Why Do People Listen to Him?

Rush Limbaugh. Why do people listen to him?

Rush Limbaugh leads the league in racist comments. He all but wears the sheets.

Rush Limbaugh is a friend of misogyny. He finds the concept of sexual harassment to be laughable.

He railed against people with drug violations stating that they should have the book thrown at them. Of course, when he was guilty of a drug violation he changed his tune. At least for himself. It's amazing how many people listened to him while he was on massive amounts of pain killers.

Several years back he was detained because he had a large amount of Viagra. He was returning from a junket to the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic is one of the most notorious nations for the sex trade with young girls working as prostitutes. In fact, prostitution in the Dominican Republic is rampant and is a destination for many men on weekend trips for a weekend of, well, you know.

This is a man who calls himself an icon of virtue and morality. He has nothing but contempt for the poor. He loathes people of color. He treats women with disrespect. He wants harsh sentences for people convicted of drug usage----as long as it's not him who is the convict. He travels, with Viagra, to a nation notorious in the sex trade business, is thrice divorced, and makes a living doing ad hominem attacks on people.

He is, of late, deriding John McCain. Whether one agrees with the positions of John McCain or not, McCain has dedicated his life to public service. Whereas Limbaugh dodged the draft, McCain enlisted, was a pilot, was shot down, and served as a POW in Vietnam. He has served his nation and dedicated his life in doing so. Yet Rush Limbaugh derides John McCain as unworthy.

And people listen to Rush Limbaugh. I do not understand this. Tuning into him on the radio seems to defy anything good and decent. People do listen, however. People even make choices based upon his opinions and, interestingly enough, he gets defended by listeners. Are we so desperate for entertainment or informational entertainment or the cruel rants of a spoiled man/child that so many tune in?

Why do people listen to him? That is a question that I simply cannot answer.