[VeniVidiVici]

Rush brought up a good point the other day that I’ve often wondered myself.

If man evolved from ape, why are there still apes?

[srmorton]

I heard him say that. I rarely disagree with Rush, but in this case he was wrong. The theory of evolution does not claim that man evolved from apes, but that both evolved from a common ancestor which is a very different proposition.

[BroJoeK]

VeniVidiVici: "Rush brought up a good point the other day that I’ve often wondered myself.
If man evolved from ape, why are there still apes?"

srmorton: "I heard him say that.
I rarely disagree with Rush, but in this case he was wrong.
The theory of evolution does not claim that man evolved from apes, but that both evolved from a common ancestor which is a very different proposition."

plain talk: "Rush is outstanding when it comes to political analysis.
However he is quite inept when it comes to technical subjects.
It is painful to listen to him say things like this."

I've heard Rush talk about evolution, infrequently and not recently, and not the argument you posted here.
Obviously Rush is sympathetic to creationism, but I've never heard him trash science to get there.

In this particular argument, the answer couldn't be simpler:

if most Americans descend from Europeans, why are there still Europeans?

Point is: that's a ludicrous argument, one which I'm sure that Rush, as the master of argument reductio ad absurdum would instantly understand.