Rendering Unto Caesar: Winding Up in Limbaugh‏

[sophia_sadek]

Q: Why don't conservatives go to Hell after they die?
A: They wind up in Limbaugh.In a recent broadcast response to the current pope, Rush Limbaugh waved his banner of capitalist cheer-leading. He gave the example of disaster relief as a positive aspect of his personal religion of greed, hate and delusion. What Limbaugh failed to grasp is that

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[ddstory]

Finally, something that's actually politics-related. Kudos!

I guess the likes of Limbaugh have already become the Savior in the heart of an alarmingly significant chunk of the American society, and they don't seem to have any problem with posing capitalism as if it had anything to do with the particular faith they pretend to espouse. Too bad.

[sophia_sadek]

What is good for Wall Street is good for the material Creator.

[luvdovz]

Sure, I've been painting an icon of Saint Rushius with a halo over his head as we speak.

[sophia_sadek]

Is he on a shiny white horse with his lance pointed toward the throat of the Lord of Drones?

[luvdovz]

Exactly! And with a necklace of tea bags around his neck.

[sophia_sadek]

Would the necklace be on Saint Rushius or on the Lord of Drones? A necklace can have an ambiguous connotation. It could be seen as a collection of spoils from a battlefield, for example. The emblem on his standard is more significant for purposes of identity. Would Rushius sport the emblem of New Vitality or a more famous sponsor?

[oportet]

I accept him as a great heel, and it's hard to deny some sort of brilliance behind the reach and influence he has acquired thus far - not just from conservatives who nod up and down to everything he says - but from liberals who hate him.

That being said - I'm not sure what good could come from picking a fight with the pope. I'd guess a good portion of his base overlaps with the pope's, so a few little jabs won't hurt - but if he oversteps and forces them to pick a side, I think we all agree where their loyalties will lie.

[sophia_sadek]

I imagine that there are probably a number of traditional papal devotees who are dissatisfied with the new guy on the throne.

[montecristo]

Oh yeah. There's practically a schism brewing.

[sophia_sadek]

The schism between those who espouse medieval orthodoxy and those who seek to move forward is not simply brewing. It has existed in fact for some time.