Managed to catch that portion of the show. Rush quickly swept the Erickson issue aside with that single terse statement and then proceeded with a much longer rambling about how Trump is what Trump is. But to me it seemed Rush was distancing himself far more from Trump than from Erickson.
There was a segment days before the “Debate” in which Rush cited some of his chief news sources which surprisingly included the RedState site.
IMO Rush has been, in the last year or so, become sloppy in his show prep, meandering discoursions, forgetful searching for the fact or name that earlier would have been snapped out quickly. Could be that the three hour format is just wearing on him after almost three decades.
I get frustrated with him. I have been listening for about twenty-six years because of the updates, his voices and humor but no updates anymore, he rarely does Clinton voice and his humor is almost non-existent. Well yesterday the stuff about blood was funny and he was having fun with the black ladies video. I had the ditto cam on and he was shaking he was laughing so hard. Every time he gets married it seems the women steal his soul or something.
I also hear him (nearly) cut off a lot when he is talking. It is as if no one is in there telling him a break is coming up.
I didn't hear that, but tells me EE is on the Rush sh-t list. And now I wonder what Rush will say/think about EE's glowing fawning introduction of the Jebster. That should seal the deal. As for Rush distancing himself from Trump, I don't think in proportion he's done nearly enough of that. Yes, technically he's said he's NOT endorsing Trump - but for weeks his show has been all Trump all the time and not a word (that I've heard) about Trump's liberal tendencies.
“But to me it seemed Rush was distancing himself far more from Trump than from Erickson.”
He comment on Erickson is standard talk, but if you may want to reconnect the dots if you think he was distancing himself from Trump. He did surprise me, though; he says he had never heard the expression, “blood in the eyes”. I talked to a former prison guard onetime about his experiences. He said you could always tell which inmate was guilty of a violent act; his eyes were invariably blood red.
The fact the man is now married has much to do with it. Said so at the time. Once he married, his show began to slip, only a bit, but found it was not as sharp as in years past. That he can still find the spirit to do what he does is truly surprising. I’ll not fault him for anything. This is only an observation. Without RUSH all these years, where, exactly, would we be? He is a light in the dark tunnel.