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packman

(16,296 posts)
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 10:51 AM Oct 2020

Rush Limbaugh says his lung cancer is terminal

Source: cnn

New York (CNN Business)Rush Limbaugh, the conservative talk show radio host, is battling stage 4 lung cancer and said Monday he's had a setback in his prognosis.
"The scans did show some progression of cancer," he told listeners of his radio show. He later added: "It's not dramatic, but it is the wrong direction."
The 69-year-old was diagnosed with lung cancer in February.
Limbaugh said his doctors changed his medications in "hopes of keeping additional progression at bay for as long as possible." Prior to this week's update, he said that cancer "had been reduced, and it had become manageable."

"It's tough to realize that the days where I do not think I'm under a death sentence are over," Limbaugh said. "Now, we all are, is the point. We all know that we're going to die at some point, but when you have a terminal disease diagnosis that has a time frame to it, then that puts a different psychological and even physical awareness to it."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/20/media/rush-limbaugh-cancer-update-trnd/index.html



I don't wish anyone harm, but Rush with that cigar sticking out of his mouth always upset me, having survived cancer and brought back some really painful memories of my father dying from the same - a Camel and Pall Mall smoker.
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Rush Limbaugh says his lung cancer is terminal (Original Post) packman Oct 2020 OP
... catbyte Oct 2020 #1
Ditto! LOL mdbl Oct 2020 #4
My brother DownriverDem Oct 2020 #114
Nor will he ever relate do dying with honor mdbl Oct 2020 #145
he spent years telling millions smoking doesn't cause cancer. hopefully before he dies he'll certainot Oct 2020 #70
He's also one of the biggest climate change deniers PNW-Dem Oct 2020 #87
he was instrumental turning a russian hack into 'climategate' which derailed obama at copenhagen certainot Oct 2020 #95
Rushbo is ready to........assume room temperature....... Jack from Charlotte Oct 2020 #100
Remind me to send a sympathy card to the worms....... lastlib Oct 2020 #128
A simple Fuck You Limpballs. Signed Ole Gramps. olegramps Oct 2020 #101
Same Mickju Oct 2020 #113
Yep, still no fucks... not_the_one Oct 2020 #2
Yep, no fucks... Raster Oct 2020 #82
He has railed for years against Liberals and their "smoking causes cancer" campaigns... hlthe2b Oct 2020 #3
"Smoking is cool." Yeehah Oct 2020 #5
You nailed it Yeehah Ohiogal Oct 2020 #11
Yes it is. Evolve Dammit Oct 2020 #49
He kind of IS a genius - he excels at taking advantage of gullible people. groundloop Oct 2020 #23
... Ferrets are Cool Oct 2020 #6
The moment Limbaugh dies, the world becomes a better place. (nt) Paladin Oct 2020 #7
What A Horrible Human Being OhioTim Oct 2020 #129
I wonder how that happened. MrsCheaplaugh Oct 2020 #8
What do you want to bet he kept smoking them? Ligyron Oct 2020 #61
So get on with it already. Jirel Oct 2020 #9
When Limbecile does croak make sure you bury him deep enough. AKing Oct 2020 #10
My apologies folks but after all the hateful things he has said and the dissent he has helped spread cstanleytech Oct 2020 #12
My thoughts exactly. volstork Oct 2020 #109
Tick tock motherf*cker! Tick tock! ⏱⏲⏰🕰⏳❗️ Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2020 #13
Kinda on the same lines as what I was thinking too... Vivienne235729 Oct 2020 #150
What is most interesting... Newest Reality Oct 2020 #14
The Way Things Ought To Be bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #15
+1. I hope he suffers a long and painful death dalton99a Oct 2020 #37
I've got cancer and I wish it on no one. Not even Rush Limpbaugh. marble falls Oct 2020 #16
Sorry Marble Falls. mahina Oct 2020 #66
I just going to have to do the best I can with what I have - a situation we're all in, really ... marble falls Oct 2020 #77
Sad to hear that marble falls. Here in Boulder we have several fires going on. One is very close Illumination Oct 2020 #120
Like Roseanne Roseannadanna usta say,"Ya know, Chevy, if it ain't one thing, it's another." ... marble falls Oct 2020 #138
Absolutely LOVED Gilda Radner! Her book is "It's Always Something"... That would be a good Illumination Oct 2020 #140
I don't wish such on any..but Karma is a bitch ashredux Oct 2020 #17
awww llashram Oct 2020 #18
All he had to do was be a decent human being and not so hateful. Butterflylady Oct 2020 #19
The devil is there to get his due Universal Karma Oct 2020 #20
Sgt. Barnes to "Red" in Platoon: DemoTex Oct 2020 #21
GOOD.. diverdownjt Oct 2020 #22
So sorry to hear this! LuvNewcastle Oct 2020 #24
Thoughts and prayers ouija Oct 2020 #25
I was thinking the exact same thing! 2Legit Oct 2020 #27
He spent decades telling millions of people that cigarettes aren't dangerous. bearsfootball516 Oct 2020 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author bearsfootball516 Oct 2020 #28
Rush is outside the scope of my ability to compassion. dchill Oct 2020 #29
Only one possible answer Hela Oct 2020 #30
Have a cigar, boy Zorro Oct 2020 #31
I would pay him an appropriate tribute, but... MarianJack Oct 2020 #32
So much for alternate facts... BlueIdaho Oct 2020 #33
This might just be a unique thing a cancer on society being removed by a cancer. To..... usaf-vet Oct 2020 #34
+100 Duppers Oct 2020 #106
"And when the wicked perish, there are shouts of gladness" dalton99a Oct 2020 #35
Didn't he once say he deserved a medal for smoking in public? getagrip_already Oct 2020 #36
My mom the Methodist always said that if I didn't have anything nice to say about someone.... jaxexpat Oct 2020 #38
the way I heard it was Skittles Oct 2020 #154
That was dad's side of the family. Not Methodists. jaxexpat Oct 2020 #155
Ben Shapiro is probably foaming at the mouth with dreams of filling Rush's shoes. LonePirate Oct 2020 #39
If that's the only way to shut him up finally, then good! Crowman2009 Oct 2020 #40
I've often wondered extvbroadcaster Oct 2020 #41
Yay! BigOleDummy Oct 2020 #42
this llashram Oct 2020 #143
If he dies, he dies. Proud liberal 80 Oct 2020 #43
He said yesterday that he has a close personal relationship with God. Which one? Not Jesus, anyway. Shrike47 Oct 2020 #44
He said yesterday that he has a close personal relationship with God. Which one? Not Jesus, anyway. Shrike47 Oct 2020 #45
Good NorthOf270 Oct 2020 #46
Super terminal? A friend is asking. LiberalFighter Oct 2020 #47
Didn't he rape and murder a girl in 1990? shotten99 Oct 2020 #48
So what's everyone having for lunch today? Dr. Jack Oct 2020 #50
I was thinking about a Reuben Yeehah Oct 2020 #118
He lies too much for me to believe anything he has to say ever lunasun Oct 2020 #51
My sentiments exactly. Owl Oct 2020 #142
Justice is coming in 2020 n/t rainin Oct 2020 #52
Karma is a bitch. CTyankee Oct 2020 #53
Shouldnt someone with terminal cancer be spending time with his loved ones - assuming he has any nt. Kashkakat v.2.0 Oct 2020 #54
After all the hate, lies, and bigotry he has spread I have a hard time giving a shit if he has ... Botany Oct 2020 #55
Didnt he die last year sometime? Is this someother Rush Limbuagh Kashkakat v.2.0 Oct 2020 #56
In 1989 our work vehicle only had AM radio. I heard him for the first time. "Who is this asshole??" Evolve Dammit Oct 2020 #57
The question is ... zentrum Oct 2020 #58
I still say he's lying about even having cancer. LeftofObama Oct 2020 #59
+1 Owl Oct 2020 #149
I like good news in the morning Auggie Oct 2020 #60
Spreading hate to the very end. jalan48 Oct 2020 #62
It is what it is. nancy1942 Oct 2020 #63
"Thoughts and prayers." George II Oct 2020 #64
This message was self-deleted by its author Turbineguy Oct 2020 #65
Anything that gets his poison off the air.... Tiger8 Oct 2020 #67
No fucks VA_Jill Oct 2020 #68
Quotes for which Rush should be remembered... JaneQPublic Oct 2020 #69
Meh modrepub Oct 2020 #80
He created the name "feminazis". TxVietVet Oct 2020 #131
Sadly, today many of them can legitimately be called just "Nazi." (nt) JaneQPublic Oct 2020 #139
I don't wish people harm, but after the harm he has caused countless others... Pacifist Patriot Oct 2020 #71
. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2020 #72
I love that graphic-going to steal it packman Oct 2020 #86
As an ex-smoker I sympathize with Rush. KWR65 Oct 2020 #73
I'll bet he hopes to survive long enough to see the election outcome. I hope so too. Towlie Oct 2020 #74
The evil that men do lives after them Miguelito Loveless Oct 2020 #75
point me to his grave... Javaman Oct 2020 #76
The most charitable thing I can say about that ass hat: 634-5789 Oct 2020 #78
He will have a deathbed "epiphany"... MicaelS Oct 2020 #79
How are those "nicotine stained fingers working for you now,Rushie? AKing Oct 2020 #81
Oh poor Limbaugh LittleGirl Oct 2020 #83
I'm sure the Femi-nazis you regale give a flying fuck Submariner Oct 2020 #84
Not terminal enough noneof_theabove Oct 2020 #85
My FUCK bag is totally empty.................................. secondwind Oct 2020 #88
I will not wish him ill Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #89
I don't really care....do you? /nt sdfernando Oct 2020 #90
I'll let this Obama meme speak for me Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2020 #91
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Oct 2020 #92
Years of Spewing demonic hate does have consequences... nt List left Oct 2020 #93
Cancer, if you're listening, please proceed! ResistantAmerican17 Oct 2020 #94
I hope he comes to some peace janterry Oct 2020 #96
Get yer tap shoes! Rent yer tap shoes right here! n/t dobleremolque Oct 2020 #97
I won't mourn him. connecticut yankee Oct 2020 #98
People of the world will make pilgramages just so they can have the opportunity to randr Oct 2020 #99
Who Cares J3AC4 Oct 2020 #102
Karma for all of the despicable things he has said about liberals over the years. nt iluvtennis Oct 2020 #103
_ LudwigPastorius Oct 2020 #104
One more grave to piss on Ricky-by-the-lake Oct 2020 #105
one word. yuiyoshida Oct 2020 #107
There is a god. 😏😉 Duppers Oct 2020 #108
Trump has set the example... 'Gee, that's too bad': President Trump responds to Mitt Romney's self- keithbvadu2 Oct 2020 #110
He's just like Trump extvbroadcaster Oct 2020 #111
Rushbo mocks Michael J Fox keithbvadu2 Oct 2020 #112
I'll know it's for real when he... 2naSalit Oct 2020 #115
He has no children SpankMe Oct 2020 #116
Oh dear! Do hope Fox News will be able to hobble along without him! It will be such a loss of Illumination Oct 2020 #117
Birds of a Feather... JeaneRaye Oct 2020 #119
Birds of a Feather... JeaneRaye Oct 2020 #121
So Rush Is Preparing To Make The Final Career Change COL Mustard Oct 2020 #122
LOL. I had not heard that. Tiger8 Oct 2020 #125
Welcome to DU!!! COL Mustard Oct 2020 #133
Thank you Colonel! Tiger8 Oct 2020 #144
He's checking into Club Mud for an all-inclusive staycation. LudwigPastorius Oct 2020 #137
I'm not happy with myself, but "I don't care, Do You" Fla Dem Oct 2020 #123
In Lieu of "Fucks" I'll send him more cigars. movingviolation Oct 2020 #124
Make them cheap cigars, OK? Paladin Oct 2020 #141
Tots and pears. GoneOffShore Oct 2020 #126
Karma will bite you, good riddance IBEWVET Oct 2020 #127
I hope he lives long enough to see Trump defeated in November. NecklyTyler Oct 2020 #130
+1 COL Mustard Oct 2020 #132
So what? Life is terminal. SergeStorms Oct 2020 #134
This message was self-deleted by its author Jim__ Oct 2020 #135
"Talent on loan from God..." Totally Tunsie Oct 2020 #136
Finally....something will shut him the fuck up. kb3ojg Oct 2020 #146
Prove It!!!! maxrandb Oct 2020 #147
He will become a martyr to the .. Maxheader Oct 2020 #148
waiting for him to not say anything...ever again Demonaut Oct 2020 #151
I hope he lives long enough Mz Pip Oct 2020 #152
I am glad he will not be around to directly spread his BS any more and take so much while doing it? Brainfodder Oct 2020 #153
When he's gone they need to chop him into little pieces ironflange Oct 2020 #156
fuck 'im Blue_Tires Oct 2020 #157
Hurry up and die already, Rush. . . . BigDemVoter Oct 2020 #158

catbyte

(34,451 posts)
1. ...
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 10:55 AM
Oct 2020


Perhaps if he hadn't made a career out of being a hateful asshole, more people would have sympathy for him. I remember him mocking AIDS victims with ringing that fucking bell & when he called 12-year-old Chelsea Clinton "a dog." Call me a bad person, but I couldn't care less.

DownriverDem

(6,231 posts)
114. My brother
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 03:03 PM
Oct 2020

had lung cancer that eventually went to his brain. It was attributed to agent orange. Something rush could never relate to.

mdbl

(4,973 posts)
145. Nor will he ever relate do dying with honor
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 05:55 AM
Oct 2020

because rush has none. He got his cancer by smoking while berating those trying to get us to realize the dangers of smoking.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
70. he spent years telling millions smoking doesn't cause cancer. hopefully before he dies he'll
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 12:26 PM
Oct 2020

get plenty of credit for that and the other death and destruction in leading the republican party on issues like global warming (such as 30 yrs of it, working with putin on 'climategate'), iraq (sadam, weapons of mass destruction), environmental deregulation, GWBush, Trump, and most recently, convincing millions that covid is a hoax and an attempt to take down trump - and getting thousands of people sick and killed

yeah, america's really going to miss you, limbaugh.... fuck you

as a matter of fact, this is an excellent time to destroy RW radio - since he's announcing he's done the ad industry has to adjust and there's no one blowhard to replace him with on all those 600 stations. there's no one asshole liar who can dominate messaging now, who the con and kremlin think tanks can trust to get it right and lead and keep the rest in line. the different station owners are going to prefer different blowhards or usee it as an excuse to finally switch programming. they and the ad industry have to adjust and can't get the same ad revenue for those hours now, and this would be the perfect time to force the ad industry to break up the monopoly

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
95. he was instrumental turning a russian hack into 'climategate' which derailed obama at copenhagen
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 01:47 PM
Oct 2020

said out-of-context emails were proof it was a hoax

the russian hack happened around thurs, wikileaks got involved, even jerome corsi and trump got involved, and by monday everything was ready for limbaugh to go and spend the whole week making sure there would be no cooperation from republican senators and probably even some dumbshit conservadems, when obama headed to copenhagen the week after

a couple of years ago a couple of journalists noticed the similarities between that event and the ccllinton /dnc hacking event.

he's another russian tool. putin's dependence on fossil fuels means denial is a moneymaker, like the kochs etc - but moreso

Jack from Charlotte

(2,367 posts)
100. Rushbo is ready to........assume room temperature.......
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 02:08 PM
Oct 2020

That was the ...funny.... expression he used when an America (not republican) was very ill.

So.... soon to become worm food. Pushing up daises.

lastlib

(23,286 posts)
128. Remind me to send a sympathy card to the worms.......
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 04:15 PM
Oct 2020

It was such a dreary day here until now...!

I don't wish cancer on anybody--but if I was gonna wish it on somebody, it'd sure as h?ll be him!

hlthe2b

(102,360 posts)
3. He has railed for years against Liberals and their "smoking causes cancer" campaigns...
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 10:57 AM
Oct 2020

Sometimes we live long enough for such foolishness to come full cycle.

Yeehah

(4,593 posts)
5. "Smoking is cool."
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 10:57 AM
Oct 2020

Limbaugh is evil to the core and it's mind-boggling there are so many gullible people in the USA who listen to him like he's some kind of genius.

groundloop

(11,523 posts)
23. He kind of IS a genius - he excels at taking advantage of gullible people.
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:13 AM
Oct 2020

And (stealing from Mark Twain) while I don't wish death on anyone, his obituary can be written none too soon.

HE is front and center when it comes to what's wrong with this country.

cstanleytech

(26,319 posts)
12. My apologies folks but after all the hateful things he has said and the dissent he has helped spread
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:02 AM
Oct 2020

I cannot say anything nice about him.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
14. What is most interesting...
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:03 AM
Oct 2020

He has had not change of heart, no epiphany and has expressed no regret for spewing toxic rhetoric on a vile right-wing Pravda radio show.

I guess that does not fit into his lifelong pattern and the psychological and physical awareness of his impending demise does not seem to expand beyond himself, which, of course I did not expect. What makes a difference is his that he is in a position to influence many people with a sudden turnabout now, unlike people who die alone in a room with COVID-19, etc. He could do that and shock millions of his listeners, but that won't occur to him, methinks.

Obviously, his self-righteousness and service to his ego will accompany him unto death--the great equalizer.

My only response to his encounter with his mortality would probably fit his framework: Rush, we all have to die and sometimes that's for the greater good, too.

marble falls

(57,208 posts)
77. I just going to have to do the best I can with what I have - a situation we're all in, really ...
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 12:46 PM
Oct 2020

Life is good and no matter what happens I am perfectly good with it. Life is good.

Oddly enough I have a cancer associated with second hand tobacco smoke.

 

Illumination

(2,458 posts)
120. Sad to hear that marble falls. Here in Boulder we have several fires going on. One is very close
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 03:18 PM
Oct 2020

by. Wonder even with a mask the health impact...My best to you & yours...

marble falls

(57,208 posts)
138. Like Roseanne Roseannadanna usta say,"Ya know, Chevy, if it ain't one thing, it's another." ...
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 05:06 PM
Oct 2020

We do the best we can with what we got. I don't like the idea of being that near fire. Please be careful.

 

Illumination

(2,458 posts)
140. Absolutely LOVED Gilda Radner! Her book is "It's Always Something"... That would be a good
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 05:26 PM
Oct 2020

book to read (or audio?). She's been one of my favorites on SNL. Another favorite was Debbie Downer. She always told the truth. No sugar coating. That's why there are some that lie & cannot handle truth. Think you will understand who I'm referencing!...

Butterflylady

(3,547 posts)
19. All he had to do was be a decent human being and not so hateful.
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:09 AM
Oct 2020

It's a shame when people do not understand that they're their own worst enemy.

LuvNewcastle

(16,856 posts)
24. So sorry to hear this!
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:15 AM
Oct 2020

Let's hope Rush dies at peace and isn't haunted by all of the bad karma he has brought on himself. I have so much sympathy for him!

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
26. He spent decades telling millions of people that cigarettes aren't dangerous.
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:18 AM
Oct 2020

Dying of lung cancer is absolute irony.

Response to packman (Original post)

MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
32. I would pay him an appropriate tribute, but...
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:29 AM
Oct 2020

...I already took a dump earlier this morning.

#notmypresident

RESIST

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
33. So much for alternate facts...
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:30 AM
Oct 2020

He’s been terminal since the diagnosis - he’s just waking up to these things we call facts.

usaf-vet

(6,207 posts)
34. This might just be a unique thing a cancer on society being removed by a cancer. To.....
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:30 AM
Oct 2020

... all the evangelicals that support the right-wing agenda, let me remind them......

"IT'S GOD'S WILL!"

getagrip_already

(14,837 posts)
36. Didn't he once say he deserved a medal for smoking in public?
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:31 AM
Oct 2020

No sympathy. No condolence. Just. go. away.

jaxexpat

(6,849 posts)
38. My mom the Methodist always said that if I didn't have anything nice to say about someone....
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:33 AM
Oct 2020

then say nothing at all..........crickets..........more crickets.

Skittles

(153,193 posts)
154. the way I heard it was
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 08:00 PM
Oct 2020

if you don't have anything nice to say about someone, you're probably a lot of fun to talk to

Crowman2009

(2,499 posts)
40. If that's the only way to shut him up finally, then good!
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:34 AM
Oct 2020

The only people I feel bad for are the ones who have been killed or suffered from the GOPer policies and politicians he's been cheerleading for since the early 90's.

extvbroadcaster

(343 posts)
41. I've often wondered
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:40 AM
Oct 2020

if Rush was just in it for the money or if he actually believed the stuff he spouts. I think it is really a toxic mix. He loves the people that follow him like he is a genius, and he loves the cash that allows him to roll though life on a gold carpet. Whatever. The world will be a better place when he is off the air and not corrupting people with his right wing fantasy world.

BigOleDummy

(2,272 posts)
42. Yay!
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:41 AM
Oct 2020

That's all I can say about this news. Guess I'm not as good a person as some in here but YAY! A pestilence on our country, this person cannot suffer enough for me. Sorry, but ..... not really.

shotten99

(622 posts)
48. Didn't he rape and murder a girl in 1990?
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:49 AM
Oct 2020

I'm not saying he did, but some people on the internet were talking about it and he hasn't denied it....

Dr. Jack

(675 posts)
50. So what's everyone having for lunch today?
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:52 AM
Oct 2020

I'm thinking something low carb, maybe a burger minus the bun. Definitely no fries. Not sure about the side yet. Gotta figure that out still but I got an hour.

Botany

(70,582 posts)
55. After all the hate, lies, and bigotry he has spread I have a hard time giving a shit if he has ...
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:55 AM
Oct 2020

... a painful exit. He has ruined 10 of thousands of families with his rancid bile.

Evolve Dammit

(16,763 posts)
57. In 1989 our work vehicle only had AM radio. I heard him for the first time. "Who is this asshole??"
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:57 AM
Oct 2020

over 30 years of brainwashing the gullible, fine-tuning hatred and attacking women, minorities, other political ideologies and governmental institutions is a big reason we are here today. Family members and friends permanently divided.

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
58. The question is ...
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:57 AM
Oct 2020

…can the country ever recover from him even after he's dead?

No doubt Rump will suggest putting his face on Mt. Rushmore.

LeftofObama

(4,243 posts)
59. I still say he's lying about even having cancer.
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:57 AM
Oct 2020

I'll believe it when he "assumes room temperature", as he likes to say.

This is a sympathy ploy, nothing more.

Response to packman (Original post)

 

Tiger8

(432 posts)
67. Anything that gets his poison off the air....
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 12:15 PM
Oct 2020

Rush has encouraged his listeners to troll Liberals...you should be able to light up and blow smoke anywhere you damn well please....Buy a big diesel truck and "roll coal" onto little hybrid cars. Wear fur coats, pollute, be as obnoxious as you want. The more, the better.

Rush fought hard against smoking bans on airplanes, restaurants, etc. He'd site tobacco and fossil fuel industry propaganda that 2nd smoke was harmless, climate change was a hoax. His listeners would call in and start with "Cigar smoking dittos" and "Big SUV dittos" etc.

Rush is a toxic waste dump on humanity.





JaneQPublic

(7,113 posts)
69. Quotes for which Rush should be remembered...
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 12:21 PM
Oct 2020

From CBS:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rush-limbaugh-presidential-medal-of-freedom-state-of-the-union-outrageous-quotes/

========================

"The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it." (Source)

"I think it's time to get rid of this whole National Basketball Association. Call it the TBA, the Thug Basketball Association, and stop calling them teams. Call 'em gangs." (Source)

"Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?" (Source)

On Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb: "I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. There is a little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn't deserve. The defense carried this team." [Limbaugh resigned from ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown pregame show after uproar over these comments.]


"The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies." (Source)

"Everything in Africa's called AIDS. The reason is they get aid money for it. AIDS is the biggest pile of, the biggest pot they throw money into." (Source)

Responding to a caller who said black people should have a greater voice on issues: "They are 12 percent of the population. Who the hell cares?" (Source)

On Barack Obama, during the 2008 election: "A veritable rookie whose only chance of winning is that he's black."

"If any race of people should not have guilt about slavery, it's Caucasians. The white race has probably had fewer slaves and for a briefer period of time than any other in the history of the world ... And yet white guilt is still one of the dominating factors in American politics. It's exploited, it's played upon, it is promoted, used, and it's unnecessary." (Source)

"Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women access to the mainstream of society." (Source)

"Women should not be allowed on juries where the accused is a stud." (Source)

"Women still live longer than men because their lives are easier." (Source)

I'm a huge supporter of women. What I'm not is a supporter of liberalism. Feminism is what I oppose, and feminism has led women astray. I love women. I don't know where all this got started. I love the women's movement, especially when walking behind it." (Source)

"When a gay person turns his back on you, it is anything but an insult; it's an invitation." (Source)

On Beyoncé: "She's married to a rich guy ... She now understands it's worth it to bow down." (Source)

On Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown law student who testified before Congress about the importance of health insurance covering birth control: "What does it say about the college co-ed Susan Fluke who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex — what does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute." (Source)

On Hurricane Irma: "You can accomplish a lot just by creating fear and panic. You don't need a hurricane to hit anywhere. All you need is to create the fear and panic accompanied by talk that climate change is causing hurricanes to become more frequent and bigger and more dangerous, and you create the panic, and it's mission accomplished, agenda advanced." [Limbaugh later evacuated his Florida home because of the hurricane.]

On the Central American migrant caravan heading toward the U.S. in 2018: "The objective is to dilute and eventually eliminate or erase what is known as the distinct or unique American culture ... This is why people call this an invasion."

On LGBT politicians getting elected: "I guarantee there'd be some people in the Republican establishment who will now think, 'Yeah, we need to do this. We need to provide a home, we need to provide a comforting atmosphere for the tranny community and the gay community.' But those people are voting Democrat anyway."

On the dangers of secondhand smoking, and smoking in general: "That is a myth. That has been disproven at the World Health Organization and the report was suppressed. There is no fatality whatsoever. There's no even major sickness component associated with secondhand smoke. It may irritate you, and you may not like it, but it will not make you sick, and it will not kill you...Firsthand smoke takes 50 years to kill people, if it does. Not everybody that smokes gets cancer. Now, it's true that everybody who smokes dies, but so does everyone who eats carrots ... I would like a medal for smoking cigars, is what I'm saying."

modrepub

(3,503 posts)
80. Meh
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 12:54 PM
Oct 2020

I had many long drives in rural PA back and forth to school in the 80s and early 90s before satellite radio and AM was often my only option. On came that bombastic know it all voice self congratulating himself on how many radio stations he was now on. This was the time when he'd go after anyone his ditto-heads made him aware of that had disparaged his syndicated show between commercials or after the local DJ took back the station. Out of my radio came the name of a person, who he'd identified as "hostile" to him and his listeners, that shared my last name. Mine isn't a common last name except on some lonely island out in the far Pacific. I shook my head because there was a good chance this person was a distance family relation and here was this blow hole actively asking this person be fired for for having the gall to disagreeing with him. I don't know if they actually were family relations or if they got fired but I heard of others who lost their jobs for speaking out against this loon.

May he be buried in a lonely field of grass up on a hill with a tall obelisk marking his passing. And may his grave be frequented by many people who are walking their dogs in this lovely setting. And may those dogs of good taste urinate on his marker for eternity.

TxVietVet

(1,905 posts)
131. He created the name "feminazis".
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 04:30 PM
Oct 2020

A blogger I once knew started calling rethugs CONSERVANAZIS.
Got rethugs pissed. So, when a rethug insulted me, I called them a conservanazi. Still do today.

I hope the rude conservanazi is buried in a nice cemetery, way in the back, so folks can walk up and piss on it.

Pacifist Patriot

(24,654 posts)
71. I don't wish people harm, but after the harm he has caused countless others...
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 12:30 PM
Oct 2020

I'm certainly not going to grieve him either.

MicaelS

(8,747 posts)
79. He will have a deathbed "epiphany"...
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 12:53 PM
Oct 2020

Beg forgiveness, and weep bitter tears for his lot in life.


You just watch.

LittleGirl

(8,291 posts)
83. Oh poor Limbaugh
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 01:17 PM
Oct 2020

That M.f will burn in hell. Two of my 4 siblings have listened to that mf for decades and made them hate my other two siblings besides me. I don’t really care, do you? F him

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
89. I will not wish him ill
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 01:28 PM
Oct 2020

as cancer is a terrible disease. But, I find it hard to work up any empathy for him.

Response to packman (Original post)

randr

(12,414 posts)
99. People of the world will make pilgramages just so they can have the opportunity to
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 01:59 PM
Oct 2020

piss on his grave.

Duppers

(28,127 posts)
108. There is a god. 😏😉
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 02:45 PM
Oct 2020

I hope he suffers as much as the harm he has caused ppl & the planet.

He is an evil human.

keithbvadu2

(36,906 posts)
110. Trump has set the example... 'Gee, that's too bad': President Trump responds to Mitt Romney's self-
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 02:49 PM
Oct 2020

Trump has set the example...

'Gee, that's too bad': President Trump responds to Mitt Romney's self-quarantine

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=trump+response+to+mitt+romney+too+bad

extvbroadcaster

(343 posts)
111. He's just like Trump
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 02:57 PM
Oct 2020

For those foolish enough to believe that Rush and Trump are remotely normal, think about what has happened. Rush has cancer and Trump was hauled off with COVID. Now a normal human would be asking themselves the big questions. Life, death, what legacy they will leave. What is important. These two? Nope. They are still the huge assholes they always were.

SpankMe

(2,966 posts)
116. He has no children
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 03:07 PM
Oct 2020

So, I won't withhold expressing my satisfaction at his passing.

I didn't want Trump to die of Covid, because he has a teenage son. And, no teenager should see a parent die, even if that parent is a miserable Nazi.

May Rush's departure contribute to a slowing of the decay of American society.

 

Illumination

(2,458 posts)
117. Oh dear! Do hope Fox News will be able to hobble along without him! It will be such a loss of
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 03:09 PM
Oct 2020

genius, credibility & so much more when his voice is silenced forever!...:

COL Mustard

(5,923 posts)
122. So Rush Is Preparing To Make The Final Career Change
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 03:28 PM
Oct 2020

I understand he's going into Real Estate soon.

What a pity.

Fla Dem

(23,743 posts)
123. I'm not happy with myself, but "I don't care, Do You"
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 03:48 PM
Oct 2020

Frankly the world will be a better place without him.

The Gates of Hell Await Him!!!!

movingviolation

(310 posts)
124. In Lieu of "Fucks" I'll send him more cigars.
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 04:00 PM
Oct 2020

Cigars and cigarettes are so nasty, and I'm a former smoker of cigarettes and the occasional cigar. I'm so thankful that I beat that nasty unhealthful habit. The fact that he parrots industry propaganda as truth, about smoking and climate change, has done such incredible damage and needless death.

The whole conservative movement is toxic regression wrapped in a Trump death cult. Anti-reason and anti-science, all against anything that upsets their gravy train. If they paid attention back in science class, they might know that
for every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction. Simple physics.

Some see Karma as an echo like boomerang, as you reap what you sow.

Get your affairs in order Rush!

Paladin

(28,272 posts)
141. Make them cheap cigars, OK?
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 05:36 PM
Oct 2020

Just one more thing Limbaugh fucked up: He made cigar smoking the equivalent of hard right-wing beliefs. I'm a life-long liberal, and I started having an occasional stogie when I was in middle school---12 or 13 years old. I still have a smoke every once in a while, and I think of that fuckhead Limbaugh every time. Evil bastard.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
134. So what? Life is terminal.
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 04:42 PM
Oct 2020
I hope he doesn't expect us to feel sorry for him. How many deaths has his big stupid mouth caused?

Response to packman (Original post)

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
136. "Talent on loan from God..."
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 04:46 PM
Oct 2020

Guess the Big Guy in the Sky is calling in his chips, Rushie Boy.

'bout time!

I wonder if he'll be able to reach out from his earthie place to pull the tRumpster down in there with him. They deserve each other for eternity.

 

kb3ojg

(15 posts)
146. Finally....something will shut him the fuck up.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:43 PM
Oct 2020

NOT going to pretend to have any "sympathy" for that shit-bag.

Lest we forget: this was the (morbidly obese, cigar-chomping) mouthpiece of the "Right", for the past 30 years or more.

He is - fundamentally - responsible for the Trump/Palin/McConnell shitshow which the "Grand" Old Party have become.

Lest we *also* forget, the worthless fuck also spent decades wallowing in what can only be rationally described as a "smoking fetish", and vehemently denying the connection between said fetish and (heh heh) lung cancer:

https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/rushs-judgment-6019

https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/rushs-judgment-6019

Dont even *try* to pretend to have any "sympathy for that worthless piece of subhuman shit.

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
153. I am glad he will not be around to directly spread his BS any more and take so much while doing it?
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 07:07 PM
Oct 2020

An obnoxious middle finger to the nation was his Medal of Freedom award IMHO and you can't convince me otherwise?

He got sponsored by morans and those that exploit them?

That bad on the inside, no wonder cancer?

Goodbye, sadly I prefered the other RUSH, wrecked reunion chance early this year, RIP Neil Peart, you sir, not forgotten!





ironflange

(7,781 posts)
156. When he's gone they need to chop him into little pieces
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 10:29 PM
Oct 2020

And scatter them as widely apart as possible so as to prevent any chance of accidental reassembly.

BigDemVoter

(4,157 posts)
158. Hurry up and die already, Rush. . . .
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 03:45 PM
Oct 2020

We know he's going to die. . . He's terminal. He has lung cancer. . . . Wishing a speedy death isn't such a bad thing. . . . And the benefit? No more having to listen to his goddamned voice (except what's recorded) EVER again.

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