Derision of the president on his program is nothing new, but Rush Limbaugh’s tone today may have struck the ears of regular listeners as particularly disdainful, taking his contempt of the president to a new level.

The nation’s preeminent conservative talk radio host referred to Mr. Obama as a “jackass,” an “economic illiterate” and an “idiot, where capitalism is concerned.”

The rough stuff came during a monologue on the president’s position on extending the Bush tax cuts to all but the top two percent of wage earners.

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The article seems to imply that Rush was giving obuma hell for not having a clue about the "Laffer Curve" which has been a common concept for over 30 years. -- Raise the tax rates and tax revenues go down because it becomes worthwhile for those being taxed to find ways to avoid the high taxes. Lower the rates and revenues go up because it's not worth the trouble to avoid the lower rates.

I agree with Rush in principle, anyone who shows great and enthusiastic disdain for "the won" is a friend of mine. But I would not disparage jackasses. They are hard-working, sure-footed, pack animals, the original off-road vehicle for carrying heavy loads into the boonies. They eat a diet similar to horses, some grass, hay, oats, some fruit if they can get it, and it passes through their alimentary system and comes out the back end.

Now, if Rush had called obuma a big, stinking pile of jackass shit, I would have been pleased to concur with his assessment.