Not the Same

Mr David Axelrod was being interviewed on TV and he was asked, by Ms Erin Burnett, about Bill Maher and his comments about Gov Sarah Palin vs the comments of Rush Limbaugh about Ms Sandra Fluke.

Mr Axelrod said, per the news story, that "...sexist comments made by radio host Rush Limbaugh and comedian Bill Maher are both distasteful but should be understood differently".  Mr Axelrod thought that since Mr Limbaugh is the de facto head of the Republican Party♠ his comments should be more strongly condemned.

Of note, Ms Burnett felt free to repeat the words used by Mr Limbaugh, but identified the Bill Maher word with just the first initial.  So, I guess Mr Axelrod is correct, the two events should be understood differently.  The interview clip can be found here.

Is this not the gift that keeps on giving, and while Democrats think it is giving to them, Republicans may be finding it is giving to them.

And none of this is to excuse the extremely poor taste on the part of Mr Limbaugh in his characterization of Ms Fluke.  I guess we hold Mr Limbaugh to a higher standard.  As for Mr Maher, he is on HBO and thus is not a real person.

Is there anyone out there with a rope they could lower down to those of us stuck at the bottom of this hole with Mr Maher and Mr Limbaugh and Mr Axelrod?

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  You may think Mr Limbaugh is the head of the National Republican Party, but I don't and neither does he, per his own testimony.  Perhaps he is in the way DWS is the de facto head of the Democratic Party.