George Will: Republican leaders ‘want to bomb Iran, but they’re afraid of Rush Limbaugh’ [VIDEO]
During his regular appearance on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, Washington Post columnist George Will weighed in on the current controversy involving Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke.
“This Week” host George Stephanopoulos speculated that conservative talker Rush Limbaugh had been under enormous pressure to apologize for his remarks about Fluke, which included calling her a “slut.” But Will hinted that he was actually underwhelmed by the reaction of some Republicans.
“Well, it would have been nice if [GOP leaders] shared that with the larger public,” Will said. “Instead, Mr. Boehner said that Rush’s language was inappropriate. Using a salad fork for your entree — that is inappropriate. Rick Santorum says, ‘Well, what he said was absurd and an entertainer is allowed to absurd.’ No, it is the responsibilities of conservatives to police the right excesses on their side just as the liberals unfailingly fail on their own side.”
Will compared the GOP’s unwillingness to take the conservative talker on one-on-one to their willingness to talk tough on Iran policy.
“It was depressing because what it indicates is, the Republican leaders are afraid of Rush Limbaugh,” Will continued. “They want to bomb Iran, but they’re afraid of Rush Limbaugh.”
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