Rush: Minstrel Player, coon, monkey, white nigger?

In my opinion, there is a distinct relationship between what Rick Santelli did on the stock exchange floor the other week and what Rush Limbaugh did the other night as a speaker at the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) convention. For sure, there were acting skills involved in both instances but of all the articles I have read regarding the Santelli performance, author *Paul Rosenberg hit the nail on the head. Many a teacher and parent have seen that Santelli kind of performance before by simply asking the question, “Who hit who first?” Rush is a different can of worms eventhough I posit there is a relationship.

Rush calls himself an entertainer. If he truly believes he is an entertainer, he is the strangest entertainer I have seen. To me Rush comes under the rubric, “I don’t know how to describe an entertainer but I know one when I see one”. What I saw the other night was a Minstrel Show and Rush was the nigger, the coon, the monkey, and yes, the ape, so to speak. To me there were all the characteristics of a person performing in the most idiotic manner for laughs from the audience and Rush’s ultimate audience is his Neo-con contract holders. It was obvious Rush was under pressure to deliver and, to be honest, deliver he did. He delivered according to his station in life. His station to do and say things to please his master once he knows his master’s desires with slave-like obedience. Rush has to remember they OWN him, lock, stock, barrel and medication.

Rush is your typical garden variety "po’ white trash". I don’t see any real depth of thoughts there and it appears his masters are also grooming Joe The Plumber to follow in his footsteps. Joe The Plumber is not kept on the scene for no reason. There is a plan for him.

If the good Mr. Limbaugh fancies himself such an entertainer already, let’s hear him come with the jokes why he can not buy a home in Israel perhaps next to the Wolff Blitzer estate. The joke would be even funnier were he to bring with him Ann Coulter, Sarah Palin and the Dr. Allan Keys looking for investment properties or some place to live. I would laugh my ass off at that joke!

Ladies and gentlemen; your jobs are to destroy America so “Tote that bar, lift that bale but dammit, hell no, you can’t move to Israel!” How do you like that freedom? Want to try Paraguay now? Hey Rush, you still want Pres. Obama to fail? He’s trying to make it that no one has to move! Bush ain’t even gone yet! Noticed something? I just gave you another joke, man!
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB

Supplemental reading:
Rush's Ramblings at CPAC
Excerpt:
But one moment was utterly stunning. It was when Rush and the entire CPAC audience took the time and effort to malign John Kerry's service to this country, even laughing at the mention of Vietnam. Rush's disrespect for the military dripped off the very mention of Kerry's name. It was disgraceful. For a crew who professes to respect the military, at every turn Republicans reveal their disdain for our troops, especially if they're Democrats. It's the same with Republican military policy, which has strung our forces out and depleted our reserves.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/taylor-marsh/rushs-ramblings-at-cpac_b_170818.html

And
*This excerpt from Playboy: Santelli's Rant A Rightwing Plant
by: Paul Rosenberg
Sun Mar 01, 2009 at 17:04
Excerpt:
There is clearly much, much more to this story, which itself should serve as a reminder of how little we really know about all the many scandals of the Bush era.
Ritholtz claims no further knowledge about any of this, but opines that if true, "Santelli may have to fall on his sword, and CNBC may owe the public an apology."
We shall see. Ordinarily one would not think so. This is just how the right wing rolls. But in case you hadn't noticed, "ordinary" is changing. After all, ordinarily someone like Ritholtz wouldn't even be writing about something like this.
http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=11934