Monday, February 22, 2021

Rush Limbaugh dead at 70, but his legacy is immense

From Washington Examiner.com (Feb. 17):

Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh has died, his wife announced Wednesday morning.

He was 70.

“I know that I am most certainly not the Limbaugh that you tuned in to listen to today,” Kathryn Adams Limbaugh told her late husband's audience. “I, like you, very much wish Rush was behind this golden microphone right now, welcoming you to another exceptional three hours of broadcasting.

“It is with profound sadness I must share with you directly that our beloved Rush, my wonderful husband, passed away this morning due to complications from lung cancer,” she added. “Rush will forever be the greatest of all time. Rush was an extraordinary man, a gentle giant, brilliant, quick-witted, genuinely kind, extremely generous, passionate, courageous, and the hardest-working person I know.”

Thus concludes the life of the most influential voice in conservative politics since the late 1980s.

This is not an exaggeration.

Before Limbaugh, right-leaning audiences had few options insofar as explicitly conservative political commentary was concerned. They had a handful of magazines. They had a handful of columnists. That was about it. The rest was controlled mostly by the big three networks and other Democratic-sympathetic media, entities that generally invest very little time and effort in understanding or speaking to the values of conservative audiences. [read more]

I remember Rush Limbaugh talking to a young Left-wing caller on his radio show. The caller said of all the conservatives he listened to on the radio, Rush was the only one who understood the Left. Rush always said he never needed a Left-wing co-host on his show because he could represent both sides. This understanding scared the Left. They like to live in the shadows. They don’t like to be exposed for who they really are. That’s why they attack Rush and any other conservatives that threatens their ideology.

Rush had a guy on his show who had a girl friend that gave him an ultimatum: Stop listening to the Rush Limbaugh Show or I’ll leave you. They guy told the girlfriend adios! I thought to myself good for him. If the girlfriend (probably a Leftist) is that insecure in her life then later on they probably would have deep problems in their relationship. Ultimatums are a last resort to persuasion if the person is making a really bad decision about his/her life—like using drugs, etc. Definitely should not be used for personal tastes.

RIP Maharushi. You are one of a kind. You will be missed by all the dittoheads. Gone but not forgotten. Condolences to his family and friends.

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