yummy

way to go!

Column ever Joan...this is what i've been wanting to see all along, pitbull joan....best line "no accident..., and the hopped up part was great, very letterman-like who called him (and his black sleazoid outfit) an eastern-european gangster, showing too much flesh...don't worry joan, it's tolerable cruelty...intolerable starts with camille's next column

Rush is perfectly suited as the spokesman for the Republicans: white, fat, rich and ignorant, multiple wives, prone to substance abuse, loves to attack the weak but terrified of armed combat, deeply prejudiced and misogynistic, and above all willing at any moment to put personal gain ahead of the interests of his own country. Truly, here is a leader for party that can't wait for America to fail.

michael moore would play the rush role (not that such a comparison holds up necessarily)

I think there is an understanding within the republican party that the inmates are now running the asylum. I think they realize this is largely the reason they've lost the last two election cycles. And I don't think they know what to do about it. On the one hand they want to earn back public trust and on the other hand they realize their base is all they have at this point and they need to keep them rallied. The problem is Rush is the guy who does that. I honestly don't think they were ever prepared to lose.

I think they actually bought the hype that says they would get a "permanent republican majority". Now that that's not happened, they don't really have a plan B. Hence the rehash of the same old ideas. Hence the reason washed up losers like DeLay and Newt are calling for an embrace of the Rush model. It's all they've ever done so it's all they know how to do. They can't admit their wrong because guys like Rush won't let them. The moment a republican congressman gets on the air and does so, the dittoheads will have his answering machine filled up before he even gets back to the office. he owns them now.

I don't envy their position and I certainly don't mourn their loss because to be honest, the dems should have stated the obvious a long time ago. Of course they should have done a lot of things a long time ago.

So Limbaugh's the new punching bag here at Salon now, instead of Sarah Palin? Salon - Linbaugh today, every day. Very entertaining (not)! I'm sure Limbaugh loves the attention, it's driving up his ratings, and he's laughing all the way to the bank. Meanwhile, how's your own wealth (401K retirement account, home equity values) doing so far under Obama? And you think Limbaugh is the fool?

You're joking, right? 'Under Obama'? For the six weeks he's been in office? If a scriptwriter tried to invent you people, he'd be laughed out of every office in town. Get back to us a year from now. And especially in 2012, when Obama crushes whatever ridiculous sacrificial lamb the GOP coughs up to oppose him. Wow -- how it must suck to see your 30-year 'philosophical' run, finally in deserved ruins.

Fantastic, Joan! (And, please note, Republicans, that everything Joan wrote is true.) Posters, please just read what Joan wrote. It's the blog-era Gettysburg Address. Pay no attention to us posters behind the curtain.

I watched (as much as I could take) of Rush's CPAC speech. If that is the potential "successful" future of the Republican party it is truly frightening. That the real leadership would pander to him like little kids looking for approval from popular kid was truly sad. For good or ill, these people built organizations, ran campaigns, got elected in their respective districts and are fully fledged elected representatives in both the House and Senate. Besides being a pandering, low brow entertainer what else has Rush done. The few times I've seen him, the best I could describe him is as a bully. His getup at CPAC was appropriate to that notion too, he looked more like a refugee knee breaker from the Sopranos instead of the "leader" of the conservative movement in this country.

It is really scary to think that although they may be circling the bowl now, so was Hitler at the end of Weimar Germany. As the memos start coming out from the Bush administration we are only now beginning to realize how close we came to literally giving it all away.

Unfortunately, in the recent past us Democrats have had an amazing ability to pull defeat from the jaws of victory many times. The increasing quagmires of Afghanistan and Iraq, the catastrophic instability of the economy with the tepid responses from Treasury are really starting to look like another lifeline to the losers. I hope not.

I have a sense Rush will blow up in the not to distant future, and then what will be left of the Republican Party?

But you know, on Free Republic they are salivating about the idea of shooting liberals. I kid you not. The right 15% of this nation is going absolutely crazy.

why everyone is so terrified of Lameballs uh Limbaugh. Does he have a cadre of ninjas ready to assassinate those who dis him? Does his "regular-guy" base know he makes more than most Wall Street honchos for talking into a microphone a few hours a day? (How many jobs does he create?) I hope we find out soon that his vaunted "audience" is as evanescent as those WMDs. Sadly, I think Joan has nailed the source of his heady position: he's white and he's male. And, yes, judging from his past (?) and present physical condition, he draws on his own deep well of unappeased anger.

Fladad: You are kidding, right? I stopped looking at my 401(K) way back in early fall. I just pretend I don't have any retirement funds--which is actually the case for too many people in this country, and might be the case for the rest of us yet. Thanks, George & Friends!

But your comment reminds me: Are there ANY conservative/Republican shows or web sites where one might find intelligent discussion and commenters? Some place where there's some substance and less shrieking? I've tried Hot Air and Red State. It was a lot like drinking lye. I used to listen to He Who Must Be Obeyed for the other side's take, but he's just gone full-goose bozo, only now with more spittle. Of course, he's the first one to say he's just an entertainer, so perhaps I was expecting too much to begin with.

Could my mistake have been trying to pair "intelligent discussion" with "Republican/conservative?"