Rush Limbaugh: An Army of One

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Author: Zev Chafets

ISBN-10: 1596594608

ISBN-13: 9781596594609

Category: Television & Radio - Biography

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"I know the liberals call you 'the most dangerous man in America,' but don't worry about it, they used to say the same thing about me. Keep up the good work." -Ronald Reagan in a letter to Rush Limbaugh, December 11, 1992. Do you remember your first time? People tend to remember the moment they first heard The Rush Limbaugh Show on the radio. For Zev Chafets, it was in a car in Detroit, driving down Woodward Avenue. Limbaugh's braggadocio, the outrageous satire, the slaughtering of liberal sacred cows performed with the verve of a rock-n-roll DJ-it seemed fresh, funny and completely subversive. "They're never going to let this guy stay on the air," he thought. Almost two decades later Chafets met Rush for the first time, at Limbaugh's rarely visited "Southern Command." They spent hours together talking on the record about politics, sports, music, show business, religion and modern American history. Rush opened his home and his world, introducing Chafets to his family, closest...

INTRODUCTION 11 : "I Hope He Fails" 32 : Life on the Mississippi 113 : From Rusty to Christie to Rush 324 : The City 465 : The Honorary Freshman 766 : Limbaugh in Limbo 927 : "W" 1008 : The Southern Command 1119 : The Rush Limbaugh Show 12010 : Intellectual Engine 13511 : The Boss 14112 : The Magic Negro 15413 : The Guns of August 16714 : Welcome to the NFL 17815 : Forward to the Past 186EPILOGUE: THE PARTY OF "HELL NO" 206ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 211APPENDIX 215INDEX 219