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The American people ARE as gullible as the writer claims.

I submit that if you went down to the street corner and asked passers by what folks thought of Rush Limbaugh, a fair majority would view him negatively.

This is because the middle American OVERWHELMINGLY receives his worldview from MSM on AM radio, FM radio, television news, television entertainment, print news media, all from local and national outlets pulling content from national and international wire feeds.

Rush is on three hours a day, and the middle American on the street does NOT listen to Rush. He listens to his favorite country music or classic rock station which pushes a liberal, progressive, pro-Obama worldview to our middle American every hour at the top of the hour. 24 hours a day. Seven days a week.

If there were 100 Rush Limbaughs, they would not compete with the worldview push that Middle American Voter receives from the overwhelming push of news to local and regional outlets from national and international sources.

Rush was right to call Fluke a slut and prostitute. She is. (Actually, she is more like a pimp, but....)

But Rush does not win the battle of public opinion in this case.

—I submit that if you went down to the street corner and asked passers by what folks thought of Rush Limbaugh, a fair majority would view him negatively.—

I disagree. I think they might SAY they do, but in the way that a lot of people “say” they are atheists. Every one I’ve ever met - face to face - once queried on the subject admits they are really “agnostic”.

Also, Rush is not running for political office.

Rush was right to call Fluke a slut and prostitute. She is. (Actually, she is more like a pimp, but....)

But Rush does not win the battle of public opinion in this case.

I believe Rush should not have taken the Fluke/Pelosi/MSM bait. I agree that he did not win in the court of public opinion among non-Rush listeners. But as you point out, mainstream listeners don't listen to Rush anyway. His listeners are still listening. So, while he didn't win; he didn't lose either. He proved to be too powerful and the Fluke affair is already a tiny footnote to history.