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Rush Limbaugh back with you via recorded message to kick off Open Line Friday.

Folks, I have to tell you something.

I had something happen this week that I have been striving to avoid.

It has been at the top of the list of things that I have told myself just can't happen,

and yet it did.

I came down with a severe infection, and it's not good. A severe infection

with the immune system that is suppressed because of chemotherapy and a white blood cell count

that's less than normal is not a good circumstance and it's where I found myself last weekend, and I've had to devote

every waking moment to dealing with it, and only just now I'm starting to feel, quote, unquote,

normal. I've missed you all so much. I can't tell you how frustrating it has been

because we've been doing everything we can to avoid coming down with an infection. I mean,

I've put my doctorate in Hermit and Reclose 101 into full action and it still happened.

But you know, folks, as I always say, there's good in everything

if you look for it. And I have a new appreciation for a whole lot of things because of what I've

had to go through this week. I have a better appreciation for what others are going through, especially cancer patients,

but just not limited to cancer patients, people who have lost their jobs because of the pandemic,

people who have lost their livelihoods, lost their businesses. It's a tough set of circumstances that we in America have been dealt with.

But you know, last night's speech by President Trump,

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