From Rush Limbaugh:
RUSH: Now, folks, I want to say just a little bit more about the "unfairness," the "inaccuracy," whatever you want to call it from the Drive-By Media of the Harry Reid smear letter auction with my matching donation now generating $4.2 million for the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation. In anybody's judgment, that's huge news, especially since it involved a skirmish between me and the Senate majority leader. The amount of coverage that this has received, especially accurate coverage, is such that you could put it in a thimble. Well, maybe a syringe, but certainly nothing larger than that. But the point is: Why do you expect anything different, after all these years, especially with stories in which I'm involved? I'm not portraying myself as a victim by any stretch. Don't misunderstand. It is always this way and has always been this way for conservatives. Reagan does not get credit for ending the Cold War; Gorbachev does. Do you want decent press, or do you want to smash communist Russia? Tax cuts do not get the credit for creating mountains and mountains of unexpected revenue pouring into the Treasury. Do you want buzz and credit for tax cuts, or do you want a roaring economy with flush federal coffers and lower tax rates? Now, in that one I understand the importance of getting it out to educate people as to what happened, but people are living this.
The press is never going to give this to you. The press is never going to acknowledge that any aspect of conservatism works. They're just not. They look at conservatism as an aberration. It's a bunch of kook weirdos, NASCAR types, southerners who are conservatives. You know, dunces like Ronald Reagan. To have these expectations, wanting to be satisfied by the buzz as opposed to the results is misplaced priority. This program, its efforts, are either ignored or misrepresented by the Drive-By Media, constantly. Now, do you want accolades or do you want the largest radio talk show in the history of modern radio and $4.2 million going to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation? I've evolved, ladies and gentlemen. It's an old adage, but I apply it to myself constantly, and that is: "Success is always the best revenge." Triumphing over these people is always the best revenge. Make no mistake: They know it. They know full-well what's happening. The fact that they don't report it is quite indicative of just who they are. You can sit here and say, "But, Rush! But, Rush! It's not fair." There is no such thing as "fairness," folks. It's an elusive concept. I defy you to define it in a universal sense.
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