Look at it this way. How long would FR last if everyone were fat dumb and happy? I come here for only one reason, there are still enough folks around to debate, argue and yes even flame to make it interesting. This article points out one important thing though, Rush knows he went overboard and knows that he had to do something but his ego will not allow an admission that he really jumped the gun on this one. I hope he has at least enough class not to spin this later as Bush did this because Rush shamed him into it.
In 1989, when I first started listening to Rush, Bush the elder was president. Rush actally had a pretty good sized national audience then. His show was better,funny , more interesting, and without FR, full of info not easily accessible to most people.
Now, Rush just " mails in " his performance, and he creates ( as he did with this garbage ! ) anger, where none needs to exist. Firstly, he'sangeredalarge portion of his fan base ... against himself. Secondly, he's managed to inflame a group , against President Bush, in order to get ratings and because he is too lazy to do the intellectual work needed to do his show. When he starts his push to re-elect President Bush ( and he will ! ), those people are going to feel betrayed by him ! He'll just keep losing his audience . It won't matter,as far as money goes, he's locked into a long, very profiable contract. What will eat him alive ( he has one gigantic ego ) , is his growing irrelivance. Frankly, that's the fly up his nose , re Bush, righ now. Poor Rush, no one is calling him for his advice, from the White House, nor having him over .