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Originally Posted by Crapshoot

Dutch, even in your cocooned world, this has hardly been a secret conspiracy, right? Every Democratic official has said loudly that they want to link Rush Limbaugh as the head of the GOP. Dems didn't make Steele grovel back to him, or make Gingrey apologize. All they're doing is boasting about it here, and Rush continues to nominate himself as the de-facto leader of the right. And I'd bet if anything, Rush Limbaugh's ratings are up now (I'd bet JIMGA knows this stuff fairly well - I'm curious how ad rates/sales for Rush are going now - is their any noticeable change from say, 2 months ago). Its a win-win for both Rush and the Dems; but a lose for the GOP.

The idiocy here is on the part of the GOP members that let themselves get into a situation with regards to Limbaugh, who is a blowhard of epic proportions (to be sure, the most popular radio host in the country, but still a hypocritical blowhard - I always find the drug-addict who has been married 3 times preaching about the sanctity of marriage as hilarious) - he loses nothing in this whole saga and gains noteriety. But think of it this way - what % of Rush listeners voted for anyone other than the GOP last year? 10% to be wildly optimistic? His demographic is basically you - older white guys who oppose gay rights, are strongly pro-life, and think lines like "feminism was invented by ugly women" are the bedrocks of policy. He's preaching to the choir. To be sure, losing those 15-20M votes would doom any future Republican president - but any future Republican can't win if those 20M votes are seen as the litmus test for the GOP. Its a horrible position for the GOP to find itself in.

You know. I would think the democrats should be quietly encouraging their members to listen to Rush. Nothing better than inflating his numbers giving the Republicans even more reason to cowtow to the Rush line. Makes sense to me, assuming that Rush's views are that polarizing.