Guy Benson shares personal story illustrating just ‘how talented and engaging Rush [Limbaugh] was’

“Immensely talented” is right. Regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum, it’s difficult to deny that Rush Limbaugh was singularly gifted and very, very good at what he did.

Guy Benson remembered Limbaugh’s immense talent today with a story about a liberal college friend of his who hated Limbaugh — or, rather, thought he hated Limbaugh:

Quick story about how talented and engaging Rush was: One summer while I was in college, I was working with a hardcore liberal. To troll him, I’d play Rush’s show as we drove around together. It was my car after all. My buddy made it known how much he haaaaaated it…

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) February 17, 2021

On one of these occasions, we were listening to Rush firing on all cylinders about some issue of the day. Mid-segment, I had to turn down the radio to take a phone call. When the call ended, it had slipped my mind that we’d been listening to Rush…

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) February 17, 2021

After a short beat, the *other guy* reached down & turned the volume back up. Shocked, I looked at him — like, ‘did you just turn Rush back ON?’ He looked at me, flushed with quasi-embarrassment. “I just wanted to know what he was going to say!”

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) February 17, 2021

…and THAT, friends, is “talent on loan from God.” #RIP

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) February 17, 2021

No kidding. What a great story!

Love this story

— Mav (@mav_432) February 17, 2021

Same thing happened to me, I was the passenger in another car with a conservative friend…thank God he made me listen

— Raye Knoll (@KnollRaye) February 17, 2021

All the grave-dancing ghouls tweeting “Rest in Piss” today could learn a lot from Benson’s friend.

Sounds mature

— Jay Maker (@raygunpunx) February 17, 2021