re: #8 retired cynic

He was the Salesman.

Jonathan chait

Yet his show was curiously devoid of any skill at argument….

“Limbaugh’s program was useless in this regard. He could blather for hours without going from a premise to a conclusion. His only tools for processing opposing points of view were assertion, mockery, and resentment. Limbaugh liked to call himself smart, but he was a lifelong stranger to reason. He hid this weakness with a remarkable ability to gab smoothly and seamlessly.”

…and lie without ever saying anything