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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Mar 03, 2009 12:12pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, March 3, 2009 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) said Monday night that he was pleased to see Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele apologize to radio host Rush Limbaugh, whom he called a “leader for many conservatives.”
“I'm glad he apologized,” Jindal said during an interview on CNN’s “Larry King Live.”
“I think the chairman is a breath of fresh air for the party,” he added. “As I said before, I think Rush is a leader for many conservatives and says things that people are concerned about. [He] articulates very well the concern people have about growing government spending without an end in sight.”
Steele came under fire Monday for comments he made over the weekend about Limbaugh. “Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer,” Steele told CNN host D.L. Hughley. “Rush Limbaugh — his whole thing is entertainment. He has this incendiary — yes, it's ugly.”
After Limbaugh criticized him on his show Monday, Steele apologized for the comments in an interview with POLITICO Monday afternoon.
“My intent was not to go after Rush – I have enormous respect for Rush Limbaugh,” Steele said. “I was maybe a little bit inarticulate. … There was no attempt on my part to diminish his voice or his leadership.”
Limbaugh has long been an advocate of Jindal and defended the Louisiana governor last week after he was widely panned for his response to President Barack Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress. |
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