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An Army of One
Sentinel
June 2010
On Sale: May 25, 2010
240 pages
ISBN: 1595230637
EAN: 9781595230638
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Non-Fiction
"I know the liberals call you 'the most dangerous man in
America,' but don't worry about it, they used to say the
same thing about me. Keep up the good work."
-Ronald Reagan in a letter to Rush Limbaugh, December 11,
1992 Do you remember your first time? People tend to remember the moment they first heard The
Rush Limbaugh Show on the radio. For Zev Chafets, it was in
a car in Detroit, driving down Woodward Avenue. Limbaugh's
braggadocio, the outrageous satire, the slaughtering of
liberal sacred cows performed with the verve of a rock-n-
roll DJ-it seemed fresh, funny and completely
subversive. "They're never going to let this guy stay on
the air," he thought. Almost two decades later Chafets met Rush for the first
time, at Limbaugh's rarely visited "Southern Command." They
spent hours together talking on the record about politics,
sports, music, show business, religion and modern American
history. Rush opened his home and his world, introducing
Chafets to his family, closest friends, even his
psychologist. The result was an acclaimed cover-story
profile of Limbaugh in The New York Times Magazine. But there was much more to say, especially after Limbaugh
became Public Enemy Number One of the Obama Administration.
At first Limbaugh resisted the idea of a full-length
portrait, but he eventually invited Chafets back to Florida
and exchanged more than a hundred emails full of his
personal history, thoughts, fears and ambitions. What has
emerged is an uniquely personal look at the man who is not
only the most popular voice on the radio, but the leader of
the conservative movement and one of the most influential
figures in the Republican Party. While Limbaugh's public persona is instantly recognizable,
his background and private life are often misunderstood.
Even devoted Dittoheads will find there's a lot they don't
know about the self-described "harmless little fuzzball"
who has, over the years, taken on the giants of the
mainstream media and the Democratic Party-from Bill and
Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama-with "half his brain tied
behind his back, just to make it fair." Chafets paints a
compelling portrait of Limbaugh as a master entertainer, a
public intellectual, a political force, and a fascinating
man.
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