Rush: Four Years On
Posted By: mc squared, 2/17/2025 2:29:34 PM
Four years ago today, just about this time, I was pottering about getting ready to guest-host The Rush Limbaugh Show when the telephone rang. It was Kraig Kitchin, his longtime friend (and head of the network that distributed his show), calling to break the news that Rush had died earlier that morning. Post-Limbaugh talk radio seems smaller to me than it once did - not just because Rush had a big personality, but because he managed to fit the flotsam and jetsam of the news cycle into the big picture.
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Not to be insensitive, but oh, the humanity!
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Rush: Four Years On
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Four years ago today, just about this time, I was pottering about getting ready to guest-host The Rush Limbaugh Show when the telephone rang. It was Kraig Kitchin, his longtime friend (and head of the network that distributed his show), calling to break the news that Rush had died earlier that morning.
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I don't even turn the radio on anymore. Rush did the country unimaginable good when we needed it. No one has taken his place and probably never will.