A Year Without Rush

One year ago on this day, Rush Limbaugh died after a valiant battle against lung cancer. I'm sure millions of Americans miss him just as much as I do. 

Rush was the epitome of an American patriot who loved our country. He knew we were in great danger from enemies abroad and from decay within. Every day, he showed how we can and should fight to rescue the things we hold dear. 

For more than 30 years, Rush was on the air three hours a day, informing the American people in battle after battle. We all remember the times when he seemed to be the only person who could rally conservatives to resist the increasingly radical left. 

Working in the White House and in Washington, D.C., I saw him do it time and time again. And the times I remember most fondly were the times he stopped the GOP from flying off a cliff over issues like amnesty for illegal aliens.

Rush frequently put the fear of God into the RINOs. I saw many congressmen and senators sweating bullets when they couldn't get calls out of their offices because Rush had unleashed his conservative listeners. 

The left could not out-argue Rush, so they tried to cancel him. They attacked his sponsors. They accused him of being a racist. He took some hits, but he survived them all.

Rush was a man of faith. He began his show by saying, "With talent on loan from God." He meant it. During his battle with cancer, he often said, "I just thank God that I woke up today for another day of life in His world." 

Rush and Donald Trump became close friends. To the great dismay of the American media and the socialist left, President Trump honored Rush Limbaugh during his 2020 State of the Union address with the presidential Medal of Freedom. While the "Doctor of Democracy" was certainly most deserving, it's hard to imagine any other Republican president honoring Limbaugh so publicly.

I had the great pleasure of knowing Rush Limbaugh personally. I was on his show in 2000, when I ran for the Republican presidential nomination, and my family met him on the set of his TV show. 

They say no man is indispensable. But with all the battles raging today, we sure could use three hours each day of Rush Limbaugh right now.

Rest in peace, Rush.