Posted on 11/10/2001 6:05:37 AM PST by carlo3b
Rush Limbaugh has single-handedly brought us to a stage in our politics that we have the luxury to complain about how conservative this or that jerk Republican is, in what power position of control within our government. Rush is my hero, and always will be, and if you are over 50 and can remember where we Republicans came from, it will remind you what he did for all of us, that lived and suffered through it while sober.
It must have been 1988 or early '89, I was driving the interstate in Houston, when I switched radio channels and heard Rush the very first time. These were difficult times politically, the media had a full court press on, to soften the newly elected Bush Sr for the political slaughter that would mark the entire 4 years of his administration. It was obvious from the beginning, that the dignified President G H Bush, and his experienced adult and truly exceptional advisors were no match for the political task that lay ahead. The left, had endured Reagan, and his fatal near charm for 8 long years, and that was just about all they could handle.
Every TV and radio news station, every newspaper, each and every commentator in the public arena of political, academic, financial and entertainment life, was working off the same script... "this is the worse economy, worse indicators, worse direction our national health, and poor homeless citizenry have ever endured ...Blah blah blah" ...HUH .....WHAT??? WHERE??? WHO????
Didn't anyone remember THE "Double Digit" CARTER, or THE "Double Crossing" JOHNSON, or THE "Duel Devils" KENNEDY, administrations??? Apparently not on the nation scene, with the exception of few intellectual writers, a couple of obscure and totally despised and dismissed former Republican politicians, only one moderate voice, Paul Harvey, no one was speaking out for me .....until ... MR. RUSH LIMBAUGH.
When I heard him say, "It's lies, all lies, damned lies, and we didn't have to sit quietly and listen to it without saying so!!!!!!.." Whoa!!! YES!!! Who was this guy?? How could he say these things, and get away with it?? How long before someone in a position of power hears him, and shuts him down.. HA! In the interim, I'm going to do everything I can to encourage him, amplify his words, promote his station, and get as many others as I can to do the same. I think I opened the very first Houston "RUSH ROOM", a lunchtime, radios blasting Rush showcase.
At first, the culture shock and my blatant bias worked to the detriment of my own business. However, within 3 months we were packed again, only with a different mix of people ..these were for the most part ...LOL.. the new choir. When it started, people would look around and wonder what was happening. Arguments broke out spontaneously, and people listened intently, and commented across tables, and between strangers, among the classes and cultures ..it was a nervous, high five, laughing, red-faced, shouting mix of radicals. To say the least, not everyone agreed with my change of atmosphere, I was screamed at, and scolded, and cursed, and applauded, and yes ...thanked!
Rush, you may not be able to hear me, but thank GOD, I can still hear you. You are and always will be an inspiration to hard core conservatives, and clear thinking people of the world. Just thought someone should say so...
God Bless you Rush, I love you my friend!
Amen to that ... this coming from someone who, from time to time in the past, has been
critical of Rush.
Those sour pusses, tinfoil-hat-types and DNC trolls aside; thanks for posting this and giving us another opportunity to express our appreciation to a great American; Rush Limbaugh.
I knew it was there, working against our culture but he defined it repeatedly until I finally understood.
Some of my best friends and family actually voted for Clinton! I have converted most of them to sane people.
Regards, Howie.
RUSHROOM lol wish I'd'da been there. ^5
Ditto Bump!
More than Ever. More so Now. We Need Rush! Let's Roll! 
As a former hard-core Leftist I used to cringe seeing this guy on TV at noon while I scanned 'round during lunchtime.
But when the change came?
There was NOBODY & I mean nobody I sought-out more than this man so he could describe all the things I was seeing for the first time.
Yea I can be critical of RLimbaugh alright, but...there is no substitute for this man, IMO. He's that important.
Rush *IS* the first & lone voice of conservatism as far as I'm concerned.
Just as the duckling imprint's on the first thing it sees?
So it's been for my conservative ideology & Rush.
It's been like that for nearly 10 years now; & I am delighted whenever I hear callers to his program call in announcing their, "rebirth".
Which has been happening more than usual of late?
...& don't kid yourself; the Left's well aware of this man's awsome power & ability to awaken people by easily cutting through their bull$it, too.
Rush Limbaugh's the SocialistDemocratCommunist's worst nightmare & for that reason, & that reason alone I'll always love the man dearly.
Some of us didn't manage it sober.
And it never ceases to amaze me how so many people hear him brag on the air and think he is simply full of himself.
But those who know Rush, know that he hates talking about his own problems, and that he is teaching us all a lesson. To be confident.
It's contagious, it tweaks the libs, and I know damn well that it's a lesson that has served me very well.
This is a very heavy time in our country's history, and Rush never missed a beat. And yesterday he announced that he is totally deaf in both ears. No complaining, no whining. Just a quick statement and on to the next caller. Joking about the fact that it's nice to not be able to hear some things. This in itself is a truly amazing story that absolutely HAS to be told by someone. Rush will not do it.
I've been ripped on this forum before for being a mind numbed dittohead. But his program, years before I even knew that there was an internet, was the only other voice for me.
Keep on keeping on El Rushbo
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