“Radio is the Purest Form of Utopia.” - Rush ...Rush Hudson Limbaugh III is an American radio talk show host, conservative political commentator, and an opinion leader in conservative politics and conservatism in the United States. He hosts The Rush Limbaugh Show which is aired throughout the U.S. on Premiere Radio Networks and is the highest-rated talk-radio program in the United States. Limbaugh signed an 8 year, $400 million contract extension with Clear Channel in 2008 that pays him $60 million a year plus expenses.
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Rush’s Grandfather ...
Patriarch of the Limbaugh Family …Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr. (September 27, 1891 – April 8, 1996) was an American jurist, legislator, and ambassador. His legal career spanned just under eighty years and he argued cases before the Missouri Supreme Court, Internal Revenue Service Appellate Division, Interstate Commerce Commission, and National Labor Relations Board.
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Limbaugh was the city attorney for Cape Girardeau, Missouri, from 1917 till 1919 and began his own law firm in 1923. He served in the Missouri State Legislature from 1931 to 1932 and during his service advocated the consolidation of Missouri school districts and the formation of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Limbaugh was President of the Missouri Bar (1955-1956) and also served as an ambassador for the U.S. legal system to India during the 1950s. At the time of his death at age 104, Limbaugh was still a practicing attorney.
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In addition to his legal career, Limbaugh was active in civic affairs. He was involved in the early development of Southeast Missouri Hospital, was active with the Boy Scout movement and worked with the Salvation Army for nearly fifty years. In 2007, a new U.S. federal courthouse located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri was named after him.
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Rush’s Father …
Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Jr. (1918–1990), attorney, civic leader, and orator, and the greatest influence in the life of Rush Limbaugh talk radio commentator. Rush’s Father was a mountain of a man 300 pounds, gregariousness over powering, with strong anti-communist views. An WW2 veteran, flyer, and ex-fighter pilot of China-Burma theater. Married Millie Armstrong in 1949 a co-ed from Arkansas he met while attending law school at Southwest Missouri State University. the University of Missouri graduated with a degree in law. Worked at his family’s law firm, taught Sunday School at the local Methodist church, and was Chairman of Cape Girardeau County Republicans
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As a civic leader he was a member of American Legion , VFW, Rotary Club. His Dad had deep appreciation for the inspirational power of words, he addressed these and other local groups on the Evils of Communism.
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Rush's Dad's forte was lively dinner table discussions on his unshakable political beliefs, and the power of leadership. All during his up bring Rush's dad would give a running commentary every night on the Evening News. Rush's father trained Rush and his brother both in politics, patriotism, and on anti-Communist view points, as well as how to think logically and justify reasoning with facts.
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Rush’s Brother
Rush’s Brother was born two years after Rush. Rush's brother was a very successful laywyer and worked at the family law firm. Later in life Reagan name Rush’s Brother as a US District Court Judge, and in 1992 was appointed to the Missouri Supreme Court.
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Rush’s Biography … Rush H Limbaugh born January 12, 1951, an international talk show host, conservative political commentator, and an opinion leader in conservative politics and conservatism in the United States.
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Rush ... During his formative years ... Rush was the one being Bullied ... |
Growing Up Rush … “Oh, I'm the Doofus?” “NO You are the Doofus Rush !!!”
Later in Life Rush has turned into what he hated most as a kid a Bully ...During his formative years and as a teenager, Rush was introverted, shy, lacked confidence, a trouble some kid. He liked cars, read Hardy Robinson Crusoe another classics, he also liked the LA Dodgers in particular Maury Wills.
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Secret #1 …When he was in his early teens and coordinated, he played Babe Ruth League baseball, as well as JV football in high school. He wanted to be a kicker, but because of size was used as defensive tackle. In his later HS years - jr sr yrs, because of his poor coordination, physically size and peer hazing, he quit sports, the debate team, and all other interests accept radio.
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Secret #2 … One of the most profound sociological and psychological consequences of his childhood, that had a life long devastating effect on Rush … At a high school party with his peers and during a game of Spin the Bottle. When it became Rush’s turn to be kissed, one of the most popular and prettiest girls in his high school refused to kiss Rush and told him to his face she found him to physically repulsive to kiss.
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Secret #3 … Nerd Rush ... Being over weight, fat, and awkward in his junior and senior years of high school was hard on his self-esteem and separated Rush from the hipper crowd in school. What made him seem even more out of touch with his peers, was during the 60's, his retro flattop, conservative 50s dress, and constant anti-communist talk. He refused to wear, and never owned blue jeans, wanting to appear grown up, because felt he related better to grown ups.
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Secret #4 …Rush was awkward to the point he ended up in an emergency room when a glass door in high school gave way as he was pushing on it. He required stitches in both arms ...
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Secret #5 …Every morning when is my mother would be fixing me breakfast before HS which he hated going to. He would listen to a this well like disk jockey on the radio having fun and playing music, and bantering about politics. Radio offered Rush a haven from the sense of exile, and gave him the opportunity to standout and be liked. Rush saw radio as sure shot to opportunity to popularity, although it never happened in his high school years ...
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The GOP became a metaphor for the way he saw himself. This drew him closer to the GOP party, and affection for radio by a desire to win acceptance. Broadcasting was his refuge ...
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Secret #6…Rush even admitted in an interview, saying he hated school and the allure of radio, was having fun, the freedom to speak his mind, and be idolize and wanted, because he would be playing everyone’s favorite song. Harry Caray and Larry Lujack of WLS where his favorite. Intelligent, bright, gifted, proficient, he constantly practiced his radio voice ...
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Secret #7…His father owned a small radio station KAPE-AM. Rush got his own show while still in high school. Rush was hoping his radio show would make him more popular with his peers. Rush’s radio name Rusty Sharpe. He played Rock while other kids were off being kids. Rush hated being a kid. Rush's father saw radio as a fleeting occupation which would result in financial instability later in Rush's life. His parents hoped his radio interests would go away ... In summer of 1967 he was while still in high school Rush’s parents did paid for him to get his radio license at Elkins Radio Institute in Dallas.
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Rush’s 2012 Personality …Rush fits the strict authority model of conservatism. An authority figure must always show strength. The consequences of Rush’s childhood rejection and being picked on, interpersonal rejection, peer rejection as well as romantic rejection have made Rush’s tractics as an adult predictable and understandable.
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Secret #8…Rush’s Surreptitious Agenda and Mental State Un-Covered …
Rush was bullied as a child. The childhood rejection is the worst kind of Bullying and the type Rush experienced . The silent treatment, a form of bullying, was common place in Rush's high school years. In high school teasing, ridicule, and the silent treatment were part of daily life for Rush, and led to a number of adverse psychological consequences and behavior in his adult years such as, aggression toward the opposite sex, and depression resulting in drug use. Other noticeable effects visible on Rush, are paranoia, disruptive comportment, his ego needs to be the center of attention, refusing to share, inattentive, and take turns traits, was probably the reason for Rush’s four divorces.
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Secret #9 …In the early to the mid 1960’s most Americans like to joke and pick on the GOP, calling them weird and out of touch with the main stream. America loved JFK and LBJ in the early 60s. JFK and LBJ were the "in crowd", Goldwater and the Conservative Movement were out of touch with reality, and not cool, something Rush could relate too. This energized Rush to defend the GOP, and in his mind, he was also defending his father, who he idolized and loved, and his father’s political views against the left and communism.
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Finally Here is Why Rush is Not a Patriot … How He Betrayed His Family & America’s Trust ... Later on in life and to this day, Rush betrays America, and his father by purveying the contemporary views of Nixon and Reagan as patriots and great Americans, when in fact Nixon open the door to Communist China, by signing the first trade agreement with Communist China, and Reagan who signed multiple trade agreements with Communist China giving up our best technology, and giving Chinese products easy access to U.S. retail markets. Reagan tax cuts stimulated the 80s economy… don’t make me laugh. More like 2 Trillion Dollars borrowed from China and pumped into the U.S. Economy brought on the 80s economic boom …
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