I know, I know, we’ve all been so happy. But something occured to me this week–I didn’t have to hear much about Rush Limbaugh in the last eight years. Now I can’t stop hearing about him and the inane, hypocritical things he says. I’m not going to waste my time going over his talking points and what’s wrong with them. I will just say–he’s about to rise again.
You see, there wasn’t much for him to do when the Republicans ruled everything. He (like Ann Coulter) sat around hating anyone who disagreed with the President, but it seemed somehow beyond the point. Now that he can sit around hating the sitting President (and presumably the majority of the country who voted for him), he’s going to get more followers. His numbers may even come close to what we saw under Clinton.
The NRA is benefiting, too. A book came out last year by an ex-NRA insider–the whole point was that having a Democrat in office is very good for their business. (And anyone who’s watched politics at all knows that nothing much changes in policy, no matter who’s in power.) Deep down, Rush has to love Obama, maybe not as a man, but as a target and a cash cow.
Want to see what Rush et al are saying lately?
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=219517&title=intro-harold-varmus-is-here
It’s a great day for name calling. It’s a great day for making fun of war veterans (if they’re John Kerry). It’s a great day for hate. It’s a bad day for debate and civility and, if you watched the footage from the Republican meeting this weekend, for bi-partizanship.
