As entertaining as Rush can be at times, I think we all have to remember that that’s exactly what he is: an entertainer. Rush has never run for office, held office, managed a corporation (other than his personal radio empire, which is built on him alone and does not produce anything), or practiced a profession.
He simply delivers opinions but does so in an entertaining way. He’s often very wrong on things, and personally, I blame him with his frequently off-base comments about the positions of various candidates (such as when he accused Gingrich of being anti-capitalist) for having the GOP end up with the unfortunate Mitt Romney.
Increasingly, I think Rush simply reads nothing but secondary sources - the opinions of others - or perhaps just the headlines or maybe the lead paragraph from any article, report or document and never really sits down and analyzes it before he opens his mouth. And once his mouth is open, I’m not sure even he is always sure what will come out.
thee have been a number of occasions that I have heard him quote almost verbatim from this site. I have heard him repeat what a poster here has said on at least 5 occasions. He will quote the response and then expound on it.