So I take it you agree my impersonation of him is 100 percent, yes?
Hey, I find it hard to believe that you've never tuned in to his show. If by some amazing feat of happenstance you haven't, please compare the last couple of my posts in this thread to what you hear on his show.
I think I've got him pretty well nailed.
I don't recall ever saying I've never tuned in to his show. I have listened to him. I've met him. I interviewed him for a magazine piece I wrote several years ago and I appeared on a panel with him in Washington.
He's an entertainer, pure and simple, and a highly successful one. Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck, Keith Olbermann, et. al are entertainers as well. Does the popularity of the conservative pundits over the liberals suggest a "dumbing down" of the populace or does it indicate that those who consider their intellect superior to those of differing opinions aren't in tune with the majority of Americans?
That's a debate for another time. I've debated Limbaugh enough to understand that he is an extremely intelligent man who knows how to motivate his followers. I don't agree with a lot of what he says but I find him no more pompous or arrogant than Olbermann. Both are propagandists for their cause and it drives liberals crazy that the propagandists from the right are better at their craft than those on the left.
We've long had media demagogues. You might want to rent Elia Kazan's masterful "A Face in the Crowd," a 1957 film starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal. It clearly demonstrates how an entertainer can manipulate public opinion and the film is as relevant today as it was 52 years ago.
--Doug
