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Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and the people they represent and inspire, have for a very long time, represented the gutter of American politics. The gutter has been on display on an almost daily basis for at least the last 15 years.
The other day Rush Limbaugh made the gutter a little dirtier when he suggested that you could blame the massacre at Fort Hood on Barrack Obama.
And on what great insight and piece of logic did Limbaugh base this intelligent assessment? On the fact that Obama had promised to bring the troops home from Afghanistan, and that it was orders to deploy to Afghanistan that supposedly were the motivation for Hasan's murderous rampage. The idea is, if Obama would have kept his promise to bring the troops home ( something Limbaugh and conservatives would have lambasted him for) the massacre never would have happened.
This was Limbaugh, not simply plying his trade in the gutter of American politics. This was Limbaugh becoming the gutter.
The pandering by Limbaugh to his extremist conservative audience was so blatant, the political pornography so cheap, that it will be interesting to see if Limbaugh himself faces any backlash from his audience. It will be interesting to see if looking for ways to blame Obama for the massacre, and trying to cheapen the tragedy by using it for some absurd political advantage, and grasping for such a preposterous straw will be too much even for them.
If it isn't, then there is no reason to think any of them will get out of the gutter any time soon.
And more than that, it will be interesting to see how members of the armed forces feel about what Limbaugh said and using the tragedy at Fort Hood for his own cheap political theater. Because if Limbaugh loses the soldiers, he'll lose everyone.
Comments
I'm no Rush fan but when I saw the clip was from MSNBC I had to go listen to the full uncut version in context. His full statement was dripping with sarcasm and mocking the media/democrats. Nice try.
You americans are truly braindead...the idiot talk show host looks like a walking dead person with a dead soul...Rush is spot on..a shame you country is a big jooke now
I wonder why left wing MSNBC wasn't quick to oppose those who blamed President Bush for the 9-11 attack. But then again I wasn't surprised that MSNBC decided to take snippets of Rush's broadcast, twisting it into a story...to gain viewers.
3 excellent,observant and honest responses. America is catching on !
But hey Brian..the Fort Hood tragedy is still fresh in our minds and this is not the time to be "dripping" the incident "with sarcasm and mocking the media/democrats." So I really don't get your point or Limbaugh's point. Plus, I really don't know what the media has to do with a crazy, sick minded nuthead going about mowing down innocent and brave US service members!
when are these liberals going to listen to Rush and not 1/2 listen to Rush. Like Brian said nice try but if you listened to rush you would know what he really said.
You know, all members of the National Rifle A ssn., should rush, fully aremed, to any outbreak such as Ft.Hood. When thousands of armed citizens rush to help police or army we'll know that we are moving to take back Amerika.
And I forgot to add that all NRA members should automatically be federalized. Then they could quickly gun down any suspicious citizens. All hail Rush!!!
Justin, I think Rush's point was to mock the media's/democrats wild conclusions of blame during a national tragedy. I'm not going to defend his point but its definitely not what this article was saying it was. I agree with you, it is all a bit disrespectful, including this article which tries to further stir the pot.
Rush Limbaugh, the most listened to, successful, popular, and influencial talk show host in America. What are you Marc Rubin?
Did I hear of tv that Rush is off his meds? This could be really serious. just think, he might volunteer for military service or something equally scarey. I still think that we ought to use the NRA to put down any opposition, especially when Rush is off his meds. How much of a druggie is Rush?
mathew---Cute comment, just about on an intellectual par with the author of this garbage masquerading as journalism. P.S. learn to spell.
So severe criticism, deserved or not, is gutter journalism to you? Another interesting but flawed view of free speech from King Marc. Well, if the critics of this administration are gutter journalists, then what were the loud, relentless critics of the previous Republican administration? Then by your own thinking, what does your criticism of the current critics make you, gutter boy?
America wake up.Liberals are out to destroy your way of life and they won't hesitate to put down anyone who stands in their way.God bless Rush.
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