Steele Slips on Gimp Suit - Tells Limpballs He's Sorry

[jefferson_dem]

Steele to Rush: I'm sorry

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.”

Steele, who won a hard-fought chairman's race on Jan. 30, told Politico he telephoned Limbaugh after his show on Monday afternoon and hoped that they would connect soon.

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."

“I’m not going to engage these guys and sit back and provide them the popcorn for a fight between me and Rush Limbaugh,” Steele added. “No such thing is going to happen. … I wasn’t trying to slam him or anything.”

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

[EraOfResponsibility]

1. "I is so sorry Massa...p-p-pleese don't beat me, Massa"

"I's so sorreh."

:rofl:

[backscatter712]

17. One ticket for the short bus, please...

:spank: :rofl:

[FrenchieCat]

2. Michael Balls NOT of Steele Michael?

:rofl:

[jefferson_dem]

3. ..."words that I said weren’t what I was thinking"...

:rofl:

[EraOfResponsibility]

8. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

OMG THAT SHIT IS SO FUNNY!!!!!



"th-th-that's not what I really meant to say, I swear!" :rofl:

[Rashel]

26. Lamest thing I've ever heard.....

[Best_man23]

34. Steele is like a Ken doll

Smooth down below.

[PretzelWarrior]

4. God, what a spineless asshole. But feeds into what we've been saying.

Rushbo is the Godfather. He's calling the shots for the Republicans. If you cross Rush you better be right back on TV or radio ready to kiss his extremely large and rat infested ass.

[tishaLA]

5. Jeez, Steele must be going for Harry Reid's job

He folded faster than I could have imagine.

[EraOfResponsibility]

6. Kiss Limball's ass = alienate the same young black people you were trying to attract

The same young black people who HEARD and SAW Limpballs saying "I WANT OBAMA TO FAIL".

You can't have it both ways, Steele. You fucked up.

[MadMaddie]

22. Bingo!

[yellerpup]

7. This is farsical.

Bowing down before the bloody beast who has no conscience, knows no shame, corrupts little boys and would be serving time for drug charges if he were anyone else. "Tremendous respect" for what?
He only calls himself an entertainer to keep from being sued for libel. He is a hate mongering monster with an OD in his future. Respect that.

Edited for incoherency

[cbc5g]

9. This republican drama is hilarious to watch

they are doing a great job damaging their credibility for years to come ... as if they ever had any

[Z_I_Peevey]

10. That didn't take long.

Even the little Congressdude held out for a day before begging Pigboy's forgiveness.

[ljm2002]

11. Truly hilarious...

...if, like myself, you love dark humor.

So now we know who the true "leader" of their party is. It certainl is not Mr. Steele. Can you even imagine Rush apologizing to Steele for saying something outrageous about him? Of course you can't! And nothing Steele said was even remotely outrageous.

One thing I can't figure, though. How does that fat, unappealing, bigoted, junkie pedophile gasbag get to be so all-powerful in any milieu, much less in national politics?

Well it's all good, this should help hasten their party's ride down the whitewater rapids into well-deserved oblivion!

[ezgoingrl]

12. Can Republicans be anymore predictable?

HA HA HA!! They're playing right into Obama's hands. Bwahahahaha!! :crazy:

edit: had to fix my crazy

[cbc5g]

13. It was a very good political move

for leading democrats and Obama to get rush limbaugh involved in the national discussion especially in regards to the discussion on who leads the republican party. Every day that goes on is good for progressive causes.

[pink-o]

33. I see Rahm's hands in this--all 9 1/2 fingers!

Think about it: this is his MO. He's the one that let it leak about Qatar looking after our port security. He got Congress to consider cutting payments off to Cheney when Darth declared he was neither legislative nor executive.

This is classic Rahm, and why Obama chose him for this position. So all you Rahm-haters who're enjoying the Repig circular firing squad, just remember who you have to thank!

[AllentownJake]

14. That is fucking sad

He's the chairman of a national political party that has the second most seats in the house and senate and held the white house for 8 years and he has to kiss the ass of a drug addicted talk show host.

Fucking sad.

[RepublicanElephant]

15. steele apologizes to rush...

[Uzybone]

16. Wow....every last one of them is a fool for Rush

[Thrill]

18. Rahm said any time the Repukes criticize him they have to apologize

lol

[Yavin4]

25. Rahm Is Wrong

They have to publicly grovel and then apologize.

[Pisces]

19. Groveling, spineless fools. The Repigs couldn't be more weak.

[Louis-Emmanuel]

20. The man of steele

NOT.

[QC]

21. Excellent! This simply proves yet again that Limbaugh really is the leader of that party.

This is very, very good news.

[camera obscura]

23. That's not very hip hop of him. He should have taken the chance to start a feud.

[Z_I_Peevey]

32. Bwah!

:hi:

[Better Believe It]

24. Mr. Steele, I'm not convinced. Prove your love for Rush!

A little groveling before the Almighty Limbaugh would help.

[Festusss]

27. Steele just reaffirmed for all the world that...

STEELE = TOKEN

[Best_man23]

28. Listen to this while reading this article

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3s5rPZQLK4&feature=related

[Brewman_Jax]

29. Bring out The Gimp!

[olegramps]

30. Personally I discount ANY Black or Hispanic that is a Republican as sellouts.

[Orsino]

31. Stumbling out of the gate.

Can you sense it? Can you fell how badly they want to tear each other apart? And how afraid they are to do much of anything?

Sometimes nothin' is a pretty foolish-looking hand.

[Cha]

35. Everything Steele has done up

to right before the rush apology has been laden with clues that he would indeed act in that manner.