Rush Limbaugh: The Beginning Of The End?
Rush Limbaugh's meltdown over Stephen Colbert's jump to Letterman's spot paints him as a host running on empty, with nothing left to offer even conservative audiences.
Via The Moderate Voice:
Could the end really be in sight? Is Rush Limbaugh now sounding like he’ll say anything — a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g — to try and press the ideological hot buttons to please his audience, even if it seems like he’s cleaerly straining? Has the whale truly jumped the shark?
Forbes’ Rick Ungar thinks so. At issue is CBS’s announcement that it has signed Stephen Colbert to replace the great David Letterman. The announcement seemingly made conservative talkers go ballistic — with Limbaugh (as usual) leading the pack and characterizing CBS’s choice as an attack on the “heartland.” Limbaugh’s riff has been...