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As all Americans cannot help knowing, the political ad campaigns have been especially nasty during these last weeks of what looks to be shaping up as something of a quasi-historic election. One of the nastier ones is that concerning Michael J. Fox and the little feud that Rush Limbaugh has started with him, over whether Fox is exaggerating his Parkinson's symptoms when doing an ad supporting a Democratic candidate who favors embryonic stem-cell research. Jon Swift has done the best with that material as far as I have seen so far:

Rush Limbaugh has always had the courage to fight enemies no one else would dare to take on, but this week he launched his bravest attack yet against a group of people whose power has long gone unchecked: The Disabled. You would think handicapped people would be satisfied when we gave them all of the good parking spaces. You would think they would be a little appreciative for all the wheelchair ramps and the Braille elevator numbers (which I have yet to see anyone use) which have cost businesses a lot of money. You would think that after passing the Americans for Disabilities Act they would just say thank you and shut up. But they just keep wanting more.

It is compassionate conservatism, not fuck-us-blue conservatism. We need to stand up more to special interests and cute celebrities. And we must keep science in its place!

Sometimes it's best just to let go and have some fun with these things, like Mardi Gras.

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Rush Limbaugh has always had the courage to fight enemies no one else would dare to take on, but this week he launched his bravest attack yet against a group of people whose power has long gone unchecked: The Disabled. You would think handicapped people would be satisfied when we gave them all of the good parking spaces. You would think they would be a little appreciative for all the wheelchair ramps and the Braille elevator numbers (which I have yet to see anyone use) which have cost businesses a lot of money. You would think that after passing the Americans for Disabilities Act they would just say thank you and shut up. But they just keep wanting more.

Current Mood: tired

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (June 26) - Rush Limbaugh was detained for more than three hours Monday at Palm Beach International Airport after authorities said they found a bottle of Viagra in his possession without a prescription.

-- The Associated Press

Oh, Rush, what is happening to you, thou bright shining beacon of America? Ah, but I suppose power doth corrupt even the most stalwart soul, and what greater glory is there for a man's rampant ambition and pride than woman, that earthly paradise, and, so, in a way, Rush is still teaching us by the 'virtue'of his example.

( AP report )

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Current Mood: amused
Current Music: cooler but sunny morning - a taste of spring

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“I love being a conservative. We conservatives are proud of our philosophy. Unlike our liberal friends, who are constantly looking for new words to conceal their true beliefs and are in a perpetual state of reinvention, we conservatives are unapologetic about our ideals. We are confident in our principles and energetic about openly advancing them. We believe in individual liberty, limited government, capitalism, the rule of law, faith, a color-blind society and national security. We support school choice, enterprise zones, tax cuts, welfare reform, faith-based initiatives, political speech, homeowner rights and the war on terrorism. And at our core we embrace and celebrate the most magnificent governing document ever ratified by any nation--the U.S. Constitution. Along with the Declaration of Independence, which recognizes our God-given natural right to be free, it is the foundation on which our government is built and has enabled us to flourish as a people.”

-- Rush Limbaugh for The Wall Street Journal

I guess liberals are against the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence!

Monk cannot believe that Rush wrote this, but that he must have some 'researchers' doing the bulk of this work. Rush was always a fountain of rhetoric, but he was also simple of thought and sparing of substantive argument. This is a top-caliber piece on the Miers nomination, arguing that conservatives are not divided and flailing, and, for good measure, that it is the liberals who are ever confused and hapless.

It is true that conservatives enjoy greater unity of ideals and purpose, but then their ideal leaves many out in the cold, dismissing them as life's losers. In looking to the old-time religion it limits individual liberty, at least for the commoners and the poor, as wealth keeps its prerogatives and privileges.

The liberals, or progressives, contrary to Rush's tone have had some glory days, affording the twentieth century to blossom with greater equality, turning over the walls of then entrenched racism, and making the American dream a more substantive reality to more people. Yet, compared to conservatives, liberals are more at a loss in terms of where to go from here, but then the dreams and ideals of greater equality and opportunity are more complex and elusive than those of trying to maintain entrenched power and privilege.

( Limbaugh column )

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Current Music: Monday with Country & Western

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Entries tagged with rush

Keeping the Disabled in their Place

Keeping the Disabled in their Place

Rush Limbaugh: Hard On Drugs

Rush Limbaugh: Hard On Drugs

Rush Limbaugh on the Miers Story

Rush Limbaugh on the Miers Story

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