"Rush" To Judgment!

As we all know, February is the shortest month. Often, it seems to serve as a mere place holder between the wintry days of January, and the advent of the coming spring thaw in March. This year however, we were caught off guard by an unusual 1-2 combination.

In an unlikely turn of events, the Republican Party’s newest “Man of Steele,” Michael, also know as the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, fired a Saturday night, February 28th, shot across the bough of long-standing conservative icon, Rush Limbaugh. On CNN's D.L. Hughley Breaks the News, Mr. Steele, former Lieutenant Governor of the State of Maryland, called Limbaugh an entertainer, and said his comments are “incendiary" and "ugly.” He countered Hughley’s assertion that Limbaugh is the de facto head of the Republican Party by arguing that he is the de facto leader of the Party. In other news, an unusually late winter snow storm hit Atlanta Sunday, March 1st, giving new meaning to the phrase, “It will be a cold day when…”

Naturally, such a unilateral strike could not be taken lightly; and it wasn’t. Monday, Mr. Limbaugh chided Steele brusquely, saying, “It’s time, Mr. Steele, for you to go behind the scenes and start doing the work that you were elected to do, instead of trying to be some talking-head media star, which you are having a tough time trying to do. I hope you figure out how to run a primary system.” He further added, “It seems to me it is Michael Steele who is getting off to a shaky start.”

As the political dust settled, and it always settles, it became apparent quickly, in this cage match between Republican Super Heroes, which of these Titans is a contender, and which is a pretender. Quicker than one could say Abracadabra, or should I say, "Faster than a speeding bullet" (couldn't resist), news circulated that the man who Saturday referred to the Talkmeister as “an entertainer,” and to his words as “incendiary” and “ugly,” uttered a contritely apologetic and shameless recantation, Monday.

This man of Steele was no match for the Kryptonite-like rebuke Limbaugh responded with. In no uncertain terms, Steele was told to get “behind the scenes,” and he obliged...quickly! In a carefully crafted mea culpa, he humbly submitted, “My intent was not to go after Rush – I have enormous respect for Rush Limbaugh.” He went on to say, “I was maybe a little inarticulate. There was no attempt on my part to diminish his voice or his leadership.” Ah yes, the snow went as quickly as it came, as well.

In retrospect, it is unclear whether Mr. Steele miscalculated, or whether he failed to calculate at all. In any event what is palpably explicit is, he “Rushed" to Judgment!

I’m done; holla back!

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For more detailed information on a variety of aspects relating to this post, consult the links below:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/02/steele-takes-on-rush-limb_n_171135.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1CimXFfIH0

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/02/limbaugh-steele-apologize/

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/3/2/rush-limbaugh-vs-michael-steele-is-steele-asking-for-a-rush-attack.html

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/3/3/gop-to-michael-steele-quiet-about-rush-limbaugh-or-youre-fired.html

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090302/pl_politico/19498

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19517.html

http://www.lonelyconservative.com/2009/03/02/who-is-right-rush-limbaugh-or-michael-steele/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29478402/

http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2009/03/03/rush-limbaugh-and-michael-steele-are-all-good/

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/03/gop.steele.limbaugh/index.html