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Pence: ‘I Don’t Believe Rush Limbaugh Has A Racist Bone In His Body’
Think Progress —
With hate radio host Rush Limbaugh coming under increasing scrutiny for saying that he hopes President Obama fails, his conservative groupies have been rushing out to defend him. Today, for example, Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) went on his show and said on-air, “I see eye-to-eye with Rush Limbaugh.”
This afternoon on MSNBC, it was Rep. Mike Pence’s (R-IN) turn. Host Norah O’Donnell asked Pence whether he agrees with Limbaugh’s statement that the country is being forced to “bend over, grab the ankles, bend over forward, backward, whichever” because Obama’s “father was black, because this is ...
Mike Pence’s Ode to Rush Limbaugh
Matthew Yglesias —
Here’s some video of Mike Pence being an idiot and talking about the joys of Rush Limbaugh:
The most egregious thing here, and I guess this will be the new conservative approach, is that in response to a substantive criticism of Rush, Pence turns around and denies that Rush is a racist. That, however, isn’t the issue. The issue is that Rush has taken the view that his loyal followers in congress ought to be hoping that the Obama administration’s policies fail.
The larger issue, however, is that Mike Pence is a moron, and any movement that would hold the ...
Speaking of bending over and grabbing your ankles
Balloon Juice —
From Matt Yglesias, footage of Mike Pence admitting he’s so beholden to Rush Limbaugh that he won’t criticize El Rushbo for saying that “we have to bend over, grab the angles, bend over forward, backward whichever, because his father was black, because he’s the first black president.” ...
Mike Pence is a Blithering Idiot
Shakesville —
That's not news, of course, but this clip of his exchange with MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell about Rush Limbaugh is so absurd, and, at the same time, so astonishingly indicative of the intellectual and ethical bankruptcy of the Republican leadership, that it must be seen. Yglesias, quite rightly, says ...
How to brown-nose the boss
Political Animal —
HOW TO BROWN-NOSE THE BOSS.... On Tuesday, Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) subtly criticized Rush Limbaugh for finding it "easy" to "throw bricks" at the Republican leadership from the outside. Less than a day later, Gingrey, in a surprisingly pathetic move ...
The Greatest Generation did not defeat Hitler so that we would end up with a black one of our own. And butt sex.
Firedoglake —
Marc Ambinder, whose job it is to sit in a stall in the Congressional bathroom all day and then pass along anything he hears, says that Asshole Calling Negro Van Jones is in pretty deep shit because Future 2012 President Mike Pence has already fired Jones from his future Oval Office. Right after future lunch. ...
