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Limbaugh started the hatred... (Original Post)
yuiyoshida
Feb 2021
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lisa58
(5,755 posts)1. With Gingrich and Rove
Limbaugh worked on the public.
Gingrich worked his will to further divide Democrats and Republicans & drove the GOP much further right..
Rove was the man behind the curtains.
lisa58
(5,755 posts)5. It was ugly then and it's led to an attack on the Capitol now
lapfog_1
(29,199 posts)6. and the architect - Atwater
lisa58
(5,755 posts)7. He really started it - but understood he was a colossal $h*t before he died
lame54
(35,285 posts)2. Amen
0rganism
(23,944 posts)3. i don't know about "started" but he sure kept that hate ball rolling
as he re-popularized hate across America and made obscene amounts of money doing so.
Dread Pirate Roberts
(1,896 posts)8. Nah, he didn't start it, just escalated it to an art form
Morton Downey, Jr. and Bob Grant were his predecessors. There's always been a buck or two to be made spewing this garbage. That's because there's always been an audience for it.
electric_blue68
(14,888 posts)11. Oh, yeah... Bob Grant. Miserable human being. 😠
spanone
(135,827 posts)9. his party embraced and dove headfirst down that darkest path
a curse on all their houses
Raine
(30,540 posts)10. I don't believe he started it but he sure popularized it. nt