you know, I used to think that this bloviating jackass blowhard didn't believe everything he said. I used to think he was just in it for the money and to entertain himself with the notion that people actually listened to his amazingly juvenile strokefests with himself.
I was wrong.
This guy is certifiable.
He is sincere. He believes himself. That is even more frightening. And now he's got himself a nice little paranoia complex, to add to the Napoleon complex.
I'm going to cut and paste a few excerpts from todays transcript. I couldn't read it all, I was getting queasy. But here are the relevant parts.
I am your host, Rush Limbaugh, leading this discussion. I am now the new passkey for RINO Republicans. I am the passkey that opens the door for them to get unchallenged media coverage from the left. The new game in the Beltway is no longer "Hush, Rush." The new game in the Beltway is "Bash Rush,"
They love seeing Republicans bash me but at the same time they know I'm telling the truth and at some point they know that all that I'm saying is going to be proven right. And, see, that is the bottom line. But the Bash Rush is the passkey for RINO Republicans to get glowing media treatment. It worked for Colin Powell, it worked for Tom Ridge, and it's now working for John Cornyn.
You would think that would be the end of it, and for awhile he goes into his usual spiel about blah blah blah democrat party blah latinos that hate white men blah, well, you get the idea. But no, the best is yet to come.
Get ready...
Today the Republican Party seems more interested in condemning its supporters and its friends than in doing its job. Now, normally I don't respond to all this media bashing because if I did, it would be all I do, there's so much of it. But the fact of the matter is, ladies and gentlemen, my wit and wisdom and brilliance is being drowned out out there -- and I have learned over the course of many, many moons that if you don't stand up for yourself, nobody else will, either. Now, a day is going to come here. A day will come when reality hits. A day is going to come when each and every American looks up to the heavens and says, "Why didn't somebody warn me?"
I'm speechless. Wit, wisdom, brilliance? Words just fail me. And now he's lone little chicken little running around telling everyone the sky is falling.
The tirade continues... of course.It's starting to get quite precious.
RUSH: America's piñata, Rush Limbaugh, everybody in the world, everybody in this country bashing me. I must be doing something right. And whatever it is (and I know what it is) I'm not going to stop.
I would encourage him not to stop. Republican numbers are tanking. More Americans can see through his hate and self aggrandizement every day, and the more they associate it with the republican party the better.
He was used like an old dishrag by Rove and Co. and discarded just as quickly. But he's used to power and like so many who see it fading away is angry.
It's a little thing called entitlement issues.