Rush defended football when the feminists were out to get it banned, censored, and whatnot (Feminists: during Superbowl breaks, women are being violently beaten every year, every game, ad nauseum). Rush did this. And here, on ESPN, Rush did another "unthinkable". He acted upon the very same Free Speech rights accorded to all liberals and their "allies". Some figure this to be a wrong thing to do. Upholding Rush always as a "standard" of good "bearing". This standard of "good bearing" of "perfection" is the very whipping stick the liberals use to smear, slime and denigrate some very solid fair and sensible people.
Oh How Angry the left is that Rush Dares to Assume he is of the "Liberal -- Annointed, Elitist" class.
Rush just took out, by his very action, another strawdog tactic of the left by which they use to slam everyone "conservative" or "Republican". IMHO, Rush has expanded his audience. Losses go to the pigskin.