The left hates Limbaugh because he changed the balance of power. The only person they hate more than Limbaugh is Reagan. Also, since Reagan's career is over, they hate Limbaugh more. George Will and William Buckley were the preferred conservatives. They were like the old Republican party. They are polite, and sit in on round tables, and speak their two minutes and are still elitists. They're happy with their handouts from the liberal elite, they get respectability, and they allow the elitists to pretend they are "fair and balanced."
Limbaugh is the gypsy in the palace. He turns over tables and challenges their preconceptions. I'll tell you something else. Two weeks before he said it there were fifty freeper threads a week about sports media and their bias. Also, Limbaugh was right about McNabb, and as soon as the dust clears and Berman and Jackson can crawl out from under their beds, they'll admit McNabb was over-rated, but they'll never admit why. And anybody who thinks Rush is wrong explain to me the difference in the press treatment of John Rocker and Ray Lewis.