Rush Limbaugh Biography

Born asRush Hudson Limbaugh III
Occup.Entertainer
FromUSA
SpousesRoxy Maxine McNeely (1977–1980)
Michelle Sixta (1983–1990)
Marta Fitzgerald (1994–2004)
Kathryn Rogers (2010)
BornJanuary 12, 1951
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
Age73 years
Rush Limbaugh was a prominent and also influential American radio talk show host, writer, and also traditional political analyst. He was born on January 12, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States, into a popular and politically active family members. There were several legal representatives in his family, including his father, Rush Hudson Limbaugh Jr., a popular regional lawyer. His mommy, Mildred Carolyn Armstrong Limbaugh, was a housewife yet likewise preserved an active role in her other half's legislation technique. Thrill was the eldest of 2 children, his younger brother David, would later on become a successful legal representative and also political commentator too.

Limbaugh was not specifically thinking about academics during his early years, but displayed a strong interest in radio broadcasting from a young age. He started his job in radio while still attending high school, tackling the nickname "Rusty Sharpe" and also functioning as a DJ for a neighborhood station. After senior high school, Limbaugh attended Southeast Missouri State University for 2 semesters prior to he left to seek his radio occupation.

In the very early '70s, Limbaugh started functioning as a radio DJ for numerous terminals in little markets, eventually finding a work at music station KUDL in Kansas City, Missouri. Nonetheless, he never ever acquired much success in the music radio service as well as left the field, functioning briefly in marketing and sales prior to returning to radio on KFBK in 1984 in Sacramento, California. It was below that Limbaugh began to attract attention and also started his job as a conventional political analyst.

In 1988, Limbaugh left Sacramento for New York City, where his across the country syndicated radio program, "The Rush Limbaugh Show", launched. His unique blend of wit, humor, as well as staunch conservative views promptly gained him a complying with. Throughout the '90s, Limbaugh's show ended up being one of the most listened-to talk radio program in the United States.

As Limbaugh's popularity skyrocketed, he released numerous very successful publications, consisting of "The Way Points Ought to Be" (1992) and also "See, I Informed You So" (1993), which further cemented his standing as a leading conventional commentator. Furthermore, he organized a brief television show from 1992 to 1996, created by Roger Ailes, that later established Fox News.

Throughout the years, Limbaugh faced a number of debates due to his questionable as well as offending comments concerning females, minorities, as well as LGBT individuals. Despite these criticisms, he continued to be an effective as well as significant figure in conventional media and also politics. In 2020, President Donald Trump granted Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Liberty during the State of the Union Address.

Rush Limbaugh was wed 4 times and had no youngsters. His fight with lung cancer cells was publicly revealed in 2020 on his radio program. On February 17, 2021, Rush Limbaugh passed away at the age of 70, leaving behind numerous dedicated "Dittoheads"-- a term he passionately used to explain his dedicated listeners.

Our collection contains 40 quotes who is written / told by Rush.

Related authors: P. J. O'Rourke (Journalist), Donald Trump (Businessman), Roger Ailes (Businessman)

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40 Famous quotes by Rush Limbaugh

Small: Character matters leadership descends from character
"Character matters; leadership descends from character"
Small: The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by
"The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters"
Small: Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream
"Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream"
Small: None of what Barack Obama is doing or wants to do to this country is anything the rest of the world has
"None of what Barack Obama is doing or wants to do to this country is anything the rest of the world hasn't seen before and already failed at"
Small: No nation ever taxed itself into prosperity
"No nation ever taxed itself into prosperity"
Small: The press has met their Waterloo, and its Obama
"The press has met their Waterloo, and it's Obama"
Small: The message that President Obama delivered in his speech at Notre Dame was: morality is immoral.
"The message that President Obama delivered in his speech at Notre Dame was: morality is immoral. Pro-life is the extremist position, not a moral position. Yet we should compromise and work to reduce abortions. Where's the compromise between life and death - and why work to reduce the number of them occurring if there's nothing wrong with them?"
Small: Enraging liberals is simply one of the more enjoyable side effects of my wisdom
"Enraging liberals is simply one of the more enjoyable side effects of my wisdom"
Small: Did you know that the White House drug test is multiple choice?
"Did you know that the White House drug test is multiple choice?"
Small: Compassion is no substitute for justice
"Compassion is no substitute for justice"
Small: The future is not Big Government. Self-serving politicians. Powerful bureaucrats. This has been tried,
"The future is not Big Government. Self-serving politicians. Powerful bureaucrats. This has been tried, tested throughout history. The result has always been disaster. President Obama, your agenda is not new. It's not change, and it's not hope"
Small: Nationalizing businesses, nationalizing banks, is not a solution for the democratic party, its the obje
"Nationalizing businesses, nationalizing banks, is not a solution for the democratic party, it's the objective"
Small: Most peoples historical perspective begins with the day of their birth
"Most people's historical perspective begins with the day of their birth"
Small: Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power, and take
"Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power, and take away from the role of government"
Small: Let me tell you who we conservatives are: we love people. When we look out over the United States of Am
"Let me tell you who we conservatives are: we love people. When we look out over the United States of America, when we are anywhere, when we see a group of people, such as this or anywhere, we see Americans. We see human beings. We don't see groups. We don't see victims"
Small: If you commit a crime, youre guilty
"If you commit a crime, you're guilty"
Small: If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with repre
"If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation"
Small: I want anyone who believes in life, liberty, pursuit of happiness to succeed. And I want any force, any
"I want anyone who believes in life, liberty, pursuit of happiness to succeed. And I want any force, any person, any element of an overarching Big Government that would stop your success, I want that organization, that element or that person to fail. I want you to succeed"
Small: I reject the notion that America is in a well-deserved decline, that she and her citizens are unexcepti
"I reject the notion that America is in a well-deserved decline, that she and her citizens are unexceptional. I do not believe America is the problem in the world. I believe America is the solution to the world's problems"
Small: I must be honest. I can only read so many paragraphs of a New York Times story before I puke
"I must be honest. I can only read so many paragraphs of a New York Times story before I puke"
Small: I dont need equal time, I am equal time!
"I don't need equal time, I am equal time!"
Small: Government stimulates the democrat party
"Government stimulates the democrat party"
Small: Football is like life and I know life
"Football is like life and I know life"
Small: Folks, the most insidious part of this whole health care scheme is that all of these vast medical expen
"Folks, the most insidious part of this whole health care scheme is that all of these vast medical expenditures will become nothing more than government budget items. We individuals will no longer exist. The relationship between a government and citizen will change forever"
Small: Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old - old idea
"Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old - old ideas, beliefs, habits, even thoughts. We are out of contact with our own genius. Sometimes we know we are stuck; sometimes we don't. In both cases we have to DO something"
Small: After the Republican Party did everything that Colin Powell says it needs to do to grow, and nominated
"After the Republican Party did everything that Colin Powell says it needs to do to grow, and nominated the very kind of candidate he wanted in 2008, what did Powell do? He endorsed Obama! So according to the Drive-Bys and David Gergen, Republicans should let somebody who campaigned and voted for Obama, tell us how to build our party"
Small: You know why theres a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one
"You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one"
Small: You could afford your house without the government if it werent for the government
"You could afford your house without the government if it weren't for the government"
Small: Will some reporter, or some Republican on the Sunday shows, please ask why tax cuts raid the non-existe
"Will some reporter, or some Republican on the Sunday shows, please ask why tax cuts raid the non-existent Social Security Trust Fund but all the Democrats' new spending doesn't? Will someone please ask that?"
Small: When a nominee for the Supreme Court, one of only nine lifetime appointments, makes an overtly brazen r
"When a nominee for the Supreme Court, one of only nine lifetime appointments, makes an overtly brazen racist comment about tens of millions of American citizens, we don't need lectures. What we need to do is to confront her with what she said and what it says about her"
Small: We want everybody to succeed. You know why? We want the country to succeed, and for the country to succ
"We want everybody to succeed. You know why? We want the country to succeed, and for the country to succeed, its people - its individuals - must succeed"
Small: We can take this country back. All we need is to nominate the right candidate. Its no more complicated
"We can take this country back. All we need is to nominate the right candidate. It's no more complicated than that"
Small: The difference between Los Angeles and yogurt is that yogurt comes with less fruit
"The difference between Los Angeles and yogurt is that yogurt comes with less fruit"
Small: So what is so strange about saying I want Barack Obama to fail if his mission is to reconstruct and ref
"So what is so strange about saying I want Barack Obama to fail if his mission is to reconstruct and reform this nation so that capitalism and individual liberty are not its foundation? I want the country to survive. I want the country to succeed"
Small: Ronald Reagan was the greatest president of the twentieth century
"Ronald Reagan was the greatest president of the twentieth century"
Small: Poverty is not the root cause of crime
"Poverty is not the root cause of crime"
Small: Our nation was created in ways that allow human potential to prosper, and it created the greatest natio
"Our nation was created in ways that allow human potential to prosper, and it created the greatest nation for people in the history of humanity. Now Obama is dismantling it, because he has no appreciation for our greatness. In fact, he resents it. He blames this country for whatever evils he sees around the world"
Small: Obamas health care plan will be written by a committee whose head, John Conyers, says he doesnt underst
"Obama's health care plan will be written by a committee whose head, John Conyers, says he doesn't understand it. It'll be passed by Congress that has not read it, signed by a president who smokes, funded by a Treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, overseen by a Surgeon General who is obese, and financed by a country that's nearly broke. What could possibly go wrong?"
Small: Obama is a statist. Hes an authoritarian. He doesnt want to govern he wants to rule
"Obama is a statist. He's an authoritarian. He doesn't want to govern; he wants to rule"
Small: Obama had the audacity to say, I have unequivocally prohibited the use of torture by the United States.
"Obama had the audacity to say, 'I have unequivocally prohibited the use of torture by the United States.' Ladies and gentlemen, torture in the United States has always been illegal"