Limbaugh: "Does Our Looks-Obsessed Culture Want to Stare At An Aging Woman?"

Today, the Drudge Report featured a not-so-flattering picture of Hillary Clinton with the screaming headline "THE TOLL OF A CAMPAIGN." Clinton, who turned 60 in October, has been traveling around Iowa and this morning hit up all six morning shows as part of a media blitz now that her campaign there has entered panic mode.

On his radio show today, Rush Limbaugh asked, "Does our looks obsessed culture want to stare at an aging woman?" In his own words:

There is this thing in this country that, as you age -- and this is particularly, you know, women are hardest hit on this, and particularly in Hollywood -- America loses interest in you, and we know this is true because we constantly hear from aging actresses, who lament that they can't get decent roles anymore, other than in supporting roles that will not lead to any direct impact, yay or nay, in the box office. While Hollywood box-office receipts may be stagnant, none of that changes the fact that this is a country obsessed with appearance. It's a country obsessed with looks. The number of people in public life who appear on television or on the big screen, who are content to be who they are, you can probably count on one hand. Everybody's trying to make themselves look different -- and in that situation, in that case, they think they're making themselves look better. It's just the way our culture has evolved. It's the way the country is. It's like almost an addiction that some people have to what I call the perfection that Hollywood presents of successful, beautiful, fun-loving people. So the question is this: Will this country want to actually watch a woman get older before their eyes on a daily basis?

The picture Drudge used:

Comments

[samuraijack]

Oh yeah, but the way- Drudge is gay too. Got it from a good source. The guy is mean to his boyfriends. Jack Out.

[samuraijack]

What's up with Limbergh? I mean, what is that shit plugged into the side of his head? Is that a Brain AED? Does it shock him like some freakin Frankenstein? I don't make fun of the disabled (Limbergh would never do that- right???) but is that one of those Cock-lear implants? If so, shouldn't that be up Limbergh's ass? I heard that's why the Missus Left him, if you dig. Jack Out.

[whatfreshhellisthis]

So Rush's intellectual powers are on the same level as Fred Sanford's (Redd Foxx)---"There ain't nothin' uglier than an old white woman."

Well, I am an old white woman, and though I don't look bad for my age, people never mistake me for Pamela Anderson. For someone as utterly unattractive as Rush to start blathering about how our president should look, is absolutely ridiculous. If appearance is going to be the primary focus, then it's time to shove all of the candidates aside and elect George Clooney. And Rush has to wear a bag over his head henceforth. Though he has the perfect face for radio, I still see his picture way too often.

[Wilburrr]

"I have a dream -- that one day,
Presidential candidates will judged,
NOT by the wrinkles in their skin,
but by the content of their character!"

appologies to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

[nomobull]

LOOKS LIKE THE FAT BLOBBY THING FROM STAR WARS AND HE WANTS TO TALK LOOKS

[gopindrag]

I can't hear his name without recalling amyl nitrite sold under the name Rush. It was a gay sex thing. A good fit for the fat, bald cigar sucking sissy bitch.

[shotgunblast]

Irrelevant fat loser says what?

[ProfessorDuh]

This, coming from a human fart like Rush Limbaugh.

[mivogo]

If Rush meant what he said, about the lousy values of Hollywood and its/our shallow obsession with age, then he should be applauding an older, experienced woman running for office.

But as usual, he's full of crap, saying how terrible Hollywood is for creating this environment, while doing the exact same thing. ("It's not me, it's them!")

We see through you, chunky boy.

[tbone99]

Actually watching a strong older woman the ONLY reason I can think of to vote for Hilary- she's brilliant, and courageous- setting a new standard for American women with guts.Too bad about her politics.

[hcbuck]

That comment is so incredibly sexist. Politics is filled to the gills with older men, not all of them having had procedures (that it seems Rush opted to have). Personally, the reasons that I want to see someone (or not) has nothing to do with how they age or if they choose to have plastic surgery to try and preserve what little looks they have left. I happen to care more about what someone SAYS rather than how they look.

[Ohiomom]

Since when is Rush Limpballs an expert on women? How many failed relationships has he had? How many illegal Cuban cigars has he imported? Who cares about Rush Limpballs?

[maddog2112]

This is why talk radio needs to go away. It should be ruled political commercials and treated as such. IT serves no purpose in society but to mislead and lie to the stupid, ignorant people it preys on.

[blueshift]

Do we want to listen to an aging gasbag?

[Susanholmes]

unbefreakinglievable

like most progressives, i don't support her canidacy for president but as a woman and - more importantly - a human being, i think comments like these are disgusting and have no place in our political culture, other than perhaps one of "pariah."