Reply #33: He does have a point.

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Rush deserves our scorn, but half the country doesn't. We need to be persuading these people of the rightness of our views, not putting them down. Rush's tactics haven't persuaded many of us to his side. He preaches to the choir, for the most part. Likewise, our ridicule of the other side doesn't win many converts, but it does make us feel better.

You're right about the "Bush hater" canard. A lot of them hate us too. Even so, pointing that out won't win them over. The goal is to get some of them to agree with us. Calling them greedy and hateful, while true, won't work.

That said, Simpson misunderstood the context of the discussion and was off base to criticize a comedian for making jokes.

The show did not go well, but D.L. Hughley makes it worth it. Bill is good, too, despite the ugliness.