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Why Rush is a hero

The lefties can call Rush Limbaugh a drug addict all they want. To me he is a hero. That's the only word I can think of to describe a man who plays golf for his fans' enjoyment while experiencing pain that feels like "bone cancer."

That's exactly what Rush did last July at the American Century Championship. We now know that Rush suffers from terrible neck and/or back pain. Indeed, the pain was so bad that Rush was forced to take dozens of synthetic heroin pills each day. Yet, when he was asked to play in the golf tournament, he put his misery aside in order to bring a little joy to others' lives. Here's how Rush described it in an interview with ASAP Sports:

But this is, I got an e-mail note the other day from somebody who was chiding me for goofing off, and this is not goofing off. There are a lot of people with a lot of expectations. These amateurs you're playing with today, they have a lot of expectations of the person they have drawn. The other people here have expectations. I have expectations of doing well.

So, there's a different kind of pressure that I've put on myself, maybe I'd play better if I just looked at this as sort of care free and happy-go-lucky. But to me this is almost an extension of work in the sense of the opportunity that's presented here.

I mean, all of these people out here that I must have signed, if one, 50 autographs between every hole. Some of the fairways, I'm signing as I walk. Now those people all have expectations, too. I don't say no to one of them or if they want to pose for pictures.

Yes, Rush is a hero because he cares about the little people. But that isn't the only reason he deserves our respect. He's also a hero because he doesn't use his pain as an excuse for not doing well. Instead, he just says he had a bad day:

Well, this is the third day I've played this week, and it was -- this is nothing to write home about. Last four holes, maybe, I played like I'm capable of. But I was doing things today that I haven't done in two years, topping drives and a number of other things.

But it's good to get a round like this out of the system when it doesn't count. Makes the amateur partners feel really good. So it all turned out for the best.

Go ahead liberals. Make fun of Mr Limbaugh. But, before you do, ask yourself if you'd have the guts to play three days worth of golf when you're suffering pain so bad that you've had to trade your doctor for a dealer in order to get relief.