Rush Limbaugh, great specimen of physical health that he is, has decided that Secretary of State John Kerry is too old to ride a bicycle, and made that and other patently ridiculous claims about Kerry on his radio show Monday.
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Secretary Kerry broke the femur bone in his leg over the weekend while cycling in Geneva. Kerry has been a cyclist for decades, but Limbaugh thinks it’s time for him to get a cane, a walker, or a wheelchair and act his age. Here’s what he said about Kerry:
“Do you know how old John Kerry is? It’s tough, you know. You can’t tell a horse’s age when you look it, and since Kerry looks like a horse, it’s tough. But he’s 71 years old. Now, would somebody tell me something? What is a 71-year-old man, secretary of state, doing riding a bicycle — or, alternatively, windsurfing off Nantucket? Why is somebody riding a bicycle while in the midst of sensitive negotiations and attempting to secure nuclear weapons for Iran? Exercise? BS.”
Maybe John Kerry likes staying in shape instead of looking like a float in the Macy’s parade, Rush. Did you ever consider that? Personally, I admire the fact that Secretary Kerry cares about his health and exercises. We should all hope to be as active as he is at his age.
But Limbaugh was just getting warmed up, and he then added this crapola:
“You’d have never seen Dean Rusk with a bicycle out there. You’d have never seen Dean Acheson out there at Dulles on a bike. You’d have never seen the great Colin Powell out there on a bicycle heading off to a meeting at the UN. This is embarrassing.”
You’re the embarrassment, Rush. Take a look at yourself and tell me if you think maybe you should try emulating John Kerry and doing some exercise.
Finally, Limbaugh decided he’d make fun of the fact that Secretary Kerry served with distinction in the Vietnam War, and he vomited up this:
“John Kerry should apply for another Purple Heart. Yeah, another Purple Heart. Well, it was an on-the-job injury, kind of, taking a break from sensitive negotiations with the Iranians, riding his stupid bicycle.”
At least Kerry served his country, Rush, which is more than I can say for you. John Kerry earned three Purple Hearts and volunteered to join the military for a war that many had already decided was a losing cause.
When he is fully healed and ready to take up cycling again, I hope Secretary Kerry will continue to ride his bike, if only to annoy jackasses like Rush Limbaugh.
Ride on, Mr. Secretary. Ride on.
