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Subscribe to RSSPopular talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh is no stranger to controversy, and often says dumb things just to get people riled up. But on a recent show, Limbaugh exceeded his own standards and called out first lady Michelle Obama on her body and eating habits.
"I'm trying to say that our first lady does not project the image of women that you might see on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue or of a woman Alex Rodriguez might date every six months or what have you," Limbaugh said Monday.
I guess Rush doesn't have a mirror, or else he might have steered clear of commenting on the perceived healthiness of someone else. Luckily for us, we have political cartoonists to take his dopey comments and re-direct the fun his way.
My favorite so far might be this cartoon by Pat Bagley depicting The Maha Rushie as Jabba the Hutt, and his dittohead followers as a poor princess trapped by the powerful toad-eater.
Pat Bagley / Salt Lake Tribune
Brilliant caricaturist Taylor Jones got in on the act as well, depicting a scene no one on this Earth every wanted to witness: Rush in a bikini.
Not surprisingly, Sarah Palin has gotten in on the nutrition-bashing act as well. Here Nate Beeler puts her silly and hyper-partisan comments into the proper perspective.
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Whatever you may think of Limbaugh, these cartoons are cheap shots as they purport to ridicule the man, instead of to address and comment on his opinion. It's the easy way out; if you can make the person irrelevant, then you do not need to refute his message. Most of the time this attitude needs to hide the fact that rationally refuting the message is somewhat troublesome, as we here in The Netherlands see almost daily with attacks on Geert Wilders. His enemies cannot deny what he says, so they attack the way he says it or his person. All to draw the attention away from the actual message.
Furthermore, Michelle Obama is hardly the person to tell people how to control their budget and eat healthy, as she, like most socialists who are part of the 'elite', is so busy filling her pockets with OPM (Other People's Money [tm] that budget worries and preparing meals herself, let alone do the shopping, is a truly alien concept to her. Rush Limbaugh at least does not need to force Other People to provide for his living. A major difference.