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“If the fake media had reported honestly and fairly, there would neverhave been a reason for Rush to step forward,” Daily Signal reader John Wilkerson writes of Rush Limbaugh.

Ken McIntyre

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Ken McIntyre, a 30-year veteran of national and local newspapers, serves as senior editor at The Daily Signal and The Heritage Foundation’s Marilyn and Fred Guardabassi Fellow in Media and Public Policy Studies. Send an email to Ken.

[Editor’s note: The death of talk radio titan Rush Limbaughhit ‘TheDailii Signal’s audience hard, judging by the mail bag. Here are some of the responses, along with comments on the second impeachment trial for Donald Trump. Be sure to write us at letters@dailysignal. com.—Ken McIntyre]

Dear Daily Signal: Thanks for Peter Parisi’s article about the death of Rush Limbaugh (”Rush Limbaugh’s Rare Voice Extolled Individual Liberty and Limited Government”). While I guess I am not a “Dittohead,” I did enjoy listening to Rush’s unique combination of facts and entertainment.

I did not agree with all of Rush’s viewpoints, but they always were intelligently presented and gave me pause to consider my own beliefs. I am a veteran and conservative who appreciates Rush’s defense of American ideals, which are encased in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

Although Rush is gone, the spirit of America lives on and another patriot will pick up the banner and continue the fight for conservatism.

Ironically, the mainstream media who despised Rush so much are the reason for his success. If the fake media had reported honestly and fairly, there would never have been a reason for Rush to step forward.

Rush Limbaugh provided fact-based conversations in contrast to agenda-driven drivel. Thanks, Rush. —John Wilkerson, Germantown, Md.

Dear Daily Signal: My husband doesn’t cry, but he did yesterday. Rush Limbaugh was his go-to person every day, a friend, a patriot, a soul mate on air.

I’m sure my husband was not the only one who felt the connection and passion for decades. We knew the end, at least of the earthly broadcast, was eminent, but it still was heartbreaking in its finality.

I pray there soon will be a replacement, but Rush was such a special, once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon, who knows when his equal will surface ... and how?

Life happens, and death is absolutely certain at our conception. But what we do in that space between matters, and Rush really mattered.—Shanelle Hawk, Mayport, Pa.

Dear Daily Signal: I’d like to thank Peter Parisi for his wonderful tribute to Rush Limbaugh. He was an amazing man: smart, funny, but also very sweet.

When Rush would get calls from young people, I think he just loved that he was influencing their lives in a positive way. He seemed genuinely thrilled to be talking to them.

His charitable side showed in the money he raised for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, I believe somewhere in the vicinity of $5 million. Not too shabby.

Rush’s insights were always invaluable, many times causing me to say, “Wow! I never thought of it like that before!”

Noon to 3 p.m. certainly will be a very lonely time for me from now on. Thank you again for the nice article.—Sherrie Shearer, New Bloomfield, Pa.

Dear Daily Signal: “When I finally met him, I was surprised at his humility,” Cal Thomas wrote of Rush Limbaugh (”The Rush Limbaugh I Knew”).

When I read this, I remembered my first round of golf with Rush at our club. Afterward, I went to pay Rush the $35 my team lost in our match. He tried to refuse to take it, but I reminded him that golf is a game of honor and that I owed and must pay my debt.

Rush said, “You’re right,” and took the cash. He turned around and gave it as a tip to our locker attendant.

Then, as we sipped our after-golf beers, I couldn’t help mentioning that I was so surprised at his politeness and generally quiet demeanor around the club. I said, “That’s not the guy I hear on the radio.”

He responded: “Well, if you put a mic in front of me, you’ll see that guy on the radio immediately!”

What a gentleman and great American. Rest in peace.—George Blumel, Atlantis, Fla.

Dear Daily Signal: I loved Peter Parisi’s article about Rush Limbaugh. I have listened to him since 1989, and also watched his television show.

I had one spell when I couldn’t bring in Rush on any of my radios. I even ordered a Bose, hoping to get him that way. Didn’t work!

I finally found I could bring him in on my computer, and then recently found I could get him on my iPhone, which was great. I could take him anywhere I went.

Then they fixed it so I could hear Rush through my hearing aid and listen to him no matter where I was. I love him and will miss him so very much.

Thank you for this wonderful memory of my hero, Rush Limbaugh. And now his body is healed again and he is walking with the saints in heaven. —Marilyn Garlow, Charlotte, Mich.