I second you on both counts. He's clueless politically - - doesn't see the value - - necessity in my view -- for tax cuts. Moreover, he's arrogant to callers.
That said, he called the bear market and I wish I had taken his "sell" advice. I too have been waiting for him to say "Buy" -- and if it's true that this is his signal, as of this weekend, I'm gonna pay attention.
He's been so crabby about the "permabulls" who've said BUY all the way down, that I think he'd be very wary of saying BUY himself if he didn't think he had real good reason to do so.