"Ever-growing audience"? What do you mean? He reached his peak in the 1990's when he had that cable tv show, which was canceled after ratings dropped off. And that was even before the oxycontin scandal, possesion of many thousands of illegal narcotics for which he advocated harsh punishment for others, but walked away from any retribution himself.

Are you suggesting he is due for *another* peak? Not many celebs get a second shot after losing the public's interest like Limbaugh did. I know his radio show is popular and has a certain demographic nailed down solidly, but that demographic isn't growing. He has all he's going to get, I think.

I have spent a number of hours listening to the man... my father used to be a big fan. I've had plenty of time to think about his show product and make my private judgment about it. I think he's perfectly dreadful, in that laughs-while-he-stabs-babies, Ann Coulter way.

I think his major appeal is to people who hate to think. Example: Global warming, which even George Bush and other biggie Repuplicans own up to the existance of now. Rush told his audience global warming didn't exist, made fun of Al Gore and scientists who talked about it, called them "Chicken Little", ridiculed scientific evidence in a way that made uneducated people think it was all hogwash because they couldn't understand it and Rush sounded funny.

Scientists warn of global warming and give complicated explanations which are hard for some people to understand and which mean that to remedy them we all have to make some sacrifices which will hurt our wallets and maybe our lifestyles.

Ow, ow, owie, that makes our brains hurt, so Rush jumps in and mocks them relentlessly, and tells people they're full of shit and everything is really okay, the raging Liberals just like raising your taxes for the hell of it, there isn't any real global crisis so relax and sneer with me at the Liberals.

That's his tack with pretty much every issue. He looks for the part of it that makes people worried and confused, then he mocks the warnings and the warners and tells people they'll be all right if they just keep listening to him.

These are the people who still think Obama is a secret Muslim. If anyone proudly proclaims themselves to be a "dittohead" (the term for a Rush Limbaugh follower) I don't know if they can be saved.

That's what natural selection is all about.

Poor baby! Did da widdle wibberal get sneered at? Awwwwwwww!

And all this time you thought YOU and your fellow lefties had the exclusive franchise on sneering at others with whom you disagree. Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! Too bad. Get used to it.

What?

What, what? You expected me to quote your whiny drivel? I'm just saying get over it. Rush Limbaugh is here to stay. Unless, of course, left-wingers figure out how to succeed in their proposed rape of the 1st Amendment, a.k.a. The Fairness (sic) Doctrine.

Thank you for the personal insult; I interpret it as meaning that my words threatened you in some way, frightened you, or made you feel small and inadequate. Point to me!

As for the rest of what you said, it's all non sequitur.

It is rather sad to see someone like yourself, who would otherwise be considered literate, echoing word for word Rush Limbaugh's......."Drive-by media", "Messiah", "rock-star status", etc......

You may be (or not) smart enough to realize that Obama has, objectively, a very good chance of being president.....Yet, rather than rejoicing that he can attract large audiences in a world tired and disenchanted over the plague of the Bush administration, you would echo Rush's bashing along party lines.

If Jim Jones were still around..and a republican, would you join the cult ?

Personal insult? Wait. Don't tell me. You thought only YOU (i.e. left-wingers) had the exclusive on that, too, huh? (See Chocolategenii, above)

Oh my! This must be a day of real revelation for you. Sort of like discovering the truth about Santa Claus, huh?


Interpret in whatever way makes you feel secure. Whatever gets you through the night, 'salright.

I'm sure you have very thick skin!

I don't recall Limbaugh's apologizing for suggesting endlessly that drug addicts should be incarcerated, and basically the key thrown away.

And no, I don't mean "former" oxycontin addict anymore than anyone is a "former" alcoholic. In recovery, perhaps.


I will keep that in mind the next time you whine, and foam, and wet your pants about the left wing media.

What can I say. It's nearly a prerequisite to being a political conservative in America, or even in Fool Moon.