he really does have a way w/ voices. journalists sound like george sanders; j-schoolers sound like eddie fisher. one is contemptible b/c of his elitism, one is contemptible b/c you used to run his underwear up the flagpole in high school. (one does wonder, though, what the conservative rich sound like ... like you and me, i guess.)

the problem w/ the fringe left is that it makes the rest of the party look bad. kanye west says that bit about black people and it becomes proof that the dems are trying to score political points.

my mother used to listen to rush; she would be one of those 13%. i imagine that a lot of non-partisans listen to him for entertainment. his presentation sounds quite reasonable and, thus, the middle is influenced. this is why al franken's bit on exposing rush's lies is so helpful.

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