Gods speed to Rush...

[purplefaithful]

I hope he can overcome his health challenges.

But the Medal of Freedom???

So many deserved Americans, deserved causes and sacrifices...And our president goes to Rush Limbaugh with it?

Last night's shameful display of political devisiveness in Washington illustrates (again) how very splintered our country is. 

[Guest]

@purplefaithful said:
I hope he can overcome his health challenges.

But the Medal of Freedom???

So many deserved Americans, deserved causes and sacrifices...And our president goes to Rush Limbaugh with it?

Last night's shameful display of political devisiveness in Washington illustrates (again) how very splintered our country is. 

it is a race to the bottom and its been that way since before trump was elected.  kind of like how some were bent on getting Trump impeached before he even took office,  if they dont have an angle they will make one.   so much bitterness and neither side is willing to reach across the aisle and try and fix it... they only pour more fuel.

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No shit?  I didn't watch even a recap of the state of the union...he gave an award to Rush?  Trump has got to be the biggest troll to have ever walked the planet.

Although looking back, its pretty much on pace with Obama getting a peace prize for doubling the drone program.

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@AGRforever said:

No shit?  I didn't watch even a recap of the state of the union...he gave an award to Rush?  Trump has got to be the biggest troll to have ever walked the planet.

Although looking back, its pretty much on pace with Obama getting a peace prize for doubling the drone program.

I agree he really didnt need to do that,  but then again,  how much of what has been done the last 3 years was necessary vs a political stunt?   I know the term embarrassment come up a lot when people talk about Trump,  but I think if people were being honest there is far more to be embarrassed about in DC that just a juvenile president,  and the list goes back far longer than the last 3 years.

[Guest]

@purplefaithful said:
I hope he can overcome his health challenges.

But the Medal of Freedom???

So many deserved Americans, deserved causes and sacrifices...And our president goes to Rush Limbaugh with it?

Last night's shameful display of political devisiveness in Washington illustrates (again) how very splintered our country is. 

Wow.  2 things: who was responsible for the revolution of talk radio?  Rush not only changed radio for conservatives, he changed "political" media in general.  Now, I will grant you that perhaps that, alone, is not deserving of the Medal of Freedom.  But- and this is point #2- I'll bet there are other folks who have received this "award"... from other presidents... and you didn't say a word about it.  When Obama gave it out to various actors... did you complain then?  What is it about Hollywood actors and directors (to whom Obama gave the Medal of Freedom) that made them more deserving than Rush.

I'll be waiting for your answer.

[Guest]

In case anyone was wondering... here's who Obama gave the Medal of Freedom to.  Please feel free to explain how Rush is not just as worthy as some of these folks:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Ellen DeGeneres
Robert De Niro
Bill and Melinda Gates
Tom Hanks
Michael Jordan
Lorne Michaels (???)
Robert Redford
Diana Ross
Vin Scully
Bruce Springsteen
Cicely Tyson

[Guest]

@pumpf said:
In case anyone was wondering... here's who Obama gave the Medal of Freedom to.  Please feel free to explain how Rush is not just as worthy as some of these folks:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Ellen DeGeneres
Robert De Niro
Bill and Melinda Gates
Tom Hanks
Michael Jordan
Lorne Michaels (???)
Robert Redford
Diana Ross
Vin Scully
Bruce Springsteen
Cicely Tyson

Looks like a pretty good list to me. You'll be sure to let me know when any of them sing a song called "Barack the Magic Negro," or refer to the first daughter as "The White House dog" or make fun of Michael J Fox's Parkinsons. 

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@MaroonBells said:

@pumpf said:
In case anyone was wondering... here's who Obama gave the Medal of Freedom to.  Please feel free to explain how Rush is not just as worthy as some of these folks:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Ellen DeGeneres
Robert De Niro
Bill and Melinda Gates
Tom Hanks
Michael Jordan
Lorne Michaels (???)
Robert Redford
Diana Ross
Vin Scully
Bruce Springsteen
Cicely Tyson

Looks like a pretty good list to me. You'll be sure to let me know when any of them sing a song called "Barack the Magic Negro," or refer to the first daughter as "The White House dog" or make fun of Michael J Fox's Parkinsons. 

I'm pretty sure that, had I enough hate in my heart to be concerned about such things, I could find equally damning statements by at least some of the above-mentioned list.  So what?  Many of these were honored for being excellent in their particular fields.  And unless you are absent of the ability to reason, the same could be said of Rush.  If I find offensive quotes from these list of recipients... then what?  Will you agree that they (the ones who received this award from Obama) didn't deserve it either?

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@pumpf said:

@MaroonBells said:

@pumpf said:
In case anyone was wondering... here's who Obama gave the Medal of Freedom to.  Please feel free to explain how Rush is not just as worthy as some of these folks:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Ellen DeGeneres
Robert De Niro
Bill and Melinda Gates
Tom Hanks
Michael Jordan
Lorne Michaels (???)
Robert Redford
Diana Ross
Vin Scully
Bruce Springsteen
Cicely Tyson

Looks like a pretty good list to me. You'll be sure to let me know when any of them sing a song called "Barack the Magic Negro," or refer to the first daughter as "The White House dog" or make fun of Michael J Fox's Parkinsons. 

I'm pretty sure that, had I enough hate in my heart to be concerned about such things, I could find equally damning statements by at least some of the above-mentioned list.  So what?  Many of these were honored for being excellent in their particular fields.  And unless you are absent of the ability to reason, the same could be said of Rush.  If I find offensive quotes from these list of recipients... then what?  Will you agree that they (the ones who received this award from Obama) didn't deserve it either?

So it requires a certain amount of "hate" in your heart to to be appalled about someone singing a song called "Barack the Magic Negro" or calling a teenage girl a "dog." It requires "hate in your heart" to be concerned about those things. You can't just say those are offensive and ugly and wrong and that you, as a follower of Christ, or even a human with an ounce of compassion, are opposed to them. No, like an 11 year old, you'd rather go find something hateful that Vin Scully might've said. You are a real piece of work. 

[Guest]

Lets keep this about the topic and not about the posters or some wont be participating much longer.