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| Silverfiddle Rant! |
Rush Limbaugh has died. Conservatives are mourning, and many sick, pathetic leftists who live bitter, shriveled lives are celebrating his death.
I am already on the record stating I gave up conservative talk radio years ago (is Hannity still on the air?) but I did hear Rush every now and then because my rightwing wife is a Rush 24/7 subscriber.
The man was indeed a unique talent, and I don't see anyone wearing the talk radio crown the way he did. Big national talk radio is waning, and radio will eventually transition to something else, as it has continually done since Marconi and Tesla.
What is Rush's lasting legacy?
What did he mean to you?
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The first time I heard Rush, I was pulling guard duty in the Southern New Mexico desert. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I wasn't political at the time, but I loved the humor. I think he woke up tens of millions of conservatives and gave them courage to stand up for their values.
ReplyDeleteI heard Rush first when he was local in Sacramento and continued listening until he stopped shortly. I still listened to his show but not as often hearing his guest hosts. Rush was unique and will not be replaced.
ReplyDeleteI never was a ditto head.
ReplyDeleteMy employment rather precluded that.
But you could not escape the influence he had on others that then might have influence on you.
No one will replace him, but he inspired many to carry on his work, which is far more important than he himself working alone.
The last five paragraphs of Mark Steyn's tribute to Rush:
ReplyDeleteI have come to admire him even more this last year. When he announced his diagnosis, we all knew this story only has one ending, and it's just a question of how many chapters there are leading up to it. Rush loved what he did more than anything in life except his family. He had no interest in going to Tahiti to watch the sunset. He wanted to be behind the Golden EIB Microphone every day that he could. So initially he took a couple of days off every three weeks for treatment, and then the two days became four, and the treatment weeks took their toll and spilled into the following week. But, through it all, he remained determined to do every single show he could - because, aside from anything else, he wanted to make sure he, his listeners, his brand, his stations did everything they could to put President Trump across the finish line on November 3rd.
Events didn't quite turn out the way he wanted - although they might have if more people had worked as hard as a man ravaged by Stage IV cancer did, in defiance of his doctors' prognostications. The last three months, when he and Kathryn had surely earned those Tahitian sunsets, took a terrible toll. But he stayed on the air until just a fortnight ago - because above all he wanted to keep faith with tens of millions of listeners, many of whom had been listening to him their entire lives and could not imagine a world without him.
We are about to find out.
I am well aware of the ironies of the headline. My father liked to caution me with the old saw that the graveyard is full of indispensable men. But, as the conventional bias of the legacy media yielded to something far more severe from the woke billionaires of Social Media, Rush remained the Big Voice on the Right, the largest obstacle to the complete marginalization of conservative ideas in our culture. All of us who labored in his shadows owe it to him to continue the fight.
To modify Rush's tag line: Talent returned to God.
The above is from The Indispensable Man.
I never heard his show, but his influence was obvious and defies overstatement. I'd say much of that influence was unfortunate, but it wouldn't be fair for me to judge the man by the actions of his imitators.
ReplyDeleteThe Rev. Richard Coles handled the problem of how to memorialize a divisive figure (Thatcher, in his case) brilliantly IMO... https://youtu.be/jreoohRcs0Q
Rush Limbaugh, America's gadfly. Much like Socrates, he'll be missed by his friends, but not by the powerful few that he frequently bit.
ReplyDeleteOn the very day that his wife, Kathryn, announced the death of her husband, during the radio show of one of Broadcasters BIGGEST ICON . And to tell his audience that the passing of her beloved Husband. The very day that the passing of an American icon, of a mans whose patriotism, earned him a lifetime of achievement award from the President of the United State of America and the respect of Millions of Americans.. On the very day that this man came to the end of his remarkable life.
ReplyDeleteAll those haters, come out from under your rocks and you have said more about yourselves than you could have about Rush.
RIP, Rush, you were the True meaning of being a great American. No one could replace you.
1. A Great American died yesterday.
ReplyDelete2. He molded America with things he said, and that he did..
3. Its a shame he didn't live till he was ninety nine.
4. Such a huge void with his views no longer being heard.
5. I'm sure the President has lowered the flag at his house.
6. No not the fake president,not the president that STOLE the election the real one, President Trump.
7. I don't think anyone can slip right into those shoes of Rush's.
8. Rest In Peace, job well done, Mr. Limbaugh.
James of Texas
You people who are writing these disgusting things about Rush Limbaugh today, seem to be so Joyous for his death today... And just to think that you are the same Fools who Voted For HILLARY CLINTON in 2016
ReplyDeleteHe was the one who put talk radio on the map but became the chris matthews of the right. Talked just to hear himself talk and never presented both sides to any argument.
ReplyDeleteHe was marginalized for the last decade and I stopped listening to him because it was always the same. Hannity, dobbs, carlson are all cut from the same cloth and I have better things to do than listen to them.
That is the reason I gave up all political punditry years ago. I have criticized it here, but perhaps I was too harsh. Rush educated people and urged them to investigate and think for themselves.
DeleteFor this reason, I do now listen to podcasts where you can get trenchant, reasoned debate. Unfortunately, that doesn't play well on the radio.
He used his broadcasting talent to belittle and insult and he must be recognized as the prime mover in creating the right/left chasm that exists today.
ReplyDeleteHe did nothing to encourage rational dialog and will not be misssed.
GIVE IT A REST DUCKY
DeleteYou've just described today's entire Infotainment Media Establishment.
DeleteI respect what he accomplished in the field of talk radio, but stopped listening to him in the early 90's and never looked back.
ReplyDeleteWe have lost a great American and Patriot. but more than that, we've lost someone who one could consider the conscience of our country. He believed in what made this country great and in turn pointed out the idiocy and worse of these people who not only spout hatred and more towards our country but in fact hate it and the fundementals it was founded on. And one point to all the haters out ther, especially to those who never bothered to even listen to him or his show.
ReplyDeleteRush always made the point of telling his listeners "don't just listen to me and take my word as gospel! Check out the facts, educate yourself as to the realities of the situation and not just on what I say"
I heard him say that many times (believe it or nit, Glen Beck always did that also). So how bad can someone really be who opines then turns and tells all to study it their selves then make what is hopefully a learned decision.
May he rest in peace and let me say Thank You Rush!
Most people misunderstood Rush, but if you listened, he stated up front that his show was about "his opinions". Why should he give propaganda time to the left wing red diaper doper babys, plastic banana, good time rock and roller, plastic banana, crowd.
ReplyDeleteYou see, most of his opinions were the same as mine and I wasn't alone in the wilderness, anymore.
Rest in peace, Rush. You will be missed!
Mega ditto's.
I rarely heard his radio show but loved his TV show. I did not care for his radio style. But on TV he let people speak for themselves with well curated contextual video excerpts, and these lefties spoke volumes more about themselves than any commentary Rush added.
ReplyDeleteComing together with the right time and opportunity he created the niche that allowed conservative voices to flourish - virtually the only part of the media not given exclusively to leftist dogma. That part contrasts with TV, cable, some radio (think NPR), newspapers, magazines, Yahoo ‘News’, and even sports broadcasts and the growing podcast sphere which weights heavily left.
He accentuated the positive, ridiculed the ridiculous and, unfortunately, did it over the top for some. In the few times I listened I never heard the kinds of comments some detractors cite. But - TRUST ME - nothing I've read from them approaches the extreme leftist drivel I often heard on my drive home tuning in a local public radio station. Drivel delivered in a fog of ignorance, self-righteousness, and insensitivity.
Only talk radio opened a platform where millions of voices resonate and minds were enlivened with substance across the center to right spectrum. While Dennis Prager is more to my personal liking – or this- I give Rush his due as a monumental founding presence of many blessings we enjoy today. He filled the room but did not hog the limelight as he made it available for many to follow in his steps and create a community among the censored and silenced.
Did he ‘create’ the division we see today? Hardly! He made possible to be seen what already was.
And he 'paid back' with millions in philanthropy - both personally and in inspiring others.
ReplyDeleteThe people hatefully celebrating Rush's death and trashing his life are just demonstrating the emptiness of their own lives. Rush lived an exceptional life. Well done, Rush.
I have reading some of the comments from the Progressive scum squad. Pretty much the garbage that was expected.
ReplyDeleteThese people are the HATERS of the country, and in my mind, they are prey much the reason for the countries problems
I have purposely avoided reading anything about what liberals/Progressives are saying about Rush Limbaugh. I figured it would be hateful, gloating even, that his voice is now gone. The hate of people is something that really gets me stressed and anxious, so I just can't go there
DeleteThe leftwing progs rejoicing in Rush's death are little blisters of rage and self-loathing with pathetic, shitty lives, so they take it out on their hate totems instead of pulling their heads out and improving their lives.
DeleteAND THESE PEOPLE ARE PREACHING ABOUT “UNITY “!
ReplyDeleteTHEY. ARE. CRAZY
Within minutes of the announcement of Rush Limbaugh's passing, Liberals/Democrats/ and the Looney Progressives aka the party of HATE, began to CELEBRATE, and REJOICE over the death of their political opponent.
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