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Rush Limbaugh did humanity a favor and died only 5 short years ago today (Original Post) Shellback Squid 20 hrs ago OP
But at least 10 years too late. n/t flvegan 20 hrs ago #1
He has been so forgotten by RW/MAGA--seemingly never mentioned--it feels longer. hlthe2b 20 hrs ago #2
It's funny how... doubleplusgood 20 hrs ago #3
Had he died sooner Johonny 20 hrs ago #4
A day I still remember. Abolishinist 19 hrs ago #5
But he lived many decades too long NewHendoLib 19 hrs ago #6
His gravesite is on my bucket list EYESORE 9001 19 hrs ago #7
Been there done that. Just Jerome 17 hrs ago #14
Drinks on The House! no_hypocrisy 19 hrs ago #8
Just saw mention of his 1994 lie that Chelsea Clinton's school assigned "Why I feel guilty about being white" betsuni 19 hrs ago #9
"Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Liar" Seinan Sensei 17 hrs ago #23
I read the first two and they're great, learned a lot. Dave Bowman 16 hrs ago #27
Not long enough! 2naSalit 18 hrs ago #10
I used to listen to Rush in the late 80s and 1990 in college Jacson6 18 hrs ago #11
I wouldn't be surprised shanti 18 hrs ago #12
Rush had his own list... GiqueCee 17 hrs ago #24
Wasn't he caught flying to the Dominican Republic with some illicit Viagra? DBoon 16 hrs ago #29
Absolutely!!! Multichromatic 14 hrs ago #37
When it comes to that piece of shit... GiqueCee 11 hrs ago #39
Has anyone else noticed . . . AverageOldGuy 17 hrs ago #13
Well now that you mentioned it, calimary 17 hrs ago #16
When he died, he really died. Harker 17 hrs ago #19
Quickly forgotten, like Charlie Kirk will be. sop 16 hrs ago #30
Another reason to celebrate Mardi Gras! surfered 17 hrs ago #15
Limbaugh was one of the worst people on earth. Escape 17 hrs ago #17
It is all Rush's fault cactuslady 17 hrs ago #18
Let me see if I can come up with something nice to say about him..... iscooterliberally 17 hrs ago #20
Who? carpetbagger 17 hrs ago #21
God, it's only been 5 years! It's been such a breath of fresh air it seems like forever ago. ToxMarz 17 hrs ago #22
That's the only good thing he did for us Warpy 16 hrs ago #25
may he rot in hell gopiscrap 16 hrs ago #26
Now that was a relief. Dave Bowman 16 hrs ago #28
Andrew Breitbart death anniversary coming up. Frasier Balzov 16 hrs ago #31
My uncle never had an opinion that Rush Limbaugh didn't pull out of his ass. MIButterfly 16 hrs ago #32
Hope he's down in hell deep-frying in his own rancid bile Blue Owl 15 hrs ago #33
He didn't reproduce! He Darwin'ed himself! madinmaryland 15 hrs ago #34
Has it really been only 5 years?? choie 15 hrs ago #35
The only thing I think of when I think of Rush Limbaugh Multichromatic 14 hrs ago #36
Only 5 years? Well, he did receive the ? Medal of Freedom from drumphf, so he was around ..blargh electric_blue68 11 hrs ago #38

hlthe2b

(113,343 posts)
2. He has been so forgotten by RW/MAGA--seemingly never mentioned--it feels longer.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 01:27 PM
20 hrs ago

Just as they will try to forget Trump when all his double-crossing grift, lies, and abuses come to light when he finally croaks.

doubleplusgood

(986 posts)
3. It's funny how...
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 01:36 PM
20 hrs ago

...since his demise, no one quotes any of his "great thoughts". His sole contribution to the "war of ideas" conservatives like to talk about was the epithet "femi-nazis". That's his lasting legacy.

Johonny

(25,825 posts)
4. Had he died sooner
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 01:37 PM
20 hrs ago

It would have been a bigger favor. Luckily, his skills were easily replaced and no one really misses him at all. Apparently being a know nothing blowhard for the wealthy elite is essentially not that hard. All it takes is a complete lack of morals, self respect, or ethics. The GOP has a near endless supply in these qualities.

Abolishinist

(2,919 posts)
5. A day I still remember.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 01:47 PM
19 hrs ago

I was waiting in a line of 15 cars for my Covid booster shot when I hear it on the radio.

And exactly 4 weeks earlier I was in the same line for my initial shot when a relative called to let me know her ex, who no one in the family cared for, had passed.

Too bad there wasn't a 3rd shot 4 weeks later, could have been interesting!

betsuni

(28,923 posts)
9. Just saw mention of his 1994 lie that Chelsea Clinton's school assigned "Why I feel guilty about being white"
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 02:24 PM
19 hrs ago

as a topic for an essay. Now Republican voters firmly believe that whites face the most discrimination and setbacks and would never vote for Democrats because they hate white people. One of the reasons Republicans don't have to worry about their policies being disastrous, not why their voters vote. Mission accomplished.

Seinan Sensei

(1,467 posts)
23. "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Liar"
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 04:16 PM
17 hrs ago

Book by Al Franken

Also by Franken -
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them:
A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right

2naSalit

(101,371 posts)
10. Not long enough!
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 03:25 PM
18 hrs ago

He should have gone more years than that ago. But I'll take what I can get at this point.

Jacson6

(1,857 posts)
11. I used to listen to Rush in the late 80s and 1990 in college
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 03:28 PM
18 hrs ago

I loved his soviet Union updates. When the SU failed he started ranting and raving about liberals and democrats so I changed the station and never listened again.

GiqueCee

(3,698 posts)
24. Rush had his own list...
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 04:21 PM
17 hrs ago

... of underage Thai boys. He spent an inordinate amount of time in Southeast Asia.

calimary

(89,435 posts)
16. Well now that you mentioned it,
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 04:05 PM
17 hrs ago

You’re right!

SOME air pollution CAN disappear, after all!

sop

(18,062 posts)
30. Quickly forgotten, like Charlie Kirk will be.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 05:01 PM
16 hrs ago

And in three or four years no Republican will admit they supported Trump.

Escape

(416 posts)
17. Limbaugh was one of the worst people on earth.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 04:05 PM
17 hrs ago

He was a racist, a sexist, a hypocrite and an asshole, but most of all.... he was America's most celebrated liar

cactuslady

(17 posts)
18. It is all Rush's fault
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 04:06 PM
17 hrs ago

My husband was brain-washed from listening to Rush . And that changed him . Then came Fox TV and now it is the worst of all, thinking that Trump is a good president.

iscooterliberally

(3,153 posts)
20. Let me see if I can come up with something nice to say about him.....
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 04:09 PM
17 hrs ago

......he had the perfect face for radio...

ToxMarz

(2,836 posts)
22. God, it's only been 5 years! It's been such a breath of fresh air it seems like forever ago.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 04:14 PM
17 hrs ago

Warpy

(114,525 posts)
25. That's the only good thing he did for us
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 04:48 PM
16 hrs ago

and I am deeply grateful that he has remained dead.

I hold him personally responsible for coarsening political speech and turning it into naked schoolyard bullying, something that is still echoing through this country every time a MAGAt opens his or her mouth, although it has become more civil with everyone else. People who relied on Limbaugh to fill their empty heads with slogans and meanness now have to rely on Fatso and he's not really up to the job.

In another decade, his infouence is likely to be gone everywhere but nursing homes. I just hope he stays dead and a replacement able to inspire hate, sadism, and gratuitous cruelty through bullying doesn't appear.


MIButterfly

(2,400 posts)
32. My uncle never had an opinion that Rush Limbaugh didn't pull out of his ass.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 05:21 PM
16 hrs ago

I don’t know who tells him what to think now and I don't want to know.

Blue Owl

(58,693 posts)
33. Hope he's down in hell deep-frying in his own rancid bile
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 05:45 PM
15 hrs ago

He definitely had an eternity’s worth

electric_blue68

(26,546 posts)
38. Only 5 years? Well, he did receive the ? Medal of Freedom from drumphf, so he was around ..blargh
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:48 PM
11 hrs ago
Such a poisonous "human" being. 😬😬😬

Cheered when he croaked!
Something quite rare for me.

Also blame Newwwt Gingrich for his bomb throwing Anti-Democrats rhetoric!
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