He's an entertainer, not a policy maker. Name one news or entertainment source (or statistician for that matter) that doesn't selectively choose what they say or don't say in order to get their point across.
If Rush was in charge of anything or had a say in spending public funds on projects, then I would expect him to do "the right thing". Not that any congressman actually does that, but that's my personal expectation. As an entertainer, I expect him to be entertaining. The fact that he is very successful at getting people like you all riled up by predicting where Democrats will make fools of themselves, and then pointing out where he is right, is entertaining as hell. The fact that he thinks the republican party has lost it's sense of direction doesn't have much to do with his show.
All he's saying is that now the elections are over, he'll feel free to direct more of his attention back at the republican party instead of simply pointing out what fools the democrat politicians are. He'll quit ignoring the dumb things the repubs have done.
That also doesn't change his basic belief that an incorrect or "lost" republican is still better than the typical liberal democrat who is right on track... I'll take an incompetent republican over a competent democrat almost any day because although the republican might accidentally stray into the tax and spend mentality, the liberal democrat's entering argument is that I have no right to my own money and the government has the obligation to interfere with every aspect of my life.
That's what Rush is saying. I don't see the lie in there. He's definately been selective in his criticism and support, but lies? What could he possibly be lying about since he doesn't actually DO anything or have any say in how the government is run?
Edit: VOR is also right, and the military is a great example. I'm currently in charge of planning a major theater exercise that I have personal concerns about. Worse, my planning efforts will directly result in the expenditure of a few million taxpayer dollars and will direct the efforts of over 8,000 people over the next several months. Does that make me a liar? Hell no, I'm implementing decisions and policies made by people who are responsible for making those decisions. Truth and lies has nothing to do with my opinion about our force structure, manning, budget, or exercise/operations tempo. I shut up and do my best to make it happen, as directed. I know where my loyalty belongs.
