“On Palin: My information is that Karl Rove wanted Romney and pushed him. McCain pushed back. He really wanted Lieberman. That was completely out of the question. Palin is the result. One element of the Palin nomination is McCain establishing himself apart from the Bush/Rove political operation, even as his campaign manager, Steve Schmidt, is one of their creatures. From the outside, it’s often hard to figure out how vicious and divided the Republicans can be with each other.”

Rush told them she is great and so she must be. His listeners routinely embarrass themselves with their blind devotion to whatever he says. When Rush actually stood for besides Republican power, that was less annoying, but the collective conscious of the Limbaugh audience has checked out long ago.