Posted on 12/24/2021 1:40:18 PM PST by M. Thatcher
This is our first Christmas without Rush Limbaugh, and for millions of us it is a terrible void.
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Rush’s passing was tough. My father passed away about 12 years ago and he was very much like Rush in temper and views on life. It was like my father dying a second time. I could not listen to the rerun, commemoration show for weeks as it hurt too much.
My dad was such a fan that we even went to Dan’s bake sale and I still have the pin.
I started to listen, but our local station went to autopilot Christmas music really soon.
I miss him every day. His last year was definitely the fastest year in radio.
There will be many tributes next week when there is the annual focus on those who left us during 2021. Rush will be the greatest loss of all, IMHO.
One day I’ll remember him with fondness, but now it just plain hurts.
I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard him and also when I had heard he died.
Miss him much.
Miss him greatly, cant bring myself to listen to any of his old clips yet
I,too, miss Rush and his stature as defender of Conservatives and MAGA alike. He made no distinction between Democrats or their subservient media when taking either to task and was a prominent thorn in their collective sides. I believe that he would encourage each of us to spread our wings and continue to live our lives as he encouraged us to do when he was with us. Remember the larger than life person that he was, rejoice in his successes, mourn his passing but put into practice the lessons learned daily at the EIB Institute for Advanced Consevative Studies to truly honor him.
I miss our dear friend and mentor.
A beautiful tribute to Rush. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Lost mom also( she just woke up and said f this, 98. I cried more losing el rushbo.
“the EIB Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies”
That always cracked me up. It was SO innovative and SO like Rush to come up with that. Even the “Excellence In Broadcasting Network” was such a clever and descriptive name.
The Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies — where the learning never stops and there are no graduates.
It took me a long time to realize it was just his clever name for his show! For years I thought it was a real school, but I was always puzzled that I never read about it anywhere else.
His loss still pains me. I too miss him greatly.
Yup. Raising a glass to him tonight.
See my tagline...
Like Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain, Rush Limbaugh was the kind of talent that only comes along once in a century. He is irreplaceable.
While Franklin and Twain left only their writings -- and Hal Holbrook's "Mark Twain Tonight" preserved on videotape, Rush left us with thousands of hours of his thoughts preserved for posterity. He may well be listened to and quoted a century from now.
Something about traveling to the in-laws for Christmas and listening to El-Rushbo on the ride.
Many years ago, I heard Rush talking about the Mannheim Steamroller version of Silent Night, played on a very sweet-sounding violin, and the emotions it evoked in him. Ever since, I’ve remembered this, and I think of my long-deceased mother, whose birthday was Christmas Day. These memories always bring tears to my eyes.
This year, there’s the added sadness of having lost Rush. I’m a better person for having both of them in my life, each in their own way.
Sniff….
Notice, as I predicted, the left stomped on our beloved Rush’s grave for a few days then completely erased him from their memories. They won’t speak of him because those who are young and know nothing about him might investigate him and discover critical thinking and become patriots and conservative
Smoking cigars killed him at 69.
I always got a kick out of Rush starting his show with that Pretenders tune - I heard that Chrissy Hind's dad (a retired Marine) loved Rush so she never balked at him playing "Back to Ohio".
Michael Berry did a very nice tribute to Rush today.
Me too. Rush was reliably conservative but never fully predictable in the insights that he would offer. And he was a realist, but always trying to see bright spots and how things could be turned around in times of adversity.
Thanks so much for the tribute to Rush, we all miss him.
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