The Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Were you watching the recent State of the Union address?  You know, the one where our Presidential Medal of Freedom was presented by our First Lady to Rush Limbaugh?  

If you were, then you were quite possibly filled with pride and admiration and appreciation for a true pioneer of the radio arts who's now fighting Stage 4 lung cancer.  A guy who's been sharing his vision of truth whilst seated in front of the "Golden Microphone" for 3 hours a day, without guests, for more than 30 years.  A guy who virtually invented "talk radio," and has been a mentor for dozens of other such practitioners ever since.  A gentleman who has been named a recognized leader of the conservative movement here in America.  And a professional who deserves the recognition that Trump accorded him in front of the entire Nation.

Or you could be a hyper-partisan, Left-wing Democrat (or "Progressive" or socialist or communist), in which case you likely hate the ground upon which Mr. Limbaugh walks.  You probably believe that he should not have been so recognized, or ever recognized, nor should Trump have done so in such a crass, political and public way.  In fact, you probably believe that all of Limbaugh's advertisers should abandon him, as you've attempted to foment for years, and thus force him off our airwaves.  The truth is you deplore Limbaugh, as well as Trump, and everything for which they stand, and wish they both would just go away.  

Far, far away.

But I thought it might prove helpful to provide a partial listing of some of the nice folks ex-POTUS Obama gifted with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.  Okay?  Here goes...  

  *     Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  *     Ellen Degeneres
  *     Robert De Niro
  *     Tom Hanks
  *     Michael Jordan
  *     Steven Spielberg
  *     Lorne Michaels
  *     Robert Redford
  *     Diana Ross
  *     Bruce Springsteen
  *     Cicely Tyson
  *     Barbra Streisand
  *     James Taylor
  *     Stevie Wonder
  *     Meryl Streep
  *     Loretta Lynn
  *     Dean Smith
  *     Oprah Winfrey
  *     Bob Dylan
  *     Billie Jean King  

So those who believe Trump should not have given Rush Limbaugh his Medal must also believe that none of the above listed Democrats should have received theirs either, right?

Not...