Rush Limbaugh says Negroes Served Ted Kennedy Booze

Radio show host Rush Limbaugh is at it again. The other day, in response to the recent flap over Harry Reid's comments on President Barack Obama, Limbaugh had this to say:

"I know the real reason that Teddy Kennedy was mad and offended when Bill Clinton said, 'Hey, come on, man, this guy woulda been fetching us coffee a few years ago.' What made Teddy Kennedy mad was it's[sic] women get him coffee. It was Negroes that brought Ted Kennedy his booze. And that's why he was all offended... We deal in the truth here...."

It appears that Rush Limbaugh is doing a good job, earning his mega salary by spitting out silly and inflammatory statements that are deliberately designed to rile people up. Rush Limbaugh is not dumb enough to really believe all the crazy things he says. He just wants you to believe that he believes these things. Then, you get angry, respond to him, listen to his show and his corporate sponsors sell you products. That's the game.

But let's get to the funny nitty-gritty of all this and explain to you why Rush Limbaugh doesn't deserve your credibility or respect. Limbaugh, a high school graduate and recovering drug addict, once had this to say on his show in 1995:

"And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up."

There's really nothing else to say. Rush Limbaugh is not to be taken seriously, and the idea that we are letting an entertainer and recovering drug addict play any role in the face of American politics says a great deal about the state of American government. Let's leave Rush Limbaugh alone.