Racist Rush?

There was a time when Rush Limbaugh served a useful purpose. As the court jester of a newly emergent conservative movement he was able to poke holes in progressive pomposity in ways that more mainstream commentators and politicians could not. And he was fun.

Sadly, the only thing Limbaugh now parodies is himself. His rants have become increasingly race-baiting if not racist. And the fact that he represents the cutting edge of Republican thought means that the conservative movement in the United States is stone cold dead.

Here is a sample by way of Andrew Sullivan