Rush Limbaugh Is No Joke

Rush Limbaugh Is No Joke

by David Macaray

If ten or twelve Hungarian writers had been shot at the right moment, there would have been no revolt.
— Nikita Khruschev, 1956

It’s disappointing to hear people (liberals, progressives, Democrats) dismiss Rush Limbaugh as simply a “clown,” or a “blowhard,” or “an idiot,” or, more thoughtfully, as “a political entertainer and not a political pundit,” as if his 14-15 million reported regular listeners didn’t count for anything—as if they didn’t vote or make political contributions.  Let’s not kid ourselves.  Limbaugh’s audience doesn’t regard him as a joke.  They regard him as a modern day prophet.