[odawg]

“He doesn’t want to be like Levin or Beck.”

Then why does he sound like them?

[hawaiianninja]

If you think he sounds like them, then you're not really listening. Or perhaps you only catching and reacting to bits and pieces of what he says.

Sure, Rush, Levin and Beck are of a conservative vein. And perhaps that's where you hear similarities. But Rush, IHMO, is more pragmatic than Levin and Beck. He doesn't fly off the handle that easily, nor does he Bible-thump, nor rubs his face in Cheetos crumbs. He is, after all, the self-proclaimed "Mayor of Realville."