I've listened to him for years. He is good at reading people in power; he can see through their façade. Perot is a good example. Rush figured him out before many others did. His big failing, IMO, was in putting ideology ahead of country by helping to elect Clinton — and he did just that — when he turned on Bush 41 and effectively discouraging his listeners from voting or Bush or voting at all. He is now doing the same thing with Bush 43 by defending Bush once and demeaning him twice, day after day. Yes, he's smart. The show must go on.