Rush Limbaugh's sweet new $400M deal of the decade and his G550 jet

Unlike George W. Bush, who will leave the White House in January, Rush Limbaugh isn't going anywhere, no matter what the outcome of the 2008 presidential election.

According to the Drudge Report, the American broadcast industry has been "rocked, realigned and blasted into a new orbit" by the news that Limbaugh will keep his syndicated show "on-the-air and e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e through 2016 with Clear Channel and Premiere Radio."

Limbaugh, the Heartland Hero host of what Drudge calls "the most lucrative hours since radio's inception," has a total package of more $400 million, according to media insiders.

The New York Times flagged the news to Drudge that Limbaugh, marking 20 years this summer as a national host, has secured a nine-figure signing bonus for the new deal.

In a "controversial profile," the Gray Lady is reporting that Limbaugh is buying a new G550 jet and is making an estimated $38 million a year.

In an age when newspapers and traditional broadcast media revenues are plummeting, Limbaugh's loud mouth is spewing gold. Drudge says the New York Times will report that some insiders say that the big man's earnings are more than annual salaries for network news anchors Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer combined.

What do you think? Are you happy about Rush's new contract. Do you listen to him? Do you loathe him? Do you think he cares?

Photo: Rush Limbaugh at the premiere of HBO's "Bernard and  Doris" in New York earlier this year.
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Comments

[The Hana Kid]

Go Rush go..!

[Steve007]

Free market rules.

Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer combined are instantly replacable--- and should be.

Rush Limbaugh is not,

[RIVERROAD]

WORK HARD AND WHAT HAPPENS. CONGRADULATIONS RUSH. SORRY TO SAY I AM NOT A REGULAR LISTENER.

[Billy Jack]

Rush is brilliant and honest and necessary to counter the liberal lies.

[Wayne Zeitner]

Rush rules! He is sooo funny and, tout le monde, RIGHT. Go big guy, go.

[AwesomeBob]

This is a real kick in the butt for Pelosi and her "Fairness Doctrine" liberal elites!

If I were him I'd challenge her to a race to San Francisco in her Jumbo Jet. Heck he'd run circles around it in the G550, just like he does everyday on the radio!

[john22222]

"CONGRADULATIONS RUSH"...ahahahhaha...nice spelling.

[Boo]

Good for you Rush on getting that 400 mil. just dont blow it all on OXYCONTIN...drug free is the way to bee..lol

[Boo]

Good for you Rush on getting that 400 mil. just dont blow it all on OXYCONTIN...drug free is the way to bee..lol

[dick bohanon]

nice to see the king of the kool-aid drinkers
get a big pay day.
now he can just hire someone to score for him instead of making his maid commit crimes for
his addiction.
keep up the half truths
the idiots just drink it up

[Lykis 101]

Good for you Rush on getting that 400 mil. Just dont blow it all on OXYCONTIN...drug free is the way to bee..lol

[Wsu1983]

Limbaugh is a Viagra-popping, oxycotin-using BOOB! He has NO qualifications and is insignificant! Only in America can someone with no class and no talent make alot of money. What a joke!

[martin]

Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer give news and facts. Rush specializes in entertainment. They do not compare

[TheTruth]

Congratulations Rush! You're the funniest guy on the radio...what, you're serious when your on the air...then you're just an overpaid spin doctor.

[Dean Brian]

Rush is the best thing on air!

[martin]

Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer give news and facts. Rush specializes in entertainment. They do not compare

[Marti]

Thank God for Rush - SOMEONE NOT afraid to tell the truth! GO - GO - GO RUSH!!

[wayne wiley]

The cost of producing media is subsidized by ad revenues from corporate America. Any one who can get people to listen to the lies which their "think tanks" routinely feed to demagogic windbags like Limbaugh will be compensated at fantastic rates. He is similar to Hitler's Goebbels. He is able to convince many stupid people that they have no rights, except to have as many guns as they want, and that successful business leaders are demigods to whom we must sacrifice our lives. Sad!

[Duane Laible]

It REALLY pisses off the lib.......er "progressives" doesn't it.

[Toetag45]

Limbaugh is one of the reasons we have "Dead from the neck up finger puppets for the oil industry" running this country. This is a sad day.

[pete]

always knew he'd make the biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig time
WAY TO GO RUUUUSH

[Doug4368]

Interesting the contract value placed on his moronic spew. The only thing right about Rush is his political leaning. Rush and Bush are the real four-letter words.

[yay]

drug addict, raging self-hating homo/phob.....

not prancing around the world in a pollution machine....

[Liddi]

Hey liberals, don't be hating! He IS that good!!

[RewardingMediocrity]

Guess all those advertisers selling boner pills, heartburn pills, hair plugs, cash for gold, Jenny Craig, and collectible plates must be paying a lot for their spots. But they sure know the audience! Go Rush, the $400 million working class hero! You are the PT Barnum of the 21st century.

[caroline]

Maybe the Left should cozy up to him, asking for donations instead of following the usual Leftist tactic of just taking the money that someone else has earned. He then could finance all those miserable anti-military, anti-American flop movies the Left keeps churning out about Iraq.

[Jared]

If he is making $38 million a year, that means Clear Channel is making AT LEAST double. The question isn't about what I think, it IS about what others think.

[Pat Brown]

Nice to see that America is continuing it's history of supporting ignorant loud-mouths who wouldn't know a truth if it bit their drug addled heinies. Makes me so proud that I'm NOT American.

[manwhothinks]

Rush is a blow hard, phoney, liar. He ceouldn't win a high school debate. But there he is. His deal says as much about our reality tv obsessed culture as it does about him. Boob tv and boob on the air.

[james]

Maybe the LA Times can actually figure this one out.., I.E. why is most media besides Fox News and Limbaugh going under...Maybe there are not as many liberals out there as you think there are...Keep you head in the sand as we take over.. Hell probably 1/2 of visititors to the DAILY KOS are conservatives just checking up on the enemy..Have you ever wondered about your own online polling outcomes???? We like to have fun with you people..

[marianne]

I wonder if Rush would trade the four hundred million for the ability to function without Viagra?

[Art Marriott, Seattle]

Just another indication that the movie "Idiocracy" was dead-on accurate except that the dystopia it depicts isn't in the distant future. It's already here.

[Ed]

Great, he's making more than the network news puppets! If they don't have the guts to really move this country forward, it serves them right. Nobody challenges this guy. At least he speaks his mind, though I don't think much of it, his mind that is.

[Ed]

Great, he's making more than the network news puppets! If they don't have the guts to really move this country forward, it serves them right. Nobody challenges this guy. At least he speaks his mind, though I don't think much of it, his mind that is.

[exprof]

Awesome! Rush is the best thing that ever happened to liberals. He spawned an entire industry that has helped to prop up traditional liberalism. Keep it up Rush!

[eatshit]

f--k u rush i hope you die

[Kevin]

Liberals should be happy with his pay package. More wealth to redistribute to people who, unlike Limbaugh, don't do anything to deserve it.

[Tannim]

$400M to be a wrong-headed neoconliberal airbag full of electron pollution?

Man, he's not worth 400 cents...

[Fatty]

Enjoy your money while you can. Because once the Dems take full control, they'll just pull the stations license and have you imprisoned.

[RushRox]

Rush Limbaugh deserves every penny of his deal. The broadcasters are paying it because he has the highest radio ratings in the nation and his audience continues to grow. Plus, he is a real America. Good work Rush!

[Matt]

Way to go Rush...leave 'em in the dust where they will wallow in their global warming morass. All the drive by media are forced to report on you commanding the largest audience and making god-awful amounts of money...totally priceless Rush. Rub their faces in it and then enjoy a cigar. We're lighting one on your behalf. Suck the weenie liberals.

[Sean K]

Steve007: Limbaugh could be replaced by a talking parrot as long as it was trained to spew selfishness and hate.

[Chris]

Michael Savage is a much better host than this guy!

[John]

Rush is the best performer to come out of Hollywood in a generation. I'm amazed that so many people believe that he is something he is not. He has promoted an entertainment concept based on getting people pissed off better than any of the other 'actors' of his genre. I don't believe that any of them deserve that kind of maney though.

[Rampart69]

Great! Now he can go out and get some more perscriptions! What a hypocrit - remember his rant against drug addicts? And look now, you people are acting like he is the second coming! If he was moving our country forward, he would be going after both sides of the isle and not just the Dems.

[Armyvet]

Rush is worth every penny of it. I hope he also gets some bonuses, advertising contracts, speaking fees, etc.

[Dougward1]

Quite a deal for the hypocrite self-promoter!

[savemygreenbeans]

I agree that Rush is more of an entertainer than a philosopher or agent of news... He's tapped into quite a lucrative area of popular culture. Bash him all you want, but he's $400mil richer today than all of us, right? I applaud him, even though I disagree some of the time. It's capitalism, baby! Sean Penn is a great GREAT actor, yet any time he tries to out Rush Rush, he's an idiot. Stick with acting and Rush should stick with whatever it is he does that gets him 9 figures!!! Viva la Free Market!

[Mike]

Limbaugh is getting all that cash and the LA Times will cut 250 jobs. A sure sign that the century is heading in a perverse direction.

[Tatum]

I thought you Libs Loved everyone? No, You hate 1/2 the People more than you Love Your own Country, America. People saying mean thing have never listen for 1 week and heard how nice this Man is to everyone who calls His show. You have heard from the Media and Dem's only what they want you to think. Harry Reid is a Hater. His silly letter proved it and sold for 2 million and was matched buy Rush for 4 million to the Marines Children. Why did the Dem's who signed the letter match this. They signed it. 40 of them so it would only be 100K each. Rush put up 2 million.
Someone said "You Kool-aid drinkers."? Farthest thing from the truth. Rush made that up about "You Mind Numb Robots." Only because you follow any thing you hear from people who want to take things away from you. Not give you more. He didn't say it in a "I hate you idiot's," kind of way. More of, "I wish people would just open their eyes and look for themselves."
I know many people who had drug problems. This was 6 years ago and His was from a bad neck operation. I think the Kennedy and Gore kids just do dope. Like so many other Libs. and Moderate Republicans. Don't get me wrong. Medical Marijuana is a good thing for people who really need it.
Rush is one of the funniest people to have on the Air everyday. I love Him like my own Brother. The sad thing is that if you hate so much you can never see the good in anyone or anything. He Love this Country more than anyone I know. God Bless our Military Men and Women, Our President (No matter who it is) and my Brother Rush. Peace out Hippies. Tatum

[Tatum]

Elizabeth Snead, Just a note to say thank you. I'm glad I found this site.
Tatum. P.S. Just a note not to post, but You can if You wish.

[Patrick]

I LOVE TO SEE THE LIBERAL OOZE JUST HATE FILLED AND DYING BECAUSE OF THIS.

YEAH RIGHT, RUSH IS INSIGNIFICANT THIS IS WHY HE'S GETTING 400 MILLION.

LIBERALISM IS A DISEASE OF THE MIND WHICH ATTACKS COMMON SENSE IN THE BRAIN, REPLACES IT WITH HATE, ENVY AND BLAME FOR OTHERS. THEN THE DISEASE CAUSES YOU ATTACK AND SILENCE OTHERS WHO POINT IT OUT. EVENTUALLY LIBERALISM CAUSES YOU TO FOAM AT THE MOUTH AND SPEAK VILE AND STUPID WAYS, AND OFTEN LEADS TO PATHETIC ARGUMENTS.

IF YOU'RE A LIBERAL DON'T DESPAIR, VISIT

RUSHLIMBAUGH-dot-COM

AND SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN DAILY, i GUARANTEE IT CURES LIBERALISM!!

[Joe R]

Nuts! I was hoping Americans would get tired of Rush's lies and distortions.

Joe

[Hank Whitmore]

Wow! There are a lot of people out there who love to violate the 10th Commandment (for the Biblically illiterate that is the commandment not to covet which has to do with envy and resenting what others have, etc). I presume many of you also vote for a living rather than produce since they seem to go together.

[Tatum]

This was OK to put on your site? Why would you let this happen? I thought the Hippies were Lovers, not haters.

f--k u rush i hope you die

Posted by: eatshit | July 02, 2008 at 12:54 PM

Republicans have rallies. Dem's have protest that turn into riots.

[FBK]

Just doesn't seem fair. The rest of us struggle to buy food and put gas in our car. And Rush Limbaugh--King of Hate is getting a fat paycheck.

[Jeremy Welch]

Rush is a traitor and the most Un-American person ever. He hates America and only supports Christian extremists.

[MPD]

Why would anyone listen to this bag. I only know one person that does.

[DougTerry at terryreport.com]

Limbaugh's new deal would not bother me much, except for the fact that he regularly, and intensely, bends facts (lies) to make his points and a few million people take what he says as though it were carefully researched and well thought out. It is not. He has said repeatedly that he is an entertainer, but he is one with a specific goal: the elimination of countering ideas and government efforts. How is that we can have one voice, and only one voice, heard by so many millions of people across the nation each weekday without protest? If that voice were that of a progressive or moderate, the right would be spitting out their lunches and calling for a crackdown in "the liberal media". He is an admitted partisan of one party. That alone should disqualify his "opinions", even if you are a Republican, because he does not represent a reliable source of information and knowledge. We do not, or should not, need blatant propagandists in our free media to direct us toward their preordained conclusions. Yet, there is something so terribly weak about the right in America that it needs constant, pampered feed back. I suspect that this derives from the fundamental contradiction of trying to be "conservative" in a nation founded on revolution and nurtured by 400 hundred plus years of progressive change in western societies. To be conservative in America is to question the basis on which our nation was founded and through which it progressed to a full, robust democracy in which full citizen participation is welcomed at every level of government. I guess it is worth 400 million dollars to try to counter these basic facts. Go, Rush, Go!

[john]

RUSH FOR PRESIDENT. LIBERALISM IS A MENTAL DISORDER!!!!!

[Marie]

Wow, the price for hot air is more expensive than gasoline.

[Audrey]

Those of you who think he is Real America can't be serious. Right, like Real America has jumbo jets and make $400 million deals spewing verbal vomit. Ever heard of the deficit? The tanking stock market? Outsourced jobs? Inflation?

[Rushisagreatamerican]

Come on people! Rush is just like every American I know. All my friends have jets and are fat rich and white.

[rushisarealamerican]

Come on people! Rush represents middle American values. Married 3 times, a drug addict, and flies around in a jet. This guy really understands the plight of the poor white man. We've been oppressed throughout history, it's about time someone stood up for the fat hedonists!

[openyoureyes]

My Father always said-"It is better to think you are stupid- then to open your mouth, and remove all doubt."

Rush haters get a life!

[Tatum]

Is it OK for Libs to have many nice things, but not Conservatives?

[LIBERALISMISAMENTALDISORDER]

WAY TO GO, RUSH!!!

As for all you liberal pansies who "think" that you are so progressive, your behavior is actually REGRESSIVE! WE ARE NOT A DEMOCRACY! WE ARE A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC! We are governed by the consent of the governed through representatives, NOT BY MOBACRACY! Today's messiah-worship of Barrack HUSSEIN Obama is indeed indicative of how easy it is to fool most of you MORONS on the left. Watching you liberal scum, YES, SCUM, fawn all over Obama is like watching Nazi Germany all over again with the worship of Hitler. DEATH TO SOCIALISM! DEATH TO LIBERALISM! LONG LIVE CAPITALISM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Geauxnad]

Ditto head here. Listening to Rush after listening to the mindless drivel of the left wing media is refreshing, not to mention the 100 times more accurate.

Way to go Rush!! You're worth EVERY cent for the good you're doing...

[DougTerry at terryreport.com]

We are a Constitutional democracy which has at its apex an elected president. To suggest that democracy is not the functioning method by which our Republic is governed is beyond any reasoned discussion. For more than two hundred years, the nature of that democracy has been expanded to include all citizens over the age of 18. The non-democratic aspects of our government, such as the indirect election of US Senators, were gradually removed from our Constitution. In other words, we were more accurately described as a Republic at the start, but democracy has been added layer upon layer in the last 200 years. As for the "consent of the governed", just how, and when, is that consent offered? How would it be withdrawn? If it is implied by voting participation, it is something that most citizens, over the last fifty years, have gradually denied the government by staying home on election day.

I am now pushed beyond amazement that someone would post a comment denigrating the highest accomplishment of American government, citizen participation, as a means of arguing for the "conservative" belief. This leads me to conclude that some portion of our society from the period of our founding to the present day, failed accept the entire concept of democracy. In such a situation, a high paid, daily radio propagandist on the right would surely be seen as a necessity.

Propaganda, right, left or middle, is not in the interest of the people, nor democracy. It serves only to remove facts from argument and discussion and, in their place, fill the void with absolutist opinion. If any of the above posters are happy living in that zone, I would suggest you are ill equipped to live in a democracy.

[TStevenson]

That guy still has a show?

[xb]

Rush is King of the

DEMAGOGUES

[RER2174]

What exactly does Limbaugh have in common with most Americans? Is it any wonder he'd like to keep republican administrations that cater to the rich in office? While he's rolling in clover, most of his listeners are being stripped of their wealth.

[Larry]

Congrats Rush! You, sir, rock.

It's a shame the people who hate you seem to hate capitolism, a free market, and the ability to make large sums of money if there is a demand for your skills.

Maybe more taxes and a redistribution of wealth like the liberals want is the answer... nahhhh! LOL

[Darr West]

Last time I checked, RUSH is a band from Toronto Canada.

Rush Limbaugh is an embarrassment to our nation. His new over reaching salary reflects this.

Limbaugh avoided military service over a butt problem Funny how that butt problem now is earning him so much $$$$ now.

Many millions consume his verbal waste much as another dog will eat another dogs ****. You stare and wonder what could "taste" so good in another's waste material?

When you listen to Limbaugh you see how this man can bring out so much perverted hatred in people. He'll mask it, he'll hide it, he'll use conventional propaganda techniques to cover the smell.

Want to make Rush Limbaughs outlandish salary? Become a propaganda minister to the American People.

The key to Limbaugh success yours in seven easy steps!

You goobers in the fly over states should pay close attention to "just plain folks"!

Assertion:

Assertion is commonly used in advertising and modern propaganda. An assertion is an enthusiastic or energetic statement presented as a fact, although it is not necessarily true. They often imply that the statement requires no explanation or back up, but that it should merely be accepted without question. Examples of assertion, although somewhat scarce in wartime propaganda, can be found often in modern advertising propaganda. Any time an advertiser states that their product is the best without providing evidence for this, they are using an assertion. The subject, ideally, should simply agree to the statement without searching for additional information or reasoning. Assertions, although usually simple to spot, are often dangerous forms of propaganda because they often include falsehoods or lies.

Bandwagon:

Bandwagon is one of the most common techniques in both wartime and peacetime and plays an important part in modern advertising. Bandwagon is also one of the seven main propaganda techniques identified by the Institute for Propaganda Analysis in 1938. Bandwagon is an appeal to the subject to follow the crowd, to join in because others are doing so as well. Bandwagon propaganda is, essentially, trying to convince the subject that one side is the winning side, because more people have joined it. The subject is meant to believe that since so many people have joined, that victory is inevitable and defeat impossible. Since the average person always wants to be on the winning side, he or she is compelled to join in. However, in modern propaganda, bandwagon has taken a new twist. The subject is to be convinced by the propaganda that since everyone else is doing it, they will be left out if they do not. This is, effectively, the opposite of the other type of bandwagon, but usually provokes the same results. Subjects of bandwagon are compelled to join in because everyone else is doing so as well. When confronted with bandwagon propaganda, we should weigh the pros and cons of joining in independently from the amount of people who have already joined, and, as with most types of propaganda, we should seek more information.

Card stacking:

Card stacking, or selective omission, is one of the seven techniques identified by the IPA, or Institute for Propaganda Analysis. It involves only presenting information that is positive to an idea or proposal and omitting information contrary to it. Card stacking is used in almost all forms of propaganda, and is extremely effective in convincing the public. Although the majority of information presented by the card stacking approach is true, it is dangerous because it omits important information. The best way to deal with card stacking is to get more information.

Glittering Generalities:

Glittering generalities was one of the seven main propaganda techniques identified by the Institute for Propaganda Analysis in 1938. It also occurs very often in politics and political propaganda. Glittering generalities are words that have different positive meaning for individual subjects, but are linked to highly valued concepts. When these words are used, they demand approval without thinking, simply because such an important concept is involved. For example, when a person is asked to do something in "defense of democracy" they are more likely to agree. The concept of democracy has a positive connotation to them because it is linked to a concept that they value. Words often used as glittering generalities are honor, glory, love of country, and especially in the United States, freedom. When coming across with glittering generalities, we should especially consider the merits of the idea itself when separated from specific words.

Lesser of Two Evils:

The "lesser of two evils" technique tries to convince us of an idea or proposal by presenting it as the least offensive option. This technique is often implemented during wartime to convince people of the need for sacrifices or to justify difficult decisions. This technique is often accompanied by adding blame on an enemy country or political group. One idea or proposal is often depicted as one of the only options or paths. When confronted with this technique, the subject should consider the value of any proposal independently of those it is being compared with.

Name Calling:

Name calling occurs often in politics and wartime scenarios, but very seldom in advertising. It is another of the seven main techniques designated by the Institute for Propaganda Analysis. It is the use of derogatory language or words that carry a negative connotation when describing an enemy. The propaganda attempts to arouse prejudice among the public by labeling the target something that the public dislikes. Often, name calling is employed using sarcasm and ridicule, and shows up often in political cartoons or writings. When examining name calling propaganda, we should attempt to separate our feelings about the name and our feelings about the actual idea or proposal.

Pinpointing the Enemy:

Pinpointing the enemy is used extremely often during wartime, and also in political campaigns and debates. This is an attempt to simplify a complex situation by presenting one specific group or person as the enemy. Although there may be other factors involved the subject is urged to simply view the situation in terms of clear-cut right and wrong. When coming in contact with this technique, the subject should attempt to consider all other factors tied into the situation. As with almost all propaganda techniques, the subject should attempt to find more information on the topic. An informed person is much less susceptible to this sort of propaganda.

Plain Folks:

The plain folks propaganda technique was another of the seven main techniques identified by the IPA, or Institute for Propaganda Analysis. The plain folks device is an attempt by the propagandist to convince the public that his views reflect those of the common person and that they are also working for the benefit of the common person. The propagandist will often attempt to use the accent of a specific audience as well as using specific idioms or jokes. Also, the propagandist, especially during speeches, may attempt to increase the illusion through imperfect pronunciation, stuttering, and a more limited vocabulary. Errors such as these help add to the impression of sincerity and spontaneity. This technique is usually most effective when used with glittering generalities, in an attempt to convince the public that the propagandist views about highly valued ideas are similar to their own and therefore more valid. When confronted by this type of propaganda, the subject should consider the proposals and ideas separately from the personality of the presenter.

Simplification (Stereotyping):

Simplification is extremely similar to pinpointing the enemy, in that it often reduces a complex situation to a clear-cut choice involving good and evil. This technique is often useful in swaying uneducated audiences. When faced with simplification, it is often useful to examine other factors and pieces of the proposal or idea, and, as with all other forms of propaganda, it is essential to get more information.

Testimonials:

Testimonials are another of the seven main forms of propaganda identified by the Institute for Propaganda Analysis. Testimonials are quotations or endorsements, in or out of context, which attempt to connect a famous or respectable person with a product or item. Testimonials are very closely connected to the transfer technique, in that an attempt is made to connect an agreeable person to another item. Testimonials are often used in advertising and political campaigns. When coming across testimonials, the subject should consider the merits of the item or proposal independently of the person of organization giving the testimonial.

Transfer:

Transfer is another of the seven main propaganda terms first used by the Institute for Propaganda Analysis in 1938. Transfer is often used in politics and during wartime. It is an attempt to make the subject view a certain item in the same way as they view another item, to link the two in the subjects mind. Although this technique is often used to transfer negative feelings for one object to another, it can also be used in positive ways. By linking an item to something the subject respects or enjoys, positive feelings can be generated for it. However, in politics, transfer is most often used to transfer blame or bad feelings from one politician to another of his friends or party members, or even to the party itself. When confronted with propaganda using the transfer technique, we should question the merits or problems of the proposal or idea independently of convictions about other objects or proposals.

Bibliography

The Science of Modern Propaganda. http://www.propaganda101.com/ Last Visited: August, 2001.

Lee, Alfred McLung; Lee, Elizabeth Bryan. Propaganda Analysis. http://carmen.artsci.washington.edu/ (subdirectory). Last Visited: August, 2001.

Dorje, Carl. Propaganda Techniques. http://serendipity.magnet.ch/more/propagan.html Last Visited: August, 2001.

[John]

Any boob that totes the line of Corporate America and is a racist can do what Rush is doing. America is worse off - someone should do us a favor and charge him with election fraud and throw his rear in jail.

[chavez37]

Everything this goverment has done since FDR is unconstitional, probably 20 years before that. The constition states what the federal gov't can do, not what it can't. The federal gov't was never supposed to be as big and powerful as it is today. The power is to the states, not the federal gov't.

[Bard]

Oh man . . . $400M ought to buy a lot of hot air. He's the real reason for global warming.

[Wade]

Congrats Rush !! You've more than earned your reward.

Happy 232nd. Birthday America !!

God bless America

Wade S. Chicago

[tim]

Tell the truth???? Do you people even read? Liberal lies aside, just compare the fact. Research anything Rush says....thats when you will find out the truth. That this tool still exists is a black mark on all of America....

[Roy]

Rush is the man and that moron Michael Wolf on CNBC is completely out of touch with reality. I'm a black conservative and I think Rush is magnificent. Truly a great American

[william gomberg]

Makes me wonder what they'd pay for a real star such as Dr.Josep Goebells.

[Jerry]

I'm going to be laughing my proverbial ass off come November when Obama takes the White House and the Democrats solidify the Congress. The will of the People will reign!!! And America will be better because of it as the past 8 years of national disgrace will come to close!

[koolmeme]

OUTFOXED ... a 78 minute documentary film by "progressive" filmmaker Robert Greenwald put out by MoveOn.org. This is the best of the left and the best that the left can do: 78 minutes. Rush has been on the air for (basically) 15 hours a week for 20 years lambasting the institutionalize abuse of the first amendment that is the left-stream media. So ... let me see ... 15000 hours vs 78 minutes. Beautiful. Here's to flipping the $400mil finger ...

Oh, on a sad note, sympathies out to the LATimes' (and other papers') staff for imminent "right-sizing" associated with the waning medium that is the daily rag. Chalk it up to creative destruction, I suppose.

[R. Starr]

Hear we have the typical righ wing union hating republican bitchen how some 20. buck an hour union guy over payed and how the union worker is ruining thecountry at the sametime his pay is off the charts coming from sponcers that are corprate greadsters outsourceing to communist china.

[Steve007]

R.Starr:

I am not sure of the reaon for your post, as it seems decidedly off-topic .However,it does make it abundantly clear that we need to improve the educational system in this country. Say, you aren't a union teacher, are you?

[SoftwareSupplyGroup]

How does Clear Channel afford it? I love Rush, and good for him. But this isn't like overpaying for an actor to make a movie, where there are dozens of channels to try and recoup. The radio shows are the only place the money comes from. There are no follow up releases on DVD, no rerun markets to speak of, very little room to expand the terrestrial radio base . . . they must charge an awful lot for those radio spots, because I just don't see how they can make it up. Unless Rush is considered a loss leader for other properties. But, perhaps that's just me. I love his show. Go, Rush!

[ohiomale]

a reward for the blind leading the blind...what is this world comming to?

[Steve007]

reward for the blind leading the blind...what is this world comming to?

Posted by: ohiomale | July 08, 2008 at 08:31 AM

Perhaps correct spelling and punctuation, some day...

[Randy]

Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer combined, wouldn't know an actual fact or basic truth if it hit them in the head. Rush has the nads to honestly speak his mind with real opions, and the public respects this.