One thing to emphasize Rush's very considerable talent, and his admiration for Rushmore-should-be RWR - but we should remember that talk radio as a conservative phenomenon has its roots in the Reagan decision to dump the Fairness Doctrine.It's so easy now to look back and say, with 20-20 hindsight, that the Fairness Doctrine served no other function but to buttress the Establishment liberal monopoly and suppress the broadcasting of conservative opinion. That was however not how it was advertised; all liberals - and even some FReepers who think that they are conservative - think that the the government should enforce "fairness" in broadcasting and even on The New York Times.
In fact of course the Constitution in general and the First Amendment in particular says nothing about "fairness," - and the government is not capable of enforcing "fairness", and cannot be made to even want to.
Now I don't regard that as a fair statement. :) Hehehe!
Excellent point, CIC.