1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of the Clay Travis and Buck 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: Sexton Show podcast. He's the host of his self titled 3 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:10,800 Speaker 1: radio program Hurt Nationwide. Here's Michael Berry in for Clay 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 1: Travis said Buck Sexton. Hello America, this is Donald Trump, 5 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: your favorite president, I hope, and I just want to 6 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: give a big shout out to Michael Berry, who's doing 7 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: a fantastic job. You all know he's from Houston, but 8 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,479 Speaker 1: he's guest hosting and he's going to make it a 9 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: very merry Christmas and a happy New Year for everybody. 10 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: So Michael, do a great job today. Merry Christmas to you. 11 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: I'll be filling in for Clay and Buck today and 12 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: all of next week. Today will be a very special 13 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: tribute to Rush Limball, and I'll explain why in just 14 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 1: a moment. Next week we'll be back to the traditional 15 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: format of pointing out how Joe Biden and the Democrats 16 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: are ruining the country. Rush Limball used to say that 17 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: you should find your joy not in the news, politicians, celebrities, musicians, athletes. 18 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 1: Find your joy inside yourself and your family and your faith, 19 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: the people around you, the influences, the special joys and remembrances, 20 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: and today that will be what we do. We will 21 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: not talk about politics today. I will ask you to 22 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 1: give that a break, as Rush always did on Christmas Eve. 23 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:26,559 Speaker 1: But first I want to thank Clay Travis and Buck 24 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 1: Sexton for the incredible opportunity to speak to Limball Nation, 25 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: particularly on this the most important day since Russia. Limball 26 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:39,119 Speaker 1: is passing on February seventeenth, to talk about Rush Limball 27 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: because of what happened last year. And I'll get into 28 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: that in a moment. I want to thank Clay and 29 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: Buck for giving me this great opportunity. I want to 30 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: thank them for being willing to do something that everyone 31 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: in radio wanted to do, but there was so much 32 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: fear to do, and that is to follow Rush Limball. 33 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: Nobody can replace him and think they've done a wonderful job. 34 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: I think they get better by the day. They're pouring 35 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: their hearts and souls into it. And if you've noticed, 36 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: every day is in some way or another some form 37 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: of tribute to Rush Limball and his listeners. And there 38 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: are a lot of people to thank for that. And 39 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: that's the folks who gave us an opportunity to be 40 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: here today. That's Ali Murroch, Murachkovski, Murachkovsky, that's a long name. 41 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:29,399 Speaker 1: That's why they just call her Ali, Engineer Crash, Mike Caragliano, engineer, 42 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: Mike Maman. These are the folks that we're with Rush throughout. 43 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: Julie Talbot, the head of Premier Craig Kitchen, Rush's conciliary, 44 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 1: the folks who were with Rush till the end. They 45 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 1: are the Rush Limball Show, along with the folks that 46 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: you knew, Cookie Dawn, George Coco, all those folks. It's 47 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 1: an incredibly talented team and getting ready for today. You 48 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: see the passion and commitment they have not just to 49 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 1: make great radio, but to make great radio that would 50 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: be proud of excellence in broadcasting. And you can't mention 51 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: that without talking about bos Nerdly, how special he was 52 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: to Rush, and he will be our guest coming up 53 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: in the next hour. He has a new book out, 54 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: Rush on the Radio, but we're going to talk about 55 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: what Rush meant to him personally. A year ago, Rush 56 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: Limbaugh did his Christmas Eve broadcast and he talked about 57 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: why Christmas was important to him. Rush viewed Christmas as 58 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: even more important than Thanksgiving as a time to be grateful, 59 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: to be thankful, and he talked a lot about that. 60 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: In preparing for the show, Ali, one of his producers, said, 61 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 1: you know, Rush would get would get giddy like a 62 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: child over Christmas. He was, He was like a child. 63 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: His brother David Limbaugh tells the story that he would 64 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: fly into Missouri on his jet full of presence for 65 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: all the kids, and he was like a big Santa 66 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: Claus and at the parties he would be caroling and 67 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: singing and having such a great time. This was a 68 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: very joyous occasion. And you're going to hear some of 69 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,839 Speaker 1: his remarks on that last broadcast of the year last year, 70 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: and that's why it was so special that we would 71 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 1: get to be with you here. This is not my 72 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 1: show today, this is yours, and this is an opportunity 73 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 1: for you to share what Rush meant to you over 74 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: all those years. And I tell you, going back and 75 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: listening to the shows, to the Christmas shows that meant 76 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: so much to him, and hearing how he was affected, 77 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: especially that last Christmas a year ago, how he was 78 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: affected by what you meant to him and what he 79 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:45,479 Speaker 1: meant to you, and hearing those stories, and I thought 80 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 1: we'd do that again today, Rush's team said, Hey, you know, 81 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 1: we're honored to have you guest host, but would you 82 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: mind that first day on Christmas Eve because of this 83 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 1: is the first Christmas Eve for us and for Limball 84 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: Nation without Rush. Would you mind you seeing this opportunity 85 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: to let the listeners tell their stories and let this 86 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: be absolutely of course, what an honor to get to 87 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:12,479 Speaker 1: be here. So this is your show. What would you 88 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 1: tell Rush if you could talk to him today? I 89 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:19,160 Speaker 1: like to think he's listening. One eight hundred two eight 90 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 1: two to eight eight two one eight hundred two eight 91 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:28,720 Speaker 1: two eight eight two. Of course Rush was talented. Of 92 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 1: course he was the greatest of all time. There'll never 93 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: be anyone like him. He set a whole different bar. 94 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: He saved the AM radio five Marconi's it could have 95 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 1: been five thousand. It's an incredible story. He was not 96 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: just America's anchorman. He was our teacher, our coach, our mentor, 97 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: our friend, our adviser, our inspiration, our motivation, our guidance. 98 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 1: It was everything. He was bigger than a show or 99 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 1: a man. He was a movement. The medal of Freedom 100 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 1: when it was given had an entire nation gathering together 101 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:06,359 Speaker 1: and say, yes, this is President Trump. What we've wanted 102 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 1: for this man, the entire nation honoring him. The woman 103 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: on the other end of the phone when you call 104 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,280 Speaker 1: one eight hundred two eight two two eight eight two 105 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:20,359 Speaker 1: today is Ali who was there with Rush all along. 106 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: And I can tell you she's had some tearful moments 107 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: since February seventeenth and before, but I can assure you 108 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: that this week she's had tissue at hand. As we've 109 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 1: gone through, clip by clip by clip, winnowing them down. 110 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 1: How do you find those special, precious few moments of 111 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: Rush telling you what you meant to him, and listening 112 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: to you as to what he meant to you, and 113 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: seeing his reaction, hearing his reaction. But it's dear to 114 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: the mind. You can see his reaction. It's been a 115 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: tough week for a lot of folks, but today is 116 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,600 Speaker 1: a celebration. It is a celebration, and I hope this 117 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,599 Speaker 1: makes for a very special Christmas for you. That's the 118 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: gift Rush gave us. Our thoughts and prayers go out 119 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: to Rush's immediate family on this Christmas Eve. This has 120 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: to be a tough time, especially his bride Katherine, his 121 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: dear brother David, Limbaugh, his close friends and family. Throughout 122 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: the show, you will hear the musical stylings of Mannheim Steamroller, 123 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: and you probably heard because Rush would often tell He 124 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: once said, Manheim Steamroller, it's all instrumental. I have a 125 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: bit of an emotional attachment to it. It happened to 126 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 1: be some of the first Christmas music I by happenstance. 127 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 1: Happened to be listening to it upon learning of the 128 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: death of my father. And he told the story about 129 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 1: He's at thirty five thousand feet in a flight going 130 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: to la and his father's just passed and he's listening 131 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: to Mannheim Steamroller and how much that meant to him. 132 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: And so that is why Ali in his honor, plays 133 00:07:55,000 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 1: Mannheim Steamroller songs from Christmas to New Year at every bump. 134 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: That's what Rush wanted, and his legacy lives on in 135 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: that music. I'd tell you an interesting backstory to Mannheim 136 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: steam Roller and the connection Rush Limbaugh had to Chip Davis, 137 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: the founder, And there's a real interesting Heartland of America 138 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: connection between the two of them that I bet you 139 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: didn't know that I'm going to be sharing with you 140 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: in just a few moments. But today is going to 141 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: be a lot of Rush Limbaugh, a lot of your calls, 142 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: some boast, nerdly, maybe some tears, but a lot of 143 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: joy celebrating the life of Rush Limball. I'm Michael Verian 144 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 1: for Clay Travis and Buck Sexton. Time slots on loan 145 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 1: from Rush, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton EIB Network. He's 146 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 1: the host of his self titled radio program heard nationwide. 147 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: Here's Michael Barry in for Clay, Travis, s and Buck Sexton. 148 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: If you loved Rush Limball, you know he loved James Golden, 149 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: known to the world as Bo Snardley, call screener, official 150 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 1: Obama criticizer, official program observer, and dear dear friend and 151 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: confidant to Rush Limball. James Golden, Bo Snardly, Welcome to 152 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 1: the show, sir, Welcome back. Oh my pleasure to be here. 153 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas to you. I want to talk 154 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 1: about the book, the podcast, your health, your life, all 155 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 1: of those things. But first I know this has to 156 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: be a tough day for you, as it is for Catherine, 157 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 1: as it is for the entire team, for David. What 158 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: are the emotions today? A year after that special broadcast 159 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 1: by Rush and this the first Christmas Eve he's not 160 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 1: with us. Well, it's a mixture of the was it 161 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 1: sad It's gratitude for the all the years that he 162 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: did give us, and the sadness I don't think ever 163 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: will go away. But you know, there are other things 164 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 1: now that helped layer it. Like I said, with gratitude, 165 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 1: the tremendous gratitude for Russia's life and um and what 166 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: he was about. There was an opinion piece written by 167 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: Diana a Loco that was Fox News Today about Rush 168 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 1: and how much we all miss him at Christmas. I 169 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 1: know you're carrying on and doing a great show for 170 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:33,559 Speaker 1: all of us who have similar emotions. I mean, this 171 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: time last year, after listening to the last broadcast that 172 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: Rush did of the of the year, the way he 173 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: ended it, he obviously knew that he wasn't going to 174 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: be with us this Christmas. I remember last year, I 175 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 1: couldn't even leave the house. I was just so despondent. 176 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 1: But um, you know it is now now, almost a 177 00:10:55,720 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: year later, a lot of gratitude for who Rush, who is, 178 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 1: what he represented, and that comes with obviously the deepest 179 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: missing of him. That Diana Loco piece is beautiful and 180 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: I'm going to be quoting from that in our last 181 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: segment today as as we sign off and go to 182 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: Silent Night, And for folks who want to get that, 183 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 1: it's at foxnews dot com. James Golden boats Nerdly, I 184 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: want to talk about the book you've just written, Rush 185 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: on the Radio, A tribute from his sidekick for thirty years. 186 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: You did the podcast earlier today, Rush Limball the Man 187 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 1: earlier this year, Rush Limball, the Man behind the Golden 188 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 1: EIB microphone. Your book dropped November twenty three. It's already 189 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 1: in the top twenty and after today we're going to 190 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:45,719 Speaker 1: drive it to number one. Rush on the Radio attribute 191 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 1: from his sidekick for thirty years. You did a very 192 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,319 Speaker 1: interesting interview with Dean Kerry Annis, who who was part 193 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 1: of the TV program has been around a long time, 194 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:57,559 Speaker 1: and you talked about the reason you wrote this book 195 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 1: is the history needs to be told. Kind of quote 196 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 1: Winston Churchill when he was asked will history be kind 197 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 1: to you? And he said yes, because I will write it. 198 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:09,320 Speaker 1: It's important to you to tell Russia's story and not 199 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 1: let his haters do so whine because Russia should not 200 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: be defined by people who never listened to him, never 201 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: understood who he was, and who have a political act 202 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 1: to grinding. The only reason that they would bother the 203 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 1: comments at all is to advance their own political ideology 204 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:34,679 Speaker 1: or their own or some other reason which I wouldn't understand. 205 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 1: But Russ should, his legacy should be defined by those 206 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: of us who listened to him, who loved him, who 207 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 1: you know, one of the things that we're not trying 208 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 1: to do. We're not trying to deify Russian and make 209 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: him into a god. But Russ was an extraordinary human being, 210 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: and he was extraordinary in many ways, and he was 211 00:12:55,760 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 1: very generous, not just to us personally, but Rush and 212 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: this audience, this audience, the talk radio audience, and there 213 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: would be no quote unquote talk radio audience if it 214 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 1: were not for Uss. These are extremely generous people. You 215 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 1: look at the tens and tens of millions of dollars 216 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: raised for leukemia research. Lukemia doesn't have a political ideology 217 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 1: or agenda. It constrike anybody. And that research has paid off, 218 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: and that research began paying off while Rush was living 219 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 1: and we saw advances. And then you look at what 220 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:38,359 Speaker 1: Russian Catherine did with the charity to help the families 221 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 1: of fallen first responders. Now, imagine the horror of losing 222 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 1: your parents in the line of duty or your spouse, 223 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,719 Speaker 1: and then that's compounded by the worry of your security. Well, 224 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 1: I have a house to live in now. Well, Russian 225 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:57,359 Speaker 1: Katherine stepped in and raised millions of dollars in cooperation 226 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 1: with Power of for Tunnels to make sure that the 227 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:05,080 Speaker 1: families of first responders could have a secure place to 228 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 1: live again. These things aren't political. These things are about humanity. 229 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: They're about love of your fellow human being, love of 230 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: this country. And that's primarily what Russia's legacy was about. 231 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 1: It was about love. He loved this country, He loved 232 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: doing what he did. He was passionate about it, and 233 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 1: he was great at it. He was the goat. And 234 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 1: he also loved human beings and he loved people. And 235 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: his legacy has to be about that, and it has 236 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 1: to be written and told by all of us, by 237 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: the people who loved Rustling Ball. James Golden boss nerdly 238 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: is our guest. In your interview with Dean, you made 239 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: the statement I took detailed notes because it's so good. 240 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: You said you were taught out working with him. And 241 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 1: when you started all those years ago, and you said, 242 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: somewhere during that first year, I realized I really loved 243 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: this and this man really loved me. This kind of fellowship, 244 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: this kind of brotherly love, this deep abiding love, seems 245 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 1: to be something that was shared by this team. But 246 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: talk a little more about how that manifested itself, because 247 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 1: I heard you tell some stories that I've never heard before, 248 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: and I'm hoping those are all in the book Rush 249 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 1: on the Radio, a tribute from his sidekick for thirty years. 250 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 1: They well, one of them and some of them are 251 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: in the book. Some of them may not be because 252 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: they were just so many over the years, and it's 253 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: hard to encapsulate thirty years of history with somebody and 254 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 1: get it all. But you know, first of all, everyone, 255 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 1: there are two things I want to say about that. 256 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 1: Everyone that heard Rush from the very beginning knew that 257 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 1: he was a unique talent. And those of us and 258 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 1: you know what this is like. You're in this business. 259 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 1: We all come to this business and we all want 260 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 1: to do well and succeed, but we also all are 261 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 1: passionate about radio. Because if you're not, you're not really 262 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 1: in this business, I mean not long term anyway, And 263 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: so all of us at WABC in those days recognized 264 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 1: that Russ was something unique in terms of his on 265 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 1: the air of the show. It was unique. There was 266 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 1: no other show like it now. In addition to that, 267 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: it was easy to love Russian Number because he was 268 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 1: to a fault generous with everyone. He believed in sharing 269 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: the things that he liked, that he loved. He was approachable, 270 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: and he was a good, decent guy. What's not to 271 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 1: love about that? And I think that all of us 272 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: that saw the rise of Rush from not from from 273 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 1: when he came to New York to becoming a household name, 274 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: we're so pleased with his success because he earned every 275 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 1: head of it. And along the way he put together 276 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: a staff that stayed with him for decades and decades. 277 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 1: And how does that happen in this business. It happens 278 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:15,440 Speaker 1: because you treat people properly. It happens because you respect people. 279 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: And he is a case study in good management and 280 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 1: great management. He's a case study in good business practices, 281 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,639 Speaker 1: the best business practices, as they call today, best practices. 282 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 1: That was Rush Limbaugh, you know. And on top of 283 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 1: all of that, he engendered the kind of loyalty that 284 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:39,119 Speaker 1: he got because he was loyal to the people that 285 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 1: were loyal to him. James Golden bo s Nerdly, you 286 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,919 Speaker 1: were only committed to one segment, but I know I 287 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 1: want to hear more from you. I know your friends 288 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 1: in Limball Nation want to hear more from you. Can 289 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: you stay around for one more segment? I'd be delighted 290 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: to thank you. A detail about bos Nerdly you did 291 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,199 Speaker 1: not know it came out in the book, which you 292 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: haven't read yet, but you're going to buy it today. 293 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 1: I'll tell you that in just a moment. I'm Michael 294 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 1: Berry in for Clay Travis and Buck Sexton. James Golden 295 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 1: bows Nerdy coming up, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton a 296 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 1: new form of broadcast excellence inspired by Rush on the 297 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 1: EIB Network. I'm Michael Berry and for Clay Travis and 298 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:32,879 Speaker 1: Buck Sexton. We are paying tribute to Rush Limbaugh this 299 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 1: Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve was his favorite show of the year, 300 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:39,119 Speaker 1: he said so many times, And it wouldn't be a 301 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:43,160 Speaker 1: proper Rush Limball tribute if we weren't joined by James 302 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: Golden bos Nerdy, and we are honored to be so. 303 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,639 Speaker 1: He's just written a book called Rush on the radio, 304 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:53,960 Speaker 1: a tribute from his sidekick for thirty years. And I 305 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: hope you will buy it and not wait a minute 306 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 1: more to buy it. Let's send it to number one 307 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: James Golden Bow Snerdley in the book You Reveal it's 308 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: been a tough year. Rush passed on February seventeenth. Your 309 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:10,880 Speaker 1: mom passed and you had cancer this year, something most 310 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:15,159 Speaker 1: folks did not know. Yeah, well I've had cancer. I 311 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,360 Speaker 1: had cancer before this year. And you know, here's a thing. 312 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: I've been monitoring my situation for years and then it 313 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 1: flared up into an aggressive nature. And the folks here 314 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 1: at the EIB Network, all of them. Wasn't just Rush. 315 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: It was Julie Childhood, Craig Kitchen, the engineering crew, everybody 316 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:42,679 Speaker 1: during the Chinsky Brian everybody just really did an amazing 317 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,919 Speaker 1: thing for me. They had to get treated up in 318 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: Maryland and I was treated for I had to move 319 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 1: there for half a year while I was being treated, 320 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:56,360 Speaker 1: but I still worked almost every single day, and they 321 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 1: made it so easy for me to work. They found 322 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: me an office space that was within within a fifteen 323 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:09,640 Speaker 1: minutes of where I was being treated, and the gifts 324 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: and everything and There was one weekend in particular where 325 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 1: I had a break in treatment. I was so homesick 326 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: and I didn't want to really say anything, but Rush 327 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 1: just brought me a first class take it to come 328 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: home and so I could be with them, be with 329 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: the staff, and be with these guys down here for 330 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: a few days. It was things like that. And so 331 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 1: when Rush made his announcement, which incidentally, he made his 332 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: announcement five years to the day that our beloved chief 333 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:44,719 Speaker 1: of staff Kid Carson left us with cancer, it's just 334 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: sort of surreal some of the things that have happened 335 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 1: during this experience. I felt so confident that Russ was 336 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: going to just be able to beat this like everything else, 337 00:20:56,720 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 1: you know, and I never gave up hope, even though 338 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: I knew, and I knew last Christmas Eve the message 339 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:09,679 Speaker 1: that he gave us, he knew that he wasn't going 340 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 1: to be with us this Christmas, And like I said, 341 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,439 Speaker 1: last Christmas was just really depressing for me because that 342 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 1: message kind of sunk in his sign off. He knew, 343 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: but I'll tell you what, he was such a trooper, 344 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:31,680 Speaker 1: you know. I think about what Russian went through, and 345 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 1: he did the show every day that he was not 346 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 1: in treatment or suffering from the results of a treatment. 347 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 1: His bucket list was this audience. He who left nothing 348 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 1: on the table every single day he could. He came 349 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:52,439 Speaker 1: to work because he loved what he was doing. And 350 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:55,120 Speaker 1: when that on air light went on, you couldn't tell 351 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: that there was anything wrong with Rush. It was only 352 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:02,880 Speaker 1: afterwards that those of us that were and looking across 353 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 1: into the control room could from the control room into 354 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: the studio could see how much had it taken out 355 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: of him in terms of energy to do those shows. 356 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 1: But what a wonderful example he was of courage, of 357 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: how to be cheerful, and of good cheer. I go 358 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 1: back to even his announcement. You know, he apologized to 359 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 1: us when he told us he says he felt like 360 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 1: he was letting all of us down. And that still 361 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 1: bothers me so much, because this had to be the 362 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:38,920 Speaker 1: singular worst day of his life, one of them worst 363 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 1: days of his life, and he was concerned about us. 364 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: That's this man. And so when people said, well, why 365 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,400 Speaker 1: are you his legacy, because those of us who knew 366 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 1: him have to tell the story of what a wonderful 367 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:57,639 Speaker 1: human being, an incredibly incredible man that Russ Lamball was 368 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,840 Speaker 1: he said in your interview with Dean, all of us 369 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:05,360 Speaker 1: who knew Rush and loved Rush, we have an obligation 370 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 1: to tell our story and you have led the way 371 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,159 Speaker 1: first with the podcast earlier this year Rush Limbaugh, the 372 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 1: man behind the Golden EIB microphone, and now with the 373 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 1: book Rush on the Radio, a tribute from his sidekick 374 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: four thirty years. I want you to you know our 375 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 1: clock better than I do. It's your show. I want 376 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 1: you to take the last minute and a half two minutes, 377 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 1: and I want you to share, if you would, James 378 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 1: Golden Boston nerdly, how much those calls, how much those 379 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 1: listeners meant to him, because I know we're going to 380 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: play some of them as the show goes on. But 381 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: you were the call screener. You you were the gatekeeper, 382 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:44,120 Speaker 1: and that was important to you to get the right 383 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 1: calls on What did those calls mean to him? You know? 384 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 1: I think, and I want to thank you for saying that. 385 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: I want to thank the callers to this show. And 386 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 1: because during the last year of Russia's life, most of 387 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: us never get a chance to hear what we mean 388 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:05,639 Speaker 1: to people. And during the last year of Russia's life, 389 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 1: over and over again. The callers to this show, in 390 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 1: eloquence that is unsurpassed, told Rush how much he meant 391 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:20,879 Speaker 1: to them, how much they loved him. Now, this is 392 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 1: really unique for someone in media, because this relationship that 393 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:33,120 Speaker 1: Rush had with this audience transcended what most hosts will 394 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:39,160 Speaker 1: ever experience. There was a genuine love people that did 395 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,719 Speaker 1: not ever meet him in persons loved him as they 396 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 1: loved a family member, and he had become a family member. 397 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 1: He had become someone trusted in all of our lives. 398 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 1: He was our friend. We could count on him to 399 00:24:55,080 --> 00:25:00,360 Speaker 1: tell us the truth, we could count on him for optimism, 400 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 1: and the audience let Rush know that, and that was 401 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: just one of the most beautiful things of this entire experience. 402 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: James Golden bos nerdly thank you for sharing your time 403 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: as you shared your love, passion, and many many God 404 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 1: given talents with Russia Limbaugh and all of us. Over 405 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:22,680 Speaker 1: all these years. We loved Rush Limbaugh and we love you, brother. 406 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you, Michael, much love to you, God, 407 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:32,199 Speaker 1: Bless Merry Christmas, everybody. I cannot put into words what 408 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: it is like to be on the phone with James 409 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 1: Golden known to us as bos nerdly talking to Limbaugh 410 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:47,679 Speaker 1: Nation about Russia. Limball Chills doesn't begin to tell you. 411 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: I'm Michael Berry And for Clay Travis and Buck Sexton. 412 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 1: You're listening to Clay Travis and Buck Sexton on the 413 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 1: EIB network. Diana Aluco a Loco was the former managing 414 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 1: editor of the Limball Letter, very close to Rush, and 415 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:22,399 Speaker 1: she wrote a piece that is posted to Clay and 416 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 1: Buck dot com. You can read it there for yourself. 417 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:31,919 Speaker 1: In it, she says, now, during what may be the 418 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 1: last shared American tradition Christmas, an absent Rush is a 419 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:43,439 Speaker 1: palpably missing presence, a missing voice amidst the celebrations. I 420 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 1: almost couldn't do it, but finally I put on Mannheim 421 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 1: steamrollers still knocked. The achingly beautiful silent night that Rush 422 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:55,600 Speaker 1: broadcast every year. As he signed off before Christmas, he 423 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:59,400 Speaker 1: would deliver his heartfelt year end well wishes, and then 424 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 1: let them speak the holy season for him. The impossibly 425 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:09,159 Speaker 1: sweet violin and swelling orchestra subsiding into an echo of 426 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 1: distant sleigh bells against a rushing wind. I last heard 427 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,880 Speaker 1: it a year ago, as Rush spoke over the opening 428 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:21,400 Speaker 1: melody in an obvious goodbye. Uncharacteristically, his voice briefly trembled 429 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:25,120 Speaker 1: with emotion, but then with the exquisite timing of a 430 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 1: consummate broadcast professional. To the very end, Rush used the 431 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 1: musical backdrop to convey what he distilled into his most 432 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 1: important message, gratitude to his family, to us, his beloved audience, 433 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:45,200 Speaker 1: and to his creator. God is with me today. He said, 434 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 1: I won't read the rest of that, because you're going 435 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 1: to hear it in just a moment. That's the way 436 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:57,360 Speaker 1: Rush's show team wanted us to end today. That's what 437 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 1: they wanted you to take with you away from this 438 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:09,400 Speaker 1: remembrance of Rush Limbaugh. To sit in Rush Limbaugh's chair 439 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:13,160 Speaker 1: and speak into the golden microphone on Christmas Eve the 440 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 1: first time after he could not do it himself, is 441 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: an honor beyond all hopes and dreams. As someone who 442 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 1: loves the medium, and I know everyone who speaks into 443 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:30,880 Speaker 1: a microphone understands that, and every single one of us 444 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 1: is derivative of him. There would be no AM band, 445 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:38,040 Speaker 1: there would be no talk radio had he not paved 446 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:41,959 Speaker 1: the way, had he not created that moment. And I 447 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 1: want to challenge you if you didn't make a call earlier, 448 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 1: or you weren't listening. As my friend Eddie Martini, who 449 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,520 Speaker 1: got me into radio, often says, if it is to be, 450 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 1: it's up to me. I want you to ask yourself. 451 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 1: As important as Rush Limbaugh has been to you, coming 452 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:02,120 Speaker 1: into your d into your car, into your office, into 453 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 1: your home. If you while you're cooking, you would stir 454 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,959 Speaker 1: the sauce while listening to the wisdom of Rush and 455 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 1: share that with your husband when he came home in 456 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:16,600 Speaker 1: the evening. If you shared that with your spouse because 457 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 1: you were driving around, If on the way back to 458 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,280 Speaker 1: the office, you would listen to his wise words and 459 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 1: make notes because you wanted to be able to repeat 460 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,680 Speaker 1: exactly what he had said, or go to whatever source 461 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:30,840 Speaker 1: he said. I want to ask you, does the wisdom 462 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:36,240 Speaker 1: of Rush die out with his passing on February seventeenth, 463 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 1: or is the torch carried on through you? Do you 464 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:46,080 Speaker 1: take his guidance and save this country? Or have you 465 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:51,480 Speaker 1: given up? Are our nation's finest hours ahead of us 466 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:54,280 Speaker 1: or behind us? There have been darker days than this 467 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 1: in American history, trust me, including our founding. Go back 468 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 1: and study howficult it was. Go back and study the 469 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:10,080 Speaker 1: circumstances under which Washington's troops actually crossed the frigid Delaware. 470 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 1: And we will get through this if we rise to 471 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 1: that occasion, using the inspiration of Rush Limbo, using the 472 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 1: words we heard him say every single day, go forward, 473 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:32,320 Speaker 1: make it happen. I want you to love on your 474 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:34,600 Speaker 1: family tonight. I want you to thank the people who've 475 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:38,239 Speaker 1: been special to you, and then I want you to 476 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:41,640 Speaker 1: set about saving this nation because it's up to us now. 477 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:46,840 Speaker 1: Rush has laid down his burden. It is up to 478 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 1: us now to carry on his tradition. Let's hear from 479 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 1: him a year later, shouldn't we wrap up with Mannheim 480 00:30:57,120 --> 00:31:02,640 Speaker 1: steam Roller and the Silent Night and my ongoing attempts 481 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:07,120 Speaker 1: to thank everybody in the audience, all of you for 482 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 1: everything you mean to me. That last call, that's it 483 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 1: reminds me how much I love all of you, how 484 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:26,520 Speaker 1: much I so appreciate everything you've meant to me and 485 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,480 Speaker 1: my family. You don't have any idea how I know 486 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:33,520 Speaker 1: so many people think this program has changed their lives 487 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 1: for the better. You have no idea what you all 488 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:40,240 Speaker 1: have meant to me and my family. The day is 489 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 1: going to come, folks, where I'm not going to be 490 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 1: able to do this. I don't know when that is. 491 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:49,960 Speaker 1: I want to be able to do it for as 492 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:51,480 Speaker 1: long as I want to do it. I want to, 493 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: but the day will come where I'm not going to 494 00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:01,200 Speaker 1: be able to. And I want you to understand that 495 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:07,520 Speaker 1: even when the day comes, I'd like to be here 496 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:16,480 Speaker 1: as I have this sense of needing to constantly show 497 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:20,680 Speaker 1: my appreciation for all that you have done and meant 498 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 1: to me. So I hope you all have a great Christmas, 499 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:32,800 Speaker 1: a great new year, and I hope that the things 500 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 1: that are in store for all of us in the 501 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:40,480 Speaker 1: coming year are certainly better than what we have endured 502 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:45,440 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty. I don't know too many people have 503 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:49,040 Speaker 1: enjoyed twenty twenty, probably some sickos out there who have. 504 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 1: But twenty twenty one has to be better. We're going 505 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 1: to try to make it that way here at the 506 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:04,240 Speaker 1: EIB Network. Again, folk, thank you so much. I wish 507 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:08,720 Speaker 1: there were a way to say it other than thank you. 508 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:12,120 Speaker 1: You're just the best. My family is just the best. 509 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:22,800 Speaker 1: Thank you. Merry Christmas, everybody, from all of us to 510 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:32,800 Speaker 1: all of you, make it happen, To make it happen 511 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,880 Speaker 1: Let's roll. If it is to be, it's up to me. 512 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 1: God Bless the Rush limball team who helped us put 513 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:51,080 Speaker 1: today together. Gosh, they loved that man. God Bless Catherine David. 514 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,160 Speaker 1: God Bless America. Let's carry on the torch and light 515 00:33:54,200 --> 00:34:08,600 Speaker 1: the way for America's renewal. Merry Christmas to each of you. 516 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,920 Speaker 1: You're listening to Clay Travis and Buck Sexton on the 517 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:13,520 Speaker 1: EIB Network.