Mark, Rush is funny as hell. How do you think he has such a large audience. I don't listen to him all the time. But if I'm in the car when he's on I'll switch over to listen to him. He has a lot of valid arguments as well as being an very entertaining and funny guy.
You would actually have to listen for yourself. I think the media has pulled a few things he has said here and there over the last 25 plus years and try to represent him that way.
I don't agree with everything he says of course. But make no mistake that he's really, really good at being an entertainer...which is exactly what he is.
Rush even says that plainly on his show every day. He plainly states that his show is NOT all about politics. He tells you that his show is based entirely on things that interest him at any given moment.
Sometimes it's football, most times it is politics, sometimes it's fine cigars, sometimes fine wine, etc. But he just has the gift of being an entertainer.
I don't know if you ever saw Dennis Miller's show that was on HBO for about 10 years...but it was really, really funny. The guy is super smart and has one of the best vocabularies I've ever heard from a celebrity.
Fox And Friends was a pretty cool concept back in 2000. But it deteriorated over the years into just total stupidity. I can't even stand to hear Brian Kilmeade's voice anymore.
He used to be kinda cool and was the "sports guy" on the show.
Now he thinks he's some kind of conservative opinion guru like O'Reilly
But he doesn't have the brains or talent for that. He's just horrible.
Actually, the best morning shows in my opinion are on...MSNBC.
To me it's the high mark of their day when it comes to actually reporting the news without any opinions or bias.
Of course, later in the day...MSNBC takes a dive and becomes nothing but the exact mirror image of Fox News' primetime lineup...except with anchors that aren't very entertaining.
The whole thing for both channels in primetime is a wash. They both suck.
In the "real" news hour...I like Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper's shows on CNN.
And I like Shepard Smith's on FNC.
That's about it.
When I really want to know what's going on around the world...I tune in to AlJazeera America News.