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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Not a fan but you can’t beat that.

It may piss some people off, and while they certainly have the right to do whatever they wish with their money, some on “our side” like Rush, Hannity, etc who have accumulated great fortunes have so far done nothing to advance the causes that made them wealthy beyond their dreams. At least it sounds like Taylor Swift knows she didn’t get there on her own.


8 posted on 12/14/2025 8:33:50 AM PST by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: bigbob

How do you know what their charitable donations are/were? Do you do their taxes? Perhaps they make them without needing to shout it from the rooftops?


20 posted on 12/14/2025 9:22:06 AM PST by vis a vis
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To: bigbob

“”some on “our side” like Rush, Hannity, etc who have accumulated great fortunes have so far done nothing to advance the causes that made them wealthy””

What do you think made Rush and Hannity wealthy? Advance what causes? We listened to them and enjoyed them but don’t remember “causes” they supported or urged listeners to support...They no doubt didn’t believe in shouting their “largesse” from the rooftops...Swift couldn’t do this on the QT?????? Of course not - no recognition which is what matters!!!

Frank Sinatra was said to be a great contributor to causes but he NEVER ANNOUNCED it on a tour!!!!!


23 posted on 12/14/2025 9:35:50 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: bigbob

You’re wrong about Rush Limbaugh. He was very charitable and his and his wife’s foundation continues to be.


24 posted on 12/14/2025 9:40:56 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: bigbob

Valid point. 🙏


26 posted on 12/14/2025 9:54:16 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege ( 🩰🌹)
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To: bigbob

Add Beck and Gutfeld and Levin and Carlson and Kelly to that list of yours.


29 posted on 12/14/2025 10:26:14 AM PST by 4Runner ("I gotta join a union to get paid for loafin'?" " Sure ya do!" --Abbott & Costello)
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To: bigbob

How do YOU know what they give? Lots of folks give to NON 501c3s and tell no one. People who give mostly to 501c3s are not aware they are feeding a monster.


31 posted on 12/14/2025 10:35:07 AM PST by goodnesswins (Make educ institutions return to the Mission...reading, writing, math...not Opinions & propaganda)
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To: bigbob

Maybe people like Rush are generous with staff but they just don’t advertise it.


47 posted on 12/14/2025 11:32:21 AM PST by Reddy (BO stinks)
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To: bigbob
...so far done nothing to advance the causes that made them wealthy beyond their dreams. And you know this how? Because they aren't (weren't in Rush's case)out blowing their horn about it? You know, scripture says to give in secret (yes, I'm paraphrasing), not to brag about it.
53 posted on 12/14/2025 11:48:16 AM PST by LibertyWoman (A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. Ecc 10:2)
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To: bigbob
some on “our side” like Rush, Hannity, etc who have accumulated great fortunes have so far done nothing to advance the causes that made them wealthy beyond their dreams.

Are you serious? Taylor Swift doesn't even come close to the philanthropy of Rush Limbaugh.

Rush Limbaugh's Annual Leukemia & Lymphoma Cure-A-Thon raised more than $50 million dollars for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, with much of the donations being matched by himself.

Then there was the letter signed by all the US Democrat senators condemning him for using the phrase “phony soldiers” on his program was sold on eBay for a record $2.1 million. Which he matched with his own dollars and contributed it to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation,(Total: $4.2 million) a non-profit that provides scholarships and other assistance to the children of Marines and federal law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.

Then there was the $100,000 donated to help the survivors of the Joplin, Missouri tornado back in 2011. That did not include the thousands of dollars he handed out to the vendors who were on site for the fund raising.

Then there was the additional $5 million that was donated to Frank Siller's Tunnel to Towers foundation back in 2019.

Hopefully I misinterpreted your statement which may have been misstated....

54 posted on 12/14/2025 11:51:54 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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