My view exactly. But when I said (posted) that before, I got thoroughly trashed. (I hope I will get kinder treatment for a reply :-))
I think it's very hard to listen to anyone who is so determined that his opinions are right and everyone else is wrong because eventually there's going to be something you disagree with him on. I agree with Rush probably 70 to 80 percent of the time. But anyone who has a mind of their own is going to disagree with him at some point. And with Rush's way of acting, he's bound to try to make you sound like an idiot when you do.
I still listen occasionally, but my primary purpose in listening to him years ago was because I had no other media source for my point of view. With the advent of Fox, the use of the internet, and other talk radio programs, I don't find him as important to me.
That does not mean he isn't important; he is, because of his large audience. It's just that I don't consider him a primary source of information.