Rush Limbaugh
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Rush Limbaugh (full name Rush Hudson Limbaugh III; born January 12th, 1951 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri) is a conservative American radio talk show host and political commentator who discusses politics and current events on his radio program, The Rush Limbaugh Show.
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[edit] Rush Limbaugh and furry
Rush Limbaugh made furries the topic of one of his recorded weekend updates. In context, prior to President Bush's inauguration in 2005, the New York Times and the broadcast media repeatedly criticized the Republican party for planning an opulent event to commemorate the Presidents' win.
The criticism stemmed from the fact that the US was at war with Iraq, and from assertions that any festivities were inappropriate on the heels of the tsunami that had hit Indonesia. Rush responded by describing a furry convention and then quoting a talk show host's criticism of the inauguration in the new context.
[edit] Rush's Weekend Update (transcribed)
Guess what folks... This weekend, 1,700 people - all of them animal lovers - are expected to gather at the furry convention in San Jose, California. The furries, for those of you who don't know - and I sincerely hope that that's most of you - are, er, people who love animals so much that they take on their identities and sometimes dress up like their animals.
You heard me right, folks. These humans take on the identities of the animals they love and sometimes dress up like them. It allows adults - grown-up human beings - and this is a quote, "a place to act out their interspecies fantasies." (1,700 of these people in one place...)
Lee Strom is one of the furry convention's founding fathers. He says just because it's weird, it's still perfectly normal to the people involved in it. He's 36, he wants to be a raccoon! The convention... (laughter) convention will have workshops for the furries: puppetry, costume making, writing about mythical creatures, and here's one I think ought to be videotaped: a workshop on furry anatomy. (Can you find it? Can you find it?)
Apparently some furries aren't waiting until the convention starts this weekend to act out their inter-species fantasies. A reporter caught up with Katie Matthew, 20, prancing through the lobby of a hotel dressed as a fox... she was prancing with other adults dressed as goats, tigers, other creatures. Katie likes the fun of dressing up and escaping into her made up animal character, which she calls "Shadow".
Alright folks, I only have one question. We've got a war going on and the tragedy of the tsunami. Isn't this furry convention a little bit too festive and too costly?
There's a real furball for you liberals, eh? Ha ha, "Shut 'em down! Shut 'em down, it's perverted!"
[edit] Response to the aired segment
Furry fan Xydexx made an interesting point about the broadcast[1]:
| I think the fact that Rush Limbaugh made fun of furries (he picked up that report after FC2005) may have played a big part in the ultimate demise of their brand of humor |
