Good day.

Because with a name like Obama... you know it has to be good.

My favorite quote of his?  "It is not one world."

Amen.

As a young radio broadcaster, I played the Paul Harvey News And Comment during my show for many years. 

I was fortunate to have met Paul Harvey in person in 1989 when he gave a speech to the Salvation Army annual awards banquet in Birmingham, Alabama.  I finished signing up for the dinner and speech at the entrance, turned around and there he was.  We shook hands and spoke for a minute about radio, aviation (I'm a private pilot) and computers and how his son, Paul Jr., enjoyed working with computers.  Then he was off to visit with his hosts.  One of his many signature lines from the speech that evening rings so true today... "self-government won't work without self-dicipline".  I still use the Salvation Army coaster that I was given at the event.

I felt fortunate that I was able to meet a legend of radio.

Gordo

Melmac

He will be missed. As I drive all over the country for work I always stoped the radio scan if I heard his voice. No one ever protested, where as Rush will make people run for the hills (which is a great bonus to having him on in my office, people stay away and let me work)

I first heard Paul Harvey while over at a friends house in the nineteen-sixties.   In the late afternoon the family gathered in the dining room where my friends mother turned the radio on so we could all hear 'the rest of the story'.

Paul Harvey was also a friendly familiar voice on Armed Forces Radio in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe years later.

Again, God Bless you Mr. Harvey and thank you.

I am listening to his home station, WGN Chicago. They are having many of his local colleagues on to talk of him. They are starting to peeve me off because each and every one of them are going out of their way to say how liberal they are and that Harvey was not. It's all about THEM in their memories of Harvey!

Paul Harvey was one of a kind. I worked at radio stations where his commentary was carried as was "The Rest of the Story" and tuned into him like I was listening to my own father.

My only beef with him over the years was his support of the Equal Rights Amendment and how he encouraged Paul, Jr. to file his draft status during the Vietnam era as a "conciencious objector".  Outside of that, he was a voice that America needed to not only hear but listen to day in and day out. I know his Christian faith was prominent in his decision making and he made no bones about it.

Paul Harvey will be missed - instead of "good day" - now it's goodbye.

Paul Harvey, my first AM  talk show guy, on for 15 minutes at noon.

later heard

the rest of the story. sniff RIP.

pURPLe pINKy

We all knew this day was coming, especially after his beloved Angel passed last year, but it's still hard to accept.  There are a lot of things to say about Paul Harvey, but as a radio broadcaster, I admired his clear, concise, and clever writing, and his impeccable timing.  I could say much more about the man, but I'd only be duplicating what many others will share here.

And now the rest of the story....

AP just had to take a cheap shot.  In an unbylined story appearing on the Mason City (Iowa) Globe-Gazette website, the writer slipped in this paragraph:

His fans identified with his plainspoken political commentary, but critics called him an out-of-touch conservative. He was an early supporter of the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy and a longtime backer of the Vietnam War.

Just once I'd like to see the AP show some class and refrain from such childishness.

Just once.

Good day.
 

When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.

Paul will be missed.

Good day.

Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July.  Democrats believe every day is April 15th ~ Ronald Reagan

He's one of those people that by their own personality and length of service to their job, becomes an icon, and then a legend.

May Paul Harvey read the news to God daily for an eternity. I'm sure that both would be honored.

I Love This Woman

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I remember listening to him at a very early age. He was a class act. Soembody help me on this. Didn't he go on for days when he read a story about somebody being shot in the fracas? He was trying to find where on the body the fracas was.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. RWR

I only started listening to Mr Harvey in the last ten years.  He was comfort food for the soul.  My favorite memory is that Mr. Harvey helped me bond with my daughter.  I would drive her to school every day and at 7:30 am Please stand by:  My daughter and I listened and talked about his message.  You will be missed sir

"Good Day'

"Don't let the bastards grind you down."

Red

My favorite Christmas gift for many years has been Paul Harvey's story of the man who stayed home instead of joining his family for Christmas services and found himself tending a wayward duck in danger of being killed by the cold because it could not understand the man wanting to help it out. The punch line is that when the man wishes he could become a duck so he could show the wayward duck the way to safety, the church bell rings and for the first time he understands the Christmas story.

I will miss his news, his optimism, his comments, and his values.

Rest in peace and enjoy your reward because you are in a better place saying "Good Eternity!"