(Blogged by Brad from the road…)
Even as the Rightwingnuts try to apologize for everything from killing thousands of innocent men, women, children and babies in Iraq (see the Comments on this item wherein they justify the killing of tens of thousands of civilians, for instance) to the refusal to allow American’s to see their own sitting President if they won’t sign a loyality oath, or dare to wear a sticker on their shirt that supports the other candidate, the truth is, they get their marching orders from one man; Rush Limbaugh.
Rush sets not only the agenda for the entire marching band of Rightwing nutballs, but he is their “moral” and “spiritual” inspiration for justifying and apologizing for every appalling act committed against the people of the world, and of course, the Constitution of the United States of America.
Why do these folks despise everything that America stands for? I’ll have to assume it’s the love of power. How else to explain the moral depravity found in their inspirational leader as exemplified by this montage of Rush clips concerning Abu Ghraib?
Be prepared to be appalled. But perhaps it’ll give you some idea of who these guys idolize, and how they feel justified spewing the sort of moral depravity that they do every day. If the most popular radio show in America has those sorts of things to say every day, it’s little wonder that so do his fans.
It’s perfect that it ends with "If they need an apologist I’m going to be their apologist."
It’s funny (not the clip), but I used to listen to him back in the day when he wasn’t a shill. Around 1990, he was a conservative, but one who was willing to call the GOP to the carpet when they f—ed up.
But after the 94 mid-term elections, he became nothing but a mouthpiece and I stopped tuning in. Now he’s become worse than a shill, but an apologist.
If Bush killed a man in broad daylight, Rush would find a way to make it the man’s fault. That’s how pitiable he’s become.
Teddy,
He’s funny — i would say pathetic — when his kind are not in power. But when the far right of this party swept into power it just became ugly. Like the Reagan Administration infesting the republic from the halls of congress. This reactionary movement is bound to their history; they are a combination of the republicans who opposed the voting rights act (1964 republican plank) and the dixiecrats who jumped parties in the aftermath of the 64 election. Its so vile an ideology even Goldwater denounced it. i have nothing nice to say for them. To be quite honest in my book they are little more than fascists.