The Most Pleasant Minute of Rush Limbaugh’s Career | MoveOn
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This subject, Rushbo’s career and its decline, has special significance to me since Limbaugh got his radio start on KFBK 1530 AM in Sacramento. Folks in The Big Tomato have been trying to live this down ever since. A staple of right wing toxic talk is that others are a threat to you. But Sacramento has been noted as the most ethnically and racially diverse city in America [2002]. Could that diversity have contributed to the rise of Rush Limbaugh?
~~ Gypsy Chief
Limbaugh’s radio career was revived by Norm Woodruff, a San Francisco radio executive who urged friends at Sacramento’s KFBK to hire him at a time when he was essentially unknown in the radio business. Woodruff even took Limbaugh shopping for clothes, improving his appearance to make a better impression on KFBK brass. The station decided to take a chance, putting Limbaugh on in what had been Morton Downey, Jr.’s time slot. His ratings were better than Downey’s, putting Limbaugh’s career back on track. In telling the story of his success, Limbaugh occasionally mentions Woodruff’s help, but he never mentions that Woodruff was openly gay, and died of AIDS in the 1980s.
Source: NNDB.Com
Posted by Gypsy Chief
So yeah…Rush Limbaugh. The mere mention of his name evokes nauseous feelings from deep within. As a child, I was often made to listen to the creep and would choke on his ignorant (to say the least) comments. For whatever reason, my grandmother felt it would somehow benefit me to hear the self-righteous, simply ridiculous propaganda at 12 years old that I would later learn to be completely hypocritical as news of his drug addiction emerged. He would focus on Democrats, minorities, women-related issues….anything that would get a rise from his listeners. Even at the tender age of 12, I knew that I did not agree with his viewpoints, and would become angry at the BS Rush fed his listeners.
Come to think of it, maybe Granny was helping me to develop into an opinionated, well-rounded woman who can sort through bullshit. Maybe…in any case, yay to the end of his career!
Gosh Mitzi could you tell us how you REALLY feel? Great comment, thanks. I think it embarrasing that this fat clown got his career rescued in Sacramento.
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