My wife has cried all afternoon. She tuned in working from home and heard his wife and started bawling. When we met she was fresh out of college in 1992 and was a moderate even though her family were staunch conservatives and she was raised that way, but college being what it is-indoctrination centers even in the 90’s they sow confusion and doubt... She was considering voting for Paul Tsongas and I would debate the reasons not too and one day we were both off and on a road trip and I introduced her to Rush on the radio on that trip.
She was listening and going yes I like this guy! Then Rush would go to another topic and she was say yeah I believe that, He’s saying a lot of what I believe. And then he happened to talk about Paul Tax on Gas and eviscerated him with humor and logic and she was from that point back in the conservative fold for good.
She has been a loyal Rush listener since and back in 2008 was railing against the GOPE before most and had decided she was having no part of McCain, quote “he’s a backstabbing douche bag, I’ll have nothing to do with this SOB!” Then Rush and Palin on the ticket turned the tide even though she detests the name McCain the way God hates sin. Me, her Dad and Rush pulled her back to the light, Rush you are the man!
Now it seems that the middle is gone from the Leftist point of view. You are either all on their side or all the other. Or they will "cancel" you.
My wife refused to listen to Rush until about 4 years ago. Once she got in the habit, she listened every day.
We just lost her mother over the weekend to covid and then this.