Rush Limbaugh Tucson Billboard: Inappropriate?

A Rush Limbaugh billboard in Tucson could be considered just a tad inappropriate after the shootings that have taken place there.

The billboard advertising Rush Limbaugh's show says "RUSH LIMBAUGH STRAIGHT SHOOTER" and is covered with giant bullet holes (you can see the photo on Gawker here). Luckily, there's no particular target on the billboard (are you taking notes on how to properly use firearms to promote yourself, Sarah Palin?), but since the bullet holes are scattered all over the billboard, it looks like Rush Limbaugh is not exactly a straight shot (when you're that angry all the time, it's probably hard to stay still when taking shots).

Of course there's no proof that Rush Limbaugh himself had any say in the design of the sign, which features the News Talk 790 KNST logo. And, interestingly enough, if you head over to KNST's website, you'll find an ad for a gun show scheduled for January 15th. So is this all some right-wing conspiracy to get guns in the hands of Rush Limbaugh fans?

Of course I don't believe that (just had to point out the weird coincidence), and Rush Limbaugh doesn't need to do any advertising for guns; the Tucson shooting was apparently advertising enough, as sales of the same Glock pistol used by Jared Loughner skyrocketed after the shooting. Plus it's not like the Rush Limbaugh billboard was put up after the shooting or anything, and, as has been pointed out time and time again, the gunman involved in the Tucson shooting was just a crazy individual, not a whole group of conservatives or liberals that are blindly following someone encouraging them to do violent things.

So will Sarah Palin call the media out again for their "blood libel" against Rush Limbaugh for pointing out this unfortunate billboard? Well, hopefully she's learned not to use that term anymore as part of the learning experience she's gone through lately (gun imagery and targets = bad; anti-Semitic phrases = bad; not making accusations of any kind and offering kind and caring words for victims and their families = good). And will Rush Limbaugh have someone take the sign down, whether he's responsible for the imagery or not?

Well, the fact that it's getting the attention of the media will definitely make for a great show discussing it, so he'll love it for the attention his show gets. Plus, if he does take it down, he'll be admitting that there's something wrong with it, and I just don't know if he's capable of doing that.

SOURCES:
http://790knst.clearcontests.com/front/OpenContest.asp?Action=Login&SurveyID=108617&zx=287
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/6212156/sarah_palin_blood_libel_she_just_cant.html?cat=9
http://gawker.com/5732700/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/atlantic/20110112/cm_atlantic/glocksalesincreaseafterarizonashooting6545