Wednesday, October 14, 2009
- Slandering Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh certainly doesn't need any help from me, but that doesnt' mean he doesn't deserve a little. what CNN, MSNBC and the more liberal parts of the mainstream press have been doing to Rush the last few days certainly meets the standard of Libel as I understand it. This clip is one of the more outrageously offensive things I've ever seen. What makes these people believe they can get away with this?
These same people called Glenn Beck a bigot for offering what he specifically said was his opinion of Obama, but they have no problem lobbing accusations like this as if they were facts. I hope Rush sues their A$$es off.
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Remember when Jesse Jackson called Obama the "N word" and wanted to cut his balls off?
And remember when Al Sharpton owed $1.5 Million in back taxes?
Those are two classy, reputable fellas...
I don't watch football during hunting season, and since the two coincide, I don't watch a lot of football.
But as I understand it, they think Kieth Olberman is OK as a public face on monday night football, and Rush Limbaugh is no good as a behind the scenes silent partner in a team.
That doesn't sound like the kind of organization that will be getting any of my money anytime soon.
And the more I hear the direct quotes of what people are saying about Rush, the more angry I become. This is an out and out slander - plain and simple.
They are fabricating statements out of whole cloth, and claiming that it's OK to say because it matches their pre-concieved notions of what Rush Limbaugh is all about.
Horrifying.
You've probably seen this one, also:
http://www.breitbart.tv/chris-matthews-fantasizes-about-someone-shooting-limbaugh-in-the-head/
To get more than a little off-topic, if you haven't heard of this yet, it'll properly outrage you:
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/13827
Canada Free Press reports that Mrs. Obama has 26 staffers--not 22, as previously believed. To be fair, I don't know how many people were in the employ of preceding first ladies. Nonetheless, need the fisc provide her a hairdresser and make-up artist?
This reminds me ever so slightly of the President's somewhat cringe-making decision to take Mrs. Obama for a night in New York--on Air Force One, with the secret service in tow--even as he criticized executives of private companies for traveling on corporate jets and throwing lavish parties. Come on Mr. President--we do have our standards!
The executive office is no easy job; perhaps by offering higher pay and excesses like private jets, we'd lengthen the list of potential candidates who would otherwise be making better money elsewhere?
Nah, between the book contracts and the connections, every president ends up rich anyway!
Actually Mark, it outrages me not at all, but that isn’t to say that you don’t make several excellent points.
First, I expect that kind of ego indulgence around a position like president or first lady. I even think it might be justified. It’s part of the job to make numerous public appearances, and if my wife looked like Mrs. Obama I’m sure she’d be a little insecure about her appearance too.
That isn’t to say that I think Michelle is particularly unattractive, I don’t. I think she is accessibly attractive in a mid-40’s way, like most of the women in her age group in America. That means that she also thinks her behind is too big, her breasts are too small, and that she has all the same personal insecurities as most of the women I know… even the really beautiful women.
I have a very close friend whose wife is a Ford model. Personally I prefer my own wife’s looks, but there is no doubt that my friend’s wife has the kind of look most women wish for… 5 foot 10, thin but not curve-less, and a natural symmetry to her features. (She’s also a genuinely nice and extremely well grounded person). But for all her features she’s still insecure about her appearance, and she’s WAY more attractive than Michelle Obama. So I don’t find it outrageous at all that she might want to get her hair perked up a bit before the cameras start rolling , and I’m not really put off by it. Personally I say, cut the woman some slack. Whatever her personal politics, that job is tough enough.
As for higher pay for President, you’re right I don’t think it’s necessary. But I think the job of congressman should pay 1 million a year, and the job of Senator should pay 2 million (in October-2009 dollars). President is a high enough status job so that no one would fail to take it because of the compensation. But it’s a different story for Congressmen and all the state legislative jobs.
In fact, there have been times when I’ve looked at people like Maxine Waters and Nancy Pelosi (or that yahoo from Florida that keeps saying that Republicans want us all dead) and think to myself, “If these idiots can do it, how hard could that job really be?” but while I think I’m fairly persuasive, I speak well in front of crowds, and even my work history would argue in my favor, I couldn’t possible consider running for office because the comp is so low that it would cost me a fortune. It would be horribly irresponsible of me toward my family.
But the real reason that will never happen is that the day you make that change, the pool of people running for office will make a massive jump to the right. And the last thing the people in government want is a bunch of knowledgeable and demonstrably qualified people crowding them out. I mean if we end up with qualified people in government, where will all those unqualified people end up? The next Joe Biden will end up manager of a McDonalds somewhere.
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