RUSH FOOLS MANY

Rush Limbaugh, the 20th century's version of the old-time snake-oil
salesman, is still managing to rope in not only the country's local
yokels but also some well-educated albeit not so well-read
upper-middle-class "ditto heads."

Recently, a local physician, Robert E. King, took it upon himself to
castigate the Herald's editorial board for pointing out the glaring
hypocrisy of Limbaugh's past callous "throw the drug pushers and
abusers in jail and throw away the key" attitude.

Since Rush is now an admitted drug addict and a former eager client of
drug pushers, the doctor in question wants compassion for a truly
disgusting demagogue whose only stock in trade is character
assassination of the first order. Limbaugh will trash any Washington
legislator who is sensitive to the needs of the elderly, the
unemployed victims of "free trade" and the growing number of
impoverished under the present administration.

In view of the above facts, if the good doctor is inclined to learn
more of what makes Limbaugh and his more vocal "ditto heads" tick, an
excellent clinical analysis in the Nov. 19 issue of the Herald by Dr.
Paul Ginnetty, a teaching professor of psychology, would be a good
place to start. Ginnetty is a qualified professional who has
thoroughly studied the minds of groups and individuals and how it
affects their actions.

Ginnetty does not paint a pretty picture of Rush Limbaugh and his more
vocal "ditto heads." But as the old saying goes, "You can't make a
silk purse out of a sow's ear."

Thomas F. Gurski

Bradenton