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Last time I heard about it, four or five years ago, Rush Limbaugh’s net worth was pegged well north of $80 million. Even considering his drug habit and a couple of run ins with the law, I expect he’s at least half again as wealthy by now.
So, if Limbaugh really wants to do something for this worthwhile cause, he could easily peel off a million to establish an ongoing fund and ask his dittoheads to chip in.
Then again, maybe charity isn’t this truth-averse, pompous windbag’s primary purpose here. I think Limbaugh’s real agenda is good publicity for him, bad publicity for Senate Democrats who signed the letter, and most of all, a distraction from the indisputable, recorded fact that he slammed “phony soldiers,” not just MacBeth.
Isn’t this how the “new media” works these days? Launch a grenade from the alleys and then raise money on the backlash outrage. It worked for MoveOn. Surely it works for Rush. Who gains in the end?
Regardless of whether or not it’s a publicity stunt, what does this have to do with the title of the post, the rich getting richer? Are you suggesting that he’s lying and won’t give 100% of the proceeds to the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation? Somehow I think that there will be some folks checking up on that to be sure that he does. George Clooney would have a field day with that one, given that he was hassled about his charitable work when it was discovered that funds weren’t going where he said they would go.
Last time I heard about it, four or five years ago, Rush Limbaugh’s net worth was pegged well north of $80 million. Even considering his drug habit and a couple of run ins with the law, I expect he’s at least half again as wealthy by now.
So, if Limbaugh really wants to do something for this worthwhile cause, he could easily peel off a million to establish an ongoing fund and ask his dittoheads to chip in.
Then again, maybe charity isn’t this truth-averse, pompous windbag’s primary purpose here. I think Limbaugh’s real agenda is good publicity for him, bad publicity for Senate Democrats who signed the letter, and most of all, a distraction from the indisputable, recorded fact that he slammed “phony soldiers,” not just MacBeth.
Isn’t this how the “new media” works these days? Launch a grenade from the alleys and then raise money on the backlash outrage. It worked for MoveOn. Surely it works for Rush. Who gains in the end?
DARN! I wonder if I can sell all these emails from readers on both sides telling me precisely where I should stuff my computer?
In Rushs case, a a deserving charity. In Moveons case, I believe its themselves.
Rich will get richer. Poor gets poorer. This statement is so true.
Regardless of whether or not it’s a publicity stunt, what does this have to do with the title of the post, the rich getting richer? Are you suggesting that he’s lying and won’t give 100% of the proceeds to the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation? Somehow I think that there will be some folks checking up on that to be sure that he does. George Clooney would have a field day with that one, given that he was hassled about his charitable work when it was discovered that funds weren’t going where he said they would go.