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For reporting that is an embarrassment to the profession of journalism, and for being beholden to corporate paymasters rather than the citizens of America.
There is no more deserving role model of the demagoguery at the heart of the
right-wing media echo chamber than the porcine, illegal pill popping, Vietnam
draft-dodging (due to a claimed anal cyst -- how appropriate), thrice-married
Rush Limbaugh.
Toss in a heavy dollop of racism, misogyny, and xenophobia, along with a
streak of hedonism (don't forget his Viagra, condom-laden trip to the
Dominican Republic where he sought sex with your pick of men, women, or children) – and
you have the ideal role model for Republican hypocrisy.
But it's not the hypocrisy that makes Rush such an ideal shill for the
right wing; it's his "down-home" appeal to the basest instincts
in the disenfranchised white American vote (displaced by the globalization
agreements that have put them in economic harm's way). Meanwhile, Rush's
only real hardcore ideology, whatever his sexual orientation and latest drug
addiction status, is to fatten his pocketbook.
So many progressives get caught up in trying to debunk Rush's lies that
they forget his success as a right-wing on-air demagogue has nothing to do
with the facts and everything to do with scapegoating and fear. He makes the
vulnerable white male -- and female -- feel like victims. The world of "terrorist-supporting
liberals and feminazis" is conspiring to deprive God-loving Americans
of their "values," jobs, and rightful place at the top of
the pyramid. Don't you get it?
Rush's appeal is straight from a not-so-coded "white power" script
to the reptilian emotional needs of those who feel America has passed them
by and need to blame someone Rush can toss like a ham hock into their salivating
jaws.
BuzzFlash reader John Landis of Vienna, Virginia, nominated Limbaugh because
he
"recently illustrated perfectly the fatuous arrogance and convenient
forgetfulness of right wing media attack dogs' delusional assertions
when he claimed he did not know who was implying that Hillary Clinton
was a murderer
-- when the record clearly showed he had made such allusions on
multiple occasions
on his radio show. Limbaugh daily employs sophistry (actually too
kind a word for his juvenile bloviating, B.S. and lies) in his role as the
primary
mobilizer
of the idiot vote for Republicans. He has been amazingly effective,
much to the detriment of our country. His dittoheads are obnoxious, impervious
to
reason,
and their votes count as much as those of rational people. He has
done more to wreck thoughtful discourse in this country than any other individual
in
our nation's history. He is definitely a pathetic putz, but also
much
worse."
On behalf of Rush, thank you for those kind words. BuzzFlash reader
Landis might be a tad harsh on Limbaugh listeners, who are more
like sheep being
led to their own economic and national security demise, but he’s
definitely got the pigboy's number.
Rush Limbaugh, you are officially inducted into the BuzzFlash Media
Putz Hall of Shame. You have proven without question that you are
an embarrassment
to
the profession of journalism, and tailor your incessant drivel
to your corporate paymasters rather than serving the true needs
of your listeners. You
remind us how easy it is to separate faux punditry from the truth.
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