Rush Limbaugh less popular than Reverend Wright

[BeatleBoot]

http://www.hinessight.com/

[gristy]

1. direct link to the article

Congressional Republicans have turned to Rush Limbaugh to lead the battle against Obama. One problem: A poll says he's less popular than Jeremiah Wright.

Republicans who have turned to Rush Limbaugh to lead the fight against President Obama may have backed the wrong horse. According to one recent poll, Limbaugh turns out to be one of the most unpopular political figures in the country.

An October 24, 2008, poll conducted by the Democratic research firm Greenberg-Quinlan-Rosner has Rush Limbaugh enjoying a public-approval rating of just 21 percent among likely voters, while 58 percent have "cold" feelings toward the right-wing radio-talk-show host. Limbaugh's cold rating was higher than that of all the political figures the firm polled. It was seven points higher than Rev. Jeremiah "God Damn America" Wright and eight points higher than former Weather Underground domestic terrorist William Ayers. (As the firm points out in an email, it's true that Wright and Ayers both had lower "warm" ratings than Limbaugh--as you'd expect for men who have virtually no constituencies.)

More: http://www.alternet.org/story/125793/new_gop_standard_bearer_rush_limbaugh_is_less_popular_than_jeremiah_wright/

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3. Ya know his

audience is only 21% of the people. ( which falls in line perfectly with the 22% that approved of * when he went out of office ) Tell me how he is on 400 plus stations when he only has 21% of the people of the united states of America that listen to him. I'll tell You ,Corporations. I don't know what to do but if 79% don't listen to his hate we need to do something to take back our country. What should we do. I am close to wanting to riot and be willing to be hurt.

[Elwood P Dowd]

4. It's not even 21%.

He claims 20 million listeners, which is a little less than 7 PERCENT of the population.

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5. Thank you

[RaleighNCDUer]

10. Well, you see, if you are a dittohead you don't have to actually listen

to rush to agree with everything he says.

[eleny]

7. Yup, the corporations help catapult the propaganda

They carried him when he was new and they're probably carrying him now. Oof.

[roseBudd]

8. It's because most people when they turn on the radio are listening to music...

You have to be a certain kind of weird to want to listen to talking rather than music.

[Quixote1818]

2. K and R. This needs to be seen by every American. nt

[Cerridwen]

6. In my neighborhood, rush is less popular than

a root canal,

hemorrhoids,

halitosis,

athlete's foot,

the "clap,"

dandruff,

and so many other "interesting" human experiences.

Glad to see others are catching up. *snork*

[chollybocker]

9. Rush is also less popular than...

...crotch rot.

...Jesse Jackson at a KKK meeting.

...Madonna movies.

...Hitler.