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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 00:08:00 EDT
- Sender: Forum for the Discussion of Politics <POLITICS@UCF1VM.BITNET>
- From: CLARK@EVMSVMS.BITNET
- Subject: Re: Rush Limbaugh & Politics
- Lines: 39
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- Kerry (Stephenson...hell no, not Kilburn!) says:
-
- >Hoping Rush has the tenacity of Morton Downey?
- >
- >Too late, my friend. Rush has already outlived MD's tenure, dwarfed
- >his audience, and gone far beyond his scope.
-
- Dwarfed his audience, yes,.....[place your favorite punch line
- here...it's too easy for me to do it...]
-
- You're right about the scope...like Rush, MD Jr was tacky, rude and
- hate-filled - but didn't cross the Truth line quite as often as
- WantTheTruthListenToSomeoneElsePal Rush. And certainly Rush is more
- of a blatant ("Movin' On Up...") racist than MD Jr.
-
- >Best Seller List, Baby. NYT. 17 weeks and counting. 3 hours a day,
- >10 million-plus listeners.
-
- Currently (01/24/93), there are seven books on the NYT Best-seller list
- that have been on the list longer than Rush. It only shows how many copies
- were sold (including the hundreds on Rush's TV Set); like the Oscars,
- it has never said anything about A. The book's "superior" content or
- B. The author's "superior' ability.
-
- Come on, I mean - you're placing your "man" in the same company
- as Madonna, Norm Schwarzkopf, Stephen King and John Grisham! Not exactly
- the definitive American Literary Character Witness Association!
-
- Father Coughlin had far more listeners...and Joe McCarthy far more
- viewers...both of them, I imagine, are preparing a place in Moral
- Obscurity (not to mention the Hot :> Place) for their peer Rush.
-
- >
- >It don't get much bigger than that.
-
- Let's hope Rush doesn't, either...
-
-
- -T.
-