I see your point but how serious can you take him when you know it is schtick? And he stole half of his persona from Bob Grant who I listened to for ten years in the late 80's to the 90's I am not normally a conservative radio listener but Bob was good; he took no prisoners but he wasn't redundant and snide like Rush. If you listen to the old tapes of Grant you can hear where a lot of the Cons get their stuff.