Because Camille is from an Italian Catholic background, she has this discursive style of frank candor, gut-level honesty, that curiously enough finds some similarities with Southern conservatives. The linguistics of conservatism is something liberals are thrown by. Because conservative speech tends to cut through the BS that dominates the American media, it gains admirers beyond the strictly "conservative" political base. Although Camille Paglia and Bay Buchanan could not agree on everything, their speech and discursive styles are similar. Whatever one may make of Paglia, we can admire her for being honest and not tolerating BS.
It was too easy for libs to try to make Rush the issue. It's their BS all over the media and the culture which is the real monster.