RUSH: I’ll holding here in my formerly nicotine-stained fingers a printed piece from the recent issue of The Politico magazine, and the headline: “Why the NRA Always Wins.” And in the second paragraph is their answer: Rush Limbaugh.

“Rush Limbaugh went on Fox News, right after an interview with several Parkland [student] survivors critical of the gun lobby” but of course they’re not political, you see “to scold those who ‘bash the NRA’ and insist the only solution to school shootings is ‘concealed carry in the schools.’ …

“Why does the NRA always win, despite the repeated national traumas, and despite poll after poll showing a majority in favor…?” You know, I can answer this. I haven’t read any further. I just saw the headline, and Snerdley pointed it out to me. I told you why they win. It’s not because they give away money, and this piece says that. “It’s not the money.” It’s “the culture.” Exactly. The NRA is pikers as donors, compared to the others. I’ve been giving you the numbers the last two programs. I don’t need to repeat it. The NRA’s strength comes in its massive membership with average, ordinary Americans who appreciate, respect and love the organization and what it does — and it simply is unbeatable with standard Drive-By Media-led persecution techniques.