No, Rush, we did not "love" Karl Rove. We were embarrassed by him and are now embarrassed by you.

I've listened to Rush Limbaugh regularly since 1989 and must admit I've been fooled. I was listening years ago when he said he'd completely lost his hearing. I consider him a genius, a very hard worker who created something out of nothing, ie. what was once known on then-dying AM radio as "housewife time" has become a bastion of knowledge and entertainment. He has earned every penny he's made. But I was quite wrong to believe Rush was on my side, on the country's side. He is a huge phony.

• I find his adoration of Karl Rove a deal breaker. He turned his entire show over to Rove on Monday. Today, Limbaugh said, "judging from emails, we "Lovvvved""Rove. I almost threw up hearing him say this. Rove is a disgusting, no-talent human being and one of the main reasons this country has been lost. He is someone who should have retired from public life in shame. There isn't a single redeeming quality about him.

The larger issue is his aggressive political campaigning and fund raising to advance special business interests which has to make George Soros happy. Rove is the essence of Beltway "Ruling Class" buffoons who must go, one of a group whom Mr. Limbaugh recently said (apparently disingenuously) is the real problem with our country.

• In recent weeks Rush scattered Rove's name throughout his shows in context of a buddy, pal, and admired national figure (in Limbaugh's view). Then Rush turned the entire show over to Rove on Monday, August 9th. Who in their right mind-except someone recruiting for the Democrat party would think
  
• broadcasting old buddy stories about disgraced idiots like Lee Atwater (may he rest in peace) would be a good idea? Both George Bush eras are almost criminal failures yet now they're a bunch of yucks? The Bushes and guys like Rove threw our our country and our lives down the toilet and we're supposed to buy a book about it or even want to hear about it?
• Rush Limbaugh thought this was a fantastic idea, and believes we "lllovvvedd" Rove. This is either schizophrenic or one of the greatest frauds ever pulled off in the history of radio.
  

Rush fooled me all these years. Good bye, Rush. You're advancing the interests of a bad man and all the bad men hooked up to him. You are one of them.

• 9/2/07, Karl Rove was forced to resign from the Bush administration, is seen by many as delusional, and is largely responsible (along with George Bush) for destroying the Republican Party.

I recall Paul Alexander, a democrat insider who used to be on radio with John Batchelor, relating what a loose cannon Rove was, that he'd be down trying to persuade congressmen to do the opposite of something President Bush was trying to do. This is exactly the persona I've seen of Rove as he's become a media fixture. Nothing like the brooding genius he was alleged to be. The man does not belong in public life.

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