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Rush doesn't have much of an education, but neither did Ben Franklin. No, I don't equate the two, as Rush is not an inventor -well, I guess he did invent the anti-drive-by media. I don't think that Sowell would have the patience to listen to boneheads, while Rush plays them like a fiddle.

There is no one on TV today or talk radio who can compare with Rush Limbaugh. He can take on anyone. He has a recall of events and can go into an answer to a liberal and talk for hours, and without a script. His memory is unbelievable. I would love to see him take on hillary in a one on one, locked in a room where she can't leave. He would make mince meat out of her. Probably the same with Bill too. He is a God to us conservatives. He truly is, as he says, "on loan from God."

Rush doesn't have much of an education, but neither did Ben Franklin. No, I don't equate the two, as Rush is not an inventor -well, I guess he did invent the anti-drive-by media. I don't think that Sowell would have the patience to listen to boneheads, while Rush plays them like a fiddle.

I just finished a biography of BF and I was thinking about who was his modern day equivalent. I decided it was Rush. Franklin's inventor role was actually fairly minor to his overall life's wok. He focused on science only after after he retired, owner of a financial empire built on communication, just like Rush.

Ben Franklin's first job was entertainment, just like Rush: his newspapers, his almanacs, and his social and political commentary that he began with the Silence Dogood letters to his brother's newspaper.

BF, and Rush, both made financial empires out of communication; both learned how to influence public opinion.

BF had a network of newspaper/print shops throughout the colonies that were very loyal to him as he had helped them get into business, through training and financing. Rush has a similiar network of talkshow hosts who openly admit they owe their shows to his influence.

Both learned how to influence public opinion; Franklin was a master at influencing people through his newspapers, anyonomous letters to the editor, and his wide social network. Both are masters at using the available media of the day.

Now, if Rush would get into diplomacy, like BF, that would make the anaology complete.