My Rush story is the opposite of most people’s. He wasn’t the first host I heard. I didn’t grow up listening to him (my entire family runs left of left). I only heard him when I got to college (after several failed attempts since he was out a lot). 1/x

My original line about him was that he was the Johnny Carson of talk radio (more about his vacations than being the pioneer of the radio). But as I look back, that comparison is more true than I realized. 2/x

Rush wasn’t just one of a kind, he was a man of the world and a man of high class. He was generous by all accounts. And best of all, he taught his listeners to be bold. You didn’t have to fear being a conservative. 3/x

No matter what anyone says about you, once you know the truth, they can’t destroy you. All they can do is lie about you, but liars lose in the end. 4/x

Rush knew better than anyone. There was an entire industry set up for the sole purpose of destroying him. They never could because everything they said about him was an abject lie. 5/x