RUSH 2 JUDGEMENT

Dear Readers,

Pity poor Rush Limbaugh, as his attempt to be part of a group trying to buy the NFL's St. Louis Rams was scuppered by the football league's commissioner, many NFL players, and a general outcry of negative public opinion. Limbaugh, a shameless purveyor of racism, right-wing paranoia and general hatred of anybody who disagrees with him in the slightest, issued a bitter statement of withdrawal that whined about 'liberal-types' who prevented him from moving into the mainstream. What? This self-important windbag who could give Joseph Goebbels lessons in mind manipulation is seriously deluded if he thought anybody would consent to be an employee of his, white or black.

As right-wing Republicans continue to push our nation into a kind of Bosnia-like ethnic-cleansing fantasy, the frustration they display at their ouster from power knows no bounds, and the attempt by Limbaugh and his ilk to assuage their hurt at not being able to run the country in their own selfish manner by trying to buy into the world of sport is sad and pathetic. If only one could feel sorry for them. As Rush takes reassuring calls on his radio show from his legion of dittoheads, he must feel as if he has public opinion totally on his side, and therefore, feels as if anything he wants to do has the unquestioning popular support of the general public. But the outcry at his attempt to turn an escapist pastime such as Pro Football into a ideological playground must have dented his Goodyear-blimp-sized ego just enough to produce the whiny, self-pitying reaction that he must have been so surprised to have to issue.

I thought that the NFL had reached the bottom of self-respect when it allowed Michael Vick to return to playing, but if it had turned a blind eye to the likes of an intolerant bigot like Limbaugh to become part of the sport's fabric, well...

I can take sweet satisfaction that the NFL, at least, considers Rush Limbaugh to be lower than a dog-killer, which is just about right.