Is the Limbaugh Love-In a Deliberate Distraction?
Is Rush Limbaugh's sudden elevation to the top tier of the Republican Party a naturally occurring phenomenon or a vast left-wing conspiracy? Some among the GOP's ranks suspect that the latter is the answer.
Is Rush Limbaugh’s sudden elevation to the top tier of the Republican Party a naturally occurring phenomenon … or a vast left-wing conspiracy? Some among the GOP’s ranks suspect that the latter is the answer.
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As Democrats cast conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh as the de facto leader of the GOP, Republicans are decrying what they see as an orchestrated scheme designed to divert attention from the Democrats’ spending proposals.
Democrats fired out two political e-mails about Limbaugh on Thursday morning, calling him the face of the GOP, and Republicans sent out one of their own, demanding that the White House “come clean” about and apologize for a “political attack game.”
An e-mail sent on behalf of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee states: “Rush Limbaugh is the leading voice of the Republican Party. Make no mistake. When Rush says jump, congressional Republicans say how high?”
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