Well done. Thank you for writing down my own thoughts in such an eloquent way.
There’s a certain radio personality I know (not famous; I’ll call him Bob.) Bob has been a fixture in his community for decades. I like him a lot but haven’t listened to him in years because he can’t speak w/o using the filler word “uh.” I played a little game for years, tuning into his radio show once a week to count how many sentences he can complete that week before resorting to his “uh” word. His record is 7 full sentences, but I suspect he was reading from something that day. Otherwise, he can’t get 2 or 3 sentences out before the “uh’s” start rolling out of his mouth.
Rush has become my “weekly “Bob” game now. This week when I randomly tuned in, the once-great Rush Limbaugh was sanctimoniously trying to decide why Trump supporters are offended by “Trumpists,” which is the word he had just used to describe millions of Dittoheads. Mind you, we are ... Well, we WERE Dittoheads who’ve been listening to him for decades, learning through his tutelage to think for ourselves. Yet here he was, trying unsuccessfully to disguise his derision toward us for daring to refuse to follow his Globalist Path.
It’s sad, really. I’m way past the anger stage at him. Now it’s just pathetic to watch. It’s a little like that sick feeling I get inside when I think about how Cruz had me so fooled. But this is more. This is much more: Rush is an iconic figure. Rush was a stalwart I could usually rely on to see through the BS and tell it like it is.
At least the real Bob doesn’t lie to me. After years of entertaining myself with my silly “Bob game,” I’ve never felt derision toward him, despite not being able to listen to his incessantly annoying speech patterns.
Rush, you may have riches and fame, but you’re not half the man Bob is. I do thank you for the memories and for teaching us so much. Best of luck to you, but you’ll never be viewed the same.
On another note... Y’all check out Laura Ingraham. She gets it, plus she was a FReeper years ago. Oh, she gets it alright.
I too have stopped being a Rush, Levin listener. It’s so weird, I raised a Rush “baby”. I still listen to Hannity, but I’m tuning into Laura and a local guy, Rick Roberts. I’m just shaking my head at these developments.