For those of you who are familiar with extreme right wing radio host Rush Limbaugh, you must now know he is like a cat with 9 lives. His arrest for posession of Oxycontin & Vicodin were lives 3 & 4 at least. His unbearable attack on Michael J. Fox and his battle with Parkinsons Disease was probably Life 6. Let's not forget his racist comments about NFL Quarterback Donovan McNabb. Life 7 possibly. Let's not forget the finding of another prescription drug not of his, Viagra, after a trip to the Dominican Republic (Life 2, 5 or 1??) Any one of those escapades alone would be enough to fell a mere mortal but Mr. Limbaugh has a radio empire far sturdier than Don Imus.
His latest outrage is a parody song of Barack Obama called "Barack the Magic Negro" sung to the tune of Puff The Magic Dragon. He thinks it's okay to use this term because he saw it in the LA Times. But the song is sung in the "voice" of Al Sharpton. I won't bother to repeat the lyrics. They are simply the work of a fool.
There are those who think that in this new age of Imus that Rush will pay for this transgression. I have my doubts. He has a few more lives left. Rush Limbaugh will survive this tempest. Anybody who can survive the horrible oxycontin arrest must have a feeling of invincibility. Imus is a memory. There is no longer any talk of newfound respect for black women in our culture. We are in the last throes of discussing Virginia Tech and are moving on to the next "crisis" of our society.
In New York, that would be the Yankees & their continued collapse (7 in a row as of tonight!). Finally, a story I can get behind.
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