Newt Gingrich Disses Rush Limbaugh

and Rush responds in kind.

So who's this newt guy? I thought a newt was like a salamander.


Well, that, too. But this Newt is Newton McPherson Gingrich, former Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Clinton Era, and a long shot candidate for President in '12 (Republican).

So Newt goes on Meet the Press, and calls out Rush.

"You're irrational if you don't want the president to succeed. Because if he doesn't succeed the country doesn't succeed... I don't think anyone should want the president of the United States to fail. "

Now Rush is not about to take any kind of crud from anybody, be they Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative.

"I'm surprised by nothing when I'm dealing with people in the media who think they're in politics.... They are fly-by-night operators, and most of them stand for nothing until they see a poll about what the American people want, and then they go out and try to say one way or another what the American people want while trying to falsely hold onto an ideology at the same time -- and you can't count on them. You can't depend on them. They will sell you out."

All right, girls, that's enough -- back to your corners!


















(Uh-oh! I think that's snark!)