Rush Limbaugh Is An Idiot

I hate to borrow from the soon to be Senator from Minnosota, but Rush Limbaugh is an idiot. I have listened to him off and on since I returned from Kuwait in 1991. He used to be funny. He used to be entertaining. Today, he is just dangerous.

I don't blame Rush though. I blame the Republican party. In the total vacuum of leadership, Rush has emerged as the only Republican with any (albeit bad) ideas.

Look at what the party has become. Their presumed front runner for 2012 is Sarah Palin, an intellectual lightweight. Those elected are seen as obstructionists with few real solutions of their own. The outgoing President Bush has absolutely no credibility as a party leader. John McCain sold out to the far right and gave up his credibility in the process of losing to Obama. Is it any wonder that a guy who never completed college would emerge as the leader of the Republican party?

Here is the problem though: Rush's ideas are not backed by fact. He can say anything he wants and if he yells loud enough, then people take it as fact. Of course, when he is wrong, he doesn't have to stick around to take credit for it. Or worse, he can just restate his position as if he never said it in the first place.

The GOP needs to stand for something that matters. Rush is only concerned with increasing his listening base so he can earn more from advertising.

Rush is an idiot who has no place in making policy any more than the Hollywood set who speak to policy. The GOP should not listen to him. If they truly want to reinvent themselves, they should start by distancing themselves from entertainers.