The Smoking Wreckage Of Limbaugh Nation

[ProSense]

The Smoking Wreckage Of Limbaugh Nation

by digby

Limbaugh is now calling people "butt boys." This is on top of his adorable comments that Republicans are being asked to "bend over and grab their ankles" because Obama is black. I realize that the term "butt boy" is fairly common in junior high locker rooms as a synonym for sycophant, but when did it become ok to say this on radio? Does the FCC know that it literally means submissive, teenage anal sex (with a strong implication of coercion?)

I suppose this new frankness about gay sex could be seen as some sort of breakthrough for the right but I wonder what all the morality scolds have to say about it? In fact, someone should ask our new BFF Rick Warren what he thinks about the new Republican leadership. He was quite happily driving a wedge in the Democratic party recently, maybe he'd like to practice some bipartisanship and speak out against this crude piece of work on the conservative side. It would be quite revealing to know what he thinks.

I've written many posts about Rush over the years so all this new interest in him as a leader of the Republican Party is old news to me. I think this one, from 2006, may the most pertinent:

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That was written three years ago and things have changed. And I think it's pretty clear that it changed because people finally realized that this nihilistic, juvenile form of politics was incredibly destructive. After all, George W. Bush was the perfect Limbaugh president: a sophomoric, violently aggressive, anti-intellectual, macho, phony cowboy. He was the man Limbaugh always wished he could be and Ann Coulter always wished she could date: their angry, white male dreamboat. And he failed on an epic scale. The country could have chosen an older even more sarcastic and angry version of Bush in John McCain. They chose instead someone who appealed to their hopes instead of their hatred and spite.

The problem is that the Republican Party went all in with the conservative movement over the past 25 years. George W. Bush's America was Limbaugh Nation and Limbaugh Nation was George W. Bush's America --- they have nothing else. They are nothing else.

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Media Matters has created a Rush web site for easy access to some of his greatest hits.

Reagan was right just as George W. Bush is today, and I really believe that if Reagan had been able he would have put his hand on Bush's shoulder and say to him, "Stay the course, George." I really believe that. --- Rush Limbaugh Reagan Tribute June 7, 2004


“Long after we’re all dead and gone, when historians who are not yet born begin to write about this era, they’re going to place George Bush in the upper echelon of presidents who had a great vision for America, who looked beyond our shores, who didn’t just restrict himself to domestic policy niceties.” --- Rush Limbaugh, May 3, 2007

Update: Boy, that Limbaugh really is powerful. He's even got Democrats apologizing now.

From Down With Tyranny:

Late this afternoon, in keeping with apologies to Rush Limbaugh from Georgia Republican Phil Gingrey and RNC Chairman Michael Steele, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) issued the following statement:

“I’m sorry Limbaugh called for harsh sentences for drug addicts while he was a drug addict. I’m also sorry that he’s bent on seeing America fail. And I’m sorry that Limbaugh is one sorry excuse for a human being.”

The Congressman then rejoined his Democratic colleagues in working on cleaning up George W. Bush’s mess.

I love Grayson's apology.

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edited to add link.

[Hissyspit]

1. Yay, Digby!

Great stuff as always.

[Cha]

2. I like digby! Brilliant..

and, yes, Grayson's "apology" is premier! FINALLY, limpbaugh is getting called on his shit and Obama is the one who set it into motion:bounce:

Grayson's "apology to rush" is a must read for all critical thinkers.

[Hissyspit]

5. Psst...

(I met her at the Denver Convention.)

[Cha]

8. Cool! That's

right..digby's a grrl. :D

And, what a Convention that was from my perspective on c-span..I can only image your's Hissy..good times~

[Hissyspit]

9. It was once in a lifetime.

and Digby was reeeally nice, zidzi. (ha)

[Cha]

10. Nothing

gets by you:D

[Arkana]

3. If that apology from Rep. Grayson is real, he is the best person in the world.

[ProSense]

4. It's hilarious. n/t

[firedupdem]

6. I got nervous for a minute.....then I read Grayson's apology and

loved every word!

:rofl:

[tblue37]

7. During Jon Stewart's famous dustup with Tucker Carlson and

Paul Begala on Crossfire, Carlson called Stewart the Democrats' "buttboy," so radio is less surprising compared to TV broadcasting this term, though of course Crossfire was a cable show and thus not subject to FCC regulations, I guess.

[bunkerbuster1]

11. I lurrrve Digby and loathe Limbaugh, but...

Ok, I've heard the term "Butt Boy" for decades now, and I've always thought of it as a catch-all term for subordinates. Never really thought of it as homophobic. For what that's worth.

Now that I've defended the Big Fat Idiot, I think I'll go shower.