"I'm Sorry, Rush"
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has launched a new Web site -- ImSorryRush.com -- spoofing Republicans who criticize conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh and "then turn around and quickly beg his forgiveness." The site allows users to customize their own Limbaugh apology letters.
"If you're one of the growing number of Republicans who need a quick and easy way to apologize to Rush Limbaugh after you cross him, look no further than ImSorryRush.com," Jennifer Crider, comm. dir. for the DCCC, said in a statement. "Even if you're not a Republican, this new site gives you the opportunity to apologize to Leader Rush just like the elected Republicans did."
The site is an effort, of course, to push the Michael Steele/Limbaugh feud into another news cycle. And to hammer home the notion that "Leader Rush" is heading the GOP.
But the Democrats aren't the only ones still musing about Republican National Commitee chief Steele's recent criticism of Limbaugh, whom he called an entertainer who makes "ugly" and "incendiary" remarks. The conservative blogosphere is buzzing with discontent. Blogometer's Ian Faerstein reports that bloggers are slamming Steele and sticking by Limbaugh:
NRO's Mark Steyn: "In two brief soundbites, Mr. Steele has managed to suggest to his own party base that he has a lazy disposition that reflexively shares the liberal biases, and to allow the wider world to portray him as a craven squish. This is not encouraging. At the very minimum, he does not appear ready for primetime."
Dan Riehl: "It's not easy watching a black guy stumble around in the dark, but really, I'm trying. [...] The Republicans finally get an RNC Chairman of color and all they got was another dumb, potentially too moderate, gutless wonder of a Republican in the end. If nothing else, there is equality in that. How utterly sad."
AmSpec Blog's Jeffrey Lord: "[W]ho is Michael Steele and what does he really believe? Not, apparently, conservatism. If the new GOP national spokesman doesn't have the horse sense to understand he needs to know when he is being baited to accept liberal templates (Rush is a bigot, tax cuts failed, big government works etc. etc. etc.) then the door opens on a conversation we shouldn't have to have but apparently must: why is this man the chairman of the RNC?"
Power Line's John Hinderaker: "One wonders: even if Steele himself doesn't listen to Rush's show, he must understand that millions of Republicans do. So how could he have thought that insulting Rush could possibly be a good idea? By demonizing Rush, he insulted the party that he purports to lead. [...] If Michael Steele thinks that the way to respond to the White House's attack on Rush Limbaugh is to throw Rush under the bus, his understanding of the party's base and of the current political landscape -- not to mention his understanding of Limbaugh -- is too weak for him to continue as RNC Chairman."
RedState's Erickson: "This sort of thing with Rush Limbaugh plays right into concerns many of us had about Steele. He called Rush's CPAC speech, which was very well received, 'incendiary' and 'ugly.' What was so ugly about it? What was so incendiary? Rush lit into Steele today on the radio. And he's absolutely right on this. First, Steele made a novice mistake. Of course the media is going to try to start a fight. Look at what they tried to do between Rush and [House GOP Whip Eric] Cantor. Steele took the bait. He should not have. Second, if Steele actually wants to support Obama, as Rush rightly pointed out, why the hell is he Chairman of the RNC instead of the DNC? And why should people give money to the RNC if they are going to be apologists?"
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Surprise, surprise, surprise, another “WELL FED” republican, out of touch with the common man, unaffected by the recent economic downturn, espousing the republican methodologies, which have failed, and negating the inevitable change that has come to America. Republicans have failed in a bold fashion. The majority electorate has dictated that there will be profound change, for the better. As a people, we say keep up the “circular firing squad”. We are hoping that the concept of a republican will be thought of, much the same way we think about the dinosaur. Keep up the good work Rush. We stand behind you in your effort to alienate yourself and your party. The current MAJORITY wants Obama to succeed, because we will, as a consequence, succeed. The only thing we want to fail is the concept of a “republican”. Happy days, imploding, Chub-a-Dub!
The republican pohilosophy is corrupt. The party is filled with thugs, thieves and amoral sociopaths. Rush Limbaugh is the perfect leader for those scum.