2MuchMark

Yes! GFY's biggest Libby listens to Rush Limbaugh. If I'm driving in the middle of the day somewhere, I'll tune in to 620 AM Radio (NY State I think) to listen to Rush. I'm not kidding.

Anyway yesterday, he was talking about the Wall, and how he expects that if Trump declares an emergency, that it will be defeated in the courts. Maybe... ! Makes sense to me.

But then I started listening to HOW he said it, and HOW he speaks. This guy is a genius. Try listening to how he says things next time and maybe you'll hear what I heard.

First, he's always angry. He talks like a pissed-off trucker. I wondered why, but then I realized: Hey - if I'm a pissed off trucker, or a pissed-off person, I would be more likely to listen to someone who is also pissed off.

The next thing I noticed is that he peppers what he says with alot of blame. He didn't just say Trump's actions would be defeated in the courts. He said "The American Gothics Schumer and Pelosi" will look for a Trump-hating / Liberal Judge until they find one that will declare Trump's emergency action illegal.

This is great stuff! Rush is pissed off like his listeners, tells them things to get them more pissed off, and lays the blame all at the same time, as if he is giving me a target to blame and a reason for my anger, all at once.

I kept listening, and he did this again, and again, and again. Sometimes it's obvious, but mostly it's a slow-burn of resentment. I don't watch his videos, but I can see the same resentment in people like Sean Hannity, and especially in Judge Jeanine Pirro.

In one way I always knew it was there. Listening yesterday though was like an epiphany. By brother is a gun-loving right-wing Obama-hating Fox News-watching Truck Driving Red-hatted Trump-is-awesome guy who has everything, and he is 100% pissed off all the time. Yesterday, I realized where he gets it from.