“Cheerful admission: Rush Limbaugh and Ronald Reagan probably did combine to make sure enough men got out to swing the after-Jimmy election and probably made some temporary conversions.”
Limbaugh had zero impact on any Reagan election. Limbaugh didn’t begin his political radio career until 1988, the same year he first bothered to vote.
Thank you for the correction. I admire Rush (et al) for his incredible commercial success in offering those who need no convincing blinding glimpses of the obvious.
Ronald Reagan was an articulate spokesman for common sense and patriotism and convinced many traditional Democrats to vote Republican. The effect, now w/o articulate spokesmen, those whom he was able to convert have apparently slid back to their default political convictions. The talkers have had '0' effect on this.
However, I reserve my greatest scorn for those "Republicans," who could not make it off the couch and over to the voting booth. With turnout hovering around 50%, we are never going to make it.