Rush should NOT have apologized! He was right about the flake ... and I find myself very disappointed and thoroughly disgusted! Money? Sponsors? No excuse! Zippo ... de nada!
I've been listening to Rush for twenty years, and I love him, but once in a great, great while it's as though he forgets how to use the language. He's a master of language, but sometimes he can be like a little boy saying, "Poopy." OK, fine, say "poopy," but then you miss the opportunity to make a far stronger point because everyone is focused on "poopy" instead of your core argument.
You know who made a more forceful argument against Fluke? Bill O'Reilly. Of all people! He nailed her on her entitlement mentality and immaturity, and you couldn't help but see the common sense of his argument because he didn't detract from it by using words that would obscure his point.