Posted on 10/16/2009 11:22:25 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Miss America officials have decided to kill off their beauty pageant.
That's not what they're saying, but you tell me what it means when a beauty pageant that professes to champion America's young women issues a news release with "Rush" and "thrilled" in the same sentence:
"We are thrilled to have Rush join us for our pageant this year," said the Miss America Organization's president and CEO, Art McMaster. "We know that the 2010 Miss America Pageant will be filled with new twists and exciting opportunities with him as one of our national judges."
No, he's not talking about the Canadian rock band.
Yes, he's apparently serious about right-wing talk show host Rush Limbaugh.
Let's ponder the possibilities, shall we?
All those pretty young women shimmy down the runway wearing skimpy swimsuits and smiles that slowly fade into suppressed shrieks as they come face to ogling face with the same guy who just last month said the Marines rejected Hillary Clinton because they "do not have uniforms that fit that big an ass."
Not a Hillary fan?
OK, here's his take on why John Edwards was unfaithful to his cancer-stricken wife:
"My theory that I just explained to you about ... what could have John Edwards' motivations been to have the affair with Rielle Hunter, given his wife is smarter than he is and probably nagging him a lot about doing this, and he found somebody that did something with her mouth other than talk."
What might the Miss America officials be thinking?
First, a little history: The pageant was founded in 1921, the year after American women got the vote. In its heyday, it had nearly 55 million viewers.
Over time, it lost favor with most of the viewing public for a long list of reasons, which Limbaugh undoubtedly would claim was compiled entirely by "feminazis."
A few years ago, ABC dumped the pageant. Officials moved the contest from Atlantic City, N.J., to Las Vegas, and it had a brief stint on Country Music Television before landing on its current home, TLC. Viewers now number about 2 million, which I imagine is less than the number many infomercials get.
Miss America officials did not return my call by deadline, but McMaster, in an interview with the Las Vegas Sun's John Katsilometes, did elaborate on why he picked Limbaugh.
Well, kinda.
"I want people to understand how the pageant judging happens," McMaster said. "We don't just pick out seven names. We have seven different categories, and we need people who are experts in those categories."
Hmm. What sort of expert might Limbaugh be?
Here's his own description of men like him: "We're not sexists; we're chauvinists. We're male chauvinist pigs, and we're happy to be because we think that's what men were destined to be. We think that's what women want."
You know what else Limbaugh thinks women want?
"Some of these babes, I'm telling you, like the sexual harassment crowd. They're out there protesting what they actually wish would happen to them sometimes."
Makes ya just wanna hug him till he can't breathe, doesn't it?
Full disclosure: In the past year or so, Limbaugh has referred to me as "blitheringly ignorant," a "ditz," "brain-dead" and "mind-numbed." Being my mother's daughter, I smiled politely but told him that no matter how many names he calls me, I can't be his girlfriend.
Five years ago, I might have written quite a rant about the ridiculous and demeaning tradition of the Miss America Pageant.
I would have gone on and on about how the swimsuit competition demeans our bright young women, whose only runway should come with frequent flier miles.
But Rush Limbaugh is the new face of Miss America, and he'd be the first to tell you his influence is far greater than mine.
I'm counting on it, Rush.
I guess Perea Hilton is the type of tone-setter she prefers!
So the next shoe is about to drop on El Rushbo.
Interesting Mz. Shulz-Brown should focus on the loss of Miss America viewership v. MSM news over the years.
In the past year or so, Limbaugh has referred to me as "blitheringly ignorant," a "ditz," "brain-dead" and "mind-numbed." Rush is right.
Rom 1:28-32
28Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
Sounds like it was written last week doesn’t it.
People who fail to read the Bible, are failing to use it as a resource to help prevent our civilization from doing the same evil things other civilizations did, that eventually caused them to collapse.
God’s plan is being ignored. Nothing good will come from it.
Our society will deny God at it’s own peril. This grows more obvious with each and every day.
This hag hates the very idea of beauty pageants anyway, so why is she bitching? Her only claim to fame is being some RAT senator’s wife, anyway, so why is she writing a newspaper column?
It rebegins.
Poor Connie just dismisses the cause of Rush saying these things. Unable to accept any responsibility (where have we seen that before), it has to be him.
She is in desperate need of a broad dose of introspection.
Rush predicted this 35 minutes ago.
I like that one...
These idiots tolerate far raunchier stuff when it comes from left wingers. Rush ought to cut out the sexual innuendos, it does not become him, but we’re looking at rank hypocrisy here.
Despite the ideas that we’ve had drilled into us,
ideas based on the lie that man is “basically good” and improveable,
you can read verses from the bible that apply today and 60 years ago and 400 years ago.
Man’s nature is pretty well fixed, flawed, sinful, and will repeat his errors over and over again throughout history.
All of the left’s ideology is based on this “improveability” lie. If man is improveable, some are more improved than others, and rightly should assume control over the decisions of others. Leftist ideology in a nutshell.
I agree.
Excellent catch.
She is probably just sad their aren’t more militant homosexual activists judges on the panel.
until elRushbo smacks these bastards down, he will be 'bloodied' at every turn, even more than in the last 2 decades...
hes a big boy and knows the game though...I hope...
I believe you are correct. I've often thought about this, and the reason seems pretty clear to me. The left will give them running, bleeding hell until they get their agenda implemented by that corporation, even if it's against their business interests. Until the last couple of years, the right hasn't been willing to do that.
Well it happened wth Trump I think.
Rush did say they don’t make uniforms to fit that fat ass anyway....I heard it and laughed like hell!!!!!!!!!
“Many people here think that capitalists are natural conservatives. Delusional”
I see you noticed that, too. How capitalist hating leftists can money in the market has always puzzled me. It would be like hating pie, entering a pie eating contest and winning. I think somehow or other, the government fixes the odds so the leftists win.
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