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If you have seen the movie V for Vendetta(highly recommended), you would recognize in the movie some of the ideology of the last eight years. See link at the end of the article.
Anyone who knows me knows that I am not fond of the Republican Party. But that would be an afterthought compared to the antics of Rush Limbaugh. The Republican Party may rue the day that it embraced the radio commentator/comedian as the front man in the continuing battle against the Democrats. He now feels he is in control of the party. He is the puppet master, they are the puppets. His attacks on certain members for speaking out and defying him borders on comedy. Their weakness, like anyone else,is they want to keep their jobs. Rush's strength, he makes 40 million a year. Is that what the Republicans want, to be known synonymously with Rush?
Or is he just filling a vacuum of leadership? No disagrees that Rush has a knack with connecting with his listeners, for speaking for part of the population. He is smart, resourceful and can speak on a talking point forever. But he works from a bully pulpit which is not helpful to the overall population. You may intensely dislike the current administration and all it stands for, but they are what we have for now, and we have to forge ahead and get through this financial debacle.
Good luck ditto heads.
The following is an excerpt from, Wikepedia:
Roger Allam as Lewis Prothero: Lewis Prothero, "The Voice of London", is a mouthpiece for the Norsefire government. He was the former Commander of the Larkhill facility. He presented a show on the BTN. He was killed by V. He has been viewed as a parody of American right-wing pundits such as Bill O'Reilly, Morten Downey and Rush Limbaugh by critics and commentators.[9][12]
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2 comments:
RJ,
I was just wondering... Do you ever have an original thought? I only ask because everything I read here on your blog is plagiarized from numerous other far-left sites. If you are just being a good soldier and spreading the word, then I certainly understand your re-hash of the looney left talking points. You, however, strike me as a guy who fancies himself an original thinker, so I am stymied by your choose of topics. The "Rush Limbaugh" is the "leader" of the Republicans thing is such an old tune, why don't you learn a new one. Let me set you straight, Rush Limbaugh is a leading conservative who correctly points out that so many Republicans lost (like McCain) because they were not conservative enough. He gives voice to the millions of conservatives (like myself) who see the Republicans as the lesser of 2 evils, but no where near as conservative as we'd like. Obama campaigned as a middle of the road guy and people were fooled by his rhetoric. Many of them had no idea for what they were actually voting. If a true conservative emerges within the next election cycle, then you will see what real change is all about. Now show yourself as a good liberal and delete my post.
Your fellow proud American,
Beth
Dear Beth,
I wrote about Rush because he attracts attention like a lightning rod. He believes that any publicity is good publicity. Whether on the radio or as a keynote speaker at a convention, his talking points are fair game for comment from anyone and everyone. That is why he is a celebrity. It is fine that you defend him. Being that Obama won in a landslide, people were voting for hope.
All comments are welcome.
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