Levin would be fine for some conservatives and unthinkable for others.
Their names floating around makes no difference at all, anyhow......because WHY would each of these two guys desert the lush, high-paying jobs they have NOW to laboriously toil three hours a day, five days a week year-round on a radio program.......not to mention the onerous preparation time Rush had to put in ???
Ain't gonna happen.
The radio honchos who produced Rush's program will look for a contemporary, much younger, promising and popular radio or TV host, rest assured.
Leni
I agree that Mark Steyn is not a perfect replacement for Rush, he is a good substitute host. One of Rush's most recognizable assets is his unshakeable optimism, his positivity. When he was reminded that he would tell his listeners when to panic, and current events might be a reason to panic, Rush replied that he would never say to panic, that his belief in the American people was unshakeable.
Mark Steyn appears to lack that unshakeable optimism. He lingers sometimes on the things that are wrong, will linger on the negatives which Rush never did.
Also, I have questioned whether Steyn would commit to 3 hours a day, five days a week, day in and day out ad infinitim.
I suspect that it will be difficult to find a direct replacement for Rush, AND only a direct replacement could attain to the solid heights that Rush struggled to reach. I doubt that it would be impossible - just difficult.
Leni you are totally right. That is EXACTLY what they will try to do. They will try to “replace” Rush with someone younger.
They don’t get that as I wrote in my piece the other day, “Rush Limbaugh: End of an Era,” the very thing Rush did has now died with him, namely, analysis of news.
He said it. “There is no news anymore.” Seriously, I wonder if he had gone on for another year or two if his listeners would have stayed, because Rush was getting very frustrated at not having reliable news to respond to. It was becoming a constant debunking of lies.
I don’t think it matters who you put there. I think the era of talk radio (except local) is gone.
Something else-—I don’t know what-—will take its place.
#116. The voice of reason sums it up again, bigly!
“a contemporary, much younger, promising and popular radio or TV host”
Like Candace Owens? Charlie Kirk? There are some excellent younger conservatives. Most seem so serious, though; and humor MUST be there. I don’t think anyone has the depth Rush had, or ever will.
Brian Kilmeade would be a good replacement.
He’s young and has a good radio persona.
My $.02 !
Buck Sexton is another good one!