Interesting conservative take on Rush

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Of course there's all the anti-Clinton blather, but this might give a little insight into the conservative mind. Actually an interesting read, if just to see the other side. Kind of like freeperville with an anti-Rush slant...

The Truth About Rush Limbaugh
by Kurt Saxon

Many have suggested that I listen to Rush Limbaugh's radio show. He's also on TV. Rush really knows what's happening and has the solutions to all the world's problems; according to Rush, that is.

Rush has lots of information. He has all the facts, statistics and documentation at hand. He's very good and he may be the best. But he's not original. In 1964-'65, while a member of the John Birch Society I knew many Rush Limbaughs. {good, establish credentials up front} They were just as up on current events and knew where all the bodies were buried. There wasn't a scheme or a scam on the Left that those Birchers didn't know about and couldn't second-guess.

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So Rush mastered telling Conservatives what they want to hear. A problem I've noticed is that he has a hard time agreeing with everything in the Conservative platform. Like any other group, Conservatives believe all sorts of things and so differ on many points. But Rush must agree with every point so as not to lose one faction or another. So when he's agreeing with an idea he doesn't agree with, it shows.

His stock in trade is hope. That's all he gives his audience and it's false hope, which prevents action on an individual's behalf. He concentrates on national problems and directs his comments to those locked into the system. If the system goes, they go with it. Most of them are unable to adapt to any sort of self-sufficient lifestyle.

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