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To: Whitebeard who wrote (154172)	1/8/2006 6:44:14 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793895

I mark the decline of political discourse (that's a nice way of putting it) as Bork's confirmation battle I'm not disagreeing with that. That's a good a marker as any for the decline in discourse. But that was discourse among elected officials. There weren't a lot of people glued to CSPAN like they're glued to Limbaugh. There was no call in to the Bork hearings, no ordinary people emulating the senators. Ordinary people still left the rhetoric to the elites. The marker I'm talking about is when it spread to ordinary people. I think the trigger for that, what popularized it, was Limbaugh. People could call into his show and try to emulate him.

To: Whitebeard who wrote (154172)	1/8/2006 7:32:18 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793895

If there weren't 20 million PLUS people that listen to Rush, he wouldn't have a show. The Dems can't seem to hold on to an audience for such a show. I think there is some inate jealousy there, but people have to think that if 20 million people didn't want to listen to him, they wouldn't. What the Limbaugh detractors should consider is: He wouldn't be popular if he didn't have someone listening to him. Maybe the detractors should consider asking what it is that Limbaugh offers that the media of any type, doesn't offer....