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On Countdown with Keith Olberman, the host almost always refers to arch-right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh as a "comedian." I've wondered, given all the material there is to work with, why he sticks with that label.
But it occurred to me this morning that it is not intended as an insult at all. No, when viewed as comedy, Limbaugh's shtick almost works! As I've said before in this space, I rarely have the opportunity--let alone the desire--to listen to Limbaugh's show. I do hear his daily "Morning Update" often, however, when I'm waiting for the morning CBS news. Most days, I end up shouting at the radio. Though his little updates are only 90 seconds, he's able to squeeze in misdirection, exaggeration, and outright lies into almost every day's edition.
But maybe he is a comedian, and this is all shtick. I offer this morning's update as evidence. In it, he was trying to smear Hillary Clinton by going after (his favorite target) Bill. He dusted off some of his 8+ year-old bits, and went to town. He troweled on the sexual innuendo, painting Bill as a sex-addled, lecherous satyr. But the icing on the cake was a double-entendre on the word "hard."
I burst out laughing. Mr. caught with illegal Viagra while on a suspicious trip to the Caribbean, to an island known for its underage male prostitutes trying to slam someone else's sex life, using the word hard. It has to be comedy!
But he really needs to lay off the fake laugh. He sounds like Burgess Meredith as The Penguin.
On Countdown with Keith Olberman, the host almost always refers to arch-right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh as a "comedian." I've wondered, given all the material there is to work with, why he sticks with that label.
But it occurred to me this morning that it is not intended as an insult at all. No, when viewed as comedy, Limbaugh's shtick almost works! As I've said before in this space, I rarely have the opportunity--let alone the desire--to listen to Limbaugh's show. I do hear his daily "Morning Update" often, however, when I'm waiting for the morning CBS news. Most days, I end up shouting at the radio. Though his little updates are only 90 seconds, he's able to squeeze in misdirection, exaggeration, and outright lies into almost every day's edition.
But maybe he is a comedian, and this is all shtick. I offer this morning's update as evidence. In it, he was trying to smear Hillary Clinton by going after (his favorite target) Bill. He dusted off some of his 8+ year-old bits, and went to town. He troweled on the sexual innuendo, painting Bill as a sex-addled, lecherous satyr. But the icing on the cake was a double-entendre on the word "hard."
I burst out laughing. Mr. caught with illegal Viagra while on a suspicious trip to the Caribbean, to an island known for its underage male prostitutes trying to slam someone else's sex life, using the word hard. It has to be comedy!
But he really needs to lay off the fake laugh. He sounds like Burgess Meredith as The Penguin.
Holy impotent, bloated, seething windbag! I think Boy Wonder might be on to something here... The Penguin eh? This makes sense. Look at all of the common ground here. They both live in cold dark environments... then there is webbed fingers & toes, penchant for evil & cigars, horseshoe hair style, waddle walk possibly due to an ass wart, world domination fantasies, questionable immigrant sexual partners & they hates "do gooders" like Batman & loves boys like Robin (must be the orphaned waif like acrobat part).
ReplyDeleteMaybe we can sick Adam West on him.
Ha! You're killin' me! And something tells me you're just getting warmed up. . .
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