Der Limbaugh is finally, finally, at long last, getting at least a tiny taste of his richly-deserved comeuppance. But why now? I've been wondering why this didn't happen sooner. Why now?
How did he weather the storm surrounding "Barack the Magic Negro?" Or "I hope he fails?" Or any number of other sick things that have tumbled out of his mouth over the last 20 years?
Is it because it comes on the heels of the Komen Foundation debacle? Is it because birth control is a subject people just assumed was long-settled? Is it because of the Catholic Church's simultaneous hypocrisy on pedophilia and contraception? (To say nothing of abortion.)
It's not like Limbaugh has taken a turn to the right recently or anything. He's always been this extreme.
Maybe part of what's fueling the fire is that it's finally starting to dawn on people who should have known better that Rush Limbaugh is the sclerotic beating heart of the Republican Party.