re: #425 Charles

When both Bobby Jindal and Fred Thompson come out and publicly defend Rush Limbaugh for saying he wants Obama to fail, why is it not accurate to say that Limbaugh is speaking for the GOP? If he’s just out there on his own, why do major GOP politicians spring to his defense when he says these stupid things?

And please remember what happened when Michael Steele dared to criticize Limbaugh — the whole GOP started yelling for him to resign, and he was forced to back down.

Sorry — you can’t deny that Limbaugh is seen to be speaking for the GOP when he says this stuff, because the GOP’s own behavior shows that he is.

Because if he were speaking for the GOP, then every single GOP politician would be parroting that message, and they’re not. And yes I can deny it, and I will, because Rush criticizes the GOP leadership almost as much as the left does. He said as much before he went on the fail routine that since the GOP establishment won’t oppose O, he will.