Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Evil Genius

Author, comedian and maybe--in time--the junior senator from Minnesota Al Franken had a best selling book: Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot. It was funny; it was a good read, but Mr. Franken had it wrong.
Mr. Limbaugh is a genius. An evil genius, but a genius nonetheless. His skill at marketing and running an extradinary con game has made him a millionare many times over. And Mr. Limbaugh's primary interests are money and ratings. He has captured the intolerant minority by waging his campaign of devisiveness and name calling.
He has his weaknesses. He is not very good at marriage. And he became addicted to prescription drugs. But he is a consummate con artist who has amassed a very large number of suckers who think that if he does not walk on water, it is because he does not want to.
His ditto heads, minions and suckers are the idiots. They run the gamut from big, fat idiots to little, skinny idiots. Since he has convinced them that the Democratic Party is the party of evil, they have come to constitute a significant block in the shrinking Republican base.
Woe be unto any Republican who criticizes Mr. Limbaugh. S/he will be drowned in blizzard of support for Rush and the threat of retaliation. And several Republicans were not smart enough to refrain from criticizing Mr. Limbaugh. So they were forced to apologize for telling the truth.
THIS TURKEY IS AN ENTERTAINER WHOSE MAIN CONCERN IS RAISING HIS RATINGS AND MAKING MONEY!
And while Mr. Limbaugh is a genius, he is not perfect. So, he made the mistake of saying that he hoped President Barack Obama would fail. Fail at what? Rescuing the nation from a major economic crisis? Rescuing the capitalistic system Mr. Limbaugh claims to love.
The Democrats saw a great opportunity, and they are milking this "sacred cow" for all it is worth. And the Republicans do not know how to distance themselves Mr. Limbaugh's gamemanship. And Mr. Limbaugh is too arrogant to admit his mistake. So he is trying to create a straw man by acusing President Obama of trying to destroy capitalism. It will not wash.
So the big, fat evil genius will be an asset to the Democrats and himself unless and until President Obama fails. If that happens everyone except Mr. Limbaugh and other fat cats will be the losers.
Until this plays out this will be fun for us liberals to watch.

Thank you Brother Mayor Jones

Mayor Dwight C. Jones' decision to drop former Mayor L. Douglas Wilder's appeals to the Virginia Supreme Court was very welcome news. This may mean that the era of Mr. Wilder's bullying, egomania and lunacy has been replaced by an era of cooperation, common sense and reason. Let us hope so.
The appeals of Judge Margaret Spencer's decisions revealed Mr. Wilder's unsurpassed capacity for doubletalk. When Mr. Wilder tried to hire and fire city employees who report to City Council, he argued he had to follow the City Charter. What the Charter says is that the Chief Administrations Officer is in charge of all city employees. But the clear intent of the Charter was to say that the CAO is in charge of all of the employees in the departments that report to the CAO.
The rational thing to do was to correct the Charter. But Mr. Wilder argued that the CAO was in charge of the city employees who report to Council, and he was in charge of the CAO. Therefore he could hire and fire these employees.
This was nonsense, and Mr. Wilder knew it was nonsense. But he made a power play; because, he thought he might be able to get away with it.
The City Charter is clear about who controls city property. It is the City Council. When Mr. Wilder tried to evict the Richmond Public Schools from City Hall--probably because he wanted its offices for himself--he argued that the Charter did not apply to him because he was a "strong" mayor.
This litigation had already cost the City over a million dollars; droping it was a very good idea.
Thank you Brother Mayor Jones.
Preston M. Yancy