Rush Limbaugh has Late-Stage Lung Cancer

[RVonse]

So Limbaugh, a smoker who promoted smoking, is going to die from the complications of lung cancer. He ain't the first, he ain't the last, and I certainly don't give a fuck (though posting about it would imply otherwise ).

Yea, the bragging about his "nicotine stained hands". There's no doubt in my mind his smoking was a big factor here. But even the people who are addicted to smoking who do want to quit have great difficulty. A friend of mine who also died of lung cancer smoked to the end right in his hospital bed room.

 

[TV and credit cards]

I’m not indifferent to his dying. I consider his contribution to society and think he had no business living this long.

 

[ideologyhunter]

Unfortunately, I saw the same -- it was my dad.
On Rush's debit ledger, he used extended segments on countless shows to ramble on about the pleasures and allure of fine cigars, bragged about his appearance on the cover of Cigar Aficianado (I think that's the name of the mag; maybe it's Esophageal Malignancy Quarterly now), and took calls from dittoheads who wanted to know his favorite brands, which he was happy to discuss -- at length. If I'm not mistaken, one of his major themes was how ridiculous were the claims made against second hand smoke. Sure, smoke going in your body can harm you, but when you fill a room with your exhaled smoke, how can it possibly be bad?

 

[Keith&Co.]

I’m not indifferent to his dying. I consider his contribution to society and think he had no business living this long.

Awwww....just because this war advocate got out of the draft because of (checks notes) a big 'pain in the ass.' I'm sure he would be sympathetic if, say, Bill Clinton had tried to avoid 'Nam because of an anal cyst.

 

[ideologyhunter]

BTW, if you follow the link in the OP, you'll find a more complete write-up on Rush's bad news broadcast that includes a tweet about it posted by the one and only Michael Savage (aka The Weiner):
Limbaugh's crying about his cancer on air! Worst 15 minutes in radio history! ...Best wishes RUSH, but stop and leave the stage with dignity.
WTF is that all about? Is there a Savage Weiner/Limbaugh feud? And I love the hairy chest pose that's so dear to these gents of the crazy right. Suck up your cancer, bruh!!

 

[starwater]

I can't help but think that this is another sign of the repugs dying era, defeat of DT, Rush, and there is yet to be one more as in the power of threes.

 

[Brian63]

I've long been ignorant and curious about the relations between some of the right-wing rage radio hosts, and how chummy or hostile they are to each other. Limbaugh and Hannity are good buds. It seems that Savage has a lesser impression of Limbaugh. What does Alex Jones say about them, and vice versa? Anyone know?

 

[Brian63]

I can't help but think that this is another sign of the repugs dying era, defeat of DT, Rush, and there is yet to be one more as in the power of threes.

I'm thinking Pat Robertson is next. He happens to be in the spotlight anyhow today again for saying that re-electing Trump would bring about the End Times, but he is in favor of that anyhow.

 

[laughing dog]

BTW, if you follow the link in the OP, you'll find a more complete write-up on Rush's bad news broadcast that includes a tweet about it posted by the one and only Michael Savage (aka The Weiner):
Limbaugh's crying about his cancer on air! Worst 15 minutes in radio history! ...Best wishes RUSH, but stop and leave the stage with dignity.
WTF is that all about? Is there a Savage Weiner/Limbaugh feud? And I love the hairy chest pose that's so dear to these gents of the crazy right. Suck up your cancer, bruh!!

I don't know if there is a feud, but Michael Savage called Rush Limbaugh out when he downplayed the covid19 (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/26/michael-savage-rips-science-illiterate-rush-limbau/ - calling Limbaugh a "science illiterate" In June 2009, Mr Savage said this about Mr. Limbaugh

And yet here in America, I’ve had some people come to my aid. They see the bigger picture. They’re not like [Bill] O’Reilly; they’re not like Limbaugh, who’s the biggest disappointment of all. Limbaugh has turned out to be the biggest phony of all of them, all of them. Amongst all of them, he is the biggest fraud. Rush Limbaugh is a fraud. When he was accused of the drug usage, I supported him. But that man is a one-way street. It’s all about him. He’s in it for nobody but himself.

(https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-savage-tees-off-o_n_205392?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAB1P5sW0DR7cS0ssfC6jRneH5f9zF7s0a0y7RZ6m3iEuMfJPmkjRgMqXk_j97FwWjVdBVzYjxwthiG0yUlTK7TiSC8pJ5kQlj8yEA3SrhApv0ycogbtWo79XsfnZgPY2O6sriwtkohtkNJMHT-jqqHUnSY0r36pXokiZC1tRON3z).

So, clearly Mr. Savage has a low opinion of Mr. Limbaugh.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

So Limbaugh, a smoker who promoted smoking, is going to die from the complications of lung cancer. He ain't the first, he ain't the last, and I certainly don't give a fuck (though posting about it would imply otherwise ).

Yea, the bragging about his "nicotine stained hands". There's no doubt in my mind his smoking was a big factor here. But even the people who are addicted to smoking who do want to quit have great difficulty. A friend of mine who also died of lung cancer smoked to the end right in his hospital bed room.

Boo fucking hoo. Plenty of people get and die from cancer without actively doing things that knowingly cause cancer.

 

[Jarhyn]

So Limbaugh, a smoker who promoted smoking, is going to die from the complications of lung cancer. He ain't the first, he ain't the last, and I certainly don't give a fuck (though posting about it would imply otherwise ).

Yea, the bragging about his "nicotine stained hands". There's no doubt in my mind his smoking was a big factor here. But even the people who are addicted to smoking who do want to quit have great difficulty. A friend of mine who also died of lung cancer smoked to the end right in his hospital bed room.

Boo fucking hoo. Plenty of people get and die from cancer without actively doing things that knowingly cause cancer.

“There is no conclusive proof that nicotine’s addictive…[or with] cigarettes causing emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease.”

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rush-limbaugh-nicotine-addictive/

Personally, I'm going to just shove THIS gem in the faces of anyone playing "woe upon the victim of his own designs".

Not only did he give himself cancer, not only is it going to kill him, all the while he was killing himself and encouraging others to kill themselves he was claiming it would not kill them.

My grandfather and grandmother both died from complications arising from their smoking. The reason I mourn them and not this hypocritical lardass is that my own grandparents didn't claim it wouldn't kill them, and didn't encourage others to smoke, and each did their own part (my grandmother keeping her addiction secret, my grandfather eventually quitting entirely), to prevent knock-on effects like having us kids start smoking or getting too much second hand smoke

 

[crazyfingers]

My reaction is the same as when Jerry Falwall (Sr) died. When Limbaugh goes there will just be another new irrational right-wing racist asshole to fill his seat.

Sorry but that's it.

 

[Ford]

When his hearing loss was revealed, I felt sorry for him. As a person who made a living in radio, that's the worst nightmare and I've always been very protective of my hearing.

And yeah, Rush was a huge figure in the business. AM radio was becoming increasingly irrelevant until he adapted Dr. Dean Edell's formula for syndicated radio and turned AM back into a moneymaker. The structure of his show was copied by everyone who jumped on the talk radio bandwagon because it was so effective. The hardest thing in radio is to keep listeners tuned in through commercial breaks or for longer than a few minutes and Rush was a master. His "time spent listening" numbers were through the roof.

Yet he's also a terrible person. Proudly smoking and promoting smoking has been mentioned already, there was the incessant hounding of drug addicts until it came out that he was himself abusing drugs, railing against immigrants while his extravagant lifestyle was supported by immigrant labor (IIRC also his drug habit) and of course his moral outrage over Clinton's infidelity while he himself racked up more ex wives than Trump.

I have empathy for him as a human being because I know how cancer sucks. Sympathy? I'm struggling to muster up any.

 

[LoAmmo]

I visited Joseph McCarthy's grave outside Appleton WI years ago...debated urinating with full feeling and intellect all over it...it was mid-morning and I decided not to, because of passing cars, and who knew if Roy Cohn was lurking behind a nearby headstone. So I left a dime on it, to signify that it was a pay toilet.

I'm afraid that's not exactly what you signified, though. Or at least, not ALL you signified. ;-)

Leaving a dime on the headstone of a veteran (which McCarthy was; USMC) signals that you served with the deceased in some capacity.

Occasionally you'll see change left on the headstones in a military cemetery, or the graves of vets in a regular one--there's a whole hierarchy of what the coin signifies. A penny means simply that you visited, a nickel means you and the deceased trained together in basic. The dime, as mentioned, signals that you served in the deceased's operational unit, and a quarter aims to tell the family that you were with the deceased at the time he or she died.

Back on topic...um, fuck Rush Limbaugh.

 

[Worldtraveller]

Tots and pears.

I hope the cancer recovers from its bad case of Rush Limpdick.

 

[southernhybrid]

It's hard to feel bad for someone who had spread so many lies, conspiracy theories and said so many horrible things about people who don't agree with him. Considering his lifestyle, I think he's lucky to have had 69 years of life. When I turned 70, I said that every year I lived from now on was gravy. I've lived longer than the vast majority of humans who have ever populated the planet. Rush should be thankful that he's lived this long.

When I was living in Florida, a woman I worked with had photos of Rush all over her cubicle. She seemed like a decent person so it was hard to understand the attraction. That was in the early 90s. The man has indoctrinated people into a hateful ideology. His death will be no great loss to the world. Besides, nobody ever gets out of here alive. Rush had plenty of unhealthy habits which probably influenced his current condition, but then who really knows? None of us really know if we'll still be here tomorrow......

 

[Playball40]

Oh please be McConnel!

I can't help but think that this is another sign of the repugs dying era, defeat of DT, Rush, and there is yet to be one more as in the power of threes.

I'm thinking Pat Robertson is next. He happens to be in the spotlight anyhow today again for saying that re-electing Trump would bring about the End Times, but he is in favor of that anyhow.

 

[Playball40]

Being on air for 30 years with an active following is impressive, but I disagree he 'saved' AM radio. He definitely exploited the FCC rule change, but AM listenership is even lower than 17% today.

Political talk radio boomed in the late 1980s just after the Federal Communications Commission removed its Fairness Doctrine, which mandated balanced coverage of controversial issues. Limbaugh was among the first to exploit that new freedom to opine, but labeling him the savior of AM is too much. Sports talk also helped save AM, as did religious broadcasters and even Spanish-language stations. Besides, AM radio is not really saved. Only about 17 percent of all radio listening now is done with stations on the AM band. That figure was nearly 50 percent in the 1980s

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When his hearing loss was revealed, I felt sorry for him. As a person who made a living in radio, that's the worst nightmare and I've always been very protective of my hearing.

And yeah, Rush was a huge figure in the business. AM radio was becoming increasingly irrelevant until he adapted Dr. Dean Edell's formula for syndicated radio and turned AM back into a moneymaker. The structure of his show was copied by everyone who jumped on the talk radio bandwagon because it was so effective. The hardest thing in radio is to keep listeners tuned in through commercial breaks or for longer than a few minutes and Rush was a master. His "time spent listening" numbers were through the roof.

Yet he's also a terrible person. Proudly smoking and promoting smoking has been mentioned already, there was the incessant hounding of drug addicts until it came out that he was himself abusing drugs, railing against immigrants while his extravagant lifestyle was supported by immigrant labor (IIRC also his drug habit) and of course his moral outrage over Clinton's infidelity while he himself racked up more ex wives than Trump.

I have empathy for him as a human being because I know how cancer sucks. Sympathy? I'm struggling to muster up any.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

My reaction is the same as when Jerry Falwall (Sr) died. When Limbaugh goes there will just be another new irrational right-wing racist asshole to fill his seat.

Sorry but that's it.

There are newer AM Radio hosts, but Limbaugh is a giant among them... among Hannity even. No one can fill the ass cheek impressions he leaves behind in his radio studio office chair.

 

[J842P]

I've long been ignorant and curious about the relations between some of the right-wing rage radio hosts, and how chummy or hostile they are to each other. Limbaugh and Hannity are good buds. It seems that Savage has a lesser impression of Limbaugh. What does Alex Jones say about them, and vice versa? Anyone know?

Alex Jones, albeit superficially similar to a conservative talk radio host, is on a whole different planet.