It finally really is all about you, Al Franken.
And by 255 votes!
That pumpkinhead Rush Limbaugh could never have pulled that off.
I think we know there's only one thing Rush is "pulling off." In fact, he does it every day. On the radio even.
That big fat idiot.
OMG...when I was reading Limbaugh's Wiki entry just now (and you should see the despicable list of relatively recent offenses)...I found this among his "Controversies"....
Obama the 'Magic Negro'"
Main article: Barack the Magic Negro
In March 2007, (David) Ehrenstein wrote an opinion piece on Barack Obama, in which he used the archetype of the magical negro to describe Obama, who was then an Illinois senator and candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for President. The title of the piece, "Obama the 'Magic Negro'", was later used in a musical parody called Barack the Magic Negro by conservative satirist Paul Shanklin. This piece of music caused some controversy in late December, 2008, when compact discs featuring the song were distributed by Tennessee political activist Chip Saltsman (a candidate for chairman of the Republican National Committee) to various Republican Party activists as Christmas gifts. Part of Saltsman's response to the controversy was that the song was actually a parody of Ehrenstein's "irresponsible" column itself, rather than a parody of Obama. Ehrenstein responded to the controversy in a post on his blog in late December.
The brilliant David Ehrenstein parries this beautifully on his blog and drops some more hilarious tidbits on recent Limbaugh embarrassments.
I met David (along with a slew of other great people) on Goodreads, but at first didn't realize who he was. Because unlike ninety-nine percent of uber-famous people, he just engaged with readers on there as a fellow reviewer and never once felt the need to remind anyone of his achievements, which are significant (see his Wiki entry!)
And I had no clue about this controversy and how Ehrenstein's thoughts were appropriated and horribly misused to turn a challenging think-piece into a low blackface production--typical fare for Limbaugh's listeners. They don't even need shibboleths anymore. They just let the hate fly in syndication.
I had no clue because I avoid any mention of Limbaugh, and obviously do not listen to his show. I actually thought he was washed up as I never see him in the media. I must be watching the right channels, luckily.
I once had a job where I got paid to sit and listen to radio all day. I had to listen to Limbaugh's show on a daily basis. It got to the point where I was ready to gnaw through the wires of my headphones by the end of the day. That's one shit job I don't miss.
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wait ok paid to listen. but then what? write a review? based on what?
g.u.
still not me.
hahaha!
it was to listen to advertising spots and separate them out.
it was one of those modern medieval jobs.
we worked in this guy's house in the ghetto. He was trying to gentrify the neighborhood, and I don't think the drug dealers appreciated it. He was your typical Beamer-driving asshole threatened by anyone who wasn't as white as he...which was a pretty hard shade to achieve considering that he looked like a wet dream Hitler probably had about Clark Gable going albino Nordic...I remember him chasing little black children down the street for taunting his dog....
we'd be sitting there listening to Rush eating licorice and we'd just say to each other "he gonna be dead soon." And someone would just go "yup. i hate the man."
he invited us to read from his "library" on breaks...it was shit like dr. wayne dyer and jackie collins and books on golden retrievers.
he dated a woman who looked like she thought she should be on "Dallas" or at least "Knot's Landing." (are you getting an image this was the eighties yet?)
actually she looked like she should be on crack.
it might have helped.
they were both spiffy. and designed for a minimum of four divorces.
i'm sure you know the type.
the world will never meet their "high standards" because who would ever think of looking that low for it.
the sort where even the embalmer notes the overuse of "product" sarcastically.
gives him more time to watch CSI.
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