[peyton randolph]

That used to be conservatism and it showed in his work. There was passion, anger, drive and determined resolve. That’s gone it seems to me.

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Used to listen to him all the time starting the summer of 1990.

I think three things took the wind out of his sails: (1) the utter duplicity of the GOP after the 1994 congressional victories (during the past 20 years they've made it clear they're part of the Uniparty); (2) his marriage to Marta and related divorce; and (3) the prosecutorial witchhunt over his misuse of prescription drugs.

He's smart enough to know the tipping point has been reached.

[Alex Murphy]

I think three things took the wind out of his sails: (1) the utter duplicity of the GOP after the 1994 congressional victories (during the past 20 years they've made it clear they're part of the Uniparty); (2) his marriage to Marta and related divorce; and (3) the prosecutorial witchhunt over his misuse of prescription drugs.

I would add one more:
(4) three years after his misuse of OxyContin, Limbaugh was detained at the Palm Beach International Airport, arriving from a "private vacation in the Dominican Republic" carrying a bottle of Viagra prescribed under a different name. Was Limbaugh's trip actually a "sex tour"?