He's successful for sure, but for anyone who would compare his success to Limbaugh's (as if that validates anything) ... they might as well argue that Britney Spears is as artistically talented as Robert Plant too. Limbaugh's an original. Hannity is just a product.

Like I said before, I like Limbaugh. Where I disagree with him though, is he can be (but not always) too apologetic for Republican politicos, and too light-weight in his economic analysis. But then again ...

First and foremost, he's a broadcaster, and a very good one at that, with the largest audience in talk radio history. So in other words, with Limbaugh, I don't think he lacks intellect ... he just understands and operates his business better than anyone else.

The whole point of my post was simply this: The conservative movement has a rich intellectual heritage, the majority of which is very different than what is considered "conservative" today. So if anyone genuinely cares about conservatism anymore, I suggest they start learning about all of it, instead of just the general claptrap they listen to and read today.

I agree that Keynesian economics are incredibly destructive. My blog is 90% about getting this message out. Alas, prior to Obama, W. Bush was our most Keynesian president since WWII.

Years ago, Limbaugh was a funny buffoon, who did a great job of making fun of liberal buffoonery. His songs and sketches were great. Then, he got pretentious and started doing analysis -- which wouldn't have been so bad save that his tedious arguments as to why it's OK for Bush to do something when it was wrong for Clinton to do the same thing got really old.

But at least he's better than Hannity.

The "primary voice" is Limbaugh? How do you figure? Do you listen to him? It's rare that I do, but I enjoy him when I get the chance. Rush is a professional broadcaster, and regardless of what anyone may think of his opinions, Limbaugh is the Muhammad Ali of the broadcast industry. He's that good at it!

But that's the thing ... he's a broadcaster, not an intellectual. For example, Thomas Sowell is an intellectual. As you can see, Limbaugh and Sowell are in different professional fields.

I may not agree with everything Rush says either (only a zombie can find another person with which they can be in total agreeance), but I'm here to tell you this - contrary to the Cool Kid Theory, Rush Limbaugh is a very valuable asset to the conservative movement.

Global warming is a myth, and no one should stand in favor of stomping on the freedoms of anyone in the name of such nonsense.

The "right" isn't happy about the past expenditures of Republican politicos anymore than they are about the expenditures of Democrat politicos. Keynesian economics is not simply incorrect, it's diabolically destructive!