till one great day the Republican Right discovered his one "talent"---a penchant for bitter sarcasm usually directed at anything that contains elements of decency.

As long as this is the way people want their politically flavored entertainment; bitter sarcasm, etc., the Democrats will never have a substantial mouthpiece like Rush. Nobody uses dirty tricks and meanness as effectively as the Republicans, and they never will. Which is unfortunate only in that it seems to give the Republicans the edge when people don't care about content. James Carville tries, but even he doesn't do it effectively.

But that's ok. I'd like to see someone take the high road and not verbally debase people as a way of promoting a political agenda. Since the Democrats aren't effective at using playground-style meanness as a tactic, they really need to stick to using other tactics to get their message across.