Limbaugh "quietly inducted into a hall of famous Missouri natives"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Missouri honors conservative talk radio host Limbaugh

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/14/entertainment-us-limbaugh-missouri-idUSBRE84D1CR20120514?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=60573

By Bruce Olson

ST. LOUIS | Mon May 14, 2012 6:51pm EDT

(Reuters) - Controversial conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was quietly inducted into a hall of famous Missouri natives on Monday in a ceremony held under tight security at the State Capitol in Jefferson City, a legislative spokesman said.

A bust of Limbaugh, who is known for his scathing attacks on President Barack Obama and other Democrats, will join an exclusive group including writer Mark Twain and former president Harry Truman in the Hall of Famous Missourians.

Missouri Republican House Speaker Steve Tilley said Limbaugh was honored because he was the "voice of conservative America for more than a decade."

Democrats said the award was inappropriate because of his history of his partisan history and penchant for personally attacking those he disagrees with. "That this was done without the general public, shows what an embarrassment it is," said Missouri House of Representatives Minority Leader Mike Talboy.

[47of74]

1. Jesus Missouri...

Putting a bust of Rush Limbaugh up in your state capitol would be like Iowa putting up a statue of Frederick Wilhelm Kaltenbach in our state capitol.

[Maine23]

3. Calling Rush a Nazi is like calling Obama a Communist..

Rush might be a bit extreme on some of his views but calling him a Nazi is nuts.

[libinnyandia]

4. A bit extreme?

[mazzarro]

11. However, it is ok for flush limbone to call feminists "feminazi"?

IMO, one turn deserves the other.

[BanTheGOP]

17. A bit extreme??? Not EVEN!!!!

Look, it's ok to call President Obama a communist; after all, we have the same political goals for the most part at DU. (In fact, I WISH we could just do it so we can draw that much needed line in the sand).

But I don't think we should demean Nazi's with Rush Limbaughs special level of human deprivation. His actions have caused more death, despair, and overall hatred of human society than every German nazi could have engineered collectively.

He needs to be destroyed, commercially and personally, just as he destroys good people like Sandra Fluke.

[47of74]

23. Good point

And for the record, I still think that putting a bust of Limbaugh in the Missouri capitol would be like us putting up one of Fred Kaltenbach in our state capitol.

Additionally, anyone who doesn't like my comparison is hereby invited to forcefully strike some naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.

[Maine23]

24. Sorry but most demacrats dont support communist.

If you draw the line with Communism on one side i think you will be lonely because most of us will be on the other side.

[libinnyandia]

7. Or Michelle Bachmann supporting a statue of John Wayne Gacy in Waterloo:o)

[Maine23]

2. He is famous.. everyone that posts here must know who is is.

It might be a little to the right for my tastes but we can't deny that he is famous.

[libinnyandia]

6. A little to the right?

[bluesbassman]

13. Uh oh. Spidey sense tingling...

[jberryhill]

26. Just a tad, wouldn't you say?

And yet, it lives.

[Liberal Veteran]

12. Not so much famous as infamous.

[pipoman]

14. Hmmm..

??

[jberryhill]

18. Charles Manson was born in Ohio

I wonder if he is their Hall of Fame?

[pinboy3niner]

22. Well, he's "a little to the right for my tastes"

But hey, he's famous, so why the hell not?

[jberryhill]

25. His sense of humor is "a little over the top"

[dems_rightnow]

5. John Ashcroft is in there too.

Just an FYI.

[EV_Ares]

8. Well, there are lots of famous people who do not deserve to be honored & he fits in that category,

he does not belong in the same category as President Truman or Mark Twain.

[Art_from_Ark]

16. Another Missourian truly worthy of honor:

George Washington Carver.

Limbaugh belongs in the Missouri Hall of Shame.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

9. He merits a twenty-one ass salute

[zbdent]

10. I was wondering why they put a marble ass on display ...

"A bust of Limbaugh, ... will join an exclusive group ..."

[bluesbassman]

27. I got a little excited when I read "A bust of Limbaugh, ... will join an exclusive group ..."

Thought maybe they'd popped him for forged perscriptions again and he was going to join an exclusive group on a Floridian chain gang. No such luck. Oh well, we live in hope.

[longship]

15. "Missourians Promptly Ashcroft Bust's Face With Black Veill"

Couldn't resist.

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. .

[Initech]

20. Anyone know where I can buy pigeon feed in bulk?

[provis99]

21. well, Rush is in the same category as Jesse James and William Quantrill now.

[Great Caesars Ghost]

28. Maybe we should ask for donations to use as a reward for someone to smash the bust

in a million pieces

[LuvNewcastle]

29. I wonder who paid for the bust.

I wouldn't be surprised if Rush bought it himself.