I believe their plan is several-fold.
1 - Label Rush as de facto leader.
2 - Take a quote from almost every show and complain and demand Pubbies to denounce Rush.
3 - Increase Rush's aduience and then ballyhoo about how Levin's localism bill will return "fairness" to the airwaves.
Rush and others will win in the end. If the Dems get every localism board on their side, refuse to renew licenses, it will not stand without a very vocal fight. And in the end, if necessary, Rush and others will go strictly subscription and will combine the cost through a "Conservative Talker Super Pass" or something to that effect. The cost per month would be something quite reasonable, say ten bucks or less a month, the revenue would be divided in some fair manner agreed upon, and the bonus would be downloadable programs for all that can be archived. The archiving is important because it allows listeners not only to go back in time but to also call in and remind a host of a past comment by the host, a liberal etc, ie. the audience becomes a vast research/archives staff.
They won't win because as biased as many libs are they realize that not only would this raise the ire of a huge number of conservatives but, when (yes when) the Pubbies are back in control they will have legitimate right to push the localism laws on the liberal media establishment.
The future fight will involve fighting fire with fire. It is the only way that some people learn the harm of their own ideological tactics.
Sean Hannity took a dem to task tonight over the latest Rush dustup... seems Rush got his comments on Ted Kennedy from stuff democrats in congress have been saying for months... Media Matters really needs to do their homework.
The Dems believe their own press! They thought Limbaugh is widely HATED. He is, by libs that never listen to him!
Anyone that listens to him regularly pretty much likes and/or respects Rush, and 90% of them are not shamed when told “You like Rush! You agree with RUSH LIMBAUGH!” It’s like saying “You like STEAK! You think CLEAN UNDERWEAR is good! Neener Neener!”
Bring it.