David Limbaugh's book reaches best-seller lists

Author, columnist and Cape Girardeau lawyer David Limbaugh has taken his criticisms of Barack Obama to the top spot of several national best-seller lists with his fourth book, "Crimes Against Liberty," which calls Obama the "most destructive president in our nation's history."

Limbaugh's new book, subtitled "An Indictment of President Barack Obama," sits at the No. 1 spot this week on the best-seller lists of the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Amazon.com for hardcover nonfiction.

"I've had success with my first three books, and they all made the New York Times list, but nothing has resonated like this book," Limbaugh said Wednesday from his Cape Girardeau office.

Master of ceremonies David Limbaugh speaks during the 41st Annual Lincoln Day Banquet hosted by the Cape Girardeau County Republican Women's Club at The Venue Event Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Saturday, March 13, 2010. (Kristin Eberts)

In other words, he's not just Rush's little brother anymore.

He does acknowledge he owes his start to his famous talk-show brother, who hosts a nationally syndicated radio program heard by millions of listeners.

"There is no question I got my foot in the door on the national political scene as the result of being Rush's brother," Limbaugh said. "A lot of people still think that, and I'm OK with that."

Limbaugh said he and his brother communicate almost daily via e-mail, agree on almost every political issue and think the same way. So he doesn't allow himself to worry about other people thinking he's purely a derivative of his brother.

"If they think that, that's fine," he said. "I'm extremely proud of Rush. I think we enhance each other. But I'm far down on the scale. He's off the charts. He's literally -- and this is no exaggeration -- the leader of the conservative movement, at least in the media. I'm just trying to do my part."

Now it's David Limbaugh's critique of a Democratic president drawing nationwide attention. In his book, which follows his previously published "Absolute Power," "Persecution" and "Bankrupt," Limbaugh describes Obama as narcissistic and bullying.

"People are scared to death about what Barack Obama is doing to this nation, undermining its principles," he said. "Obama seems to be tone-deaf or unconcerned with the obvious will of the people. He's governing against the express will of the people."

The book outlines what Limbaugh calls a pattern of lying, cronyism and arrogance that have led to massive overspending, misguided attempts at wealth distribution and an alarming string of failed policies, such as health care reform.

During his show Tuesday, Rush Limbaugh gave a strong endorsement of the book.

"If every American had this book and read it, it would be the end of Obama," Rush Limbaugh said. "It would be the end of the Democratic Party."

David Limbaugh said his brother really meant that if people read the book, it would go a long way to convince American voters to oust the governing majority in elections later this year and again in 2012.

Though David Limbaugh has been giving nonstop interviews since the book debuted, he still gets animated when talking about his political views.

"My passion is a result of my love for this country," he said. "This is the greatest, freest, most prosperous and most secure nation in the history of the world. It is those things precisely because of its founding principles. We have a guy in the executive office who wants to fundamentally change those founding principles."

If nothing else, Limbaugh said, he hopes his book will serve as a manual for conservatives.

"I want to motivate conservatives to have the courage to fight for what they believe in instead of always compromising their principles, always believing they've got to move to the center to accomplish anything," he said. "I think this book gives them ammunition. I think it's near irrefutable that the path Obama and his Democratic Party is leading us on is disastrous and nationally suicidal."

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