You know, as a problem in plane geometry, I guess it is. Not in this case, though. Besides, I don't think I'd want to harp on how stupid some guy is that my team hasn't been able to stop or even slow down for over 25 years.
I am so frequently bemused by those who see Rush as a blowhard, denigrate him for his weight ( being overweight is a safe topic to disparage someon ) and yet all too frequently, the same people who say they can not abide by his voice are the same ones who do not listen to his program on a regular basis.
Like Art, you don't rise to a position of prominence on radio by just being a blowhard with nothing to back it up.
Premiere paid Art for his show and Rush's network paid him $ 400 million to do his.
IF he were only a blowhard, then he'd have been off the air in months instead of being on it for 25 years.
Yet other blowhards on the other side of the spectrum have fallen by the wayside, because in part, they make things up.
Rush has a track record for being correct on issues and when he's wrong he admits it.
I've listened to the man on and off since literally the first minute he was on the air in Sacramento.
I've never heard him, as an example, call for the killing of Dick Cheney or George Bush as I have heard people do both on radio and tv.
The man is a professional and acts accordingly.
Part of what he does is showmanship, thus the " one hand tied behind my back ", " talent on loan from G*d ", etc.
But when he brings up issues, he does the research first and then disccusses the topic.
Unlike a certain other talk show host we know who claims to and doesn't.
And there have been Leftist journalist who have made up racist things about him, only to later retract them and apologize.
Rush gets a raw deal because of a perception that is not true, much like many Conservatives and Tea Party members do for being " haters ", "homophobes ", " xenophobes " and other ad hominem attacks, just like attacking him for his weight instead of the issues he brings up on a daily basis.