Until that changes, they'll stay together.

I am here because people like Rush and his ilk drove me here. I was a moderate, I am quickly becoming a flaming liberal (whatever that means) the more batshitinsane the righties go the more left I go, funny how that works. The right is driving moderates away, they are quickly working on driving staunch conservatives away, if things keep trending this way they will get about 28% of the vote in the general election, their die hard base that agrees that women should just sit down and shut up while the men decide what is in their best interest for their reproductive health.

But your appreciation for my concern is duly noted.

his listenership has surely risen, and DU has surely helped that rise due to an obsession with slowing down to look at train wrecks.

You can celebrate him getting his ass handed to him by a dozen advertisers but the reality is that there are hundreds of companies who are waiting in the wings hoping to get a slot on his program due to the number of his listeners.

You're not going to get him off the radio or satellite, and I'd wager your next star against mine that more DU'ers are listening to his show tomorrow than did a week ago.

I didn't say it was a GOOD thing, I said it was the reality.

Is it true?

Come on, you must know.

Or? limbaugh is done.

Which is it? limbaugh's done, or someone's in denial?

Will you or anyone you know be listening to his show tomorrow?

The euphoria over the Limbaugh is out of hand. We (especially here on DU) should be focused on the next step and electing progressive democrat's and avoiding any and every Rush conversation. We have work to do. An ass has been made of the entire GOP because, let them do the rest of the damage while we keep calm and carry on.

the efforts to neuter him helps to fulfill what you just wrote. It opens the opportunity to gain in down-ticket races with smart, reasoned plans for moving the country forward, without all the hyperbole and vitriol of the talk radio-addled GOP that drowns out the progressive message. Since liberals and progressives control very little of the airwaves (I think Bill Prsss has indicated that out of something like 2000 talk stations, only 60 have progressive programming), then shutting down the loudest of them is prudent.

Democrats and women in general, have historically been projected as "weak". A strong stand on principles of fairness and fighting prejudice and bigotry helps to muffle future nonsensical attacks - at least for this election cycle.

No other President has had to endure the breakdown in societal manners as this one, where Congressman feel empowered to yell out in the middle of a SOTU or federal judges feel empowered to send racist "jokes" using government email.

The most well-known and longest-lasting promoter of this type of juvenile and disrespectful discourse is this man.