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RUSH: Ooo-kay. That might require thought, \u2019cause you sound like you\u2019re serious in the question. You\u2019re not flippant about this. I actually —<\/p>\nRUSH: This is Gary in Phoenix. You\u2019re next. Welcome to the EIB Network. Hello.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Mr. Limbaugh, what a pleasure to talk to you.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Thank you, sir.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Greetings from a fellow Missourian. I am a nurse. I\u2019m a registered nurse, and God was very good to me. He gave me the gift of compassion and empathy, and that\u2019s why I enjoyed my job so much, and that\u2019s why I think I did very well at it. My question for you is, you say quite often, “I have talent on loan from God-d.” I\u2019m wondering: What do you feel your talent is and what is the gift that God gave you that allowed you to become the person you are today?<\/p>\n
RUSH: Ooo-kay. That might require thought, \u2019cause you sound like you\u2019re serious in the question. You\u2019re not flippant about this. I actually —<\/p>\n
CALLER: Oh, no, no! I think God gives us gifts, and he allows us to use them for his benefit, and it\u2019s really wonderful when you can use them for a (crosstalk) good.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Look —<\/p>\n
CALLER: You know, you\u2019ve done that.<\/p>\n
RUSH: (chuckles) Don\u2019t misunderstand.<\/p>\n
CALLER: I just want to know what the talent is.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, yeah. I\u2019m gonna try to answer. Don\u2019t misunderstand. But there are a lot of answers to this. This last call that we just had. I knew what she was saying, even though she didn\u2019t say it. Time was running out. I had to say, “So what you\u2019re saying…” “Yes,” she said. “Exactly.” Even though she had never said that yet, my ability to understand what people are saying and then — if they are having trouble communicating it — to find a very straightforward way and simply to explain it, leads to the ability to take something very complex and make it understandable.<\/p>\n
CALLER: And that\u2019s how you feel you can look at the political landscape and all the things going on and analyze them and —<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, that\u2019s one, but you talk about gifts from God. There\u2019s another. One of the greatest gifts from God is that I don\u2019t think I\u2019m better than anybody. And I assume that everybody in this audience can understand anything I explain to \u2019em. So there\u2019s no condescension.<\/p>\n
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You know, when I go play golf someplace, you know, I have a better time, I have more relatability with people that work at the place than the other members? And Donald Trump is the same way. Donald Trump has more of an ability to identify with the people who make things work than with the people who benefit from those people making things work. He can relate to both groups. But I think it\u2019s either a gift from my parents, the way I was raised, not to think that I am better than anybody and not to look down and condescend to people and to assume that everybody\u2019s as smart as I am.<\/p>\n
Then there are broadcasting skills and talents such as timing that can\u2019t be taught. They can only be learned by doing, and some people naturally — a lot of talent you\u2019re born with. Champions are born, not made, is the slogan. And that\u2019s applied primarily to athletes. But even they have to work very hard at perfecting what they are naturally good at.<\/p>\n
Empathy, you mentioned, that is a fundamental characteristic to succeeding with this. Because if there isn\u2019t a bond that is created between, say, the host and the audience, if I\u2019m just somebody sitting here talking to a bunch of faceless people in a megaphone, it ain\u2019t gonna work. It\u2019s not gonna sustain itself very long. It may work for a while. And it\u2019s having the ability to look at this microphone and see millions of faces but treat them as one.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yes, sir.<\/p>\n
RUSH: That\u2019s something that I\u2019m just naturally able to do without even thinking about it. Nobody had to teach it to me.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yes. And I think that I\u2019m speaking for a lot of people. We feel that, Rush, you\u2019re a gift to us, and we thank you for all you do, and you continue to do.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, I appreciate it. Look, I appreciate the question, which is why I took it seriously. A lot of people, when they ask me that question, are really saying, “So you think you\u2019re God, huh?” And, no. That\u2019s the point of saying it\u2019s on loan. ‘Cause we\u2019re all going home someday. And talent vanishes when that happens. So it\u2019s just another way of thanking God for whatever abilities I have from wherever they came. Nothing more than that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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