for someone that hates rush - and not listening to rush - you sure have a lot of venom to spew on a fan thread
You can (if you want to spend a few hours!) do a post-in-forum search to see for yourself how for nearly 10 years I have been an ardent admirer and supporter of Rush. Furthermore, I expect very much that, God willing Rush and I retain our health and vitality, I will continue to admire and support Rush for many years to come, at least some of the time if not most.
On the other hand, it only takes few minutes of reading my posts and a few seconds of thought to understand that the words "hates Rush" and "venom to spew" apparently solely describe how you interpret disagreement with your own opinions.
As for "a fan thread," I guess I missed the FReeper memo that said comments must be complimentary of the talk show host who titles any live thread of the show.
And as for "not listening to Rush," I listened almost halfway through today, and turned it of FOR THE VERY REASON Rush would certainly respect. As he himself has often said, his rapid rise and success in the early '90s was due to the fact that at the time, NOBODY in the media anywhere was saying the things they were thinking. They tuned in to Rush, and WOW! Here was this guy espousing the same conservatism they believed, that their friends and family believed, and it was so refreshing to hear it when EVERY OTHER PLACE in the media, the talking heads were saying the opposite of what they believed.
Rush is an American Hero because he pioneered a whole new thing -- giving a voice for millions of conservative in America -- that was GOOD for America. They tuned in because he was saying pretty much the same thing they were thinking. He didn't lead them, he confirmed for them that they were not alone.
Lately, Rush has failed to confirm what I and most of my conservative friends and family are thinking -- that Romney is as much a traitor and fraud in the Republican party as Ron Paul, worthy of the same decided rejection.
You can call that "venom" and "hate" if you want, but that tells more about you than it does about my thoughts on Rush.