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Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh poses next to his gold bust. Limbaugh was inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians on Monday, May 14, 2012.
Rush Limbaugh was inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians in a secret ceremony last Monday.
House Speaker Steven Tilley (R) apprently kept the time of the ceremony a secret until 20 minutes before it began in hopes of avoiding negative media attention. The bronze statue will be on display at the Capital alongside Walter Cronkite, Sacajawea, Walt Disney, and Harry Truman.
The Standard Examiner reports:
But in a break from tradition, the public and Democratic lawmakers were not allowed into the chambers of the House of Representatives, which were locked and guarded by armed members of the Missouri Highway Patrol while the ceremony took place.
Tilley had announced his decision to commission the piece in early March, just days after calling Sandra Fluke, the law student from Georgetown University who spoke in favor of mandating insurance coverage for contraceptives, a "slut" and a "prostitute."
A petition with about 35,000 signatures against Limbaugh's induction had been delivered to Tilley, but the speaker defended his decision saying "It’s not the 'Hall of Universally Loved Missourians.’"
"He may say things that strike a nerve," Tilley said. "But that doesn’t undo everything he’s accomplished in his career, and it doesn’t provide a reasonable excuse why he shouldn’t be honored by his home state for his many accomplishments."
Limbaugh was honored to be inducted, and he repeatedly told the crowd how humbled he was.
"I'm stunned. I'm not speechless, but close to it," Limbaugh told the crowd. "I'm literally quite unable to comprehend what's happening to me today."
The week prior, Dred Scott, the African American slave who attempted to sue for his freedom in 1857, was inducted into the hall, the Kansas City Star reports.
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We of like minds ......same here!
What A JOKE - Oh Boy Limpbrain Got Inducted into the hall of Misery !!! Ha Haaa !!! WOW !! Why Dont They Induct Him Into The HALL -O- DRUGGIES - TOOOOO !!!!?????
Congratulations to Mark Zukerberg, a true American patriot. He and his team started with an idea and turned it into a 100 billion dollar company. Every parent should tell their children the story of Mark Zukerberg and Facebook.
Yeah leave it to jerry to admire a criminal who evades paying taxes.
That 20 billion he has belongs to him not the government.....GO ZUKE GO!!!!!!
Sorry but no it doesn't that is a lie told to you by that insane doddering old fool Reagan. But the jerry we already know that you are clueless on every topic you chose to reply to. It's like having a spoiled 5 year old trying to be the center of attention at an adult party.
If I were a Missourian I feel miserable just to be associated with rush limburger.
If Walter Cronkite were alive he probably would have asked to be removed from the hall.
Just moved from Missouri...I miss the people, not the politics.
It's a beautiful bust, all it needs is a little TNT. Can you say, KABOOM!!
ShishKaboom Limgaugh.
http://unitedrepublic.org/mccain-whitehouse/?akid=114.136857.sP5NRO&rd=1&t=1
Turn the Supreme Court ruling around NOW!
Rush belongs in the Hall of Fame of Complete A..H....!
I think the bronze bust has a lot more going for it than it's poser.
And "bust" is the appropriate word for Rush.
YEA RUSH!!!!!!!
Have to love a state that honors a gay man even if he is in the closet while trying to deny gays rights.
RIGHT ON!
then again only a state call MISSOURI (i think some one missspelt misery in naming the state) could honor someone like this, as they say missouri love company.
I have never seen a man as jealous of Rush Limbaugh is Big Ed is. Ed wishes he was half as famous as Rush.
Ed wants to be so important so bad he cannot stand it. And the great truth is Ed is not. I heard some comments on MSNBC talk show the other day talking about Ed and what he says and the general consensus of the group was that "Ed doesn't matter"...and that is the truth. He does not matter.
He wants to matter so bad he cannot stand it. He will travel to Wisconsin, Ohio, wherever he can stir up some spun up crap and he thinks it makes him famous and an honored news man. He has failed.
Ed show is nothing, his network is last in ratings by a long margin. When he says Rush's name, you can tell his hate for the man is so big. You see, no one of any statue will come on Ed's show. That's right Biden was a joke, so was Pelosi. Other than those two stooges, its nothing but no names who agree with everything he says....especially that Bernie Sanders.
The Ed and Bernie Show. What a joke.
Ed, you will always wish you were as effective and you will always wish you mattered as much as Rush. That day will never come. With your hate spewing, name calling, way you do things...you will always be the lowest rated show on the lowest rated network.
The Ed Show is typical MSNBC garbage and there ratings are in the toilet. It is hard to take them seriously. I was hoping when Comcast them bought they would make it a good liberal show. Because there party and President have no record to run on they must fill time creating class warfare,race baiting and character assignations against the right 24-7. I do watch from time to time to remind myself what a joke liberals are!
Forgive me for asking a question that has an obvious answer, Didn't you have to log on this blog using the ed show as a point of contact to base your opinion? Rock on ED, you know when you are doing good, The guys Over an Foxx ,start to use your show for talking points. Love myself some ED----This is where the action is-------Liberals are so smart!
Who Cares, I though the State already Honored Rush by making the Missouri Mule their State Mascot?
They forgot to add his pipe, as well as his "medication" without that, it just don't resemble the true " RUSH "
How much common sense does one need to realize that is is unpatriotic to praise someone who would would denounce his citizenship for tax purposes? I'm referring, of course, to Eduardo Saverin. You don't even need a dictionary to figure that one out. Yet, Rush's followers continue to follow his zombie-esque angry utterances that Saverin was correct to do so. Mind blowing. It leads to a conclusion that Rush and his followers are more concerned about money than America....and that is the truest definition of UN-American. That is a corporate "spreadsheet" mentality that has no columns for "humanity" in their plans. Missouri should be ashamed.
Rush is simply doing what he's paid to do...annoy people and create some controversy. I doubt very seriously that he honestly believes half of what he's saying. I would imagine that his greatest challenge now-a-days is trying to keeping a straight face and doing his best to look shocked and horrified regarding the latest topic, since everything in this day and age of instant communication is done in front of a camera! It's just that sometimes he really does overdo it and THAT'S what makes him so discardable and irrelevant!
That is so pathetic and wrong?! Someone! please do something~ I'm going to vomit!!