Shorter Entire GOP: We welcome our new bloated overlord!

If I listen carefully and the wind is from the right direction I can hear Rahm Emanuel laughing is ass off.

Sanford didn't backpedal quite as badly. He just said he hadn't meant anyone specifically, and didn't change his remarks. Very different from "I didn't mean what I said."

Heh, kissing the boss' "ring" - and that mealy wafflegab from Steele about not really meaning what he said or seemed to say at first, blubber blubber ... Ummm, Rush is now teh pwner of the GOP. Borrowing from other cute renamings of the Republicans, I propose this ultimate and timely handle: The Re-Rush-lickin' Party, because they keep going back (bend) over and over again ...

Steele doesn't want us to, but grab lots of popcorn folks and gobble it down for the dogs and pwner show!

"To quote Rush, a lot of Republicans are being told to 'bend over and grab the ankles' for him."

If the GOP hopes for Deliverance from Limbaugh, they should remember Ned Beatty's predicament in the Film of the same name:
"Giddown on yo knees an squeal lak a pig!!"

As my old friend Elvin Bishop used to say,
" I havent had this much fun in about a Hunnered' years"
Whats next 50 clowns comming out of a small car? Truly entertaining watching that sweaty blovating fool rally the same 30%.
I see them all the time here in central Florida, still wearing thier McCain Palin Tee Shirts , hoping for some kind of time warp that will magicaly transport them back to a time when things were all republican all the time.

O Mr. Greenslade, I did not want that visual! :D But here's one back at ya From wiki:

"Draft status: Limbaugh's birthdate was ranked as 175 in the Vietnam War draft lottery. No one was drafted above 125. He was classified as "1-Y" (later reclassified "4-F") due to either a football knee injury or a diagnosis of Pilonidal disease.[9][5]"

I'll let you google "Pilonidal".

Squeal like Repiglickin's ...
Heh, Mike Steele no longer "da man" but da maid ...

And they still don't realize that for Limbaugh this is nothing more than a new angle for ratings. This is a no win for the Republican Party. either thay take him on and have him go ballistic on them, or the grovel and have him gloat. It's not in his best interest to smooth this over or put the issue behind. Its exactly what Obama and the Democrats hoped to achieve. This is ratings gold for the fat pig and he'll eat his own if he has to without a second thought.

He's not as smart as he thinks he is because his presentation is horrific. I keep saying it, but with the dire problems facing the country and everyone as individuals the last thing people want is a bloated, sweating, self-promoting con-man hawking catastrophic failure as a way to keep himself in the spotlight. He played right into the President's hand.

You quote: "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 added.

How pathetic. How totally and completely humiliating. This is worse than the guy who apologized for getting in the way of Dick Cheney's shotgun blast.

What is it with these, uh, "girly men" Repubs? They cower before a guy who got 5 deferments because he had "other priorities" and a guy who avoided service because he had an ingrown hair on his ass.

You can't make this stuff up. The Onion and The Daily Show are going to be ruined because this is beyond satire.

My sense of human dignity aches for these people. I might be confusing that pain with the stomachache I've had from laughing my ass off for days, though.

The day Obama mentioned Limbaugh may well go down in history as the beginning of the Republican Civil War. And it seemed so harmless at the time.

Danp:
Not "harmless" but brilliantly calculated.

Just one more example of Obama's political genius.
This guy is better than good. He's not only making the repubs look small but also gullible, immature, and downright stupid.

If I was a republican I couldnt find a beach deep enough to bury my head.

The problem for the Republicans is that Rush Limbaugh doesn't really care whether they win elections or not. Rush Limbaugh cares about sitting on his big fat ass, collecting an even bigger and fatter paycheck for reading the corporate-sponsored, scripted hate-speech and lies that are handed to him each day.

He can do that just as easily with Democrats in power. Indeed, he can probably make more money when Democrats are in power, given that the essence of his shtick is preaching to the ditto-heads that they are all the poor, pitiful, oppressed victims of "powerful liberal elites".

I would add that it is particularly disgusting to see Michael Steele kissing Limbaugh's fat ass, given that much of Limbaugh's most offensive and vile "incendiary and ugly" rhetoric has been openly racist hate-speech directed at African-Americans -- including the openly racist comments that brought a quick end to his attempt to enter the "mainstream" media as a sports commentator.

Not surprisingly the most prominent members of the party of hate end up hating and humiliating themselves most often. If Conservatives are ever going to enjoy a return to power, they should probably come up with more than snark and self loathing

Limbaugh is a dick.

Kissing the King touchess...

Miss Mudd--
Don't believe everything you read in wiki. Being roughly the same age, ol Rush and i should have fallen into the same year for the draft. I was number 121 and received a 'greetings letter' in June. I joined the Air force and was accepted even though I, like Rush, had both a football knee and a pilonidal cyst. The cyst was a real pain in the ass, but not so much that I wasn't able to log 3,500 hours as a helicopter pilot before having it removed. These cysts are lifetime afflictions which never go away without surgery and they are aggrivated by sitting for long periods, so either Rush had the problem taken care of once his draft deferment was assured or he heroically sits down in front of his mic each day and bloviates his way through the pain.

A pimple on the ass to save him from military service, and an addiction to oxy condin, to help sustain mindless rants, what more can the wing nuts (dittoheads) ask for?

Rush Limbaugh cares about sitting on his big fat ass, collecting an even bigger and fatter paycheck...He can do that just as easily with Democrats in power. Indeed, he can probably make more money when Democrats are in power

Uh huh. Beautiful, isn't it? Gosh, what a little jam the GOP has gotten itself into.

By the time Steele extended a pathetic apology to Limbaugh late yesterday

That was quick!

On a cold snowy day, what better entertainment than the duel between Limbaugh and Steele, I have my popcorn ready and am waiting for the next installment. Never used to like soap operas, but this one is special.

I still think Obama is brilliant. Only about half of the media get it. First Obama, next Emanuel, now Kaine. The Democrats have defined comedian Rush Limbaugh as the face of the modern Republican party. Elected officials have to kiss his ass and he is loving it. There is no way the Republican party can recover with Limbaugh in charge. The elected Republicans have to neutralize him or face humiliation.

My only concern is that the Democrats not over do it. Let the Republican office holders, and Rush and his dittoheads rip each other to pieces. They will. From this point forward they have no choice.

"Heh, Mike Steele no longer "da man" but da maid ..." - Neil

Well, he was Da Man for a Day

All right Steelie! You be da (beaten humiliated pathetic) man! You be da (sorriest excuse for a) man!

Don't forget to put on your delicate lace panties that your mother laid out for you.

Sparky, thanks, and I don't. It just seemed so fitting, since his nature is that of a festering boil. Sorry about your draft number :(

What world are these people (GOP & its supporters)living in? Is GOP-sponsored propaganda that powerful? So powerful that you lose all sense of reality and the ability to maintain rational thought on any politically-related topic?

Most normal (not even progressive) people would be completely embarassed by these people but somehow, people embrace it and act as if WE are the crazy people. What the fuck is going on with these people? It's absolutely crazy.

I know people who are buying this BS and act as if they are being 'conservative' or 'patriotic' or whatever. Could such a large group of people be so easily manipulated and weak-minded? How utterly stupid, nonsensical, ignorant, crazy does the GOP have to act before people start to go: "Oh, NOW the GOP has crossed the line. They are making no sense, they are embarassing themselves and anyone who supports them and I won't be a part of that" WHEN??!!

It should have happened months even years ago but they keep piling on the stupidity and large segments of America still buy it. Who are these freaks of nature? And why do they support such a wacky, lying, nonsensical organization?

Only in the "visionary" Amerika of the Republikanner Beasties can the de facto head of the GOP unilaterally abdicate his throne to a swarthy, Jabba-the-Hutt imitation grease-trap who imagines himself the de facto Kaiser of some sort of ridiculous Dittohead Empire. Talk about your coven-in-a-box, silly-rambling-woot mentality....

MissMud: I'll let you google "Pilonidal".

LOL. I say Rush is entirely a Pilonidal!!!

Om mani padme Limbaugh.

The chant of the blissfully ignorant.

Obama must fail.

Om mani padme Limbaugh.

Many posters here predicted Steele's ass kissing yesterday. I didn't think it would happen since Steele would have to be some kind of incompetent moron to make a calculated comment like that and not stick with it. Lord Pilonidal Rushbough wins again! And Steele, you da' incompetent fool now.

I wonder if any ditto heads are pissed that Rush's VP wish, Sarah Palin, helped tank their own party. Or if they're cool with their new leader's inability to understand the rest of reality based world. However, ascribing the attribute of 'thought' to ditto heads may too generous.

To Republicans Limbaugh is like the kid from the Twilight Zone who can send people to the cornfield.

The mismatch between Rush Limbaugh's ego and his analytical capacity is breathtaking. The man truly must believe that he is the solution for the woes of the Republican party.

Best thing for him is that he can enjoy his throne without having to take any responsibility for anything. And he gets to devour a leading Republican a week. Talk about the beast feasting on its creators.

If the Republicans want to have any chance of a comeback any time in the foreseeable future, they would have to take Rush down, but there is nobody in sight who could slay that dragon. All they can do is stand by and pray that Rush's rage will burn out sooner rather than later.

All the Democrats need to do is to stay out of the way and watch the spectacle.

To Republicans Limbaugh is like the kid from the Twilight Zone who can send people to the cornfield.

Bwa ha ha!

"Sanford didn't backpedal quite as badly. He just said he hadn't meant anyone specifically, and didn't change his remarks. Very different from 'I didn't mean what I said.'"

That's true, but it was calibrated in response to a relatively mild rebuke from Rush who basically said that Sanford as a politician speaks to a different audience, etc.

Rush is still getting the level of apology that he demands.

related fake news

SUB-ROSA NEWS

Some of the News
That may be True

REPUBLICANS ADOPT NEW SLOGAN

Rupert Tisdale, Chief of Slogans for the Republican party announced today the formal adoption of the new rallying cry, "Failure is Our Option". This new banner was inspired by the thoughtful and eloquent statements by the new leader of the party, Rush Limbaugh.

In Mr. Limbaughe's radio performances and speeches he has roused his audiences by repeating that he wants President Obama to fail. This may seem harsh, but not when you consider that, unless Obama fails, the Democratic party will prevail, giving us big government with liberal agendas. True, the country and its economy will also fail, but this is a small price to pay. It is often necessary to tear down the old to build the new, in this case the return to traditional, conservative values.

Now, as soon as RNC chairman Michael Steele acknowledges that Rush Limbaugh is the head of the Republican party, and apologizes to Mr Limbaugh, there will be a nationwide launch and media campaign "Failure is Our Option".

homer www.altara.blogspot.com

How ridiculous was the RNC chairman's groveling? Explaining what he meant when he labeled Limbaugh "incendiary" and "ugly," Steele said, "What I was trying to say was a lot of people ... want to make Rush the scapegoat, the bogeyman, and he's not."

And what I mean to say when I call Michael Steele a pathetic sniveling cowardly eunuch is a lot of people want to laugh and mock Steele and make him a figure of fun, and he's not.

Rush=Sauron

What I said weeks ago when Steele was elevated to RNC chair was that it was the Republicans' purpose to denigrate the person of Steele, the first African-American head of the party, to prove their belief that Blacks are not equal to the rest of them (mostly white males). By Steele's incompetence and groveling to Rush, he has proven their point. That, then, may be projected onto the first African-American President, that as a Black man, he is inherently unqualified to hold that position. So, this was all calculated to make their point. Burris may be another example of this strategy, even though he is a Democrat. Not that there are not plenty of examples of incompetent whites, male and female, holding high office, but there is no attempt to say that their whiteness makes them incompetent. As usual, one can come to any conclusion that supports their belief about a particular class of person: see, this one is a (blank) and they are incompetent, therefore, all (blank) are incompetent by virtue of their (blankness). By that reasoning, Rush is the face of all white males, and anything he says or does is a reflection on all white males.
And so it is,

I am committed to Oneness through Justice and Transformation
peace,
st john

You know the party is in serious trouble when, just this morning, Pat Buchanan is defending the very public conservative v. GOP infighting as a clear sign that the party is stronger and more united than he believed a month ago. Buchanan then went on to talk about how united the GOP is and that it's the Dems who are truly splintered and divided. He says all this with a straight face.

They seem to think projecting the opposite of reality will continue to work. That requires that no one is paying attention and that the Dems weren't voted into power of all 3 branches last fall. Good luck with that.

To Republicans Limbaugh is like the kid from the Twilight Zone who can send people to the cornfield.

Slightly updated: To Republicans Limbaugh is like Bart in the Simpsons Tree House of Horror episode where Bart has Q-like powers to replace a flying football with a flying homer and turn his dad into a jack-in-the-box.

It´s GOOD Rush did that. Really, really GOOD.

(Politics, Simpsons AND Star Trek -- this is my favorite post ever)

God, I am loving this.

Rush Limbaugh in 2012!!

@ SecularAnimist: The problem for the Republicans is that Rush Limbaugh doesn't really care whether they win elections or not.

I'll go further than that -- Limbaugh has indicated his job is easier when Republicans are in the minority, and he can throw stones without the consequences of having to defend Republican failures.

I'm just loving this entire situation -- especially the fact that Obama started it!

To Republicans Limbaugh is like Bart in the Simpsons Tree House of Horror episode where Bart has Q-like powers to replace a flying football with a flying homer and turn his dad into a jack-in-the-box.

The kid in the original It's a Good Life -- played by Billy Mumy, later of Lost in Space and Babylon 5 -- turned someone into a jack-in-the-box as well.

[/geek]

I bow before you. You are a much greater nerd than I.

(And the TreeHouse of Horror episode was a pretty clear homage to the Twilight Zone episode, complete with Serlingesque voice-overs.People are probably more familiar with parodies of originals in this post modern, past-mining culture. Everything I know from 30´s movies stars AND classical music comes from Warner Bros cartoons.)

That said, nothing is creepier than the ventriloquist dummy TZ episode. Sweet Jesus, I couldnt sleep for weeks.

"What I said weeks ago when Steele was elevated to RNC chair was that it was the Republicans' purpose to denigrate the person of Steele, the first African-American head of the party, to prove their belief that Blacks are not equal to the rest of them (mostly white males). By Steele's incompetence and groveling to Rush, he has proven their point. That, then, may be projected onto the first African-American President, that as a Black man, he is inherently unqualified to hold that position. So, this was all calculated to make their point. Burris may be another example of this strategy, even though he is a Democrat. Not that there are not plenty of examples of incompetent whites, male and female, holding high office, but there is no attempt to say that their whiteness makes them incompetent. As usual, one can come to any conclusion that supports their belief about a particular class of person: see, this one is a (blank) and they are incompetent, therefore, all (blank) are incompetent by virtue of their (blankness). By that reasoning, Rush is the face of all white males, and anything he says or does is a reflection on all white males."

That is one of the most bizarre things I've read in awhile.

Thank you, Quinn. You got the message.
peace,
st john

I get the feeling Rush Limbaugh is like a big mean bully that all the Republican school kids are genuinely afraid of. For real. It's that pathetic, as these supposed grown-ups scramble to kiss his ass, gloss over and minimize the un-patriotic, incoherent, vile rhetoric that spews from his mouth and brings him millions of dollars. These grown-ups stoop so low that they actually retract any statements that hint at the same, actually apologize for speaking their truth!

And Rush eats it up!

I think back to days of Junior High, when the kids wanted so badly to belong, to not stand out--when they were afraid to have a voice of their own, so instead they'd scramble to be the bully's best fan: They'd offer to hold his heavy books, they'd collude with his mean trickery and mocking others, they'd clap and cheer him on. Others simply cower in the corner back of Rushs' classroom -- silently walk down the Junior High School halls, praying Rush won't see them, won't look them in the eyes and call them out for the traitors and losers they are...

Doesn't anyone else see this?

What is so disappointing is that there is no recognition from even the most "moderate" members of the media that this is the case as Insanity stated: "...Rush Limbaugh is like a big mean bully that all the Republican school kids are genuinely afraid of. For real. It's that pathetic, as these supposed grown-ups scramble to kiss his ass, gloss over and minimize the un-patriotic, incoherent, vile rhetoric that spews from his mouth and brings him millions of dollars."
Are we here on WM/PA that much more aware of what is taking place right before our eyes than the news editors and reporters who are paid to look into the statements and actions of our government and businesses? I know I say some bizarre things from time to time, here, but that is an attempt to generate some kind of reaction beyond the back and forth chatter of like-minded people that never goes beyond this blog.

I don't have the solution; I am hoping someone here will have the key to unlocking the vault of consumerism as news, and look into the underlying corruption of consciousness that passes as the status quo.

I am committed to Oneness through Justice and Transformation
peace,
st john

I can't imagine that this will go on forever. At some point, the GOP will sidle up to Rush and push in the shiv. But when and how? I don't know about when, but, as to how, perhaps they will develop a new found love of the fairness doctrine. Or maybe they set Rush up on one of his overseas trips.

OK, so much for fantasy. I do think though, that they will attempt to take him out someway in the not too distant future.

Watch your back Rush.

"I don't know about when..."

Sometime after November 2010, when the GOP finds that they are totally irrelevant. Until then, we get the continual clown parade, featuring Limba the Hutt.

The clearly orchestrated campaign to make Lush Bimbo the face of the GOP is inspired, and I applaud whoever thought it up.

Lush is comfort food to his brainless ditto-heads, who will ultimately want him to run for president. If he does he loses. If he doesn't he loses. I had predicted some time ago that the unspeakably vile Lush would come to a very timely end when his inflated ego exploded. The thought of all that fatty tissue polluting the countryside is repugnant in the extreme, but it would probably feed the wildlife for a whole winter.

His audience is limited, and this inane (but delightful) internecine struggle for the soul of the GOP may (hopefully) result in peeling the far-right Rethuglican base away, in which case there will be two splinter parties: the fascists led by lard ass himself, and the residual Republican moderates led by Huntsman or Sanford. Neither will, in the short term, be able to get a congressional majority elected, let alone a president. The angry racist white male fascists, who have always been with us, will continue their paranoid delusions inflamed and inspired by Lush. They may turn violent.

Equating Steele with Obama just because they are both black is hilarious. Undoubtedly there are those in the Rethuglican country club set who want Steele to fail just to prove that blacks are incompetent, nor worthy of leadership positions in the vaunted GOP. Enter another Bush type corporate stooge stage right to shore up GOP's lily-white image. In any case the wilderness is where they will be for quite a while.

Let's hope this heats up and keeps going.

"words that I said weren't what I was thinking"

Stunning.

Cheap manipulation never works. The people know who Rush Limbaugh is and understand the Republican party is struggling to find its way.

What comes across is the total lack of confidence of the Democrats--that one month after taking control of the country they are still desperately politicking from fear of a Republican resurgence rather than governing.