CORRECTION: Kaine Statement: Steele Apology to Rush Limbaugh Proves the Point:
Limbaugh is Leading Force Behind Republican Party
WASHINGTON, March 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the same day GOP Chairman
Michael Steele apologized to conservative talk radio show host Rush Limbaugh
for courageously challenging Limbaugh's role as leader of the Republican Party
calling his show "incendiary" and "ugly," Governor Tim Kaine, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee, issued the following statement calling on
Republicans in Washington to stop following Rush Limbaugh's lead:
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"I was briefly encouraged by the courageous comments made by my counterpart in
the Republican Party over the weekend challenging Rush Limbaugh as the leader
of the Republican Party and referring to his show as 'incendiary' and 'ugly.'
However, Chairman Steele's reversal this evening and his apology to Limbaugh
proves the unfortunate point that Limbaugh is the leading force behind the
Republican Party, its politics and its obstruction of President Obama's agenda
in Washington. Just this weekend, Rush Limbaugh repeated his claim that he is
rooting for the President to fail. The last time Rush Limbaugh said he wanted
the President to fail, virtually every single Republican in Congress followed
his lead and voted against the President's plan to create or save 3.5 million
jobs.
"As Congress works to pass the President's budget, Republicans need to stop
following divisive figures like Rush Limbaugh, stop apologizing to him and put
aside the failed politics of the past so we can put our economy back on track,
reform our health care system, break our dependence on foreign oil, improve
our schools, and lay the foundation for long-term growth in the 21st Century."
SOURCE Democratic National Committee
DNC Press Office, +1-202-863-8148
