Government Dirt

Andrew Sullivan made a point recently that really struck me as I read it. He said,
"The exit polls prove that Rush tilted Texas for the Clintons. History gets funnier, doesn't it? Who would have thought back in the 1990s that the Clintons would finally join forces with talk-radio hate? But it seems so fitting now, in retrospect. They are just two sides of the same polarizing coin. They need each other; they feed off each other; they sustain each other."

It makes so much sense. If you spend time listening to Rush or Bill O'Rielly or any of the others, they draw lines. That's about ninety percent of what they do. "We Republicans are in the moral right, while those heathen Liberals will lead us to our doom!"

It's all lines that divide us, that try to tell us who's right and who's wrong. That's what punditry is about, I suppose, but they take it so far. They project anger onto the airwaves and feed off the fury that results. The way they manipulate their listeners into doing things that make sure they'll survive, whether they mean to or not, is amazing.
Think about it; if Clinton is elected, as a few pundits are pushing for, they'll have material for tirades for years! Even if she doesn't get re-elected the next time 'round, they'll still be able to kvetch about the damage she did to the country while she was in power.
Between Clinton and Rush, that coin, as Sullivan calls it, will expand a hundred-fold. Half the country will support her, the other half will froth at the mouth at the mere mention of her.
Ok, I exaggerate. But not by much. Rush will have so much more material then he's had since Hilary's other half was in the White House.