I suppose Rush Limbaugh is an acquired taste. I’ll admit that he has a remarkable talent to turn anything that happens anywhere into evidence that his cynical world view that there are two kinds of people – enlightened Limbats and lying Liberals who speak with fiery forked tongues. On his web site today, there’s little else but defensive attacks to ward off responsibility for his "phoney soldier" comment. We all know that he thinks anyone who thinks anything but Limbaugese is a "phoney," and that he meant that soldiers who opposed the war were not "real soldiers," but "phoney soldiers." I expect if he read this blog, I’d be declared a "Phoney blogger." In the left column, he assails Democrats and Media that exposed him. On the right are testimonials to his patriotism and his awards for being such a supporter of the troops. In the center, he concentrates on the conspiracy to smear his name.
Like O’Reilly [under attack for blatant racism], Limbaugh’s whole soul is focused on turning his slip-up into a rallying point for his faithful listeners. I wonder if the people who listen to him believe what he says or are more reassured by his consistent and persistent reaffirmations of the paranoid themes in their own personalities. He’s a master at finding nasty, selfish motives behind anything that commands his attention. People who criticize him or any of the Conservative, Neoconservative, Republican, "Fundee" Christian issues he defends is immediately attacked as a "phoney." Little wonder that he slipped up with the "phoney soldier" comment.
"Sorry to say this, I don’t think he’s been that good from the get-go. I think what we’ve had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. There is a little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn’t deserve. The defense carried this team."
It would really be a good thing if retired Wesley Clark’s campaign to have Rush’s radio show dropped from the military airwaves was successful. Rush lies several times a day and is much too imflamatory with his lies to be such a influence on our soldiers in Iraq and other bases overseas. Rush edited his remarks about phoney soldiers before the soldiers heard them and he denied it ever happening. He is now demanding an apology. Boy, I hope he gets what he deserves. He is awful.
He is
awfulthe awfulest!