If a tree falls in the forest...

[question everything]

If MSNBC and CNN and the rest of them, even on DU, did not report every fart coming out of the lard, i.e - Rush - would he had exerted that much influence on the Republican party? On our political discussion?

I happened to catch some of Andrea Mitchell show, and she wanted Buchanan to comment on something that Rush said and I was thinking: who cares what he said? But, of course, he got all those news reports and bloggers to dance to his beat.

[ColbertWatcher]

1. Do you remember that Rush tried to have a TV show a few years back? n/t

[question everything]

2. No, but I will accept your story

what happened? Did he have one and got only 15 viewers?

[YOY]

4. He did sub for the short lived "Pat Sajak Show" once...

He got called out by audience members. He can't take a real audience. It was incredibly entertaining...

I hope that little black lady who would not "sit down and shut up" wherever she is knows she's on my hero list.

[ColbertWatcher]

5. What happened was ...

... Roger Ailes propped him up for four years until the ratings sucked so badly even he couldn't keep him on TV.

[Qutzupalotl]

3. I remember that.

About 1995 or so, right? Rush was stealing from Letterman, sarcastically blowing kisses at the camera, then thumping it on the side. It really didn't work; his appeal was not broad at all. I watched a few bits but ended up bewildered as to why he has fans.