It is interesting when people who do not listen proffer opinions on Rush.
While some of his schtick gets old, he is a very good political analyzer.
As for negativity, that is preposterous! He is a most positive and upbeat individual. He does attack political people for their politics but only rarely descends to the personal level. He is negative on the promises of the left--but then what have those promises produced that is positive? Has the left solved poverty? They have run on it for generations. How about racism? They have run on that for generations, too, yet it still exists. How about the decline in our public schools?--The Left has used " for the children" as an excuse for throwing money at the schools yet there is no improvement. Millions of average American home school or use private schools because of the failure of the Leftist-run public schools. Is that a success? The Left wants to be judged on their ideals; but do not look at their results! Rush publicizes the continuing failure of the Left and their ideas, and they hate him for it.
Listen sometime. Callers who disagree with Rush are pushed to the head of the line. Very few of them can avoid making insulting comments about Rush. They cannot, or choose not to discuss the merits of the argument.
He has the largest radio audience of any talk show. His audience is larger than some/many cable news and commentary shows. His opinions reflect maybe half the population of this country. How can you discount him? Those who describe his audience as " mind-numbed robots" have no idea of which they speak. Rush's audience listens because he reflects what they think; not the other way around.

Before you offer an opinion on Rush you really should listen, maybe for a week or two.Until you know what you are talking about, your opinion has little value.

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