The Miss America Organization has announced that Rush Limbaugh will be one of the judges of the pageant to be held January 30, 2010.
"We are thrilled to have Rush join us for our pageant this year," said MAO President and CEO, Art McMaster. "We know that the 2010 Miss America Pageant will be filled with new twists and exciting opportunities with him as one of our national judges."
As a long-time pageant queen, I am appalled. Has Mr. McMaster (pictured at left above) lost his mind? Miss America is supposed to be an iconic, unifying figure in our culture. Choosing one of the most divisive figures in national media as a judge is inviting needless controversy. Does he not realize Rush's history of racist and sexist comments? Rush Limbaugh said he would be forced to "bend over and grab his ankles" for President Obama because he's black. He called the President the "little black man-child." He said slavery in the South "had it's merits" because "the streets were safer after dark." He told an African-American woman caller to "take the bone out of her nose and call me back." Speaking of women, Limbaugh justified John Edwards' affair by saying “Edwards might be attracted to a woman whose mouth did something other than talk.” Another Rush gem: “He’s trying to figure out how he can get involved in the deal down there at Duke where the lacrosse team…supposedly, you know, raped, some, uh, hos.”
Does this seem appropriate for an organization that prides itself on being " the world's largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women?" If you would like to express your disgust at this development, like I did, here is contact information for the Miss America Organization:
222 New Road
Suite 700
Linwood, NJ 08221
Fax: 609-653-8740
info@MissAmerica.org
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