'Rush'-ing Into A Mess

Over the past couple of weeks, President Barack Obama's surrogates have been duking it out with radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh, an overweight, conservative, pill addict with a microphone has been the voice of conservatism for quite some time. The President, through his handlers, has tried to label Rush the leader of the Republican Party as a way to discredit further a party in shambles. Rush has responded with vitriol and an offer to the President to appear on the radio show to debate the bloated windbag.

I agree that Rush Limbaugh is an absolute idiot in many ways, but you know what, like Ann Coulter, he is a brilliant man playing a market and earning tons and tons of money. The President should be above this fool's level and settle on performing such acts as being the leader of the free world, the leader of his party, and the voice of reason in policymaking. Instead, day after day he engages this meaningless dolt in the parlor games of politics. When will this President grow up? Cut the shit; fix the mess we're in; do your job! I voted for you, not to play tag with conservative radio hosts but to do a better job in creating policy and running this country than the last guy or your opponent. This nonsense is a let down.

All of this was capped off this week by a stupid email from the Democratic National Committee. Like most emails it was truly intended to raise money, but on the surface, it offered me the opportunity to submit a 10-word bit that could be put on billboards in Florida to call out Rush Limbaugh. Really? Is that what the party its spending money on? Is Rush that important and that much of a threat to Democats that you need to waste money on this? Rush was hired and syndicated to criticize Democrats, liberals and poorly behaving Republicans so as to gain a huge audience, sell ads, make money for himself, and most importantly the media conglomerate that pays him. He is doing the job he was hired to do, and damn well I may add. I wish the President would do the job he was hired to do, as well as Rush is filling his employment requirements. If he did, this country would probably be in a better place.

-Ginger