Hello Ross,   
      
    LL>> Rush Limbaugh is the de facto leader of the Republican Party.   
      
    JM>> It's stupid shit like this that makes everything else you post   
    JM>> worthless.   
      
   RC>or you could get Lofaso to concede that Bill Maher is the defacto   
   RC>leader of the Democrats?   
      
   Bill Maher is a comedian.  Rush Limbaugh is a racist and a bigot.   
   Both are entertainers in their own right.  While I do not expect   
   either Maher or Limbaugh to ever run for political office, it would   
   be interesting if both were candidates for president.   
      
   Let's say Maher is the nominee of one party, and Limbaugh is   
   the nominee of another party.  Or perhaps both candidates being   
   Independents, but being the only candidates running.   
      
   Such a race would generate a lot of interest.  Perhaps voter   
   turnout would be much higher than it has been in decades.  Which   
   candidate would win?  Probably Maher, because Maher is funnier.   
   Limbaugh generally just rants and raves, and is rarely funny.   
      
   However, the comedian I would most like to see run, even moreso   
   in a presidential debate, is Don Rickles.  Or better yet, he can   
   be the moderator for the upcoming debates between the Democratic   
   nominee (most certainly Barack Obama) and the Republican nominee   
   (presumably Mitt Romney, but could be Rick Santorum, Ron Paul,   
   or Newt Gingrich).  It would be a no-holds barred debate, with   
   the moderator free to throw insults at will to each candidate...   
      
    RC> B. Felten: "Of course not! Of course I'm retarded. Are you surprised?"   
    RC>             (Mar 02, 2012 in FIDONEWS)   
      
   WTF???   
      
   --Lee   
      
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