This is the Republican Party

Commentary By Ron Beasley

After complaining for days that Obama was doing nothing about the pirate situation off Somalia the face of the Republican party, Rush Limbaugh, complained that Obama had ordered three black teenagers killed.  In addition he made up a story that they had been trying to surrender at the time.  Kieth Olbermann and the Nation's Chris Hayes discuss below:

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I'm sure that Joe Gandelman's reaction will shared by all but the lunatic fringe of the Republican right.

 

I’ve voted for some Republicans over the years (and for some years was a registered Republican) but now you seriously expect me to vote for anyone who belongs to a party that holds this man up as indicative of your party’s principles, thoughts and values? It isn’t just that Limbaugh is a Republican — and no one is calling for Limbaugh to be silenced. It’s that Republicans either echo him, pay homage to him — or fear to criticize him. This won’t help GOPers make inroads in chipping away at Obama’s coalition that now includes independent voters and non talk show political culture Republicans.

 

Unless they distance themselves from the likes of Limbaugh, Hanity and Beck the Republicans will be in the wilderness from many years to come.