I don't know if that is true. That is kind of harsh, but he certainly opens himself up to the criticism that he is a bit of a hypocrite. Preaching one thing for others and then doing something entirely different for himself. Look at our other conservative talk idols, like Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham, too. No husbands or traditional families with white picket fences either. Maybe it is God's humorous way of telling us all to lighten up.
I would venture to say that **MOST** of these babble heads left and right are nothing more than demagogues.
They read the social and political climate and choose their side based on market forecast, competition, etc. It's nothing more than a business. In a mall you have people sell you cheap sunglasses, and most of the babble heads sell you second hand news interpreted for you in a way that reaffirms what you want to believe. There is a reason why CNN has a European and Asia division and why the same story will have a very different spin to it depending on which one you're watching. Like Al Arabia or Al Jazzier, they tell the people what they want to hear more-so than actually just report. Near all the babble heads, these commentators make their living by pandering to certain religious, political, racial, gender, national origin etc. groups and their sensitivities. Indeed Coulter herself isn't much different than Jesse Jackson in that way. They throw themselves in front of issues which they know will rally their target audience and they then cash in on these events. How much do they actually “believe” in what they say? How much do they live by their self professed beliefs? I would say that like Gore (And ALL of course in this web site will agree that we can bash him for being a fat, mansion living, jet flying hypocrite! lol) most are fake. They just read the mood and feeling of the times and exploit that for their own personal economic gain. They're savvy people. There is a reason why Fox news altogether went right. It was "planned" that way. They analyzed a market and realized there is money to be made! Do you “really” think Michael Moore believes the crap he says? I can't prove it, but I would lay money on it that he doen't. And of course there too most here will agree when I'm talking about Michael Moore, but not with Rush, of course not him. lol Those like Rush are near all fakes, IMHO. They're actors playing a role on the public stage. Others like O’Reily might have made mistakes and contradicted themselves at times, erred and had to correct themselves, but there is a sincerity because you can see it in their personal behavior, consistency of logic and position taken on issues, and the fact that their life sort of follows a certain theme that fits this way of thinking...........
People like Rush do more harm than good in the long run. Like the Gore's that ultimately undermine global warming despite spending millions on advertising, congressional testimony, a movie, speeches..... At the end of the day, those like Gore help give the scam of global warming it's death kiss. On the conservative side it's no different. The bomb throwers, the ones screaming on the radio, coming up with crazy conspiracy theories...... what they end up doing is making the entire conservative movement look laughable. They end up alienating people (potential voters), they discredit the philosophical greater cause of the conservative movement......... Most of these folks like Rush and Coulter are serving themselves no differently than Gore is with global warming. But in the end, they are not helping the conservative movement, despite their popularity among certain members within the group. -IMHO