Contrary to popular belief, the Reagan administration took analysis and research seriously. I wanted intellectual ammunition I could use to design and promote conservative policies in government. I didn’t need validation of my views, as was the case with many grassroots conservatives. It had to be sought out in small-circulation magazines like Human Events and National Review, or from the very few conservative columnists in major newspapers. I found it very hard to get honest-to-God news that interested me as a conservative, even as a White House staffer. I know many liberals will disagree with me on this, but in 1988 there really was a liberal media. But I liked Limbaugh’s monologues at the top of the hour because I learned useful stuff from him. Even then, however, I didn’t care for his callers-I thought they were ignorant, obsequious fools. I was working in the Reagan White House when Rush Limbaugh went on the air in 1988 and remember having to go out and buy a desk radio so I could listen to him, which I did almost every day.
This article originally appeared in The New Republic.Īs most of my readers know, I was a card-carrying conservative for many years. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) US radio talk show host and conservative political commentator Rush Limbaugh looks on before introducing US President Donald Trump to deliver remarks at a Make America Great Again rally in Cape Girardeau, MO, on November 5, 2018.
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