Posted on 02/18/2021 5:42:29 AM PST by Texas Eagle
Usually, in this line of work, if you're lucky, you get a moment - a year or two when you're the in-thing - and you hope to hold enough of that moment as it slowly fades away to keep you going till retirement. Rush did something unprecedented in the history of TV and radio. Commercial broadcasting began in the United States in 1920: The Rush Limbaugh Show came along two-thirds of a century later, became the Number One program very quickly, and has stayed at the top all the way to today - for a third of the entire history of the medium. And throughout all those decades Rush and his show stayed exactly the same: a forensic breakdown of the day's news, punctuated by musical parodies, satirical sketches, and Rush's own optimism and good humor, even through this last terrible year.
(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...
/sarc. Personally, I don't care because most of us have a job and don't see everything all the time. And Steyn is amongst the best.
Now, if you reposted an American Thinker article...
It certainly feels like Rush was indispensible....we really have nobody to take his place.
I feel Andrew Wilkow is the closest to having Rush’s sharp wit and grasp of conservatism/libertarianism.
But losing Rush leaves an empty hole in our hearts at a time when we are on the defensive.
Somehow,someway we Americans will get through all this. Rush would want us to fight even harder. And we WILL!
Best eulogy.
In a way........RUSH has been interviewing President Trump for the past twenty four hours. Last week, Donald Trump was impeached for the second time, he had been silent, almost for a month. The timing is amazing. NOW we have seen endless clips of Trump and Rush, the Medal of Freedom award, and numerous campaign events. We have heard him on numerous shows, speaking about Rush. Donald Trump is back.
“Rush took politics seriously but not solemnly.”
That’s a great summation of what made Rush so popular and why he struck a chord with so many of us.
In some ways, for us, this is like losing a father when we are 30 years old (the time most of us had with Rush). He provided the guidance and showed the way. We must now determine the path we will take.
At least we still have Mark Steyn. He is a treasure.
I can't see anybody providing what Rush did. His knowledge, wit and charisma and his ability to make a point quickly and concisely was unique.
Amen. He’s the closest thing we have to Rush.
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