Johnson made the case that Christians are misinformed about the true nature of Mormonism, thanks to people like David Barton who is "hugging and kissing all over Glenn Beck," and asked whether Christians would be willing to vote for a member of the First Church of Satan if the candidate supported the conservative agenda, warning that the "anybody but Obama" mindset was going to drive the nation and the church "into the arms of perdition" and prevent God from blessing America...
Until now, Michael Savage's comments on autistic children rated #1 for idiotic tastelessness. Not to be outdone, however, Rush Limbaugh has finally come up with something so tasteless that it almost defies description.
Of course, it's covering the net, fomenting like pond scum, (or BP's gift to America). EVERYONE's writing about it. And in joining the pack, I feel like one of the torch-bearing villagers in Frankenstein. I can't help it. I'm swept away by the fear and loathing Limbaugh loves to engender. Perhaps that's the reason I hate Rush Limbaugh so much: he MAKES me hate him and laughs when I become one of the villagers.
And he laughs at his own listeners. Last September, he boasted about his wealth ($400m and counting) and said he didn't see any recession. Some of his "faithful" must have winced at that one. But now people all over the country are wincing. More than wincing. Liberal America is foaming at the mouth (I know I am!). This latest will set Limbaugh over any BP headline. Just as Limbaugh intended. Because he knows that as long as you provide the American public with entertainment, you will be a man of extreme power.
So thus has Limbaugh provided us with a sideshow of incredible entertainment: WHO will be the first right-winger to denounce him? WHO will be the first suicidal right-winger to defend him? And WHO will simply remain silent? Like his cohort, Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh has managed to turn the mocking of children into a political circus. Another thought: WHO among today's "socially conservative" preachers and Religious Right will dare to defend him? Bryan Fischer might. Tony Perkins might. Pat Robertson might, although people would just blame his escalating senility. Michele Bachmann might, but then she may not know who Rush Limbaugh is. That woman's pathetically clueless.
Will Limbaugh get away with it? Of course. His following will accept his deepest apologies. And if he doesn't apologize, there will be this litany of triteness:
"That's just Limbaugh."
"He doesn't speak for us."
"Just another blowhard"
"He probably didn't mean it."
"You've read him all wrong."
"Beck's just as bad."
"Don't pay any attention. He doesn't have any power."
And the ones who OWE Limbaugh some support will be fun to watch in the ensuing bruhaha: like Sarah Palin. He said that her book, Going Rogue, was "One Of The Most Substantive Policy Books I've Read." Palin can't be ungrateful for such valuable praise by telling the country that he's a vicious, heartless scumbag.
Within hours the circus will begin. How long this incident will remain on the front page will be up to Limbaugh and his response. He knows how to work a crowd.
You got that right, you have a mind like a seive. Your brain is empty.
Matter of fact, it is so empty, if you put a pea in your skull it would rattle around like a BB in a boxcar. You said it, gal, not me, but I sure do agree with you. A true blonde.
Brian ***
Tahlequah, OK PS How do you get that cush job, anyway?
Greta Van Sustern took a poll to show off a viewer who thought that she was stupid. Unfortunately, The poll did not go, shall we say, in her favor.
I can only reiterate what some people have stated on her blog: it was dumb to take the poll. The man's language did not show a great command of English, let alone any semblance of intellect. Even if the poll numbers had been reversed, it would still have shown that 23% didn't think she was too smart. She also allowed a simple-minded critic to rattle her to such an extent that she bothered to comment on it in her blog.
This blog has seldom battled with comments and never with anyone purely negative.
Poor Greta is now in a terrible quandary: should she say something about the poll? Will she be terribly silent, hoping that the FOX execs don't know about this? How will she proceed? She can't shoot back with any anger, but that would seem arrogant on her part.
Will she be able to keep her job at FOX? Of course, she will. Few businesses sponsor Glen Beck and he's stayed on. FOX must be hemorrhaging money at this point, though: who would want to buy air time on Greta's program knowing that her viewers, such as they are, think she's an idiot?
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
Mark Twain
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