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Rush Limbaugh, conservative talk radio pioneer, dead at 70
Fox News ^ | 2/17/21 | Brian Flood

Posted on 02/16/2022 11:42:52 PM PST by DallasBiff

Rush Limbaugh, the monumentally influential media icon who transformed talk radio and politics in his decades behind the microphone, helping shape the modern-day Republican Party, died Wednesday morning at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer, his family announced.

Limbaugh's wife, Kathryn, made the announcement on his radio show. "Losing a loved one is terribly difficult, even more so when that loved one is larger than life," she said. "Rush will forever be the greatest of all time."

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KEYWORDS: 2021; cancelculture; conservatism; oldnews; oneyearago; pittsburgh; putitinthetitle; radio; rush; rushlimbaugh; rushyahrzeit; stilldead
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To: DallasBiff

I stopped listening to Rush after he decided not to defend the Constitution while Hussein Obungo usurped the presidency.


41 posted on 02/17/2022 4:10:19 AM PST by Godebert
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Dan probided an update. A relative was seriously injured in a car accident. The person is doing better. I do miss Rush. No one can replace him.


42 posted on 02/17/2022 4:19:42 AM PST by vaskypilot
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To: Godebert
-- I stopped listening to Rush after he decided not to defend the Constitution while Hussein Obungo usurped the presidency. --

I think that's fair. There is a handful of third rail issues that he avoided. He also allowed Arlen Specter come on and mislead his audience on "Main Street Republicans." There are two entities associated with MSR, and only one of them was donating money in support of some DEM policy or candidate. Rush never called out Specter. That one did it for me, lost much trust and another example of the value of knowing on your own, what is really going on.

But also to be fair, no pundit will be perfect, and taking on a third rail issue is a huge risk as far as audience retention, ability to influence going forward. Step too far away from the (false) orthodoxy, and some audience will be lost.

Rush was a gem. The public was lucky to have had him. I didn't listen to him much, but I have great great respect for what he did.

43 posted on 02/17/2022 4:29:13 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: DallasBiff; All

More here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4039044/posts


44 posted on 02/17/2022 4:50:01 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: nutmeg; MDLION

I feel the same way about Dan Bongino. Whyen he comes on at 12noon, I usually listen for 10-15mins, and then do errands and chores.


45 posted on 02/17/2022 4:54:13 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: nutmeg

I haven’t listened to EIB since the passing of Rush, I probably would if they would put Mark stein in the 12 to 3 slot, he was my favorite fill in for Rush by far.


46 posted on 02/17/2022 5:21:00 AM PST by saturn
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To: vaskypilot

Was it a niece or nephew? It sounded like someone had died.


47 posted on 02/17/2022 5:26:13 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

I cannot remember the exact relationship, but the individual was ejected from a car. Not many live, but this one did survive.


48 posted on 02/17/2022 6:05:59 AM PST by vaskypilot
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To: saturn

Mark Steyn has a daily show on GBNews. I usually watch it on YouTube in the evenings.


49 posted on 02/17/2022 6:46:16 AM PST by vaskypilot
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To: vaskypilot

THANKYOU !!!!!I will look it up.


50 posted on 02/17/2022 7:33:50 AM PST by saturn
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To: DallasBiff
It says something about the stature of the man, that a year after he left us and not one person measuring up to him has emerged on the radio landscape.

And I too often find myself wondering "what would Rush say about this?"

51 posted on 02/17/2022 12:53:59 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain (#notmypedophile)
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To: Lazamataz

ditto that’s an undeniable truth!


52 posted on 02/17/2022 3:28:42 PM PST by Theophilus (Convoy!)
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To: texas_mrs

I drove my family somewhere (I don’t recall where), but when we drove into our driveway, I burst out bawling. I couldn’t stop for about a half hour.


53 posted on 02/17/2022 3:33:52 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

It took me almost the whole year to hear Rush’s theme song and not tear up. Now when I hear it there is still a sadness but I know he is in a better place. I know there are so many of us who do miss him.

I can’t wait to meet him in Heaven :)


54 posted on 02/18/2022 11:56:43 AM PST by Reddy ( B.O. stinks)
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