Rush jumped the shark the day that he, like millions of other “grown” men, decided that it was a felony to be photographed without a cigar, the day, in short, when he said to himself (only after millions of other non-thinking lemmings had started a trend)”Hey! If I go around with a big cigar I will look powerful, mature, and sophisticated.” On that day, he became just another 15 year old kid looking to define himself.
Rush is entertaining, no doubt. Most of us have grown up, though. His self-promoting status as a moral beacon has worn thin, IMO, especially after his third divorce.