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Steele Apologizes to Limbaugh, Kaine Says: "See?!"
March 02, 2009 8:13 PM
Our polling director, Gary Langer, points out that according to a Gallup poll completed Feb. 1, 28% percent of Americans view El Rushbo favorably, 45 percent unfavorably. The rest, 27 percent, express no opinion.
That's a 28/45 favorable/unfavorable rating, which is not great.
Why is the White House embracing him as the president's chief opponent?
Among Democrats, Limbaugh has a 6/63 favorable/unfavorable. Among independents, it's 25/45.
And why is RNC Chair Michael Steele apologizing to him, as Politico's Mike Allen reported this evening?
Limbaugh's fave-unfave is 60-23 among Republicans.
"My intent was not to go after Rush - I have enormous respect for Rush Limbaugh," Steele said in a telephone interview with Allen. "I was maybe a little bit inarticulate. … There was no attempt on my part to diminish his voice or his leadership."
Countered DNC Chair Tim Kaine: "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."
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Re: Now all of a sudden I've got someone who wasn't a spouse before, that I had no responsibility for, who is now getting claimed as a spouse that I now have financial responsibility for... So how do I pay for that? Who pays for that? You just cost me money, GOP Chairman Michael Steele said Saturday. Hmmm... The GOP's attempt to rally anti-gay sentiment with healthcare is repugnant. Almost all businesses providing healthcare only pay a portion of employee coverage and no part of dependent coverage, spouse or children. A spouse, male or female, makes absolutely no difference!
Posted by: jpinsatx | May 20, 2009 1:31:06 PM
AngieJ - And as I said "But if I wasn't involved in any charities you'd still beat your breast and say "we kill the innocent with reason and enlightenment that the world will be a better place for the rest of us"...
In 2007, Limbaugh donated $2.1 million dollars to The Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation benefiting children of Marines and law enforcement personnel killed in the line of duty. He also donated a letter from Senator Reid's, that was auctioned off on ebay for the same amount. Intoto $4.2 million for that charity.
You probably already knew that didn't you? You just wanted to see if I knew it too. Keep beating yourself... someday your IQ will catch up with your age.
Posted by: None of the Above | Mar 5, 2009 12:28:21 AM
DaveM, ACTUALLY the Republicans and Democrats in the House did work in a bipartisan effort regarding the Stimulus package. Seven Democrats voted with the 176 Republicans to vote AGAINST the bill.
Posted by: James Danley | Mar 4, 2009 1:42:52 AM
NeitherParty Writes : " I'm actually directly involved in 4; and none are related to the Right to Life. One is a community based program for disadvantaged youth. I'm working with about 20 kids now. The second is an international aviation rescue organization. The third ...
Sure you are. I'll bet you found those on the internet. Oh and you still didn't tell me which charity Rush is involved in.
That fat blow hard is only involved in the charity of Rush.
I guess he's Steele's Kryptonite. ROTFLMAO
He made Steele look like an A**!
Posted by: AngieJ | Mar 4, 2009 12:34:10 AM
Uh, you forgot Joe Biden in your list of erudite Dem leaders.
For those of you that think the rest of us are stupid enough to buy into your repeated "for 8 years" BS give it up, because it simply won't work. The economy was on the up and up under President Bush and the Republicans...and then the Dems took over Congress. Pretty much downhill from there. Spare us your attempts at historical revisionism.
The mindset of the Democrat is that the government has to do something/spend in order to keep the economy stable. Actually, all that does is weaken the economy. Conservatives don't have too many 'programs' they want to start nor new bureaucracies to set up.
Look at Present Obama. He's obsessed with bureaucracy, for example, "Office of the President Elect"...Good grief.
How about letting businesses go under rather than propping them up and having them fall harder and take more down with them?
Would you all have bailed out Enron? Why not Montgomery Wards, or a host of other companies over the decades?
As for Republicans/Conservatives being un-educated, saying so doesn't make it true.
Posted by: RR GOP | Mar 3, 2009 5:31:32 PM
Has Rush's EGO gotten as BIG as his ASS over all this... or what? Poor, poor pitiful Republicans... I'd worry more about Boehner than I'd worry about RuBaugh.
Posted by: Incredulous in Colorado | Mar 3, 2009 3:25:04 PM
Yes, the Republican party should fear the likes of mental giants such as Howard Dean, Rod Blagojevich, John Edwards, Bill Richardson... all intellectually superior to the brain of the Democratic party, Barack Obama.
Let's not forget the moral high ground the Left holds from these men... Definitely a stable platform to launch into the next 40 years of Democratic Domination. Gee, wasn't it just four years ago the democrats were wondering if their party could sink any lower?
Most of the middle class was tired of the war, just as they will be tired of out of control spending in four more years. Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter will be remember far longer for their spending than any Republican.
Posted by: None of the Above | Mar 3, 2009 12:48:48 PM
The Republican Party apparently has a death wish............when its best and brightest are Limbaugh, Jindal, Palin, Steele and the other graduates of the Clown College.....I suspect the Republican Party will be in the wilderness for 40 years............Oh, Moses, where are you when the Republicans need you?
Posted by: Sammy | Mar 3, 2009 12:26:30 PM
"Syndicated Columnist, Star Parker, has written an excellent column entitled "Back on Uncle Sam's Plantation." "
Syndicated columnist should actually read crazy right winger.
Posted by: Ryan C | Mar 3, 2009 12:23:33 PM
wow!!!
The GOP is now lead from a Radio talkshow.
I guess we understand why the GOP call investing in American schools wasteful spending and investing 1$ trillion in Iraq 'liberation'.
What a confusion.
Hope the GOP stays in this EXIL forever.
Posted by: Jim | Mar 3, 2009 12:03:39 PM
Steele doesn't live up to his name.
Posted by: Clint | Mar 3, 2009 11:47:01 AM
Limbaugh is put forward as a distraction from economic policy.
Posted by: mad | Mar 3, 2009 11:05:45 AM
Rush for Entertainer of the Year! He is simply far better than Tina Fey ever dreamed of being. He's the man "no one should listen to" as the great prophet, orator and brain Pres Obama declared. Rush is the great thorn in the foot of the Lion of Nigeria! The man is amazing for only being on talk radio! He can provoke the democrats to jump off the rational ship! He became the defacto RNC chair because of an apology. The POTUS, the most powerful man on earth, points all of his intellectual capacity at this overweight, drug addict, radio host and declares "don't listen to him"? Can you not ignore him as others have ignored James Carville, Howard Dean, and the werverend Jesse Jackson? Please, my nose is bleeding from yelling at my screen! This is the dumbest ABC post in the last hour!
Posted by: None of the Above | Mar 3, 2009 10:58:00 AM
I don't envy President Obama. The GOP messed up the Economy in eight unbroken years.
He's being the President for less than three months, he has taken bold steps at revamping the comatose economy.
Despite all his effort, some miscreants, I said SOME Miscreants (bcos some of them are reasonable People) in the oppostion are getting so impatient.
They stupidly in the name of partisanship sat through President Bush's bastardization of the Economy without a whimper. But now that President Obama is working frantically as if he is on steroids, in order to clear the mess they left in the Country, they would rather throw spannner in the works to thwart his effort.
These People are sick and they care only for power and not the responsibility that goes with the authority.
They keep shouting Tax Cut as if that in itself will clear the mess they pooped on the Country in the last eight years.
Give President Obama a chance. Give him four years to clear the eight years mess.
If he fails to revamp the economy in four years, vote him out.
But for now, he needs the cooperation of all and sundry to take us to eldorado.
Bickering and senseless partisanship will kee dragging the Country to the abyss.
Posted by: Dare Nigeria | Mar 3, 2009 10:56:06 AM
"as long as Republicans refuse to work in a bipartisan manner set themselves in the role of obstructionists"
Both parties are guilty of this, it's called politics. I find it extraordinary how people will conveniently package their view of reality differently depending on if their party is power or not.
The fact is the "obstructionism" was intentionally put into our government. How often has the Democrats touted the tyranny of the majority? Yet here is a minority party, employing the same tactics that Democrats used when they were the minority party and popularized as the struggle to protect the minority, and suddenly the labels change. It's fascinating isn't it?
Posted by: KR | Mar 3, 2009 10:54:00 AM
"as long as Republicans refuse to work in a bipartisan manner set themselves in the role of obstructionists"
Both parties are guilty of this, it's called politics. I find it extraordinary how people will conveniently package their view of reality differently depending on if their party is power or not.
The fact is the "obstructionism" was intentionally put into our government. How often has the Democrats touted the tyranny of the majority? Yet here is a minority party, employing the same tactics that Democrats used when they were the minority party and popularized as the struggle to protect the minority, and suddenly the labels change. It's fascinating isn't it?
Posted by: KR | Mar 3, 2009 10:50:28 AM
"the chief spokesperson for the Republican party..."
Seems that the President, leftist politicians, and the media are making that assertion, not Republicans. The political party leaders are the House and Senate minority leaders, and RNC chairman. As I stated earlier, I think Steele was a poor choice, he is still the RNC chair.
Limbaugh is a talk radio host. It would seem there is a determined effort to package the entire Republican party under Limbaugh, even when it makes no sense?
I'm still puzzled with all that's going on, the White House is obsessed with Limbaugh.
Posted by: KR | Mar 3, 2009 10:46:09 AM
Mr. Danley - as long as Republicans refuse to work in a bipartisan manner set themselves in the role of obstructionists, Mr. Obama will do what he has to to fix the legacy problems that were thrust on him. Republicans are isolating themselves and allowing themselves to be painted with a particularly unflattering brush ala Limbaugh. I seem to remember a great many campaign promises made by your president Bush which were not only broken but stepped upon and crushed.
Posted by: DaveM | Mar 3, 2009 10:39:59 AM
Ha Ha Steele is not Made of Steele after all All, the Republicans Bow down To the Almight RUSH! What a Bunch of Sissy girls Afraid of a Drug Addict Comedian! hahahahahahahahahah ahahahahahah grow some Republicans!
Posted by: Angie in PA | Mar 3, 2009 10:36:19 AM
OK, let me get this straight... the chief spokesperson for the Republican party is a pill-popping, sex-addicted, narcissistic, ego-maniacal RADIO TALK SHOW HOST, who primary interest is spreading a niche ultra-conservatism through vicious personal attacks and general hatred? I guess Republicans truly did not or will not learn the lessons from the past two elections. Well, then... RUSH 2012!!!
Posted by: DaveM | Mar 3, 2009 10:32:22 AM
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