[Parley Baer]

“as good as any to benchmark when the country began its journey into a deeply polarized political climate.”

In other words when the liberal media began to lose their monopoly on the news. Bwahahahahaha.

[GOPJ]

Speaking of ‘fairness’ - doctrine or not - I wonder what percentage of political stories written by the LA Times favor democrats? Half? LOL - they are such hypocrites...

[Cicero]

He was helped by the 1987 demise of the Fairness Doctrine, the longstanding regulation that required broadcasters to present both sides of a issue in roughly equal measure.

Correction: "He was helped by the 1987 demise of the Fairness Doctrine, the longstanding regulation that required broadcasters to present the leftist side only, or be thrown off the air.

[ncfool]

The famous Missourian was never going to amount to anything when he was fired by the Kansas City Royals in the mid- 1980’s. He and George Brett were buddies and Rush made sure George got home at night. Rush went out to be a sucess and the Royals have been horible since they fired Rush. Maybe Rush needs to buy the Royals from David Glass.

[arderkrag]

I measure Rush’s success by how many retards scream that he’s losing ratings and that he’s just entertainment. The louder those voices get each year, the more powerful he’s becoming.

[CodeToad]

As Rush says, Rush is showprep for the lamestream media. He and his topics are always the subject of their gossip.

[Misterioso]

Why did you omit the name of the author?

[Just mythoughts]

That ‘golden bull’ of Wall Street is NOT going to save our Constitutional Republic, Romney's or Rush's wealth notwithstanding. Rush has become part of the GOP-e and only those with basic toilet training accomplishments will learn squat from his yack for $$$$$$!!!!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***He was helped by the 1987 demise of the Fairness Doctrine.***

I remember the “fairness doctrine”. It did nothing but allow anti-gun rants while all pro-gunners were made to look like fools.

[Political Junkie Too]

It was always my opinion that the polarization began with Bill Clinton's strategy of triangulation. Triangulation was designed to pit one group against another so that Clinton could take the middle position.

Nobody should be surprised that after 8 years of splitting the country into two groups, Clinton ended up with a divided nation.

-PJ

[samtheman]

If we all just believe everything the leftwing media says, then we won’t be polarized.

Wow! Why didn’t WE think of that???

[driftless2]

What Mr. Smith doesn't realize is that before Rush filled the airwaves, W.F. Buckley was about the only conservative voice people were aware of. And his program on PBS "Firing Line" was probably only seen by a tiny percentage of the country. Rush, and the people who followed him, reach a far larger audience. Plus, Rush is far more of a showman than Buckley. I doubt Buckley paid any attention to the showbiz aspect of his program.

But the thing is, which Smith is obviously unaware of, conservatives were waiting for a Limbaugh to come along and give voice to their thoughts and feelings. Libs don't understand that. They think Rush tricked or conned his audience into believing in conservatism. The opposite, of course, is true. Rush said/says excellently what average conservatives feel. He'll never be forgiven by the libs for that. Not that he cares what they think.

[driftless2]

I sent Mr. Smith a very polite e-mail correcting most of his egregious errors and filling him in on the history of politics as presented to the American public in the last thirty years.

[donna]

the country began its journey into a deeply polarized political climate

Ever heard of President Nixon?

[Theophilus]

I look forward to listening to Rush again...

...after the election.