Rush kept me sane when I returned from service and helped me not to feel like I wasnt the only sane person in an insane world. I remember the day Rush mentioned the Free Republic, and my love for this place began.
I move for an Annual Dan's Bake Sale day in honor of everyone's second dad, best friend they never met, the Doctor of Democracy, Rush.
That was awesome. I recall him telling that story
I was there at Dan’s Bake Sale. I have a radio show here in Arizona and I talked about it. We had a whole show devoted to our Rush memories.
I was living in Colorado at the time. It was a stunning turnout. I knew conservatism had a major following that day.
We watched cars on I-25 heading north through Albuquerque displaying banners on the way to Dan’s Bake Sale.
Finished in surgery about 4pm on Friday before the Bake Sale. Loaded the family in the car and drove 9 hours to get there. Very much a mountain-top experience. Still have our picture with Dan and other memento’s. Magnificent group of like-minded folks celebrating life in the greatest nation in human history. Ironically, the only other experiences like it were the breathtaking Trump rallies of the last 5 years. You really knew you were amongst kindred spirits who were decent, honest, law abiding, wholesome folks. As bad as things are in the world now, I can’t imagine what it would’ve been like if not for the great movement Rush built and nurtured.
We were there My 14 yo daughter was home schooled and listened to Rush every day for ‘Current Events’ :)
She had been singing at patriotic gatherings since the Gulf War so she wanted to sing at this one so we went...She sang the National Anthem and God Bless America...If you were there and saw that little girl belting out patriotic songs to that big audience with all those TV cameras trained on her...Yes that was my daughter....
The TEA Party was Dan's Bake Sale all grown up and ready for action and needing a leader.
The leader Rush prepared us for was Donald Trump.
Consequently, the three most important people, the ones who really led us to where we are right now were Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh and Donald Trump.
No question.
Then on another occasion, Rush was talking about Ted Danson and Whoopi Goldberg putting on blackface at the Comedy Roast, and that it didn't go over very well. Rush couldn't understand what Ted Danson saw in Whoopi Goldberg, and then he remembered that Frank Langella, who was once considered a very sexy man (back in his younger days), that Langella and Goldberg had been an item too. Rush said: You know the movie "White Men Can't Jump," well, in this case, "White Men Can't See."
Those are two of Rush's funny stories that have stuck in my head all these years. I found Rush during Desert Storm.
Wow. I even remember I was driving on I-40 listening the day Dan called in. I even remember the Dan’s Bake Sale promo song, “We’re baking cooookies”. Seems like it was yesterday.
I remember him casting the movie about the Gulf “Waw”, I remember Gorbasms, the Rush to Excellence Tour, man the memories that have come rushing back to me today.
It’s been a real day of sadness to lose such an amazing man but also much joy reflecting back on the joy Rush brought us.
I wonder whatever happened to Dan. Still married to his liberal wife? If so, did she switch over to conservatism? Does he have any kids? Whats he doing now?
Dan’s Bake Sale. The song parodies. His Bill Clinton imitation. His analysis of football teams and games (when it was still about the game). His skewering of the Dems. On and on. He was smart as a whip, on the top of his game all the time, hilarious, insightful, and always fun to listen to.
Damn 2021. Lost my wonderful dog in January and now Rush is gone. I’m drowning in sadness.
I wonder what happened to Dan?
What a great post from a ‘Rush Baby’! :-)
I still have my Dan’s bake sale pin when I attend the event with my dad. It was hard to hear rush standing on the podium with the size of the crowd but we were just happy to attend and see all the people who can out.
Funny story, I was doing a show in NY City, so I decided to listen to him on my radio so I turned it to WABC. The dealer next to me told me to shut it off, I never did. At the end of the show (2 weeks), the guy said 'I never knew he agreed with me. I got to listen to him.' I don't know if he listened, since it was the first and last time we did that show.
Another funny story. My ex stepson (who was 16 at the time) had to work (a bagger at a now defunct supermarket chain), so his mom let him take the bus to Maine (to meet us for vacation). Anyway, he took Rush's book 'The Way Things Ought To Be' to read on the bus. In Boston, waiting for the bus to Maine, he was reading it, when a creep told him he should be reading that. Stepson looked at him and the guy was reading a Bostongay magazine. Stepson moved away from creep (last time he took a bus). I think the creep was looking for runaways.
I also remember Dan’s call and Rush coming up with the idea of doing the bake sale, as I recall the libs were promoting doing bake sales for some cause and this was Rush’s response.
I was surprised the Rush never promoted more of them or really talked about the bake sale. Except a few years ago I heard Rush comment that he was really disappointed with Dan only bringing one bag of cookies when he could have sold thousands.
Link to the story: https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2017/12/08/the-story-of-dans-bake-sale/
Can it really have been so long ago? Great idea!
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