Rush Limbaugh did make this situation worse by using the booing of Michelle Obama and Jill Biden (actually, it sounded like more of a mixed reaction ... granted you can hear the boos). When Limbaugh comes to save you that there is a chance that you did something pretty bad. Limbaugh made it worse.
Limbaugh used this as a race-based attack. He knew what he was doing and he knew it would work well with his audience.
Limbaugh's audience likes these kinds of comments and I find that about as disturbing as the comments themselves.
