See, I Told You So

It is not very often that a person has his

own national television show, radio show, and two books

that have been on the "New York Times Best Seller List."

Rush Limbaugh happens to be one of these unique people,

his radio show is popular, his television show has the largest

audience for a program of its type and his new book is one

of the best of its kind. Limbaugh always backed up his

comments with facts or statistics. While the book was

informative and factual, it was also very humorous. See, I

Told You So was definitely a conservative use of 363

pages. Without question, Rush Limbaugh is a spokesperson

for a conservative majority within the United States. His

book follows what he says on his radio and television

programs, which is a conservative and republican view on

issues. A few of the things he stresses in his book are that

conservatives are the silent majority and President Clinton

cannot ruin this country in four years. Although he stresses

that conservatives are the majority, he says that liberals are

trying to regain control by forcing the public schools get rid

good things like the Bible and competition, and replace them

with "Outcome-Based Education". Most importantly, we

need to motivate people to pursue excellence and not feel

sorry, pity and coddle underachievers. While the purpose of

his book is to express these views, he also covers many

other topics from the environment, to Dan's Bake Sale. "The

spectacle was enough to drive a stake through the heart of

liberalism (p.101)," says Rush Limbaugh about Dan's Bake

Sale. Sixty-five thousand people flocked to Fort Collins,

Colorado for what was called "Rushstock '93." This all

started as a quest for Dan Kay to make $29.95 for a

subscription to The Limbaugh Letter and escalated to a full

day event that even Limbaugh attended. While Rush

Limbaugh discusses many different controversial and serious

issues, he manages to make it entertaining. He makes these

serious issues amusing by sarcastic comments and pionting

out the irony in government today. Parts of the book are

made