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while trying to call Erick a liar the last go-round. Is he so bereft for news sources that all he can do is challenge those who report on it? I hope he keeps it up and even amplifies it–Rush’s ratings will soar even higher and then Christopher can question that and then….

Tommy Christopher seems to take it personally when some figure on the right has a higher profile than he could ever hope for. What a surprise. Maybe he can have his own show on Air America if it’s still on the air somewhere?

on who is the leader of the GOP.

nice column ‘tee

Purely anecdotal, our daughter and son-in-law are now listening to Rush. Prior to the CPAC speech and the kerfuffle that resulted, they only listened to Mark Levin. I absolutely believe more folks are tuning in to Rush. For the past week I’ve hardly been able to wait for each show.

The thing to remember about Dems and the Drive-Bys, now more than ever, is they lie and project. White is black, down is up, less is more. Hear and read what they say and write and know the truth is 100% the opposite. Never fails.

You know, checking sources!

Nice work, brother.

If one believes that non-stop barrages of right wing propaganda on all the available radio stations does not affect the population who listens to it, then I have some beach property for you in Tucson. The problem with right wing radio and media is that they end up boring their audiences so quickly that the only way they can differentiate themselves is to be outrageous and absurd. The more outrageous, the better. I spend a lot of time driving rural America and Rush and his kind fill up all the available radio stations in almost every market. What few stations are left are usually either Mexican or Christian radio. If you put the likes of Hannity, Coulter, Savage and Rush out there to represent you, expect to hear some push back. Lefties have finally decided to fight back and as with most bullies, these people cry foul and whine like the cowards and charlatans they are. Drop these people and get back to real ideas or the GOP will end up like the John Birch Society.

But distraction for too long without substance will be too much for Axelrod’s sleight of hand to overcome by 2012. BO was right when in the primary he stated that he was riding the wave towards election. The economy by then will be worse or even than it is now and no matter how much the spin, people will be miserable.

In the end, he’s too dumb to figure out what the economy needs and all he’s doing (in a time of genuine need) is what most first termers do-angle for reelection.

The left for the most part is preaching to the choir about Rush. If a rational person knows who Rush is they have probably already made up their mind about him. Good , Bad or indifferent.
For those who have never heard of him or only know him so so this is a golden opportunity for them to listen to a few programs and maybe become Limbaugh fans.
The left really hates Rush because he is the most influential commentator on the air bar none. Not because he is always right or even always temperate but because he is the most fluid commentator in broadcasting and his zeal is very obvious and effective.

so, the assumption that measures of radio listenership is somehow an arbitrary guess is just a way to placate yourself if you hate Rush Limbaugh. Why, because listenership is important especially if you are a business that wants to advertise to the largest group of people as possible. And, it also determines who much money radio stations that play Rush charge for advertising during the show. Plus, it also determine how much Rush is paid during contract negotiations. Geez, demoncrats, do a little thought experiment.

It is a major Liberal assumption that Rush Limbaugh’s audience is composed of poor, illiterate, trailer park trash. However, advertisers would not pay good money for such an audience. Advertisers want audiences of well-heeled consumers for their products and services.
To get advestising time on the Rush Limbaugh program, advertisers have to pay top dollar. That means, the market values the Limbaugh audience. As most of the audience surveys show, the Limbaugh audience is made up of well-educated, well heeled consumers.
Sorry, Barrack, the market knows best and, as a result of your free publicity for Rush, his audience will grow.
I first heard of Rush Limbaugh in the early 1990′s from one of the “usual suspects” in the New York City media. The media elitist was saying so many mean and nasty things about that Limbaugh guy that I went out of my way to listen to his show.
Rush is not perfect, no one is but, among political commentators, he has a better reliability and accuracy ratio than most. He, like Frederick Bastiat, uses satire and other forms of humor to instruct as well as entertain his audience. Because the truth often hurts, Liberals consider him to be mean and spitefull when his arrows of wisdom hit home.

Their playground like behavior with regards to Rush have been nothing if not ammusing to watch….they have increased his listernship and in the process have shown the American public that they are NOT smarter than a 5th grader!

Keep it up tools you only beclown yourselves and give US pure pleasure! OBTW Rahm that “freezing” thing you all do only works in the armpit of America – Chicago!

stupid facebook grumble grumble:

The White House doesn’t care if their attacks on Rush Limbaugh result in increase listenership for his program — in fact, it works to their advantage.

They are first of all engaged in Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals” principle of personalizing and demonizing their opponents. By creating the strawman of Rush Limbaugh as the face of the GOP, and aided and abetted by the Tommy Christopher “True Believers” in the media, they divert American’s attention away from their own failures to address the economic crisis created by Democratic policies of the past two decades.

The second, and just as important result of their attacks on Rush, is justification for introduction of “local content” or “diversity ownership.” Despite their efforts to paint the “Fairness Doctrine” as non-partisan, enough Americans know the truth for that dog to hunt.

Instead, they will slide it in below the radar with arguments that nationally syndicated talk show hosts like Rush do nothing for the local community. The greater Rush’s audience becomes, the more they can justify their actions, and quite probably ram their changes through.