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]>
Technical Developer Liaison
Reef North America
Accessibility - W3C - Integrator Network
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