Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh was taken to Honolulu’s Queen’s Medical Center on Wednesday after suffering chest pains. According to a statement on Limbaugh’s web site, the 58-year-old is “resting comfortably” at the hospital and “appreciates your prayers and well wishes.” Limbaugh was vacationing in Hawaii at the same time as President Barack Obama, of whom he has been a leading critic. Limbaugh, who is scheduled to return to his show on Jan. 4, says he will keep his audience updated of his status via his show and his website, rushlimbaugh.com.
Dec 31
2009
10:00 AM ET
Rush Limbaugh hospitalized with chest pains
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This might be proof that hatred, ignorance, and sausage are poisonous to the body.
That was my first thought! All the hatred he spews takes a physical toll. Of course, let’s not rule out that he could be on drugs again.
I was so thinking the drugs hmmmm
I know I speak for a great many of you when I say: “Speedy Recovery Mr. LimBow, a true patriot and righteous american, credit to his country and to the unfairly persecuted majority, our hearts and minds are enriched daily by your pearls of wisdom and effervescent charms.”
Thank God we still have Glenn Beck!
Just goes to show you how ignorant you are. Liberals always wish the worst for their opposition while conservatives only oppose them politically and never wish them harm.
I am glad to be a member of the latter and not the former.
Thanks for thinking that all liberals are wishing for Rush to be harmed. I love how you lump an entire group together. I have nothing politically nice to say about Rush but I wish him a speedy recovery. (there, did I just blow your mind?)
You’ve got to be kidding. Liberals do not “always wish the worst for their opposition”. You’re painting with some very broad strokes there. Not all liberals are like that, and yes, some conservatives are. I, for one, am liberal, and I strongly dislike Limbaugh, but I hope he’s okay and I wish him well. And I hope his family is doing okay, because I can only imagine how scary it is to have someone you love go through this.
You seem to forget about Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma saying “what the American people ought to pray is that somebody can’t make the vote tonight”. I guess you don’t count that.
Are you serious Bill? Apparently you didn’t pay much attention to all the hateful bashing on conservative websites when Ted Kennedy died. I disagree with Rush’s politics and his point of view, but I do hope he recovers with no complications. The more you conservatives “liberal bash” and make your snide remarks about all things liberal, the more pathetic you make yourselves look. And really I shouldn’t broadly lump all conservatives together, just the lunatic fringe conservatives (i.e. Rush, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity followers).
Yes, like that Party of No senator who was thinking out loud maybe a fellow senator won’t make it for the health care vote because they’ll be too sick to do it (*coughRobertByrdcough*). And cue some whacked-out TeaBagger ultra-right-wing nutjob blaming Obama for Limbaugh’s hospital stay in 3…2…1…
Oh really, because I’m pretty sure Dr. George Tiller’s family would disagree with that statement. The message boards then were pretty goddamn vile.
Bill, I didn’t wish for this to happen to him, it just did. He’s not the healthiest guy. He spends his life red-faced, puffed up, and screaming hate. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that this happened.
Finally, got some liberals that are not mean spirited to come out. Goal accomplished. I have never heard Rush wish ill of anyone but there are a lot of extreme liberals that do for conservatives. And when I say conservative I do not mean extreme right wingers. Conservative means conservative.
Wow, that’s the biggest lie of 2009.
Some of your hero, Rush Limbaugh’s quotes, directly from the pig’s mouth:
“Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream.”
“He is exaggerating the effects of the disease. He’s moving all around and shaking and it’s purely an act. … This is really shameless of Michael J. Fox.”
“Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it.”
“They’re 12 percent of the population. Who the hell cares?”
And don’t forget his classic little ditty “Obama the Magic Negro.”
i think he’s faking it just so that he can get more of those pain meds that he is oh so unfortunately addicted to. what a sad example of a human being..
Don’t hear any death wishes there. And to one about Fox, he even admitted that he had been of his meds before doing it.
Ha ha “prayers and well wishes…..” AS IF!!!
What a great way to start the next decade!
Yeah, maybe this will be the decade of putting everything right…next Sarah Palin will slip back into obscurity, Fred Phelps will be smited by God, California will legalize and heavily tax pot to make up for their disastrous budget problems, Ann Coulter will finally get laid and quit being such a b!tch, and Oasis will NOT get back together. heh
This!
He’s in a Hawaiian hospital? OMG! This obviously means he’s not a US citizen!!
Good. This disgusting individual can’t die soon enough. I wonder if any of his 4 wives will attend the funeral?
Personally, I prefer if he goes slow and painfully.
Slow and Painfull: Like Teddy Kennedy I guess killing a girl and getting away with it finally caught up with him too!!!!
Wow…if you seriously think that, do you think that makes you any better than him?
I also wish a slow, painful death on neo-nazis, gay bashers, child rapists, and Dick Cheney. And I assure you I don’t feel at all guilty about it.
I’m in total agreement – the sooner the bestter for all of us. And yes, like with Hitler, I’ll happily dance a jig that (or when) he’s gone – like with any other evil, destructive, vicious, hypocritical person.
Well then expect a lot of dancing when you go, Tarc.
Guess he heard that Obama is tackling immigration reform after all.
Wow. You people are evil.
Seriously. If I ever really want to feel depressed and concerned about the state of our country, I just look at a comments section of a news story. I just don’t get it how someone can cry out about hatred, then spew just as much hatred.
Rather hypocritical to call someone a hate monger and then wish for him to have a slow, painful death in your next sentence.
I guess hate and anger can really take it’s toll on the body! I cant stand that guy. I dont wish him death but I wish his show would just go away.
Do unto others what you want them to do unto you. Since he is hateful, expect people to be hateful right back at him.
No one makes you people listen to him. He is not on TV, unlike that sad mess in DC that we have to see and listen to.
Get well soon, Rush!
The enlightened, peace-loving, open-minded, benevolent ones on this board may want you dead, but this ignorant hatemonger wishes you a speedy recovery.
God bless Rush Limbaugh! Wouldn”t wish illness on anyone. Not even our idiot President
Thanks Annette for filling in for Rush! Keep up the hate!!
Thanks, Jason, for your libtard idiocy.
What is a “libtard”? I have heard this phrase come up and I am not sure what it means. I really hope Sarah Palin doesn’t hear you say that.
As a person who leans left I really hope Rush gets well soon. No kidding! I think every time he opens his mouth and lies or hates he exposes the right wing for what it really is!The have proved over and over that they are out of touch with reality!! So once again Rush get well and hating again!
Look at the comments on this board and tell me who the hateful people are.
The people who wish bad things for Rush do not understand that we need people like Rush to keep us involved in politics. Sure he is a racist and makes things up to suit his agenda . But that is what makes America great!
People like Jason ^^^^ need to seethe with hatred to get involved. Sad.
Please, let’s not pretend like when Dr. George Tiller died the message boards everywhere were full of happy thoughts and kind words. People were coming out of the woodwork to say terrible things about him. Always remember that there are jerks on both sides, just as bad, and there are good people on both sides, too. Neither group is perfect, and let’s all stop pretending we are better than the other and calling people “libtards” and such. It is annoying.
finally some good news for you 2010
You have the idiots on both sides. It just seems that the ones on the left are always preaching love and tolerance, except when it comes to some they disagree with.
The point is that everyone thinks that their side isn’t biased. Except that they both are.
I bet if you asked just about any person on “the left” what they thought about people on “the right”, they would respond with, “It just seems that the ones on the right are always preaching love and tolerance, except when it comes to some they disagree with.” For example: gay rights. It is the same on both sides, we just don’t realize it.
If (and when, I guess) something like this happens to President George W. Bush, message boards everywhere will be filled with the same and just as many, if not more, hate-filled messages as we are seeing now. Many people use the internet to be someone they are not and make rude comments that they could not get away with saying anywhere else. All of you people wishing Rush L. a slow death would never repeat the same comments if someone stuck a microphone under your face. As I said, people use the internet and forums like this one to say things that they know will get them attention, so I don’t think these comments are a true reflection of political parties or anything like that. Believe me, and do not respect Rush L., but making comments like this are just pathetic.
The angry feelings that Rush stirs up in people are a direct result of the horrible, vile, ignorant, hateful things he says about others. He’s disgusting.
Bush, on the other hand, gives me a case of the eye-rolls – a “glad we’re done with that era” kind of feeling. No anger, no hate. Just disappointment. And I think others would agree with me here – you won’t see much hate when he passes, it will just be a page in the history books.
Is his boyfriend there with him? Rush is gay. His ex-wives were all paid off with big sums to keep them quiet about it.
He banged Obama’s arse
I agree I hope he gets well soon so he can keep reminding americans what conservatives are really like. This man is a ridiculous buffoon, and I listened to him for years until I grew up and stopped being a racist, but I’m curious for anyone who still listens to him to tell me if he’s mellowed his views at all since his drug addiction? Or is he still the same?
No sadly Dave he learned nothing from recovery if he actually is being honest.He has only gotten worse.
That’s a very ignorant comment you just made. So all conservatives are evil? Not every conservative likes Rush Limbaugh, I’ve never listened to him myself. I don’t understand how a person can blatantly classify an entire group of people as being ignorant, hateful, etc. when that person has just demonstrated their own hypocrisy in the same comment. Ugh.