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A clueless criticism of Limbaugh--and a smart rebuttal
Facebook | 1-15-24 | Gwen Carter Clements/ Steve West

Posted on 01/15/2024 7:15:51 AM PST by raccoonradio

Gwen Carter Clements:

Thinking of Rush Limbaugh and how now that he's dead, you never, ever hear anything about him. Nobody ever mentions anything he did. Because nothing he ever did had any value. It contributed nothing worthwhile to the culture. He just made anger. Every day. Rising, falling, then fading like a fart.

Then he died and was replaced by a fleet of little replicas, creating nothing of interest or artistic value to anyone. Seriously, what an awful way to make a living.

Steve West:

Rush was the greatest talk show host ever. It started out as 3 hours of comedy back in 1988, back when listeners who never had heard anyone go on the air and tell the truth about what was going on in American politics, we’re totally amazed and proudly called themselves “Dittoheads”, referring to the words of affirmation spoken by other callers. As in, “Good afternoon Rush, mega dittos from the state of Colorado!” Everyone LOVED Rush!

Limbaugh interviewed cabinet members, Generals and even presidents on his show! And while Rush was funnier than anyone I’d ever heard, he could also be very serious. Rush warned us about the dangers posed by certain policies, politicians and trends. He told us what we all needed to hear even when we didn’t want to hear it. He called himself “America’s Truth Detector”, and that was the truth.

Very few talk hosts have been able to recapture Rush’s magic, although Red Apple media’s 77 WABC New York has put together a staff that comes very close!

We need Rush now more than ever, in a country that’s completely lost, morally and economically. Sadly, I seriously doubt anyone will come along who can really fit into Rush’s shoes, but at least we have the memories.

Those are my memories and I’m stickin to it!


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To: ABStrauss

I went to elementary and middle school with a Steve West...............


21 posted on 01/15/2024 7:34:07 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: EvilCapitalist

That was a good 8 minute clip. Thanks for posting!


22 posted on 01/15/2024 7:35:32 AM PST by yeff (Yuor biran has teh alibtiy to mkae oderr out of caohs)
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To: raccoonradio
The only thing that bothered me about Rush was that just when he was going to get to the next level - above the Conservosphere - he would make an egregious unforced error.

The time he got on the PBS news hour and referred to all the other panelists with varied opinions as "you all". The time he had a chance to get a gig on Monday Night Football and got caught up in the black QB controversy. The time when everyone started talking him up for a political office and he started punching down on Sandra Fluke.

It's as if he consciously or subconsciously decided he was happy just being the voice of conservatism and didn't want to play a larger role in US politics.

23 posted on 01/15/2024 7:35:54 AM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (What is left around which to circle the wagons?)
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To: Wildbill22

Same here.


24 posted on 01/15/2024 7:39:07 AM PST by gattaca (Once a nation loses control of its borders, it is no longer a nation...Ronald Reagan)
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To: ABStrauss; All

West was defending him, but the point
is, everyone knows of Rush.
[West in radio since ‘80 and has
an aircheck—show/station recording—
site.


25 posted on 01/15/2024 7:41:15 AM PST by raccoonradio
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To: yeff

I always think of it when a tragedy occurs in our Country.


26 posted on 01/15/2024 7:41:46 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: raccoonradio
No one has been able to fill the shoes of Rush Limbaugh. Dennis Prager broadcasts during his time slot locally. He is very intelligent, but his pessimism and doom-and-gloom outlook contrast sharply with Rush's upbeat attitude. I like Sebastian Gorka and Mark Steyn, but their accents are annoying. Mark Levin is insightful, but he has a lousy radio voice. Brian Kilmeade and Sean Hannity are too pro-establishment, although I like hearing Sean and Lynda converse. Sonnie Johnson, of Sonnie's Corner, is too shrill, and I don't think she's very conservative, even though she claims she is.

My current favorite talk show hosts are Grant Stinchfield & Jennifer Horn on KRLA, Andrew Wilkow on Sirius, and Stacy Washington, also on Sirius.

27 posted on 01/15/2024 7:42:53 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: raccoonradio

Is she related to William Raspberry?


28 posted on 01/15/2024 7:43:29 AM PST by posterchild
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To: raccoonradio

I remember buying a device that Rush endorsed that allowed us to record his show and then listen to it later in the day.

I also had a list of stations around the country that carried Rush’s show so we could listen to him in the car when we were traveling - often he was easy to find because his voice was so loud and distinct.

And yes, so many who called us low IQ, uneducated “mind-numbed robots marching in lock step” when we “heard our master’s voice” - never listened to him.

I donated every year to his leukemia fund raising drive b/c my dad died of leukemia - I got a t-shirt for my $40 donation, collected several of them and wore them everywhere, including in California - got nothing but thumbs up.

I doubt this idiot has ever heard a word Rush said.


29 posted on 01/15/2024 7:44:06 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: raccoonradio

Was doing a search about Rush
and the preview for one article
said
>>Feb 20, 2021 — Rush Limbaugh, conservative talk radio host and peddler of health lies, including about Covid-19,
died...

Any guesses of source?
...NBC News.


30 posted on 01/15/2024 7:44:21 AM PST by raccoonradio
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To: Fiji Hill

I liked listening to Mark Steyn when he would guest host but haven’t really bothered with talk radio/podcasts since Rush died. The only thing I really follow now are Jordan Peterson videos.


31 posted on 01/15/2024 7:45:59 AM PST by posterchild
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To: raccoonradio

Well Gwen: You start off each day as a wet clingy fart and end up the same at the end of the day.


32 posted on 01/15/2024 7:47:31 AM PST by Enterprise
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To: raccoonradio

I discovered Rush in 1989, and listened to him almost every day until his tragic death. I even called and talked to him once, and a friend of mine recognized my voice. I really miss him.


33 posted on 01/15/2024 7:47:46 AM PST by Daveinyork
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To: raccoonradio

I sure miss Rush, I had the opportunity to talk to him once.


34 posted on 01/15/2024 7:49:19 AM PST by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: raccoonradio

“Because nothing he ever did had any value.” etc.

I remember when the conventional wisdom was that AM radio was a thing of the past, destined to just fade out.

Then somebody turned up on AM, changed the political dynamic and cultural battleground, and in the process revived the AM dial. When Gwen Carter Clements can point to a similar legacy, then she can lecture me about Rush Limbaugh.


35 posted on 01/15/2024 7:50:30 AM PST by Stosh
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To: caver

Gwen Carter Clements is fading like a fart in the wind.....


Ditto


36 posted on 01/15/2024 7:50:34 AM PST by NavyShoe
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To: raccoonradio

I’d listen to AA after the normal station left the air at 7 PM. Caught a couple of Franken’s melt-downs when he was still deigning to take calls from listeners. He had to stop letting people on the air because they were taking him apart. What a putz.


37 posted on 01/15/2024 7:53:44 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Stosh

I was a young scull full of mush driving across the fruited plain from my summer internship back to college in aug 1988. I did one of those things a young man might do while alone but not tell his friends about - yes, i tuned into AM radio.

I heard a brilliant man giving eloquence to my still forming thoughts. I figured he was someone local and I’d never hear of him again.

A year or so later my girlfriend and I saw a billboard advertising his show. She said he sounded like someone I’d like listening to.


38 posted on 01/15/2024 7:55:42 AM PST by posterchild
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To: Stosh
... Then somebody turned up on AM, changed the political dynamic and cultural battleground, and in the process revived the AM dial. When Gwen Carter Clements can point to a similar legacy, then she can lecture me about Rush Limbaugh.

Amen!

Good Lord, people talk about Rush all the time. More importantly, they remember him all the time.

How nutty to say he created an empire that no one else can match, and say that means he isn't important. Oxymoronic. And just plain moronic. .

39 posted on 01/15/2024 8:01:02 AM PST by gloryblaze
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To: raccoonradio

Where I live, when the clock strikes noon, EVERYBODY THINKS ABOUT HIM and says a little prayer for him.


40 posted on 01/15/2024 8:01:11 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Remember what happened last time we brought in forced labor. Support Abbott's Underground RR.)
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