There are many ways to describe Rush, but intelligent and thoughtful don't work. He's uneducated and glories in it. He thoughtlessly pigeon holes strangers with a we/them mentality. I listen to him everday because he's polite, hard working, entertaining, humorous, and optimistic. If he were intelligent and thoughtful too that would be great but I'll be happy with him the way he is.
Just because someone does not have a degree does not make them uneducated. I know pleanty of "educated" people who are extremely ignorant. (one person I privatly regard as uneducated and illiterate is a sitting judge)
Rush's positions are thought out and he is at the very minimum learned in his area of expertise.
Rush not intelligent? Have you ever listened to his show?
As far as education goes, I have nothing more than a high school diploma and I am a conservative.
Many people I see have degrees and are liberals.
If an opinion from the unwashed counts.........
Like a piece of paper automatically makes a person smarter and more intelligent than others. Get real, that piece of paper only makes you more competant in that one minute area of life.