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It’s not a particularly accurate likeness…

19 Tuesday Feb 2013

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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bust, capitol, Jefferson City, missouri, Rush Limbaugh

…they left out the bronze foot in his mouth.

The bronze bust of Rush Limbaugh in the Missouri Capitol.

Couldn’t help it. Had to make the pilgrimage.

Previously:

There’s no room for sluts in the gallery. There is for prostitutes. (March 5, 2012)

Destined to be one of the top political quotes in the history of Missouri (March 5, 2012)

Steve Tilley owes Dred Scott and Buck O’Neil an apology (March 6, 2012)

Rush’s Bust (March 6, 2012)

What has your representative said about honoring Rush? (March 7, 2012)

Rush Limbaugh’s bust ain’t exactly a hit in small town Missouri (March 7, 2012)

Rush Limbaugh (r): on derangement (May 14, 2012)

The first inductee into the Hall of Infamous Missourians (May 15, 2012)

Speaker Steve Tilley (r): on Rush Limbaugh and intolerant liberals (May 15, 2012)

This would have left a mark, if they cared… (May 16, 2012)

This would have left a mark, if they cared…

16 Wednesday May 2012

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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bust, capitol, hall of famous missourians, missouri, Rush Limbaugh, Steve Tilley

From an editorial in today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Editorial: Missouri Speaker’s legacy: It’s El Rushbo’s House now

….Mr. Tilley forever will be known as the man who turned what lawmakers like to call “The People’s House” into Rush’s House.

On Tuesday, Mr. Limbaugh repaid the favor, lavishing praise on Mr. Tilley to his national radio audience and replaying clips of his induction speech.

Mr. Tilley, who has turned monetizing public service into an art form, sold out the people for 15 seconds of fame.

Cha-ching.

Previously:

There’s no room for sluts in the gallery. There is for prostitutes. (March 5, 2012)

Destined to be one of the top political quotes in the history of Missouri (March 5, 2012)

Steve Tilley owes Dred Scott and Buck O’Neil an apology (March 6, 2012)

Rush’s Bust (March 6, 2012)

What has your representative said about honoring Rush? (March 7, 2012)

Rush Limbaugh’s bust ain’t exactly a hit in small town Missouri (March 7, 2012)

Rush Limbaugh (r): on derangement (May 14, 2012)

The first inductee into the Hall of Infamous Missourians (May 15, 2012)

Speaker Steve Tilley (r): on Rush Limbaugh and intolerant liberals (May 15, 2012)

Students for a Better Missouri, Speaker Steve Tilley (r), and Rush's bust

09 Friday Mar 2012

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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bust, missouri, Rush Limbaugh, Steve Tilley

Students for a Better Missouri at the Missouri Capitol.

“Misogyny is not a Missouri value”

We received the following report from an individual at the capitol in Jefferson City today:

Twelve University of Missouri students from the group Students for a Better Missouri traveled to the Missouri Capitol today to tell Governor Nixon, Missouri State Senators and State Representatives about their disapproval of Speaker Steve Tilley choosing Rush Limbaugh for induction into the Missouri Capitol’s “Hall of Famous Missourians”.  Limbaugh’s recent comments about female college student Sandra Fluke, who testified about insurance-paid birth control February 23, 2012 in the U.S. House Democratic Steering Committee, have enraged many women and men across the nation. Since making the comments about Fluke, many of Limbaugh’s radio show sponsors have stopped advertising with his program.

House Speaker Steve Tilley met with the college students in his office, but no one from the press was allowed, nor was recording or videoing allowed by the students. Speaker Tilley, who chose Limbaugh’s bust to be inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians as part of the honor of being Speaker, explained that, while he does not agree with every comment Limbaugh makes or has made, he feels his choice to include Limbaugh into the Hall of Famous Missourians is appropriate.  He said Limbaugh is a Missouri native who grew up in southeast Missouri “and started with nothing, but is now the most recognized radio announcer in the nation.” Tilley said Limbaugh is very successful both on the radio as well as having raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for cancer research.  He said there have been other controversial figures inducted into the Hall, including Mark Twain whom Tilley called racist as well as bank robber Jesse James, but that none these inductions should be politicized and not everyone agreed with all of the inductees in the past.

One of the male students asked if the way a person is chosen for induction should be changed to avoid controversy, but Tilley did not respond to the question, instead again saying he believed his choice to induct Limbaugh was the correct choice.

Several in the group said the words, and the continued use of those words,  by Limbaugh used when talking about Fluke – “slut”, “prostitute”, “whore” – were offensive and abusive to all women, and told Speaker Tilley it would be a poor reflection on the State of Missouri, and that it would seem Missouri condoned this treatment of women, if the State went forward with the induction.  Tilley said Limbaugh’s comments, while unfortunate, would not deter anyone from coming to the State Capitol.  One woman said she would not feel welcome in the Capitol if the bust is placed in the Hall of Famous Missourians.  Tilley said that was unfortunate but did not feel it would stop any others from going to the Capitol.

When asked if he had ever called a woman a slut, Tilley said he could not remember if he had. “Maybe when I was younger I might have,” he said.

Representative Mary Still (D 25) spoke with the students and introduced them on the House Floor.  She encouraged their continued participation with this and all other issues, and invited them to stop by her office any time the students went to the Capitol.  One student asked Still if a bill could be introduced in the House to stop the induction of Limbaugh and Still said she’d look in to the possibility.

Governor Nixon was unavailable to speak with the students, but they spoke with Nixon’s aide and she received the students’ letter to the Governor.

Senator Kurt Schaefer, while he listened to the students about their disapproval of Limbaugh’s induction, would not comment whether he did or did not support the Limbaugh induction.

“….He said there have been other controversial figures inducted into the Hall, including Mark Twain whom Tilley called racist as well as bank robber Jesse James, but that none these inductions should be politicized and not everyone agreed with all of the inductees in the past….”

Uh, Jesse James is not, in fact, in the Hall of Famous Missourians.

Students for a Better Missouri with Representative Mary Still (D).

A letter from the students:

March 7, 2012

Students for a Better Missouri

[….]

To Whom It May Concern:

Members of students for a Better Missouri are outraged by the recent nomination of Rush Limbaugh by Missouri House Speaker, Steven Tilley, into the Hall of famous Missourians. We are demanding reconsideration by the House before honoring a man who has gained notoriety through a career polluting the public sphere with general negativity.

Rush Limbaugh financially benefits by purposely being insulting, offensive and discriminatory, and for the state of Missouri to honor such achievements is an utter disgrace.

We feel this induction would turn our hall of fame into nothing but a hall of shame. We should be honoring people who better society, not people who outwardly and purposely offend the citizens of this country.

Limbaugh would be joining the likes of mark Twain, Sacajwea, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Harry S. Truman. All of these figures are people w ho, despite any controversy surrounding their induction at the time, have undisputedly made some positive impact or significant artistic contribution to society.

By inducting Rush Limbaugh in the hall of famous Missourians, the Missouri House of Representatives is revering the dissemination of sexist, racist, misogynistic and offensive ideals.

In the words of past inductee, Mark Twain, “A man’s character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.” The words of Limbaugh do not speak to a character that deserves this sort of reward or recognition.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Previously:

There’s no room for sluts in the gallery. There is for prostitutes. (March 5, 2012)

Destined to be one of the top political quotes in the history of Missouri (March 5, 2012)

Steve Tilley owes Dred Scott and Buck O’Neil an apology (March 6, 2012)

Rush’s Bust (March 6, 2012)

What has your representative said about honoring Rush? (March 7, 2012)

Rush Limbaugh’s bust ain’t exactly a hit in small town Missouri (March 7, 2012)

Rush Limbaugh's bust ain't exactly a hit in small town Missouri

08 Thursday Mar 2012

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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bust, Daily Star Journal, missouri, Rush Limbaugh, Warrensburg

Previously:

There’s no room for sluts in the gallery. There is for prostitutes. (March 5, 2012)

Destined to be one of the top political quotes in the history of Missouri (March 5, 2012)

Steve Tilley owes Dred Scott and Buck O’Neil an apology (March 6, 2012)

Rush’s Bust (March 6, 2012)

What has your representative said about honoring Rush? (March 7, 2012)

A Letter to the Editor in today’s Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal:

Limbaugh’s foot in mouth

Listening to Rush Limbaugh spew his characteristic vitriol over national television news and, this time, college coed, Susan Fluke, was appalling…..

….Filthy descriptors from the mouth of an overpaid windbag attacking someone he had never met raises the question of his own character (or lack thereof). Sadly, for those who see Limbaugh as a viable spokesperson for conservative viewpoints, his latest rant only underscores the unbalanced and incongruent thinking that he has come to represent to many Americans….

[emphasis in original]

There was also an unsigned lead editorial in the same issue of the paper:

Limbaugh does not belong in state hall

The Hall of Famous Missourians should not include Rush Limbaugh.

Many Missourians would not recognize Limbaugh as famous; infamous, perhaps. But the hall is meant for famous Missourians and his nomination has more to do with being a windbag known for spewing hate – calling a college kid a whore, suggesting Michael J. Fox faked a disease = than for selfless accomplishments….

…[Speaker] Tilley’s suggestion about Limbaugh deserving to be in the hall just for being a well-known radio personality sounds more like an excuse than a rational reason.

Tilley added in his AP interview that the hall is about famous as opposed to “universally loved Missourians.” That, too, sounds like bunk….

….The fact, though, about Limbaugh being picked for the hall appears as simple as this: Tilley is a Republican and Limbaugh is a spokesman for the Republican Party, so Limbaugh gets into the hall and more deserving Missourians do not.

[emphasis in original]

Did you catch that? “…Limbaugh is a spokesman for the Republican Party…” When you read that in a small town Missouri newspaper it’s the beginning of the end.

But, wait, there’s more. Editor Jack Miles also wrote an op-ed piece in today’s paper:

James more deserving than Rush

I would sooner see Old Drum entered into the Hall of Famous Missourians in Jefferson City than Rush Limbaugh or anyone else whose main claim to fame is being a mouthpiece for a particular political party….

….Hearing House Speaker Steve Tilley, therefore, argue for putting Limbaugh into the Hall of Missourians makes no sense. Limbaugh serves a particular party, not the American people. As such, Limbaugh serves a group, an agenda, but not the nation….

….If simply being well known is a new criteria for being in the Hall of famous Missourians, then Jesse James has my vote over Limbaugh….

[emphasis in original]

“…Limbaugh serves a particular party, not the American people…” Ah, here’s the rub: for republicans that’s a feature, not a bug.

Destined to be one of the top political quotes in the history of Missouri

06 Tuesday Mar 2012

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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bust, missouri, Rush Limbaugh, State Capitol, Steve Tilley

….”It’s not the hall of universally loved Missourians. It’s the Hall of Famous Missourians….”

– Speaker Steve Tilley (r) defending his decision to place a bust of Rush Limbaugh in the state capitol.

It’s not exactly a ringing endorsement, is it?

Previously: There’s no room for sluts in the gallery. There is for prostitutes. (March 5, 2012)

There's no room for sluts in the gallery. There is for prostitutes.

05 Monday Mar 2012

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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bust, missouri, Rush Limbaugh, State Capitol

A Rush Limbaugh bronze bust in the Missouri State Capitol?

Bad timing.

[….]

[RUSH] LIMBAUGH: So Miss Fluke, and the rest of you Feminazis, here’s the deal. If we are going to pay for your contraceptives, and thus pay for you to have sex. We want something for it. We want you post the videos online so we can all watch.

[….]

Progress Missouri ‏ @ProgressMO

A @RushLimbaugh bust in the #MO Capitol? No. Freaking. Way. Sign the petition here: progressmissouri.org/norush #moleg (Please RT!)12:30 PM – 5 Mar 12

….Yep, for those of you keeping score at home that is 3 busts for the The Missouri State Capital this year.  Yahoo!

The official press release will be out later this week, but we wanted to let you know first.

That’ll go over really well, don’t you think?

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