printSilly me; I had imagined that the fourth marriage of an iconic American conservative, at the ripe age of 59, would be a little less ostentatious than Michelle Obama’s disco party for Mexican President Felipe Calderon. No such luck.
The latest Mrs. Limbaugh is half his age. Not unattractive; she’s certainly a trophy wife. The boob job is identifiable a mile away. I see identical mounds everywhere around me.
“Serial monogamists” is how Larry Auster thinks of “the Republican Party’s three major stars—Gingrich, Giuliani, Limbaugh,” who’ve “reached a milestone,” since all three have been married three times.
“With this trinity of thrice-married ‘conservative’ deities on tap, who knows what wonders 2012 might bring? Perhaps a Gingrich-Giuliani presidential ticket, with Limbaugh presiding at the inaugural ceremony.”
Run for cover.
UPDATE: “I’M A SINGLE LADY.” Men, especially powerful wealthy ones, have always been able to court younger women. The kind way to put it is that power and wealth are aphrodisiacs to women. The harsher reality is this: to be prepared to bed an older, overweight man (albeit with means), a young woman in her prime is probably also greedy (there are exceptions, of course).
I don’t care for the reductionist biological explanations of why older, uglier men can attract young attractive ladies.
UPDATE II (Aug. 13): What do you know, the ditto heads have been rushing headlong into this blog, unburdened by fact (or principle), blinded by their factional loyalties.
Here’s some red meat from our Rush Archive, for the “yes” men and women who are incapable of critical thought, only blind obeisance:
I’ve noticed Limbaugh does everything over the top. The Manhattan apartment he was selling a couple of months ago looked like it was a wing at Versailles where the king kept his mistresses. He loves the garish. These three hypocrites never cease to amaze.
I just can’t fault the blowhard for trying to find happiness with a trophy wife. I won’t rate his chances at being happy too highly, though (but there’s no way to say for sure). Generally, plastic boobs translates to a plastic person, vain and shallow.
What a joke. Limbaugh and Gingrich are clowns and phonies. I’ve never understood why a younger, attractive woman would want a much older man. I assume it is just money. I just laugh at these people. Rush thinks he will finally be happy with this one, but he will not be. How long until his next divorce?
I wish I had Rush’s money, Rush’s toys and Rush’s babe. More power to him. And as far as her boobs are concerned I think she carries them very well.
The flotsam of the Grand Ole Party would, it just so happens, make the perfect jetsam – if only there were anyone sapient enough to start heaving.
Well, my wife was pretty too so there is no accounting for taste!
Not only does financial benefits follow but also FAME. Even that modern day intellectual giant, Levi Johnston, has turned his “physique” and his 15 minutes of fame into a semi-permanent meal ticket.
Perhaps some ambitious stud will shack up with Sonia Sotomayor or Elana Kagan and get his 15 minutes as well. Can gay and lesbian “trophy marriages” be far behind, either?
Why not just wish Rush and his new bride the same health and happiness that any of us would want for ourselves, our family members, or our friends?
What a petty bunch indeed.
Ostentation is no vice for a proud and successful private citizen on his wedding day or any other. Nor is it hypocrisy to point out the total vice of the ostentatious politician who flaunts his public theft in the faces of the public.
Rush has given to various charitable causes and in amounts vastly exceeding his critics.
Well, if I were a young, attractive potential trophy-wife, seeing how casually older women are discarded by the well-off and powerful, I’d probably drive a hard bargain too.
I know we’re supposed to marry for love here in the West, but I also know for a fact that being a wife (and perhaps a mother too) is also a J-O-B.
And while there are no doubt some women who would do it for love and little money, this old saying is still true: “It’s just as easy to love a rich man as a poor one.”
Hey, would that guy love his trophy wife so much if she weren’t so pretty? You get what you pay for, even if the payment isn’t always denominated in money.
Sorry to be so cynical. When I was growing up, marriage didn’t seem like it was any bargain for a woman.
I’ve been in a long-term live-in relationship, and I’m happy with him, but I have to say I’m still somewhat cynical about marriage.
I will also say that even in past relationships where I paid more of the bills, the guy always expected me to act like a wife (cook and clean for him) and cater to him. *Sigh*
What surprises me is not that “Maha Rushie” (his ridiculous nickname for himself) got married to a pretty blonde, but that he didn’t marry Ann Coulter! Those two are birds of a feather–establishment, Republican, and statist to the utmost, and unlikely to upset the applecart that’s produced a great harvest for both.
The unfortunate thing is that so many so-called conservatives look to “Maha-Rushie” as some kind of hero. Hmmm…is he going to bring us back to limited, constitutional, republican government…or is he just waiting to put the next crop of statist Republicans forward in the next election?
To N J Patriot: Well and darn well said. To Barbara Grant: I listen to Rush on a daily basis and he absolutely espouses conservative, small government principles over the Republican party. As a matter of fact he is usually critical of the Republicans for their lack of backbone in dealing with the country’s problems. Maybe he is a middle class country boy who just got money and is short on taste the way he flaunts it. So what? Why is it even important? Rush is like me. (Except on payday.” That’s why I like him.
[Have you read my posted pieces? No, of course not. Barbara is 100% correct.]
I don’t care for the reductionist biological explanations of why older, uglier men can attract young attractive ladies.
I don’t care for the reductionist biological explanation of anything.
When you agree to marry someone, you swear an oath to them, to be kept unto death. When you commit adultery or initiate a divorce, you are an oath-breaker. In healthy Western societies, few things are reviled more than the oath-breaker, and that is as it should be.
Rush has given to various charitable causes and in amounts vastly exceeding his critics.
The whore who gives to charity is still a whore.