Oh God! What have I started!?
Should I be sorry for posting the article to the list?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kynn Bartlett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: Rush Limbaugh Tells Audience He Is Now Deaf


> At 08:10 AM 10/10/2001 , Sherry Wells wrote:
> >I am hoping he will do a
> >great public service and share his experiences adapting to his disability
> >with his on air audience.  Instead of bashing the liberals, he could talk
> >to some experts about implants and really do some good.
>
> That's not what Rush's show is all about.  His radio program is not
> "Rush and his amazing struggles with a disability", it's "Rush tells
> you why the liberals are ruining this country."
>
> The advertisers didn't pay for spots on a show about someone in a
> heroic struggle to cope with deafness; they paid for Rush being
> Rush, being a pompous arrogant conservative.  Sharing his experience
> adapting to his disability would change the very nature of Rush's
> show.  How often does Rush _ever_ talk about his personal life?
> Not very.
>
> Acquiring a disability doesn't mean that your life's work has to
> stop and change to be about that disability.  Rush is a conservative
> talk show host -- his life's work is bashing liberals.  Why would
> we expect him to do any less now that he's deaf?
>
> --Kynn
>
> PS:  I can't stand Rush's politics -- so I'm not just "supporting"
>       him because I'm conservative (I'm actually quite liberal).
>
> --
> Kynn Bartlett <[log in to unmask]>
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> Reef North America
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