My favorite segment was probably in 2012 when Donald Trump called in during the annual fundraiser. Rush told him he had to pledge a donation, and Trump said he would match what Rush gave. After a break, Trump said that he had just made a “very generous” pledge to match what Rush did. Then Trump spent the next several minutes trashing Mitt Romney. Great stuff.
Rush always lead the fund raiser off with a $100,000 donation - for leukemia and lymphoma. I always donated b/c my dad died of leukemia - I got a Rush t-shirt for donating more than $40 - which I proudly wore up and down the state of California.
One of my favorite memories is when Trump called on Rush’s birthday and Bo Snerdley said “some guy was on the phone insisting on speaking to Rush immediately” - Rush took the call and said “what do you want?” in his snarky way - and Trump said, Rush, it’s President Trump! - Rush almost jumped through the microphone - no way was it set up judging by Rush’s reaction. We laughed so hard I almost drove the car off the road.