I know a lot of hitters are on the site, but what did FR have to do with SCHIP?
AM talk gets more than half of its material directly from FR. Havn’t you figured that out yet? AM talk shows are basically what we post about the night before. AM talk is not much more than FR being transmitted to the internet-illiterate portion of the right wing conservative movement.
In fact, as I remember, Rush even cited FR as the source of his S-chip “debunking” info. Rush is a good man. He’s not afraid to give credit where credit is due. He is secure in his success and knows he’s got good quality talent in demand. Some of the others like to insult FR. Hannity calls us “crazies” or “nutty”. O’reilly calls us a hate site. They are insecure in their position in talk radio. They puff themselves up to the point they cannot allow themselves to acknowledge us “peasants”. They see FR as a competitor, not a partner.
Rush’s humbleness is what makes him great. It took me a long time to figure out that his off the cuff statements that sounded grandiose and self flattering were actually his unique style of mocking himself. His is an "acquired" sense of humor.