Help, the strawmen are coming!!!
Way to shamelessly exaggerate a position you don't know much about. I await crash's clarification of his views, since your dramatic representation thereof is lamentable.
As far as its relevance to this thread, whether Rush lives the beliefs he espouses is of
central importance, as we are talking about the subject of a book: the dishonesty of celebrated proponents of political conservatism, Rush included. The validity and usefulness of their views are of secondary importance here.