{"id":13979,"date":"2012-11-12T17:19:21","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T17:19:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-11-12T17:19:21","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T17:19:21","slug":"judge_not_elmo_republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/11\/12\/judge_not_elmo_republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Not Elmo, Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: &#8220;Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo and star puppeteer for PBS,&#8221; he\u2019s African-American, &#8220;&#8216;has taken a leave of absence from Sesame Street in the wake of allegations he had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy\u2019 when he was 45&#8230;&#8221; Now, Kevin Clash, &#8220;the voice of Elmo and star puppeteer for PBS &#8230; &#8216;adamantly denies\u2019 the allegations, but &#8220;&#8216;has acknowledged to TMZ he had a relationship with the young man &#8212; but insists it only took place AFTER the accuser was an adult.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The accuser met with lawyers for Sesame Workshop. Clash said, &#8216;I had a relationship with [the kid]. It was between two consenting adults and I am deeply saddened that he is trying to make it into something it was not.\u2019 TMZ added: &#8216;We\u2019ve learned &#8230; Sesame Workshop lawyers recently met with a 23-year-old man who claims he and Clash began a sexual relationship 7 years ago&#8230;'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2231695\/Kevin-Clash-Voice-Sesame-Streets-Elmo-accused-having-sexual-relationship-underage-boy.html\"><img id=\"eZObject_69452\" class=\"aligncenter\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/ElmoArticle.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At Sesame Street, folks! It\u2019s Sesame Street, folks. Sexual abuse, a 45-year-old man with a 16-year-old boy at Sesame Street. Now, what\u2019s the proper reaction? (interruption) No, no. No, Snerdley, that\u2019s not the reaction. &#8220;Who are we to judge love?&#8221; Don\u2019t you realize that, as Republicans, if we call any attention to this we\u2019re being exclusive and intolerant? We Republicans must stand down and no more comment on things like this, because all it does is scare the gay and lesbian crowd away from us.<\/p>\n<p>It shows us to be intolerant and judgmental and rigid. (Eh, bad choice of words in this case, but regardless, you get the point.) We\u2019re not supposed to have an opinion on this. The left will handle it. They\u2019ll handle it, the ruling class will handle this. They\u2019ll deal with it accordingly. It\u2019s not for us to say anything about because if we do, I mean, it could also bleed over and offend the Hispanics. It could offend women. It could offend&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Well, any number of people. It\u2019s a minor sex scandal. It\u2019s a minor gay sex scandal. It\u2019s on Sesame Street. The voice of Elmo involved here with a boy, but it could be love, and who are we to deny love and happiness? This is not for us. We are not to go there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: &#8220;Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo and star puppeteer for PBS,&#8221; he\u2019s African-American, &#8220;&#8216;has taken a leave of absence from Sesame Street in the wake of allegations he had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy\u2019 when he was 45&#8230;&#8221; Now, Kevin Clash, &#8220;the voice of Elmo and star puppeteer for PBS &#8230; &#8216;adamantly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Judge Not Elmo, Republicans - The Rush Limbaugh Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/11\/12\/judge_not_elmo_republicans\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Judge Not Elmo, Republicans - The Rush Limbaugh Show\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"RUSH: &#8220;Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo and star puppeteer for PBS,&#8221; 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