how could we?

[sisyphusshrugged]

I distinctly remember being chided for repeating the AP report about the audience at a Bush re-election rally booing when Our Fearless Leader wished Mr. Clinton well after the announcement of his impending surgery.

It seems as if I wasn't underestimating everybody. It also seems as if at least one of them thinks 1,000 dead soldiers isn't any big deal either.

Online watchdog Media Matters for America reports that on his Sept. 7 show radio host Rush Limbaugh accused the media and anti-Bush liberals of "breathlessly" awaiting more U.S. casualties.

"Now, you know, the media and the Democrat critics of the president are breathlessly -- and I mean this, folks, I'm not -- I'm not exaggerating. They are breathlessly awaiting the death of the 1,000th soldier. It will be a milestone.

"I -- I can't believe it. They're anxiously awaiting this so as to try to make political hay out of it against Bush. So we're breathlessly -- [panting] -- eagerly anticipating -- on the Left -- the death of the 1,000th soldier so it can be exploited. It's sick."

Limbaugh then diminished the U.S. death toll by way of some intriguing statistical comparison.

"But the statistic I saw -- do you know how many students commit suicide on American university campuses in America every year? The number is 1,000. Do you know how many Americans die on a highways [sic] every year in this country? Try 47,000 to 50,000. And here we've got 1,000 deaths in Vietnam [sic: Iraq, as noted on rushlimbaugh.com] in a war for the defense of this country and the insurance of our freedom, and everybody says these aren't worth it."

On the same show, Limbaugh saw fit to ridicule the severity of former President Bill Clinton's heart problems.

"I understand it was gonna be a triple bypass but then Clinton figured out his sympathy rating would go up to 87 percent with a quadruple. So [laughter] -- bada-bump-buh. [laughter]"

And his classy colleague Michael Savage had this to say on the Tuesday edition of Savage Nation:

"We heard, of course, that hell was full and therefore Mr. Clinton will be with us for a while longer -- but we wish him the best nevertheless. But what's the sanctity all of a sudden? All of a sudden everyone loves Bill Clinton. He reinvented himself.

"And suddenly everything he did to America's been forgotten by George [W.] Bush, and everyone else. I seem to remember what he did to America. What's he all of a sudden -- hushed tones about Bill Clinton. I think he was the worst skunk that ever invaded the White House, to be honest with you. I think he was pure evil...

"I don't wanna go through the whole litany. So what, I'm supposed to sit here because he's a former president and go, 'We wish him well' -- why? Why? Tell me why. Tell me why. Anyone got an answer to that one?"

Comments

[wouldprefernot2.livejournal.com]

I'd be delighted to concede Rush's point, if it meant that he'd agree to stop whining about 9/11. Hell will get air conditioning before that happens.

[sgsguru.livejournal.com]

I don't get it. We have a trivial little war (negligable casualties) in Iraq, at least according to Limbaugh. But it justifies a large scale curtailing of civil liberties and standing behind an obviously incompetent President, because if we don't, we'll lose it.

I guess I just don't think like a Dittohead.