Limbaugh was using coded language to churn up racial resentment, dropping gems like: “Let the unskilled jobs that take absolutely no knowledge whatsoever to do—let stupid and unskilled Mexicans do that work.” Limbaugh’s success spawned a spate of copycats eager to build their own “conservative talk radio” market, and plenty of people in Maine were listening. Many Americans started saying the quiet parts out loud.
