Rush is a phenomenon. I marvel at how in tune he is with his audience. He is very bright, great memory, and funny. Sometimes he’ll lapse into faux arrogance (ha ha) but I feel a tinge of sincerity that he may be approaching the edge of really being arrogant (he does not well suffer fools. But at other times he is humble, and becomes sincerely touched by compliments. He can be schmaltzy and a “sentimental slob”. He is patriotic, and a shining example of the Mississippi (Moon) River heritage from which he sprung (Mark Twain?). The trouble is he will not be forever. He’s been behind the golden EIB mic for what? 18-20 years? With his vast wealth and all his other distractions (hostile treatment in Florida, cigars, gold, other venture offers, etc), he may choose to walk soon, and in no event will be be there longer than 20 more years, then what? No one is like him. Glenn Beck and Shawn Hannity try, but they are not close to pinging upon all the facets that Rush delivers. Than God we’ve been able to be here when he was.
Whoops. Meant to say “golf” as a Rush distraction, not gold. Freudian slip.