Honors and titles

Normally, I try not to pay much attention to pundits from either end of the political spectrum. I tend to consider them to be parasites on the body politic and, like most parasites, deserve consideration only when you are considering how to eradicate them. That being said, every once in a great while I hear something from a pundit that is so idiotic, so utterly, titanically stupid that is drowns out the background noise and causes me to assume that "dog that just heard a new noise" pose while I try to keep that particular bit of incendiary doggerel from racing around my synapses and doing irreparable damage. Well fellow travelers, in the past couple of months, one of the most odious of this disgusting species has raised its eye stalks out of the ooze it normally inhabits to reach a new low in political discussion. Truly, a stunning achievement . . .

That's right, I'm writing about the Jabba the Hutt of the conservative camp, Rush Hudson Limbaugh, III. Since the beginning of August, he has compared a sitting president and the speaker of the house to Adolph Hitler and blamed the same president for a shocking and heinous mass murder. In separate comments, Limbaugh compared the Democratic party's efforts to pass health care reform to the activities of the Nazi party. He claimed that, "Obama's got a health care logo that's right out of the Nazi playbook . . ." and claimed that liberalism is closest to Fascism in the political spectrum. Rush, get your eyes checked and go back to school for some political science classes. The health care logo in question features a caduceus, the ancient symbol of the medical profession, having everything to do with Hippocrates, not Hitler. Additionally, anyone who has been to polisci 101 knows that fascism is on the extreme RIGHT of the political spectrum, where Rush himself resides. Even more reprehensible, this past week Limbaugh stated on his radio show that the recent tragedy at Ft. Hood could be laid at Pres. Obama's door as well. His reasoning here is a bit torturous, so bear with me. He seems to believe that, as Maj. Hasan was disgruntled over the continued war in Afghanistan, it stands to reason the Pres. Obama could have stopped the shooting spree by ending the war. I know, I know . . . I just lost some of you. It's okay. Come back when you can. The sheer galactic stupidity of this comment may have actually caused me to lose IQ points. Gee Rush, I had no idea it was that simple. Just end the thing and come home. Brilliant! What happened the the screaming and wailing of months past about the liberal betrayal of our men and women in the military, brought about by the desire to have a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq? What about the screaming of every conservative of note that we owe it to our military and to the Afghan people to stay the course, no matter how costly and bloody? What about the unconditional support of the Bush administration and all neoconpoops for Hamid Karzai, recent winner of the All Asia Competition for Corruption? Not only that, but Rush, for all of his continuing wailing about the evil and disaster that awaits the country due to the Obama administration's supposed incompetence, is now crediting the president with the ability to predict the future!

Let's face it, the country has it's share of neandercons who are busy stockpiling canned goods and ammo and whacko lefties who believe no society is just unless the government controls every aspect of our lives. Nobody is ever going to change their minds about the way of things. Idiots like Rush and his far left counterparts have no net effect on the opinions of the political fringe. What bugs me is the effect on meaningful political discourse, which is more endangered in this country than the snail darter. How much time have elected officials on both sides of the aisle wasted devoting time and comment responding to this idiot's rants? It gives new meaning to the word "incredulity" that this fat, ranting, hateful sack of flesh has wormed his way into the mainstream national consciousness. It's enough to make any sane person fear for the future of the republic.

So, here's to you, Rush. The Vagabond way hereby pays homage to the vast bulk of your hate, your enormous mass of narrow mindedness and the voluminous spewing of mindless neoconpoopery that issues forth from your overlarge pie-hole. Let all who read these words know, we hereby proclaim and declare that you have been awarded the title of Asshat Emeritus.