Rush Owes Sarah an Apology - DOESN'T He???

Rahm owes a lot of people an apology for this comment and his other words and deeds. I did some research on him after his comment to learn more about him. He is a jerk to say the least and possibly unbalanced. But at least he did apologize for using that horrible word. As for Rush...I hope Sarah does not hold her breath waiting for an apology from him. When was the last time you heard Rush apologize for anything? He is a jerk. He is a lot worse than a jerk. It hurts the parents of special needs children when they hear that word...but what do you think it does to the kids. Especially the older ones. It hurts. It is uncalled for. I never liked Rush. I always thought of him as a "shock jock" or bad "entertainer". I never took him seriously. He seems the type that will say anything no matter how outragous or hurtful just to get attention. He is a media wh*ore. I really can't stand him. And I bet he is hoping that the people with diabilities activist groups picket him or something...that will get him even more attention. Rush's motto is not attention is bad attention. Or rather no publicity is bad policity. I don't know why anyone pays attention to that man. We do as a society need to rethink that word. I know I hear it alot from people. Words do hurt and some words should just not be said. I do agree with Palin that it is the same as a "racial slur" and should be just as unexceptable.No matter who says it.

While I respect your feelings about the word retarded, as I said in another post I'm giving everyone who uses the word a pass. Now, if someone says something about a retarded person specifically then that is insulting but to say so and so acts like a retard, well I just don't consider it the same thing at all.

You know, I'm not going to compare retarded to the n-word. You'll notice that it's not even acceptable to repeat the n-word even when quoting someone or referring to it. Retarded on the other hand, is actually a term that was perfectly acceptable when I was growing up so long as you were using it to describe someone who was in fact mentally retarded. It's the same thing with calling someone a midget. It's only rude if the person's not really a midget. Either way I wouldn't make much of someone simply saying the word, but saying it to a large audience is stupid. It's ten times as stupid when you are the White House Chief of Staff and saying it to a bunch of supporters of the president. Giving an apology was the right thing to do, but frankly, he would have never done it if Sarah Palin hadn't called him out. The media really tried to bury this. Rush isn't going to apologize because he thinks he was entitled to say what he said because he was talking about Rahm Emanuel. He also knows that if those who are offended make a stink over it, it will add to his publicity. Frankly, I don't expect much from Rush and I don't care for him. I have higher standards though when it comes to a White House Chief of Staff who's being paid with MY tax dollars.

There was a time when "retarded" was a term used by medical professionals. It was also used as an insult when you wanted to call someone stupid. Over the years, probably because of the way it was used to insult people, they found other, less inflammatory phrases to describe cognitive problems. I know that to use the word "retarded" is insulting to a section of the population, so I wouldn't use it. On the other hand, there are many on both sides who are trying to point out that we've made so many words off-limits that political correctness is shackling the language. On this, I somewhat agree. George Carlin became famous for his "7 words" comedy monologue about words you couldn't say on TV or radio. I wouldn't say many of those words, either, but it's somewhat the same principle. Rahm Emanuel didn't say "retarded" in a public speech, but he was in his professional capacity. I can't imagine being in a meeting at work and saying "that's retarded" to my colleagues or even to underlings. It's just not professional. If Emanuel said it to a friend at a backyard cookout, it's his business, but it still tells us something about him. I wouldn't use the word, because of what it would say about me. I don't ascribe such lofty goals of rescuing the language to Rush, anymore than I would ascribe lofty goals to Howard Stern using offensive language. It's about ratings. Rush is one on the right defending Emanuel's use of the language, and yet his defense is offensive. There are words I miss, words that one could once use the way they were intended but have been hijacked or given new meanings that would elicit gasps or giggles if used. Retarded is not one of the words I miss. I think the best course would have been for people to judge Emanuel on what he said. I think Sarah Palin overreacted, even though she's right. Rush is overreacting on the opposite side, even though he has a point. When someone says something vile, it tells you a lot about the person and I am not sure that we needed either Palin or Rush to drive that point home. I understand Palin's overreaction, as a mother. Rush really has no good excuse, except that being outrageous is his bread and butter.

...Hi annie, I don't know the full context of Emanuel's comment, neither Rush's. All I know is that they both used the word retard or retarded, which offended many people. SaraLee was so offended because she has a special needs child. Also because she seeks out ways and means to make herself a newsworthy subject. She called for Rahm's dismissal, she will never ever say anything about the great Rush, who thinks himself invincibile and those who listen to him enable that delusion. So SarsLee will carry on with other things and hope that people will stop mentioning that she is a hypocrite for not calling Rush out the way she did Rahm. Again she doesn't care, she writes her own rules and they are of a double standard variety. Her so called friends on the right can do no wrong, those on the left are always wrong. Though she was sincere in her criticism of Rahm, she will never say anything to or about Rush, please don't wait for her to do that. Take care.

Yes, his choice of words is unnecessary for one Liberal already said it. I like Rush and is knows is info and is one of the most popular qand most listened to talk radio personalities. Liberals rip him because there shows do not even come close to the same ratings. Yes, Limbaugh should have used a different choice of words like the people who were hand picked by Obama, including himself, have shown in one year they lack the intellect to run the United States of America. They show no signs of integrity and have broken every promise made. However, Rush did not say that and seemed to talk from Emotion because Emotion creates conflict whereas Intellect sees through the bull and comes to a logical conclusion. The higher intelligence knows the truth.