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You have to be able to discern these things. Some people know when they're reading an Onion article, some don't. Some know when Rush is being tongue-in-cheek, some don't.

But here's a tip: the stuff that Rush says right after the top of the hour and bottom of the hour breaks, when he's introducing the show or reintroducing the show to listeners who are just tuning in, is usually tongue-in-cheek. He'll say stuff like he's the all-caring, all-seeing Maja Rushie and that he's doing the show with half his brain tied behind his back, etc. This stuff is spoken in jest and in semi-seriousness. And it has been during these times that he has said that he can be trusted with daughters and wives and that he's the role model for all of America's yout and chilruns. This is him being mock-pompous. He does it to needle people who don't like him, who think he's being serious, and also as a mockery of the sort of arrogance that is so often ascribed to him by his critics.