Tom Ridge Throws Down Gauntlet On Rush Limbaugh

Elective Decisions ^ | 06/26/09 | Chris Davis

[writer33]

Washington—Having had enough of Limbaugh’s criticism of Colin Powell, Tom Ridge laid down the gauntlet on Rush Limbaugh, and evicting him from the Republican Party. The event took place after the interview on CSPAN’s Washington Journal where Ridge took a strong stance, supporting Colin Powell and blaming Limbaugh and Dick Cheney for having “a mindset,” that doesn’t foster unity.

[writer33]

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[writer33]

Satire ping!

[Terpfen]

Tom Ridge laid down the gauntlet on Rush Limbaugh, and evicting him from the Republican Party... blaming Limbaugh and Dick Cheney for having “a mindset,” that doesn’t foster unity.

Okay, let me get this straight. A guy who wants unity just "evicted" a fellow Republican, and then publicly berated another? Exactly what the hell does Tom Ridge define "unity" as?

[Huskrrrr]

TOM, I GOT YER UNITY RIGHT HERE PAL!

[bboop]

It IS satire? Wd be really nice to label it as such. The world is pretty cuckoo these days.

[writer33]

SATIRE

[Popman]

For satire it’s pretty lame.

[writer33]

Sorry, forgot to put that up there. That wasn’t intentional.

[Carley]

We don’t want unity.

We want national security.

We want economic security.

We don’t want MARXISM

[writer33]

Lame indeed.

[cripplecreek]

Having had enough of Limbaugh’s criticism of Colin Powell, Tom Ridge laid down the gauntlet on Rush Limbaugh, and evicting him from the Republican Party.

And there are still pure partisans who will swear that the GOP isn't actively trying to shed conservatives.

[Puddleglum]

Satire, but nonetheless Tom Ridge is slightly less dynamic and charismatic than a cigar store Indian.

[Carley]

You are a jerk

[silverleaf]

suggest you change this title to include the term satire- or you will make people more ticked off at TomRidge than they need to be

[marron]

Doesn’t unity have to come from the people who turn on you?

Doesn’t unity have to come first from the guy who crossed the party line in the first place?

Rush is right where he has always been, and in terms of GOP fundamental principles, its right where I have generally always been as well. Powell walked away from those principles, Rush didn’t and I didn’t. Powell obviously wasn’t that worried about “party unity” when he did that.

I, on the other hand, am very worried about party unity. I want the party to know what it believes in and work to advance what it believes in. If Powell believes those things, too, then he’s welcome. If he doesn’t believe in those fundamental principles then he’d probably be happier in the other party. The one he voted for.

[exit82]

FUTR.

What a tool.

What has Colin Powell ever done for the GOP, Tom?

[cripplecreek]

Dammit. Elective Decisions got me again.

[writer33]

I have been called worse than that.

[writer33]

They should be.

[Jewbacca]

satire