Shrugging off critics who say that he should keep his big pie hole shut, Chairman of the Republican National Committee went on the offense today, seeking out news outlets that would still talk to him. “Everything I do is carefully planned,” said Steele, sounding eerily like the cartoonish Inspector Clouseau. Being interviewed by CNN’s Tony Morris he went on to say. “That incident last week where I insulted Rush Limbaugh by calling him a fat, pigheaded drug addict… I knew that would incense him.” The obviously puzzled Morris probed deeper. “So you pissed off the Lord Limbaugh intentionally, knowing that he would go after your ass like flies on a rib roast?” Steele nodded, “It was a risk, of course, but then for all the world to see I got down on my knees and kissed his dimpled back side, showing the proper respect, and this got me back into his good graces”. Morris, suppressing a giggle, asked if Limbaugh had indeed welcomed him back into the Conservative fold. “Oh, good heavens yes, baby…. he calls me his house negro, and I must say that I am down with that, dawg”. Reached for comment at his studio doing show preparation, Rush Limbaugh stopped shoving Hostess Twinkees into his face long enough to quip, “Michael Steele? He’s my boy, he’s a regular clown with knee pads”.