I do understand your frustration, as I don’t really care about football and so I just go elsewhere when he talks about it to excess.
He is so erudite on “issues” that I wish he would indeed stick to them! That is where he is strongest, and we love him for it!
So I guess I am one of those “Stick to the issues’ people as well.
We apparently think alike on Rush. I love him and have learned so much from him over the years. I am impressed with the way he handles his callers. He’s a good listener (even though he struggles at times due to his deafness). I really hate the way Mark handles his callers. It’s often very unpleasant and rarely demonstrates a way for us conservatives to answer a naysayer in a civil way like Rush does. I remember that Rush said he used to be rude and smart-alecky with callers until he matured and realized it didn’t persuade anyone.
In spite of Mark’s rudeness to the callers, I have to admit that I’m learning more from him these days than from Rush. :’(