Rush has been in the news a lot lately and not in a good way. He doesn't seem to realize that he's being used. Each time he opens his big fat mouth and utters a deliberately provocative right-wing opinion, he's only shooting himself in the foot. His popularity level is even lower than George W. Bush's! An amazing feat. To his credit, he is slightly more popular than Dick Cheney. But that's not hard. Even Satan has more followers than Dick Cheney.Saturday Night Live had a field day mocking RNC Chair Michael Steele as a puppet of Rush. Republican members of Congress find themselves in hot water when they try to distance themselves from Rush and immediately call in to his radio program to apologize to the master bloviator. How did this guy get so much power over the Republican Party? He's nothing more than a bully. Basic psychology tells you that bullies are cowards who always pick on "weaker" and smaller people in order to look powerful. They never pick on someone their own size (which, in Limbaugh's case, it would be hard to find another person of his expanding girth). Rush is nothing more than a modern day propaganda minister who would've fit in well with Hitler's Germany. He targets minorities, women, Democrats, foreigners, Muslims, and anyone else who does not support the rightwing neo-conservative policies of the Republican Party.
Despite his wealth and mega mansions, you can tell that he is not a happy person. He can't stay married. He doesn't live the moral standards he criticizes others for failing to live up to (such as his claim that drug abusers should get prison terms for life, then getting busted for trying to obtain the highly addictive Oxy-Contin for personal use). Why is he addicted to Oxy-Contin? Think of it as his personal stimulus plan. I've also read that he uses Viagra. I'm guessing that he probably uses the services of high priced call girls and pays for any sexual activity. There's no reason why he needs to live like this any longer. He's a rich guy who can afford to give for altruistic reasons.
When I pondered what Rush could do for the sake of good karma and his own soul, it hit me. Also in the news lately is the Octuplet mother, who has been subjected to hate mail and even death threats. Things don't look so good for her when even her own father went on Oprah's show and asked the talk show host if she would be willing to arrange a psychological test for his daughter! Seriously...what kind of person with a history of depression would desire to have 14 children as a "cure"? Taking care of a baby or even twins is stressful enough, with the lack of sleep due to constant feeding schedules. Multiply it by eight and this woman becomes a prime mental health risk who might drown her babies in a bathtub, as one woman did a few years back.
So, why would Mr. Oxy-Contin and Ms. Octo-Mom make a great couple? For one, Octo-Mom is so desperate for money to provide for her children that she had set up a website asking for donations. Apparently, she got enough in donations to recently purchase a half-million dollar home with four bedrooms. She's single and can't take care of all those young kids on her own. Even her own mother is overly stressed and saying critical things about her own daughter in the media. When your own parents are willing to trash talk you to the media, there is something wrong with that family.
Secondly, it appears that both Rush and this single mother are in desperate need of love. What could be more loving than for a self-indulgent bachelor to come in and rescue her by using his own wealth to make sure these children are well provided for, holding them, feeding them, and spending quality time with them. If Rush were to do such a noble act, I'm sure that we would see his heart grow several times bigger (a la The Grinch!). He would drop his hate talk and become a modern day Saul / Paul. It would make a powerful statement about conservativism...that they don't just talk about morality, they actually do something about it!
And thirdly, Octo-Mom could help Rush overcome his addiction to Oxy-Contin and Viagra. Since she took a more creative approach to "curing her depression", she could show Rush that having little beings who depend on you for food, shelter, and love does encourage a kind of responsibility that conservatives like to talk about. No need to take drugs to escape your empty, lonely life. Children make you feel important because they need and want your attention. They can make you become less selfish, as you learn to sacrifice personal desires for the best interest of the children.
For these reasons, I think we found a perfect match. They have much to offer the other and if Rush did such an altruistic act like this, I would be quite impressed that he's not the selfish curmudgeon I've always thought him to be. How about it Rush? Why not a little chivalry in your past-middle aged life? Using your wealth to help these fourteen children means that they won't be getting money from the government. You'll be doing our country a huge favour and it may finally get you the respect you crave from women all over this country. Time to put your conservative values to work where it can most make a difference. Or, you can continue abusing Oxy-Contin until your heart finally blows out, and you die a lonely death where your cat is the first one to discover your body in that mega mansion you call home. How do you choose to live the rest of your life?
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