lentulusgracchus posted about the demonization of the South by the liberal media as a way of splitting the Republican Party years ago in these threads and had noted the New York Times article that Rush cited. Rush is just slower to catch on than lg.
Too bad he is so delusional about any such demonization at FreeRepublic.
Off topic, but lentulusgracchus identified something else early on (that even Rush hasn't caught on to yet) - Obamacare was a foregone conclusion regardless of what Americans wanted.