He is basically getting to poke his thumb in Ubama's eye.
I think he may have planned this whole thing.
I find that quite unlikely; but I like your tagline.
I told my wife the same thing Friday when she said something to me about this. I haven’t listened to Rush for awhile but I know he has a very professional long time staff that knows Rush inside out. Every call gets screened to fit the show’s theme. Rush always said, “the callers are there to make the host look good” or something like that.
To think that Rush would purposefully do something to hurt his bottom line is not possible. This is one of Rush’ teaching moments.