Rush bashing is a phase that new converts resort to. It is a terrible shock to find out for the first time how evil the Rats are. [Not the voters, but the leaders.] And to see Rush stick with safe subjects can be infuriating to a new convert. I kept wondering why he never talked about the Brown Crash, at least so far as I know. And so I, for a time, thought Rush was 'sold out' or something.
Now I conclude that Rush is a survivor. The Brown Crash is a highly polarizing and divisive issue. Many conservatives refuse to take it seriously. And so long as the conservatives are divided on it, Rush will avoid it. Why risk all he built up over that one controversy? I guess the same goes for the tainted blood scandal. Too many other conservatives ignore it. So Rush avoids it. He looks for some semblance of unity before diving in.
He is a powerful, positive, educational force, for the most part issue oriented. And so, I realise that it is up to guys like me to get the real dark side of the Rats exposed. I think he would pick up a lot more listeners if he dared to dive into those turbulent waters, but I don't hold it against him for being cautious.
Rush is great. I will never forget the rainy morning I first heard him more than 10 years ago. I had finally found someone who also saw that the emporer had no clothes and was not afraid to holler it out. He drives me crazy with his ramblings about playing golf with Fuzzy and hob nobbing with the rich and famous, crumpling paper and hamming it up. Thats not out of any envy on my part its just that I want to get to the issues of the day which he is so good at dissecting. Even though he sounds like he is half way through a sex change operation the Great One, Ma Ha Rushie still rules!