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Monday, March 2, 2009

Politics Fun While It Lasted

Posted by Dan Savage on Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 3:41 PM

Fight over: Michael Steele has returned his tongue to Rush Limbaugh's ass.

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.” ... “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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What? Who thinks Rush Limbaugh is entertaining?

Posted by Y.F. on March 2, 2009 at 3:46 PM

Dan, we have to admire your diligent and persistent efforts to distract slog from the economy crashing down around our ears with multiple posts of this trivia.

Posted by you're jealous Steele pushed your tongue out of Rush's ass on March 2, 2009 at 3:56 PM

Wow. That was fast...Goes to show who is really in charge. I hope Steele doesn't have to step down soon because he needs "family time". Hahaha

Posted by Original Monique on March 2, 2009 at 3:57 PM

I await Stephen Colbert's final thoughts on this topic.

Posted by Lenny on March 2, 2009 at 3:58 PM

Limbaugh, Libby, Rove, and Cheney - the gifts that keep on giving ... or was that keep destroying America?

Posted by Will in Seattle on March 2, 2009 at 3:59 PM

@4 - I expect Steven Colbert to declare himself the defacto leader of the Republican Party.

Posted by @ on March 2, 2009 at 4:01 PM

Is this a stealth project to associate gay analinguists with rightwingers? That's what I would call a smear campaign. Ha ha! Bet they won't put up with that kind of shit from you! Ha ha ha!

I crack me up. Gotta go Sonicare my tongue now.

Posted by tomasyalba on March 2, 2009 at 4:12 PM

What a scrotum. Now he is going to be derisively called "Limbaugh's Bitch" by Hughley, and rightly so. Hilarious. So much for the possibility of a backbone.

Posted by Zoroastronomer on March 2, 2009 at 4:16 PM

that didn't take long.

Posted by jb on March 2, 2009 at 4:32 PM

@2:

Some of us will take all the "distraction" we can get...

Posted by Hey! Who Flushed My 401K Down The Toilet? on March 2, 2009 at 4:38 PM

Limbaugh 1, Republican backbone 0.

Posted by madscntst on March 2, 2009 at 4:48 PM

For someone who opposes civil unions and gay marriage, Steele has no problem bending over and spreading for the pudgy pillpopper.

Posted by Emil Sarcasian on March 2, 2009 at 4:49 PM

I love that Steele apparently doesn't know what the fuck is coming out of his stupid pie hole. What a useless waste. Stupid, the lot of 'em.

Posted by Balt-O-Matt on March 2, 2009 at 5:02 PM

Would it be impolitic of me to point out this term at this juncture?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.ph…

Posted by probablynotPC on March 2, 2009 at 5:44 PM

what a loser, I hope the GOP rips itself apart

Posted by eastcoastreader on March 2, 2009 at 6:06 PM

just when you think the repugs can't get any less credible...they wow us anew. there's no disagreement allowed among them. those who disagree (i.e. christopher buckley) just leave, thus making it exclusively the party of the talibangelists, ditto heads and confederates. bitter little minority party. you must obey--achtung! how nice for them.

Posted by ellarosa on March 2, 2009 at 6:27 PM

the Obama fanboys are whistling past the graveyard.
the blue team has the ball and you're wasting time gossiping about what the red team 2nd stringers are doing.
try to keep your eye on the Dow, I mean ball.

Posted by a grateful nation on March 2, 2009 at 6:52 PM

@17: Sorry you don't have the mental capacity to pay attention to both at once :(

Posted by grateful indeed on March 2, 2009 at 6:59 PM

Well, if you won't slam him, Steele, I will. Bottoms up, butterball. Soon as I score some Viagra.

Posted by slummin' rob on March 2, 2009 at 7:03 PM

Neither does Obama, evidently.

Posted by how low can you go? on March 2, 2009 at 7:03 PM

awww, what's the matter, haven't finished destroying America, right-wing scum @20?

Posted by Will in Seattle on March 2, 2009 at 8:31 PM

PUSSY!!! No balls. Sad.

Posted by Cracker Jack on March 2, 2009 at 8:37 PM

21
What do you mean Will?
A crashing stock market is a
GREAT THING!!
Dollar averaging and all.
I can't wait to turn on CNBC and see how much it's plunged this morning!

Posted by Obama's Stock Market crash is a GREAT THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! on March 3, 2009 at 3:07 AM

The American Economy
is a great thing.....

FOR ME TO POOP ON !!!!

Posted by Barak Obama on March 3, 2009 at 3:09 AM

Rush is the gift that just keeps giving... to Dems. The only people who think he's sane are the nut jobs.

Posted by Vince on March 3, 2009 at 6:27 AM

I get a big smile picturing Steele pushing that fat gut up out of the way to suck on that ugly little pink dick while Limbuagh laughs uproariously.

Posted by Jersey on March 3, 2009 at 6:46 AM

It is a little known fact that Rush is Dan's idol and mentor in the black arts of demagogery and dickwadery.

Posted by have you noticed the eerie physical resemblence? on March 3, 2009 at 6:54 AM

@Obama's Stock Market crash is a GREAT THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY OBAMA IS DOING THIS TO THE COUNTRY!!!! EVERYTHING WAS FINE 6 MONTHS AGO!!

Dude, don't even try to put this one on the current President. Things will get worse before they get better, and it took almost 25 years for the market to regain its pre-Great Depression value.

Posted by Jamie on March 3, 2009 at 7:54 AM

@14 - EXACTLY. Yet another example of Uncle Tom in action.

Posted by Ren on March 3, 2009 at 10:54 AM

I keep having to remind myself, Schadenfreude is bad karma...

Posted by Geni on March 3, 2009 at 2:45 PM