{"id":400893,"date":"2021-06-08T16:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T20:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=400893"},"modified":"2021-06-09T15:54:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T19:54:39","slug":"david-limbaugh-rushs-love-for-the-audience-got-him-through-his-final-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2021\/06\/08\/david-limbaugh-rushs-love-for-the-audience-got-him-through-his-final-year-2\/","title":{"rendered":"David Limbaugh: Rush\u2019s Love for the Audience Got Him Through His Final Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BRETT: Bo Snerdley got to speak with David Limbaugh on the latest podcast episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1119-rush-limbaugh-the-man-beh-81488209\/\">Rush Limbaugh: The Man Behind the Golden EIB Microphone<\/a>. You can listen to the entire conversation wherever you listen to podcasts. There\u2019s an easy way to find a link on RushLimbaugh.com, too.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1119-rush-limbaugh-the-man-beh-81488209\/episode\/thats-my-brother-83231688\/?embed=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can just go there and find it. David shared a most insightful thought with host Bo Snerdley in terms of Rush\u2019s decision to be in the studio and on the radio every day he could while battling cancer and how it sustained him. Listen to this.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-400349\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/APP-20201-060321-Rush-David-Limbaugh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/APP-20201-060321-Rush-David-Limbaugh.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/APP-20201-060321-Rush-David-Limbaugh-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/APP-20201-060321-Rush-David-Limbaugh-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>DAVID: Imagine having been diagnosed with terminal cancer in his final year. He gets his life energy, of course, from the family and friends. But his primary source of energy and motivation to live, in my opinion &#8212; and live so well and so long despite the pain and agony &#8212; was his love for his audience and what he did.<\/p>\n<p>BRETT: And that\u2019s what it comes down to. It\u2019s passion. It\u2019s love for this audience, and I can personally attest to the fact that he loved being in this seat every chance he could and interacting and talking. Because I think one of the great subplots or substories about what happened here on this program with Rush Limbaugh was his instant connectivity with people.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t necessarily mean people you agree with or disagree with. But he had that connection to people. And he understood the great debt that he owed the audience, as much as the audience felt that they owed him a great debt for being here constantly to be America\u2019s Real Anchorman, to take those arrows and those slings, to defend the principles of conservatism.<\/p>\n<p>It was a hugely important duty. But it\u2019s that idea of being able to connect with people &#8212; especially with people with whom you disagree, because how many times have we heard calls on this program, &#8220;Hey, I used to be a liberal, but&#8230;&#8221; &#8220;Hey, I\u2019m a liberal, but I\u2019m agreeing with you on this.&#8221; &#8220;Hey, I can\u2019t believe I ever thought as a progressive or as a liberal XYZ.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s how you win converts. You don\u2019t win converts, obviously, by talking to people who already agree with you. You talked to those people who disagree with you. You break down their arguments, and you show them a modicum of respect. And I think that\u2019s the key ingredient in the American culture right now that\u2019s in short supply, is this idea of respect.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-400902\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/APP-20201-060821-Gold-Determined.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/APP-20201-060821-Gold-Determined.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/APP-20201-060821-Gold-Determined-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/APP-20201-060821-Gold-Determined-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>The notion of developing a cancel culture, of saying, &#8220;Okay. One strike and you\u2019re out. No redemption, no coming back, nothing.&#8221; Well, that completely removes any notion of an ability to change one\u2019s mind and to change one\u2019s tack in life. We have to be willing to find agreement where we can and attempt to persuade where we must.<\/p>\n<p>But once you get that area of agreement&#8230; It\u2019s why I don\u2019t advocate for writing off Joe Manchin if he doesn\u2019t agree with us a hundred percent of the time. He\u2019s doing a pretty good job with what he\u2019s doing right now. Kyrsten Sinema. I may not agree with her on other things, but she\u2019s doing a pretty good job with what\u2019s she\u2019s doing now, holding the line on the filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>Now maybe we use that little rope ladder and figure out how do we climb up to more agreement, bring them our way. That\u2019s an opportunity every single day. Every single day, that is an opportunity, and I think that\u2019s what was so special about Rush among the millions of other things.<\/p>\n<p>But the fact that he was able to engage even with people that didn\u2019t realize he was engaging them. They\u2019d maybe be driving home or driving around and thinking about what he just said and it would start to germinate &#8212; and, before you knew it, he had found another convert to the show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t2t.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-393993 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SMALL-Tunnel-to-Towers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mypillow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-393992 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SMALL-My-Pillow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRETT: His primary source of energy and motivation to live, in my opinion &#8212; and live so well and so long, despite the pain and agony &#8212; was his love for his audience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":400349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - 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