It was inevitable. I had to do it. You can hear the song and read my full post over at my homepage. Please don't link directly to the song - but rather link to my homepage so I can track everything. A really, really appreciative thanks.
Recently a kind of uproar resulted in the blogosphere when Rush Limbaugh kept playing a so-called parody song, "Barack the Magic Nego" over and over again on his radio program. It struck me that Rush, at some level, was actually jealous of the attention Mr. Imus' ill-themed remark brought him. It's no secret that Rush has seen his ratings tank recently, especially in markets where he went head-to-head against Al Franken and Air America.
I give you the song, "Rush, the Racist Bigot," hosted here, with more extensive comments.
If you were a drug-addicted ratings-losing obese talk show host, what would you do? You'd find something to be outrageous about to get your name back out there. After all, no publicity is bad publicity. But free speech works both ways. If you were an out-of-work actor, singer and songwriter, who has heard outrageous thing after outrageous thing drop out of Rush's mouth over the last 20 or so years, what would you do? Fret over the insane real estate mess your unprofessional escrow company has gotten you in, or drop everything for the chance to be creative?
Lyrics, for your enjoyment (though it's really better sung):
Rush, the racist bigot
Spews hatred with glee
In direct relation to
His growing irrelevancy
Rush the racist bigot
Has lost his market share
His last book tanked, TV show stank
Yet he’s still on the air
Little Donnie Imus went out on a limb
Calling b-ball players hos got his butt handed to him
Limbaugh took a lesson from this fateful play
Thinking he could cause his own scandal and bring ratings his way, oh…
Oh Rush, the racist bigot
Spews hatred with glee
In direct relation to
His growing irrelevancy
Rush the racist bigot
In an oxycontin haze
Trying to outdo himself
In more outrageous ways
So Rush found a new target in candidate Barack
And started playing a silly song to distract you from Iraq
But no one really listened, causing poor Limbaugh to whine
And play it over and over again some thirty million times
Then some fancy bloggers made a tape and posted it
Rush he had to smile now someone finally gave a shit
Ask yourself why Donnie Imus said one thing and lost his job
Rush has done worse ten thousand times and folks just wink and nod
Oh Rush, the racist bigot
Has to hate so he can earn
The big bucks - still, he’ll never match
The audience of Stern
Me I’m a nobody
On a website few do know
But if Rush ever responds to this
You’ll know it’s truth I tell, Oh….
Rush, the racist bigot
Spews hatred with glee
In direct relation to
His growing irrelevancy
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