Chris Hedges: Rise Up or Die

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53. Limbaugh's persona doesn't sell to liberals

Randi Rhodes or Mike Malloy probably come closest to Limbaugh in rhetoric on the "liberal" side that I can think of and neither hold a candle to that waste of pustulence.

Limbaugh isn't smart enough or a good enough actor to convince a liberal audience of his sincerity to nearly the extent he can a conservative one. Bluster sells far better to Republicans than Democrats.

I used to listen to Radio Moscow on the shortwave sometimes back in the seventies, Rush very much reminds me of that self important tone they often had although the rhetoric is different.

All a liberal has to do is tell the truth, Rush has to manufacture lies on a nearly minute by minute basis, a far more difficult task and an impossible one to accomplish with any degree of consistency.