RSS Feed MenuFrom the New York Times Magazine profile of Rush Limbaugh, July 6, 2008.
“Do you know what bought me all this?” he asked, waving his hand in the general direction of his prosperity. “Not my political ideas. Conservatism didn’t buy this house. First and foremost I’m a businessman. My first goal is to attract the largest possible audience so I can charge confiscatory ad rates. I happen to have great entertainment skills, but that enables me to sell airtime.”
Blackaces // Mar 3, 2009 at 1:17 pm
See, this guy *knows* he is the clown prince of conservative talk radio. Too bad so many of his listeners seem to take him so seriously.
David Frum made an absolutely brilliant point yesterday when he compared the Rush Limbaugh of 2008 to the Jesse Jackson of the 1980’s. Neither one should ever be mistaken for the leader of their respective parties. Everyone once in a while, they may come up with an intriguing idea that we can all discuss. But other than that, the only thing these two guys have every really contributed to the national discussion is plenty of hot air and carbon dioxide, the latter of which is a poisonous gas, you know…
mpolito // Mar 3, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Is this news to anybody?
A.B. // Mar 4, 2009 at 11:44 am
Rush is a product of the whole Straussian thing. That is the heart of the problem, the inability to tell when we are being cynically manipulative, and when we are being serious. It is assumed that someone “up there” knows what we are actually trying to accomplish. That works real well, doesn’t it?
Go Dog Go! // Mar 4, 2009 at 7:02 pm
This is what frightens me about his show so much: So many conservatives mistake it for actual, fact-based political discourse. It’s entertainment and very little more.