Rush is great, even with half his brain tied behind his back just to make it fair. But, IMHO, even he can't help lost cause Sharpton.
I think it is a "keep your enemies closer" type of thing.
Rush knows that at this point he will gain listeners by having some healthy competition to generate controversy.
He knows that to be succesful, you need a sense of humor and a certain ammount of civility to opponents.
Sharpton can provide that and no one on Air-Amerika can.
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Sharpton is a clown. Rush is clever to pick him out of the lineup of the usual suspects and elevate him.
This can only benefit both of them. I hope Rush goes ahead.
I like Rev. Sharpton as a speaker and entertainer- dynamic, irreverant, funny, controversial, makes points others dare not speak- what better qualities could a radio talk show host have? [as president or senator, never never never, but during drivetime he'd put AirAmerica off the air by stealing the ratings]
And listening to him being "trained" by Rush would be as entertaining as a duckling slide at a county fair!
Limbaugh knows that people will see through liberalism if it's honestly presented. The more people hear the honest opinions of Democrats like Al Sharpton and Howard Dean, the more they will turn away from the Democratic Party. Sharpton, as much as I disagree with him, sticks to his liberal guns. Howard Dean is trying make a turn to the "Clinton side", where beliefs are determined by what will win, but he hasn't made it a habit yet, so the real Howard Dean regularly leaks through.
Rush is just elevating hoaxster Al so that when Al's show flops he can laugh hard.