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- From: pvanmeur@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Pim van Meurs)
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- Subject: Re: Limbaugh Watch - Day 17
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- Date: 20 Nov 92 00:24:50 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.173738.1394@netcom.com> jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer) writes:
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- >It's now 17 days after Bill Clinton's election and Rush is still on the
- >air with 536 radio affiliates and 207 TV affiliates, and his book is
- >number one on the NY Times hardback non-fiction best-seller lists.
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- >John Switzer | "Lobbyists are circling Clinton like slugs
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- Similarly it's 17 days after Rush was proven wrong about his
- prediction of the outcome of the election. For someone who claims to
- be right 99% of the time, he surely messed up pretty badly here. His
- only way out seemed to have been claiming victory for
- 'conservatism', unwilling to accept what is obvious to everyone else
- but him and some of his blind followers. The elections mark the end
- of an era in which little or no attnetion was paid to the american
- people who needed help most. Resulting in Job loss, millions of people
- uninsured, bigotry increasing, religuous influence on public policy
- increasing. We have entered an era of change, an era in which
- everyone will be given the oportunities to obtain at least the
- minimum baiscs, food, healthcare, housing, respect.
- But I am digressing. Rush is a great entertainer who has found a
- great market to make a few bucks. This market will not decrease
- after the elections, since many conservatives will need a shelter to
- recover from their losses. He is to be admired for his abilities to
- build up many followers who are willing to spend lots of money on
- their hero. After the failure of ripping of money from the religuous
- by so called Chosen ones, Rush has found the next best oportunity,
- pretend to be a conservative host who claims to be right almost
- always. Controversial material alwasy sells, like Madonna's book for
- instance. I admire Rush for his ability to mislead so many people
- into believing he is something more than just an entertainer who is
- often more wrong than right but says what people want to hear or
- believe.
- Sure, Rush will be around as long as people need to be told what to
- believe. Guess that's why there is no liberal equivalent of Rush.
-
- Pim van Meurs
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