Friday, March 6, 2009

Friday Craziness: Rush Limbaugh Edition (Vol.2)

I'm sure you're well aware of the recent string of public apologies issued by Republicans to Rush Limbaugh. RNC Chairman Michael Steele, Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC) have all issued apologies to Limbaugh after commenting on Limbaugh's "I hope Obama fails" kindergarten rant. Honestly, I don't care about this but I can't watch 20 minutes of news without someone bringing this back up. I don't know which is worse: the fact that this is getting so much press, or that grown men have to apologize for inane comments that aren't really all that offensive.

That's why I find the ongoing sissy fight between Limbaugh and Steele particularly comical. Steele said Rush was "incendiary" and an "entertainer", then apologized for those remarks. As to appear unscathed by the attack, Rush said he was no longer Steele's BFF. But we all know Rush has been crying at night, watching old Molly Ringwald movies alone, and eating copious amount of rocky road ice cream since Steele's betrayal. But I don't judge- we've all been there.

I think the real issue here is that someone named their kid Rush Limbaugh. That's almost on par with all of those god-awful celebrity kids' names. I don't care what I did, I'd never apologize to someone with a funny name. Not because I'm conceited, but I just couldn't put the words together to say "I'm sorry, Rush" while keeping a straight face. Plus the guy looks like CNN's blowhard chump Lou Dobbs.

Rush Limbaugh was put here to annoy us. Nothing he said in the past had any effect on the course of history, and nothing he says or does in the future will matter either. The sooner we come to terms with that, the sooner we can just live our lives. Who takes their political cues from a prescription drug addict anyways?

By the way, this whole thing wouldn't have happened between real men. I mean, could you honestly see this playing out with the guys you know? Here's how it'd go...
Guy1: I hope Obama fails.
Guy2: You want to grab some Five Guys?
End of story.

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