To Guest, Larry and others--I worked long enough in government to know how quickly people rush to judgment without information or without enough information. I have listened to the requisite ten hours of Rush Limbaugh and a few others of that ilk. I know how it can influence your thinking even crowding out common sense.
Conservatives, that is true conservatives, believe that things as they are need not be changed. The Limbaughs are reactionaries who want to change things, who think we once knew how to do it better and we should go back to the good old days.
I once sat with a group at an educational conference where the reactionary speaker spoke of countries where thieves are punished by having an arm cut off. I heard applause and favorable comments in response. Those were reactionaries, too.
Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer, but to many of his listeners he is a voice of truth. He is dangerous. He influences his listeners to believe every word he says and to want to act on his commentary. I believe more people vote with Rush's comment in mind than vote with actual information.