“I will be the first to admit that getting votes and getting an audience are two different things. For example, a politician really can't be elected if he's hated by half the people. A talk show host, however, can be an overwhelming national phenomenon while being hated by half the people.”

American conservative political commentator

Rush Hudson Limbaugh III was an American conservative political commentator and radio host, active from the 1980s until his death in 2021. He is best known for hosting The Rush Limbaugh Show. The program first aired in 1984 and later reached national audiences through syndication on AM and FM radio stations from 1988 until 2021. Limbaugh became a prominent voice in conservative talk radio through that long-running show.