I’ve had Rush on in the car fairly regularly since 1990. This is hard to prove, but there’s no way a younger, less mentally/pharmaceutically clouded Rush (or his persona on the radio, if they’re not the same thing) would have said *or thought* this in the 90s.

Rush and that other one, the “Beuller…” economist guy on Fox News. It is as if when they say “I am a creationist” all they really mean is “I hate lippy teenagers and hippies and seekrit muslim socialists”. I’m wondering to what degree do they really, factually believe the words coming out of their mouths, kind of the way a spoiled child can throw a tantrum and say “I HATE YOU I HATE U…” but that’s not exactly what the words mean.