Steele to Rush: I'm sorry

[kpete]

Source: Politico

Steele to Rush: I'm sorry
By MIKE ALLEN | 3/2/09 5:58 PM EST :

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says he has reached out to Rush Limbaugh to tell him he meant no offense when he referred to the popular conservative radio host as an “entertainer” whose show can be “incendiary.”

“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.”

The dust-up comes at a time when top Democrats are trying to make Limbaugh the face of the Republican Party, in part by using ads funded by labor. Americans United for Change sent a fund-raising e-mail Monday that begins: “The Republican Party has turned into the Rush Limbaugh Party.”

Steele told CNN host D.L. Hughley in an interview aired Saturday night: “Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer. Rush Limbaugh — his whole thing is entertainment. He has this incendiary — yes, it's ugly.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19517.html

[ReliantJ]

1. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Javaman]

112. ?

all this does is put a finer point on how leaderless the repukes are. Why the Noooooooooooooooooooooo?

[lisa58]

2. Rush owns the gop - so sad - so true.

[JuniperLea]

6. Beat me to it... yep

This seals his deal.

I say, good!

Let Rush sink with the GOP ship! He deserves to go down with it, and their "base."

[SpiralHawk]

45. "Smirk." - Republicon Hero Rush 'Draft-Dodger' Limbaugh (R)

"Kiss my big fat hairy chickehawk republicon homelander ass, the fat ass with the 'I-hope-America-FAILS' tatoo on it."

- Rush Draft-Dodger Limbaugh (R)

[rcrush]

3. When that congressman did it I was mad. Now the only thing that

surprises me is that DL Hughley still has a show on CNN.

[HelenWheels]

That didn't take long. nt

[MaineDem]

15. My thought exactly! n/t

[Xipe Totec]

4. Bend over when you say that Mikey...

You are in the presence of the Overlard.

[nolabels]

99. Just when i was thinking that i was finally in place where i could keep fat out my diet

Getting it from the backside would be even doubly bad

[Name removed]

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[luvspeas]

11. that's not cool...

Seriously, there's no need for that although I understand your sentiment - let's keep the Uncle Tom references out of it. Better angels, OK?

[Liberal Veteran]

7. So Rahm Emmanuel was right.

They do go crawling back to that assgrowth to apologize every time.

[Myrina]

13. Yep and let's make sure we (and Keith) point that out, often!!

Someone should make a viral video of all the GOP clowns bowing to Herr OxyRush, just to reinforce who actually does run the Republican Party.

Let him own it!

[Optical.Catalyst]

36. Michael Steele says to Rush Limbaugh (after kissing his ring)

Is there anything else you would allow me to kiss Mr. Limbaugh?

[City Lights]

44. Yup.

rush limbaugh is the undisputed leader of the gop.

:rofl:

[cliffordu]

8. Lessee....

Drop down to one knee:

Check.

Make shure rushty has his pants and Depends lowered:

Check.

Pucker up:

Check:

Kiss away!!!!!!


:rofl:

That ginormous asshole will be the death of them all...

[Johnny2X2X]

12. Finished

The GOP is through. They have entered their last days now. Limbaugh will destroy that party more so than Bush and Rove.

[lumberjack_jeff]

9. He has finally vanquished the last of his enemies.

All hail Ceasar Obesetus!

[freeplessinseattle]

10. he will so regret this. now they have to own everything he says

won't take long, I have a feeling. this will be fun. Barack is genuis.

[condoleeza]

14. wow, having to apologize to Rush

that's pretty much a new low, isn't it?

[Beartracks]

54. Oh, please, he was just clarifying his remarks!

:sarcasm: < in case this was needed

[No Elephants]

102. Not all that new. It's been done before.

[Still Sensible]

16. That has got to be a new land speed record

for a chastised right winger to affix his lips firmly to the alabaster ass of the Fat One.

[bluestateguy]

17. Pathetic

This was so predictable.

You DO NOT criticize Rush if you are a Republican. You will be besieged by angry phone calls and e-mails, and predictably, you'll have to issue a forced apology.

Let's see here, Steele has in just one month got into a pissing contest with Limbaugh (for which he caved in anyway), is under investigation for campaign finance funny money in 2006, and plans a bizarre "hip hop" outreach to young people to get them into the GOP.

I predict he'll be out as RNC chairman by January 1st.

[creeksneakers2]

57. Limbaugh subtly told his listeners to stop donating to the RNC

Steele is powerless against the lying hatemonger.

[ShortnFiery]

97. Yes, and at the same time gave a "shout out" to the white supremacists lurking in the woodwork..

Rush: BRING OUT THE GIMP! :puke:



And Michael Steele comes scampering out prostrating himself before RushBo, the mighty, mighty mahn ... a.k.a. "His Bloatedness." :puke:

[MUAD_DIB]

109. Wow. Rush is looking bad.

Some more bacon, Rush?

[No Elephants]

103. Or, you could "person up" and not apologize, unless you were actually wrong.

[Tarc]

18. This is how the GOP likes it minorities; servile and subservient

The imagery of the apology for upsetting the massah cannot be denied here. Why any black man is a member of the GOP will always be a mystery, as they abandoned the principles of Lincoln a long time ago.

[Jambalaya]

79. Goose Step n' Fetch it

I ALWAYS wondered WHY Colin Powell was a Republican't.

[BlueIdaho]

19. Michale Steele to the world... "I was mistaken Rush runs the republican party."

I am just a figurehead incapable if independent thought and free speech. I fear any reprimand by that big fat drug addict sitting in the corner. I am a token.

[CitizenPatriot]

20. limpaugh/palin 2012

cuz ideas don't matter!

[opihimoimoi]

21. K&R RUSH IZ THE GOP FACE...he gets $$40 Mil per year to say Nasty Things re Democratic Party

Thats his JOB...to snicker and snipe at the Dems no end....

For the longest time he railed about how stupid it was to worry about Global Warming...thats its Natural...happens all the time...

He has no choice but to say things that support his Advertisers...

I can only guess they are hurting to make Rushes Payments...more so since the elections were a terrible loss for the GOP and now in the midst of a recession.... them payments to Rush gatta be hurtin....and for nothing as he ain't delivering for SHIT

[sutz12]

22. Me, too..... I'm sorry you're a fat, loud mouthed pig. nt

[swag]

23. Excellent! Rush is the head of the Republican Party!

And a majority of Americans think he's an asshole.

[Optical.Catalyst]

38. Rush is the last head of the Republican Party

After we hand them their heads in the 2012 election, the Republican Party will cease to exist as a viable political entity.

[bobshin]

68. If that comes to pass, this country better come up with another viable party

quick. It's bad enough as it is, nothing more than a right of center duopoly that caters to the military and medical industrial complexes that makes it near impossible for any other party to be taken seriously. Or we could just take back George Washington's refusal of the crown as a silly act of modesty.

[Jambalaya]

77. Anatomy Lesson

Rush is the HEAD?

I thought he was the TAIL of the party .

Actually,the underside of the tail is far more accurate.

[KnaveRupe]

98. He's the pilinoidal cyst of the GOP. (n/t)

[trekbiker]

24. aahahahha.... this is great.

those lockstep GOP/RNC Washington fools really are afraid of the 20 million brownshirt dittoheads under Rush's spell. This has to be the most divisive wedge I've seen yet to hit the repugs. Brilliant move keeping that fascist pig front and center. Split off the mainstream from the radical fringe. "Mainstream" republican might only be 20-30% of the party these days but thats still a good percentage to go after.

[KamaAina]

25. I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl6nl8deFVk

:cry: :cry: :cry:

:sarcasm:

[NYC Liberal]

26. Bwahahaha! I can't wait for the ads next year!

They are really pathetic now.

Rush IS the head of the GOP.

[Doctor_J]

27. Another cowardly, simpering whore "in charge" of the GOP

What a shock.

[DebbieCDC]

28. OxySlob/Palin 2012

With Joe the Plumber for Sec of State. There's your ticket 'pukes. I may laugh myself to death in the next 4 years. :rofl:

[nradisic]

29. Obama is such a chess player...

First it was Barack Obama and then Rahm Emmanuel that legitimized Rush Limpballs on national television and see where that brought us. Grab the popcorn. This is going to be so much fun. The GOP still thinks this is a game of checkers......Ha! Greedy, Obtuse and Petulant indeed...

[MellowDem]

30. Great News!

Rush won the battle for the GOP pretty easily. The latest usurper was easily crushed under his meaty foot. A party led by an extremist blowhard will be easy to defeat.

[pa28]

31. I think it's official. Rush runs the party now.

He's the perfect foil - a greasy, racist, gasbag who clings to the failed agenda that brought this country to the brink of ruin.

Rush is like a jacked up hummer h2 - a dying symbol of outdated ideas; laughable and ridiculous now. He can be front and center for as long as he likes IMO.

[proud2BlibKansan]

32. "His leadership"?!?!?!

Good gawd. That really speaks volumes, doesn't it?

[DaveHee]

49. His Leadership

“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.”

Ok then, -ALL- sponsors of the Rush Limbaugh show are now
-officially- Republican political party contributors.   And
-ALL- broadcasters carrying the show are therefore
-officially- delivering political advertisements for the
Republican party.  


Dave

[proud2BlibKansan]

61. Welcome to DU!

Great point. Great first post. :hi:

[nickyt]

51. "His leadership" - exactly, that's what really caught my eye! n/t

[Purveyor]

33. Good. Let 'them' keep limbaugh out there front and center and he will completely destroy the GOP.

The sooner, the better.

[nichomachus]

34. While you're down there Michael

do you want to check out that anal cyst to see how it's doing?

[Beartracks]

53. He might have irritated it already...

...on his way in -- judging by Rush's surly attitude.

[B3Nut]

35. Just...wow.

So the de facto head of the Republican Party is in fact a narcissistic AM radio blowhard. How deliciously fitting!

Rush is a tool and he doesn't even realize it. Obama pegs him as the face and voice of the Republicans, and Rush just gleefully gloms onto it with gusto! It's like shooting fish in a barrel. He wants to be seen as the head of the GOP...his ego forbids him to wish otherwise. I think President Obama knows this, and is using it to his advantage. Good move! The Party of Lincoln has become the Party of Limbaugh. That's just so delightfully pathetic...I might just have to make a cocktail to celebrate. ;)

Todd in Cheesecurdistan

[Gregorian]

40. Here's Mitch! Take a look at this. The last few seconds are the best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL86Ja1VorY

[B3Nut]

82. Hahahaah! I heard that clip on Rachel Maddow's show this aft.

My god, what a trainwreck of a party! One cannot help but laugh at the unfolding spectacle... :D

Todd in Cheesecurdistan

[muriel_volestrangler]

93. Wow.

"Mitch McConnell asks why anyone would want to hang out with Paul Krugman when you could hang with Rush Limbaugh"

Because they have a brain? A heart? A sense of decency?

Yeah, hang out with Rush the Republican Party Clown. Guaranteed to make half the audience cry just because he's vicious, frighten another quarter who actually analyse what he's doing, but he'll turn the remaining quarter into chuckling Beavis and Buttheads.

[No Elephants]

105. Huh? When did Krugman become the Democratic equivalent of Limbaough again? KO or Rachael,

maybe. Not Krugman. But, I would love to spend time with KO, Rachael or Krugman any day. I would not go near Limbaugh on a bet, though.

Ewwwwww. (I just threw up a little in my mouth.)

[creeksneakers2]

59. Rush realizes it.

He know that he's being used to crush the GOP. He also knows there is nothing he can do about it. Its great! Rush tore the GOP apart today and subtly encouraged his listeners to stop donating to the RNC. He said Bo Snerdly was crying. Its fantastic!

[patrick t. cakes]

86. i agree. rush knows full well whats happening

and doesnt give a shit.

i can see his ego driving some delusional
ideas of the conservative revolutionary.

thing is once rush is fully exposed he'll
have to actually debate and discuss
ideas with intelligent people
something hes never had to do before.

hes sunk.

[Gregorian]

37. Who's afraid of the big bad Rush.

This little piggy went wee wee wee all the way back to the GOP headquarters.

[florida08]

39. watch and see if Fake News

covers this..you know Olbermann and Maddow will and tomorrow..lol it will be everywhere..unless a republican with a pair steps forward the GOP is DOA.

[sledgehammer]

41. The repug party is doomed

Steele has really embarrassed himself here. He's clearly accepted Rush's leadership.

There's no denying that Rush has influence, but it's with people who will never even consider taking another approach other than what they've been brainwashed with. Good for them, let them go their own way. No one wants them, no one cares about them.

Independents and moderate republicans are completely turned off by Rush, and that's what's working against Repugs. But they just don't get it.

Rahm's move was brilliant, and Steele has played perfectly into the plan. But I don't want to see a protracted war of words between the White House and Rush.

Steele, Palin, Rush, Jindaliah, Joe the Plumber...nonstop entertainment to help me get through the recession!

[HopeHoops]

42. Rush to Steele: "Bend over, I'll drive."

[dem mba]

43. that was fast

and not surprising.

[Faygo Kid]

46. Yes, inevitable. And pathetic. There will be no disagreement with His Lardship.

Talk about a cult figure.

[Omaha Steve]

47. Labor goes after Rush in the third paragraph

Gotta love those unions!

[loyalkydem]

48. and

I had high hopes for Steele, you wuss.

[GentryDixon]

50. Rahm was spot on.

[Beartracks]

52. That giant sucking sound you hear...

...is Steele kissing ass. I don't rightly know which is more pathetic to watch, from a human-interest standpoint: Steele's obeisance to a radio personality, or Limbaugh's god/savior complex. Messiah, indeed!

[Raine]

55. Steele has no pride

I feel (well not really) ashamed and humiliated for him. :hurts: JESUS! :rofl:

[goclark]

56. Go D.L. That was a great interview

He fell right into your trap and now Limpballs is making Steele crawl to kiss his fat little ring!

LOL

[DRoseDARs]

58. There's an ugly racist joke in there somewhere...

...but unfortunately there's only so many ways to call Rush Limbaugh fat.

[shellgame26]

60. What a PUSSY

[Jambalaya]

80. "Tool "Steele

Looks like the Man of Steele went soft for Mr. Oxy-Incontinent.What a tool,what a fool!

[No Elephants]

106. Sexist much? Steele is male. Own it.

[LynnTheDem]

62. All I can say is

ROTFLMAO!!!

So Steele, you stil the "defacto leader of the Republic Party"???

LOL!!!

[veganlush]

63. hahahahaha

:evilgrin: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :popcorn: :woohoo: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :popcorn: :popcorn: :rofl: :popcorn: :rofl: :popcorn: :rofl: :popcorn:

[veganlush]

66. Steele...

...you da MAN!

[robertpaulsen]

64. Would he still be da man, Michele?

:eyes:

[Magleetis]

65. The gift that keeps on giving

Whats next? The GOP is in a hole and they just keep digging. Bring in the backhoe.

[TroglodyteScholar]

67. Looks like Mikey got his pecker slapped...

Now everyone knows who the REAL boss of the GOP is.

[dana_b]

69. damn they have NO spines!!

I can't believe that they kiss the ass of that racist, ignorant, homophobic blowhard.

[AlCzervik]

70. Dear my balls, how i miss you.

[letmesaythis]

71. Hold on!

I didn't get a chance to put butter on my popcorn. From now on
I guess it's just a matter of who can grovel the quickest.

[TuxedoKat]

72. Another one bites the dust...

That didn't last long. As soon as I'd heard he'd criticized Rush I knew he'd be apologizing.

[GeorgeGist]

73. Rush the Water Boy no longer ...

when the going get's tough the sheer stupidity of capitalism is impossible to hide.

[Historic NY]

74. boy now they're all kissing Rush fat ass.

[pam4water]

75. Pussy

[last_texas_dem]

76. Awww, how sweet...

:puke:

[JI7]

78. HAHHAHAHHAHA

[BrklynLiberal]

81. Poor Michael Steele....Think he realizes he is just a puppet now that he has had his

ass burned for saying something negative about Rush Limpballs?

How sad and pathetic. If the man had any self-respect at all...he would quit.

[unkachuck]

83. oh dear....

....that's ok mike, we understand....

[Arrowhead2k1]

84. Wow, the one time a Rethug apologizes to anyone and it's to

fucking Limbaugh?!

Good grief...

[donheld]

85. Steele is an ass!

[Kablooie]

87. Steele is a bufoon. He has no standing at all.

That's what happens when you pick someone based on the color of his skin,
not the content of his character.

[Joe Bacon]

88. Steele--YOU MUST SUBMIT TO THE WILL OF LANDREW!

STEELE YOU WILL SUBMIT TO THE WILL OF LANDREW RUSH OR ELSE!

[Maccagirl]

89. Kneel Before Zod!

n/t

[SpartanDem]

90. I wonder

if he his wife is upset at the loss of his balls.

[sarcasmo]

91. Politician apologizes to talking head.

Talking head owns Politician.

[muriel_volestrangler]

92. Limbaugh was over-promoted from phone-in caller to the host of a phone-in, and now to Godfather

(in the Marlon Brando sense) that the Republicans bow and scrape to.

When I went to the US in the late 90s, I was listening to radio news, and they had a piece in which they said, on the topic they were discussing, "talk show host Rush Limbaugh said ...", and then they cut to a fool mouthing off, rather incoherently, about whatever it was. So I assumed this was a caller to his program, and I waited to see what this Limbaugh guy, whom I'd never heard of, would say to expand on this, that made it worth reporting his views on a news program.

But there was nothing. That 'caller' was Limbaugh, though he sounded as if he was just an angry man phoning in the first thing that came into his head in a coffee break. Limbaugh was Joe The Plumber, just several years earlier - a certain type of man recognises themselves in him, and thinks he speaks for them. But they're both just windbags, with the confidence to carry on shouting whatever they want to. The Republicans have mistaken that confidence for 'leadership'.

And now the Republicans have crowned him the irreproachable leader of their party. It really does look like the end of that party. The official chairman actually grovels, and talks about his 'leadership'. If the Republicans hadn't been such arseholes in the preceding years, it'd be worrying. But you can't help feeling they deserve this humiliation.

I wonder where the replacement for the party will come from. There's no doubt there will still be a major party to the right of the Democrats, but will the Libertarians grow to become it? Will an explicitly Christian Fundamentalist party appear? Will moderates look to join the Democrats?

[tom_paine]

94. Now THAT'S some disgusting toadying!

:rofl:

[ShortnFiery]

95. "Oh Boss, yes Sir! I am all about respecting your authority ... please don't hurt me anymore?!?"

:puke: :eyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fuDDqU6n4o

Rush: Don't YOU ever talk to me that way to ME. Never. Never!

"What we got here is a failure to communicate." (adoration for RushBo - the real BOSS Man)

[dysfunctional press]

101. .

[mistertrickster]

111. ROFL--LOL! Great picture. That's what I was thinking too:

In the voice of Prissy from Gone with the Wind:

I didn't mean nuthin' 'bout saying nuffin against Masser Rush. He be a good masser. Please don't send me back to the fields again. I haint no field negro. I a house negro. Lord a-mercy, Miss Scarlet.

[Vinca]

96. What a pathetic, pathetic man. Schedule Steele for a spine implant. nt

[dysfunctional press]

100. so rush- does michael spit or swallow...?

inquiring minds...

[Vinnie From Indy]

104. Ouch!

Getting your balls ripped off in front of the world has to hurt on so many levels.

I actually feel sorry for that dumbass Steele. He should have known that once he publicly attacked Limbaugh there was no turning back. He instantly sealed his fate by bad mouthing the king of the GOP and his only choice after that was whether he wanted to keep his balls intact while he was shown to the door. He choose poorly.

[GregW]

107. Here, Mikie... take two of these and call me in the morning

[No Elephants]

108. Hey Rush,. Michael B.L. Steele

called. (That's Michael Brenda Lee Steele to you.)

I'm sorry, so sorry
That I was such a fool
I didn't know
Love could be so cruel
Oh oh oh oh uh-oh oh yes

You tell me mistakes
Are part of being young
But that don't right
The wrong that's been done
(I'm sorry) I'm sorry
(So sorry) So sorry
Please accept my apology
But love is blind
And I was to blind to see.
Oh oh oh oh uh-oh oh yes

You tell me mistakes
Are part of being young
But that don't right
The wrong that's been done
Oh oh oh oh uh-oh oh yes
I'm sorry, so sorry
Please accept my apology
But love was blind
And I was too blind to see
Sorry

[rolltideroll]

110. Michael Steele

Just helped a burglar move his own TV out of the house.

[2Design]

113. Rush/joe the plumber /2012 - now that would be our winning ticket n/t

[guitar man]

114. bwahaha!!!

(I think this little gem you posted earlier belongs here :D )

[SIMPLYB1980]

115. LOL!

:spray:

[VaYallaDawg]

116. How much fatter can that gasbag get??

I saw him on TV for the first time in ages last night on CNN - he seriously looks like he's ready to explode!!

[Butch350]

117. The Balls of Steel are hollow! And...

...Rush has a lower approval rating than Mr Bush. The media wants us to believe he is the leader of the GOP. How is
someone that can't control his prescription drug addiction be allowed to act as if he is the talking head for the Rebulicans?

[daleo]

118. "I'm sorry"

"Let's go hunting, and you can shoot me in the face", says the contrite Republican.

[classysassy]

119. The top ditto

head is in charge,so all of you republicans remember the Gippers 11th commandant,"speack no evil of your fellow republicans",even when they are full of shit 99 9/10 % of the time.

[EndElectoral]

120. So I guess Steele hopes Obama fails as well causing great hardship among American people

[Octafish]

121. Rush IS an entertainer...

...an ugly, incindiary, fascist entertainer.