Well, it had to happen sooner or later

I had to laugh - following my tears - after reading this post on the Newburyport's Voice blog.

".... Rush [Limbaugh] really does speak for the everyday American," blog author Larry Giunta writes.

Yeah, maybe ... but I don't think he speaks for the everyday Newburyport person ... then again, I found this, a story from Politico, online:

Top Democrats believe they have struck political gold by depicting Rush Limbaugh as the new face of the Republican Party, a full-scale effort first hatched by some of the most familiar names in politics and now being guided in part from inside the White House.

The strategy took shape after Democratic strategists Stanley Greenberg and James Carville included Limbaugh’s name in an October poll and learned their longtime tormentor was deeply unpopular with many Americans, especially younger voters.

So I would guess, ratings for Limbaugh's rants aside, that the days of intolerance and division in this here great nation are numbered.

And with that, I would point you all to this March 3 post on The Newburyport Blog, by Mary Baker Eaton.

I'm so happy that Mary is back with us in the blogosphere.