When I decided to start this little blog, I understood that it would probably never be read by more than 2 or 3 people and that was all right with me. Besides the obvious narcissism of writing a blog anyway, it was designed to allow me to express my thoughts about the world in general in a kind of stream of consciousness way. I also gave some thought to the things and people I would write about. I decided that some things and people were just too unimportant or too odious to address. Conservative commentators fit both those categories. Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter and the ilk are just not worth the time and effort to address. To anyone that hasn't drunk the Republican Kool Aid, their shrill support of an illegal war in Iraq and the multitude of incompetent actions by the non-elected president just doesn't warrant response.
However, because this blog was also designed to be therapeutic and cathartic, I need to address Rush Limbaugh and his response to the Michael J. Fox campaign ad. I know Rush won't read this and if he did it wouldn't change his mind (I'm not sure he believes half the stuff he feeds his ditto heads, anyway) and I know that nobody else that believes the shit that he puts out would accord this any merit. So, this is just for me.
The people that just heard Rush on the radio weren't privy to his actions when he alleged that Michael was either exagerrating the effects of his Parkinsonism or was off his medications. When he did it, he squirmed and rotated in a fashion that mocked Michael's involuntary movements in the ad. Crooks and Liars has video here. In any case, Rush allowed that Michael was just a dupe of the Democratic Party. As you know, Michael was doing an ad for a Democratic candidate in Missouri, whose opponent is an opponent of stem cell research. That was all the ad was about. It wasn't advocating killing babies so celebrities could live or requiring that Missourians engage in same sex marriage with a clone of Abe Vigoda. It was pretty simple in its purpose and application. Michael was basically saying: "Stem cell research might benefit people with conditions like mine and I am supporting this candidate because he shares that view". Not terribly controversial stuff. However, Rush went off on it like it was a message from Beelezub or Hillary. He writhed and moaned and mocked and giggled and engaged in the basest of human expression.
It's terribly easy to find things wanting in Rush. His reactionary opinions notwithstanding, his fondness for large doses of narcotics, his illegal purchasing of same, his firing from ESPN for racist comments (what a shock!), his detainment for possessing double handfuls of turgidity enhancing drugs when returning from an all boys' outing to a tropical island (Hold on a minute, I just threw up in my mouth) and others of which we are not aware makes him an almost indefensible target. But this is just too much.
I suppose Rush's next act will be to act dead like Pat Tillman, shuffle around like Max Cleland or imitate any kind of physical ailment of people who have views that he does not share. It really would have been easy to disagree with Michael's view about stem cell research and present a cogent opposing view (well, not so easy for Rush to be cogent) and not engage in attacking the messenger. Rush is not capable of that. His ilk can not address the substance so they engage in ad hominem attacks.
I really hope that the God that Rush invokes so casually really exists because I believe she would have a special place for people like that.
Hey Rush, imitate this.
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