You do have to listen longer than five minutes to formulate a valued opinion of any talk show host. As a Republican, I used to listen to Air America on XM just because I was interested in the "liberal" train of thought; in five minutes, I would have thought they were nuts, after a period of a week or so, I learned that the liberals have logic to their madness - just like Rush.

The words "flawed" and "Flush Limbaugh" in the same sentence are a given. That guy is a waste of molecules.

Now you know how I feel about self-congratulatory goof troops like Al Franken. There are very few talk radio voices worth hearing (on either side of the spectrum).

The only ones who still think that W is a Conservative are Democrats. He fiscally abandoned the Conservatives a long time ago.

You've got to give him credit for one thing. He's united all of us against him.

I think you mean "are a given." ;)

Thanks, damn photographic brain.

You got creativity and artistic vision, I've got useless crap.:)

Crap isn't useless. Don't be so hard on yourself . . .

What's scary to me is that there is a bunch of these guys, and they have an audience. I heard this Savage guy the other day and the haters that called in were so wound up that it was eye opening to just how many disturbed wackos there must be out there.
What's the demographic or IQ's of people that buy into this infantile crap?
They walk among us.:eek:

Just get him a prescription refill. He'll be fine..... :)

I used to listen to the ill-fated Err America before it crashed to see what the other side had to say. Let's just say that there are disturbed whackos of low IQ on either far side of the aisle. The only difference is that one side is able to make money doing it.

That appears to be the case. Why is that? How is it that people like Limbaugh, O'Reilly, and Hannity make millions of dollars when their commentary is of such poor quality? Limbaugh is illogical and dishonest. O'Reilly is a buffoon. Hannity is dishonest and mean-spirited, although he does have an impressive natural ability to advocate for his position. I disagree with 99.99% of what he says, but I would hate to be on camera trying to debate him.

Back to the point, though, what does it say about our country that such mediocre talent is rewarded so generously? Does quality mean nothing?

People flock to them because they tell them what they want to hear.

I've never caught any of that, but I'm sure you're right. The polarization we seem to have is just to much.
That site Political Compass
has a slick concept, but I sense that the test is geared to give a more liberal result.
We're in a real mess in the country, and if we don't get it togeather quickly we're going to loose the ballgame.

Maybe its all in your POV.
No one holds a gun to anyone's head to make them listen to Rush. No one force radio stations to carry his program. Yet, he is, by far, the most listened too, and therefore most sucessful at his profession.
All of which puts you in the minority.

I do find it rather interesting how much hate the ( oh-so-accepting_ left can hurl at Rush-or at any Conservative who can effectively communicate. The party of "we have to accept everybody, and be tolerant of their views and their differences" shows no ability to do that with regard to Rush. In fact there are attempts to use the power of the government to shut him down---by the supposed supporterd of fee speech.
What it shows me is the hypocrisy of the left--You have freedom of speech as long as you speak leftist propaganda. If you speak righist propaganda, you must be shut up, or libeled, or thrown in jail, or somehow discredited.

Instead of the ad hominum, challenge what he says.