We all know Rush wants Obama to fail.

[ColbertWatcher]

But has any GOP Congressman or Governor denounced him or his statements?

Anyone in the RNC?

[tularetom]

1. Bueller?

[4 t 4]

5. what did Bueller say ?

[tularetom]

16. He wasn't there - he was sick

I think he passed out at 31 flavors or something.

[Fuzz]

19. Let's take up a collection.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

2. HE IS THEIR ROLE MODEL

I :puke: IN HIS :beer: :beer: :beer:
HA HA HA

[proud patriot]

3. I believe Eric Cantor was being a hypocrit

bashing more bailout funds while his wifeypoo's bank
cashed a bailout check.

[ColbertWatcher]

4. What is this about Cantor's wife?

Which bank does she work for?

[proud patriot]

10. here's the thread I read

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4897411

[ColbertWatcher]

12. Thank you. n/t

[Caliman73]

6. That rarely happens

Most of the GOP leaders will try to distance themselves or allow things to play out showing the comedian to be a fringe actor. They do like how he motivates the racist loser wing of the party though. They won't denounce.

[ColbertWatcher]

29. I just wish there was a real media out there that would ask them ...

... to respond to the comments.

At the very least.

(EDITED TO CLARIFY)

[Caliman73]

30. They won't go to the only people who would ask the questions

Notice how President Obama and other democratic politicians will tend to interview with Fox or other RW media, but rarely if ever will any Republican politician go on say Rachel or Keith or other left leaning media show.

[ColbertWatcher]

31. Good point.

I just want someone in the GOP-controlled media to ask one of them to respond--each and every time crap like this is "floated."

I'd be very curious to hear what they have to say.

[Brazenly Liberal]

7. Chickens want lips

Who cares what Rush Limbaugh wants (or claims to want)?

Frankly, I'd rather see all officials, Democrats and Republicans, give him and his wants exactly as much attention and concern as he deserves - zero. Any attention, even denouncing him, elevates him. And anyway, he'd love it. The asshole thrives on negative attention.

[ColbertWatcher]

9. I don't understand.

The GOP-controlled media gives Limpballs a microphone to say whatever the GOP wants him to say.

Too many people still worship at the alter of talk radio.

Those same people vote.

It's time the elected GOP are held accountable for their party's propaganda arm.

Someone should ask them whether they agree with Limpballs or not.

And, no, I don't think dismissing him as "a comedian" is enough.

[Brazenly Liberal]

17. I can see he's very important to you.

I just oppose treating him as though he were that important in general.

Even if you were able to somehow engineer a situation in which GOP officials were forced to offer an opinion on him, I'm not sure how it is you think you can change the minds of all those (or any of those) talk radio listeners in the process. If they were interested in being informed listeners who base their opinions and their votes on facts, they wouldn't be dittoheads. Talk radio didn't create them - they created talk radio by being an unserved market for hatred and ignorance. Those bottom dwellers were around long before talk radio was.

Although I can't imagine a scenario in which you were able to force such an inquisition of GOP (and, one would assume, Democratic) officials, I can imagine pretty much what they'd all answer. They'd all say some variation on "I don't agree with everything he says, but I will defend his right to say it." And then where would you be? You would have accomplished only one thing: You'd have gotten him publicity he could never buy, a ratings bonanza, and another multimillion dollar extension on his contract. Congratulations!

I do agree with one thing, though. I don't think he should be dismissed as a comedian. I don't think he should get even that much attention.

[Brazenly Liberal]

18. Whoa! Sorry, I didn't mean that subject line to sound so snotty!

Really didn't. I apologize for that.

[ColbertWatcher]

21. I didn't take it that way.

Thank you for the apology, even though you didn't need to.

[ColbertWatcher]

20. It's not to get the voters to change their minds.

It's to get the GOP to make up theirs.

On one hand they want the divisive talk of Limpballs, on the other all their elected officials claim to be the party of the big tent.

So, which is it?

The GOPers who get elected do so because the voters forget all the crap they've done and all the crap they've allowed.

It's time those elected GOPers be held accountable.

If they agree with Limpballs, stand proudly behind him as their leader; if they disagree, they need to have the courage to say so.

As it is, the GOPers who get elected take their cues from a propagandist on the radio.

[Brazenly Liberal]

24. I'm sorry, but none of that will ever happen.

I can guarantee you it won't. Never. The choice you offer is a false choice. Not only that, it's un-American. It doesn't allow for that quintessentially American answer, the one I absolutely guarantee you'd get:

"Although I don't agree with everything he says, I defend his right to say it."

Weasel words, sure. But very convenient weasel words because to disagree with them is to deny the First Amendment. And, though you seem to prefer very black or white, up or down, agree or disagree answers, the fact is most of them can probably say in all honesty that they agree with some of what he says and disagree with other things he says. In fact, so could most Dems. Life is like that. Few if any people are 100% right or wrong.

If pressed, those officials who represent a particularly far right region will be somewhat more enthusiastic than say, someone who represents NYC. But still in all, the answer above is essentially the one you'd get.

[ColbertWatcher]

26. The answer we always get from the GOP is ...

... nothing.

Because no one ever asks them to respond--no one ever asks them on anything.

And, as far as the "B-b-but first amendment!"

Who's to say they can't say that? They're welcome to respond any way they want.

But, that goes back to someone asking them to respond, which no one has yet to on anything

I guess the GOP doesn't want to get stuck having to explain their words, or explain their silence in the face of the incitement of their propaganda arm. Imagine what happens after the 10th time some GOP elected official has to respond to Limpball's latest hate-filled screed? Imagine what happens when that same elected GOP official wants to get a bill passed, but has to waste his fucking time answering questions about some unrelated matter (like Limpballs). Imagine that same GOP doing that every day. Imagine all of them having to do that every day instead of and at the expense of anything else they might want to do.

Nonetheless, the GOP-controlled media is not asking the GOP officials to defend comments made by the GOP propaganda arm. Someone should.

[KharmaTrain]

8. Are You Kidding????

The GOOP are now the forgotten kids in the corner. While President Obama is playing nice, it only goes so far. The realization that they're really out of power is just starting to sink in and you can see the frustration all over their ugly faces. The GOOP still is living in the 80's...or their idealized version of it...and in major denial.

This is a party that has imploded...the moderates are all but gone...either defeated in elections or pushed out of the party by the "purists". They're alienating many by their ineptitude and bullshit. What we have left are the worst elements of that party...the reasonable voices long bailed or are afraid to get involved in what will be a long, ugly fight for the "soul" of the party.

We'll learn a lot about the RNC in the next week or so...when they elect their new "head". Following the '04 elections, the Democrats were in a similar position the repugnicans now find themselves. We selected Howard Dean to bring change to the party. Do the GOOP have their own Howard Dean? Or will Rushbo be the face of their party for the next two years?

[ColbertWatcher]

11. No, I'm not kidding.

Limpballs is on Armed Forces radio and still has a job.

No one is calling him on his http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide#Media_Propaganda">incitements to riot and no one is demanding that the GOP office-holders denounce him.

Either we try to fix the economy or we hope Obama's plan fails as Limpballs suggests.

The way I see it is this: either the elected representatives of the people who are GOP work to fix the economy, or they follow the lead of Limpballs and work to insure the President's plans fail.

In the end, the only people who will be out of work will be the ones who listen to Limpballs and then
go vote GOP--not Limpballs or the ineffective GOP elected officials.

[KharmaTrain]

25. Rushbo Is Yesterday...Like An Commodore 64

While Rushbo has a job, 10% of those who work for his employer, Cheap Channel, were given the pink slip while the innauguration was happening. Those classy Mays boys...Bushbots to the very end. Yep...he has a job but a shrinking audience. He's lost his novelty and has become a liability for his corupt party. We have him to thank for his attacks on Michael J. Fox in '06 that swung the balance of several Senate races to the (D) column. Last year, that "operation chaos" was a real success, wasn't it? Hell, he couldn't get his sheeple to stop McCain's nomination. Just like how the mystique of Rove outlasted his real influence, the same should be applied to Rushbo.

As the sports metaphor goes..."we've got numbers". If President Obama's economic programs don't pass, it's not the GOOPs fault, it's a Democratic failure. Few administrations come into power with not only the large majorities in both Houses but also such strong approval ratings. Hell...Obama's getting 60% ratings in Texas? :wtf:

We're witnessing the fall-out, the "fight" for the soul of what's left of a crumbling party. Dangerous, sure...but far from the levers of power and still trying to bully people around as if things hadn't changed. They have.

Cheers...

[ColbertWatcher]

27. Mississippi recently tried to pull the creationism/ID shit in their schools.

Holding the GOP elected officials for their silence about Limpballs (and other mouthpieces like Warren) might slow down the crap they're pulling in small towns and school districts.

I hope you're right, but I'd rather be safe than sorry.

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. Of course they won't denounce him. They all sleep together in the same big bed.

That's why they lose elections in large numbers.

[ColbertWatcher]

14. Has anyone in the GOP-controlled media asked them to comment on it? n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. Not that I know of.

They're usually afraid to condemn the bigmouths on TV or radio.

[ColbertWatcher]

22. Exactly.

Why are they afraid of speaking their minds?

Do they not understand that they also have freedom of speech?

[TheCowsCameHome]

23. Only when it suits their agenda - Selective outrage.

[ColbertWatcher]

28. Where have all the journalists gone?

We could really use some real journalists these days.

[LynnTheDem]

32. Just IMAGINE the result had any leftwing pundit publicly said he wanted bUsh to fail...

Yeah, 'twould be a wee tad different, wouldn't it.

[ColbertWatcher]

34. Indeed.

It just shows that the GOP still controls the media.

[Contrary1]

33. Rush just needs to bend over and grab his knees...

All your future belongs to us!