Seriously, what better a way to remind us you're a big, fat, lying
windbag than by spinning a web of misleading crap so vast that it
takes you LONGER THAN AN HOUR TO SAY IT.
I thought about doing a quipfest to Rush Limbaugh's speech at the CPAC
conserv-o-rama conference which took place over the weekend in some
very Caucasian part of America (made that way by all those Republicans
attending the conference). The thing is, the transcript to Rush's
speech is too long--it would literally take me weeks to post the
entire thing with my quips in small enough chunks that you'd actually
want to read it.
So, I'm not going to bother. Rush doesn't deserve to have his words
repeated AGAIN. I will repeat a few of them in the interest of being
critical of him.
Now, the guy behind the website Donkelphant.com, was covering Rush's
speech for his blog that generally tries to be middle-of-the road. He
was not pounding on Rush, but he was suggesting that Rush might not be
the best person for conservatives to use as their unelected leader.
He caught a bit of flack for these comments and that got me thinking
once again about, what I think is, the absurdity of being Republican
in today's day and age. I thought I had covered all of my bases on
Friday with my post "Rant
Time: Why are their Still Republicans?" However, after reading
some of what Rush had to say, I decided I had to jump back in the
ring.
As I said, the transcript to Rush's speech is HUGE but CNN.com posted
some of his comments in an
article (see the cap above--I LOVE how Monsanto is sponsoring the
article!), so I'll refer to some of those those. From the article:
"We conservatives have not done a good enough job of
just laying out basically who we are, because we make the mistake of
assuming that people know. What they know is largely incorrect, based
on the way we're portrayed in pop culture, in the drive-by media, by
the Democrat party," the conservative talk show host told a mostly
young crowd of energized supporters.
Uhhh, which part of "we don't think gays should marry" did we not understand?
How better can you explain it when Republicans tell us they don't
think women should be allowed to have abortions? I mean, John McCain,
during the 2008 campaign, seemed to think there was a "pro-abortion"
movement. He referred to it in one of the debates with his own
mouth. Is he part of the drive-by media?
And now that I mention it, aren't YOU part of the drive-by media,
Rush? I love the tactic being used by MANY Republicans these days of
accusing others of doing the exact same thing they, themselves,
are doing. The Daily Show had a thing recently where
they pointed out how Bill O'Reilly hated the paparazzi but was OK when
his own camera men hounded politicians with cameras. Same thing
here--oh, it's the media's fault America doesn't know who
conservatives are! But Rush, you work in the media.
Duh.
More from the article:
"We want every American to be the best he or she
chooses to be. We recognize that we are all individuals. We love and
revere our founding documents, the Constitution and the Declaration of
Independence. We believe that the preamble of the Constitution
contains an inarguable truth, that we are all endowed by our creator
with certain inalienable rights, among them life, liberty, freedom --
and the pursuit of happiness," he said, pausing several times for
enthusiastic applause.
You want every American to be white and male and all others can be
sub-humans. Seriously, Republicans think women should make less than
men for the same work done. Republicans think women should not have
control over their bodies. Republicans think gays should not be
allowed to have state recognized marriages. Republicans think Islamo
Fascism is some sort of threat to America (it isn't). So, I guess the
definition Rush and fellow Republicans have for "being the best he or
she chooses to be" is an odd one since the above is true. If
Republicans really wanted every American to be the best he or she
chooses to be, then shouldn't women get paid the same amount, gays be
allowed to get married and women be allowed full control over their
bodies?
And hey, wait--"the best he or she chooses to be"? Doesn't that mean
I can screw up my life on purpose and not suffer for it? If I
intentionally choose to have a very low standard of "best," doesn't
that mean I can not get a job, get free food, housing and
entertainment compliments of the Republican party? Rush says that's
what he wants--HIS WORDS. ;)
Oh yeah, Rush, if you "loved and revered our founding documents" you
would not have been allowing George W. Bush and pals pee all over them
for 8 years. Do you even know what "habeus corpus"
means? You are a lying bastard to say that you revere the founding
documents for anything but their ability to serve as your toilet
paper. Extraordinary renditions? Torture? Unfounded wars based on
lies? Are those the things the founding documents protect and
support?
More from the article:
"He wants people in fear, angst and crisis, fearing
the worst each and every day, because that clears the decks for
President Obama and his pals to come in with the answers, which are
abject failures, historically shown and demonstrated. Doesn't matter.
They'll have control of it when it's all over. And that's what they
want," Limbaugh said.
It's like he thinks we're all morons--in fact, I think Rush
Limbaugh is one of the most cynical assholes who ever lived.
Does he think we have not been paying attention to the "abject
failures" that have been running the USA for the last 8 years? Does
he think we haven't noticed the way the Bush Administration has
trumped up Al Qaeda as some big, bad threat when they're just a bunch
of extremists in the desert?
While we were all being told we could be blown to hell by an Extremist
Islamic Nuke, our economy was beginning to show the signs of imminent
failure. Funny, AQ hasn't done shit to us since 911.
Yet, our way of life is dying all the same.
And Rush is telling us Obama's answers are abject failures.
What GOT US HERE, dipshit?
Proven by history, my ass. OH YES and the Republican answers have been
proven successes??
It's literally like Republicans are vampires--incapable of holding up
a mirror and seeing themselves reflected in it.
"They see these inequalities, these inequities that
capitalism produces. How do they try to fix it? Do they try to elevate
those at the bottom? No, they try to tear down the people at the
top."
"Elevate... at the bottom?" I think you hypocritical Republicans
would likely have a problem with that, wouldn't you? Every time
someone wants to give us poor folks a hand-out all you guys want is
for us to get a job. Yet here's Rush saying we should be "elevated."
What the hell does that even mean, anyway? And since it's the people
at the TOP WHO CAUSED THIS MESS aren't they the first who should pay?
Us poor folks didn't cause the economy to crash and bleed out. It was
the bankers and the businesses--and the politicians who
thought the bankers and the businessmen could be trusted to not get
greedy.
I could go on and on and on and on, but I have things to do.
Oh yeah and one last thing--Rush wants Republicans to take back the
country? Republicans. Didn't they just have the country for
8 years?
Republicans: Please stay away from Rush Limbaugh. He is saying things
that betray you and your beliefs. As an independent, I don't like a
lot of what the Democrats are doing any more than I like what the
Republicans have done. But Rush is just trying to polarize you. He's
trying to manipulate you by using the same tactics he accuses Obama of
using.
Think for yourself--learn the truth for yourself. It's hard
work, for sure. But if it was easy to think for yourself, everyone
would be doing it.
