I gotta agree with the initial post about hiring "controversial hosts and then when they do something that they are known for they get fired or "resign", thats why they were hired.
Rush is a master of turning quotes around, as it has now come back on him (for real though ? I doubt it), from what I know of him he has always been very careful, always well thought out (regardless if you agree or not), so since I haven't heard his name in a long time and didn't even know he was a football guy, sure the way he calculates he probally wanted off the show and the press to boot, but just my opinion.
I actually think there is some truth to what he said, PC police and all be dangeded, he's fat, balding, and going deaf so he's 'protected' too these days.
I just saw more news, he can blame it all on the oxycontin