From Newsgroup: nz.politics
On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:21:55 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence DrCOOliveiro <
ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
... if Rush Limbaugh ever met Tom Delay ...
AI Overview
Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh
and former Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay shared a
powerful, symbiotic alliance that helped shape modern conservative
politics from the 1990s through the 2000s, acting as a mutual feedback
loop between Capitol Hill power brokers and media megaphones.The
AllianceTom DeLay famously boasted during his active congressional
career about how closely his office worked with media figures, stating,
"We fax Rush Limbaugh almost 24 hours a day. Where do you think he gets
half of the stuff that he puts on the radio program?"Limbaugh served as
an ideological megaphone for the hardline legislative strategies pushed
by DeLay (often nicknamed "The Hammer"), helping mobilize the
grassroots conservative base in support of Republican leadership initiatives.Mutual Support and Later YearsWhen DeLay faced severe legal
and ethical controversies that forced him to resign from the House in
2006, Rush Limbaugh publicly defended him, calling the charges against
him "sad" and noting a lack of establishment figures willing to stand
by him.When DeLay released his 2007 political memoir, No Retreat, No
Surrender, Limbaugh provided a supportive foreword for the book.Even
after leaving office, DeLay continued to view Limbaugh not as a formal
party leader, but as the enduring standard-bearer and voice for
American conservatism.
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