Simple solution to Rush Limbaugh/Famous Missourians flap
Bob Priddy, a Missouri journalist and historian, has helpfully provided a backgrounder on the Hall of Famous Missourians, which is in the center of a controversy over plans to induct radio blowhard Rush Limbaugh into its fold of dignitaries.
House Speaker Steve Tilley, a Republican from southeast Missouri, has commissioned a bust of Limbaugh and wants to induct him this year. But that plan is under fire by a number of groups, who think Limbaugh should be disqualified permanently from the hall for his recent out-of-bounds remarks calling a law student a “slut” and a “prostitute” for speaking out in favor of birth control coverage in health insurance policies.
As Priddy explained, the Hall of Famous Missourians was started 30 years ago, when some spouses of legislators decided to raise funds for busts. After awhile it became the semi-official prerogative of the speaker of the House to raise funds and select inductees.
The early policy was that somebody had to be dead to be inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians. That is a great idea and would eliminate the current Rush controversy. According to Priddy, it was former Speaker Rod Jetton who departed from tradition by inducting John Ashcroft and Bob Barker, both very much alive. That was just one of many bad decisions for which Jetton will be remembered.
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