Rush Limbaugh.

I listen to Rush Limbaugh while at work. I've done so since the late 80's when he began his now-legendary program.

Regular readers are aware of my concern that Rush has become somewhat of a shill for the Bush Administration. He accuses Democratic supporters of receiving daily "talking points" from party leaders and/or moveon.org, yet Bush can do little if any wrong in Rush's eyes. Earlier, I mistakenly misrepresented a Rush-penned editorial as praising Bush's Supreme Court nominee, Harriet Miers, for which I apologize. This is one instance where Rush, in fact, is not towing the party line.

Rush has made a cottage industry of pointing out the moral failings of the Democratic Party, essentially portraying the G.O.P. as above reproach. I find it disappointing, therefore, that whenever a Republican scandal or failing rears its head - the current Carl Rove scandal, the War on Terror, hurricane preparedness - Rush's immediate and incessant reaction is to point out similar failings on the part of Democrats.

But wait a second...haven't you been telling us for years, Mr. Limbaugh, that Republicans are morally superior to the Democrats? Why then is it acceptable, when the G.O.P. is caught with their hand in the cookie jar, for us to point out similar behavior by Democrats and say "They do it too!"

Let's see how many Rush fans accept a similar response from a misbehaving child.

There are those of us out here who want to clean house in government, regardless of political leanings. If a Republican is a bum, get 'em out. If a Democrat is a bum, get 'em out. You've got to start somewhere, and if that means starting with high-ranking Republicans, so be it. And if the Republicans (as always) don't have the balls to use similar tactics to rid Washington of similarly morally bankrupt Democrats, that's their own damn problem.

Another reason I'll be voting Libertarian from here on out.