Wednesday on the evening edition of
The Chad Hasty Show, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick joined the broadcast to offer memories of his friend Rush Limbaugh, after the news earlier in the day that Limbaugh had passed away at the age of 70 from complications of cancer.
Patrick, owner of Houston radio station KSEV, and himself a former talk show host, shared a few of his personal experiences with Rush, some dating back to when Limbaugh was first appearing on the national radio scene.
Patrick said, while speaking about his station s early months of airing The Rush Limbaugh Show,
We were one of the first major markets to put him on, and we went from the 40th rank, and you know how hard this is Chad, we went from a 40th ranked station, from 11:00 to 1:00, to number one in about ninety days. And I didn t have any money to promote the show, it just caught on. I ve never seen anything like it in my life.Rush and I became personal friends.We spent a lot of time together. Every
The Lone Star State is currently suffering through a blizzard the likes of which hasn't been experienced there in several generations. But amidst the crisis, Cruz took a short vacation to Mexico.
The NBA’s decision last week requiring the playing of the national anthem at its games is being met with loud, angry opposition from liberal media. Jemele Hill, bombastic writer for The Atlantic, yells from the Left that patriotic symbols are being “weaponized” to diminish the humanity of minorities.
Remember when Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick went on Fox News last March and suggested older Americans should sacrifice themselves for the economy during the pandemic? Let s get back to living, he said. Let s be smart about it. And those of us who are seventy-plus, we ll take care of ourselves, but don t sacrifice the country.
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the number of intergenerational family households in the U.S. |
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His comments sparked an immediate backlash. But remarks like those have also given momentum to a perspective embraced by a disturbing number of scholars and members of the media commentariat: Segregate those over 60 or 65, since they re at greatest risk of dying from the coronavirus, and let the younger generations go about their business.