Changing Minds and Playing Defense

RUSH: The assault on Melania Trump is an assault on Trump, which is an assault on the Republican Party, which is an assault on the Republican campaign, which is all oriented toward denying Republican victory. And a school of thought says, "Yeah, Rush, just show up, ignore that, you know, focus on the positive. You're trying to change minds. Tell people what they ought to know from last night, what really big happened last night."  Which makes sense, but then there's also the part of me