Posted on 12/26/2020 6:59:41 AM PST by Hojczyk
Rush Limbaugh opened his final show of 2020 “by reflecting on what’s important.” Occasioned by the dire prognosis and related treatment he has lived with since early this year, Rush remembered and avowed:
There’s something about Christmas, my childhood memories of it, the families getting together and the children making it what it was. My feelings of thankfulness always surface. My feelings of great gratitude always surface at the Christmas time of year, and it’s no different this year. Now, in January of this year, toward the end of the month, I received a — you all know, but there’s something I want to say about it — stage 4, advanced lung cancer, terminal diagnosis. The objective of everybody involved was to extend life for as long as possible as enjoyably as possible.
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I wasn’t expected to make it to October and then to November and then to December — and yet here I am. Today I’ve got some problems, but I’m feeling pretty good today. God’s with me today. God knows how important this program is to me today, and I’m feeling natural in terms of energy, normal in terms of energy, and I’m feeling entirely capable of doing it today.
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You know, I have a philosophy there’s good that happens in everything. It may not reveal itself immediately, and even in the most dire circumstances, if you just wait, if you just remain open to things, the good in it will reveal itself.
Rush has posted transcript of his monologue here. Ian Schwartz has posted the transcript along with the video here at RealClearPolitics. It is well worth your time and consideration
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I like Savage but have always thought he was jealous of Rush.
I like mark but also enjoyed buck sexton when he’d co host
You didnt get my post. I asked WHO the conservative host who was bitching about Rush. Sheesh. Next time SPILL the name and dont make us go play Clue on who you were referring to.
Ah ok thanks. Finally an answer instead of playing wasting my time playing Q anon.
bttt
I could get on board with Mark Steyn.
The left always gets this wrong, about Rush and about Trump.
Frequent Rush caller “Vinnie from Brooklyn”?
Hannity would still be a local hack if it weren’t for him filling in for Rush back in the late ‘90s. I think Rush is responsible for Mark Levin’s start, too.
I thought Bongino would be great, judging by the times I’d seen him as panel guests on Fox. Then I saw/heard him for an entire hour, and he was TOO MUCH.
Prager and Rush have been in the same time slot for a number of years...I often switch back and forth between them when commercials come on for one or the other. Totally different styles that are in their own way effective.
Maybe Larry Elder?
Or maybe someone much younger. Don’t know how Candace Owens would do with a live radio show.
Rush is first and foremost a master of broadcasting technique. He understands what it takes to make a show capture and hold your attention. I can think of people who are better versed in history and politics but none that rival his broadcast talent.
Most of his fellow broadcast conservatives haven’t got a clue about that part of their craft, thinking that content is enough. Hannity is probably the most glaring example. That dude is proof that mediocrity is no bar to success.
God Bless you, Rush. May you have the strength in the New Year to accomplish what ever you can in the time you have left to you. If you can continue to broadcast know that we appreciate it.
Your fan since I found you preceding the Bob Grant Show on WABC in New York in what seems such a short time ago.
I’m a little late to the thread, but thank you for sharing these links.
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