No, he never bought into supporting the truths that the Clintons are true killers of their enemies.
How could he? Without the "proof" - he could not do so.
But Rush did enough castigating and humiliating of the Clinton crowd without buying into the worst of the Clinton deeds. (He did once say that if only the true reason for Vince Foster's death could be revealed - that everything "Clinton" would unravel....)
Anyway - I am with you Carlo = I have been a Rush fan since he first came on the air in our area and still am.
His personal struggle right now with his deafness / disability will only help his legend grow and endure. His detractors cannot understand the impact. What a great man, with a great heart, and great courage - especially now.
Rush - I salute you!
I started listening to Rush 10 years ago. My babies learned to dance to his opening music.
When the Scumbag Occupancy Years began, Rush kept my family and me sane through his laughter and satire.
His good cheer through his present difficulties is inspiring to me.
Anyone who refuses to allow a serious medical condition to change his life has my complete respect.
My prayers are with you El Rushbo!
"Who IS this guy?", I wondered.
So I listened as long as I could hold the station. Some caller said something hysterically funny about the Bush-Dukakis debate of the night before, and this guy was making so much sense, I just had to know who he was.
But I was frustrated, because the reception wasn't great, and I just heard something like "Rush Limbaugh," and I knew that couldn't be a real name.
But then I caught him again, and when I moved to Sacramento in '89 started listening daily, which I have done ever since to the degree I'm able. (My son Matthew tapes him for me now.)
I remember in those early days wondering how he could say what he did about Ted Kennedy without being sued or something.
But my closest to bonding with Rush, as I've shared here several times, came the day after Clinton's first election.
I was lower than snake piss, I must say. Truly. The night before, a good man named Bruce Herschensohn had lost to a very evil-minded, phenomenally stupid woman named Barbara Boxer; other elections had gone wrong, and on top of it, Bush had conceded early -- because it wasn't even close.
My wife and I held each other and wept. We knew what this said about the country. We knew that the very worst elements in America would be strengthened and affirmed by this election. We had some idea of what was coming (though who could have known ALL of what was coming?).
And Rush had predicted like a one-point Bush victory.
So I tuned into Rush, very low and blue and dejected. And he pulled me out of it. (That takes some doing, too.) He was human, encouraging, heartening; heck, at that moment, he was just a really good, smart friend.
That happened a lot through the Clinton years. I heard my thoughts coming out of Rush's mouth. What I wanted to say to the nation, he often said. I remember once he had been playing a clip of some of Clinton's hot, steaming BS, and he started to talk while Clinton was still talking, and he said to Clinton, with real contempt, "Oh, would you just stuff it!" I roared; oh, to be able to say that to the worst man ever to occupy the Oval Office!
Anyway, I've rambled, and could ramble more. Yes, I disagree with Rush on points; yes, he's exasperated me; yes, I'm to the right of him.
But no one does what he does as well as he does it. He is irreplaceable. That jovial voice has changed, but he still says a lot of what has to be said, and he says it like no one else is saying it.
A fellow once told me that his office's attitude was that, if you put your finger in a glass of water and then pulled it out, and it left a hole, you were indispensable.
Rush would leave a hole.
Dan
PS-- thanks to the Rush-bashers for letting this thread be!
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They are driven by that which is centered between his ears!
I was aware of about 50% of what Rush was talking about, But he had names, dates, figures and references. As well as a well reasoned conclusion to all his items.
EGADS, he was saying what I had been thinking for years but he is carrying it all the way to the only logical conclusion.
On the left coast we never had Rush Rooms as the show ends at noon, but it was not long before I had a pocket radio with headphones to listen to him at work, I am now know as the guy with the headphones.
After receiving my reeltalk recorder, I started recording his show to be able able to hear his show if work prevented listening, I now record the show on 5 separate recorders, 2 at work and 3 at home, other co-workers can and do request cassettes of his show if they are unable to listen on a given day.
I replay his shows on the weekends, so as not to have missed anything, Rush's voice is a very calming influence.
If this makes me a confirmed dittohead, Then that's okay, As he doesen't and never has told me how to think, Rush has echoed and filled out thoughts I already was thinking. As well as providing me with facts and dates to crush liberals in argument, Sorry about this screed, but Rush is a National treasure. >/rant-off<
I remember hearing Rush when KLIF in Dallas had him on on the weekend repeat show. That was quite a while ago. The first time I heard him I was driving on the freeway and I looked at the radio and said out loud, "Man, where have you been? We have been waiting for you."
The first time he was on TV, he was being interviewed by some morning infobabe, probably Katie Couric, and he began speaking the kind of things conservatives were not aloud to say on a network show, things that are openly said today on FOX. I winced and thought, 'I hope you get away with that.' And he did.
Rush, by his bombastic vibrato, the thing that people tend to complain about, has singlehandedly encouraged all of us to step up to the plate.
Thank you Rush. Thank you very,very much.
I hearby nominate Rush Limbaugh to be the fifth face on thE aptly named Mount Rushmore!
Regards,
TS
I have been called Rush Thompson for years and we even tried to start a call in radio show with me as the host.
I have since thrown my hat into the political ring and just got done running for town council, although I lost
I took 7% of the vote from the RINO'S in control. I have changed the face of politics on this small island
of 18,000 people. I live in western NY (hitlery country) and will continue to irritate the local and state politicans.
I owe this all to Rush Limbaugh, he is one of my heros. I have become one of the lefts most feared people, I am
an educated voter and continue to educate the people around me. I will be taking over the Local Conservative Party,
and I will challenge all that want the endorsement in the next election, if you want the endorsement you had
better carry the Conservative torch with you in office.
I owe all this to Rush, and I thank God for him everyday.
Thankyou Rush for all that you do!
God Bless You, and God Bless America, now Let's Roll!
Rus Thompson