RUSH LIMBAUGH: I made a prediction back when CBS hired [Stephen] Colbert to do the, to replace [David] Letterman ... The moment I heard this, I warned everybody that what CBS had just done was essentially punt middle America. That in hiring Colbert to replace Letterman, they were essentially just thumbing their noses at middle America.

Well, lo and behold, Kyle Smith had a great piece in The New York Post yesterday “Colbert's Late Show has become propaganda for Democrats.” And it's in third place and it's losing to Jimmy Kimmel, who's never been in second place, until Colbert came along, is in second place. And now Colbert's audience is, demographically they say 'hey, we love it, it's great,' but it's shrinking.

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I'm just telling you the prediction I made has come true. With this hiring, CBS basically was flipping the bird to the middle-American population in the country, the Republican base, what have you. And they're responding in kind by not watching. Exactly as I knew would be the case.

Previously:

Rush: “CBS Has Just Declared War On The Heartland Of America” By Replacing Letterman With Colbert

Stephen Colbert Lampoons Right-Wing Media For Asking If Hillary Clinton Is Too Old

Colbert Mocks Limbaugh, Carlson, Doocy Over Their Global Warming Denials

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