by Nikki Everett

Created on: November 11, 2009   Last Updated: November 12, 2009

He sells you fear by the earful and angers you as much as you agree with him. He compares Democrats to Nazis, plays Obama the Magic Negro as a parody, and illegally obtains prescription pain killers - He's Rush Limbaugh , the King of Controversy, and the faith based Republicans loves him.

Limbaugh wrote in an op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal in 2005, "We conservatives are never stronger than when we are advancing our principles. We support school choice, enterprise zones, tax cuts, welfare reform, faith-based initiatives, political speech, homeowner rights and the War on Terrorism."

And what could be more American than that? Well, it has become clear that Rush and his followers like Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly are the 21st century breed of tele-vangelists mixing Church and state. They claim their devotion to the Constitution of the United States of America; and all in the name of capitalism disguised as libertarianism with a big dose of moral values thrown in for good measure.

In the desperate search for someone who embodies the ideals of the conservative American populace, the morality of a nation have placed Rush Limbaugh, a 25 year veteran of political talk radio, onto their pedestal of righteousness. With every broadcast that is tuned into, the master of controversial dramatized commentary has echoed their voices with an almost eerie psychic channeling.

The right wing religious conservatives disclaim them as their mascot for his repulsive reputation; yet, they still laud him by adding to his ridiculously high ratings. But even in his notorious fame for speaking the conservative voice of America's "truth" - Can Rush Limbaugh be held responsible enough to uphold representing the already floundering Republican Party?

The Facts and Nothing But the Facts

A college flunkee and draft dodger classified 4-F during the draft of Vietnam for a Pilonidal disease (cyst), Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Jr. seemed destined for something larger than even his stature. However upon looking up the rare Pilonidal disease, one finds it is luckily only a cyst which takes usually 1-2 days to heal unless chronic and even then it is treatable.

Limbaugh, the "fortunate son," came from a long line of lawyers, federal appointed judges from both Reagan and G.W. Bush, and politically elected family members. After flip-flopping radio stations as a Top 40 DJ, Limbaugh's biggest opportunity would arise that he couldn't resist.

In the Wall Street Journal, an editorial by Daniel Henninger read,

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