The Rush to Rush

Isn't it odd how the mainstream media like to quote Rush Limbaugh? If he were a person of some political experience or leadership, I'd be a little less annoyed -- maybe. But people, he's a talk show host! He's just a talk show host. He says what he says and does what he does to attract attention to himself and make his program a suitable vehicle for advertising messages. That's how the American media work. After the nitwits at the New York Times did for John McCain that which he could not do for himself (gaining conservative support), Limbaugh, who had been very critical of McCain leaped to his defense.

It seems that the only thing conservative extremists hate more than a moderate Republican is the "liberal" press. In truth, Limbaugh would surely have eventually come back to McCain anyway, so the Times gaffe provided the right vehicle at the right time for him to get back on board with the mainstream of the GOP without having to say "oops."

On the other side of the political divide, talk show host Tavis Smiley was cranked out of shape because Barack Obama wouldn't leave the campaign trail to attend the "Black State of the Union" gathering that he, Smiley, had taken a leading role in producing. Smiley implied that there would be a political price to be paid for that grevious error.

Sheesh.

Give them a microphone and they think they are important.