CNN - Rush is gone!

[mobeau69]

Goodbye mutherfocker.

[peacebuzzard]

1. I truly despised that sad joke of a human n/t

[PCIntern]

2. He made Bob Novak almost likable...

Well...no. Not really. But you get the drift

[DFW]

10. Want to hear something distressing? Bob Novak WAS likable

He was nuts, but he was likable. He used to tell my family about when he first arrived in Washington, he asked who he should see to show him how the place worked. He was sent to see my dad, who was all of 35 at the time, and had only arrived in DC seven years before. He was always grateful and reverently acknowledging, even though he and my dad were at complete opposites of the political spectrum.

[PCIntern]

17. i believe you and I'm gonna tell you why...

On many occasions in my life, I have been helped by RWers who have out of the blue, given me a hand with something, or advice and counsel that was legitimately well thought-out, or assistance with a project. The number of out fellow-travelers, as it were, who left me out to dry, who refused to assist me even when I had helped them is a very long list.

[DFW]

18. DC is a strange place in that respect (among others, of course).

Over the years, I was hanging out in the Capitol, Senate Office buildings, even the White House, and a bunch of other places while tagging along with my dad to various occasions and places, and then being invited on my own after he was gone.

It's just a DC (and I suspect elsewhere) fact of life that some people you disagree with violently turn out to be delightful people, and some you think are your heroes turn out to be standoffish types who make you feel that it would OK if they got run over by the next truck. It drives me nuts when this happens, and to my great relief, MOST of the people I admire are also great people. Except for a very few of the old guard, I don't know any prominent Republicans any more anyway. I knew the ones my dad grew up with, such as Jake Javits of NY, Nelson Rockefeller, Gerry Ford, that crowd. I think they would puke to find out what their party has become. My dad, on the other hand, would probably approve of the current Democrats I'm friendly with, and are still active. Three of them have been sworn in as U.S. Senators within the last 3 months. I'm proud to know all of them.

[PCIntern]

19. You dwell in wonderful company...

Your post reminded me of a circumstance wherein I had purchased a barbecue grill, driven my car around to pick it up and to my dismay, it was disassembled in this gigantic box. There was no way I could load this into my car on my own, and was struggling with all these POC, Jews( like me), and hippie types just standing there watching me. After a couple minutes this fellow in a brush-cut haircut, camo, and literally a Reagan/Bush bumpersticker on his car, walked into the delivery area saw me,, apologized for everyone else being "lazy idiots" and helped me. I thanked him profusely, shook his hand, and said to him that I was honored by his helpfulness. He nodded understandingly to me, and I departed.

[DFW]

20. It's a fact of life, and we'll never change it.

I'm reminded of a song John Mayall sung on his "Turning Point" album, written by his (then-)bassist, Steve Thompson:

Some people may treat you ugly.
Some treat you beautiful, too.
That's the way life is all over.
So, look for the good things for you.

I do dwell in wonderful company, actually, but that doesn't refer to anyone I mentioned in my last post. I dwell, to use the term, in the Rheinland area of Germany, near Düsseldorf, and we have some great friends and neighbors. As for my DC connections, some are connections from when my dad was around, but I have "kept my hand in," as the saying goes, and met a totally new set of players since I lost my dad a little over 20 years ago, and the baton was passed. He was an unsung giant in the Washington print press. Those were shoes far too big for me to fill. The first president he introduced me to was LBJ. The last was Bill Clinton. I was invited to meet Obama and Biden all on my own. There was some considerable "right place, right time" karma going on, but hell, you make friends where you find them. Some people, no matter how often you see them headlining the news, sometimes you find yourself there, and all it takes is to go over, say hi, and strike up a conversation. If it's Mitch McTurtle or Kevin McCarthy, I wouldn't. Years ago, when it was Jerry Nadler or Al Franken, I did.

[PCIntern]

25. Impressive list:

Do you happen to know my buddy David Preston?

[DFW]

28. I'm afraid not

I went to college in Philadelphia, know practically nothing about (or no one in) other parts of the state.

Though I usually spend New Year's in Charleston, SC (one of my grandfathers was born there in 1894), I have virtually no contact with anyone there when I'm not there. Has he ever been to the Renaissance Weekend gatherings there? If so, then our paths will certainly have crossed. Legendary historian Rufus Fears used to give lectures at those gatherings, and it was his special gift to make ancient history come so alive, you'd think he was giving an account of a barbecue that had taken place the week before.

[Laelth]

3. At last. I feel entitled to a massive sigh of relief.

Sigh ...

-Laelth

[kysrsoze]

4. Good riddance - he did immense damage to our society. I hope there's a special place in hell for him

An absolutely despicable, hateful and dishonest piece of trash. There was absolutely nothing redeeming about him.

[NotASurfer]

5. He's broadcasting in Hell now

Not entirely sure if that would be punishment for him, or his audience, or maybe both. But at least Satan has a direct line to feed him inside tips about Hell's latest pestilence and the torments coming out of demonic R&D

He lived long enough to see his false-god king lose and leave in disgrace, dragging down their precious GQP with him.

[maxrandb]

6. How would he know the difference?

From one cesspool to another, but slightly warmer

[NotASurfer]

13. Let's see...

I am optimistic that The demonic R&D department knew he was coming and said, "hey, we got this."

Maybe -

The EIB microphone is a saguaro cactus, and it's not located near the end of his alimentary canal he was accustomed to in this life while broadcasting

Forced to perpetually smoke Hell's own brand of cigars nonstop from an orafice grafted to his face for that purpose

The greatest punishment for him, perhaps, would be that he will never again hear himself, deprived of the sound of his own voice that he so adored for eternity

[KentuckyWoman]

7. Someone loved him.

Surely someone did. Don't ask me why.

I can't bring myself to celebrate but it is a relief to know that one can't do any more damage. Unfortunately, the toxic stink he left behind continues to destroy, maim, and kill.

[kairos12]

8. Rot you Nazi F... Limbaugh.

[cbdo2007]

9. Limbaugh was one of the things that ripped my family apart 25 years ago...

and we have never recovered. He was a truly horrible person who brainwashed millions of people into disregarding facts and pushing their horrible agenda on othervpeople. I have no sympathy for him or his family for anything he went through as we will be struggling for decades still to recover as a society for the terror he helped bring to our country.

[mokawanis]

11. I always said he'd do one thing right that would be good for the US

and today is that day.

[nolabear]

12. And Hillary survives.

I will never forgive that rat bastard for his endless harassment of that woman.

[electric_blue68]

23. Oh, yeah, that. And the America Held Hostage against...

The Clinton's.

Smart, compassionate women deeply offended him.

And he hated black people esp as well as POC in general, amongst many other kinds of non straight, non -Christian people.

[Happy Hoosier]

14. Ding Dong the Asshole is Dead!!! NT

[mvd]

15. No loss at all

I am a Christian, but my notion of there being a Hell is that Hell is not very likely. If there is one, Limbaugh would be among the first in line.

[struggle4progress]

16. No man is an Iland, intire of itselfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine;

if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Manor of thy friends or of thine owne were; any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.

[demtenjeep]

21. good

[ironflange]

22. Wait! What's that popping sound?

Champagne corks! Millions of 'em!

[electric_blue68]

26. Yes, bwah! 🍾

[fescuerescue]

24. Finally we can get out country back

[kskiska]

27. He disappeared..."just like magic."