What a Rush: Meet the man who canned Limbaugh

The Coeur d'Alene Press ^ | February 20, 2021 | Paul Leonard, Jr.

[jimtorr]

My brother lived in and around Sacramento for many years. He says that many people in Rio Linda were druggies, ex-cons and other low-life types. It apparently was common to make jokes. Rush at least was not mean about it.

[Captainpaintball]

Great story. Thanks you for sharing.

[nutmeg]

Bkmk

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I’ve heard that same description of Rio Linda from others. You are right — Rush was always good natured about it. That was one of his hallmarks. I never heard him disparage anybody (except Democrats and communists, of course) and he always wanted the best for everybody.

[Vendome]

Very nice

[caww]

Loving the stories of Rush people are speaking about.

[BiglyCommentary]

This guy goes down in history along with the GM who traded Babe Ruth and the scouts who said Tom Brady was not NFL material.

[Nateman]

Milton Friedman had already converted me when I heard Rush the first time. I was doing a summer Job for the University of Arizona and someone else in the Lab was listening to him. I suspect a big time liberal who heard us listening to Rush downgraded a lab paper of mine. I can prove he definitely graded much more harshly than a previous Teacher Assistant.

The professor I worked for became the first person to see C-60. It later became known as Buckyball . It is pleasing to me that I was the guy who fixed the equipment that made his discovery possible.

[FES0844]

The airwaves aren’t the same.
Neither is my daily schedule. From 12 to 3 I’m at a loss.

[AFreeBird]

Rush talked about Ed McGlaughlin a bit. Had great respect for the man.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The name “Ed McGlaughlin” is vaguely familiar to me from Rush’s show.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Without that incredible serendipity, maybe we would never have known Rush!"

Though it may seem like serendipity to us, there is nothing serendipitous about what God planned all along.

[zeestephen]

$32,000 a year in Kansas City in 1984 was a comfortable pay check for a married guy with no kids and the Reagan tax cut.

That is $81,000 in 2020 dollars.

[KSCITYBOY]

btt KC

[kenmcg]

PING!! Rush is gone but will never be forgotten.

[zeugma]

All I have to say is the guy was a great sport about firing Rush and the Results that came of it.

How would you like to be the guy whose claim to fame is that he fired Rush Limbaugh? LOL. Of course, I don't think Rush could have become what he did in that kind of slot.

[Albion Wilde]

What a beautiful and witty tribute!

[gloryblaze]

The story of their corroboration is a little different than this fellow recalls.

https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/01/22/a-tribute-to-radio-giant-ed-mclaughlin-founder-of-the-eib-network/

[Alas Babylon!]

And Bill Bellichek who thought HE made the team great, not Brady.

[Arones]

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