From a fellow Seattlite.

1). Isn’t 10th grade where Rush usually finds his dates?
2.) Eventually, if he keeps going younger and younger, he wil meet his intellectual equal.

It’s unfortunate that we still have to discuss this hot air balloon. It’s even more disconcerting that people listen to his constant diatribe of lies and opinion and pass them off as fact. Really, quite sad!

Thanks for commenting on my blog. I enjoy hearing back from my readers and having the opportunity to interact with them. However, in your case one question begs asking… Have you perhaps considered that you should actually read articles before you respond to them in such a childish fashion?

First off, let’s start with the obvious. Obama’s comments were not “idiocy.” A reporter *ASKED HIM* if he thought we were entering a depression. He said no. The reported asked him if he thought there were any similarities between the current housing crisis and the lead-up to the Great Depression. He said, “Not really,” and added that some may consider there to be parallels between those who bought massive amounts of stock on margin in the 20s and those who bought houses with sub-prime mortgage loans in recent years.

Clearly, his “comments” made a lot of sense. At least, they made sense to anybody with a decent education and recollection of history. Calling his response “idiocy” does nothing to demonstrate any error or fallacy in what he said. It simply raises the question of why you are responding as if he said something which he did not.

You also trotted out a popular Republican straw man, the “you blame Bush for everything” fallacy. Bush was not mentioned in this post, nor in Obama’s comments that triggered Limbaugh’s ill-conceived response. You are the only one implying that this blame exists, and then attacking this argument which only you have presented.

As I’ve already stated, this blog post was meant only to share my amusement at the fact that a colleague of mine was mentioned on Rush’s show as some sort of authority on economics. And perhaps to point out the irony of Rush attacking the well-researched views of a 10th grader with his on-the-spot invention of artificial statistics and facts about history that fit his bizarre, likely drug-induced worldview.

Yet you responded by demonstrating your irrational devotion to Rush and all that he stands for, perpetrating preposterous lies and then attacking those lies viciously, as if slaying these lies (of your own creation) proves that you and your cohorts are the only vanguards of truth. This is a typical strategy for the uneducated and inexperienced, and it may work to convince those of similar intellectual vapidness.

Perhaps with some years and soul-searching, you’ll develop an appreciation for honest debate and the validity of differing opinions and perspectives. Until then, enjoy your time as fanboy cheerleader for everyone and everything that spites the “nasty libs” out there. I’m sure it will make lots of people on the internet very impressed with the size of your electronically conveyed manhood.

Regards,
Brandon

Like your lib brethren, you fail to discount anything Rush said and instead make an unsuccessful attempt to discredit what he said by assailing his character. Typical. I must say, Obama’s idiocy is evident when he says such foolish things- we are nowhere near a depression. I just wonder, what in the world are you and your lib friends going to do when you can’t blame Bush for your hangnail, for it raining yesterday, and for the bird that is shitting on you car right now?

Ha! That’s what the Dittoheads are for.

Yep, that would be adherents of Intelligent Design.

So I’m not supposed to tell funny stories from my life if they involve the “great clown?” Thanks for that helpful insight. My site was doing just fine before this post, but I appreciate your concern.