Originally posted by: Kanalua
Originally posted by: heyheybooboo
If Rush Limpballs is so damn smart why doesn't he run for President in 2012 ?
He doesn't because he's smart...it would be an enormous pay cut (his answer whenever anyone asks him about running for office).
If you think about it, he probably has more power in the long run, by not running...Most Presidents history has shown, fizzle out after their Presidencies after finished...that gives you at most 8 years...
A commentator and policy shaper as powerful as Rush and remain a player for decades (as he's already shown). No other lib can even come close to the power and influence Rush has on shaping American political policy...
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At best, Limbaugh ditto heads can help shape 25% of the GOP, a minority party for most of American history and a rapidly shrinking party now.
And for all of Rush's ranting during the political primaries of 2008, those candidates touted by Limbaugh flopped badly. In short, if Rush can't carry his base,
he is politically irrelevant. A loud voice crying out from the wilderness of the lunatic fringe, but decidedly not a voice of wisdom or anyone able to get any of his fantasies passed into law or policy.
Rush has enough supporters to make himself into a wealthy man, but so did Pee Wee Herman, and given the right Don Imus moment, ole Rush will hang himself.
The usual fate of demagogues. Rush has just had a longer career than the usual run of the mill types like Joe McCarthy.