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American talk radio bear witness (1988-2021)

The Rush Limbaugh Evidence

Other names	The Rush Limbaugh Program Rush Limbaugh on the EIB Network
Genre	Conservative talk
Running time	3 hours (apex – 3 p.thousand. ET)
State of origin	Us
Language(s)	English
Domicile station	KFBK, Sacramento (1984–1988) WABC, New York City (1988–2013) WJNO, West Palm Beach (2000–2021) WOR, New York City (2014–2021)
Syndicates	Premiere Networks
TV adaptations	Rush Limbaugh (1992–1996)
Hosted past	Rush Limbaugh
Starring	Rush Limbaugh
Announcer	Johnny Donovan
Created by	Rush Limbaugh
Executive producer(s)	Cookie Gleason
Recording studio	Palm Beach Canton, Florida (1996–2021)
Original release	1984 (Sacramento) Baronial 1, 1988 (national) – February two, 2021 (with Limbaugh) June 18, 2021 (in guest host/clip testify format)
Audio format	Radio
Opening theme	"My City Was Gone" by the Pretenders
Website	world wide web.rushlimbaugh.com

The Rush Limbaugh Show is an American conservative talk radio show hosted by Rush Limbaugh. Since its nationally syndicated premiere in 1988, The Rush Limbaugh Show became the highest-rated talk radio show in the United States.^[i] At its acme, the testify aired on over 650 radio stations nationwide.

Unbeknownst at the time, Limbaugh hosted the evidence for the last time on February 2, 2021, and on February 17, 2021, Limbaugh's widow Kathryn appear on that solar day'south circulate that he had died at the age of lxx–a year later on being diagnosed with lung cancer.

After Limbaugh's death, the show ran clip shows with invitee hosts (referred to equally "guide hosts") until June eighteen, 2021, after which the evidence'south time slot was taken over on Premiere Networks by Clay Travis and Buck Sexton equally of June 21.^[two]

Show airtime and format [edit]

Rush Limbaugh, the show'southward founder and original host, in 2019

The Rush Limbaugh Show had a format that information technology retained until Limbaugh'due south death. The program aired live and consisted primarily of Limbaugh's monologues, based on the news of the mean solar day, interspersed with parody ads, telephone calls from listeners, and a variety of recurring comedy bits (some live, some taped). Limbaugh also would announce alive commercials during the show for sponsors. He would also sometimes promote his own products, such as his political newsletter, The Limbaugh Letter, or his Rush Revere children'due south history books. Occasionally, Limbaugh featured guests such as politicians or fellow commentators.

An edited instrumental version of the Pretenders' "My City Was Gone" was Limbaugh'south theme song at the offset of his show's run. Briefly in 1999, Limbaugh stopped playing the song after a "finish and desist" order was issued past EMI. However, after the song's writer, Chrissie Hynde, said in a radio interview she did not mind the use of the song, an agreement was reached with EMI.^[3] The testify aired live on weekdays from noon to three p.one thousand. Eastern time, with a number of stations (such every bit WHO in Des Moines) ambulation it on tape filibuster. From 2006 until his decease,^[iv] the program was normally taped from Limbaugh's studios near his home in Palm Embankment County, Florida.^[5]

Distribution [edit]

The Rush Limbaugh Show aired on a network of approximately 650 AM and FM affiliate stations throughout the United States, almost all of which broadcast the program alive. During its existence, WRNO simulcasted the program on shortwave radio. Limbaugh also hosted his ain online Internet streaming sound and video circulate, through Streamlink. This broadcast was restricted to members of Limbaugh's "Rush 24/7" service, but could as well exist heard on some stations' streaming sound feeds.^[6] Premiere Networks, a division of iHeartMedia, the largest U.S. radio station possessor, owned distribution rights to the program. The program was non heard on any stations in Canada, although stations along the northern border of the Usa gave the show coverage in much of southern Canada. The show was never carried on any satellite radio service,^[7] and was one of the few nationally syndicated talk radio programs non to exist featured on satellite radio. Limbaugh attributed this conclusion to his desire to maximize value for his terrestrial radio affiliates.^[8]

The Rush Limbaugh Evidence was unusual amidst syndicated radio programs in that it was fee-based; radio stations pay iHeartMedia hundreds of thousands of dollars (the exact amount depends on market size) for the rights to carry the show, in improver to giving upwards 15 minutes of daily advertising time for castling advertisements and the Morn Update.^[9] The rights fees were dropped following Limbaugh's death.^[ten]

An official weekend edition of the program, consisting of "best of" clips from the weekday evidence, entitled The Rush Limbaugh Calendar week in Review, was launched in January 2008.

Notable guests [edit]

In September 1992, then President George H. W. Bush-league made an appearance on Limbaugh's show.^[xi] Charlton Heston called in to the show in 1995 to read from Michael Crichton's book Jurassic Park. Secretary of State Colin Powell appeared on the evidence in Nov 2003 when Roger Hedgecock was guest-hosting the show.^[12]

Former President George W. Bush-league appeared six times on the program. The kickoff fourth dimension was during the 2000 presidential campaign. Then, in 2004, he "called in" to a live broadcast during the calendar week of the 2004 Republican National Convention to give a preview of his nomination acceptance speech. He chosen in again in 2006. The 4th time was April xviii, 2008, when Limbaugh asked the White Firm to speak with Bush to thank him for the anniversary welcoming Pope Benedict Sixteen, which awed Limbaugh. The fifth call was during the show's 20th anniversary commemoration, in which then-President Bush-league (and George H. W. Bush and Jeb Bush) congratulated Limbaugh.^[thirteen] He appeared a sixth time for an interview regarding his autobiography, Decision Points, on Nov ix, 2010.^[fourteen]

Vice President Dick Cheney has made multiple appearances.^[15]

In 2007, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called in to a live broadcast of the show a day after having called Limbaugh "irrelevant", adding, "I'm not his servant. I'm the people's servant of California," on an appearance on NBC's Today show.^[16]

Other notable guests who have chosen in to Limbaugh'due south show include sometime Secretary of Defence force Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, unsuccessful Supreme Courtroom nominee Robert Bork, economist Thomas Sowell, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, and television author Joel Surnow, who took calls near events in his evidence, 24. In Dec 2006, Sylvester Stallone made an appearance on the show to discuss his upcoming pic Rocky Balboa. On Feb 27, 2004, actor Jim Caviezel called in to the program to talk over The Passion of the Christ, in which Caviezel played the role of Jesus Christ. Republican vice presidential nominee Governor Sarah Palin (R–AK) also called into a show before a rally in Oct 2008 to discuss the election and the economic distortion and touch of Senator Obama'due south tax policy;^[17] Palin returned to the show in November 2009 to discuss her book Going Rogue: An American Life. Phil Gingrey, a congressman who compared shows such as Limbaugh and Sean Hannity to "throwing bricks" in Jan 2009, gave an interview on Limbaugh's show the following twenty-four hours.^[18]

Limbaugh has as well had writer and Washington Times columnist Pecker Gertz on his show to discuss Gertz's books as well every bit national security issues. In 2007, Limbaugh (among numerous other hosts) interviewed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and was the beginning to interview Tony Snow after his departure from his postal service as White House printing secretary. He also interviewed NBC News host Tim Russert in 2004.^[19] In May 2010, country musician John Rich reported for Limbaugh on the May 2010 Tennessee floods.

Time to come president Donald Trump appeared on the testify April 15, 2011, and donated $100,000 to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, for which Limbaugh holds an annual radiothon.^[xx] On December 6, 2012, Limbaugh interviewed outgoing Senator Jim DeMint shortly after he announced his resignation from his seat to head the Heritage Foundation.^[21]

Plan staff [edit]

James Gold (as Bo Snerdley)

The official "programme-observer" and call screener.^[22] With other staff members, he assisted with research as part of preparation for the show and was in the control booth as the show was being broadcast. He co-hosted a Sun night talk evidence, James and Joel, on WABC with Joel Santisteban from 1992 to 1998. Snerdley is a pseudonym Limbaugh invented many years before when he was a disc jockey on WIXZ (when Limbaugh went by the proper name Jeff Christy); he would use the name Snerdley for supposed-listeners who would write or phone call in, usually professing to be large fans and part of the "Christy Nation". Later, the proper noun Snerdley was used for his telephone call screeners, both male person and female. During a evidence in 2004, Limbaugh was not at the microphone for the final segment of the second hr (it was only well-nigh 10 seconds), and Snerdley came on instead: "This is Bo Snerdley, Blitz will be right back on the EIB Network (Excellence in Dissemination)." It was one of the rare times his vocalisation was heard on the program before 2008. "Bo" Snerdley screened callers at the Palm Embankment Florida broadcasting location and in New York City. In February 2008, Snerdley, who is blackness,^[23] was appointed by Limbaugh every bit the show's Official Criticizer of Barack Obama: "certified black plenty to criticize".^[24] On the July 24, 2009 show, "Bo" was put on the air as the "Official Obama Criticizer", and spoke for roughly v minutes with Rush about the Henry Louis Gates arrest controversy. On October 16, he requested (and received) air fourth dimension to air a five-minute bluster that criticized NFL players, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and media commentators who opposed Blitz Limbaugh'southward potential bid on the St. Louis Rams. Golden later joined iHeart Media as a producer.

George Prayias (every bit Koko)

The webmaster for Rush 24/7 (and its successor EIB 24/7) Web site. The nickname was given by Limbaugh when George put a gorilla suit on for a gag on Limbaugh'south Boob tube show. He is currently the Vice President of Digital for the EIB Network, which continues to this day managing the Limbaugh athenaeum and the EIB Network'due south current show.

Kathleen Prayias (as Cookie Gleason)

Executive Producer for the EIB Network. Originally affiliated with the EIB Network since 1992, she was an associate producer on his television program (whose rights are now held by Tegna Media as successor to syndicator Multimedia, Inc.). She did inquiry and produces all of the audio sound bites played on Rush's show. She'due south most known for her audio montages, such as "Gravitas". She got her nickname from Blitz'south television set prove where she played "Cookie Gleason", a take-off on Cokie Roberts.

Brian

EIB network broadcast engineer.

Dawn

Transcribed caller comments onto a reckoner screen to aid Limbaugh, who heard via a cochlear implant and therefore sometimes had difficulties clearly understanding callers.^[22]

Christopher "Kit" Carson

"Chief of staff". Also known equally "H.R.", Carson was Limbaugh's outset employee and screened calls when Limbaugh broadcast from New York City, among other things. Carson's role was reduced every bit a effect of the show'southward deviation from New York along with his own battle with brain cancer beginning in 2011; Carson died January 26, 2015.^[25]

Brett Winterble

A former producer. Winterble, as of 2020, hosts a local program on WBT and a national tv set program on Newsmax Boob tube. After Limbaugh's death, he hosted the show himself.^[26]

Altamont

His duties consisted of telephone call screening and board operations, and serving every bit backup when the others are out or unavailable. Left the show in spring 2006.

Johnny Donovan

Programme announcer who sometimes voiced Paul Shanklin'due south parodies.

Stand-ins for Limbaugh [edit]

Every so often, Limbaugh was absent from his show, whether for various personal reasons or because of extended trips. For case, in early on 2005, Limbaugh took a weeklong trip to Afghanistan^[27] to written report on postwar conditions; he besides participated in various celebrity pro-am golf events, particularly when he represented his parent visitor, iHeartMedia. On those occasions, Limbaugh allowed "EIB certified talk show hosts" (sometimes called "Associate Professors from the Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies") to fill in for him. Typically, these hosts are well-known conservatives, and since Articulate Channel (at present iHeartMedia since 2014) caused the network that syndicates the program, they have oftentimes been hosts of local shows on iHeartMedia's owned-and-operated stations. A number of Limbaugh's onetime substitute hosts, including Glenn Brook, Sean Hannity, Bob Dornan and Jason Lewis, went on to host nationally syndicated shows of their own.

Notable substitute hosts [edit]

• Buck Sexton: Substitute host from 2014 to 2017; named past iHeart Media as the successor co-host for the EIB Network with Dirt Travis in May 2021.
• Mark Belling:^[28] Host of The Marker Belling Tardily Afternoon Show on fellow iHeartMedia station WISN in Milwaukee.
• Marker Steyn:^[29] A Canadian journalist, columnist, and picture show and theater critic. Steyn traditionally hosts from his habitation in New Hampshire, referred to as EIB – Ice Station Zebra.
• Dr. Walter E. Williams: economic science professor, potent proponent of laissez-faire capitalism, and sometime chairman of the economics section at George Mason University in Virginia. Williams began guest hosting in Oct 1992, initially confronting Limbaugh's wishes equally Limbaugh did not believe that Williams, a non-broadcaster, had "paid his dues" in the dissemination field enough to earn a national guest-hosting gig; Limbaugh relented afterward hearing Williams's first episode. He left the rotation earlier 2018.^[thirty] Williams died December 2, 2020.^[31]
• Douglas Urbanski: Laurels-winning Motility Flick Producer, former Broadway impresario, occasional actor, raconteur, "paying subscriber to Blitz 24/seven," also known equally America's Guest Host, Urbanski first hosted three times in 2010, left the rotation to produce films on location (during which he briefly hosted a competing program on Westwood I) and returned to the substitute host rotation in mid-2012.
• Erick Erickson: Founder and editor of RedState and radio host at WSB.^[32] Erickson first served as substitute host in 2014 before he took over Limbaugh'southward time slot on March 22, 2021.
• Chris Plante: Radio host based at WMAL in Washington, DC.
• Roger Hedgecock: Onetime mayor of San Diego, California, and a talk radio host at Clear Channel talk station KOGO there. He was, as of 2007, the most used stand-in, and was likewise a fan favorite. Hedgecock spent several years out of the substitute rotation but has since returned.
• Ken Matthews: A host on WHP in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and WPHT in Philadelphia, subbed for Limbaugh on July three, July 14, September 1, Nov 24 and December 26, 2017; on June 22, 2018, and once again on March 19, 2020. Matthews was after an interim host earlier the EIB Network announced Clay Travis and Buck Sexton. Matthews hosted the final episode of the programme on June 18, 2021.^[33]
• Todd Herman: A host on KTTH in Seattle, Washington, debuted as a guest host for a vacationing Limbaugh on Baronial 24, 2017. He hosted the show on August 25, 2017; on January 2, May 24 and 25, 2018, and again on February 19, 2020. Herman after served as an interim host in 2021.^[34]
• Nick Searcy: An actor who stars on the FX show Justified, he debuted as a guest host for a vacationing Limbaugh on Dec 27, 2017.^[35]
• Michael Knowles: He debuted as guest host as Limbaugh was undergoing another round of treatments on November 20, 2020.
• Derek Hunter: The host of The Derek Hunter Podcast and author of the book Outrage Inc., he debuted as guest host on Nov 27, 2020.
• Kathryn Limbaugh: Limbaugh'southward widow appeared as a co-host on the Feb 17, 2021 show and again on February 22.^[36]

Prove history [edit]

Radio syndication [edit]

After several years of employment with the Kansas City Royals and in the music radio business concern, which included hosting a program at KMBZ in Kansas City, in 1984, Limbaugh started as a regular talk show host on AM radio station KFBK in Sacramento, California. He succeeded Morton Downey Jr. in the time slot.^[37]

Based on his piece of work in Sacramento, Limbaugh was signed to a contract by EFM Media Management, headed by onetime ABC Radio executive Edward McLaughlin. Limbaugh became syndicated on August one, 1988, through EFM and his show was drawing five meg listeners afterward two years of syndication.^[38] Lacking a proper noun for the network during the early years, he coined the name "EIB (Excellence In Broadcasting) Network," which has remained associated with the evidence even afterwards joining an bodily radio network (Premiere), and the trademark is currently owned past iHeart Media, which continues to use the proper noun for Clay Travis and Buck Sexton.

In 1997, Jacor Communications, a publicly traded company, acquired EFM.^[39] After that twelvemonth, Jacor merged with Premiere Radio Networks.^[40] In 1999, Jacor merged with Clear Channel Communications,^[41] which rebranded as iHeartMedia in 2014; Clear Aqueduct/iHeart take maintained what is now branded as Premiere Networks as their syndication wing since acquiring it.

In 2006, WBAL (1090 AM) in Baltimore, Maryland was the first station to drop Limbaugh's program and replace it with local programming; the current Baltimore affiliate is crosstown rival WCBM (680 AM).

Limbaugh and Clear Channel signed an viii-twelvemonth, $400 million contract extension on July ii, 2008.^[42] He signed a new contract for iv additional years in a deal announced August ii, 2016, after Limbaugh publicly contemplated retirement. Limbaugh is believed to have taken a pay cut to remain on the air afterward advertisers pulled funding in response to boycotts effectually his criticism of Sandra Fluke and industry-wide ad declines.^[43] Limbaugh renewed his understanding with Premiere through 2024 in a bargain announced January 5, 2020.^[44]

Final year [edit]

On February 3, 2020, Limbaugh appear on his show that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer, just would proceed hosting the testify (though with absences to undergo treatment). In anticipation of his decease, he used his December 23, 2020 episode to limited his thanks and say farewell to his audience;^[45] Limbaugh occasionally hosted shows through Jan and would host his concluding new episode on February two, 2021. His decease was announced past his widow Kathryn during the Feb 17 broadcast. Upon the announcement of his death, Premiere Networks released a statement that during Limbaugh's concluding disease, it had organized the archive of Limbaugh's shows by date and topic to permit for at least 90 days of clip shows, selected to represent to the current news cycle equally much as possible, presented by a invitee host (referred to on air as a "guide host"). The long-term plan would be to eventually cancel the plan once Premiere adamant that the audience was ready to movement on.^[46] Stations owned past Cox Media Group^[47] and Saga Communications, along with Pittsburgh chapter WJAS, began dropping the program in mid-March.^[48] Further defections from Audacy,^[49] Midwest Communications,^[l] and Alpha Media^[51] continued in April, with Audacy replacing Limbaugh with Dana Loesch and local programs.^[52] Cumulus Media continued to acquit Limbaugh's prove through the first three months in the "guide host" format, and then introduced its own testify hosted by Dan Bongino on May 24.^[53]

On May 27, 2021, Premiere Radio Networks announced that, as function of a programming shuffle, information technology would be moving its evening host Cadet Sexton into Limbaugh'south time slot, with Fox Sports Radio personality Clay Travis joining him as co-host, beginning June 21, 2021, as The Dirt Travis and Buck Sexton Show,^[54] later on announcing that Houston-based host Jesse Kelly would bring together its lineup to accept over for Sexton in the evening slot.^[55]

The last episode of the "guide host" format (and the bear witness entirely) aired on Friday, June 18, 2021. Of the show's remaining affiliates — estimated past Premiere to be about 400 — most of the carryovers to Sexton and Travis consist of stations owned by Premiere parent company iHeartMedia. Other station ownership groups chose options such as Bongino, Loesch, Salem Radio Network hosts Dennis Prager or Charlie Kirk, Compass Media Networks' Markley, Van Camp and Robbins or Trick News Talk's Fox Beyond America. Townsquare Media, in particular, declined to make a universal decision on its stations' replacement for Limbaugh, assuasive local programme directors to make up one's mind for their own stations.^[56]

Sexton and Travis likewise inherited the EIB brand and Limbaugh'southward "Rush 24/7" subscriber base - since rebranded as "EIB 24/7" - and includes the archives to both shows. Travis and Sexton likewise promote their bear witness every bit being "Inspired by Rush", and go along to utilize clips from Limbaugh (in segments billed as "Blitz'due south Timeless Wisdom") to reinforce points fabricated on the new testify.^{[57] [58]}

Controversial incidents [edit]

Armed Forces Radio controversy [edit]

On May 26, 2004, the commodity "Blitz's Forced Conscripts" appeared on the online news and opinion magazine Salon.com.^[59] The article discussed the controversy surrounding the fact that American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) (which describes itself as "[providing] stateside radio and idiot box programming, 'a impact of abode', to U.S. service men and women, DoD civilians, and their families serving outside the continental United States") carries the starting time hr of Limbaugh's bear witness. Melvin Russell, manager of AFRTS, defended Limbaugh'south presence, by pointing to Limbaugh'southward loftier ratings in the The states: "We look at the near popular shows broadcast here in the United states and endeavor to mirror that. [Limbaugh] is the No. 1 talk testify host in usa; there's no question about that. Because of that we provide him on our service." In addition, AFRTS produced a ballot of radio and idiot box shows asking troops worldwide, "Who practice you want that we don't at present behave?" The Rush Limbaugh Bear witness was not listed on the election, only won the vote as a write-in by the troops. A later poll by Lund Media Research constitute that a majority of soldiers preferred that talk testify programs be replaced by hip hop and rap stations, bringing into question the future of content such as the Rush Limbaugh Show on AFRTS.^[60]

Critics have pointed out that other programs, such as the eight-million listener per week Howard Stern Show, are absent from AFRTS. (This argument was fabricated before Stern left for satellite radio in 2006.) Other claims—for example, that there is no political counterbalance to Limbaugh on AFRTS—have been rebutted by Byron York, a columnist for the predominantly bourgeois National Review: "American military men and women abroad have access, for instance, to the talk show of liberal host Diane Rehm ... Jim Hightower and CBS News anchorman Dan Rather." Some other possible political counterbalance to Limbaugh is Harry Shearer, who emphasizes his presence on AFRTS at the end of every episode of his satirical Le Show.

On June 14, 2004, U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced an amendment to the 2004 Defense Authorization bill that called for AFRTS to fulfill its stated goal of providing political balance in its news and public diplomacy programming.^[61] The amendment passed unanimously in the Senate. Limbaugh responded by calling the motility "censorship". On his June 17 radio testify, he commented that: "This is a United states senator [Tom Harkin] amending the Defence appropriations bill with the intent being to get this programme—only i hour of which is carried on War machine Radio—stripped from that network." The amendment never became police force. Equally of 2005, the starting time 60 minutes of Limbaugh's testify is still on AFRTS. Limbaugh visited Us forces in Afghanistan in 2005.

This treatment of The Rush Limbaugh Show proved to set a precedent for Congressional debate on AFRTS content. The Ed Schultz testify, a liberal talk radio testify with over i million listeners a calendar week, was originally scheduled to exist broadcast on AFRTS on Oct 17, 2005. It was later pulled, with some alleging political motivation, which was afterward debated in Congress. A few weeks after this debate, AFRTS added Schultz to the line-upwardly along with other talk show hosts: Al Franken and Sean Hannity.

Michael J. Fox controversy [edit]

On the October 23, 2006, broadcast of his radio prove, Limbaugh imitated on the "DittoCam" (the webcam for Web site subscribers to run into him on the air) the physical symptoms role player Michael J. Pull a fast one on showed in a telly commercial raising awareness of Parkinson'due south disease.^{[62] [63]} He said "[Pull a fast one on] is exaggerating the effects of the disease. He'southward moving all effectually and shaking and it's purely an deed ... This is really shameless of Michael J. Pull a fast one on. Either he didn't take his medication or he's acting."^[64] Three days later, on October 26, Limbaugh denied that he was ridiculing Fox, stating that, later seeing Fox without his medication, "I [was] stunned because I [had] never seen Michael J. Pull a fast one on that fashion." Limbaugh said that he was "mov[ing] around like [Play tricks] does, only never in one case was I making fun of him. I was trying to illustrate for my audience watching on the Dittocam what I had seen."^[65]

Fox later appeared on CBS with Katie Couric and said he was actually dyskinesic at the time, a condition that results from overmedication.^[66]

Even so, Fob has admitted that he has, at times, deliberately not taken his medication^[67]—such equally in an appearance the U.S. Senate—in order, he claimed, to demonstrate the furnishings of Parkinson's affliction. During Limbaugh'southward October 26, 2006 evidence he said, in a discussion with a caller, "[I]n his own volume [Lucky Human: A Memoir],^[67] he has written in chapter eight that before Senate committees he goes off the medication then that people can run into the ravages of the disease."^[65]

"Barack the Magic Negro" parody [edit]

On March xix, 2007, Limbaugh referred to a Los Angeles Times editorial by David Ehrenstein that claimed that Barack Obama was filling the role of the "magic negro", and that this explained his appeal to voters.^[68] Limbaugh and then later on played a song by Paul Shanklin entitled "Barack the Magic Negro,"^[69] sung to the tune of "Puff the Magic Dragon".^[seventy]

Phony soldiers controversy [edit]

During the September 26, 2007, circulate of Limbaugh'due south radio show, Limbaugh used the term "phony soldiers" when speaking to a caller who had questioned if the previous caller was actually a soldier.^{[71] [72] [73] [74] [75]}

The caller, saying he was currently serving in the Ground forces for 14 years, said, "They never talk to existent soldiers. They similar to pull these soldiers that come up out of the blue and spout to the media." Limbaugh interrupted, "The phony soldiers." The caller connected, "The phony soldiers. If yous talk to a real soldier, they are proud to serve. They want to be over in Iraq. They understand their cede, and they're willing to sacrifice for their land."^[76] Several minutes afterwards, later on the caller had hung up, Limbaugh read from the AP story describing the story of Jesse Macbeth. Macbeth joined the Army but did not complete basic training, yet falsely claimed in alternative media interviews that he and his unit routinely committed state of war crimes in Iraq.^[77]

On June seven, 2007, Macbeth pleaded guilty to one count of making imitation statements to the U.Southward. Section of Veterans Affairs and was sentenced to v months in jail and three years probation.^{[79] [eighty]}

Media Matters noted Limbaugh's apply of the term "phony soldiers" in an article on their website. The article claimed that Limbaugh was proverb that all soldiers who disagree with the Iraq War were "phony soldiers",^[81] and this exclamation was repeated in speeches by 2008 Democratic presidential candidates John Edwards and Chris Dodd.^[82] Limbaugh said that, when he had fabricated the comment about "phony soldiers", he had been speaking only of Macbeth and others like him who claim to be soldiers and are not, and that "Media Matters takes things out of context all the time".^[83] Media Matters pointed out that Limbaugh did non mention Jesse Macbeth on his September 26 radio show until 1 infinitesimal and l seconds after talking about "phony soldiers" with the caller."^[84]

Limbaugh addressed Media Matters' accusations during an interview on Fox News, explaining that the caller, later on discussing the phony soldiers, went into a give-and-take of weapons of mass devastation.^[85] Limbaugh said that he immune the caller to go on down that tangent while, off-mic, he searched for the commentary on Jesse Macbeth to present to his audience, thus accounting for the delay. The unedited transcript of the radio show in question can exist institute on Blitz Limbaugh'south website.^[86]

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On January 16, 2009, Limbaugh read a letter on his radio show that he had received a request from a national print outlet: ... "If you could transport usa 400 words on your hope for the Obama presidency, nosotros need it by Monday night, that would be ideal." He responded, "I don't need 400 words, I need iv: I promise he fails." He explained that he didn't want "absorption of as much of the private sector by the United states of america regime as possible, from the banking concern, to the mortgage industry, the auto business organisation, to health intendance. I do non want the government in charge of all of these things. I don't desire this to piece of work." He continued, "What is unfair about my maxim I hope liberalism fails? Liberalism is our trouble. Liberalism is what's gotten us dangerously close to the precipice here."^[87]

Limbaugh later said that he wants to see Obama's policies fail, not the homo himself.^[88] Speaking of Obama, Limbaugh said, "He'southward my president, he's a homo, and his ideas and policies are what count for me."^[87]

"Leader of Republican Party" [edit]

Limbaugh was the keynote speaker at the 2009 Conservative Political Action Conference; his speech attracted widespread attention.^[89] On March one, 2009, CBS'southward Face the Nation asked White House Chief Of Staff Rahm Emanuel who he thought represented the Republican Political party; Emanuel named Limbaugh as his choice.^{[xc] [91] [92]}

In remarks aired past CNN on March i, 2009, Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele said that Limbaugh is "an entertainer" and his rhetoric at the convention was "incendiary" and "ugly".^[93] Steele later telephoned Limbaugh and apologized. Limbaugh stated he would non want to run the RNC in its "sad sack state".^[94]

On March two, 2009, Limbaugh responded to Emanuel,^[94] and on March iv, 2009, Limbaugh challenged President Barack Obama to a argue on his radio plan. Limbaugh offered to pay all of Obama'due south expenses including travel, nutrient, lodging, and security.^[95] On March six, Limbaugh told Byron York of the Washington Examiner that his ratings for his radio show had significantly increased since he had begun criticizing the Obama Administration.^[96]

Comments regarding Sandra Fluke [edit]

On Feb 29, 2012, Limbaugh said that Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown University law student and women's rights activist, supposedly was a "slut" and a "prostitute" on his radio show, in response to testimony that Fluke gave to Congressional Democrats in favor of requiring contraception to be included in insurance provided by employers, including religiously affiliated organizations that object to its usage.^[97] The negative response included cold-shoulder campaigns by social media groups pressuring the show's advertisers; as of March viii, up to forty-five advertisers had withdrawn or suspended their advertizement on the bear witness,^[98] and two radio stations, KPUA in Hilo, Hawaii, and WBEC in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, appear they would no longer broadcast the evidence.^[99]

In March 2012, social media boycott promoters claimed that an additional 96 advertisers had dropped the bear witness, only The Washington Post later reported that this was only a regular quarterly observe, non specific to the controversy.^[100] Premiere responded to the boycott campaigns with an aggressive campaign to circumvent the traditional advertising agencies and business relationship executives to solicit new advertisers, non just for Limbaugh merely for its other talk properties as well; Premiere declared success with this strategy in June 2013, at which point many of the advertisers had long since returned and those that had non had been replaced.^[101] Competing networks Cumulus Media and Dial Global both blamed the controversy for ad losses at their networks; in Cumulus's example, information technology was besides a gene in the company's determination to driblet Limbaugh from all of their stations (including several of Limbaugh's top-10 market affiliates, virtually of which were former ABC owned-and-operated stations) when the company's bulk wagon contract with Limbaugh expired at the end of 2013.^{[102] [103]} (Cumulus backed downwardly and signed a bulk-carriage contract extension at the stop of 2013; all of Limbaugh'south Cumulus affiliates except WABC were included.) The prove has also been dropped by other stations such as WRKO in Boston and KFI in Los Angeles resulting information technology in beingness carried by weaker stations in major markets.^[104]

Operation Anarchy [edit]

In late February 2008, Limbaugh appear "Operation Anarchy," a political call to activeness with the initial program to have voters of the Republican Party temporarily cantankerous over to vote in the Democratic primary and vote for Hillary Clinton, who at the time was in the midst of losing eleven straight chief contests to Barack Obama.^[105]

At the point in which Limbaugh appear his gambit, Obama had seemed on the verge of clinching the Democratic nomination.^[106] However, Clinton subsequently won the Ohio primary and the Texas primary (while losing the Texas caucus and the overall delegate dissever) with large pluralities from rural counties; thus reemerging as a competitive opponent in the race.^[107]

On April 29, 2008, Limbaugh declared an "operational pause" in Operation Chaos, maxim that Obama's defeat in the 2008 Pennsylvania primary and fallout from statements from Obama ally Reverend Jeremiah Wright could take damaged his campaign to the extent superdelegates would shift to Clinton's side.^[108] Determining Obama had weathered that storm, Limbaugh lifted the interruption the adjacent day and renewed his call for his listeners to vote for Clinton in the upcoming Indiana and North Carolina primaries.^[109] Obama won the North Carolina chief^[110] but was narrowly defeated in Indiana, where Clinton won decisively in rural counties that normally vote Republican in presidential elections.^[111]

The overall legality of Functioning Chaos in several states, including Ohio and Indiana, is disputed. In Ohio, new party members are required to sign a pledge of loyalty to the political party they join for a minimum of ane year, making participation in "Functioning Chaos" a possible felony (election falsification) in that state. However, Ohio Chaser General Marc Dann refused to press charges on anyone, saying that it would exist nearly impossible to enforce because of difficulties proving voter intent and concerns that a loyalty oath would violate liberty of association.^[112]

Past 2020, the proper name "Operation Chaos" had get associated enough with presidential party raiding that S Carolina Republicans seeking to disrupt that land'due south Democratic presidential primary recycled the name for their ain efforts. Limbaugh did not endorse or address the South Carolina efforts.^[113]

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