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Ferrigno: Missing Rush Limbaugh

Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 9:26:02 am PDT

Novelist Robert Ferrigno (Prayers for the Assassin and Sins of the Assassin) has a funny piece at National Review Online featuring the Clenis: Missing Rush Limbaugh.

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1 friarstale  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:28:02am

yeah, it'll be like Canada, where Richard Warman and Warren Kinsella are trying to shut down conservative blogs

2 Ward Cleaver  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:28:29am

Like I said this morning on the DDT, I'm glad I didn't read that last night, before heading off to dreamland. Don't need nightmares like that.

3 laZardo  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:29:13am

Now that's a bedtime story (past midnight over here).

4 coquimbojoe  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:29:48am

Unfortunately, can't listen to Rush much anymore.....

5 MandyManners  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:30:21am
Associate Justice Gloria Allred

AAIIIIIYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

6 Sharmuta  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:31:01am
One time, Hillary had walked in on him in the Oval Office — no, not that time — and caught him listening to Rush.

Classic!

7 zombie  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:31:56am

Oh, this humor column is about Obama -- so this comment I posted at the end of the previous dead thread is more appropriate here! Sorry for the repost if you've already seen it:

--------

In case anyone cares, I just added the final touch to my "Obama Visits Billionaires Row" report -- a video of Obama's motorcade arriving.

I also updated the report with the just-confirmed info that O's "bitter small-town Americans" speech was actually given about an hour afterwards and just a few blocks away at a different but very similar swanky fundraiser.

And I fixed a couple captions.

Full report here for those who missed it first time around.

8 pat  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:32:26am

Merely reflecting on what Obama has said he would do.

9 MandyManners  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:33:21am
Besides, the party needed somebody to reach out to regular folks, somebody who could talk the talk, because Barry sure couldn’t do it. Man ate fried chicken with a napkin wrapped abound the leg so he didn’t get grease on his fingers. He had seen him do it. President Daintyfingers and Princess Ticked-Off.

Oh, that's just too much.

10 Old Tanker  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:34:30am

Positioned the Coast Guard to cut off Rush..........

That's about what it would take too!

11 johnnyreb  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:34:53am

What is scary is that some of that stuff will come true if the Obamamessiah gets in. The military will be destroyed as one of his first acts I am sure. He can't do it without Congress, but hey, with him in, they don't need to worry about a veto proof majority.

12 Sharmuta  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:35:34am
“It’s President Clinton. Or Ambassador Clinton.”

The kid sniffed. “Whatever.”

Heh.

Hope this stays fiction, but it's still pretty funny in the meantime.

13 itellu3times  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:36:33am

OUtstanding.

George W.’s biggest concern was that Dan Rather was going to go off his meds again, coming ashore in a wetsuit and flippers, holding a conch shell aloft and screaming he had finally found the evidence.

Heh.

14 JammieWearingFool  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:36:44am

Rush is on a roll today.

Operation Chaos has swept the fruited plain.

15 laZardo  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:36:47am

re: #7 zombie

Did you also get my question from the dead thread too? Matier and Ross think you're with HuffPo.

16 MandyManners  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:37:00am

I want to thank Chris Matthews for giving "tingle" the attention it deserves. It's a marvelous verb and a wonderful noun.

17 tfc3rid  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:37:14am

re: #12 Sharmuta

Heh.

Hope this stays fiction, but it's still pretty funny in the meantime.

I could see it more like, Mr. Secretary General Clinton.

18 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:37:15am
George W.’s biggest concern was that Dan Rather was going to go off his meds again, coming ashore in a wetsuit and flippers, holding a conch shell aloft and screaming he had finally found the evidence.

I think thats a fear we all have.

19 vxbush  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:38:11am

Very interesting little piece. A fun little read.

20 Nevergiveup  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:38:12am

re: #18 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I think thats a fear we all have.

It's not a fear of mine. I just wish I owned the Movie Rights!

21 Alan1123  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:38:53am

OMG!

To think I was gonna sit this election out -

Big Mac it is!

Unless, of course - He'll prolly bring back the fairness doctrine as well.

we're all doomed.

22 Sharmuta  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:39:10am

re: #17 tfc3rid

I could see it more like, Mr. Secretary General Clinton.

As the kid said, "whatever".

23 Ward Cleaver  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:39:14am

re: #15 laZardo

Did you also get my question from the dead thread too? Matier and Ross think you're with HuffPo.

Boy are they way off.

24 JammieWearingFool  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:40:18am
No justice. Hillary was a New York senator for life, and last week he was asked to show I.D. before they’d cash his check at the Baskin Robbins in Martha’s Vineyard. Meanwhile, George W., a.k.a., the luckiest man alive, lounged around his oceanfront hacienda in Mexico, fished for marlin, and blasted around the blue Pacific in his speedboat. Nights, he and Laura, who still looked hot hot hot, watched his baseball team, the Monterey Reconquistas. No problemo for that hombre. George W.’s biggest concern was that Dan Rather was going to go off his meds again, coming ashore in a wetsuit and flippers, holding a conch shell aloft and screaming he had finally found the evidence. If the facts don’t fit, you must acquit, Danno.

Heh.

25 Ward Cleaver  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:40:35am

When I first saw the phrase, "two cheerleaders", I thought, "Uh oh, where's this heading?".

/penthouse forum?

26 zombie  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:41:55am

re: #15 laZardo

Did you also get my question from the dead thread too? Matier and Ross think you're with HuffPo.

I neither confirm nor deny any possibly extant rumors about who I may or may not be!

27 maddogg  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:42:23am

He forgot the part about the inevitable bloody civil war that would be raging across the country.

28 Ringo the Gringo  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:43:04am

Ruth Bader Ginsberg High School, class of 2012

Ha!

Meanwhile, George W., a.k.a., the luckiest man alive, lounged around his oceanfront hacienda in Mexico, fished for marlin, and blasted around the blue Pacific in his speedboat. Nights, he and Laura, who still looked hot hot hot, watched his baseball team, the Monterey Reconquistas. No problemo for that hombre. George W.’s biggest concern was that Dan Rather was going to go off his meds again, coming ashore in a wetsuit and flippers, holding a conch shell aloft and screaming he had finally found the evidence.

Funniest thing I've read in months!

29 Lucius Septimius  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:43:16am
30 Lucius Septimius  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:44:08am

re: #25 Ward Cleaver

When I first saw the phrase, "two cheerleaders", I thought, "Uh oh, where's this heading?".

/penthouse forum?

Nope -- it would have to have begun "I never thought this would happen to me ..."

31 laZardo  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:44:45am

re: #26 zombie

I shall keep that in mind.

With that, it's time for me to head back into the sleep chamber. G'night all!

32 lawhawk  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:45:01am

Rush was the Clinton's greatest foil. They needed each other in a symbiotic strange fashion. That's what makes the humor of this piece work.

And the scary thing is that an Obama presidency could result in many of the things noted here.

33 bulwrk  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:46:22am

Ruth Bader Ginsberg High School, class of 2012


I wonder what their football team would be called?

34 Canadastani  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:47:31am

I have images of someone prying a descrambling radio from my cold, dead hands... good read

35 Tumulus11  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:49:19am
'He reached into his pocket, pulled out one of the new I’m Sorry pins. “This is for you, son.”

The kid looked at it. “Sorry for what?”

. To demonstrate fairness, Michelle would force Obama's grandmother would make the first public apology.

36 zombie  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:49:42am

re: #33 bulwrk

Ruth Bader Ginsberg High School, class of 2012

I wonder what their football team would be called?

This is written as a fantasy of the extreme consequences of an Obama victory, but in Berkeley there is already a public elementary school called Malcolm X Elementary School.

Par for the course around these parts.

37 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:50:14am

re: #30 Lucius Septimius

Nope -- it would have to have begun "I never thought this would happen to me ..."

"I am a former President and was touring a small mid-western univerisity..."

38 Fat Jolly Penguin  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:50:20am

re: #5 MandyManners

AAIIIIIYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

"White House press secretary Chris Mathews"

/chronic RLS, anyone?

39 realwest  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:51:00am

Well this was funny and well written, but I dare say that Iowahawk - who must be some kind of damned genius - woulda done it better.

40 zombie  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:51:15am

And Oakland has a Nelson Mandela High School.

41 tfc3rid  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:51:58am

re: #38 Fat Jolly Penguin

"White House press secretary Chris Mathews"

/chronic RLS, anyone?

Nah... He's going to be Junior Senator from PA...

42 Honorary Yooper  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:52:02am

re: #32 lawhawk

Rush was the Clinton's greatest foil. They needed each other in a symbiotic strange fashion. That's what makes the humor of this piece work.

And the scary thing is that an Obama presidency could result in many of the things noted here.

Unfortunately, yes, it could. Not like this stuff hasn't happened before. In this, Obama would be following another president. No, not Jimmy Carter. He'd be following Woodrow Wilson.

Under Wilson, a lot of things were renamed (liberty cabbage, anyone?), and there was a lack of freedom of the press. People were put in jail for printing opinions that were contrary to the government and critised the war (WWI).

43 realwest  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:52:24am

re: #30 Lucius Septimius
Hey my friend - don't know if you had a chance to see it, but I responded to you at #322 on the prior thread and that post actually made it through!

44 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:52:55am
45 allah this  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:52:55am

Ferrigno, huh? He's come a long way since The Incredible Hulk.

46 VegasRick  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:53:17am

re: #33 bulwrk

Ruth Bader Ginsberg High School, class of 2012


I wonder what their football team would be called?

Ginsberg Goatlovers

47 unreconstructed rebel  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:54:08am

re: #46 VegasRick

Don't want to be center on that team.

48 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:54:09am

re: #45 allah this

Ferrigno, huh? He's come a long way since The Incredible Hulk.

That was my first thought too. Someone play the sad walking away music!

49 MandyManners  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:54:31am

re: #33 bulwrk

Ruth Bader Ginsberg High School, class of 2012


I wonder what their football team would be called?

Football? That'll be banned. Too violent. Too competitive.

50 MandyManners  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:55:00am

re: #38 Fat Jolly Penguin

"White House press secretary Chris Mathews"

/chronic RLS, anyone?

LOL!

51 zombie  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:55:01am

Oakland also has the "Robeson School of Visual & Performing Arts" which is a public school named after a communist (Paul Robeson).

52 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:55:10am

re: #44 buzzsawmonkey

Well, it probably is like the prison Mandela spent so many years in.

And I would bet many of the students spend more years in it than the standard four.

What? And crush their self esteem?

53 Ward Cleaver  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:55:16am

re: #30 Lucius Septimius

Nope -- it would have to have begun "I never thought this would happen to me ..."

How would you know? ;-)

54 Lucius Septimius  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:56:09am

re: #43 realwest

Saw it; dealing with cranky kids at the moment.

Hadn't seen the actual paper; one thing about editorial pages -- it's amazing how many times they contradict themselves.

55 itellu3times  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:56:19am

re: #49 MandyManners

Football? That'll be banned. Too violent. Too competitive.

Oh, no, they still have teams, of seven players, three boys, three girls, one undecided. Games are not actually played, but a negotiated settlement is published every Friday night.

56 tfc3rid  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:57:10am

re: #44 buzzsawmonkey

Well, it probably is like the prison Mandela spent so many years in.

And I would bet many of the students spend more years in it than the standard four.

RACIST!

They are coming to take you to the Michelle Obama Reeducation Camps...

57 unreconstructed rebel  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:57:25am

re: #55 itellu3times

One in seven? That many? Wow!

58 itellu3times  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:59:49am

re: #57 unreconstructed rebel

One in seven? That many? Wow!

They all play both ways.

59 realwest  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:59:53am

re: #54 Lucius Septimius
Wow, that's amazing - that you saw it, I mean. Cranky kids aren't amazing, just a part of parenting!
Um, didn't you say the other day that you were going to be sending me an e-mail, or am I just having another "senior moment"?!

60 leboaz  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:00:04am

Hi fellow Lizards. I'm a newbie so be kind. Just honored to be on a thread with the new Founding Fathers.

61 Ringo the Gringo  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:00:30am

re: #36 zombie

This is written as a fantasy of the extreme consequences of an Obama victory, but in Berkeley there is already a public elementary school called Malcolm X Elementary School.

Par for the course around these parts.

I'm surprised that there isn't a Huey Newton Middle in Oakland.

62 unreconstructed rebel  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:01:19am

re: #61 Ringo the Gringo

Welcome!

Just don't take any of us seriously.

63 Lucius Septimius  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:01:26am

re: #59 realwest

Wow, that's amazing - that you saw it, I mean. Cranky kids aren't amazing, just a part of parenting!
Um, didn't you say the other day that you were going to be sending me an e-mail, or am I just having another "senior moment"?!

No senior moment; things have been unusually hectic. I keep thinking I'm going to have a few free minutes, but it never happens (my LGF time is usually while cooking, doing laundry, answering email, etc.).

64 Rkrocket  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:02:11am

Marshmallow sidewalks and bubblewrap pants! LOL

65 unreconstructed rebel  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:02:41am

re: #60 leboaz

Welcome!

Just don't take any of us seriously.

*Sorry, fat-fingered the last*

66 realwest  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:03:14am

re: #60 leboaz Hey welcome aboard LGF!
I'd suggest that you go to the top left of this page, to LGF Resources and read Nekama's Troll Hammer- just great writing and a recitation of the facts concerning Israel. Written by current reader and now, alas, infrequent poster Nekama.
But what do you mean by " the new Founding Fathers."?

67 realwest  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:04:42am

re: #63 Lucius Septimius
I understand completely! When you get a chance, please do write!

68 Ringo the Gringo  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:05:08am

re: #62 unreconstructed rebel

Welcome!

Just don't take any of us seriously.

Gee, thanks...but I've been around for a while.

69 unreconstructed rebel  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:07:56am

re: #68 Ringo the Gringo

Sorry - pushed wrong reply.

*blush*

70 Truck Monkey  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:11:46am

re: #25 Ward Cleaver

When I first saw the phrase, "two cheerleaders", I thought, "Uh oh, where's this heading?".

/penthouse forum?

I know you're not going to believe this, but it actually happened........

Who knew the Incredible Hulk could write so well?

71 ec marm  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:12:29am

Remember how the left went into orgasm over Rush's prescription issue?

"I had learned not to care. I blew a few smoke rings, remembering those years. Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it. Not smack, though. ..."


Name that Presidential candidate

72 chuck  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:18:25am

"Licking" her wounds, Rob.

73 Truck Monkey  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:18:48am

re: #49 MandyManners

Football? That'll be banned. Too violent. Too competitive.

I was going to say the same thing. Title 9 will have completely obliterated mens sporting teams by 2012.

74 debutaunt  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:25:46am

re: #51 zombie

Oakland also has the "Robeson School of Visual & Performing Arts" which is a public school named after a communist (Paul Robeson).

That ol' man ribber.

75 Russkilitlover  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:35:28am

re: #15 laZardo

"There's a very basic (fundraiser) rule - you don't let press in, and anyone with an interest in reporting shouldn't get in," said the source"

Gee. I'd sure like a glimpse at the Oligarchy at work.

76 bolivar  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:37:28am

re: #71 ec marm

Remember how the left went into orgasm over Rush's prescription issue?

Name that Presidential candidate

My sister used to be a Limbaugh fan however she is an alcoholic and when this broke she was all over it and Bush - you know blame somebody else for your own weakness. Bush is to blame because being an alc himself he was not doing enough in treatment.....horseshit...and Limbaugh is a hypocrite - being down on drug dealers and such. I am so f'n mad at her sometimes. I sent her this article - hasn't responded yet....

77 steve miller  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:42:06am

The article is darned funny - it made me wonder, right up to the end, what Clinton was going to. Would this be some type of twist, like "The Lottery" or "The Marching Morons"?

78 snowcrash  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:53:01am

The "I'm Sorry" pin! Ha, expect the Dem's to pass them out soon.

79 leboaz  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:54:27am

re: #66 realwest

Hope I did the tech stuff right for the reply. Thanks for the recommendation. I like the way this poster writes. Succinct, and factual. Too little of that out there. To quote unreconstructed rebel, 'don't take me too seriously'! I just meant that if the Ferrigno story were to come true, maybe someday the writings of Charles and his followers could be used to help resurrect the nation. The way they're shredding the constitution now makes one fear there will be very little of it left soon. Again, not to be toooo serious. I'm really a glass- half-full guy.

80 FrogMarch  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 11:08:51am

Free speech is a one way street for uber-libs, socialists, and progressive communists. No one else.

Hillary stated a one party state would be preferable.

81 tedzilla99  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 11:29:14am

Genius - the I'm Sorry button is so perfect

82 Ben-Ami  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 11:32:04am

I thought it was weird that the column didn't forecast what the international scene would be like with the US military off the stage after Barry - President Obama - emasculates it.

83 nyc redneck  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 11:38:55am

funny but scary.
ambassador to the heartland. you can just imagine what horrors are going on because of hussein. and i will NOT wear an "i'm sorry" button. i'm going to keep wearing the flag pin. too bad michelle.
seriously, these 2 people could wreck our country. they certainly will try.

84 Sparkizzy  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 1:51:40pm

This might sound geeky or nerdy, but I love AU "history". If you do too, read Caliphate by Thomas Kratman.

/Sorry about the commercial sounding line

85 Iron Mike  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 2:00:14pm

re: #83 nyc redneck

funny but scary.
ambassador to the heartland. you can just imagine what horrors are going on because of hussein. and i will NOT wear an "i'm sorry" button. i'm going to keep wearing the flag pin. too bad michelle.
seriously, these 2 people could wreck our country. they certainly will try.

We survived His Slickness. We'll be ok. More heavily taxed to be sure, but ok.

86 LeePro  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 2:03:53pm

That was one helluva read! ! !

87 Red_State_Envy  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 3:38:15pm

What a hoot! He sure nailed Michelle (bitterness be upon her). The “Assassins” books were great reads; does anyone know when the third (and as I understand it, final) installment will be published?

88 Big_Iron  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 5:00:30pm

Barry and Michelle, sounds like a cute frat and sorority couple. How soon before they replace Ken and Barbie dolls at your favorite Wally World?

89 Mia18  Thu, Apr 17, 2008 8:12:46pm

I pray he isn't a prophet.


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