FATS LIMBAUGH IS STILL PLAYING DEFENSE

Today, Fats made a rare appearance on another wingnut's show to try to defend himself from the results of Obama's remark about him. Mark Levin let him on and Fats repeated his claim that the Left was using one of Saul Alinsky's tactics against him. According to these two freaks, MoveOn and one or more labor unions are preparing to run ads attacking Pigboy and they welcome them because that will help solidify and energize the conservative base. I suspect that's true but it will also make more people aware of how far outside the mainstream Fats really is.

The Politico has a little more information about this and does us liberals a service by playing up the conflict:

Are you with Obama or Rush?
By JONATHAN MARTIN 1/29/09 8:00 PM EST Updated: 1/29/09 9:58 PM EST

Politico has learned that tomorrow Americans United for Change, a liberal group, will begin airing radio ads in three states Obama won — Ohio, Pennsylvania and Nevada — with a tough question aimed at the GOP senators there: Will you side with Obama or Rush Limbaugh?

“Every Republican member of the House chose to take Rush Limbaugh’s advice,” says the narrator after playing the conservative talk radio giant’s declaration that he hopes Obama “fails.”

“Every Republican voted with Limbaugh — and against creating 4 million new American jobs. We can understand why a extreme partisan like Rush Limbaugh wants President Obama’s Jobs program to fail — but the members of Congress elected to represent the citizens in their districts? That’s another matter. Now the Obama plan goes to the Senate, and the question is: Will our Senator"—here the ad is tailored by state to name George Voinovich in Ohio, Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania, and John Ensign in Nevada—"side with Rush Limbaugh too?”