[RS]

Gore got what he wanted -

Gores thoughts..." If that little twerp who writes for the Palm Beach Post can get national exposue for attacking Rush, why can't I do the same thing ? "

Rush considers him relevant enough to even mention him - otherwise noone would have even heard of this rant.

[weegee]

Rush did not escalate this rant. It generated press coverage on its own accord. Also, other talk show hosts weighed in. This is Gore's "Dean-scream" moment. No single sound-bite but still the rantings of a crazed man.

In all fairness, Bill Clinton was pushed to this dynamic and I even personally witnessed (the only time I saw him) former President Bush pushed to hysterics on the eve of the 1992 election.

I am not worried. In the past 2 weeks I have had leftists (who don't know I am a conservative) confess to me that they think the party has gone nutso. Over the edge. They don't want to be lemmings jumping over the cliff (or in Disney's version, thrown over the cliff).