Let me start with....Rush didn't even have a syndicated show until 1987, so that's not telling me anything. I wonder what Rush Limbaugh's numbers are today compared to ten years ago.
You originally used the years "92" - "94", not from "87". I stand by my assertion that Rush increased his listener base dramatically during GW 42's term compared to Clintoon. Now he did pick up some more listeners during Clintons term but that would be normal, considering most other talk radio shows folded, due to his dominance. Prove me wrong!
Second.....compare the typical media spin about his 1992 Republican convention speech to the reports that were given immediately afterward. Someone (it may have been Peter Jennings) even went so far as to call it one of the best speeches he had ever heard.
First off, since when did Peter Jennings become a respectable scource of opinion? Is this the same Peter Jennings that told Toby Keith that his song about 911 was "Too divisive" for the 4th of july festivities? I would not use Mr. Jennings as a scource if I were you.
You missed my point. Of course he increased his listener base more dramatically during the first Bush administration -- his most dramatic growth occurred immediately after he took his show to the national scene in 1987. He probably went from 1 million listeners a week in 1988 to 15 million per week in 1992. Not just because he was getting more popular, but because his show was airing on more stations!
First off, since when did Peter Jennings become a respectable scource of opinion?
Again, you missed my point. ABC probably destroyed that tape of Jennings because nobody in the media wants to be heard making that kind of a remark about the Buchanan speech.
My point was that most of the criticism of Buchanan for that speech didn't show up until long after the convention. Before that, it was just another convention speech (and to some people, it was a very good one).