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Late-Period Limbaugh (Long read)
NYT ^ | July 6, 2008 | ZEV CHAFETS

Posted on 07/02/2008 8:33:05 AM PDT by vietvet67

At one time, Limbaugh did his program from a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper he dubbed, with tongue-in-cheek grandiosity, the Excellence in Broadcasting Building. These days, he mostly broadcasts out of a studio in Palm Beach, Fla., which he calls the Southern Command, and describes on the air as a “heavily fortified bunker.”

In fact, Limbaugh’s show emanates from a nondescript office building on a boulevard lined with tall palms. There isn’t even a security guard in the lobby. The elevator opens directly onto a pristine anteroom furnished in corporate glass and leather. An American flag stands in the corner. Only a small, framed picture of Limbaugh, bearing the caption “America’s Anchorman,” reveals that this is the headquarters of one of the country’s most admired and reviled figures.

The anteroom was empty when I stepped off the elevator one afternoon in mid-February. Limbaugh receives very few visitors at work, and no journalists from the hated “mainstream media.” When I was buzzed into the control room, I was met by Bo Snerdly — a very large man in a Huey Newton beret — who glared at me. “Are you the guy who’s here to do the hit job on us?” he demanded in a deep voice.

“Absolutely,” I said.

Snerdly, whose real name is James Golden, held my eyes for a long moment before bursting into emphatic laughter.

“It’s just that we aren’t used to seeing reporters here,” said a woman named Dawn. She is a stenographer whom Limbaugh hired in 2001, after he went deaf. These days he has a cochlear implant that enables him to hear callers, but Dawn sends him real-time transcripts of on-air conversations, just in case.

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1 posted on 07/02/2008 8:33:05 AM PDT by vietvet67
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To: vietvet67

GREAT, now we got the NYT outing Rush’s location.

NOW THAT’S THE LAST STRAW ON THIS CAMEL’S BACK!


2 posted on 07/02/2008 8:35:22 AM PDT by not2worry (WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND)
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Don’t you love that they made sure to note there are no security guards.... all they need do now is send Hinckley a letter saying that Rush is dating Jodie Foster.


3 posted on 07/02/2008 8:40:52 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: vietvet67
Snerdly scared the carp out of this reporter!! ROTFLMAO!!

When I was buzzed into the control room, I was met by Bo Snerdly — a very large man in a Huey Newton beret — who glared at me. “Are you the guy who’s here to do the hit job on us?” he demanded in a deep voice.

“Absolutely,” I said......... actually, he pissed his pants! HEHE

4 posted on 07/02/2008 8:45:22 AM PDT by Fox_Mulder77
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To: vietvet67

I always wondered why he just didn’t build a studio in his home.


5 posted on 07/02/2008 8:47:52 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: vietvet67
The NYT screws up the first sentence.

Rush did not call his New York building, the 'Excellence in Broadcasting' building, he called it the 'EIB' building.

There is a difference, which is lost on the nations largest gay-daily paper.

6 posted on 07/02/2008 8:48:41 AM PDT by keithtoo (The GOP has McCain, the Democrats have B.O.)
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To: vietvet67

Pretty good article, except that he didn’t mention the security door code (4491).


7 posted on 07/02/2008 8:49:18 AM PDT by agere_contra
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To: vietvet67
"There isn't even a security guard in the lobby."

Left Wing Recon.

8 posted on 07/02/2008 8:50:45 AM PDT by Falcon4.0
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To: Fox_Mulder77
"Snerdly scared the carp out of this reporter!! ROTFLMAO!!"

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9 posted on 07/02/2008 8:51:35 AM PDT by gorush (Exterminate the Moops!)
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To: keithtoo

NYT target designator.

There is nothing too low or too sneaky for the NYT to do to give aid and comfort to America’s enemies.


10 posted on 07/02/2008 8:51:45 AM PDT by null and void (every Muslim, the minute he can differentiate, carries hate of Americans, Jews & Christians - OBL)
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To: vietvet67

9 pages?

Bookmark.


11 posted on 07/02/2008 9:00:19 AM PDT by Vision ("If God so clothes the grass of the field...will He not much more clothe you...?" -Matthew 6:30)
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To: Falcon4.0

Because he did not see a security guard does not mean there wasn’t one. I suspect Rush has pretty good situational awareness.


12 posted on 07/02/2008 9:01:51 AM PDT by LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot ("If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir"-Gen.Sherman)
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To: vietvet67

The E.I.B. Network now has an Official Obama Criticizer. He is Bo Snerdly.”

This is hilarious

Bo (James) is the absolute best!!!

More Snerdley !!!!!


13 posted on 07/02/2008 9:03:49 AM PDT by woofie
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To: vietvet67
There isn’t even a security guard in the lobby.

The New York Times says, "hint, hint all you crazy psycho's out there."

14 posted on 07/02/2008 9:04:37 AM PDT by Chesterbelloc
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“Snerdly introduced himself as an “African-American-in-good-standing-and-certified-black-enough-to-criticize-Obama guy,” and declared that he was speaking, “on behalf of our E.I.B. brothers and sisters in the hood.” The bit was typical Limbaugh — confrontational, deliberately insensitive and funny. It was also a declaration of independence. Whatever special courtesies John McCain might plan to extend to Barack Obama, Limbaugh is going to conduct his air war, as he always has, by his own rules of engagement.”

Too true. When is McLame going to get in the game?


15 posted on 07/02/2008 9:05:53 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: vietvet67

Thanks for posting; I just finished the whole article and thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s worth the time to read it all. Nice to “get to know” Rush a little better. The writer seems to like him too!


16 posted on 07/02/2008 9:14:58 AM PDT by Voss
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To: vietvet67

Hm...


17 posted on 07/02/2008 9:16:12 AM PDT by Tzimisce (How Would Mohammed Vote? Obama for President!)
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To: vietvet67

bttt

Hee hee hee


18 posted on 07/02/2008 9:19:27 AM PDT by Matchett-PI ("It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong." - Voltaire)
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mark


19 posted on 07/02/2008 9:19:36 AM PDT by eureka! (McCain....I guess.)
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To: Voss

Dittos to that. I thought it was fairly written. The $5000 tips bothered me a bit, though. Yikes!


20 posted on 07/02/2008 9:22:22 AM PDT by bubbacluck
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