Speaking of the old Rush that I knew so well, it was never about cowardice, it was about moving the nation right.
Rush always wanted to have a vast audience that he was prodding and educating, and largely, unlocking their inner conservative and giving them the language and arguments, for what they already believed, whether they knew it or not.
Rush was about his listeners being able to persuade at the office water cooler, he wasn’t there to express his inner, angry, radical self.
I used to listen to Rush to help me sound less dogmatic, less blunt, less of a fact filled dump machine for any poor soul that I could corner.
Rush was about changing people and emboldening the middle class to have confidence in their values and common sense, not to sing songs and share red meat with we die hard right wingers.
Someone who knows..said that Rush is far more affected by his hearing problem than he lets on to his listening audience.
That may have something to do with the change...exercising more caution, less humor, etc..