[EdReform]

Time to call a few Republicans and tell them to come up with a statement. He has their back, time for them to have his.

House GOP leader to Rush: Back off

[Girlene]

Thank you, EdReform. I had no idea a Republican had come out lambasting Rush. It seems the original article referred to a Tom Price, but it was actually, Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga., who blasted Rush. House GOP Leader to Rush: Back OffThis is getting bad. Repub's are in disarray. Time to decide what we stand for. Time to stand up for conservatism.

The Dem's see they have a chink in our wall. They are trying to crack the Conservative base. They are going for the kill right now. It's time to stand United.

[GraceCoolidge]

The "GOP leader" is Rep. Tom Price, who heads the conservative Republican Study Committee. I consider myself reasonably well informed (judged against the average citizen, not against FReepers) and I've never heard of him.

Can you imagine how ridiculous it would have looked for President Bush to say to Democrat leaders, "You better stop listening to Keith Olberman, that's not how things get done!" The media would have been aghast and no doubt we would have column after column on how petty Bush was being, how he was assaulting free speech and opinion, how un-Presidential, how insecure, blah blah.