Before You Rush to Judgement; A Rush Bio on MSNBC, Sunday, Jan 18th @ 10pm Eastern

1/13/04

[harpu]

On MSNBC's 'Headliners and Legends' premiere showing this Sunday, 10 p.m. ET, find out how Rush Limbaugh, a college drop-out, makes his way to becoming one of the most famous and influential names in talk radio.

Below are five things you might not have known about the controversial talk show host:

DJ nicknames: His former DJ names, were “Rusty Sharpe” (Rusty was his childhood nickname) and “Jeff Christie.”

Heard around the world: He is remembered to have said, “Compassion is no substitute for justice,” a saying that would later haunt him when it is discovered that he was addicted to painkillers and is accused of obtaining them illegally.

Death threat: Many have been angered by what Limbaugh says on-air. But one day, in the late 1980s, a listener took it too far by coming into Limbaugh's station in a homicidal rage. The guy came through the front door, went past the receptionist, and walked down the radio station hall with a knife. Engineers tackled him before he was able to get into the studio.

Talker almost completely lost hearing: In Oct 2001, Rush was diagnosed with a rare auto-immune disorder that rapidly destroys his hearing. The hearing loss is uncommon and rarely reversed. Before the end of the year, he received cochlear implants, which enable him to hear well again.

Cyber-dater: It is actually in the quiet isolation of cyberspace that Rush meets Marta Fitzgerald, who later became his third wife. Marta, who was initially married when they met, married Rush in 1992. The ceremony takes place at the home of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas.

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Find out more about the kid who simply wanted to be a DJ, and instead, made radio history. ‘Headliners and Legends’ Rush Limbaugh premieres Sunday, Jan. 18, 10 p.m. ET

[smiley]

Actually, Rush started out his radio career on a liberal platform......Rush talks about this occasionally on his radio show as well as how many times he was fired from different radio stations.....I still love the teddy bear though!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The entire purpose of this Bio is to go after Rush for the prescription drug thing.

You can name dozens of celebrities, if not hundreds (like Bret Favre for instance) who have had the same problem.

Nobody wants to make an example of those people, just Rush.

[Born Conservative]

[harpu]

"The entire purpose of this Bio is to go after Rush for the prescription drug thing."

AND, your conspiracy theory is based on...

[gaspar]

Rush has been talking on national radio for now, what is it, fifteen years? An expert could go back over his shows and -- using the same cobbling process being used to issue Osama Bin Ladin tapes -- have him say absolutely anything.

[ConservativeMan55]

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[Dr. Scarpetta]

bump

[E.G.C.]

Bump in support of Rush!!!!!!

[I still care]

Please put me on your ping list.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

AND, your conspiracy theory is based on..

The lamestream press was ignoring him until this happened.

[Agnes Heep]

An expert could go back over his shows and -- using the same cobbling process being used to issue Osama Bin Ladin tapes -- have him say absolutely anything.

It's the same process that historical revisionists use to convince us that Abraham Lincoln was a homosexual, atheist, pro-slavery tyrant who trampled on the Constitution to enslave the good people of the South.

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

to convince us that Abraham Lincoln was a homosexual, atheist, pro-slavery tyrant who trampled on the Constitution to enslave the good people of the South.

Well I guess he wasn't queer.

[del griffith]

Cyber-dater: It is actually in the quiet isolation of cyberspace that Rush meets Marta Fitzgerald, who later became his third wife. Marta, who was initially married when they met, married Rush in 1992. The ceremony takes place at the home of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas.

Now that's interesting. I didn't know she was married when the started meeting. I thought she was single. Interesting.

Gotta say it. Ethics and family values?

[Denver Ditdat]

Now that's interesting. I didn't know she was married when the started meeting. I thought she was single. Interesting.

That's the first I had heard of it, too. I wonder if she was in the midst of a divorce when she met Rush, or if if that came later.

[blackie]

Good interview ~ Rush Rocks ~ Bump!

[Howlin]

Oh, that came later.

[Howlin]

The lamestream press was ignoring him until this happened.

Good lord; I'm not one of Rush's fans, but even I know that's not true.

Outside of Bush, I can't think of anyone else who drives the liberals nuts except Rush. I've read and heard derrogatory remarks about him for years.

[ConservativeMan55]

Bump! Good Interview!