarah Palin a naughty name for laughs. Then have that same average woman watch several minutes of Rush Limbaugh over three or four days—piggish, snarling, mean, and far from funny—going for the jugular of an average woman.

I guess some Republicans are trying to bet their political careers on women not noticing the difference. In short, some Republicans are idiots. There is absolutely no way they are going to make that sale.

But why are they trying to make that sale at all? We need to stop and ask at this point why so many Republicans are grasping at straws and dissembling to defend Rush Limbaugh after what he did. Kind of shows you how they think. Kind of a true colors moment.

[applegrove]

1. The GOP and 1% are very, very dependant on Rush Lumbaugh to turn & keep people hate and

fear addled. He is very important to them. They will do whatever it takes to keep him on the air, even if he doesn't make money with ads. The right in Canada runs a major newspaper at a loss just to keep garnering more conservatives.