Monday Memo: Was Rush the Format? | TALKERS magazine
BLOCK ISLAND, RI —Â He told us that, first-and-foremost, he was an entertainer. And was he ever. As was the late gritty iconoclast G. Gordon Liddy, second-in back when political talk radio found traction. Either of them probably couldâve read the phone book and held our attention. Local hosts chimed-into what became a conservative chorus. Yet, as they still share the same sheet music, itâs not the same without the lead singer. Post-Reagan Revolution, Rush did best when Clinton and Obama were in the White House. During Dubyaâs turn, Limbaughâs act was still big in sm...