Are you serious? Do you really think 50% of Rush's audience is abusive to women or racist? Do you have ANY idea how offensive that is to me as a listener of Rush?

Are YOU serious Beccy? I just spent 5 minutes on Limbaugh's website and found several examples of racism. Limbaugh is clearly a racist. He is clearly a white man who believes himsself to be superior to minorities. He is clearly an American man who believes himself to be superior to Swedes, to French people and, I am confident, to women.
But I guess you think that is OK as long as it is a "joke".

Virtually everything he says is a nasty slur against someone. I don't see what is so fucking entertaining. Its nothing but venal, mean spirited propaganda. He has an entire page dedicated to "winning" arguments about the War in Iraq. Here is the introduction to that page.

"You just can't afford to lose arguments over Iraq. Rush uses facts to make the hardcore anti-American protester and casual, confused observer alike think twice about opposing our next move in the war on terrorism."

I guess, Beccy that even you will admit that this "astute observer" doesn't at all admit the possibility that his "opponents" might also be "astute" with their own point of view. The sad thing is I've heard some of these arguments regurgitated in discussions I've had with "conservatives". I've often wondered why otherwise intelligent people seem to have no idea how to conduct a civil or logical discussion. Now I know, they are copying "Rush". "Rush" is also probably responsible for turning "liberal" into a curseword for so many people. Its much easier to disrespect people and ridicule their views once you've labeled them.

Beccy there is no way a person can be a liberal and use these tactics. The definition of liberal, not Rush's, the real one, automatically implies open mindedness. If you want to be thoroughly indoctronated in small minded bigotry, remain a "listener to Rush".