Rush Limbaugh Calls Winning A Nobel Peace Prize An Embarrassment?
It comes as no surprise that the right is trying to use Obama's win of the Nobel Peace Prize this morning against him. Fair enough! I mean, I don't really understand how that works, but I recognize and understand that many people do not like him, did not vote for him, and do not agree with his policies, and as such it must be difficult to see his winning the Nobel Peace Prize as anything other than further proof that the world has gone Upside-Downsies. "If they're going to give him one, then they should give George W. Bush a Nobel Public Speaking Prize. He was the best. I wish he was my dad." That was just a reductive and completely baseless journey into the mind of a caricature of a right wing voter. Sorry.
But seriously, Rush Limbaugh? An embarrassment?! I could understand claiming that Barack Obama doesn't deserve a Nobel Peace Prize, but how on Earth do you call winning a Nobel Peace Prize an EMBARRASSMENT?! Looks like someone had an Oxycontin for breakfast.
Other things that Rush Limbaugh considers to be equally or LESS embarrassing than winning a Nobel Peace Prize:
- Toilet Paper Stuck to the Bottom of Your Shoe!
- Bad Breath!
- Soup Stain on Your Necktie!
- Wearing the Same Outfit as the Hostess When You Go to a Party!
- Face Tattoos!
- Public Revelations of One's Addiction to Prescription Narcotics!
- Winning Any Other Nobel Prize, Also Known As The Humiliation Awards, As Far As Rush Limbaugh Is Concerned!
Seriously, I know that someone has probably said this before, but that guy is a big, fat idiot.
Posted by Gabe at 2:17 PM in Politics
Tags: Barack Obama | Idiocracy | Nobel Prize | Oxycontin | Rush Limbaugh
Megadittos.
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Trying to convince the person after you in line for the bathroom at Starbucks that it was the person BEFORE YOU who pooped, but obvi they don't believe you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :( :( :( :(
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Trying to convince the person after me in line for the bathroom that I don't have a secret penis, it's just that there's no need to put the lid down if I'm just going to hover over the seat anyway, since it's a public bathroom and all. Nope, no secret penises in here!
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Lady Gaga is that you?
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Some times I feel that way when I get caught coming out of the men's bathroom. I had to go really bad okay!
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I remember when all the kids used to tease me for my mom's "My child is student of the month at White Oaks Elementary School" bumper sticker. I feel your pain, Barack!
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I nominate All of the Real Housewives for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Flop sweat.
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Making fun of Rush for oxycontin is about as lame as making fun of Michael Moore for being fat.
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Not really. Michael Moore never made a movie talking about how all fat people should be in jail, but Rush did do a radio show saying the same thing about drug addicts. He's a hypocrite and an oaf. Drug addiction is a serious illness and should not be taken lightly, nor should it be criminalized and demonized, which is exactly what he did. Fuck him.
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I agree fuck him. But lets leave his drug addiction out of it. During the course of his addiction I am sure he was in some severe stages of denial. This happens to all drug dealers. The only difference is he has a gigantic microphone and he is an asshole.
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*drug users. That typo is not doing me any favors.
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A better use of the Michael Moore analogy would be if he had written a diet book or made an exercise video...and also demonized overweight people while not admitting that he himself had a weight problem...THEN he would be a hypocrite on the level of Rush Limbaugh the crass, sweaty sonofabitch.
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when are you going to include yourself in the monster's ball?
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But Rush doesn't deserve any better.
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there aren't many novel ways to make fun of rush limbaugh. everybody has done it from every conceivable angle. like your mom.
YOUR MOM!
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Pinky and The Brain didn't use drug addiction to get their jabs back in '97 (link).
His plan probably would have worked too.
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Jeez, what a subversive show.
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Wait, it's not "lame" to make fun of Michael Moore, sir. Here's some hot snaps:
Michael Moore is so fat, when he gets on a scale it says "To be continued..."
He is so fat, his yearbook pictures had to be taken from an aerial view.
He's so fat that when he got hit by a bus, he said, "Who threw that rock?"
He so fat, he was baptized at Sea World.
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When is someone going to bring that man to a hospital?! He's been having a stroke for almost 20 years and people just let him walk around and go to work?
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He makes me 'ugh' in multiple dialects.
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I'm sure he has a pretty good point, but I just don't understand things that aren't sung to me by little children.
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He's stretching when he says that the prize is somehow an embarrassment to President Obama, but it is probably an embarrassment to anyone hoping to pretend that the Nobel Peace Prize has not degenerated completely into the prize committee's attempt to actively influence current politics.
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I did a lite facepalm at the announcement, because I knew that it was simply going to further the partisan divide and "prove" that people who support Obama do so without question. As much as I love Obama, the blatant partisanship is pretty ridiculous.
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Yeah, really. I don't want to get all politicaldivisionsgum here, but this political division stuff has been getting way out of hand. On one hand, I agree with most of what Obama has been doing and is seeking to do. On the other hand, I'm tired of having to watch as an increasingly large segment of the country is just going down into the proverbial bunkers and throwing grenades at each other. We're losing the ability to actually look at facts and have substantive arguments on different philosophical interpretations of those facts on both sides of the political spectrum. I don't know how we can return to sanity from a lot of this, and I just feel like America is going YOU'RE TEARRRRING ME APPPPARRRRT, BARACK.
Meanwhile, as much as Limbaugh is constantly ripe for the picking, I really wish Gabe would stop making posts out of it because fuel + fire. If I want to see people talking about Limbaugh constantly I can turn on MSNBC.
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Uggggggggggggggggggggh, why does this happen? I pressed submit ONCE, monsters.
ONCE
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Yikes, well that was a fun mind trick. That was originally in response to what appeared to be a double post at the bottom of the page, but it ended up responding to the original comment and now the duplicate is gone?
I swear I'm not going crazy. Where's my oxycontin?
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You said BHO has done a lot of things... please name five things he has done. Then... name one thing he did to EARN the silly prize.
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Peace is politics. For what purpose did you think the Peace Prize was invented in the first place, if not to influence politics in favor of peace and cooperation? They gave it Wilson in 1919 for forming the League of Nations while the Senate was battling it out over whether to join it. It hasn't degenerated, it's just business as usual.
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The prize has certainly always been political, but at least it was generally used to reward those whose actions promoted what the committee saw as their peace-promotion position. Regardless of the fact that the US never joined the League of Nations, Wilson actually DID form the League. Obama's award has less to to with anything he has done than what the committee wants him to do, which is a very different dynamic.
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Um, the Nobel Peace Prize has ALWAYS been purposefully political. "Aspirational" peaces prizes are very common over the past half century, if not always effective in the intended ways:
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/07/30/dangerous_prize
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Yes Yes yes.
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I read it as the rest of the world utterly repudiating the Bush years and policies, and holding out their goddamn hands to us in hope that finally we will have a competent, intelligent leader who might steer us away from the rocks, and maybe a little encouragement could go a long ways.
By the same token, one could argue that giving to Arafat was a calculated move, but what if it had paid off? What if it resulted in a 2-state solution in Palestine/Israel, and the Arab world got on with their lives and let the Israelis get on with theirs? What if giving the Nobel to Arafat had meant the Taliban never rose up, 9/11 never happened, and all the bunnies came out of their holes and gave us magic carrots? What then?
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Well, it didn't work then, and it clearly didn't work now. On the same day he received the prize, Obama attacked the moon. Fucking warmonger.
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When I was in middle school, my mom was giving me a ride home from a Boy Scout meeting. Well, she had to stop by the grocery store to pick up a few things, so she sent me in to get them. In my Boy Scout uniform. And of course, the most popular girl in school was also in the grocery store at the same time. She saw me, and the only thing running through my head as I anticipated the next day at school, when she would tell all the other popular kids that I was 14 and still in Boy Scouts, knowing that I would be roundly mocked for the rest of the school year, was, "At least I don't have my Nobel Peace Prize with me."
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You should have heard yesterday’s rant on Herta Müller. Rush was embarrassed that the best competition that the U.S. could provide against these damn Germans was Joyce Carol Oates. A characteristically astute caller said, “But El Rushbo, what about Philip Roth?” whose late-life brilliance Rush then dismissed as “overheated and overblown.” “I would have been happy with Amos Oz,” Rush said. Another culturally shrewd dittohead then called in to say, “I’m a Yehoshua man myself, but those damn Scandinavians don’t have the stones to give the award to an Israeli.” And we all enjoyed the type of high-brow chuckle we’ve come to expect from Rush every morning.
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Rush ate more than Oxycontin for breakfast. He also ate a clown. And a grapefruit. And 2 zebra stripe donuts. And 4 bowls of Count Chocula. And whatever remaining dignity the right wing once had in this country. Because fat.
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Fortunately he didn't get filled up on the dignity.
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I hate to say it, but Rush is 100% correct here. I campaigned for Obama, love Obama, and stick by Obama despite his utter lack of balls when it comes to doing what he was elected for. But it is an embarrassment, not for Obama, but the Nobel committee. Which is what Rush is saying. It is a dumb slap at Bush and a pat on the back for Obama, who hasn't done anything to warrent this. He is being treated like a Special Oympics athlete. You are a hero, cause you are trying! Bullshit.
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I disagree with everything you said, but I commend you for voicing (without the usual histrionics) such an unpopular opinion in this monster pit. Respek.
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I'M JUST confused AND DON'T want this TO turn INTO a political FLAME war, but WHAT DID Obama do TO GET the Peace PRIZE? I mean, i know IT'S A big deal FOR him to be ELECTED President, but SHOULDN'T HE fuckin get SOME shit done FIRST? I mean, at LEAST AL GORE made A powerpoint PRESENTATION (please LET'S NOT argue about THAT either). I just FEEL like THERE HAS to be PEOPLE who have BEEN WORKING their asses OF FOR no PARTICULAR reason other THAN charity THAT get no RECOGNITION AT all.
ALSO RUSH needs TO lay off THE FUCKIN pills. ASSHOLES LIKE him make Republicans LOOK LIKE fuckin ASSHOLES.
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you know, I agree. didn't really do a lot. and rush has a point in that it would seem tacky for obama to send any more troops out at this point
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Eh, I don't think tacky is the right word. Afghanistan and that entire region is an incredibly delicate and loaded issue. If it were the case that sending in more troops would most likely help stabilize the country, wipe out the Taliban, and help strengthen their central government, then sending in troops could actually be seen as a move to promote peace.
I don't happen to believe that is the case though, and I don't think there's anything that could be done to achieve most of that without increasing troop levels and being there for at least another decade, and I don't think much of anyone has the stomach for that when the benefits to our interests and security aren't clear.
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I AGREE. THE shittiest part ABOUT the situation IS THAT the area is MEGA FUCKING destabilized and LIKELY won't COME around FOR SOME TIME, requiring A CONTINUED presence there.HOWEVER, IT'S that same GODDAMNED presence THAT'S fucking ALL the SHIT UP. So it's stuck IN A continuing cycle, and AT SOME point, one of THE two OPTIONS will win OUT, BUT there's no clear WAY TO tell which.
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You guys have got it right.
I'm taking a class in US foreign policy right now and the stuff about the Taliban scares the shit out of me. The main issue is that they're gaining strength across the border in Pakistan, which means they're threatening an already very shaky government WHICH HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS. This is the real reason why Afghanistan is so high priority. While we have precautions in place for that kind of a worst case scenario, the idea of Islamic extremist getting anywhere near nuclear weapons is horrifying for just about everyone. And it our fault, basically, for going into Afghanistan in the first place.
Sorry to get so off-topic and We'reAllGoingtoDiegum but this is all really scary.
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THIS IS my good FRIEND BILL Watterson's RESPONSE.
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Well I'M NOT saying I AGREE with Rush. I'M JUST fuckin CONFUSED at what YOU have to DO TO get the PRIZE.
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(I know I'm a little tardy to the party here....) Obama has already done a lot in the way of engendering world peace, or at least a vision of world peace. First of all, verbally promoting it as one of the most powerful public figures in the world is something. His open desire for a nuclear-free world prompted the Oslo committee to endorse nuclear disarmament, which probably has moved us substantially towards that goal. He has employed multilateral diplomacy in foreign policy from the very beginning of his term, also enhancing the role of the United Nations and other international collectives...which is a complete 180-degree turn from Bush's un-nuanced policies of exclusion and cronyism. More than anything, he's instilled--as trite as the word might be by now--hope in people all over the world that the hundreds of political machines at work might be finally approaching a state of parallel teleology, in which we all work towards, and might eventually achieve, the goal of understanding and compromise. I know that is true for me. So no, I'm not confused or upset at Obama's Nobel. I'm glad he was awarded it, although obviously it has failed to make many Republicans any more thoughtful about the notion of "peace." In the words of President Obama, "OH, WELL."
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Carrie, I just want you to know that I am printing your comment out and bringing it to school with me tomorrow, and I will read it verbatim to every Republican that starts going off about Obama.
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AmPat, I like you. I really do. Your comments are funny, insightful, and I often find myself giving you a mental high five. I realise that the other monsters have become accustomed to your certain charm, and I can see why.
However, this caps lock thing? I'm still not okay with. It makes your comments hard to read, and you hard to take seriously. I often find myself skipping whole comment threads because I can't get though the madness of the caps.
I get that it's your thing, and not likely to change any time soon. Otherwise, how could you continue to be the weird hybrid of troll and serious commenter that you are? I'm just putting it out there.
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I'M SORRY Stacey. But A troll? What does THAT mean? I CAN'T EVEN believe THAT'S something that's REAL!
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upvote Stacey. I don't know if AmPat has anything clever to say, ever, because I skip over his comments. To me it's sorta like having to read text-speak or wHaTeVeR tHiS sHiT iS cAlLeD. It's just too goddamn annoying to waste any time on.
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During the previous administration, the United States adopted a fairly unilateral and "preemptive" international policy. This general policy shift + the most powerful military in the world led not only to some questionable military action but also to a generally more nervous and unstable world.
By doing nothing more than acknowledging that the United States is not the only player in an increasingly interconnected global reality and engaging as such, I do think that Obama has contributed to peace. Peace doesn't mean backing away from necessary conflicts or ignoring the safety of your own country, but by nothing more than adjusting the policy tilt of the United States it feels to me that he's moving the world in a better direction. Hopefully, a simple change in direction will not be the only product of the administration.
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I was with you til the Special Olympics comment. Those kids are some serious athletes.
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I had a long, measured response to your comment, but it kept ending with me using a lot of derogatory terms and curse words. I will simply say Rush is never 100% correct, unless the question is about what a smarmy, racist, grotesque douchebag can do to get himself off with drugs.
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i'm coming from a place of real maturity when i say that rush limbaugh can lick my butt.
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do you think el rushbo's butt chuckles when he farts?
does he find it embarrassing?
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Whoa! Pete Martel! Upvotes. Here's hoping there's no fish in the percolator in heaven, Jack Nance.
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in one week, no one will care about this. there will be some new thing for everyone to have an opinion on. obama could literally find the cure for aids and the rush limbaughs of the world would have a problem with it. i'll just quote the late, great bill hicks..."rush limbaugh is a scat muncher. he munches scat"
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Obama must be so humiliated for winning this award. Such an embarrassment. I bet he's all like "Man, I would have rather choked on a pretzel or puked on the Japanese Prime Minster than being caught awkwardly receiving the Nobel (fucking) Peace Prize."
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Things Rush Limbaugh does not find embarrassing for some reason: Being Rush Limbaugh.
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Gabe, can this please be the first, last, and only time you link to something Rush Limbaugh said? Please? I mean, trust me, the joys of completely ignoring this guy far outweighs any witty counterpoint that can be made. This is a guy who said that we should have kept slavery because umm, it helped build a lot of shit and it kept black people from being all violent and stuff. To put it in perspective, Glenn Beck is still sane enough to fight with. This guy just isn't. That's how completely insane, racist, and utterly incompetent he is.
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While I don't believe in giving him too much attention, I think Limbaugh (as well as O'Reilly and Ann Coulter) clearly belongs in the category of right wing lunatics who are quite "clever" (in an eeevil sort of way) and know exactly what they're doing and that they're pissing people off. They aren't as crazy as they seem and they know that half of what they say is nonsense. It's all an act.
Glenn Beck on the other hand, is of the other type, who are just LOONYTUNES enough to actually believe their own rhetoric. The dude cried on national TV.
It's hard to decide which one is more dangerous.
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See, I disagree about Glenn Beck (though I completely agree with everything else you said). I think Glenn Beck knows what he's doing more than any of them. The fact that he recently went back on his whole "don't get flu shots because the government is trying to use implant chips to read your mind!" lunacy, shows that there is some distance between what he actually believes and the crazy conspiracy theories he claims to believe.
The crying thing is actually a very effective ploy that conservatives have used for a while (and it sends me into a fit of rage every time they do it). It's the bully/victim ploy that Sarah Palin uses so well: say vicious things about your opponents and then when they say anything back, act incredibly hurt and naive about it. This is a guy that accused FEMA employees of rounding up people into concentration camps and then, after people complained, he said "I'm just a dad doing this for my kids." It's absolutely disgusting, pathetic, and idiotic, but it works. I remember overhearing some of my relatives, who are hardcore conservatives, talking about how mean liberals were to people like Rush and Beck, who were just fathers wanting to speak their mind. These guys might be amoral bigots, but they are geniuses when it comes to manipulating their audiences.
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The truth is the whole thing IS sort of embarrassing--but the problem is that those on the right will somehow "blame" Obama for it, like he asked for the damn thing. It PROVES he is just a celebrity, right? Or something? Well, fuck me, but I prefer having the whole world like our president versus the last 8 years of nuclear holocaust nightmares.
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Is it just me, or would the peace prize have gone to any president that was elected after G.W.B.?
Nobel Committee: "We hereby give this posthumous Nobel Peace prize to Harry Truman for instituting term limits and thus thwarting further idiocracy-izing the U.S. and the rest of the world from a continued Bush/Cheney administration. Congrats Harry."
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Um, doubt they'd give it to him.
(Hiroshima/Nagasaki)
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I never would have pegged Rush to have a Big Black emblem office chair. I don't think it means what he thinks it means.
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Stop with this.
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First Al Gore won, now Obama...can I just say that THE NOBLE PEACE PRIZE WANTS AMERICA TO FAIL
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Rush Limbaugh is the victim of one too many Angry Whoppers©.
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I had to peek at the Videogum comments on a Rush Limbaugh post, and you all did not disappoint. Stick to Oprah peeing videos, kids. That's your zone. When you get out of your zone, you just get confused.
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In a show of generous impartiality, elite Norwegians will award Rush the Andreas Gimli Arn MacGyver Chewbacka Highlander Elessar-Jankov Peace Prize.
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1. Multi-millionaire Micheal Moore has just released a film bashing capitalism, and he's not releasing it for free. He very clearly wins in the hypocrite race.
2. Rush never did anything illegal and never proposed locking people up for legally becoming addicted.
I'm no Rush fan (though attacking for addiction is low; is Obama's coke use next up for discussion?), but you people are way too partisan. Many people, including a columnist for Time who gave Obama an A- for his first 90 days in office, have said that this award was bad for Obama, as it highlights for most the fact that our president has done nothing. Is that the same as calling it an embarrassment? No, but it's not so far off that you should get your panties in a wad over a radio host.
Also, let's not pretend that people weren't pissed that Rush was even nominated.
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KG, which parts of MIchael Moore's new movie bothered you the most?
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What?
Who got your panties in a wad?
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This is a little off topic, but why do Obama haters simultaneously claim that Barack Obama is a radical who is making sweeping changes to every single thing in the country....and that he is doing absolutely nothing? For having a President that apparently just sits around all day, Rush Limbaugh sure spends a lot of time bitching and moaning about all the changes that are being made (or non-changes, I can't tell which).
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Thank you, Gabe. I needed to read something like this today!
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