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The late, great Rush Limbaugh loved America so much that he couldn't stop talking about it.

Rush loved to see people succeed in life, and he knew that America provided that opportunity

more than anyone else on the face of the world throughout history.

Rush took his love for our country and created a new radio format, and that's what I'm in today.

A format talking about America.

America was Rush's passion, and you heard it every time he turned on that golden EIP microphone.

Rush firmly believed in American exceptionalism, and you can hear that

passion in everything he said. Here's an example.

What American exceptionalism is not. It is not that we are better people. It is not that we are superior people. It is not that we are

smarter people. It is not that God loves us and hates everybody else. It is not that God

prefers us. It is not that God doesn't prefer anybody else.

American exceptionalism has nothing to do

with anything but freedom and liberty.

Here is what American exceptionalism is.

By the way, this is one of the fundamental reasons why I got so excited

when presented with the idea of writing a book about the truth of American history

in stages and various elements for young people.

My book, Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims, is all about the exceptionalism of those people.

So what is it?

Well, if you know the history of the world,

read your Bible, read whatever historical account of humanity

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