Essay About Rush Limbaugh And Program Of Its Type

See, I Told You So
Essay title: See, I Told You So
It is not very often that a person has his
own national television show, radio show, and two books
that have been on the “New York Times Best Seller List.”
Rush Limbaugh happens to be one of these unique people,
his radio show is popular, his television show has the largest
audience for a program of its type and his new book is one
of the best of its kind. Limbaugh always backed up his
comments with facts or statistics. While the book was
informative and factual, it was also very humorous. See, I
Told You So was definitely a conservative use of 363
pages. Without question, Rush Limbaugh is a spokesperson
for a conservative majority within the United States. His
book follows what he says on his radio and television
programs, which is a conservative and republican view on
issues. A few of the things he stresses in his book are that
conservatives are the silent majority and President Clinton
cannot ruin this country in four years. Although he stresses
that conservatives are the majority, he says that liberals are
trying to regain control by forcing the public schools get rid
good things like the Bible and competition, and replace them
with “Outcome-Based Education”. Most importantly, we
need to motivate people to pursue excellence and not feel
sorry, pity and coddle underachievers. While the purpose of
his book is to express these views, he also covers many
other topics from the environment, to Dans Bake Sale. “The
spectacle was enough to drive a stake through the heart of
liberalism (p.101),” says Rush Limbaugh about Dans Bake
Sale. Sixty-five thousand people flocked to Fort Collins,
Colorado for what was called “Rushstock 93.” This all
started as a quest for Dan Kay to make $29.95 for a
subscription to The Limbaugh Letter and escalated to a full
day event that even Limbaugh attended. While Rush
Limbaugh discusses many different controversial and serious
issues, he manages to make it entertaining. He makes these
serious issues amusing by sarcastic comments and pionting
out the irony in government today. Parts of the book are
made