One morning, as Rush Limbaugh was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that he was the last Republican left in the United States.
He supposed it was inevitable. Ever since the 2006 midterms, conservatism had been on the decline. Rush knew that at some point he would be its only remaining adherent. Now that it was so, he decided to put on a brave face and accept his status as the last of the dinosaurs.
Curiously enough, his greatest fear was not realized; he was still in demand, still listened to. True, his radio audience had dwindled dramatically, since there was no longer a conservative base. But there were plenty of liberals (i.e., Americans) stricken with morbid curiosity, and they did tune in, in significant numbers, like visitors to a museum. "It's hard to believe some people used to live like this," they'd say.
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