[MJY1288]

Rush has done many great things to advance conservatism, and he deserves credit for saving AM Talk Radio and many conservative speakers today owe their success to him, But Rush hasn't cornered the market on truth as "The Gifted One" would have us all believe. Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer first and his first loyalty today as throughout his career has been the almighty dollar. He trashed George H.W. Bush and would have done the same to Ronald Reagan if he was on the radio when Ronald Reagan served this country. This President is not immune to Rush's trashing presidents, It's what he does.

Rush makes more money when a democrat is in office and money is who he is loyal too and anyone who thinks otherwise isn't listening to him

[Reagan Man]

Rush did carry conservatism on his back for years. From the end of Reagan's second term until Newt Gingrich came along and led the GOP takover of Congress in 1994. I've always said, Rush is a political animal, but he's an entertainer before anything else.

If memory serves me right, Rush said he never met Reagan, but was sent a letter by the former President around 1991, where Reagan praised Rush for his staunch conservatism and basically handed over the mantle of conservative leadership to Limbaugh.

I've listened to Rush since 1990, but in recent years he's been getting a bit tiresome and boring. But there's no doubt that from Reagan, to Rush, to Gingrich and now to Sean Hannity, all four men have kept the conservative agenda front and center. Many GOP centrists and moderates don't like them at all, but its clear without all four pounding the conservative message, each in his own fashion, George W.Bush would never have been elected POTUS. You can take that to the bank.

It's a political evolution.