Thud!
Of course right after Limbaugh took aim at her, the dittoheads' emails started making their way to Margseglia, but if there be anything Limbaugh thinks could shake Marseglia, he might think again. She's dealt with far more grief than anything Limbaugh could deal out. Three years ago she lost her daughter to suicide. A therapist by trade, instead of dwelling on her overwhelming heartache, Marseglia chose to build something positive, going from school to school to enlighten educators to the intolerance and real pressures kid face on a day to day basis.
Consistently placing kids and family ahead of political expediency she's served as chairperson of the Youth Aid Panel, coordinator of the Teen Task Force, and member of the local Suicide Task Force.
Does being nationally demeaned by Limbaugh bother her?
"I take it as a badge of honor," admits Marseglia, "but what bothers me more than anything is that he is in a position to do so much good and instead chooses to breed hate."
Marseglia also feels that Limbaugh's conservative principles are far from principled.
"Besides being unethical, Limbaugh's tactics only point out what a hypocrite he is," said Marseglia. "We had to pay overtime for people to handle the extra registrations, which is fair and proper. But if one voter re-registered on Limbaugh's agenda-driven behalf, then he caused undo taxpayer cost."
How well he has accomplished what he wanted so far is debatable, but while Limbaugh's political drag show drags on, people like Diane Marseglia seem satisfied with just being themselves.
"I'll leave pretend politics to Rush," says Marseglia. "He seems much more comfortable with being a fraud."
Philly native, Steve Young, is an award-winning TV writer and author of "Great Failures of the Extremely Successful (www.greatfailure.com).
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