The always-outspoken Roberta McCain – mother of Sen. John McCain – took a swipe at Rush Limbaugh last night, saying the popular conservative radio host “does not represent the Republican Party that I belong to.”
“I belong to the Republican Party,” McCain, 97, said during an appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. “What he represents of the Republican Party has nothing to do with my side of it. I don’t know what the man means, I don’t know what he’s talking about.”McCain also praised Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele for labeling Limbaugh an “entertainer” earlier this year during an interview on CNN.
“I think [Steele] was exactly right when he defined this man as an entertainer,” she said. “To my horror, the Republican Party made him back up on it.”
Limbaugh has long been a critic of John McCain, publicly urging listeners to vote against him during the Republican presidential primaries last year. Most recently, Limbaugh said McCain and his outspoken daughter, Meghan, should follow Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter out of the GOP.
In her appearance last night, the elder McCain also had some harsh words for liberal television host Keith Olbermann.
“I, myself, can’t figure out that type of person who really more or less gets joy out of denigrating people. I’m just not that type of person, I don’t have friends like that, and thank God I am not around people like him.”
{NBC/CNN Ticker/Matzav.com Newscenter-Elisha Ferber}
mccains mom is a real honest authentic republican.
rush limbaugh is a loud mouth entertainer