Here's a good one about limbaugh. Recently some pictures of John Kerry's daughter braless in a dress that under all lof the photog flash buibs turned see through at the Cannes Film fest. Limbaugh talked about it on his show and referenced the AP report on it. He started going all balastic about the fact that they mention "her dad was a vietnam vetern." He seazed upon this as proof that the liberal media is out stumping for Kerry by mentioning his military history in a story about his daughter's boobs allidently getting flashed while she was premiring a short film. If he had only head the 4 sentenced around that statement about vietnam. It said that the film she directed is about a family that gets destroyed when the father is setn to Vietname. Than it says that even though her father was is vietnam she insists that her characters are fictional and noit autobiographical.
Seems he was just pointing out how the media, like Senator Kerry, reminds people at every chance that he served in Vietnam.
Yeah, they hate Democrats who actually did that. After years of being able to call Clinton a draft dodger, and since they're not able to heap the same praise on G.W.Bush (and since Rush himself is a draft dodger), they resent the fact that Kerry's supporters can say it proudly. They'd have no problem with it if they were saying it about a Republican.
I agree with Al Franken - Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot!
I find it funny that his name rhymes with flush. That explains where he finds his material.
Didn't Rush lose a lot of weight? Would that now make him a "medium size idiot"?
With a much larger audience than Franken. Yup, ol Rush is laughing all the way to the bank.
I've heard some sorry excuses, but Bill O'Reilly takes the cake for his defense of Limbaugh's latest skirmish with the law (caught with a bottle of Viagra made out with a prescription to someone else). He claims that everyone is out to get poor Limbaugh because he's a conservative. As if everyone forgot that Rush illegally decieved multiple doctors to get overlapping painkiller prescriptions. The only bias shown towards Limbaugh was the leniancy shown to him by prosecuters in the earliewr case. MSNBC's Countdown pointed out that one pill was missing. I get sick to my stomach thinking about how it was used.
I'm in full agreement with you.
I believe Rush said that the prescription was to his own doctor, which is a legal action to do in Florida. Was he foolish, considering his history with pills? Yes. But I doubt this is an uncommon thing and the only reason it was picked up is because Limbaugh is a famous person (not because he is conservative).
P.R. - "MSNBC's Countdown pointed out that one pill was missing. I get sick to my stomach thinking about how it was used."
How does this line up with your assertion (in another discussion) that you don't care who consenting adults lie with?
Just because she doesn't want to hear about or picture in her head who Rush was “lying with” doesn’t mean that that she would want to enact laws to criminalize it or say that he’s going to hell for doing it.
Boy what a day: First I back Mike B up on the “Passion on Sci-fi board” and now backing up Rona on this one.
Talk about being all over the political spectrum
Well, Brian, that's the difference between 'corn-sisten-cy' and hypocrisy.
Limbaugh is now accusing Michael J. Fox of either faking or exaggerating his symptoms of Parkinson's disease, or of not taking his medication, in a spot for Missouri Democratic Senate candidate Claire McCaskill. More here.
My ex-wife's father (who I still refer to as my father-in-law) died in September, 2004, after a decade-long battle with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. He couldn't remember my last name, and his hand constantly shook. I admit that I didn't see him the last three and a half years of his life, due to my marriage going south, so I don't know how bad he had gotten. I don't say this phrase on these boards, and I know I'll be red-dotted out, but "•••• You, Mr. Limbaugh, for even thinking that, much less bellowing it on a nationally syndicated radio show." I guess I must expect him to sink ever lower in his quest to humiliate anyone who supports anything that he doesn't agree with. Some people have absolutely no shame whatsoever. That includes Limbaugh and his legion of "dittoheads." But, as much as I think he's an asinine one-dimensional blowhard, I wouldn't wish even him to suffer with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.
Well said, Adam. I saw it as well and was disgusted by Limbaugh's assertions.
I'm not in favor of stem cell research due to morality issues, but accusing someone of exaggerating symtoms or not taking medication isn't wise either. Especially for someone who's had some of his own issues with medication.
I can't believe there are people who still listen to this hypocrite, in light of his two-faced do-as-I-say-don't-do-as-I-do positions on war, welfare, and illegal drugs.
Limbaugh explains his rationale here:
"All I'm saying is I've never seen him the way he appears in this commercial for Claire McCaskill."
Right. As if every development in Fox's condition, which takes place in his private life, should be immediately known and updated for Limbaugh. So when it is eventually publicized, and is new to Limbaugh, naturally he accuses the guy of faking it.
Now Limbaugh has offered a provisional "apology" saying:
"So I will bigly, hugely admit that I was wrong, and I will apologize to Michael J. Fox, if I am wrong in characterizing his behavior on this commercial as an act, especially since people are telling me they have seen him this way on other interviews and in other television appearances."
Some apology. He could've made this accusation only after he confirmed with other people that Fox indeed suffers from these tremors, but no, that would've been the responsible thing to do for a public commentator, and we can't have that, can we? And notices how he "will" apologize (not that he is apologizing), and only "IF" he is wrong.
I'm with Adam. What a worthless jerk.
Video of Limbaugh's rant here.
Fox reacts here.
Luigi, how dare you fill this thread with links to Limbaugh's cigar smoking head! This thread is dedicated to... oh wait...
Is "bigly" a word? Is that even the proper usage of it? And how do you hugely admit that you were wrong? You're really, really sorry? I mean, in the sense of "That was big of you," this really doesn't cut the mustard because he's not being "big," he's backpedalling after getting called for an idiotic statement, right? And also, if you want to go after Michael J. Fox, you don't bring up the Parkinson's, you bring up Teen Wolf and Doc Hollywood.
While calling Limbaugh an idiot is like calling water wet, it seems to me that there is some validity to the question, if not necessarily to Rush's presentation thereof.
In his memoir Lucky Man, Fox has acknowledged that while appearing before the Senate Appropriations Subcommitee in September, 1999 regarding funding for Parkinson's Disease, he went off of his meds because, "It seemed to me that this occasion demanded that my testimony about the effects of the disease, and the urgency we as a community were feeling, be seen as well as heard." (Emphasis in original text)
While describing the symptoms he was experiencing at the time, he says that "I looked as though an invisible bully were harassing me while I read my statement." I find that a very adequate description of his condition as displayed in the commercial in question. Especially when compared to his condition as displayed on the video Luigi linked to (if you are having problems with that one like I was, cbsnew.com has a story about it with the video on their website here). In the political ad, he was bouncing around wildly, seemingly unable to hold still for even the shortest of times. At the press conference/campaign event in the video, however, his movements seem well under control, and he is able to sit still and listen without bouncing around like a boxer in the ring. Aside from his speech patterns, he was showing none of the symptoms he displayed in the ad.
The quote used in the video, "I'm kind of lucky right now. It's ironic, given some of the things that have been said in the last couple days, that my pills are working really well," is, at best a quip, or at worst, an evasion. The question isn't whether or not his meds are working now; the question is whether or not he was on his meds at the time the ad was taped. Given his previous use of this tactic, as well as the striking differences in his condition between the ad and the campaign event, it is not an inappropriate question to ask.
BTW: If he actually responded to the charge, that should have the quote. Otherwise, the CBS News headline is inaccurate. Sloppy reporting either way.
Quote:"All I'm saying is I've never seen him the way he appears in this commercial for Claire McCaskill."
Right. As if every development in Fox's condition, which takes place in his private life, should be immediately known and updated for Limbaugh. So when it is eventually publicized, and is new to Limbaugh, naturally he accuses the guy of faking it.
Quote:And notices how he "will" apologize (not that he is apologizing), and only "IF" he is wrong.
IMO, a true apology should not have a bunch of caveats attached to it. He should say what he is sorry for and nothing more, but don't say "I'm sorry for X, if...."
a: His comments refer to Fox's appearances less than a month before on the show Boston Legal, where Fox's condition is much less apparent than in the ad.
Luigi Novi: It is possible, as Dustin pointed out, that he was not on his meds during the commercial. Then again, it's possible that his tremors worsened. In any case, Limbaugh didn't merely accuse Fox of these things, but of faking, as when he refers to it as "an act".
a: Well, of course he should only apologize if wrong. Someone not wrong should never apologize. Prove him wrong, well, there's your apology.
Luigi Novi: The burden of proof is Limbaugh, not me, to prove that it is indeed an act. You don't make an accusation like that unless you have somehow substantiated it.
a: Or do you just hate him for not having the same politics as you, and no matter what he does, he's just an idiot and a blow hard and lets go orgasm over John Stewart or Bill Mahr.
Luigi Novi: Accusations of political bias have been made against me for years on this site from both sides of the political aisle. Just as liberals like Brian Webber excoriated me with all manner of vitriol for expressing skepticism of Michael Moore's films or when R attacked me for arguing that economic freedom is superior to government controlled-economies, so too did conservatives like Peter Cuthbertson accuse me of "not having a soul" for expressing liberal opinions of morality and religion, and Adam and MikeB accused me of "bias" for thinking that Reagan's conduct in the Iran-Contra scandal was a more serious transgression than Clinton's lie about his extramarital affair. In all of those cases, I more or less debunked these accusations by basing my positions on facts that I presented, by not holding any sacred political cows, and by acknowledging the provisional nature of knowledge. By contrast, none of these opponents were able to offer similarly-rigorous refutations.
As I told MikeD, even if you're right about Limbaugh and I'm wrong, bias is not proven by virtue of someone's position on one issue, and my history has shown that I do not play favorites when forming political conclusions. You want to show bias, then you have to illustrate a pattern of behavior. My history hardly shows a blind allegiance to either side of the aisle. I'll criticize Al Franken, the Clintons, and Ray Nagin just as quickly as Sean Hannity or Ann Coulter, and I'll give kudos to George W. Bush, David Horowitz or Dinesh D'Souza, just as I would to Alan Colmes or Al Gore. I've stated that I could envision voting for John McCain or Rudolph Giuliani, and I have pointed out times that I've both disagreed and agreed with people like John Stossel or Vincent Bugliosi. For an example of this, check out the Clinton board. I told Adam and MikeD why I didn't buy their arguments about Clinton and Reagan, and explained to them why their accusations of bias didn't hold up, but later on the same board, I disagreed with Rona for trying to give Clinton a free pass for his infidelity. On that same board, I advocated some of the findings of liberal Eric Alterman (author of What Liberal Media?), while later expressing skepticism for an accusation he leveled at Ann Coulter. Or check out the Ted Kennedy board, where I disagree with Rona's praise of Ted Kennedy, and opine that he should not be in office, in light of his actions with Mary Jo Kopechne. Does this sound like an idealogue to you?
As for Bill Maher, I watched PI, and read a couple of his books, and while I liked and agreed with some of his arguments, I have found much else of what he says to be just plain stupid. So your crude histrionics about my supposed regard for people like him is a complete invention of yours.
Limbaugh's hypocrisy and overall lack of decency, on the other hand, is evident in his history as well.
I agree with Dustin--there is possibly some validity here, but it was expressed extremely crassly.
Out of curiosity, Luigi, when was the last time you gave kudos to George W. Bush? Or Alan Colmes?
I don't remember for certain if I posted it here or not (maybe I did, or maybe it was on Peter David's blog), but I remember when George W. stated that atheists and agnostics were Americans just like everyone else, and I was pleasantly surprised, since his father once stated that nonbelievers should not be considered patriots or citizens. When you consider that W. has been more openly religious than his father, and more openly influenced by his religion in his job, I was gratified at the statement.
As for Colmes, I don't think I've ever stated anything about him on this site, but I enjoyed what I read when flipping through his book Red, White and Liberal, and used him just as an example.
You do realize, Luigi, that the way your post reads, it sounds like you have praised those two specific individual here on Nitcentral, where "a" could read the posts him/herself to verify it? Just saying, bro.
As I said, I was using them as examples, and clarified it as such. The point was about how I tend to form my conclusions and react to such things in general. Whether's it's on this site or another one shouldn't really matter, I think. In any event, I pointed a to a number of examples that are on this site. By contrast, a hasn't really illustrated his assertion about bias on my part, any more than Adam or MikeD did some time ago on the Clinton board.
Not arguing otherwise. I'm just saying that one could come away with the impression that the examples of praise for Pres. W and Colmes could be found here. S'all.
I don't think you have a bias, I was just curious to see in what context you were praising two gentlemen that you usually seem to dislike.
When did I ever give the impression that I disliked Colmes?
Hey, I like Rush Limbaugh.
He's a fine example of how a conservative should not act and how arrogance isn't a virtue. 
You called Colmes a "milquetoast lightweight" who doesn't challenge Sean Hannity at all on the Election 2004 board. Maybe not dislike, but certainly a lack fo respect.
Oh yeah. I had forgotten about that. That was a criticism of his refusal to disagree more strongly with Colmes, rather than a criticism of his conclusions or the way he presents them.
"disagre more strongly with Hannity?"
Lots of liberals feel that way about Colmes. He's a polite, middle-of-the-road guy who doesn't like to challenge people. He's up aginst a hard-charging, right-wing guy who challenges anyone who disagres with him. Not exactly a fair fight.
According to Al Franken's book, Lies, and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, he challenged Colmes at a function once as to why he didn't challenge Hannity more forcefully, and Colmes said he didn't do that. Franken also disclosed that Hannity had approval of (or outright picked) Colmes for the program, which may explain this. Even if it doesn't, it is a clear conflict of interest on Hannity's part, since he was free to pick someone who was not his match.
I think Colmes comes off, however, as more of the "nice guy" and the sane one. I mean, since liberals aren't watching FOX anyway, at the very least it can make some conservatives go, "Well, I see Alan's point at least." A more hard-core liberal like Franken or whomever would just seem like a straw man.
This cartoon, which references Limbaugh's shameless accusation that Michael J. Fox was acting in his television back in November, was funny. Sorry for the belated nature of this, but for some reason, they delivered a free copy of The Week to my house, but it was the 11.10.06. issue.
Luigi, if you're still here, please explain to me why several major news networks took the video of Limbaugh "mocking" Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's disease, looped it, sped it up, redubbed the audio, and passed it off as the genuine article. The new tape was several seconds longer and made it appear as if Limbaugh was mimicking Fox out of cruelty.
Please document your source for this.
I don't know that any such thing has occurred, David, and even if I did, it is not my responsibility to explain it, since I'm not a spokesman for whoever allegedly did this. I'm just the moderator of these boards.
Luigi, I asked you specifically because you frequently take a stance against Limbaugh, specifically on this issue, and you were the one who posted on this issue most recently. While I realize that you are not a spokesman for the media, you do represent those people who interpret Limbaugh's words and actions as hateful. I don't have time right now to locate and post a source, but I will do so shortly.
So......because I posted a link to a cartoon poking fun at the Limbaugh flap six months ago means I should explain an allegation you have made about the allegedly manipulation of the video, even though I haven't heard this allegation in the media, and even though you haven't presented your documentation of it?
Ooooookay.
Here's my response.
1. My primary familiarity with Limbaugh's accusation of Fox, IIRC, was through what he said. Not video of it, which I only saw later.
2. Limbaugh's assertion was unsubstantiated, and I do not put much stock in assertions like the one he made about Michael J. Fox when evidence or reasoning is not provided that establishes it to be valid. And because of the nature of this particular assertion, which was made about a man supposedly exaggerating the effects of a cruel, debilitating illness he is suffering from, it came across as particularly callous. If you want to interpret that as me "taking a stance against Limbaugh", or "intepreting his words and actions as hateful", so be it. That sounds like a reasonable description to me.
3. I cannot explain the notion of "several major news newtworks" taking the video and manipulating because it has not been established to me that any such thing occurred. Indeed, how/why would such manipulation have been perpetrated by several networks, instead of just one? Is there any one single network that doesn't have all the technology they need to do this? Is there some reason they need the others to help them?
That's my explanation.
I asked you because you brought up the Fox incident several months after it was over and done with by posting the cartoon. I see now that the discussion here revolved more around Rush and Fox than any video, and apologize for bringing it up out of the blue. Now, let me respond to your response.
Response to 1. Were you listening to Limbaugh on the day that he said it, or to the hours upon hours of explanation he provided afterward?
Response to 2. Limbaugh's assertion was substantiated; Michael J. Fox admitted that his condition in that commercial was caused by a medication overdose. Granted, it wasn't specifically what Limbaugh said, but Fox admitted that he didn't tape the commercial on his typical dose of medication. To be honest, I don't think Limbaugh did anything wrong when he made his assertion. I feel sorry for Fox and anyone else who has to endure Parkinsons' disease, but that doesn't change the fact that he chose to endorse Claire McCaskill. In the process, he demonized Jim Talent by stating that he was against stem cell research, which was not true. In fact, the bill that Fox was supporting was about cloning, and had nothing to do with stem cells! I don't think Fox was deliberately lying, or that he even knew that he was making incorrect statements. When this all started, Limbaugh's primary assertion was not that Fox was off his meds, but that he and his ailment were being used by McCaskill to garner sympathy votes.
Response to 3. I didn't say that a bunch of networks got together and did this, just that it happened in multiple places. I haven't forgotten my promise to provide a source and, now that I have some free time, I will do so. Limbaugh states on his website that one of the shows which used the looped video was Katie Couric's CBS Evening News. I will post more info shortly.
As promised, here are two links.
Newsbusters: Joe Scarborough admitted on his show that the two-second tape was looped for 5-10 seconds, and that "we weren't alone" in doing so.
http://newsbusters.org/node/9027
RushLimbaugh.com: While talking about Katie Couric's interview with Michael J. Fox, Rush states that the looped video was used on the CBS Evening News.
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/eibessential3/mjf0/stem_cell_controversy.guest.html
I posted the cartoon because I found it funny. It did not occur to me that the matter was "done with", since I figure a past matter can be brought up if someone has a reason to. As to your questions:
1. I was not listening to Limbaugh on the day he said it. I have, however, heard his after-the-fact "explanations", and find them unimpressive.
2. First of all, Limbaugh didn't say that Fox's condition was caused by a overdose. He said that Fox was "exaggerating" the effects of the disease, a wording that implies a deliberate act on Fox's part. But Fox's explanation of the incident hardly sounds as if his behavior was deliberate. If people like Limbaugh actually cared about things like facts or provisionalism, they'd confirm their theories, or at least try to, before making these assertions. Did Limbaugh attempt to do this? Of course not. He makes wildly accusatoriy and slanderous claims on the fly, without thinking them through first, not caring if it makes sense or has any evidentiary basis, and ends up looking like a churl as a result. That's no one's fault but his own. None of this has anything to do with Fox's position with respect to McCaskill or Talent or stem cell research. If Limbaugh wanted to disagree with Fox's position on those things, then he should've confined himself to those topics. Whether it was his "primary" assertion is irrelevant. It was the assertion for which he was criticized, and rightfully so. Fox's position on related topics doesn't change this.
3. Well, you didn't say that "it happened in multiple places". You said:
Luigi, if you're still here, please explain to me why several major news networks took the video of Limbaugh "mocking" Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's disease, looped it, sped it up, redubbed the audio, and passed it off as the genuine article.
Sorry if I misunderstood you.
As far as an "explanation", again, why is it my responsibility to do this? You have those two links. Shouldn't those who did the manipulation be the ones to explain themselves? Don't they do so at those webpages?
Thanks for posting those, btw. 
1. I was not listening to Limbaugh on the day he said it. I have, however, heard his after-the-fact "explanations", and find them unimpressive.
Here is a link to the transcript of what Rush initially said: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/eibessential3/mjf0/mjf/democrats_exploit.guest.html This is the first time I've read it since he actually said it, but I see now that he repeatedly states that he was only presenting his analysis, and that he was sorry if it was incorrect.
As far as an "explanation", again, why is it my responsibility to do this?
That was my mistake. At the time I thought that the video looping was common knowledge and Limbaugh was just getting a bad shake here. I apologize.
David: Here is a link to the transcript of what Rush initially said...
Luigi Novi: I had already heard what he said when the flap first occurred. I'm unimpressed, for the reasons I stated above.
Rush is being mentioned as the de-facto head of the Republican party. If you saw him speak at what I think was called the "Conservative Political Action Conference" the weekend of Feb. 28-March 1, 2009, the amount of weight he has gained is enormous. It appears that he is the Republican party. 
I think it's amazing that this guy can earn over $20 million a year for blathering essentially the same nonsense day in and day out for four or five hours a day. (Recession? No recession there.) I am definitely in the wrong line of work.
The amount of power that he wields has become obvious after this latest flap over saying that he wants President Obama to fail in fixing our economy. Congressman Phil Gingrey and Republican Party Chairman Micheal Steele both made some logical and critical comments about Limbaugh's position on that issue and within a few days both had to go on his show and beg him for forgiveness.
Limbaugh stated this past week that due to the new New York State budget, which raises income taxes on the wealthy, he will leave New York. Funny, I thought he left New York for Florida long ago.
Jon Stewart said "it's about time."
Rush is now claiming that the FDA's recent warning that cold & flu treatment ZICAM can cause loss of sense of smell (something that the company paid $12 million to settle a lawsuit about previously) is some kind of Obama lead plot against the company because they advertise on his show.
He blames Obama for Michael Jackson's death.
Technically he didn't say that it was Obama's fault, per se, that Jackson died. He just tried to say that Jackson flurished under Reagen, languished under Clinton & Bush and died under Obama. Of course Jackson's success in the 80s didn't have anything to do with who was in the White House; it was because of great songs, cutting edge music videos and lots of showmanship. His troubles in the 90s and 2000s didn't have anything to do with who was in the White House either, it was because of his bizarre scandals involving little boys. His death looks like it might have been caused by drug addiction.
I do love how even Rush (Bush's biggest cheerleader for 8 years) is now just lumping Bush in with Clinton in the "people who we don't like" blow-off while trying to wax nostalgia about his fictionalized version of the Reagen years.
Well of course he didn't explicitly say it, Brian. The dumbest ideas usually expressed by people are done implicitly, precisely because saying them explicitly underlies how stupid such ideas are.
America needs another Rosa Parks to put an end to this nonsense.
America has come a long way in 50 years, we don't need to revert back to segregated busing.
The beating was an isolated incident.
What needs to be done is an undercover cop on every bus...like the planes have a sky marshal.
Limbaugh was hospitalized last week (in Hawaii - very nice) with chest pains, but was scheduled to return to the airwaves today. No heart problems were diagnosed. More here.
Adam, didn't you mean to say, "No rotting black husk problems were diagnosed"?
Harsh, Luigi
Funny as all get-out, but harsh
At the condo complex where I used to live, a neighbor (who was an SOB on the board) had heart surgery. My response was, "What, are they putting one in?"
Similar sentiment.
George W. Bush refutes Limbaugh!
Just when you thought Limbaugh couldn't sink any lower, he is now politicizing the Haiti catastrophe, saying Obama would use it to improve his standing with the black community, saying, "It's made-to-order for 'em,"...That's why he couldn't wait to get out there. Could not wait to get out there."
The Daily Show also reported that Limbaugh said on his radio show that the White House set up a Red Cross link in order to funnel relief donations to Obama, even though the link leads directly to the Red Cross' own site.
Even George W. Bush said he didn't what Limbaugh was talking about.
Re: Rush's latest "Foot In Mouth" incident
Apparently, Rush has had to verbally backtrack from a statement he made on air, that "If Obama ever introduced "Socalised" healthcare in the U.S, than he would leave the country...".
The real "Foot In Mouth" moment however, came in when he apparently mentioned Costa Rica as a possible destination, if said event ever happened...
Unfortunately, for Mr.Limburgh, as some people later pointed out, Costa Rica has a public/private healthcare system similar to that of some "socialist, liberal" countries in Europe...
Well, he'll have to stay out of Canada and Britain thanks to their healthcare systems. SO is he going to research a country's healthcare system to look for some place to live, instead of more important factors? What a lame meathead.
Re: Rush's last gaffe...
Apparently, some people have now set up a website, in order to raise enough funds, via PayPal donations, to buy Rush a non refundable 1-way air ticket to Costa Rica, with the intention He'll use it...
Rush Limbaugh got married on June 5, 2010. For the fourth time, no less. Here's some humorous takes on that one. My sympathies are with Kathryn Rogers, his new wife.
Yeah, and they followed all the traditions: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something oxycontin...
Rush Limbaugh says that the character "Bane" in The Dark Knight Rises is a reference to Mitt Romney's company, Bain Capital. This guy is just too stupid for words. Does this moron not realize that that character is adapted from another medium, in which the character appeared in 1993? Or that Chuck Dixon, who created the character in 1993, is actually a conservative writer? Unbelievable. This guy is just too stupid to breathe.
Yeah. He should get HIS back broken just like the Bat did!
Check out that picture on the bottom of the page Luigi linked to. It's great. Now, if somebody could do that to Limbaugh. For real...
Limbaugh obviously took his ztupid pills before he opened up his mouth and ranted about Bain/Bane.
He obviously either didn't do his research, has terrible researchers on staff, or is ridiculously manipulative despite knowing the facts. Or all three choices. A little digging (and I mean very little digging on my part-- thank you Google search!) had me finding a page on firstshowing.net, dated May 19, 2011, that the start of prinicpal photography is about to begin.
May 19, 2011! And this is AFTER a script outline has been approved by the studio and expanded into a final draft! That date pre-dates Romney's position as a Republican candidate by a MONTH, and a YEAR before he'd outlasted every other nominee!
No doubt if Michelle Bachman had won the candidacy, they'd be comparing her to Catwoman!
Rush Limbaugh has announced that he is suffering from advanced lung cancer. He will miss some shows due to his treatment.
You think, maybe his cancer was caused by his smoking those big cigars? Does he (and his butt buddy Donald Trump) think that the connection between smoking and cancer is a myth?
You think, maybe his cancer was caused by his smoking those big cigars? Does he...think that the connection between smoking and cancer is a myth?
Yes it did. And Limbaugh did. Don't think he does now.
I usually have sympathy for cancer victims, but I have absolutely none for Limbaugh. As far as I'm concerned, this number one a-hole got exactly what he deserved.
President Sphincter awarded Limbaugh the Medal of Freedom tonight; Sphincter's Alice 1-250 wife put it on him during the State of the Union address. With the Cigar King's beard, he looks like someone I would avoid in my travels. Limbaugh now has hearing aids in each ear; he appears to be in the early stages of a Borg assimilation.
Rush Limbaugh has three failed marriage behind him.
Gotta love those Republican family values.
Limbaugh is on board the idiot train, saying that the Corona virus is no worse than a cold, and of course the whole thing is a plot against "President" A-Hole. Of course, he's the motorman of that train. Limbaugh said for years that smoking does not cause cancer (V.P. Putz has said the same nonsense). Now, Limburger is suffering from advanced lung cancer. Poor him.
As of today, there have been 10,000 deaths in the U.S. due to the current Corona virus pandemic. States are getting shorted on vital medical equipment, such as ventilators. But, it is my opinion that when the Cigar King's cancer becomes end stage, and he needs a ventilator, being Mr. Sphincter's bootlicker, he will get one. Pronto.
The rich and well connected usualy get whate ever they want. I suspect you would not be compaining if Obama needed a ventilator.
I would, if someone else who needs it more would be deprived of it just because Obama has more money or influence.
I suspect you would not be compaining if Obama needed a ventilator.
Like Francois, I probably would complain, for precisely the reasons noted.
Joe Scarborough of MSNBC has taken Limbaugh to task for the latter saying the economy should re-start ASAP, regardless of COVID-19. More here.
That's easy for you to say, Mr. Limburger. You rake in millions annually spewing your bile, and never have to leave your home, as your broadcast studio is there. Therefore, you never come within one inch of anyone possibly carrying the virus. You no doubt are isolated from the virus while you receive your cancer treatments as well. Unless you have private duty doctors and nurses too, and never have to go to a hospital. Or if you are even receiving treatment, especially since the connection between smoking and cancer is a myth, according to you. (Tell that to my kid brother, who was one of your loyal listeners, and died in July, 2018, from his smoking.)
I wonder his many of Limburger's dittoheads will listen to the voice of stupidity, and do what Limbaugh says. My guess - a lot.
The Daily Mail reports that Limbaugh may have to give up his radio show; the cancer treatments are "kicking his ass", and he can't walk five steps without resting.
Break my freaking heart! Too bad. Reap what you sow, you a-hole. Of course, don't blame your cigar smoking habit, for which you said that you deserve a medal. In fact, have another cigar or two; I read that stogies are a good mix with chemotherapy.
More foolishness from one of the biggest (in more ways than one 
) fools out there.
And still more nonsense from the least deserving Medal of Freedom recipient ever. Talk about "head up his ass." A Mack Truck couldn't pull it out.
This guy is still relevant?
Not to me he isn't. Totally irrelevant to anyone with a brain. Which, of course, does not include Donald J. (for Jerk Weed) Trump.
In the meantime, Break My Heart! Not!
This website noted that Limbaugh's lung cancer is "progressing". Well, progress is our most important product.
LOL!
The Left- the world needs to be nmore compassionate and caring
Also the Left- Ha! Limbaugh has cancer! Sucked in! Hope you die in agony!
The Left: We shed no tears for Limbaugh dying as he happily encouraged his cultists to attack members of vulnerable groups.
The Right: Trump has said he is God's Anointed! MAGA!
Will the world be a poorer place with that windbag from from it?
I say no.
Irrelevant.
It's his own fault.
The guy smoked like a chimney and pointed and laughed when warned that smoking caused cancer.
You reap what you sow.
The funny thing about the Right is they can't distinguish the difference between hating the less fortunate and hating the hateful.
Firstly, I don't care for Trump, Limbaugh or any Republican, but how does wishing painful illnesses on them make you a better person?
secondly, make all the excises you want to justify the behaviour, but it's still wrong and churlish to do it.
Well here's the thing. Nobody was going "I hope Rush Limbaugh dies horribly from lung cancer" before anyone knew it was happening. But once the news is announced, we go into that mode where you learn what happened to all the major characters at the end of the movie, and the title says "Rush Limbaugh, after a long career of viciously mocking children, the disabled and literally anyone different than him, got cancer." and THEN the audience cheers.
It's great you're proving my point JD. Thanks.
And I'm absolutely certain people WERE saying exactly that long before it was announced.
bigotry is baked-in to modern USonian conservatism. Bob Dole, 1976's highly partisan conservative VP candidate for Ford, is now thought of as a moderate Republican!
I'm very glad you're reserving your deepest sympathies and love for the people who most clearly need it, Rodney.
It's not a limited resource JD.
You don't need to love (or even like) someone to show a bit of humanity to them even if they never showed any themselves.
Joan Crawford put it best, just because someone is dead does not mean they have changed!
Except he's not dead yet, so the comment does not apply here.
And, on that note, everyone has stated their respective cases. No need to escalate things further. Let's all take a step back and cool down, okay?
Thanks.
Nothing is escalating. JD stated his case, I stated mine. I think we’re both mature enough to step back without the wrist slap.
Ugh! Ignore me, Tim. You don't need my running commentary. I've had little sleep.
It's all good
Back in 2004, Luigi referred to Limbaugh as a draft dodger, but didn't say why. Well, here's the skinny. Like a good number of war hawks (including his butt boy Donald Trump) Limbaugh went out of his way to avoid military service. Trump got student deferments, and a final one for a (probably false) diagnosis of heel spurs. Limbaugh got a student deferment, which dried up when he dropped out of college after one year, and a final deferment for a cyst on his ass.
A cyst on his ass? o.O
Couldn't they have just removed it and then sent said ass to basic training?
Trying to get out of Vietnam because you opposed war for moral reasons was right. It is a completely different matter if you supported the war but thought that someone else should fight it for you.
Trying to get out of Vietnam because you opposed war for moral reasons was right.
In that case, you would still have been drafted in the Vietnam war era. However, you would have been given "conscientious objector" status, and assigned to a non-combat unit.
As for Limbaugh, he's always been a "Do as I say, not as I do" type of guy. Who obviously has zero shame about it. He taunted President Clinton relentlessly over Clinton's lack of military service, while keeping his mouth shut about his own.
As for removing the cyst, my guess is that Limbaugh went doctor shopping, until he found one who deemed his cyst inoperable. And his draft board bought it. He sure has bigger problems these days than a cyst on his ass.
He taunted President Clinton relentlessly over Clinton's lack of military service, while keeping his mouth shut about his own.
And, of course, he's said nothing about Orange, who probably bribed his way out.
*sarcasm* With Limbaugh and his Republican pals demanding "reparations" from Cuba and Iran for American property in those countries that were nationalised after the Revolutions, maybe i can ask the Germans to compensate my family for chlorine gassing my great-grand father on the Western Front during the First World War?
Not quite the same, Natalie. Your great-grandfather was one man who perished in war time, one of millions. In war, people die.
That being said, however, I do think that Limbaugh and his ilk demanding these compensations are pointless.
First of all, the two governments in question will never grant them.
Second of all, so much time has passed, it really no longer matters. It's been 61 years now, since the Commies took over Cuba. Anyone who was alive back then is either now dead or too old to care.
Limbaugh and those like him just like to stir things up.
Limbaugh and those like him just like to stir things up.
And then walk away, leaving others to clean up their mess.
And then walk away, leaving others to clean up their mess.
So true, my friend, so true.
About 5 years ago I discovered a radio station in Buffalo, New York was carrying this guy's show, and out of curiosity, I checked it out.
Man, was it a visit to an upside down, racist, angry, lying world! He was outright lying and making stuff up long before Trumpy was. Case in point;
When Obama was president, Rush insisted that national unemployment was 50 % and not the 5.9 that's now in the record books. FIFTY percent! That's insane! And after that covfefe-drinking Trumpf came into office, not a word about this alleged 50 % unemployment statistic.
I could only handle about a half hour every couple of days and then it stopped being funny. And only once did I hear someone from the far left call him and upset the heck out of him, so it was best that I just went back to my own Canadian stations.
Another item, this time from one of William Shatner's memoirs;
He hosted Super Bowl football parties with friends and some celebrities, and at one such party he invited Henry Rollins and Rush Limbaugh-- not because he held any conservative views, but he supposedly likes anyone despite their political leanings.
He introduced the two, and Rollins simply left without a word, Rush's sweaty hand left hanging there, waiting for a shake that would never come.
Rollins latter apologized to Shatner, but added something along the lines of, "Don't ever do that to me again, Bill. If you're going to have someone controversial, let me know and I won';t be forced to make a scene."
Of course, what I got out of it was...Shatner is friends with Rush Limbaugh...AND Henry Rollins?!
Amazing that anyone could like Limbaugh.
Limbaugh is almost a Stock Parody for what TV Tropes call "No Celebrities Were Harmed".
Birch Barlow in the Simpsons etc.
Limbaugh is a comedian's wet dream.
Limbaugh has called every day he's alive a "gift". Maybe he could give us a Christmas gift, and retire from his broadcast. Especially now that his puppet master will soon be gone. More from the sycophantic Fox News here.
I get the feeling that they only way he's leaving radio is feet first.
Limbaugh is still pushing nonsense about Joe Biden not being a legitimate President, even though Biden was sworn in as President just before noon on January 20. More on that here.
Can't the cancer do its job already, and put this jackass out of our misery?
Please don't joke about cancer. Infant cancer killed my sister at ten months old.
Rush needs to face reality and deal with the fact that his guy lost.
End of story.
Please don't joke about cancer. Infant cancer killed my sister at ten months old.
I apologize for that remark. No infant should ever have to suffer from something so deadly. But, my family line has not been cancer free:
My mom had breast cancer; a mastectomy bought her 12 more years.
My dad had liver cancer when he died in 2013.
My cousin Gus died of liver, kidney and pancreatic cancer in 2019.
My uncle, Gus's father, had and beat prostate cancer. As I write this, he is still with us, at age 92.
As for Limbaugh, he's number three on the list that if I could donate blood again, and found out he was getting it, I'd track it down and destroy it.
Hope it's left you alone, Adam.
Limbaugh is a pompous windbag. It's a wonder he has any credibility left at all.
Hope it's left you alone, Adam.
Thanks, Tim. So far, so good. I had a prostate cancer scare in the summer of 2009. But, it turned out to be something called BPH. Which is a lot more benign. But still not much fun. My advice to you, and to every else - Don't get old!
My advice to you, and to every else - Don't get old!
NOW he tells me!
My advice to you, and to every else - Don't get old!
Too late, darn it!
I just realized, I was 36 when I started posting here.
Wonder if Limbaugh was a smoker.
A smoker? Here's a photo of Limbaugh, smoking a cigar big enough to choke a bull. The Cigar King has said that he should get a medal for smoking cigars, and denied the link between smoking and cancer for years. Now, Limburger is suffering from advanced lung cancer, and is probably on borrowed time. Do I have sympathy for him? Absolutely not. Reap what you sow, you bile spewing butt wipe.
What is it with people like Limbaugh who dismiss scientific facts.
Smoking causes cancer, Rush. This is on you.
According to this item, Limbaugh was stunned by his cancer diagnosis. What's to be surprised about? As Tim wrote above, and as studies have shown since 1925, smoking causes cancer. Especially those big stogies Limburger was fond of. More so if he inhaled the foul smoke and stench those wretched things put out. Then again, Limburger continually denied the link between smoking and cancer. Until The Big "C" bit him right in the ass.
More nonsense from the Cigar King, comparing the idiots who stormed the Capitol on January 6, to the American Revolution, can be read here. If you're inclined to read Mr. On Borrowed Time's bile.
Limbaugh was stunned by his cancer diagnosis. What's to be surprised about? As Tim wrote above, and as studies have shown since 1925, smoking causes cancer. Especially those big stogies Limburger was fond of. More so if he inhaled the foul smoke and stench those wretched things put out. Then again, Limburger continually denied the link between smoking and cancer. Until The Big "C" bit him right in the ass.
And he'll go on denying it right till the Grim Reaper finally gets around to him.
More nonsense from the Cigar King, comparing the idiots who stormed the Capitol on January 6, to the American Revolution
Yeah, Rush, it's exactly the same. *rolls eyes*
This idiot clearly flunked History.
>This idiot clearly flunked History.>
IMHO, he has a pretty good understanding of US history. What he flunked in Politcaly Correct History.
Well he sure flunked Health 101.
Only a moron would not connected smoking with lung cancer is this day and age.
Well you'll all be cheering toknowhe has passed away.
I won't cheer, but I won't shed a tear either.
Having listened to his lies, onesided rhetoric, paranopia, and condescending name-calling and silly voices (re. my posting last October, and August 11, 2012), I can honestly say that I'm glad.
There's just some people (who aren't even criminals) that don't fit into a normal society and this jerkweed was one. I'm not goiong to dance or cheer or even laugh.
But with Trump AND Rush gone in the same year?! 2021 just keeps looking better and better.
I won't cheer, but I won't shed a tear either.
Ditto from me.
Here is more about today's passing of Limbaugh at age 70. Limbaugh and Donald Trump together turned the Presidential Medal of Freedom into a worthless piece of tin.
The planet is not a poorer place with Limbaugh gone from it.
Here's how Limbaugh got to use The Pretenders "My City Was Gone" as his theme. Limburger only used the song's bass line, as Chrissie Hynde's lyrics were a mockery of everything Limburger espoused on his radio show. (Maybe he should have used "Smoke Smoke Smoke [That Cigarette]" instead. Even though Limburger smoked cigars, the message is the same.)
I'm sure Satan has already found him a new job, co-hosing the H.E.L.L. radio station with Joseph Goebbels.
> co-hosing the H.E.L.L. radio station with Joseph Goebbels.>
Funny, I think he might like that job. Once he got used to it.
Yeah, now that you mention it.
The only sufferers would be those forced to listen to them.
He can be co-hosting the H.E.L.L. radio station-- he just has to talk 24/7 how WONDERFUL and FANTASTIC those exceptionally intelligent and always-correct Democrats (especially Obama and Biden) are, and how horrible the Republicans are.
THAT would be his hell!
This is a major over-reach: Florida's governor Ron DeSantis has ordered flags in the state lowered to half-staff in honor of (draft dodger, unrepentant bigot and general jackass) Rush Limbaugh. More here.
He can be co-hosting the H.E.L.L. radio station-- he just has to talk 24/7 how WONDERFUL and FANTASTIC those exceptionally intelligent and always-correct Democrats (especially Obama and Biden) are, and how horrible the Republicans are.
THAT would be his hell!
It sure would be.
Florida's governor Ron DeSantis has ordered flags in the state lowered to half-staff in honor of (draft dodger, unrepentant bigot and general jackass) Rush Limbaugh.
I may throw up.
You don't understand. H.E.L.L. hired him on to do the liberal slanted news.
Satan: Now, Mr. Limbaugh, here is your script. You will praise the Democratic Party and plug their policies.
Rush: NOOOOOOOOO!!!
Satan: Mwa, ha, ha!
Well, here's good news regarding the flag lowering, courtesy of an article from marketwatch.com;
"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Palm Beach County defied Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday, refusing to lower its courthouse flags to half-staff in honor of the late conservative broadcaster Rush Limbaugh.
The county’s courthouse flags remained at full staff, ignoring Governor Ron DeSantis’ Tuesday afternoon order directing its U.S. and Florida flags to be flown at half-staff.
Palm Beach County would only say it followed “normal protocols” on Wednesday, but Commissioner Melissa McKinlay posted a statement on Twitter saying, “The lowering of flags should be a unifying gesture during solemn occasions, such as in remembrance of the young lives lost during the Parkland High School massacre or first responder line of duty deaths.” She was referring to the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in nearby Parkland that left 17 dead. McKinlay continued: “Although Rush Limbaugh was a significant public figure, he was also an incredibly divisive one who hurt many people with his words and actions.”
Officials in the Town of Palm Beach, the wealthy island enclave where Limbaugh lived for two decades, issued a statement saying its policy is to comply with governor’s orders to lower the flags. Flags are typically lowered to honor prominent government officials, as well as law enforcement officers and members of the military killed in the line of duty. Governor DeSantis has said Limbaugh’s stature justified the honor.
But many Democrats objected. Nikki Fried, Florida’s agriculture commissioner and the only statewide Democratic officeholder, said Monday that she would not abide by the Republican governor’s orders. She said she would notify all state officers she oversees to disregard the governor’s order.
St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman posted on Twitter that his city would not honor hatred, racism, bigotry, homophobia or anything else Limbaugh has spewed over the years.
The governor’s order does not apply to any of the offices controlled by Fried or the city of St. Petersburg."
What in the dead gods of Krypton did Limbaugh do to deserve flags being lowered in his honour?
Guy was a modern day Joseph Goebbels, IMO. And no flags in Germany were ever lowered to honour him, and rightfully so.
Rush...dead.
O'Reilly...out in disgrace.
Beck...long gone.
Now, if the All Mighty could just do something about the Fourth Douche Bag, Sean Hannity...
Bunch of jackals down the hatch.
Limbaugh was honored at this weekend's CPAC; a nine minute tribute was played at the Ronald Reagan Dinner. To me, it would have been nine minutes of my life I would never have gotten back. I wonder if the dinner attendees smoked Limbaugh's favorite stogies. You know, in tribute. More here.
OT a bit - In my opinion, watch the CPAC become a Covid super-spreader event, since most of the attendees will no doubt ignore current masking and social distancing standards.
When I read 'CPAC', Adam, I thought at first it said 'CRAC', and I thought, 'Yea, they must all be on crack!" but then I* blinked and I noticed a 'P' instead of an 'R'.
Oh please be a super-spreader! Yesyesyesyesyespleasepleasepleaseplease!
For those that don't know, CPAC stands for:
Conservative
Political
Action
Conference
The "A" should stand for "A-hole". To listen to Fat Man Trump spew out his nonsense, and to view the tribute to Limbaugh, maybe the attendees had to be on crack.
So far, I've heard nothing about the conference being a super-spreader. One can only hope. I did hear that Trump spewed out the same lies at CPAC about the 2020 election that were debunked in court. Fat Man Trump should learn that if you repeat a lie often enough, it does not become the truth. But, as said elsewhere on this site, Fat Man believes anything coming out of his mouth is the truth.
So far, I've heard nothing about the conference being a super-spreader. One can only hope.
It will take about 2 weeks for the effect to become manifest, that's the incubation period of Covid-19
Crackheads
Propaganda
A-Hole
Conference
Crackheads
Proclaiming
Absolute
Crapp
Conservative
Pricks
Associating with
Criminals
Corrupt
Pumpkinheads
Arranging
Crimes
Good ones, Steve.
Thanks, Tim. Although they were like chips-- once I got started I couldn't stop!
Yup.