Rush Too Oily for Top GOPers

We saw last year that if Social Security is the third rail of American politics, Rush Limbaugh is the third rail of Republican politics. Take a swipe at Rush and ritual apology and self-abnegation is sure to follow. We even repurposed the phrase ‘hang time‘ to measure the time between the first criticism of Rush and eventual, inevitable abject apology. But it seems Rush’s defense of Joe Barton’s apology to BP and his “shakedown” rhetoric is too much for several top Republicans. See which ones are cutting Rush loose over his BP/Barton comments.