[Finny]

Ah ah ah ... not reading clearly, FRiend. I don't assume that she's thinking her voice is going to be as powerful now as before -- I KNOW she is because she's said as much, that that's her role. And in my opinion, she's sorely mistaken in that plan. The role she thinks will be there for her is going to disappear because her value was as a potential candidate, not a "kingmaker." The "kingmaker" thing was a myth. I thought she knew that. Apparently she doesn't, so my regard for her savvy has dropped a bit.

GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEAD. The what of the comment Rush owed to his audience (and yes, as America's premiere conservative commentator, he owed it to them ESPECIALLY because he so often opined that if Palin got in the race it would be a "tsunami" and game changer -- he wasn't exactly silent, Raider Sam!) is beyond me, and I have made zero attempt to say what that comment should have been. What I have made very clear is that HE SHOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING. Anything, even if it was "I'm not ready to talk about it yet." He didn't. It was cowardly and bad mannered. One doesn't have to be emotional to detect cowardice and rudeness in someone else.

As for what could he have said to lift my spirits? IF I KNEW, I WOUDN'T BE SO INCLINED TO LISTEN TO HIM! That's the thing about Rush -- he's so often known the right thing to say at the time it was needed most, and HE'S EVEN COMMENTED ON IT HIMSELF. "Be of good cheer" is a tradition with him!

He's a conserative commentator. He completely ignored a story that HE KNEW was preying on the minds of a huge part of his audience. That is neither "emotional" nor "in my head." IT IS A FACT. In any other profession, any other circumstance, a "professional" who treated his "clients" thus would be exhibiting chicken-heartedness, contempt, and disdain for his clients.

I think that you never liked Palin, and so you are gratified by Rush's silence today. Is that emotional and in my head? Maybe ... but only you know whether or not I've hit the truth of YOUR stubborn refusal to understand what I've expressed consistently on this thread.

[Raider Sam]

I gave a potential reason, you want to beat a dead horse. And now, you are attacking her the same way that her detractors did.

Rush didnt owe anybody anything except for owing his sponsors to run their ads. What good could he possibly have done? But it is easier to call Sarah not important and Rush a coward than it is to realize that you rely on people you dont know for your emotional well being.

But since you know what Rush should do, I suggest you apply to be the program director.