#465, probably because Rush can have an off the cuff thought monologue and not stammer through it like Fred and Mort do. Rush does their homework for them, and even when they use his work they get it wrong a lot of the times. They both are stuck on Beltway Stoo-pid, and sometimes I think they pander to the wackos and those lightweight dems that listen to Fox News Watch to see when Neal Gabler is going to go off the deep end. He sounds more and more nutty and any day I expect him to star in the real life version of "one flew over the Cuckoo's nest" like Lawrence O'Donnell did on Scarborough. That would be a great thread. We could name it "Kook, kook act Two".
re 465 & 473 - What a splendid response to why are supposedly conservative media criticizing Rush. I mulled it over and came up with sibling rivalry? petty jealously? etc., but you did a great job, Sammy.
Rush does chuckle about this, but deep down (and sometimes he lets us see it) Rush wants acceptance as much as anyone. That is why he trumpets his annual Marconi Awards.
Speaking of finding candidates for 2008, we better be grooming someone for when Rush is no longer on the air. Rush (55) may last like Paul Harvey (87 1/2), but that means we'll need someone behind the Golden EIB microphone by around 2038.