Before retiring last night, I checked CNN for one last read through and found the following news piece. I was so sickened that I had to go read up on some football recaps from Sunday just to clear my head enough to sleep.
Barbara Walters has named him and will honor him on her primetime December 4 Special on ABC which features her list of the "Most Fascinating People" of 2008. To give him credit for anything but hate, lies and the spreading of the gospel of the lunatic fringe right wing is beyond the pale.
He is not just another American. He is one of the primary sources of evil in our nation. His whole right wing cadre of haters, from Sean Hannity to Laura Ingram to Bill O Rielly to Michael Savage to... (I could go on and on) have done more harm to our nation's collective soul than anything I've witnessed through many, many years of struggle for progressive ideals of equality, fairness, justice and the American way. This man and his minions' systematic dissemination of hate and division through right wing radio and Fox News TV have served to help cripple our nation in these last twenty odd years. He is not fascinating Barbara, he is evil.
The story that caught my eye is here on CNN.
Rush Limbaugh seems to have given Hillary Clinton his stamp of approval for the second time this year. The conservative talk show host — who urged supporters during the primary season to back Clinton in an effort to prolong the bitter Democratic presidential nomination fight — told ABC’s Barbara Walters that Clinton’s selection as Secretary of State was "a brilliant stroke" by President-elect Obama.
This was then followed by this drivel
Obama himself seemed to give a nod Monday to the pair’s policy disagreements during the 2008 primary season.
As if Obama and Limbaugh were in agreement. Disgusting.
I'm not alone in my assessment. Erik Boehlert helps make sense of the sickness here where he makes some excellent points.
Of course Barbara Walters Thinks Rush Limbaugh Is "Fascinating"
And that's why ABC is including the right-wing hate talker in a primetime special of the year's most fascinating people.
Because naturally, in a year when the country turned blue ABC should definitely celebrate the success of right-wing radio radio, right?
The read is worth the time as he explores traditional media's long love affair with Limbaugh and closes with his suggestions for questions Baba should ask him. Don't hold your breath though. And don't watch the crap.
*Do you still think that' "what's good for Al Qaeda is good for the Democratic Party in this country today"?
*Can you explain how Obama "loathes America"?
*Do Democrats really "hate this country"?
*What makes you think "Democrats will bend over, grab the ankles, and say, 'Have your way with me' " to African-Americans and gays"?
*What makes you think philanthropist George Soros is a "self-hating Jew"?
*Why did you call Sen. Tom Daschle "an Al Qaeda sympathizer"?
*Are you gong to continue to refer to president Obama as a "Halfrican American"? Or the "little black man child"?
*Do you still think Obama is "not black" and that "he's Arab"?
*Were you able to find any proof that "Islamofascists are actually campaigning for the election of Democrats"?