Book · 2011 · Biography & Autobiography
Rush Limbaugh
An Army of One
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My main source for the early life and family history of Rush Limbaugh is a fairly comprehensive, if I would say kind of fawning, biography of Limbaugh by Zev Chafets.
What they say about it
- Serves as main source“fairly comprehensive, if I would say kind of fawning”2
- Details early family life“didn't suffer fools lightly”2
- Discusses timing of publication“came out well before Russia's death”2
- Notes lack of racial details“doesn't write anything specific”2
The best things said about it
Russia's dad didn't suffer fools lightly. He was always very disapproving of Russia's ambitions to have a career in radio. Russia's mom was a kind, gentle person, but his dad could be pretty rough.
The station let him go on the air solo, unencumbered by sidekicks or guests, and encouraged his highly personal right-wing monologues. For the first time in his career, he was marketed heavily and aggressively.
He mocked the multicultural style of California by proposing to keep ugllow Americans off the streets. Militant feminists became feminazis.
Snopes and Newsweek both published prominent fact checks on this story. But Zeve Chaffets's biography of Limba came out well before Russia's death and before the AIDS updates were really talked about all that much outside of, you know, the community they most impacted.
Zev Chafets doesn't write anything specific in the biography about how Rush Senior talked about race to his son.
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Rush Limbaugh by Zev Chafets is a biography of the prominent conservative radio broadcaster. On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans used Chafets's comprehensive biography as his primary source for the early life and family history of Rush Limbaugh. Evans cited the book to discuss various aspects of Limbaugh's life and career, including his father's disapproval of his radio ambitions, his hometown's history of school segregation, and accounts from a childhood friend. Evans also referenced the book while describing Limbaugh's transition to a solo, unencumbered radio format with aggressive right-wing monologues, as well as an anecdote where Limbaugh tricked listeners into believing a Slim Whitman album contained a satanic message. Additionally, Evans quoted from the biography when detailing Limbaugh's attacks on multiculturalism and his creation of the term feminazis. Evans noted that Chafets's biography was published well before Limbaugh's death and prior to broader public discussions regarding the AIDS updates segment that became part of Limbaugh's broadcast history.
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Robert Evans So my main source for the early life and family history of Rush Limbaugh is a fairly comprehensive, if I wo… 13
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“So my main source for the early life and family history of Rush Limbaugh is a fairly comprehensive, if I would say kind of fawning, biography of Limbaugh by Zeve Chapetsz.”
Discussed
“Now, Zeve Chaffetsz doesn't write anything specific in the biography about how Rush Senior talked about race to his son. I have not we don't get any of that information.”
Discussed
“Uh, and Zeie Chapz, to his credit, writes about this. Quote, "In 1952, Cape built its white students a new school, Central High. Blacks continued to attend Cobb High School, but the Supreme Court and basketball changed that."”
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“One of them told Zeve Chapetsz, quote, "Russia's dad didn't suffer fools lightly. He was always very disapproving of Russia's ambitions to have a career in radio. Russia's mom was a kind, gentle person, but his dad could be pretty rough."”
Discussed
“Zeve Chaffitz writes, quote, "The station let him go on the air solo, unencumbered by sidekicks or guests, and encouraged his highly personal right-wing monologues. For the first time in his career, he was marketed heavily and aggressively."”
Discussed
“So when he heard this, he told his listeners that a Slim Witman recording also contained a backwards message of from Satan. Zeve Chaffitz writes that to his delight, many Limba listeners took Limba at his word and flooded the station with phone calls promising to destroy their Slim Witman albums”
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“So, I'm going to quote from the book Rush Limba, an army of one here. He mocked the multicultural style of California by proposing to keep ugllow Americans off the streets. Militant feminists became feminazis.”
Discussed
“Snopes and Newsweek both published prominent fact checks on this story. But Zeve Chaffets's biography of Limba came out well before Russia's death and before the AIDS updates were really talked about all that much outside of, you know, the community they most impacted.”
Discussed
“So my main source for the early life and family history of Rush Limbaugh is a fairly comprehensive, if I would say kind of fawning, biography of Limbaugh by Zev Chapetsz.”
Discussed
“Now, Zeve Chaffetsz doesn't write anything specific in the biography about how Rush Senior talked about race to his son. I I have not we don't get any of that information.”
Discussed
“One of them told Zeve Chaffetsz, quote, "Russia's dad didn't suffer fools lightly. He was always very disapproving of Russia's ambitions to have a career in radio. Russia's mom was a kind, gentle person, but his dad could be pretty rough."”
Discussed
“So, I'm going to quote from the book Rush Limbbo, an army of one here. He mocked the multicultural style of California by proposing to keep ugllow Americans off the streets. Militant feminists became feminazis.”
Discussed
“But Zeve Chaffets's biography of Limbaugh came out well before Russia's death and before the AIDS updates were really talked about all that much outside of you know the community they most impacted. Uh, and not I think it's interesting how Zeve wrote about it”
