Posted on 05/27/2009 10:24:41 AM PDT by Schnucki
Thanks to my mother-in-law, commenter VinceP1974 and @JenFidel via Twitter for alerting me to the fact that Rush Limbaugh highlighted this blog post of mine about Colin Powell and Tom Ridge on his nationally-syndicated programme yesterday.
With an estimated 13.5 million listeners a week, Limbaugh is the most popular talk radio host in America. Here's what he said, according to the transcript on his site:
RUSH: Interesting piece - it's a blog - by Toby Harnden at the UK Telegraph. The headline of his piece here: "What Right Do Colin Powell and Tom Ridge Have to Lecture the Republican Party?" Now, these are the questions of a British blogger who reports out of the United States. He writes this: "Why does Powell now seem to think he has the right or credibility to lecture Republicans on how their party should be run?" He voted for Obama, and he did so very publicly. He saved his endorsement of Obama at a very propitious strategic moment and did so in public after the Republican Party had nominated a candidate supposedly ideal to somebody like General Powell. That would be John McCain. "So why does Powell now seem to think he has the right or credibility to lecture Republicans on how their party should be run? Just as he did not just go quietly into the polling booth and vote for Obama, Powell is not working discreetly behind the behind the scenes at party gatherings to press his case," which is what I just said.
Where are his policy prescriptions? Where does he stand? What is he doing to organize the Republican Party, if he's now the leader of it, in opposition to this radical extremism that is being presented to the country from the Democrat Party? Now, Mr. Harnden writes, "It's easy
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oh who knws.. Rush has people to peruse the net for interesting stuff
Who cares what Powell and Ridge think/believe?
It is the medias that are hyping this. Ignore the whole thing. So much trivia of no import whatsoever. MO
He no longer draws 20million a week?
It's a UK Blog.
Maybe he's converted the number to pounds sterling.
I have a sneeking suspicion that most of Rush's "stack of stuff" is discovered on this site.
Time and time again I will be reading an article here when lo and behold, he starts reading it on his show.
As far as I know, this is probably a cornucopia (huh?) of news articles from home and abroad..........
FR is the best site on the internet
Spend the morning on FR and you will, guaranteed, know what Rush will talk about in the afternoon.
It even applies to the little human interest stories from out-of-the-way corners.
Read FR for the news, listen to Rush for the commentary.
FR is show prep for a lot of talk radio.
It’s a UK Blog.
Maybe he’s converted the number to pounds sterling.
LOL, that’s hilarious!
Metric people... totally different scale than in the US of A.
5 minutes ago Rush referrred to 0 as Barry Soetoro.
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