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Limbaugh's latest attacker: RNC's Steele
The Politico ^

Posted on 03/02/2009 9:59:48 AM PST by Sub-Driver

Limbaugh's latest attacker: RNC's Steele By: Jonathan Martin March 2, 2009 12:07 PM EST

On the same night he was offering the keynote address to the Conservative Political Action Conference, Rush Limbaugh drew criticism from an unlikely source: Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele.

In a little-noticed interview Saturday night, Steele dismissed Limbaugh as an “entertainer” whose show is “incendiary” and “ugly.”

Steele’s criticism makes him the highest-ranking Republican to pick a fight with the popular and polarizing conservative talk show host.

But the new RNC chairman’s extraordinary comments won’t sit well with the millions of conservative listeners Limbaugh draws each week, and Steele aides scrambled to limit the damage Monday morning by trying to change the subject.

“Rahm Emanuel and the Democrats know they lose an argument with the Republican Party on substance so they are building straw men to attack and distract,” said RNC spokesman Alex Conant.

“The feud between radio host Rush Limbaugh and Rahm Emanuel makes great political theater, but it is a sideshow to the important work going on in Washington. RNC Chairman Michael Steele and elected Republicans are focused on fighting for reform and winning elections. The Democrats’ problem is that the American people are growing skeptical of the massive government spending being pushed by Congressional leaders like Nancy Pelosi.”

Limbaugh, asked to respond, said he’d save his counter-attack for his listeners.

“I’ll handle it on the radio,” he wrote in an e-mail.

In an interview on CNN with D.L. Hughley, Steele assured that he, not Limbaugh, was in charge of the party before saying that he wanted to put the right-wing talker “into context.”

“Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer,” Steele said. “Rush Limbaugh, his whole thing is entertainment. Yes it’s incendiary, yes it’s ugly.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: affirmativeaction; cpac; negro; rncchairman; rush; steele; tbp
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To: Sub-Driver

If it is as reported, is it Steele’s suicide by Rush?

In a head-to-head contest between Steele and Rush ... it’s no contest. Rush wins by KO in round 1.


21 posted on 03/02/2009 10:05:01 AM PST by Tolik
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To: Sub-Driver

Screw the GOP. Time to make the Tea Party a political party. At this rate Ill be staying home in November 2010.


22 posted on 03/02/2009 10:05:10 AM PST by DogBarkTree (Sometimes you have to let it go in order to get a Grip.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Steele lost my support for everything here on out.


23 posted on 03/02/2009 10:05:16 AM PST by Sir Gawain (With Obama's "tax cut" I can afford a torch and a pitchfork in just TWO WEEKS!)
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To: Sub-Driver

I’d imagine that he’s just pissed that when it was pointed out to him that “today is the day of the vote”, Rush said he didn’t care who the Republicans were voting for to head up the GOP. :)


24 posted on 03/02/2009 10:06:06 AM PST by Matchett-PI (The brush fire's lit - the revolution has begun! Lead, follow, or get the hell outta the way!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Well, I guess I was wrong about Steele.


25 posted on 03/02/2009 10:06:28 AM PST by Dustbunny (Remember - Amer-ican still ends in - ican.)
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To: Sub-Driver; sauropod

Very discouraging.


26 posted on 03/02/2009 10:06:31 AM PST by big'ol_freeper ("From hell's heart I stab at thee... I spit my last breath at thee." ~ Khan Noonien Singh)
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To: Sub-Driver
Michael Steele represents what's wrong with the GOP. It disses conservatives. Keep it up and the party will be set for a repeat of the last two elections!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

27 posted on 03/02/2009 10:06:50 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: nhwingut

Watch it again—6:56 on this video:

http://www.thehopeforamerica.com/play.php?id=409


28 posted on 03/02/2009 10:07:00 AM PST by beaversmom
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Yeah, it would appear that I was wrong about Steele as well. Goodbye RNC. Good luck with all your RINO contributions. And, I’m sure all those RINOs will be going door-to-door for you as well.


29 posted on 03/02/2009 10:07:35 AM PST by Obadiah (Party - my house - on December 22, 2012!)
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To: Sub-Driver

To all those who warned everyone here about Steele....you were right right.

Steele is an absolute doofus....and there needs to be a movement to kick him out of his position. He is nothing more than a DNC plant


30 posted on 03/02/2009 10:07:54 AM PST by UCFRoadWarrior (The Biggest Threat To American Soverignty Is Rampant Economic Anti-Americanism)
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To: beaversmom

I’m not defending Steele. That interview had many things wrong with it.

But Steele did not say it.

Hughley said it.

Note Martin’s story. He creatively uses the words “ugly” and “incendiary.” Not reporting directly that it came out of Steele’s mouth.


31 posted on 03/02/2009 10:08:10 AM PST by nhwingut (,)
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To: Sub-Driver

>>MSNBC’s liberal talk-show host Keith Olbermann, for example, frequently mocks his broadcast adversary as “comedian Rush Limbaugh.”

Well he’s a lot more successful on the radio than...
“comedian Al Franken” was.


32 posted on 03/02/2009 10:08:16 AM PST by raccoonradio
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To: Sub-Driver
"In a little-noticed interview Saturday night, Steele dismissed Limbaugh as an “entertainer” whose show is “incendiary” and “ugly.”"

Steele was stupid to talk that way with CNN's D.L. Hughley. Steele could not accomplish anything talking to this man on any subject.

Page with video

33 posted on 03/02/2009 10:08:20 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: driftless2

The video’s on the link. It speaks for itself. Screw Steele and screw the GOP!


34 posted on 03/02/2009 10:08:53 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
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To: MNlurker
Not a dime?

I say NOT ONE FARTHING!

I just don't believe this.

.

35 posted on 03/02/2009 10:09:15 AM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Captain Culpepper
How long is his term again?

..it just got shorter

36 posted on 03/02/2009 10:09:37 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Sub-Driver
What do Rahm Emanuel and Michael Steele have in common? A disdain for the working middle-class man. Piss on the Democrats and Republicans.
37 posted on 03/02/2009 10:09:43 AM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts
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To: Sub-Driver

For those interested, some related threads:

Write to RNC/Michael Steele Steele calls Rush’s views incideniary and ugly but...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2197313/posts

Video: Steele And Chuck D Talk About The Future Of The GOP
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2197225/posts

Ouch! - Steele Calls Rush’s CPAC Speech “Incendiary, Ugly” (video)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2197033/posts


38 posted on 03/02/2009 10:09:58 AM PST by beaversmom
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To: Sub-Driver

How in the HELL did he get elected Republican National Committee Chairman? Was this another Obama under the radar type selection? What is left? Have we lost everything worth fighting for? I am one of the millions who are avid Rush supporters. This is going to to rock the foundation of the Republican Party if Steele made those remarks (which he probably did). HE BETTER RESIGN IMMEDIATELY!!!!!


39 posted on 03/02/2009 10:10:33 AM PST by Evil Slayer (Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war)
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To: Sub-Driver
The GOP is just supernaturally stupid. The power brokers will never get the point of the last 2 elections, and the party's continued defeat is assured.

We need an articluate spokesman like Gringrich to put together a NEW conservative party.

40 posted on 03/02/2009 10:10:35 AM PST by mikeus_maximus (Has Obama fixed it yet?)
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