Rush Limbaugh hates America

Recently Rush Limbaugh is a noted gasbag and much married much divorced sexual tourist who takes Caribbean vacations in a country known for attracting rich men who enjoy underaged prostitutes, his 'virility' enhanced with "boner pills" not prescribed to him according to the label. He apparently took literally, along with little blue pills, the concept of a strong dollar in a country like the Dominican Republic with a weak economy giving U.S. tourists more bang for their buck.

Limbaugh recently claimed a moral high ground of superior patriotism to partially blamed Bill Clinton for Timothy McVeigh's attack on the Arthur P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

Limbaugh claimed a direct, tangible link of responsibility for Clinton's authorization to storm the Branch Davidian Compound in Waco TX justifying McVeigh's attack on the Murrah Building on the anniversary of the Waco assault. It was incredibly inappropriate for Limbaugh to make such a comment on the anniversary of McVeigh's attack; it is something which should be called out.

For years, people like Limbaugh claimed any American hated the United States who believed Muslims might understandably resent U.S. support for Israel in every action; or the many "collateral deaths" of unarmed civilians, including women and children, in Islamic nations; or the torture of detainees, leading some to attack the United States abroad. Their reasoning was that anyone who questioned the correctness, the infallibility, the perfect wisdom and justness of U.S. actions internationally was inherently and intrinsically unpatriotic. In those instances, they believe America can do no wrong, no matter what we do; their fellow Americans should not dare to question our country's actions, much less object.

The irony of course is that Limbaugh and his followers, including many Tea Party activists, essentially hate the U.S. Government and actions it takes domestically.

So, in the eyes of Limbaugh and his followers, it is unacceptable for a foreigner to object to the policies and actions of the US government in their own country (or adjacent countries) that directly affect them, perhaps harm or kill their families, friends and other fellow citizens, and it's totally unacceptable for those foreigners to react (violently or otherwise) against the U.S. because of those U.S. policies and actions, no matter how egregious. Limbaugh and his followers claim "look at all the good we also do" as their justification for the U.S. to be above criticism or protest from the rest of the world.

But if Limbaugh doesn't like his taxes, or doesn't like the unintended consequences of a fully lawful attempt to bring hostage-takers and armed insurrectionists like those in Waco to justice, well, then Limbaugh is quick to blame the U.S. government. Which is no different than foreigners, or U.S. citizens criticizing the U.S. government for its actions overseas that do harm, or have unintended consequences.

The double standard here, the hypocrisy, is that Limbaugh believes he and his ditto-heads have every right - and they do - to criticize, no matter how offensively, the Unites States government. But they refuse utterly to respect the integrity, the loyalty, the motives, the character, the funamental decency, or the intelligence of their fellow citizens who disagree with them.

Limbaugh and his followers fundamentally hate the power of the government to tax and to govern. They claim to love the US, but either don't grasp or don't care that the power to govern stems directly from the various provisions of the Constitution as it defines our representative form of government, and effectively from the outcome of the Civil War which reaffirmed the individual states in some respects are subordinate to the national government.

They support the North's cause generally, to remain a complete nation, but selectively advocate state's rights. But when state's rights are discussed, while they support state's rights when it is self-serving to do so, they are ready to toss those rights aside to ensure the 2nd Amendment is incorporated upon the states. They selectively embrace federalism when it works to their advantage, cherry picking inconsistently what side of the argument they wish to advance.

Consequently, they like the government for a powerful military. But hate our government for many other things, most other things. They give only superficial lip service to supporting the Constitution and the US, while in the very next breath attacking that very same Constitution and government. Because the government as we have is based directly and entirely on the Constitution, including the 14th Amendment. Limbaugh and his followers complain about those who criticize the government as being anti-American in one breath, while blaming Bill Clinton for McVeigh's attack, and hating the ability of the majority to vote in a government when they are not that majority with their next wheeze.

What's more important, is that following Limbaugh's logic about Waco and the attack on the Murrah building, there is then is logical connection between our support for Israel and Bin Laden's attacks upon the US on 9/11/2001. He is effectively saying that while the US isn't FULLY to blame, it is to blame at least in part for the reactions to our actions. Limbaugh said that anyone who blames the US for 9/11 in ANY way therefore hated America, so I guess this means that Limbaugh hates America when he blames the U.S., under the Clinton administration, for Waco causing the Murrah bombing.

And the funny thing is, as the paragraph above about hating taxes, the power to govern, and federalism points out, it appears Limbaugh really does hate America; or at least, most of it.

Now the truth is, those who criticize U.S. actions overseas aren't "unAmerican", nor do they hate this country. They passionately dislike some folks' attitudes about mistreating innocent civilians or their attitudes about allowing US companies to abuse and exploit foriegn citizens/workers. If thinking abusive capitalism is wrong, then it is our ethical standards that need some correction, not those who question them.

Disliking liberals and independents isn't really hating the government. Yet, since liberals make up 42% or so of the voting public, it is hating a pretty sizeable cross-section of the country.

Limbaugh knows both things to be true, but he wilfully conflates the dissent of liberals with anti-Americanism and descibes those who object to our excesses in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan as traitors.

Limbaugh excuses insane criminals like McVeigh - and does so because the "militia" crowd is part of his political and listener base, so it benefits him to do so. It is self-serving. Limbaugh preaching contempt and intolerance of dissent is in itself fundamentally immoral; but his blaming Clinton for McVeigh's actions, in part or entirely, is nothing short of craven hypocrisy.

Limbaugh talks a great game about personal accountability; he talks about not dissenting from the government decisions during time of war; he talks about law and order, and he talks big about patriotism. But I think in the end Limbaugh and those like him really, truly do hate more than 40% or so of the people. They hate that they cannot control everything including health care and taxation in a way which would impose what they want as a minority on everyone else.

Fundamentally, they appear to hate the American ideal of democracy, of representative government and majority rule, of constitutional provisions that give Congress powers applying to them when the majority votes that way.

Limbaugh outright, straight up lies about more than 40% of the citizens of this country. Limbaugh lies when he claims that ANY disapproval is at it's base hatred, and then turns around and himself disapproves viscerally, calling for "action", excusing violence or transfering blame.

Limbaugh's lies, his hypocrisy, his duplicity is beyond belief. Perhaps he should move to Costa Rica - or maybe China. I hear they have a national news service which has even more popularity than Fox News, and which uses propoganda relentlessly to suppress dissent against the government. Limbaugh would fit right in.