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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 05:55 PM
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Zach Wamp (Country-Fried-Repug - TN) Blasts Limpballs as Not "Serious" and an "Entertainer"
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…

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/house-republicans/gop-rep-blasts-rush-as-not-serious-and-an-enternainer/
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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 05:55 PM
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1. Video here -
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 06:03 PM
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2. Uh oh Zack
Your party's leader isn't going to like that. Expect a call to the woodshed any time. Unless, of course, this is all a designed ploy to raise your profile to match that of other Republicans like Eric Cantor and Mark Sanford. In which case, enjoy your paddling, and remember to make your squeals sound like pain and not delight.
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SharonAnn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 06:04 PM
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3. I'll be interested to see what happens. Here in TN, his base follows Rush.
So this could be really interesting .

I'm going to watch this unfold over the next few days.

Of course, maybe it just won't get any traction.

But then, since those in his base listen to Rush, (heck in some parts of East TN it's the only program you can get on the radio in the afternoon that's not gospel music), Rush will tell them what to think.
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 06:25 PM
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4. Incoming apology... 5,4,3,2...
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 06:31 PM
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5. How soon before Zach gets the kneepads out?
Within the next 24 hous, I'd guess.

Time to kiss the fatman's butt.
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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 07:03 PM
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6. The pig still didn't say whether he agreed with Limbaugh or not. nt
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cloudbase Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 07:18 PM
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7. It's all part of a crafty plan
that the rest of us wouldn't be able to understand.
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