I agree with your post #8 - Rush screwed up. He does not screw up often, but his recent crankiness may lead him into further hot water. But when he does screw up he seems to have to justify how right he was, or misunderstood etc. Like the Donavan McNabb comments that took him off ESPN. He still drags that up to insist the media had it all wrong. When he makes ambiguous comments close to or over the line he cannot fairly claim that someone else took it the wrong way. They can take it however they interpret it. And Rush of all people knows that media will cut him NO slack.
All that does is give them oppertunity to put the barb in deeper. I never understood why the heck he said that about McNabb. It wasn't really what he said but it seemed so out of place. What I mean is I can't imagine a group of men watching a game and one say that. LOL