Your Billboard for Rush (Writerly)

[DeeZire]

They're looking for a ten word slogan for a billboard to be erected in Rush's hometown. The writer of the chosen slogan wins a T-shirt - which amounts to approximately one dollar per word. Not bad, eh?

I'm Jen O'Malley Dillon, the new Executive Director of the Democratic National Committee.

If you're anything like me, then you've had the urge to talk back to a right-wing talk radio host more than a few times. Now you can.

Rush Limbaugh has made waves lately about his desire to see President Obama fail. And he's unapologetic, even though Americans voted in November for the very kind of change the President is bringing to Washington. As even Limbaugh must know, if the President fails, America fails.

Incredibly, Republican leaders have yet to condemn Limbaugh for his destructive comments. In fact, Republicans like Congressman Eric Cantor, a leader in the House, have adopted the Limbaugh strategy, telling the Washington Post recently that their strategy on the President's jobs plan was "just saying no."

The only Republican leader to challenge Limbaugh -- the chairman of the Republican National Committee -- even called Rush to apologize just a few days later.

But we have no apologies for Rush, just a message. We need you to come up with a slogan, in ten words or less, that we'll put on a billboard where he can't miss it -- in his hometown of West Palm Beach, Florida.

Can you help us come up with a message for Rush that we'll place on a billboard right in his hometown?

We'll go through all the slogans we get, and the winner will have his or her message appear on the billboard -- and receive a free T-shirt featuring the winning slogan.

If Republican leaders aren't willing to tell Rush, then we will. Americans want President Obama to succeed. Our country's future depends on it. Rooting for the President's failure is rooting for our country to fail.

To get America back on a path to prosperity, we'll need to leave behind the failed partisan attack politics of the past. Americans voted for a new direction in November. Choosing Rush Limbaugh to be the voice of their party -- as Republican leaders have done -- is not the answer.

Send in your suggestion of ten words or less for a billboard and we'll choose the best one to put in Rush's own "backyard":

http://www.democrats.org/rushbillboard

My suggestion:

Dude! If you want to ass-fuck the country, use some lube!

(I know, eleven words - it'll never fly.)

 

[Boxlicker101]

They're looking for a ten word slogan for a billboard to be erected in Rush's hometown. The writer of the chosen slogan wins a T-shirt - which amounts to approximately one dollar per word. Not bad, eh?



My suggestion:

Dude! If you want to ass-fuck the country, use some lube!

(I know, eleven words - it'll never fly.)

I really have no interest in defending Rush, even if he needed it, because I don't have much use for him. However, he has probably been quoted out of context on that comment almost as much as the biblical quotation about money being the root of all evil.

What he actually said was that if Obama wants to install Socialism in the US, Limbaugh hopes he fails.

 

[Belegon]

They're looking for a ten word slogan for a billboard to be erected in Rush's hometown. The writer of the chosen slogan wins a T-shirt - which amounts to approximately one dollar per word. Not bad, eh?



My suggestion:

Dude! If you want to ass-fuck the country, use some lube!

(I know, eleven words - it'll never fly.)

replace "ass-fuck" with sodomize to please the Christian right (they love that word) and "the country" with "us".

Ten words and no cursing. *takes off editor hat*

 

[john-the-author]

His entire radio career has been because he wasn't accepted in HS. He got into radio thinking that he'd be a celebrity and accepted and popular... and nobody listened to him because he was working for some jerk-ass station and--guess what?--he wasn't very likable then, either.

I think the thing to go for in his hometown that'd be as much of a harpoon as will get through that hide of his is this:

"Dear Rush: We didn't like you in high school, either."

I sent it in to the DNC. Who knows? Be a proud moment to skewer Rush Limbaugh.

 

[Guest]

Who?

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[rgraham666]

Dear Rush. Your inferiority complex is embarrassing. Get help.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

If the Republican Party is doomed, Rush, it's your fault!

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Rush just signed a new contract for 400 MILLION.

You guys may cheer each other up with the Rush dissing, but you just make him more well known.

 

[DeeZire]

Rush just signed a new contract for 400 MILLION...

No wonder he doesn't want to see a tax increase on the rich.

 

[DeeZire]

$400 million for hate speech? Congratulations! What's next? Selling babies?

 

[Huckleman2000]

Rush, you could marry Karl Rove. Think about it.

 

[DeeZire]

Memo to Rush: United we stand, with or without you. (Damn! I can't find the American flag smilie!)

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

DEE ZIRE

The rich dont pay taxes.

Liberal hero Bill Gates gives billions to a charity he controls off-shore, the charity then deposits the money in an account Bill has access to. This is pretty common.

 

[oggbashan]

If you don't like Rush, use the flush.

Og

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

All publicity is good. The Usual Suspects howl and people tune-in to Rush to see whats up.

 

[Liar]

Video Killed the Radio Star - and Youtube's gonna git ya.





(No, I don't know what thayt's supposed to mean.)

 

[DeeZire]

Liberal hero Bill Gates gives billions to a charity he controls off-shore, the charity then deposits the money in an account Bill has access to. This is pretty common.

Bill Gates is a liberal hero? Dude! He's always been just another capitalist sleazebag who was coerced into his charitable pursuits by the media, who noted, back in the early days, that he was the stingiest rich dude on the face of the earth.

I wouldn't put much stock in the claim that publicity is benefiting Rush's numbers. He plays to an ignorant, uninformed crowd, and anyone with any sense sees through his BS and avoids him. One thing that will up his numbers is the defunding of public eduction, which well gradually dumb down the population to the point where ignorance is the rule, rather than the exception. That's already happening today with the No Child Left Behind thing. Teachers no longer have time to dwell on concepts and critical thinking. They're too busy teaching kids to memorize factoids specifically for the tests.

One more slogan:
$400 million? That's a lot of OxyContin. Party hardy dude!

 

[DesertPirate]

Rush's response:

"Limbaugh, who was born in Missouri, responded to the contest on his nationally syndicated radio show on Thursday.

"The problem is, I don't live where they are going to put the billboard," Limbaugh said, adding that, since he lives in the region, he sometimes travels through West Palm Beach on his way to the airport.

Limbaugh then recalled a billboard posted in 1986 by Sacramento's KFBK 1530 AM that read, "Don't You Just Want to Punch Rush Limbaugh?"

Responding on-air to the billboard, Limbaugh said in true tongue and cheek form he "wanted to see evidence" that the DNC did not use taxpayer money to pay for the billboard."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/06/dnc-seeking-slogan-billboard-rush-limbaughs-backyard/

He is giving it the attention it deserves.
It really is childish and kind of funny.

 

[TE999]

Reading about this reminded me of the 'Impeach Earl Warren' billboards the John Birch Society put up all over the place in the 1960's. If this project achives fruition it will no doubt have the same effect.

 

[DeeZire]

It really is childish and kind of funny.

I would agree that Rush is childish and kind of funny, the funny part dependent upon how uninformed and biased the listener might be.

As far as a billboard goes, it would depend on the message, just like any ad campaign. Some ads are funny, some are thought-provoking, some are moving, some are stupid.

I do stand corrected on the issue of Rush's numbers going up since the recent publicity. What I question is the sustainability of those numbers, comparing his rise in popularity to the morbid curiosity that compels people to slow down to ogle a car wreck. If you see the same car wreck day after day, eventually you lose interest.

 

[DesertPirate]

I would agree that Rush is childish and kind of funny, the funny part dependent upon how uninformed and biased the listener might be.

As far as a billboard goes, it would depend on the message, just like any ad campaign. Some ads are funny, some are thought-provoking, some are moving, some are stupid.

I do stand corrected on the issue of Rush's numbers going up since the recent publicity. What I question is the sustainability of those numbers, comparing his rise in popularity to the morbid curiosity that compels people to slow down to ogle a car wreck. If you see the same car wreck day after day, eventually you lose interest.

Just trying to distract folks from the takeover in DC.

Had to have someone for the flakes to pick on since Bush isn't around.

 

[Dragonlipz]

DP - pucker up and use some lip gloss

that's one big ass ya gotta smooch (I'm talking about Rush but ya might as well do Cheney, Bush, and Rove while yer at it!!!!) Same tired shit that Republicants always spout when they don't have any ideas, which is like never......educate yourself, learn......do it from a different channel than FOX

 

[slyc_willie]

All publicity is good. The Usual Suspects howl and people tune-in to Rush to see whats up.

I used to listen to him every morning. Honestly. But it became just another bitch-and-whine show. You'd think he was a politician or something.

He really needs to retire. Hannity is at least a tad bit more entertaining.

 

[TE999]

I used to listen to him every morning. Honestly. But it became just another bitch-and-whine show. You'd think he was a politician or something.

He really needs to retire. Hannity is at least a tad bit more entertaining.

Hannity seems more human...more approachable for some reason.

I saw where Paul Harvey cashed in his chips...I listened to him for years every morning during my commute...he was truly entertaining...I think his son has taken the helm...but he's not his dad.

 

[slyc_willie]

Hannity seems more human...more approachable for some reason.

I saw where Paul Harvey cashed in his chips...I listened to him for years every morning during my commute...he was truly entertaining...I think his son has taken the helm...but he's not his dad.

I agree. We had Paul Harvey on AFRTS when I was growing up. His commentaries were always interesting.

And you're right: the chip ain't the same as the block.