[jjbrouwer]

The real issue about Limbaugh is brought into focus by asking: What does it say about a man if he can talk with contempt, without a shred of compassion, about the shortcomings of other people while knowing that he is no better than they?

And that raises the still larger question: What does it say about a society if it repeatedly grants high moral authority to people who practice such hypocrisy?

Barf all you like. The article is correct to point out that Limbaugh is a complete hypocrite.

[optimistically_conservative]

Was anyone else struck by the hypocrisy of Schmookler's moral hypocrisy column?

Schmookler lectures us that "our conversation about the problem of sin in our society needs to be about 'us' and not about 'them.'"

I'm curious, which part of his column about Limbaugh, Bennett, Gingrich and President Bush was a conversation about "us" rather than "them."

[sjeann]

As a regular listener of Rush, I hear him talking with contempt about the political views and actions of others. I can't really recall him saying much about their personal morality- with the exception of Clinton, of course- but we are all guilty of that, aren't we? Is Rush not suppose to have an opinion on politics because of his drug addiction?

[jwrogers]

Wow. Three sentences-- three-- before he reverses himself and condemns the man. "What we all should learn from Rush Limbaugh is to not condemn people... oh, except for that Rush Limbaugh guy. He doesn't count." Ha ha ha ha.

AJC never prints email addresses where authors can be contacted, but you can find his email pretty quickly on Google. I just sent him one.

[CMClay]

Two related items I've been thinking about:

I think Tony Snow must be thinking Rush's career is over, why else would he quit TV to do radio?
Also, I find it highly strange that Rush has a big liberal Defense Attorney, Roy Black, who works mostly drug cases and was the KENNEDY'S lawyer in that Palm Beach rape case.

[Jeff Chandler]

I've been listening to Rush for years and never got the impression of him as a moralizer. He is a political analyst and commentator.

I am amused at how many people paint him as the cartoon character created by the leftist media. They are the same folks who believe Ronald Reagan was a delusional moron who hated homosexuals.

But why let facts get in the way of liberal bigotry?

[linksduster]

Limbaugh is a complete hypocrite

no, Rush is just good at profiting from the authoritarian personality

[Liberty Valance]

Barf!