Limbaugh to Judge 2010 Miss America; Will the Perez Hilton Standard Be in Play?

October 9, 2009 - 03:06 ET

In case you missed it, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh will be expanding his resume - long-time political commentator, potential NFL owner and now Miss America pageant judge.

On the Oct. 8 broadcast of Fox News "On the Record," host Greta Van Sustren revealed that Limbaugh would be one of the national judges for the 2010 Miss America Pageant, scheduled to be held in Las Vegas on Jan. 30, 2010.

"Rush Limbaugh, he's the King of talk radio," Van Sustren said. "He's trying to buy the St. Louis Rams. Well chalk up one more thing - Miss America judge. You heard that right - Rush Limbaugh has been named one of the national judges for the 2010 Miss America pageant. Limbaugh will be one of seven judges for the competition. Now that pageant is in Las Vegas now. It's coming this January at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino."

Van Sustren, a Miss America judge veteran and a part-owner in a NFL, pointed out her similarities to Limbaugh with the news involving the talk show host.

"Two odd coincidences - I was a judge at the 2003 Miss America Pageant, that was one odd coincidence," Van Sustren said. "And I am part-owner - one share of the Green Bay Packers. Of course, my share only cost $200, so Rush is clearly a bigger shot than I am."

But there's also a relevant media angle involved. Earlier this year, blogger Perez Hilton was a judge at the Miss USA Pageant. Hilton, whose real name is Mario Armando Lavandeira, asked a contestant, Miss California Carrie Prejean, what her stance on gay marriage was. Prejean answered, not trading her convictions for a pageant title and wound-up being the runner-up in the contest as a result.

Besides the likely criticism about Limbaugh being a judge, having conservative views that offend liberal sensibilities, will the media hold Limbaugh to the same standard that Hilton was held to with his antics? Or, in other words, would Limbaugh be given a pass like Hilton by the media should he ask a loaded-conservative question and be allowed to penalize a contestant if the answer doesn't conform to his views - just as Hilton did to Prejean in April?

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Here we go again.....

Whatever happened to the way that they used to do the Miss America Pageant?

Yes, here we go again. Will they give him the same standards? Ha I don't give them that much credit.

So you can pay $200 and be part owner of the Packers!? AWESOME!

Would that mean I get free cheese hats?

Well the only thing I would be willing to predict, is that Fox News will be supportive of anything Rush does.

I personally wish I could get my cable company to re-classify Fox News as an infomercial station, since they've made it clear they don't believe in reporting any news accurately. They seem to believe that slanting everything to the right will balance the left slant we get elsewhere. It's like a guy who sees the guy next to him miss the target to the left, so he shoots to the right of his, thinking that will result in a dead center shot.