Rush Limbaugh rushed to hospital

[ccrunner609]

http://www.whiotv.com/nationalnews/22094552/detail.html


Conservative radio talk host Rush Limbaugh was rushed to a Honolulu hospital on Wednesday afternoon with chest pains, officials said.

Paramedics responded to the call at 2:41 p.m. at the Kahala Hotel and Resort, sources told Honolulu television station KITV.

Paramedics treated him and took him to Queen's Medical Center where he is in serious condition.



Note: This is allowed because there really is no opinion you can have on this subject. Just a note, wishing death upon Rush will have your post deleted. -LJ

[september63]

OK............I would never wish death on anyone. However, I dont wiish Rush Limbaugh well. Is that allowed?

[LJ]

OK............I would never wish death on anyone. However, I dont wiish Rush Limbaugh well. Is that allowed?


How about, that you couldn't care less if he dies.

[ccrunner609]

Nobody is going to wish ill will on someone. Rush never did anything to anyone.

[september63]

I thought that might be too severe?

[LJ]

I thought that might be too severe?


Caring is on a different level than publicly stating that you wish ill will against someone.

I just don't want this thread to turn into a pissing match. It's a news thread about a prominent radio personality and it should be treated as such

[ccrunner609]

Just news. Nothing political.

[ccrunner609]

Maybe Obama will stop in and see him before he leaves the Islands.

[september63]

Godspeed Mr. Limbaugh!! May you awake from your illness to see the most accomplished heart surgeon there is available. Yale educated, Doctorate from the Cleveland Clinic, and may he be black. You will survive, but I sure hope your life flashes before your eyes!!

[Elliot Stabler]

While I don't agree with anything he says...

I would never wish this on anyone...here's to a speedy recovery

[HitsRus]

He would not received a doctorate from the Clinic but might have done his cardiac residency there.

It might not be a bad thing that he has this problem now...when his treatment can be decided by his "Yale educated", Cleveland Clinic trained, cardiac surgeon...and not a couple of years from now by a pencil necked government bureaucrat.

[Elliot Stabler]

Why did you have to bring politics into this??

[eersandbeers]

Maybe he can obtain a legal prescription for pills after this.

Godspeed Mr. Limbaugh.

[majorspark]

Godspeed Mr. Limbaugh!! May you awake from your illness to see the most accomplished heart surgeon there is available. Yale educated, Doctorate from the Cleveland Clinic, and may he be black. You will survive, but I sure hope your life flashes before your eyes!!


I doubt Limbaugh would care about the skin color of any potential surgeon. He only would care about his skill.

[Writerbuckeye]

Godspeed Mr. Limbaugh!! May you awake from your illness to see the most accomplished heart surgeon there is available. Yale educated, Doctorate from the Cleveland Clinic, and may he be black. You will survive, but I sure hope your life flashes before your eyes!!


I doubt Limbaugh would care about the skin color of any potential surgeon. He only would care about his skill.


Didn't you hear...HE'S A RACIST.

All the liberals tell me so...so it MUST be true. :rolleyes:

[Mr. 300]

One of the icons of talk radio, and all of entertainament.

He'll be getting the best care available I'm sure.

[NNN]

Maybe Obama will stop in and see him before he leaves the Islands.


And if Rush pulls through, I'm sure Obama will declare that the doctors "acted stupidly".

[believer]

Radio Personality of the Decade (http://www.bestofthe2000s.com/radio-personality-of-the-decade.html)

Like the article says love him or hate him no one can deny his influence on American talk radio. Rush can single-handily be credited for saving the AM radio band from the abyss.

Speedy recovery, Rush. Dittos.

[Swamp Fox]

Ronald Reagan, on the gurney heading into surgery for the operation to save his life after the abortive assassination attempt, was recorded by those in attendance as saying.."I hope you guys are all Republicans." I would say that Rush would be of that mindset. I don't wish him any ill will, but he is a hard man to agree with.

[ccrunner609]

News reporting that he is staying in the same resort as Obama and Pelosi.


Nancy prolly slipped him something in his drinks.

[CenterBHSFan]

News reporting that he is staying in the same resort as Obama and Pelosi.

Nancy prolly slipped him something in his drinks.


Nancy prolly slipped him some roofies, and then slipped into his room...

And that's when the trouble started!

[Red Rum]

Why is everyone so surprised? This is what happens when you get older and neglect diet & exercise.
If Rush wants to get better he should cut out the "high fructose corn syrup" and then exercise something besides his mouth.

[believer]

If Rush wants to get better he should cut out the "high fructose corn syrup" and then exercise something besides his mouth.


The most listened to man in talk radio has made a pretty good living by exercising his mouth.

You may not agree with him but no one can deny his success...right (hic), Ted?

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t301/wilk367/ted_kennedy_hooters.jpg

[Red Rum]

If Rush wants to get better he should cut out the "high fructose corn syrup" and then exercise something besides his mouth.


The most listened to man in talk radio has made a pretty good living by exercising his mouth.

You may not agree with him but no one can deny his success...right (hic), Ted?

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t301/wilk367/ted_kennedy_hooters.jpg


I don't deny him anything, He should deny himself the extra 7 trips to the buffet. The Oxycontin abuse probably hasn't done him any favors either.

ps-you might want to check your photobucket account (looks like you use it about as much as Rush uses his gym membership.)

[Gardens35]

Maybe Obama will stop in and see him before he leaves the Islands.


And if Rush pulls through, I'm sure Obama will declare that the doctors "acted stupidly".


...

[majorspark]

If Rush wants to get better he should cut out the "high fructose corn syrup" and then exercise something besides his mouth.


The most listened to man in talk radio has made a pretty good living by exercising his mouth.

You may not agree with him but no one can deny his success...right (hic), Ted?

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t301/wilk367/ted_kennedy_hooters.jpg


I don't deny him anything, He should deny himself the extra 7 trips to the buffet. The Oxycontin abuse probably hasn't done him any favors either.

ps-you might want to check your photobucket account (looks like you use it about as much as Rush uses his gym membership.)


Didn't Rush lose like 80 lbs?

[Strapping Young Lad]

"If (Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders) wants to legalize drugs, send the people who want to do drugs to London and Zurich, and let's be rid of them.
-- Rush Limbaugh show, Dec 9, 1993


I agree. So, which one are you headed for Rush??? Let me know so I can go to the other, you hypocritical blowhard.

[believer]

I agree. So, which one are you headed for Rush??? Let me know so I can go to the other, you hypocritical blowhard.


So much pent-up hatred from those who subscribe to the political philosophy that claims tolerance as one of its virtues.

That's the height of hypocrisy.

[fish82]

Either someone's taking the night off, or there's some selective moderation going on around here. :rolleyes:

[Red Rum]

I agree. So, which one are you headed for Rush??? Let me know so I can go to the other, you hypocritical blowhard.


So much pent-up hatred from those who subscribe to the political philosophy that claims tolerance as one of its virtues.

That's the height of hypocrisy.


Rush Limbaugh is 5' 11'', so I believe that is the actual height of hypocrisy.

[september63]

The comment about sending the drug addicts is a bit strange...........coming from a recovering drug addict!! Pot calling the kettle black? Rush is a douche bag.

[I Wear Pants]

Am I allowed to wish that this man recovers completely and is absolutely fine with the caveat that he can never again host a talk show?

[september63]

Here here!! It isnt a good reflection on the U.S. in general, when a douche like him can make millions talking out of both sides of his mouth. Im not denying he is popular, but he is still a dickhead!!

[fish82]

Here here!! It isnt a good reflection on the U.S. in general, when a douche like him can make millions talking out of both sides of his mouth. Im not denying he is popular, but he is still a dickhead!!


He's a dickhead who's made you people his bitches for 20 years. Apparently that annoys you.

[september63]

Yep. He is also a former drug addict now saying we should send drug addicts to foreign countries!! Which one can we send him to?

[ts1227]

I wish Rush the best... but how are his clones holding in this week? They might actually have to think for themselves as their messiah recovers.

[eersandbeers]

Yep. He is also a former drug addict now saying we should send drug addicts to foreign countries!! Which one can we send him to?





"Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and neighborhoods which become consumed by them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be
convicted and they ought to be sent up."
-- Rush Limbaugh. October 5, 1995 show transcript.


"What this says to me is that too many whites are getting away with drug use, too many whites are getting away with drug sales, too many whites are getting away with trafficking in this stuff. The answer to this disparity is not to start letting people out of jail because we're not putting others in jail who are breaking the law. The answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict them and send them up the river, too."
-- Rush Limbaugh. October 5, 1995 show transcript.


"It's kind of like sentencing. A lot of people say that we have a heavy sentence for this crime and a light sentence for another crime, and what we ought to do is reduce the heavy sentence so it's more in line with the other. Wrong. In most cases we ought to increase the light sentence and make it compatible with the heavy sentence, and be serious about punishment because we are becoming too tolerant as a society, folks, especially of crime, in too many parts of the country."
-- Rush Limbaugh. October 5, 1995 show transcript.

[Paladin]

Hypocrisy must be his middle name,lol. Such a bad boy. At least he won't be confused with Honest Abe !!

[Swamp Fox]

Rush Limbaugh is pretty much like everyone else. He follows the philosophy of "do as I say and not as I do.". His friends deny he is like this and his enemies drag him over the coals for it. So where does it all leave us? Usually in the middle of a political campaign.

[majorspark]

Don't worry guys Rush's is heart is fit as a fiddle. He will be back on the mirophone continueing to drive some of you nuts.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,581732,00.html

[believer]

Don't worry guys Rush's is heart is fit as a fiddle. He will be back on the mirophone continueing to drive some of you nuts.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,581732,00.html


yup :P

[september63]

Damn. I liked one posters idea. Ill wish him a speady recovery if I can be promised he wont go on the radio ever again!!

[fish82]

Damn. I liked one posters idea. Ill wish him a speady recovery if I can be promised he wont go on the radio ever again!!


You people would then need to seek out a new boogeyman to have your mouth-frothing hissies over.

[believer]

You people would then need to seek out a new boogeyman to have your mouth-frothing hissies over.


Oh they have quite a few from which to choose: Hannity, Beck, Savage, Medved, Ingraham, Levin, McConnell, etc.

It's a dirty job but there's always someone willing to step up to the microphone.

[2kool4skool]

I really don't understand how people can enjoy listening to this guy, or take anything he says seriously after the hypocritical tough-guy routine he ran about drug dealers. Looking back it comes across as so pathetic and forced that it has to make you laugh.

and yes, I know that liberals have their equivalents of Rush, they're pathetic too. It doesn't mean you have to defend the blowhard though. Nor does making money justify what type of person he is.

[Strapping Young Lad]

I'm an anarchist and don't belong to a political party. I'm also not a recovering addict, I'm still and always will be using and have no problem with anyone who does.

the drug addict comment was not meant to ridicule him for his drug problem. It was meant to show him to be the arrogant hypocrite that he is.

I certainly won't ever propose that all anarchist drug users be removed from MY country That would be the pot callin the kettle black. I'm also not arrogant enough to say who should and should not be permitted to live where they choose.

If I were, maybe i could get my own radio show and you all would support and defend me????

[believer]

I really don't understand how people can enjoy listening to this guy, or take anything he says seriously after the hypocritical tough-guy routine he ran about drug dealers. Looking back it comes across as so pathetic and forced that it has to make you laugh.

and yes, I know that liberals have their equivalents of Rush, they're pathetic too. It doesn't mean you have to defend the blowhard though. Nor does making money justify what type of person he is.


Rush's ability to make a good living being a 'blowhard" doesn't justify the type of person he is. It only demonstrates that POLITICALLY he strikes a chord with a very significant number of Americans who agree with him - hence his huge listening audience.

His unfortunate hypocrisy with regard to his former substance abuse only proves he's human...something you "feel free to do whatever you want as long as it doesn't harm me" leftists claim to appreciate.

[Paladin]

Don't listen to the dude as there are always news accounts of him sticking his foot in his mouth or showing how his views strike only a minority of a minority. His audience may have numbers, but they pale to the total population. An overblown blowhard of an overblown minority. Gotta keep Rush around as the Libs and Moderates both vote against his Conk ideas, lol

[2kool4skool]

Rush's ability to make a good living being a 'blowhard" doesn't justify the type of person he is. It only demonstrates that POLITICALLY he strikes a chord with a very significant number of Americans who agree with him

Again, this has nothing to do with the type of person he is. History is filled with slimy people who have struck a chord with a large audience. I'm not sure what you're trying to drive at here. People are saying Rush is a blowhard and you're saying "well lots of people like him." Cool story bro, no one's disputing that.


His unfortunate hypocrisy with regard to his former substance abuse only proves he's human...something you "feel free to do whatever you want as long as it doesn't harm me" leftists claim to appreciate.


I wouldn't describe myself as a leftist. But it's fascinating that you like to identify anyone who would possibly disagree with Rush(or yourself?) as a leftist. Is Rush that critical to Republican/conservative thought that one has to side with him to label themselves as anything other than a leftist?

[Red Rum]

For all the wealth and alledged popularity Rush Limbaugh has achieved, I find it interesting he's still considered by the mainstream american public to be to unfit to be part of a sports franchise ownership group.

I guess you can't measure everything with Arbitron ratings and large bank accounts.

[fish82]

For all the wealth and alledged popularity Rush Limbaugh has achieved, I find it interesting he's still considered by the mainstream american public to be to unfit to be part of a sports franchise ownership group.

I guess you can't measure everything with Arbitron ratings and large bank accounts.


Yeah, that's almost relevant. :rolleyes:

[Strapping Young Lad]

I just don't see how Rush's "you are un-American if your poilitics aren't like mine" routine is helping anything. There always will be differences in political veiws. A guy with a mouth as big and influential as his could use it to not make the two sides hate one another.

If he's concerned only with being controversial for ratings sake then he is a sell-out, and not many appreciate someone who will say whatever will make a buck. At least be true to yourself.

And if he really is the kind of person who wants to drive the wedge further between AMERICANS then that makes him pretty low too.

[fish82]

I just don't see how Rush's "you are un-American if your poilitics aren't like mine" routine is helping anything. There always will be differences in political veiws. A guy with a mouth as big and influential as his could use it to not make the two sides hate one another.

If he's concerned only with being controversial for ratings sake then he is a sell-out, and not many appreciate someone who will say whatever will make a buck. At least be true to yourself.

And if he really is the kind of person who wants to drive the wedge further between AMERICANS then that makes him pretty low too.


Or a potential Speaker of the House.

[CenterBHSFan]

I just don't see how Rush's "you are un-American if your poilitics aren't like mine" routine is helping anything. There always will be differences in political veiws. A guy with a mouth as big and influential as his could use it to not make the two sides hate one another.

If he's concerned only with being controversial for ratings sake then he is a sell-out, and not many appreciate someone who will say whatever will make a buck. At least be true to yourself.

And if he really is the kind of person who wants to drive the wedge further between AMERICANS then that makes him pretty low too.


Or a potential Speaker of the House.


AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
owned!

[Red Rum]

For all the wealth and alledged popularity Rush Limbaugh has achieved, I find it interesting he's still considered by the mainstream american public to be to unfit to be part of a sports franchise ownership group.

I guess you can't measure everything with Arbitron ratings and large bank accounts.


Yeah, that's almost relevant. :rolleyes:


Relevant or not, It's the TRUTH. Most americans think Rush Limbaugh is just another political lap dog shill blurring the lines between debate and hate. Don't get too bent up about it, he's not alone, Michael Moorer, Sean Hannity & groups like PETA also fall into this category.

It's always unproductive when the "debate & compromise" atmosphere gets replaced by the "Your with me or against me" attitude. Both parties are guilty of this and their greaseball pundits, like Rush & Moorer get rich stoking the fires. Whether you consider yourself conservative or liberal, don't drink the Kool-Aid, think for yourself. Remember, Rush & Mikey make the Kool-Aid for financial gain, not to help fix this countries problems.

[CenterBHSFan]

Just because some people listen to or watch these people like Rush, Moor, Hannity doesn't mean that they can't think for themselves.

Where in the world does that conclusion come from?

[believer]

Where in the world does that conclusion come from?

It comes from a political philosophy that claims to be open-minded and tolerant of all points of view provided, of course, your point of view is a prescribed liberal one.

[Red Rum]

CenterBHSFan,
I drew my conclusion from 30 years of being around and involved in many different kinds of politics at different levels. It really doesn't matter if anyone agrees with it or not. It's the sum of my personal experiences conveyed in an honest opinion.

believer,
Sorry everything isn't as black & white as you would like to think. Your attempt to pidgeonhole me as a liberal is typically shortsighted. My membership in the republican party extends back decades. I just don't always tow the line.(especially in the last 6 or 7 years)

[Bigdogg]

Who is this Rush guy and why should anybody with a brain care?