i want you to keep in mind this was before rush limbaugh signed any big syndicated deals, before rush limbaugh the multimillionaire, before rush limbaugh on the track to blazing success. before any of that. this was before there was a bo snerdley becausesu bo snerdley didn t exist. james golden, this black kid from queens sitting in the newsroom who would take rush stories. so i m sitting in the newsroom pulling stories again. it s rush. hey, james, can you come into the office for a second? sure.ti go to the office. close the door. close the door. rush has an envelope. he pushes the envelope to me and says here. what is this? inside is a check for $5,000. whoa, $5,000 is still a lot of money to me. it was a lot of money then. it was unheard of. what rush said to me was i don t want you to tell anybody about this. this is between you and me.