Category: Biography

Copyright/published Year: 2010 by Sentinel

ISBN: 1595230638

Binding: Hardcover

Do you remember your first time?

People tend to remember the moment they first heard The Rush ì Limbaugh Show on the radio. For Zev Chafets, it was in a car in ì Detroit, driving down Woodward Avenue. Limbaugh's braggadocio, ì the outrageous satire, the slaughtering of liberal sacred cows ì performed with the verve of a rock-n-roll DJ-it seemed fresh, ì funny and completely subversive. "They're never going to let this ì guy stay on the air," he thought.

Almost two decades later Chafets met Rush for the first time, ì at Limbaugh's rarely visited "Southern Command." They spent hours ì together talking on the record about politics, sports, music, ì show business, religion and modern American history. Rush opened ì his home and his world, introducing Chafets to his family, ì closest friends, even his psychologist. The result was an ì acclaimed cover-story profile of Limbaugh in The New York Times ì Magazine.

But there was much more to say, especially after Limbaugh ì became Public Enemy Number One of the Obama Administration. At ì first Limbaugh resisted the idea of a full-length portrait, but ì he eventually invited Chafets back to Florida and exchanged more ì than a hundred emails full of his personal history, thoughts, ì fears and ambitions. What has emerged is an uniquely personal ì look at the man who is not only the most popular voice on the ì radio, but the leader of the conservative movement and one of the ì most influential figures in the Republican Party.

While Limbaugh's public persona is instantly recognizable, his ì background and private life are often misunderstood. Even devoted ì Dittoheads will find there's a lot they don't know about the ì self-described "harmless little fuzzball" who has, over the ì years, taken on the giants of the mainstream media and the ì Democratic Party-from Bill and Hillary Clinton to Barack ì Obama-with "half his brain tied behind his back, just to make it ì fair." Chafets paints a compelling portrait of Limbaugh as a ì master entertainer, a public intellectual, a political force, and ì a fascinating man.

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