Rush Limbaugh. Call him what you want. He goes by many titles these days…. Unofficial face of the Republican party, Michael Steele’s probable cause of headache, conservative visionary, liberal archenemy…like I said, lots of things these days. Even to liberals, he’s something, cos everyone’s talking about him. Even me! Haha…
Really though, this guy is emerging as something. It’s on the tip of my tongue, but I can’t quite find the word. Personally, I think it’s more along the lines of emerging as a schmuck than any form of(or even slightly resembling, for that matter) leader. The first point I want to make is just the general schmuck sort of nature of this guy. All he does all day is sit around and criticize anyone he can. And then when he does something wrong or just generally shitty in character, right away he expects an apology!? Like he’s a friggin’ god? It’s like everyone who criticizes him has to apologize, but when he criticizes, that’s just alright. And when he does criticize, it often crosses the line from pure criticism to utter insult. For example, saying Michael J. Fox was ‘exaggerating’ the effects of Parkinson’s disease. I mean honestly, if you can’t find a real reason to criticize someone, you think reaching like that is going to make you popular? Ultimately, it was just a low blow and I think portrays well the true character of the Limbaugh. To go on, for a second point, he’s just not so smart. As Jon Stewart and then dozens of others rightfully pointed out, he misquoted the constitution at CPAC. He confused something from the Declaration of Independence with the constitution. And hey, that’s not so bad, anyone could do that. Except that if you’re speaking at a convention about it, you might just want to do some quick fact-checking. Just so you might not end up looking like an idiot. What I really want to point out though, is how much this guy and his message are in such discordance with American fundamentals. First off, just look at this guy. He appears to be physically, mentally, and emotionally unhealthy. But hey, there’s a lot of people fitting that description around. But anyone who would see him as a leader probably has some serious issues of their own. He also apparently lacks any sense of personal well-being or even survival, according to his declaration that he “hope[s] Obama fails”. I’m sorry, Mr. Limbaugh, but you make no sense. If Obama fails, according to your ideology, you, along with the rest of the U.S. population, would be killed by terrorists; but before you found death, you might get the chance to live on the streets, and maybe even starve to death before the terrorists kill you, because of a tanking economy.
What I would like to say before closure is that I’m not saying Rush Limbaugh is a loser because he criticizes people, or because he criticizes Obama and liberals, etc. I personally feel that dissent can be an important form of patriotism and citizenship. However, criticism for the sake of criticism is not. Because Rush chooses to take cheap shots at people, and because he criticizes people for standing up for their ideals (Obama) or for something out of their control (Fox), is what makes him scum. If Rush wants to criticize those in power for carrying out action based on their principles, then he is a hypocrite. The truth is he has no basis for his criticism; he is nothing but an overgrown bully, pushing others around because he’s too afraid to admit that he’s got problems of his own. So, congrats, Rush. On being the new, unofficial leader of the Republican party, and an incredibly egocentric tyrant. And to his Republican followers, I would like to remind you of 2 things: 1-(as some of you felt the need to remind liberals leading up to election 2008), remember that ‘Hitler was a good public speaker, too’; and 2-I’m sure that someone with talent and vision such as Limbaugh’s will surely help boost the popularity of your party for the 2012 election. Just keep telling yourself that…. To everyone else, good day.
Really though, this guy is emerging as something. It’s on the tip of my tongue, but I can’t quite find the word. Personally, I think it’s more along the lines of emerging as a schmuck than any form of(or even slightly resembling, for that matter) leader. The first point I want to make is just the general schmuck sort of nature of this guy. All he does all day is sit around and criticize anyone he can. And then when he does something wrong or just generally shitty in character, right away he expects an apology!? Like he’s a friggin’ god? It’s like everyone who criticizes him has to apologize, but when he criticizes, that’s just alright. And when he does criticize, it often crosses the line from pure criticism to utter insult. For example, saying Michael J. Fox was ‘exaggerating’ the effects of Parkinson’s disease. I mean honestly, if you can’t find a real reason to criticize someone, you think reaching like that is going to make you popular? Ultimately, it was just a low blow and I think portrays well the true character of the Limbaugh. To go on, for a second point, he’s just not so smart. As Jon Stewart and then dozens of others rightfully pointed out, he misquoted the constitution at CPAC. He confused something from the Declaration of Independence with the constitution. And hey, that’s not so bad, anyone could do that. Except that if you’re speaking at a convention about it, you might just want to do some quick fact-checking. Just so you might not end up looking like an idiot. What I really want to point out though, is how much this guy and his message are in such discordance with American fundamentals. First off, just look at this guy. He appears to be physically, mentally, and emotionally unhealthy. But hey, there’s a lot of people fitting that description around. But anyone who would see him as a leader probably has some serious issues of their own. He also apparently lacks any sense of personal well-being or even survival, according to his declaration that he “hope[s] Obama fails”. I’m sorry, Mr. Limbaugh, but you make no sense. If Obama fails, according to your ideology, you, along with the rest of the U.S. population, would be killed by terrorists; but before you found death, you might get the chance to live on the streets, and maybe even starve to death before the terrorists kill you, because of a tanking economy.
What I would like to say before closure is that I’m not saying Rush Limbaugh is a loser because he criticizes people, or because he criticizes Obama and liberals, etc. I personally feel that dissent can be an important form of patriotism and citizenship. However, criticism for the sake of criticism is not. Because Rush chooses to take cheap shots at people, and because he criticizes people for standing up for their ideals (Obama) or for something out of their control (Fox), is what makes him scum. If Rush wants to criticize those in power for carrying out action based on their principles, then he is a hypocrite. The truth is he has no basis for his criticism; he is nothing but an overgrown bully, pushing others around because he’s too afraid to admit that he’s got problems of his own. So, congrats, Rush. On being the new, unofficial leader of the Republican party, and an incredibly egocentric tyrant. And to his Republican followers, I would like to remind you of 2 things: 1-(as some of you felt the need to remind liberals leading up to election 2008), remember that ‘Hitler was a good public speaker, too’; and 2-I’m sure that someone with talent and vision such as Limbaugh’s will surely help boost the popularity of your party for the 2012 election. Just keep telling yourself that…. To everyone else, good day.
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