Limbaugh Is Now Too Oily For Republicans To Touch

[babylonsister]

It's a start.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/limbaugh-now-too-oily-for-republicans-to-touch.php?ref=fpblg

Limbaugh Is Now Too Oily For Republicans To Touch
Brian Beutler | June 23, 2010, 10:37AM

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Last night, TPMDC asked three separate House Republicans how they'd respond to Limbaugh, who's aggressively taken Barton's side in the BP flap. They all dismissed the conservative talk-show host out of hand.

NRCC Chair Pete Sessions brushed aside Limbaugh's and King's comments. "Those talk show hosts have hours to dissect it. I don't," Sessions said. "I would have said things differently ."

What about Steve King? "I think everybody's entitled to their opinion, just like Rush Limbaugh," Sessions said.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) was more aggressive.

"I don't listen to Rush. He still thinks we {members of Congress} don't pay into Social Security," Issa said. "I don't listen to talk radio. I don't have the time."

"The reality is that Mr. Limbaugh, whether you like him or not, has nothing to do with this oil well being plugged or not. Has nothing to do with the skimmers being allowed or not. Has nothing to do with the lack of action," said Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart of Limbaugh's home state of Florida, whose district borders the Gulf. "...that's the issue, not what Rush Limbaugh has to say."

If Limbaugh's feeling lonely, though, he has a friend in Steve King.

"I think that the White House didn't have the authority to put the squeeze on BP," King added. "I think when Joe Barton used the word 'shakedown' I think it's accurate. When you get to the part of the whole series of apologies that have taken place I'd have rather that we'd have just let Joe Barton's words stands. I agree with most of what he said. But when you get down to the point about using the word 'apology' it gets a little harder to agree with that."

I told King that Barton himself had apologized for using the term "shakedown."

"I didn't know he did that," King said, "but I thought he was accurate when he said it."

[Subdivisions]

1. King is a dumbass. And so is anyone that votes for him. n/t

[LaPera]

2. Never! The republicans adore the lies & hate the pigman spews each day-Corporations good for rich

while screaming that Government is bad for the people,, because democrats via the government want to use OUR tax dollars to help small businesses, middle class working people, as well as the poor, whom the republicans care absolutely nothing for, except to lie & connive for their votes...

While the Dems do not want to give all OUR tax dollars to the corporations in subsidies (corporate welfare) and wars for profit -

The pigman & republicans despise this thinking they believe all OUR tax dollars should go to the rich and their corporations with NO regulations!

But there are the ignorant poor working imbeciles who make up the pigman's audience who listen to pigman Limbaugh and believe every word..

Pigman's listeners hate & racism is so strong that the pigman knows exactly how to exploit it for the republicans & corporate gain, while the moron listeners are convinced they too will a billionaire someday!

These are very uneducated, uniformed Fox news watching dumb fuckers who listen to the pigman...the bottom of the barrel, the idiot scum...tea-baggers, republicans and far right racist ignorant hicks!!

[Initech]

13. Exactly. The pig man knows how to exploit fear. And that's why he's worth what he's worth.

[Xenotime]

3. limpballs isn't for the ruling class. His auidence is the unenlightened.

[DefenseLawyer]

4. Frank Luntz must be in the midst of a month long ether binge

That is some seriously bad advice. Keep up the good work, Frank.

[LaPera]

5. LOL! Very good, funny....

I despise, Frank (conniving misconstrued words & phases for republican deception & gain) Luntz!

[Blue Owl]

6. The greased pigman

He's a slippery little devil!

[Myrina]

7. ... apologies to Herr Limbaugh on the news at 11 ...

... let the groveling of the GOP commence. :puke:

[bullwinkle428]

8. Countdown to the apology parade by the Repukes to Master Pigboy!

[hvn_nbr_2]

9. I foresee a mass pilgrimage to Limbaughberry

Gonna be some CongressPukes making the obligatory on-their-knees pilgrimage to apologize to the archbishop of Limbaughberry.

[Poboy]

10. Not completely true.

Rep Steve Scalise (IdiotR-La.) was on Hardball last night. His defense of Barton and Limbaugh, even after repeated questioning by Matthews is testament to his monumental partisan assholery.

I encourage people to watch that. What a piece of shit. I am hoping they keep it up. I wonder if they people here will finally wake up. This bastard is calling help for people around here and even his own district a 'slush fund'.

Will they wake up? I am consistently dissapointed.

[newtothegame]

11. What's too oily? The record-breaking ratings? nt

[Cognitive_Resonance]

12. Deep fissures are present in the Republican Party

Judgement Day will come for the GOP. They can't return to national relevance emracing the crazy wing, but it's all they really have. A positive GOP outcome from the 2010 mid-terms may just prolong their agony. I look for a big Republican Party meltdown/split after thge 2012 general election.