GOP Rep Blasts Rush As Not “Serious” And An “Entertainer”
Uh oh — looks like another Republican may be forced to go on the Limbaugh Death March.
In comments that passed unnoticed, Rep Zach Wamp of Tennessee, who’s running for Governor, blasted Rush Limbaugh twice on CNN as a mere “entertainer,” and suggested that rather than listen to Rush, we should listen to “serious” people on how solve our economic crisis.
RNC chair Michael Steele, you’ll recall, was forced to offer an abject apology for similar comments.
CNN’s Rick Sanchez asked Wamp yesterday whether he agreed with Rush or with Mitt Romney, who’s taken issue with Rush’s desire for Obama to fail. From Wamp’s reply, via Nexis:
“Frankly, we need to listen more to the people back home, and not so much just the voices out there. There’s not much difference between entertainment and journalism on some fronts.”
After a bit more back and forth, Wamp continued:
“Listen, I don’t want to get in the crossfire here. But the fact is entertainers sometimes say things. We really need serious-minded policy people to help chart this ship of state out of these rocky waters right now. And so we shouldn’t spend so much time caught in what others are saying.”
So Wamp believes Rush = An Entertainer Who Isn’t Serious And Shouldn’t Be listened To About The Crisis.
And he thinks he’s running to be a Republican Governor! Not to stretch the Bataan Death March comparison too far, but those prison camps are beckoning…
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Being that I am from Memphis TN and know how wingnutty especially the Eastern part of Tennessee is I can tell you that Wamp has two choices. One he can kiss the ring like the rest of his buddies and apologize, or he can get ready for life in the private sector. Of course there is another possibility. The GOP (if they were smart this would be what they actually did instead of just a possibility) might be sending him out to oppose Rush just to see whether his approval ratings go down. It would make sense being as how he isn’t going to run for reelection but instead for Gov. And if his numbers don’t fall it might embolden more in their ranks to step away from Rush.
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Of course you know my money is on him kissing the ring though.
Hmmm.. 48 hours.. or less????
…and SG, your prediction rate is pretty solid, I might add.
Annette
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I am giving him the weekend this time seeing as how it happened on a Friday but I would say by 5pm Monday which is going to show you just how bad it is for the Republicans because technically Wamp will be on Easter Break by then.
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Thanks Greg
Heh. Reminiscent of Gilbert Shelton’s Cockroach General.
You know, this is getting pretty ridiculous, all these alleged GOPer power players lining up to kiss Rush’s…ring. Yeah, that’s it! His ring! Do you suppose the RNC keeps a communal set of GOP kneepads that they can check out as needed? Maybe Rush keeps a pair outside his studio door. Or does every GOPer automatically come equipped with his or her own?
One of these days a Republican with integrity or at least a certain amount of common sense will actually stay with his comments about the Flush. I have no idea if this is the one, but eventually if they keep on talking about Limbaugh, someone will decide not to back down. That would certainly take a lot of wind out of lardbag’s sails, wouldn’t it?
I am a Rush listener and a conservative and from my perspective there is nothing particularly controversial about Wamps comments. In fact, I think Rush would agree with Wampos comments. I think your calculus is a little slanted to gin up a controversy where none exists. Good luck with that.
Steve, I agree 100%.
This is perhaps another teapot tempest that numbnut Sanchez was induced to provoke by his CNN bosses looking at sagging ratings. But zany Zach basically shoots blanks in the big leagues anyway, and as an occasional Rush listener, I think El Rushbo will chuckle it off as another try by the media to stir the pot, the teapot, that is….
C’mon, pubbies, sing it in 3 part harmony this time:
“I’m sorry… So sorry…”
I didn’t see any specifics from Rep Zach Wamp. Rush himself bills himelf as an entertainer. So calling him was is no big deal. Howver Limbaugh analysis is a lot better than most you hear from the lame stream media.
If Wamp doesn’t like entetainers posing has poudits, let him address the ilk of Keith Olbermann, Jon Stewart, Chris Matthews and Bill Maher. There is lot more substance coming out of Limbaugh, the mere entertainer, than most media commentators.
Does this mean more anal poisoning?
I clearly remember Tim Russert confronting Rush about making untrue statements and Rush responding by saying he was “just an entertainer” and therefore had not obligation to tell the truth. This was several years ago and I think it was on Tim’s interview show, not Meet the Press. I wish someone could dig up a clip – Jon Stewart could do a lot with it. I have tried to find either a clip or transcript but so far no luck. I have never forgotten this because I was so stunned that there was no comment about this statement in the media or from liberal commentators.
I’m sorry, I stumbled into a den of Marxist’s
Zack Wamp??? Zack Wamp??? Are you serious? Zack Wamp???
How sad, these types of conversations are even being held.
Forty years of Republican rule and a culture committed to dumbing down the population, seems to have been rewarded.
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