[RawAlex]

Ulfie, people's desire to be part of the crowd is what creates "dittoheads" - people with no opinion except the one fed to them. Over the years, Rush as cultivated an audience of people who don't question, just go along with his views. Callers to his show are hilarious, either standing side by side to attack the democrat menace, or to toss up softball questions for Rush to whack out of the park.

If it was, say, I dunno, Al Gore caught out possibly being a big drug user, and making racist comments on national TV, don't you think Rush would be all over it like a dirty shirt? He would be spouting how insensitive the dems are to their "core" voters, and how it is beyond understanding why anyone in power would abuse drugs, etc.

Mike, it is easy to say "it's the media's fault" or "it's a liberal slander" or "the dems did it". It is easy to say without ever actually addressing the issue: Were Rush's comments racist? If Rush did enough drugs to actually lose his hearing (and that was a couple of years back) do you think he has a place on the national stage, portraying himself as the man of high morals and "excellence"?

Easy questions, I am sure you can answer them! :-)

Alex