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A clueless criticism of Limbaugh--and a smart rebuttal
Facebook | 1-15-24 | Gwen Carter Clements/ Steve West

Posted on 01/15/2024 7:15:51 AM PST by raccoonradio

Gwen Carter Clements:

Thinking of Rush Limbaugh and how now that he's dead, you never, ever hear anything about him. Nobody ever mentions anything he did. Because nothing he ever did had any value. It contributed nothing worthwhile to the culture. He just made anger. Every day. Rising, falling, then fading like a fart.

Then he died and was replaced by a fleet of little replicas, creating nothing of interest or artistic value to anyone. Seriously, what an awful way to make a living.

Steve West:

Rush was the greatest talk show host ever. It started out as 3 hours of comedy back in 1988, back when listeners who never had heard anyone go on the air and tell the truth about what was going on in American politics, we’re totally amazed and proudly called themselves “Dittoheads”, referring to the words of affirmation spoken by other callers. As in, “Good afternoon Rush, mega dittos from the state of Colorado!” Everyone LOVED Rush!

Limbaugh interviewed cabinet members, Generals and even presidents on his show! And while Rush was funnier than anyone I’d ever heard, he could also be very serious. Rush warned us about the dangers posed by certain policies, politicians and trends. He told us what we all needed to hear even when we didn’t want to hear it. He called himself “America’s Truth Detector”, and that was the truth.

Very few talk hosts have been able to recapture Rush’s magic, although Red Apple media’s 77 WABC New York has put together a staff that comes very close!

We need Rush now more than ever, in a country that’s completely lost, morally and economically. Sadly, I seriously doubt anyone will come along who can really fit into Rush’s shoes, but at least we have the memories.

Those are my memories and I’m stickin to it!


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To: raccoonradio

Every weekday, at the stroke of 12, I still think of tuning into the local AM station for 3 hours of broadcast excellence.


41 posted on 01/15/2024 8:06:09 AM PST by I want the USA back (Delusionary people should not be given power over normal people.)
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To: raccoonradio

Hi, guarantee you that if you put together a string of comments from Rush, who is unfortunately dead, it will garner better ratings than anything this still-living idiot could ever possibly do. So much for him having had no positive effect on our culture.


42 posted on 01/15/2024 8:06:21 AM PST by Ancesthntr (“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.” ― A.E. Van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Dr.Deth

I think my record is 5 different Rush stations in one day.

From CA desert over to the coast. Most were on pre-sets.

Rush put faces on the politicians. Nostrilitis, etc.

Made it fun to recognize them, and then connect them to their actions (that they had been able to hide from).


43 posted on 01/15/2024 8:09:24 AM PST by Scrambler Bob
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To: raccoonradio

A big part of me died that Feb 17 (btw my birthday) Have not listen to am radio since


44 posted on 01/15/2024 8:17:16 AM PST by al baby (I know )
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To: raccoonradio
Thanks Rush


45 posted on 01/15/2024 8:20:06 AM PST by al baby (I know )
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To: raccoonradio

You’d all be mad at Rush right now.

Do you know who Rush sai was the closest anyone had come to graduating from the Limbaugh Institute for Advance Conservative Studies? Hint: You’v espent the last several months attacking him and calling him a RINO.


46 posted on 01/15/2024 8:21:05 AM PST by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: raccoonradio

They could play Rush’s show’s from the beginning and they still would be relevant and entertaining. He was a genius.


47 posted on 01/15/2024 8:24:30 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: Eccl 10:2

Enjoy!


48 posted on 01/15/2024 8:26:56 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: Wildbill22

Every day.


49 posted on 01/15/2024 8:32:02 AM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't match your biography, what good is it?)
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To: al baby

The night Trump awarded Rush that medal was one of the happiest moments of my life. It was magic.

I still miss my daily allotment of EIB. There will never be another.


50 posted on 01/15/2024 8:34:10 AM PST by SomeCallMeTim
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To: Fiji Hill

“No one has been able to fill the shoes of Rush Limbaugh”

TRUE! And no one ever will.

Rush was a flawed man in some ways, but there is/was/and will always be only ONE Rush Limbaugh.

“There can be only one” (Highlander)


51 posted on 01/15/2024 8:42:03 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: raccoonradio

I niss him every day!


52 posted on 01/15/2024 9:16:29 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: raccoonradio

I first heard Rush on his first day of national syndication. For 30 years Rush Limbaugh was one of the few constants in my life.

One day an out town co-worker was at my office and heard Rush on the radio. He told me that his best friend was Tush’s producer.

“Yea right. Prove it. Get me an autographed photo.”

Sure enough, two days later I got a Fed Ex envelope. That photo is framed on the wall at my home office.


53 posted on 01/15/2024 9:34:00 AM PST by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: Carriage Hill

Only goes back to 2005?


54 posted on 01/15/2024 9:34:33 AM PST by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: SomeCallMeTim

There have only been two times in my life i really welled up for anyone other than family or friends it was Reagans death and when Rush passed


55 posted on 01/15/2024 9:36:44 AM PST by al baby (I know )
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To: Daveinyork

About the same time I did.

My car got hit, and the other driver’s insurance got me a rental. Until they figured out it was their insured’s fault, the got me a beater with and AM-only radio.

And that’s where it began.... for me.


56 posted on 01/15/2024 9:37:43 AM PST by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: raccoonradio

His passing was a day that shall live in infamy.

And people like Maddie, Kimmel, Fallon, and Lemon will be remembered? 🤣😂


57 posted on 01/15/2024 9:44:10 AM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist .)
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To: raccoonradio

His passing was a day that shall live in infamy.

And people like Maddie, Kimmel, Fallon, and Lemon will be remembered? 🤣😂


58 posted on 01/15/2024 9:46:55 AM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist .)
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To: raccoonradio
Classic Leftist Projection.

This sounds more accurate:

"...Thinking of Gwen Carter Clements and how when she is dead, you will never, ever hear anything about her. Nobody will ever mention anything she did. Because nothing she ever did had any value. It contributed nothing worthwhile to the culture. She just made anger. Every day. Rising, falling, then fading like a fart.

Then she will die and will be replaced by a fleet of little replicas, creating nothing of interest or artistic value to anyone. Seriously, what an awful way to make a living.


I think that will be FAR more accurate.

59 posted on 01/15/2024 10:08:58 AM PST by rlmorel ("The stigma for being wrong is gone, as long as you're wrong for the right side." (Clarice Feldman))
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To: al baby

I’ve wondered if Dan made enough off his Bake Sale to get his subscription to the Limbaugh Letter.


60 posted on 01/15/2024 11:16:04 AM PST by ExSafecracker (. . . FJB . . .)
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