Rash Limbaugh: Let the Framing Begin
So, there I was commenting on this post,
when my next post hit me. Rash Limbaugh! It's the perfect description, reasily remembered and insidiously effective in treating the national disease that is Rush Limbaugh.
There have been many other attempts at how to mock the man. Many have wondered if the Reich can name the Left, socialists, or rename their opposition party the Democrat Party, how will we respond? I've done it! We rename the Leader of the GOP Rash Limbaugh!
Another recent renaming effort is to change what RNC represents. It's not the Republican National Committee, well it is, but not the one Republicans elected, it's the RNC of Rush, Newt and Cheney. They were not elected, but self-appointed. That fits with their pasts in many ways. Cheney appointed himself to be the VP candidate and we can question whether he was ever duly elected, either time. Newt is demanding people refer to him as Speaker, even though this nation already has a Speaker elected by the majority part in the House. As for Rush, well he has called himself the leader of the GOP. So it makes good sense to lanbel the RNC for who they are until people actually within the GOP can refute them and not offer an apology after doing so.
It is great fun finding derisive names for these clowns, but I feel this name is truly representative of the man and we can refer to their followers as having the ash and quickly characterise their positions as a malady.
Think about it! A rash. It's right up there with don't think of an elephant. Ya did, didn't ya? Also. Rush/Rash is an irritant on the skin of this nation. The more we scratch it the worse it gets. It"s spread by mere contact, and it's not even necessary to contact the original cause, either. It's contagious. Scratching it spreads it further, and excessice scratching may lead to bleeding if left untreated. It is time to provide treatment.
To treat this rash will require empathy. The first step in the treatment of anything is recognizing it is a problem. Many people with the rash wear long sleeves or simply deny they have a problem. They declare, "I'm all right" or more succinctly, "I'm Right" and the problem persists. But others can do something about this problem by first, pointing to the inflammed red skin and saying, "You've got the rash and you're sick. You need help! If you don't do something about this, it's not just going to get worse for you and it's going to make other people sick too. Don't you want to feel better? To have a little joy in your life, rather then being angry about things that have no impact whatsoever in your personal life?"
Scratching can drive people crazy, too! And we have seen where scratching excessively can make people bleed. And what do we see now? Scratching has caused a fatality. This weekend, someone was overcome with the rash and caused the death of a good man, a very good man indeed, as reported by those who actually knew him, Dr. George Tiller. The rash has gone too far. It requires treatment. Won't you help this nation with the first step and help us cleanse ourselves of the pustule that is Rush Limbaugh, a disease that is infecting this nation and has led to such a disastrous result? At this point, it is not going to far to say, it could save lives, real, living, breathing, fully formed lives.
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