Who'd a thunk it?

He was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, January 12, 1951. His family is loaded with lawyers including his grandfather, father and his brother David. His uncle Stephen is a Reagan appointed federal judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District
of Missouri and his cousin Stephen is currently a judge in the same court, appointed by George W. Bush. His grandfather was a Missouri prosecutor, judge, special commissioner and served on Missouri's state House of Representatives from 1930 to 1932. His grandfather garners respect as one of the “patriarchs” of the Cape Girardeau community, and longtime president of the Missouri Historical Society. He died at age 104, and was still a practicing attorney at the time of his death. The Federal Courthouse in Cape Girardeau bares his grandfather’s name.
He began his career as a teenager in 1967 in his hometown of Cape Girardeau. He graduated from Cape Central High School, in 1969. His father and mother wanted him to attend college, so he enrolled at Southeast Missouri State University. He dropped out after two semesters and one summer; according to his mother, "he flunked everything", even a modern ballroom dancing class. As she told a reporter in 1992, "He just didn't seem interested in anything except radio."
His birth date was ranked as 175 in the Vietnam War draft lottery. No one was drafted above 125. He was classified as "1-Y" (later reclassified "4-F") due to either a football knee injury or a diagnosis of Pilonidal disease.
After dropping out of college, He moved to McKeesport, Pennsylvania. There he became a Top 40-music radio disc jockey on station WIXZ, a station that covered the Pittsburgh area. In October 1972, he broadcast over Pittsburgh station KQV under the name "Jeff Christie".
For the rest of the decade He moved around to several radio stations before settling in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1979, after several years in music radio, he took a break from radio and accepted a position as director of promotions with the Kansas City Royals baseball team. Retired Kansas City Royals star George Brett is one of his best friends.
In 1984, He returned to radio at station KFBK in Sacramento, California. There he replaced Morton Downey, Jr. The repeal of the Fairness Doctrine — which had required that stations provide free air time for responses to any controversial opinions that were broadcast — by the FCC in 1987 meant stations could broadcast editorial commentary without having to present opposing views.
On August 1, 1988, after achieving success in Sacramento and drawing the attention of a former president of ABC Radio, Edward F. McLaughlin, He moved to New York City and began his national radio show. His show debuted just weeks after the Democratic National Convention, and just weeks before the Republican National Convention. His radio home in New York City was the talk-format station WABC, 770 AM, and continues to this day as his flagship station.
He suffered some personal difficulties in the 2000s. In late 2001, he acknowledged that he had gone almost completely deaf, although he continued doing his show. He was able to regain much of his hearing with the help of cochlear implants. He also suffered from substance abuse problems.
I did the former essay on Ms. Winfrey and this one as a tribute to the American dream. Ms. Winfrey overcame poverty, sexual abuse, and racism, to become one of the most influential women of our time.
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (El Rushbo) is considered one of the most listened to radio talk show hosts, a champion of the conservative movement and a man, some consider, the voice of the Republican Party. His accomplishments come without formal education, military experience, and without regard to physical impairments. You may not like one or either of these individuals but they represent the American spirit. Both are proof you can be anything you dare to dream if you refuse to settle for less.