Rush fill-in Steyn says WH ornaments are "the new Democrat Holy Trinity"
December 23, 2009 12:28 pm ET
From the December 23 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
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Which is more likely... that the Obama's would put stupid crap on the White House Christmas tree, or that this guy is a f***ing liar?
Seems pretty All-American to me, letting individual citizens decorate ornaments, and have them on our tree without any sort of censorship.
Would Steyn prefer some sort of Ministry of Ornaments jackbooted thugs to crush any decorations not deemed politically correct by the sensitive right wing ?
I'm still waiting for confirmation that these ornaments are actually on the White House Christmas tree. The photos could have been taken anywhere.
If they are, then I retract my "liar" comment above. I'm sure he lies about other subjects daily, but maybe he's technically correct on this one.
Another phony outrage busted.
Of course, regardless of the facts, this will be a headline on the next FOX and FRIENDS dooshfest.
Since you mentioned Deja-vu with respect to smear-campaigns against the Clintons, I thought you might get a kick out of this story. Let me set it up:
Around the mid-90s I had the misfortune of finding myself at a Libertarian rally in Garden City, Michigan. Being an openly gay and life-long lefty, as well as a supporter of gun-control, I have never really felt any great attraction to the Libertarians. But I was also quite disappointed by both the Dems and the Repubs, so I wanted to see what other political groups had to offer.
The speakers at the gathering, and some very vocal members in the audience, offered some incredibly crazy conspiracies. But the most memorable one (and one which, I am NOT KIDDING you, received the most applause) was the idea that President Clinton was a Chinese spy, surgically altered to look Caucasian and sent to America to make it into a Chinese colony. I am not kidding you, that is exactly what a group of full-grown adults tried to offer as political news.
People applauded wildly when the speaker advanced this idea, as if everyone knew it, but just needed someone to say it.
I could not believe that anyone, let alone a whole auditorium full of people, could ever accept as fact such a patently looney idea. But they all embraced it with gusto, and encouraged their constituents to "educate" the country about this "fact".
My brief experience with the Libertarians was really revealing, if not quite upsetting as well. Upon reflection, I can honestly say that the event was like a less-orchestrated prelude to the riotous Tea-Parties which we see now, complete with open calls to armed rebellion, wild theories about left-leaning political figures, not-so-subtely racist scape-goating, and a palpable hatred so thick it could break one's back.
(this bit of lunacy followed others which also made Bill Clinton a British spy interestested in 'reclaiming America for the Crown'. One of the speakers also claimed that Hillary Clinton was a militant communist and former domestic terrorist... just as they did with Michelle Obama.)
Simone continued to ask him at least three more times why he was against competition by insurance companies across state lines. Each time , the caller repeated that he wasn't against it.
The fourth time Simone started to ask the already-answered question, the caller interrupted him to point out it had been answered. Simone accused the caller of "not listening" and told him to stop interrupting.
They are poisoning national politics.