Blustery Loon Talks Up The New Agenda
November 18, 2008
by Sheryl Lee
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You read it here first: Rush Limbaugh admits that women are just as qualified for Obama cabinet as men.
From his show yesterday:
The nags are beginning to get restless! Just as Mark Cuban is unhappy that there aren’t any entrepreneurs on Obama’s advisory team—this is from politico.com—“Early indications that men might dominate the hierarchy of Obama administration have women’s groups worried. Even as a growing chorus of advisers reportedly pushes Hillary for Sec. State!” [He spits this out like an expletive—it sounded like Sex State].
“There’s definitely been a reaction to the few groups that have been named so far,” says Kim Gandy, the President of the nags—that’s the National Association of Gals—“I agree with those who are concerned that it would have been nice to see more women.”
You know, the guy that had the most diversified cabinet in the history of the country was George W. Bush…and they hated him. They still hate him.
Amy Siskind, she’s co-founder of the New Agenda, a “non-partisan women’s rights group founded by Clinton supporters” [snorts]—a Clinton support-group non-partisan?—at any rate: “It’s appropriate that Obama’s vetting Clinton but she is just one woman. We want to see parity in the representation of women in the cabinet.”
The nags are also upset that Obama is considering seriously Larry Summers for Treasury Secretary, because they got him broomed at Harvard, because of some comments he made about women and math and science.
By the way, since when did parity become the new standard? I thought equal. I thought equality. I thought equal was the—what is this parity?
At any rate, the nags are upset—they’re not happy about this, and for you nags out there, again, ignorance is the most expensive commodity we have. Have you seen, did you take note of how Michelle-My-Belle was treated during the campaign? After a couple of flub-ups when Michelle-My-Belle, she went out there and spoke her mind, and she said she’s, uh, first time in her life she’s been proud of the country, and then she told these women in Zanesville, Ohio to shut up and forget about working in big-paying jobs—”don’t go to law firms, don’t go to Wall Street. Stay there, at the pancake house. Stay there, in the nursing business. We need people like you.”
And they shut her up—duct tape on the mouth, put her in a closet—and we didn’t hear from her for—what was it Brian? Six weeks? I know you were paying attention—it had to be six weeks or so, we didn’t hear from Michelle-My-Belle. And then Obama had to go to Hawaii because his grandmother died, and they trotted Michelle—cuz this was the Friday before the election, was it not? Yes. Or the Thursday—so then they trotted Michelle out, they took the duct tape off, and they sent her out there to Indiana or someplace in Ohio, maybe—[stage whisper] but there weren’t any cameras—there were microphones, but there weren’t any cameras. And then, on election night, the strangest thing—[stage whisper] it was creepy! I mean it was really creepy!—Obama walks out, and has these—shoving those little girls out in front—“come on girls, come on girls”—and Michelle-My-Belle walks out in that…dress…with the red splotches on it there, and they wave and do the thing, and after about five minutes of that—Bam!—sends ‘em backstage. Michelle-My-Belle, and the two little girr-rruls—are banished! And Obama—a singular—except that he’s—normally you see the family up there, and they’re all doting, and the supporters are lined up—uh uhn—this is all about Barry. And only after he had finished his sermon was Michelle-My-Belle permitted to come back to the stage, but she had to share it with Plugs Biden and his wife.
So you nags out there—my only point is here—that you nags you could have seen this, this is like, Mark Cuban could have seen that entrepreneurs equals individuals equals that ain’t flyin’ in the Obama administration. You could have seen very plainly that the woman who is his best friend?—quote unquote—closest to him was vanished with duct tape, was not even allowed to stand out there during the biggest night of their lives—his acceptance speech. And now you start crying—[fakes crying: think Porky Pig] wah-ha-ha-ha-ha wah-ha-ha-ha-ha—because he’s only named potentially one woman to the cabinet?
What is it with these—people are just idiots. These are the most discriminating, bigoted people around—American Liberals. And, by the way, nags—you saw how Barry treated Hillary during the primaries—a little racism there, a little sexism thrown in—and you’re expecting—what is this now—parity? Parity is a sports team. Parity is the NFL—and by the way, you know how parity works in the NFL? You punish the good teams. You put ‘em low in the draft order, you give the worst teams a chance to pick the best players out of college, and you rely on the fact that the teams that finish last have stupid front offices and make the wrong picks. And generally they do. The worst teams remain the worst teams. There are exceptions…
You nags, I don’t get it. I, I just—can you—these things have been popping up throughout the Obama administration—all of these rival supporters are going to be shocked.
My, but he does go on doesn’t he? And what was his point, again?—besides the one on top of his bloated, porcine head—that we feminists are going to be disappointed by Obama’s picks for cabinet, because he wants the stage all to himself? What are you saying, Rush? That women are—surprise!—men’s equals, and Obama—the megalomaniac of your fabulist’s imagination—is threatened by women? Just like he’d be threatened by Mark Cuban’s entrepreneurs? Because women are not only equal, but formidable and independent-minded and vewy vewy scawy to guys like Obama—and to you, too, Rush?
I smell projection, but nevermind that—the truth is, there are women out there who are perfectly qualified for roles in Obama’s cabinet, and to not search for them, to not vett them, to not put aside the dubious wisdom of the status quo (because dude’s all about change, right?) and find the best, smartest, most capable women for equal roles in cabinet is ignoring a rich pool of talent—the women whose genius lands them far out on the long tail of the Bell Curve, where it hovers just hair’s breadth above the x-axis. To ignore those women is to decline to use the valuable resources that America desperately needs right now. There is no excuse for not searching for them, finding them, and putting these women in critical government roles. To not do so is unconscionable.
Well, Rush, I hope this clears up your confusion. On behalf of all the members of The New Agenda and scary women everywhere: Thanks!—you ole sweet-talker, you. It’s good to know we’re on the right track.
Amy Siskind’s response: “Does this mean that we’re not going to be BFFs, Rush? Oh—and thanks for the great publicity!”
Be afraid, Rush. Be very afraid.
Blustery Loon – how appropriate but pompous jackass suits me better what with his incessant braying – he is everything swinish that decent men should aspire not to be. Parity is the elimination of a double standard, Rush, you oaf. He alludes to Michelle Obama and her limited time on stage with Barack . He says duct tape was put on her – well, you festering dolt, duct tape was applied to Joe Biden too and Sarah. My God! It hasn’t dawned on the jackass that had Michelle Obama been lynched in effigy and called the C word and ball crusher, NA would have defended her equally and just as strongly as they did Hillary and Sarah….. and what’s with that brown phallic symbol sticking out of his mouth anyway?
I hate to admit that it is possible that I could agree with Rush on ANYTHING – but he might have a point. I am concerned about seeing an adequate representation of women in Obama’s administration. I’m concerned that Hillary will be used to assuage us.
We have much work to do together members!
Oh, and I’d be happy to go on Rush’s show and kick his a*s!
Yeah what is with that brown phallic thing sticking out of his mouth??
Can’t stomach the man- and the fact that some people on the left are just as sexist as he is makes me very angry.
I must remember to ignore pigs like him.
Wait a minute..is Rush Limbaugh claiming -we- didn’t notice the sexist treatment of Hillary Clinton? and is he really implying we are somehow hypocrites, while being among the few actually speaking out against the misogyny, the hatred unleashed on all women in this political year, for demanding parity in the next administration?
Lol.
Unfortunately, he lumps us in with NOW etc. I think it will take some time for him and others like him to see that we really are going to be different. I used to listen to him and he can’t stand NOW but one of his biggest beefs with them was that they are only for Liberal women and should just say so, and that they “yackety yack” all the time but don’t ever actually DO anything. It’s wonderful that he mentioned us because that means we are making waves, but I wish he would inform himself about who we are and not lump us in with NOW. Can’t we try to get someone on his show to straighten him out? Preferably someone who leans more Conservative so he can’t say we are all just disgruntled Hillary supporters and Liberals in disguise. That is part of what I have talked about with the stigma attached to “feminist.” It’s an image issue we will definately have to work on. We will have to prove to both Conservatives and Liberals in the media and elsewhere that we are really doing our best to be non-partisian.
nag = “Never Again” Girls, to cop a survival phrase from the Israelis, coined by post Holocaust survivors
Has anyone noticed that the Republicans are all saying we are just liberals in disguise, and the Democrats are saying we are just Republicans in disguise?
We must be doing something right
A nag is a female horse — is that one step above a female dog?
Republican in disguise, democrat in disguise…I’m not sure what I am anymore. I’m still trying to sort this all out.
If I were AA, I would have really wanted to vote for Obama. But AA, weren’t happy or proud about Secretary Rice, Powell, Thomas, etc. Liberals call AA republicans the most racist of names.
But we’re willing to cross party lines to proudly support a woman candidate. What do you guys see as the difference?
My biggest problem with Rush Limbaugh is that I never have any idea what he’s talking about. Seriously, what IS his point?
What surprises me is that people didn’t know the guy was on drugs. He always sounds like he’s hallucinating!
At least he is acknowledging that Obama is a misogynist and a rac-baiter.. That’s about all I get from his bloviations…
I used to be donkey. Spent a lot of time working for Democrats. This election has transformed me into a female dog in several donkey circles. And now I guess I’m a nag. Well, I love horses.
Ahh, but then along came the Pumas….
I’m kind of enjoying all these new female totems. I just don’t think I’m going to willing to go back to be an ordinary beast of burden.
Rush is missing the point.
We knew Oblahblah is a misogynistic pig.
Did he think he was delivering a newsflash?
Tell it to NOW.
[...] The transcript is here. [...]
I’m not ready to write Obama off just yet. No, I didn’t vote for him but he deserves a chance. Even if Hillary is SSS. That is just a start.
The “good old boys” he has picked are just not going to do. We want women that are outside the belt way and understand how far we have fallen back in our goals. It’s called NEW Blood….
Could we possibly not use slurs against the mentally ill to insult Rush Limbaugh? Uncool.
He’s saying we should have realized how misogynist Obama is a loooooong time ago. What he doesn’t seem to realize is that we did.
slythwolf, I wasn’t using “loon” in that context. Look it up.
slythwolf,
Read the definition of a “loon”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon
Those of us who are familiar with Rush, even those who like him, would agree that the following fits him to a T.
“Because their feet are far back on the body, loons are poorly adapted to moving on land.”
“with grey on the head and neck in some species, and a white belly”
“The North American name loon comes from the bird’s haunting, yodelling cry.”
“They eat vertebrate prey headfirst to facilitate swallowing, and swallow all their prey whole.”
“A pair may mate for life, although banding studies have shown that loons will sometimes switch mates after a failed nesting attempt and even between nesting attempts in the same season”
I could go on…
How can anyone in their right mind take this man seriously? I think the best way to deal with the Rush’s of the world is to not acknowledge their existence. I mean come-on. Anyone who whines about other people the way he does is just trying to stir up trouble. So let the little bitch puff on his cigar as he tries to get the lace panties he is wearing to stop bunching up.
I appreciate your sentiments about the word “bitch”, Tomboys, but if you consider what it means to “be someone’s bitch”, I think you’ll see that this is a context that is specifically used to demean woman qua woman, as something inferior, subjugated, dominated, controlled, etc. It’s like calling a man a “pussy”—a term that references a woman’s genitalia in order to demean her in a way that specifically implies inferiority, weakness, etc. These terms, when used to imply feminine traits in men (i.e. homophobia), frame being female as a weakness. I’d prefer not to read them on this blog.
Well Dawn C. I was using the word about Rush as pacific-cali suggested we do on another post. But I understand that you would like to censor me so I will refrain from leaving anymore comments.
Can’t we all just get along?
Tomboys, if I wanted to censor you, I simply wouldn’t publish your comments.
What I did was asked you to look at the etymology of the terms you’re using, and evaluate—for yourself—whether or not you want to use terms that are fundamentally misogynist (as in your use of “bitch”, here).
Whether you take my suggestion or not is up to you.
This is very interesting. The other day I was thinking of a man that was annoying to me and in my mind I thought “he is such a p___” . . .and I caught myself. What did that mean? Why was that word sometimes used to refer to a woman’s private parts used to refer to a weak man . . . meaning women are weak?
I share this only to say that this terminology is woven into our behavior so much so that it can be difficult recognize . . . now, I am really paying attention.
I’m just laughing my head off!!!! You know, they always say that if they pronounce your name right, it doesn’t matter what they say about you. Rush, with his HUGE listenership just gave us the best publicity plug we’ve gotten. I say—–bring it on Rush!!!! Keep it going!!!!We’re waiting for the next installment!!!!
I didn’t realize one could denigrate someone by calling him a blustery water fowl–I thought in this sort of context “loon” was always short for “lunatic”. But what do I know? Obviously I’m just an idiot who’s never seen a dictionary. I won’t be commenting here again.
loon (1)
“diving bird” (esp. the Great Northern Diver), 1634, from a Scand. source (cf. Norw. lom, from O.N. lomr).
loon (2)
“crazy person,” c.1450, lowen “rascal,” of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Du. loen “stupid person.”
loon
noun
1. a worthless lazy fellow
2. large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes
3. a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought [syn: addle-head]
slythwolf,
Come on don’t go away. I wasn’t calling you an idiot, just having a sense of humor about the whole thing. I apologize.
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