May I compartmentalize? I hate to, but may I?

Farewell to Limbaugh's smarter, more skilled predecessor.

Like Limbaugh, Harvey got special treatment from both left and right because he was feared by both (if you were a conservative politician, he could wreck your career in 30 seconds). No one really liked him, as near as I can tell, except his middle American audience, and they adored him.

Olbermann eviscerates him (starting at 1:05) here, and does a pretty good job catching Harvey's intonation and cadence (not easy to do).

We tend to see these guys after they become caricatures. Here he is, whipping his fastball back in the day.

Fry and Laurie once explored the question of whether English could be used for demagoguery. Somehow, I think this is as good an explanation of Paul Harvey as you're going to get.