The object of the attack on Rush isn’t to attack Rush.
The object is to paint Rush as the typical Republican in the minds of the brainwashed masses and some smart but uninformed budding skulls full of mush.
Rush is bad.
Rush is Republican.
All Republicans are bad.
Rush is bad.
Rush is conservative.
All conservatives are bad.
That is the message. And it is the way to cut off debate. Ad hominem. Consider the source. Don’t think about what is being said because the person who said it is bad.
Got it?
Also, as some TV commentators have already pointed out, if they make the news cycle about Rush v. Steele, etc. etc., then they don’t have to talk about and inform people about why we are crashing into an unnecessary Depression.