What's The Big Rush

It's somewhat startling that after being resoundingly defeated in the last election and with their approval rating lower than the Dow that the Republican party would at least temporarily rally around two nobodies--Lousiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who looked positively adolescent in delivering the GOP reply to the Obama congressional address and Michael Steele, their new national chairman who has made some ludicrous attempts to portray his party as hip and cool.This may not be PC to say but but maybe men of color and Republicans just don't mix. A much more appropriate face for today's conservatives is their new de facto "leader" -- big old Rush Limbaugh to whom Steele has already apologized for daring to criticize.

Rush is a perfect symbol of much of today's GOP--a nasty, bigoted hypocrite whose main appeal seems to be to people like him--a few rungs above trailer park trash (but a hell of a lot richer). In case you've forgotten, he's a thrice divorced pill abuser who, among other "accomplishments" has been arrested for doctor shopping to obtain multiple prescriptions. He has publicly mocked the Parkinson's disease symptoms of Michael J. Fox. Limbaugh will likely be apopletic Monday when President Obama reverses the despicable Bush limitations on stem cell research, which of course hopefully will some day help find a cure for horrible diseases such as Parkinson's. Also, Rush has been a vicious foe of immigration. Wouldn't it be ironic if eventually he faced a life and death dilemma on whether to accept a transplanted organ from an illegal Mexican alien?

Just recently, Rush has suggested naming the Obama health care bill "Ted Kennedy Memorial Legislation" thus effectively burying Teddy alive. What's with these right wing morons? Last week, Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning (a Hall of Fame pitcher who should have stuck to baseball) announced that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (whose name he misspelled twice) would be dead within nine months. Maybe these guys have a special pipeline to God that is not available to liberals.

Perhaps most outrageously Rush has noisily "invited" President Obama to debate him on his radio show (ratings anyone?). Since it wouldn't make any sense for the President, how about an equally adept replacement--one who will not be restrained by good taste or concern about future political damage--yes, TNB. Let Rush know what you think!