Michael Steele didn't let the sun go down before he apologized to Rush Limbaugh. Think of it! The head of the Republican Party apologized to a talk radio host for uttering a mild criticism of him. This must be the End Times, because there are signs and wonders all over the damn place.
If I'm Barack Obama, I'm opening a bottle of Champagne in the Oval Office tonight with Rahm Emanuel and toasting to Rush's long life. And taking turns reading aloud from John Derbyshire's AmCon piece about how talk radio is ruining the right.
UPDATE: What David Frum said. Excerpt:
Rush knows what he is doing. The worse conservatives do, the more important Rush becomes as leader of the ardent remnant. The better conservatives succeed, the more we become a broad national governing coalition, the more Rush will be sidelined.But do the rest of us understand what we are doing to ourselves by accepting this leadership? Rush is to the Republicanism of the 2000s what Jesse Jackson was to the Democratic party in the 1980s. He plays an important role in our coalition, and of course he and his supporters have to be treated with respect. But he cannot be allowed to be the public face of the enterprise - and we have to find ways of assuring the public that he is just one Republican voice among many, and very far from the most important.
As Frum says elsewhere in your post, think of the head of the Democratic Party -- a friendly, well-spoken, likable family man -- by comparison to Limbaugh, a very rich, much-married, fatmouthing blowhard. Who do you think makes the more attractive face of their party? Who do you think lives more like a social conservative?
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> "Rush is pushing the GOP toward a harsh nationalism. It will marginalize the GOP even further."
Too late -- the GOP has been nationalistic for years. Cheney calling the Constitution a sacred document? From a Christian point of view, that's offensive. They've turned the nation into an idol and re-created God in their American image.
And what does Rush care about the Kingdom of God? He's got his reward here on earth already.
We Christians should be the first to stand against the exaltation of the USA and our faith in our economic/military/political power. Otherwise the complaints of the prophets apply to us and we will continue to bring God's wrath on ourselves.
"what he said"?
Why don't you just write "mee too, look at me" and shovel a link to Frum.
Look, if you want to criticize Rush, the criticize him ... intellectually. Do you honestly think that Steele did himself or us or the Republican Party or Conservatism any favors by making "He's an entertainer! It's ugly" a criticism?
Is that how you would criticize someone?
Surely you're not so over loaded with granola carbs that you can distinguish between an intelligent criticism and "it's ugly".
Never mind the fact that Steele was practically doing terrorist fist bumps with an ebonic-challenged black man (D L Hughey) who described the Republican Party as white Nazis? While spouting his "It's ugly" nonsense.
I agree. It's like feeding into someone like Ann Coulter...they fill those who are easily influenced (a large chunk of people) with hate, lies, and distortion all to make an easy buck when they turn around and write a book about their nonsensical accusations that their own party buys in mass quantities (I saw Mr. Coulter's latest book release on sale at Target for $6.99 a few days ago). The more you speak their name, the more it helps them out. It's easy to turn and yell and demean something you don't like, and Rush Limbaugh is the epitome of what model American's need to distance themselves from. Regardless of your parties affiliation, no respectable citizen would want our President to fail; that means we all fail.
Michael Steele is just another pathetic drone in a hive of bees, who desperately tries to ride the coat-tails of a historic election. He's like Bobby Jindal and Sarah Palin; there's a high shock value with first impressions, then the bubble bursts, and what's left is a pile of scandals, stupidity, and lies.
Rush can rant and rave and continue to schoolyard bully people into being his supporters, but it is the real leaders of the US that have taken more action to fix our mess of a country in one month than in the past 8 years combined.
When will people wake up?
This is more than about Rush. When the liberal talk show host said that CPAC looked like a bunch of Nazis Michael Steele nodded in agreement.
Some said his nodding wasn't in agreement with that statement but still at the very least he was quiet and did not speak out against that outrageous statement.
This is more than about Rush the person. This was about the speech he gave and if you listened to the speech and agree with it then it is not only Rush but YOU, that Micheal Steele has rebuked in the harshest of terms.
Well, if that is the way the "leader" of the GOP feels about me then I say no, no, no, not God Bless the GOP, GOD DAMN the GOP. It isn't the party I thought I knew!
>Eoo late -- the GOP has been nationalistic for years. Cheney calling the Constitution a sacred document? From a Christian point of view, that's offensive.
If it makes you feel any better, Cheney clearly didn't mean a word of it.
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