The Way Things Ought To Be; Chapter 2

Chapter 1 was entitled the Introduction, Chapter 2 is entitled "Going National", and tells the story of Limbaugh in January, 1988, when he was at KFBK in SAcramento, "minding my own business and enjoying for the first time almost everything life had to offer."

He'd been living in Sacramento for three years. He was 37 years old. "I was no longer a passing personality but a rather a functioning, practicing and participating member of my community, - aspects of life which were new to me. And I loved it all."

Bruce Marr, a radio consultant, helped Rush "go national," in other words, syndicate his show in other portions of the United States.

Rush met with Ed McLaughlin, "a broadcasting legend" who had just retired as president of the ABC Radio Networks. He had started his own entrepreneur company syndicating radio shows. He had started out with Dr. Dean Edell, and now wanted to do the same thing for Rush.

Rush tells all the details in this chapter, ending with, "On August 1, the EIB (Excellence in Broadcasting) Network premiered with its fifty-two radio stations and a total audience of 250,000 people. At first it was only two hours, but as it gained in popularity it expanded to three.

The Way Things Ought to Be, Report Pt 1 - Acknowledgements

Rush Limbaugh's book, The Way Things Ought to Be, was published in 1992.

In his acknowledgements, Rush thanks his collaborator on the book, John Fund - an editorial writerfor the Wall Street Journal and "a friend who shares my ideas and beliefs."

Fund interviewed him, , then wrote the first draft from the transcriptions of the interviews. "He was able to divorce his own ego and personality from the process and concentrate on drawing me out, which he did flawlessly."

He also served as a researcher "when I couldn't remember where I had read or seen something."

The first re-write was done with the help of his brother David, "a profound conservative thinker, and a much better writer than I will ever be." Many of his suggestions were incorporated into the final product.

He also thanks a host of other people.

Next installment, I cover the Introduction to the book.