Prime Example of Male Hypocrisy

I listen to Rush Limbaugh on a regular basis. I think he's a male chauvanist, but in other ways I agree with much of what he says.

But...there's no denying that he doesn't think much of women. Hilary CLinton, in my opinion, is a lousy politician, but you can convey this by criticizing her politics, not by commenting on her hair, her voice, how much she's aged, ya da ya da... stuff that is never said about a male politician. (Well, Rush does get in some shots about the "Breck girl" - John Edwards because of his perfectly coiffed hair, but usually when he's criticizing male politicians its their politics he criticizes, he does not refer to them as "screeching", for example...but let a female politician say something with which he disagrees, and those subtle little put-downs come into play.

So, I was watching the Haney Project tonight, first episode of the Rush Limbaugh series. And Limbaugh is about 100 pounds overweight, maybe more.

Of course they've got the obligatory beautiful and slender woman in revealing clothing - Haney's wife, wearing shorts up to here, and next week, the skimpiest of bikinis...not quite sure why that's there except to provide eye candy for the guys, as I guess they don't think women are going to watch this.

[Well, let me just say this, pals, some women are watching it and we want eye candy too, eye candy that is most definitely not provided by Rush or Haney.]

So anyway, Rush is hitting a shot, looks at it go, and says, "That's a little bit Oprah."

Haney doesn't know what this means.

"It was a little bit fat," explains Rush.

Now, I know that Rush deliberately says certain things to get the media riled up, but this was really a bit silly. Don't get the media riled up when the riposte is so obvious, as in this case. Oprah at her heaviest never weighed as much as Limbaugh does now.

But that's the double standard. A guy can have a paunch, and he'll honestly believe that he's still irresistable to women. But let his wife or girlfriend develop a paunch, and he'll be on her immediately to lose weight!

Anyway, just felt like ranting.