If you were addressing that to me , well I’m an Aussie and no he doesn’t get broadcast here nor does that type of shock jockery appeal to me. We (Aussies) have our own equivalents in the likes of Andrew Bolt and Alan Jones although not really quite so powerful.

How much Greg Laden listens to Limbaugh , I don’t know. I don’t think he’d recommend it but he’s probably herad and gathered enough.

{Limbaugh} ” …is very frequently disapproving of what elected republicans do and stand for. And elected republicans are frequently doing things exactly opposite of what Rush would endorse or advise.”

Care to provide some examples here to back up your claims?

I hate the expression, “Grow a pair.” But, really, Republicans, do grow a pair when you get a chance. This is embarrassing.

I’d say a better way of putting it would be the alternative phrase “grow an spine or backbone.” But otherwise – yes. Although its more than just embarrassing its actually really damaging and not just to his own side. To make this issue needlessly polarised and deliberately hold back progress in an area where we’ve already stalled far too long doing far too much damage, means when (if?!) we do finally act we’ll have to take more extreme actions and cut back much harsher and quicker than if we’d acted, say back in the 1980’s more gradually and we’ll have less chance to avert and mitigate some serious problems.

I wonder what it will take to end the malign Limbaugh influence on US politics? Its worked out so badly for them and the rest of us too.