I haven’t listened in years, but I am deeply shaken. He really helped me to galvanize my political viewpoint, and gave it a definition. I really didn’t know what conservatism or liberalism was until Rush.
I thought his TV show was funny when I was in high school but it wasn’t life shaping for me. When I was in college in the late 80s and realized that everyone around me would hate me if I told them how I view the world, I felt very alone. And then there was Rush. He was hugely important to me then and I consider him a sort of mentor. I’m not a mind numbed robot, as he jokes the media views us, and I don’t always agree with his take but I always, always respect it.
*** “He really helped me to galvanize my political viewpoint, and gave it a definition. I really didn’t know what conservatism or liberalism was until Rush” ***
My neighbor used to come over in his wheelchair and talk Politics with me (Old Navy Diver that lost a Leg and a Lung in a Helicopter crash) He said “You don’t realize that you are a Conservative, you need to listen to this guy Rush”, it was during the Clarence Thomas Hearings, I was hooked!
Little did I know that my Mother would pass from Cancer just a month later and I would be searching Radio Stations the entire Cross Country Trip to find his show, both ways.
Rush Changed my Life tremendously.
Prayers for Rush and his Family.