I do not begrudge Rush the time he takes off.
I don't either. I do begrudge him the boring golf stories afterward. And other then Steyn, his guest hosts aren't so good. But like I said, Dennis generally has a better show anyway.
I pretty much turn Rush off when he starts taking calls. It's always sycophants and it's bad radio. Nothing is less entertaining than some caller telling the host how wonderful they are. Rush would never allowed it a few years ago. Remember the caller seminars? Now he soaks it up, while I reach for the dial. The guy the other day trying to get rush to go to a football game with him was painful. I didn't turn the dial then for the same reason I don't look away from car crashes.