MISSOURI LIBERALS DEMAND REMOVAL OF LIMBAUGH BUST FROM STATE CAPITOL

Petition for removal states Rush demeans women, people of color, immigrants, the working class, and the LGBT community

By Ima Schmuck

The Unconventional Gazette / July 13, 2012

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A year ago Rush Limbaugh was inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians. His bronze bust sits in the state capitol alongside the busts of Mark Twain, Harry Truman, Walt Disney and other famous Missourians. Limbaugh was born in 1951 in Cape Girardeau, Mo. but moved away from the state in 1972.

A petition urging Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon, Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and the Republican-controlled legislature to "flush Rush," was signed by 6,000 Missourians and posted on the far-left website Change.org.

The petition was started by Rush Limbaugh critic Heather Woodside, who was appalled to see his bust in the state capitol. Woodside, a St. Louis woman, referred to Limbaugh as a ‘big fat hatemongering windbag’ and told the Unconventional Gazette that “He does not represent Missourians because he called [Georgetown University law student] Sandra Fluke a ‘slut’ just because she demanded that Georgetown University [a Catholic school] provide students with contraceptives to offset the unaffordable expense of birth control pills.”

When contacted by The Unconventional Gazette, Gov. Nixon had no comment.

Lt. Gov. Kinder said “This is ridiculous. We’re not going to let 6,000 liberals evict one of America’s most outstanding conservatives. I will make sure Rush’s bust will be kept in its rightful place in our great state capitol, right along with Mark Twain, Harry Truman, Scott Joplin, Walt Disney and the other Hall of Famers.”

Speaker of the House Timothy Jones said “If 6,000 liberal Democrats think they are going to succeed in having Rush’s bust removed, they are a bunch of crazy fools. Our state is proud to be the birthplace of Rush, one of America’s true patriots, a beacon of conservatism.”

Mary Lee Baumgarten, 32, an avowed liberal from St. Louis, said “Those Republicans must have been drunk when they elected that blowhard to the Hall of Fame. He is a despicable woman hater. His bust doesn’t belong in the capitol … it belongs in a garbage heap!”

Benjamin Franklin Mosier, 57, a proud Limbaugh dittohead from Joplin, said “If they’re going to move Rush’s bust anywhere it’ll be to the rotunda of Congress, or better yet, to the White House. There are thousands of my fellow dittoheads ready to surround the capitol and defend our hero’s bust.”

Rachael Finkelstien, 20, a University of Missouri sophomore majoring in social work, said “Rush Limbaugh represents everything that is reprehensible in America. He is a fascist hatemonger. He really hates women. He hates gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders. I could go on and on, but all I want to add is that his bust should be melted down and dumped down a sewer.”

Henry ‘Hank’ McBride, 76, a dittohead from Jefferson City and leader of the local Tea Party, said “I am really pissed off at the Democrats for what they are trying to do to our great leader. Rush stands up for America and he’ll be the last man standing up for America. If he were president this country wouldn’t be in the mess it’s in right now. First he’d round up all them illegals and ship ’em back to Mexico. Then he’d round up all them Muslims and ship ’em off to Gitmo. Then he’d throw all them greedy Jew bankers in prison. Flush Rush? Hell no! Rush for president, hell yes!”

Joshua Blankenship, 48, a sociology professor at the University of Missouri, said “I was one of the first to sign the petition and I’ve urged all my students to sign it. Rush Limbaugh is an example of all that is wrong with America. His type of conservatism reminds me of Mussolini’s fascism. Come to think of it, he struts around and makes the same facial expressions like Mussolini did. Rush Limbaugh’s bust doesn’t belong in our capitol, it belongs in the Hatemongers Hall of Fame.”

Jake ‘Bubba’ Brown, 34, from the Missouri Ozarks town of Poplar Bluff said, “I don’t know what all the fuss is about and I don’t give a rat’s ass. Limbaugh, bimbo, who gives a shit. I just want to go fishing.”