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In reply to the discussion: Rush Limbaugh announces he has advanced lung cancer [View all]oldsoftie
(12,410 posts)289. And if he's gone, Hannity or another will simply take his place.
As long as they get the ratings anyway.
Limbaugh's ratings are nowhere near where they were during the Clinton years.
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I've observed terminal illness bringing out long-suppressed humanity in some people
Cirque du So-What
Feb 2020
#7
In Al Franken's book, "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Liar" he writes that when Limbaugh
Nitram
Feb 2020
#106
Nah....he was a flaming RW Librul hater dating back before Clinton took office....
Bengus81
Feb 2020
#118
Don't need a book. I listened to the show for quite some time until I had had enough
BumRushDaShow
Feb 2020
#272
I'm sorry, but I cannot feel sympathetic towards a drug addict who at the same time supported harsh
Nitram
Feb 2020
#322
My dead dad, my mother and my sister (which is to say, my entire nuclear family) have all had
deurbano
Feb 2020
#145
Posters here make fun of weight, appearance, etc. So nothing will surprise me. nt
USALiberal
Feb 2020
#168
"suitcase full". It was a bottle. Probably buying hookers. Never saw any proof of child molesting.
oldsoftie
Feb 2020
#326
I dont like spreading pure unsubstantiated gossip. I guess some folks enjoy it.
oldsoftie
Feb 2020
#332
no one did more to get trump in the WH, delay action on global warming, sell the attack on iraq
certainot
Feb 2020
#268
I think this will croak Trump and all his senate defenders. And they need to realize
certainot
Feb 2020
#306
It definitely wont be the same without him. But last year Hannity was beating Rush
oldsoftie
Feb 2020
#316
fo trumpers hannity instead of limbaugh would be like pence instead of trump
certainot
Feb 2020
#323
He is not just a "troublemaker." He lies, he misrepresents, and he distorts the truth
Nitram
Feb 2020
#109
I'm not sure anyone is saying he deserves cancer, but that doesn't mean he deserves compassion
Major Nikon
Feb 2020
#220
If he was "moving up the food chain", why is he still a bottom-feeder ? nt
eppur_se_muova
Feb 2020
#19
I'm at a loss as to how to respond to this news without saying something very nasty.
scarletwoman
Feb 2020
#20
When I returned two the States in 1998 after 21 years in Japan I had a long commute and listened to
Nitram
Feb 2020
#129
Rush I have something for you...keep you settled down..get you through these troubled times.
Maxheader
Feb 2020
#49
Interesting point, Greybnk. When he lost his hearing I felt the punishment was just, but he managed
Nitram
Feb 2020
#139
Rush's toxic speech helped to pollute the minds of people who bombed this building in Oklahoma City
Botany
Feb 2020
#54
If I saw him drowning in a lake I would throw him a rope. That's the humanity in me...
Tom Rinaldo
Feb 2020
#57
So sorry for your loss...I don't like Limbaugh but I don't believe in the death penalty...
Demsrule86
Feb 2020
#337
You know the saying if you cannot say anything nice about anyone then do not say anything at all?
cstanleytech
Feb 2020
#74
This is so sad. i understood Cuba had a cure for lung cancer even its advanced stage.
underthematrix
Feb 2020
#75
I don't usually say anything mean about someone who has cancer, but in Limbaugh's case I'll
Nitram
Feb 2020
#99
Just remember him taking a sex tour of the Dominican Republic with a bottle full of Viagra.
Nitram
Feb 2020
#154
No sympathy here. The damage he's done to the country is more important than damage to his body.
Kablooie
Feb 2020
#117
He's been a cancer on the body politic for years, so ... karma is a BITCH fucker.
eclecticdyslexic
Feb 2020
#120
I have a great deal of empathy and sympathy for most people who get cancer. I don't see it
Nitram
Feb 2020
#146
Surprised he let reality slap him around like that, couldn't he just pass it off as another
rwsanders
Feb 2020
#162
He will be remembered for the great harm & Damage he caused with his vile hate talk show....
Pachamama
Feb 2020
#180
Miserable human being. He is a huge part of the uncivility and hate. No sympathy.
Evolve Dammit
Feb 2020
#185
All I can say is, must be nice to have health insurance. Many people will lose theirs
Quackers
Feb 2020
#188
Not original, but "Advanced lung cancer announces it has Rush Limbaugh". n/t
krispos42
Feb 2020
#204
Rush is, was, and will always be remembered by most people as being ..."evil"
Stuart G
Feb 2020
#219
I hope Limbaugh's treatment is long, painful, expensive, and unsuccessful.
NecklyTyler
Feb 2020
#223
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
RedSpartan
Feb 2020
#248
Having lost my mom, dad, brother, aunt and in October, husband to cancer, I don't wish it on any
appleannie1
Feb 2020
#252
"...sitting here amidst billowing clouds of aromatic second-hand smoke"
TheCowsCameHome
Feb 2020
#255
How much hurt and violence is this man directly responsible for with his words?
Afromania
Feb 2020
#261
Now he doesn't have to worry about climate change FLOODING his WPB mansion....
Bengus81
Feb 2020
#318