Rush is an astute analyst, and brilliant in understanding conservative principle. Sean is not too smart, but he is a bulldog and his heart is in the right place.
Bill O’Reilly is a totally average person. That is why he guesses things so accurately - he knows how people think. But he reminds me of the guy who wants so hard to be thought of as intelligent, and works hard at it, but...just really doesn’t get it. He really doesn’t understand much at all. He’s just not that smart.
I think Rush is the shrewdest of the bunch. I especially give him credit as a pioneer, clearing a conservative patch in liberal MSM. It’s hard to imagine the other two I mentioned without him. Who else was there? Bill Buckley. That’s about it.
However as the years passed, and especially in defense of Bush he’s become more and more of a hack, if not for the party then for the movement. I remember him predicting Iraq would keep Dems in the minority for a generation. And he wasn’t ever an intellectual, shrewd as he is, but an entertainer. That’s what I give him credit for.