Rush is always taking about the Limbaugh echo effect.
In my opinion, this is actually a re-echo of the Freerepublic echo effect.
I have seen, many times, stuff brought up here on the news when I get home. My wife laughs at me, when I tell her, "I think Brit Hume lifted that from us".
This time, with RatherGate, is the first time that we have gotten actual credit from anyone outside our own.
It's a good time to be a FReeper.
My wife and most of our conservative friends no longer snicker when I mention what is happening on Free Republic.
Last week, I told her about Free Republic cracking the forgery. For some reason she had Fox News on and told me to sit down for a moment. The next segment was a good Blonde on Fox showing how the forgery was done.
My wife said, "Your Free Republic Friends" beat Fox with that scoop, didn't they!"