Michael Faulkner (Michael Faulkner) http://www.michaelfaulkner.us Actor, Songwriter, Activist, Blogger Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:03:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Michael Faulkner is an actor, songwriter/singer, and sundry other things. He releases these things to the world. Check him out at http://michaelfaulkner.us Actor, Songwriter, Activist, Blogger Michael Faulkner actor, songwriter, indy, alternative, lo-fi no Michael Faulkner mf@michaelfaulkner.us Rush, the Racist Bigot http://www.michaelfaulkner.us/2009/09/rush-the-racist-bigot/ http://www.michaelfaulkner.us/2009/09/rush-the-racist-bigot/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:19:51 +0000 TheFaulkner http://www.michaelfaulkner.us/?p=24 Here’s a song I wrote in 2007, all about the controversy surrounding Rush Limbaugh’s use of the “parody” song, “Barack, the Magic Negro,” set to the tune of Peter, Paul & Mary’s iconic “Puff, the Magic Dragon.”

Rush Limbaugh has a way of insinuating that he isn’t a racist because he didn’t “come up with” the term “magic negro,” or that he’s protected by satire laws. But this is too simple an argument, the modern equivalent of  ”Well, I can tell racist jokes because I have black friends.”

Since Obama’s election as President, Rush’s racism and hatred have been on even greater display. All of the clips of Rush actually using racist language in the song are from broadcasts prior to the Presidential campaign of 2008 entering full swing. One only has to visit Media Matters to see what he’s been up to lately, including advocating a re-do of the civil war. Is there really any question left?  Enjoy the song. If you’d like to have it for your very own, you can download by right-clicking (or control-clicking on a mac) here and selecting “download linked file” or something similar depending on your browser (I use Firefox).

LYRICS:

Oh Rush, the racist bigot

Spews hatred with glee

In direct relation to

His growing irrelevancy

Rush the racist bigot

Has lost his market share

His last book tanked, TV show stank

Yet he’s still on the air

Little Donnie Imus went out on a limb

Calling b-ball players hos got his butt handed to him

Limbaugh took a lesson from this fateful play

Thinking he could cause his own scandal and bring ratings his way, oh…

Oh Rush, the racist bigot

Spews hatred with glee

In direct relation to

His growing irrelevancy

Rush the racist bigot

In an oxycontin haze

Trying to outdo himself

In more outrageous ways

So Rush found a new target in candidate Barack

And started playing a silly song to distract you from Iraq

But no one really listened, causing poor Limbaugh to whine

And play it over and over again some thirty million times

Then some fancy bloggers made a tape and posted it

Rush he had to smile now someone finally gave a shit

Ask yourself why Donnie Imus said one thing and lost his job

Rush has done worse ten thousand times and folks just wink and nod

Oh Rush, the racist bigot

Has to hate so he can earn

The big bucks – still, he’ll never match

The audience of Stern

Me I’m a nobody

On a website few do know

But if Rush ever responds to this

You’ll know it’s truth I tell, Oh….

Rush, the racist bigot

Spews hatred with glee

In direct relation to

His growing irrelevancy

]]> http://www.michaelfaulkner.us/2009/09/rush-the-racist-bigot/feed/ 0 Here’s a song I wrote in 2007, all about the controversy surrounding Rush Limbaugh’s use of the “parody” song, “Barack, the Magic Negro,” set to the tune of Peter, Paul & Mary’s iconic “Puff, the Magic Dragon.” Rush Limbaugh has a way of insinuating that he isn’t a racist because he didn’t “come up with” the term “magic negro,” or that he’s protected by satire laws. But this is too simple an argument, the modern equivalent of  ”Well, I can tell racist jokes because I have black friends.” Since Obama’s election as President, Rush’s racism and hatred have been on even greater display. All of the clips of Rush actually using racist language in the song are from broadcasts prior to the Presidential campaign of 2008 entering full swing. One only has to visit Media Matters to see what he’s been up to lately, including advocating a re-do of the civil war. Is there really any question left?  Enjoy the song. If you’d like to have it for your very own, you can download by right-clicking (or control-clicking on a mac) here and selecting “download linked file” or something similar depending on your browser (I use Firefox). LYRICS: Oh Rush, the racist bigot Spews hatred with glee In direct relation to His growing irrelevancy Rush the racist bigot Has lost his market share His last book tanked, TV show stank Yet he’s still on the air Little Donnie Imus went out on a limb Calling b-ball players hos got his butt handed to him Limbaugh took a lesson from this fateful play Thinking he could cause his own scandal and bring ratings his way, oh… Oh Rush, the racist bigot Spews hatred with glee In direct relation to His growing irrelevancy Rush the racist bigot In an oxycontin haze Trying to outdo himself In more outrageous ways So Rush found a new target in candidate Barack And started playing a silly song to distract you from Iraq But no one really listened, causing poor Limbaugh to whine And play it over and over again some thirty million times Then some fancy bloggers made a tape and posted it Rush he had to smile now someone finally gave a shit Ask yourself why Donnie Imus said one thing and lost his job Rush has done worse ten thousand times and folks just wink and nod Oh Rush, the racist bigot Has to hate so he can earn The big bucks – still, he’ll never match The audience of Stern Me I’m a nobody On a website few do know But if Rush ever responds to this You’ll know it’s truth I tell, Oh…. Rush, the racist bigot Spews hatred with glee In direct relation to His growing irrelevancy Here’s a song I wrote in 2007, all about the controversy surrounding Rush Limbaugh’s use of the “parody” song, “Barack, the Magic Negro,” set to the tune of Peter, Paul & Mary’s iconic “Puff, the Magic Dragon.” Rush Limbaugh [...] Michael Faulkner Rush, Limbaugh, dittoheads, racist, bigot no