You’ll know Sean Hannity from the Fox News program “Hannity and Colmes”, which also features the token liberal Alan Colmes. Now I’m not your average run-of-the-mill liberal. I classify myself as a classical liberal, or libertarian as some people would say it. But I try to shun anything that is blatantly ridiculous and these two radio personalities are about as ridiculous as it gets. Sean Hannity is even worse, in some respects, as Rush Limbaugh. Still, I was listening to Rush around lunch time so this post is about Rush.
Rush Limbaugh likes to harp on Barack Obama’s alleged socialism. I must admit, the black man’s policies are a bit too far to the left for me. But the thing that gets me about Rush Limbaugh - and Sean Hannity - is their discussion of those policies as if they are something new. This country has been sliding in the direction of socialism for the better part of the 20th century, beginning with that stalwart Republican Teddy Roosevelt. Each successive administration, with a few exceptions, has taken us further down that road.
Even the “strict constructionist” George W. Bush has implemented socialistic policies, albeit most of them were done to benefit the wealthy. Socialism is fine for Rush Limbaugh as long as it benefits the wealthy, but let it benefit someone else and the world will collapse.
As I’ve said, I’m not a socialist and Obama’s policies are a bit too far to the left for me, but I find it extremely hypocritical and a bit asinine that Rush Limbaugh and his conservative friends keep discussing Obama’s policies as if they are something new when both Republicans and Democrats have increasingly empowered the state throughout the 20th century and the current administration has grown government to a larger extent than any other president since FDR and Lyndon Johnson. If Obama wins this election it will be the Republicans’ fault, and that includes G.W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Sean Hannity, and Rush Limbaugh.
