By George Marston
This just in: I have even less in common with Rush Limbaugh than I thought.
Yesterday, while fielding a call from a comic book retailer regarding the “Political Power: Rush Limbaugh” comic book from Bluewater Comics, Limbaugh not only pointed out some factual inaccuracies — namely, about the name of his cat — but also admitted that he has never read a comic book.
Here is the transcript, from Limbaugh’s own website:
RUSH: I’ve never read comic books, in fact. I just never have. You know, I was stunned. I mean, I’ve heard of Spider-Man and all that stuff but I’ve never read them. I didn’t know Iron Man was a comic book. They make these movies. (interruption) The staff is worried here that I’m somehow doing harm to myself by admitting truthful aspects. What is so horrible about not having…? (interruption) Well, I’m sorry, Snerdley. Sorry, Snerdley. (interruption) Snerdley’s telling me that Marvel comic books are a way of life for American boys. See, that’s… (interruption) X-Men. I never knew the X-Men was a comic book. When I saw the first X-Men movies, I thought, “Wow, somebody’s got a creative imagination.” I never knew X-Men was a comic book… …Comic books are like Rockwell Americana stuff? Sorry. Sorry. Not me.
He does, however add that, “I am a superhero as an individual,” and that he dug the art of the book. (Although he didn’t actually read it.) So… that’s pretty much that. Just to set the record straight, this being a “no spin zone” and all, Limbaugh has NEVER owned a cat named Banjo (the name is Punkin!), and he never, NEVER read a comic book. So just drop it already.
[Tip of the hat to Rich]
May 13th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
So I’m assuming the comic didn’t include his being caught with precription pills and an underage boy?
May 13th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
How benevolent of this true super hero to come down to the lowly level of we comic book readers and regular humans to grace us with his illustrated biography.
*eyeroll*
The worst part of the quote “I am a superhero as an individual” is that he truly believes that and is not being ironic. Sorry, but I’ll stick to that label for firemen and police officers, thanks!
May 13th, 2010 at 1:11 pm
Oh WOW! Just look at the cover image! His face is actually sinking into his neck like a rusty Camaro chassis into the front yard of a typical representative of his listening audience.
May 13th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
He’s never read a comic in his life. At least, not that he’s willing to admit, huh?
This might explain more than a few things.
February 24th, 2011 at 2:33 pm
is it just me or does the image on the front of his comic look alot like Archie Bunker ” can it meat head”!