Army Politics: Left-Right, Left-Right

Today, I am going to tear apart two people – Rush Limbaugh and Keith Olberman.

Rush Limbaugh claims to be the conservative voice of America, and he has the audacity to call his show “Education in Broadcasting.” As you will read, it does not seem possible he remotely is qualified to educate anyone. However, conservatives eat his rhetoric like a diabetic craves candy. These people believe they can quote him chapter and verse.

A college dropout, Limbaugh was lucky enough to draw 175 as draft number, when only 125 birthdays were called during the Vietnam War in 1969. I am positive his 4-F rating, due to either a football knee injury or a diagnosis of Pilonidal disease, and high lottery number kept him from fleeing to Canada. He also was charged with doctor shopping – illegally obtaining prescription drugs hydrocodone and oxycodone in 2003.

This pompous and cowardly man, who sits in this studio, hid behind the microphone with the gall to say to his listeners, three days before the inauguration, “I hope Obama fails.” Thank God our nation gives him the right to say such a thing to a man who was yet to take the oath of office.

As a true, supportive American, who is granted the right to daily spout his nonsense, for three hours nationally, and earn $33 million a year to do so; Limbaugh can afford to be a conservative. A book should be written on all the stupid stuff he pulls out of his (oh, that’s right, I promised to keep this clean). Rush never gives his callers a chance. If he disagrees with their premise, he cuts them off with his constant pooh-poohing and babbling.

Limbaugh’s personal life also has been a mess with three failed marriages. However, he owns a really nice set of golf clubs and smokes quality cigars – two of his passions. In 2007, a survey was conducted, as results showed he held the worst approval rating, with a 2-1 margin against, among 18 talk show hosts. His only true radio competitor is now the junior Senator from Minnesota. Limbaugh should put his money where his mouth is, stand up and be counted, or at least get involved with more than his voice.

Keith Olberman is the polar opposite of Rush. A Cornell graduate, with a bachelor’s in communications, Olberman is liberal to the point of being fanatical. His nightly, thrice aired show on MSNBC is stated to be a “news show counting down the day’s top five stories.”

Of course, it is nothing of the sort. Olberman turns his chosen stories to pursue his own political platform. Also, he is into name calling – a popular theme among these types of political commentators. The other night, Olberman suggested President Obama should pursue charges against President Bush for abusing those who planned the Sept. 11 attacks. Olberman and Rush are given this privilege through the efforts of President Bush, as well as all men and women who have died to insure they maintain their freedom of speech.

Whenever possible, he seems to enjoy invoking history lessons to compare what the conservatives have done wrong and how things will turn out. He is quite fond of using the Nazis as an example. By the way, Olberman makes approximately $7 million a year, almost enough money to be a conservative.

He should get off his (oops almost did it again) and run for city council somewhere to learn the responsibilities involved in politics. At least Jerry Springer once served as Mayor of Cincinnati!

These two men are counter productive in our society and do nothing but stir their collective cauldrons with askewed views of the situations before them.

Think for yourselves people,draw your own conclusions, and use your brains and the good sense God gave all of us.