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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRush Limbaugh has advanced lung cancer
I dont wish that upon anyone and hope he beats it...
Having said that there will be a huge competition to be the next number one shock jock when he goes away.
Garion_55
(1,915 posts)Joe Concha
@JoeConchaTV
Rush Limbaugh just announced on his radio program he has been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. Says there will be days he won't be able to be there due to treatment...
2:50 PM · Feb 3, 2020·Twitter Web App
monmouth4
(9,708 posts)brokephibroke
(1,883 posts)He always says that.
underpants
(182,826 posts)louis-t
(23,295 posts)"the easiest thing I have ever done." I was forced to listen to him by a builder I used to work for.
SuprstitionAintthWay
(386 posts)...has been 30 years of exactly that: Rightwing business owners, shop managers, foreman, and others with authority over a workplace brainwashing their captive employees with hours of Limbaugh every workday afternoon.
Any business I go in and hear Limbaugh playing, I take my business elsewhere... after telling them why I'm doing it.
Same with a tv playing Fox in a workplace.
tenderfoot
(8,437 posts)Having nothing but Limbaugh to listen to at work since 1988 - is exactly how all the stoners from high school ended up as MAGAts.
Mariana
(14,858 posts)Happened to a friend of mine - he never smoked, never lived with anyone who smoked, never spent time in a workplace where people smoked, didn't go to smoky bars, etc. Smoking causes lung cancer, but it isn't the only thing that causes lung cancer.
Anyway, I think Limbaugh used to smoke cigarettes.
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)She was a sweet dear kind lady. She would never have considered touching liquor or cigarettes; smoking and drinking were both highly immoral behaviors. Sadly, she contracted lung cancer and it killed her.
Lars39
(26,109 posts)Had to be environmental.
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)She lived in an old farmhouse for most of her life. It had had renovations over the years, I kind of thought perhaps asbestos could be the culprit. I still miss her to this day.
LastDemocratInSC
(3,647 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)She was a health nut/personal trainer/yoga instructor.
Radon exposure is the second largest factor after smoking, iirc.
Throck
(2,520 posts)whopis01
(3,514 posts)And has been for a very long time
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)and lord knows what else. Too bad. I hope the guy makes peace with humanity before he shuffles off the mortal coil.
TygrBright
(20,760 posts)Hope he beats it and lives a nice long life watching Democrats take the WH and the Senate, reform Citizens United, bring about immigration normalization, implement a wealth tax, etc.
kindly,
Bright
brokephibroke
(1,883 posts)Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)Link to tweet
?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1224419648202072064&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fhomenews%2Fmedia%2F481234-limbaugh-says-he-has-advanced-lung-cancer
MEE2
@MEEnTJE90
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Rush has been part of our family for 30 years. He, his family and medical staff are in our prayers for strength and healing. With God, all things are possible.
Ken WHITE
@Kenwhite4444
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@BoSnerdley
I have listened to him from day one, He changed my life, I owe a lot to God by way of this messenger, Hearing this news it hit me as hard as if it were a biological family Member, Praying to the Lord God to let us borrow him for a while more, even if only sometimes, Amen.
dem4decades
(11,296 posts)They pray to him too.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Im sorry...that good people also get lung cancer. *That* isnt fair.
jimfields33
(15,820 posts)I add my hope to that.
Takket
(21,575 posts)malaise
(269,045 posts)If you have nothing good to say remain silent Shhhhhhhhhhhh!
Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)superpatriotman
(6,249 posts)....
panader0
(25,816 posts)"En boca cerrado, no entran moscas."
With a closed mouth, flies cannot enter.
malaise
(269,045 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)"Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to
open it and remove all doubt."
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)"The mouth is the gate of misfortune."
calimary
(81,304 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)...
jrthin
(4,836 posts)..
malaise
(269,045 posts)Ice
underpants
(182,826 posts)Caught some of his show at lunch didnt hear it. I did hear the part about how Trump is a ray of sunshine and happiness.
brokephibroke
(1,883 posts)Lithos
(26,403 posts)Switched to e-cigarettes around 2010
L-
calimary
(81,304 posts)I cant for the life of me understand the appeal of cigar smoking. The smell of that smoke is just FOUL.
hlthe2b
(102,290 posts)And that is all I will say...
lunatica
(53,410 posts)No joy and certainly no sympathy or pity.
To quote IMFLOTUS, I dont care. Do you?
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)His malign influence will not be missed.
Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,732 posts)Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)ZZenith
(4,123 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)democrattotheend
(11,605 posts)I wish him a healthy recovery, but I can't say I'd be too sad if he decided after that to retire.
UTUSN
(70,706 posts)I had just gotten into the car and missed the specifics, only that he was going to be out whenever and back when he could, then at the end pulmonary (something) WITH MALIGNANCY. I dont actively wish bad things, but when bad things happen to bad people I think of the others who have suffered the same things, not focusing on *this* person. He said he has a very deep relationship with God, and has worked this relationship a lot these past weeks. Well but his God hasnt worked LIMBOsevics insight into goodness for other people or his conscience over the horrid crap he has spread to the country. He was spewing the same hate minutes before the announcement and resumed it after the announcement. And the millions of dollars he has raised for charity proves the doctrine that Good works dont Save you. Even if he has a Lee ATWATER repentance, theres no reparation for the evil hes done. Apologies and repentance dont do anything.
When Laura INGRAHAM converted to Opus Dei type Catholicism, I strained to see in her behavior afterwards any sign of the Imitation of Christ, and have never seen it.
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)fuck him, I hope it's painful and horrible for him
jimfields33
(15,820 posts)I cant complain about repugs cheering. So I am as positive as can be so Im ready to fight those who will be nasty about RBG, Pelosi or any in our democratic wonderful classy group.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)SILENCE for the rest of their lives...
lunatica
(53,410 posts)So it makes perfect sense that he sits well with his god. It wont save his life, but surely it would if it could!
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)"Any amount gladly accepted."
Zolorp
(1,115 posts)He can afford it.
Demobrat
(8,980 posts)Care he would gleefully deny to others
ismnotwasm
(41,989 posts)Surgery and chemo and radiation. Possible renal failure, liver failure heart failure. People fight cancer so hard, its so unfair and so horrific that when even when a shitbag like Limbaugh gets it, I want them to win
cwydro
(51,308 posts)This kind of thing shines a light on some here. Glad to see many are taking your stance instead of going low.
I dont like him one bit, but I dont wish illness on anyone.
ismnotwasm
(41,989 posts)Cancer steals too much from too many people and its never a friend
nolabear
(41,984 posts)Ive lived in the shadow of my mothers excruciating death from cancer my whole life. My father was an Agent Orange victim and he got cancer of everythinglungs, bladder, spineit just consumed him. Its a monstrous way to die. If I ever wished that kind of suffering in another human being I would hang my head in shame.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)cancer!
TrunKated
(210 posts)Freakin LOL!
Mister Ed
(5,940 posts)Day before yesterday, I was driving across North Dakota and listening to his show. There were points where I knew he was deliberately lying to his audience, and that made me seeth with anger.
And yet, when I saw your headline just now, I softly cried out in dismay, here at my desk. My first, reflexive, heartfelt reaction. Don't know what else to say.
edhopper
(33,584 posts)terrible human.
But I also have no glee, as I would with Trump or Cheney among others.
VMA131Marine
(4,139 posts)He does not deserve my sympathy because Im sure I would not get his.
Raster
(20,998 posts)...is so divided. AND THE MOTHERFUCKER DID IT FOR MONEY.
Karma is a bitch. Asshole.
brokephibroke
(1,883 posts)A dem sweep of the WH and Congress. Karma would be trump in jail.
brokephibroke
(1,883 posts)His mansion lost in a raising sea.
JenniferJuniper
(4,512 posts)a piece of shit
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)This one does.
renate
(13,776 posts)klook
(12,156 posts)I'd be very happy if Limbaugh lived another 25 years or so, to witness one Democratic victory after another.
If this were to somehow soften him up and make him admit the error of his ways (see Atwater, Lee), even better. I don't think he could ever reverse the damage he's caused, but he could make a tiny teensy difference if he were to speak out against his decades of hate.
Cirque du So-What
(25,941 posts)no matter how they were acquired?
brokephibroke
(1,883 posts)But if its advanced, its prolly too late as it likely has metastasized.
lame54
(35,293 posts)He is 99.9% right, eh?
mitch96
(13,911 posts)lame54
(35,293 posts)mitch96
(13,911 posts)MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)I don't wish that kind of misery on anyone.
berksdem
(595 posts)in all seriousness I would not wish this on my worst enemy.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)My dad was an honorable, kind, giving soul
Fuck rush. Hope he dies penniless after insurance doesnt pay up
renate
(13,776 posts)It must hurt so much to have lost a good man in this way.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)llmart
(15,540 posts)That's all I got.
JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)Can't stand the guy, but not about to root against anyone suffering with cancer.
JohnBoltonsmustache
(21 posts)Before he went political and national. He was actually quite entertaining, self-deprecating, and open about his personal life. He found his niche there tearing down the Democratic establishment in California and used that shtick to gain a right-wing following and attention.
sarisataka
(18,663 posts)Who have died due to this disease to feel the smallest drop of pleasure from this announcement.
KatyMan
(4,195 posts)Be long and painful. Maybe he can experience the wrong that he has done to this country via this. No sympathy. fuck him.
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)Initech
(100,080 posts)But I wouldn't wish death on him. Instead I hope he has a revelation of all the good things liberals have done to advance science and medicine in the last 50 years so he is able to receive treatment.
That's wishful thinking though.
brokephibroke
(1,883 posts)Perhaps as the disease progresses he will be a voice for unity. He has the talent to divide, he has the talent to unite.
llmart
(15,540 posts)He did nothing but foment hate.
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)and it was the right thing to do, but I don't think anything he said ever undid the damage of his earlier actions.
https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/13/us/gravely-ill-atwater-offers-apology.html
"In a detailed and candid article about his career and his fight against an inoperable brain tumor, Lee Atwater has apologized to Michael S. Dukakis for the "naked cruelty" of a remark he made about the Democratic Presidential nominee in the 1988 campaign.
The apology by Mr. Atwater, who is now in his last month as chairman of the Republican National Committee, is included in an article in the February issue of Life magazine, where he also starkly describes his often-desperate attempts to deal with his illness and his fear on some nights that if he falls asleep, "I will never wake up again."
As manager of Mr. Bush's campaign, Mr. Atwater succeeded in making the case of Willie Horton, a convicted murderer, an issue against Mr. Dukakis.
Mr. Horton, who is black, raped a white woman and stabbed her husband while on a weekend furlough from a Massachusetts prison. The Bush campaign used the case to portray Mr. Dukakis, then Governor of Massachusetts, as a liberal who was soft on crime.
.... "After the election, when I would run into Ron Brown, I would say hello and then pass him off to one of my aides," he said. "I actually thought that talking to him would make me appear vulnerable.
"Since my illness, Ron has been enormously kind -- he sent a baby present to Sally T.," Mr. Atwater's third child, who was born only weeks after he was stricken. "He writes and calls regularly -- and I have learned a lesson: Politics and human relationships are separate. I may disagree with Ron Brown's message, but I can love him as a man."....(more)
hatrack
(59,587 posts)EDIT
In the article Atwater apologized to Michael Dukakis for the "naked cruelty" of the 1988 presidential election campaign.[27][28]
Ed Rollins stated in the 2008 documentary Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story:
[Atwater] was telling this story about how a Living Bible was what was giving him faith and I said to Mary [Matalin], "I really, sincerely hope that he found peace". She said, "Ed, when we were cleaning up his things afterwards, the Bible was still wrapped in the cellophane and had never been taken out of the package", which just told you everything there was. He was spinning right to the end.[15]
EDIT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Atwater
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie_Man:_The_Lee_Atwater_Story
Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)I firmly believe that if he ever possessed a soul that he destroyed it years ago.
He cannot, in my opinion, come back.
His body is burning and aching with the venom he produced.
Even if he got on national tv and said I was wrong. vote for Joe Biden Id still wish nothing but suffering on him. To me he is that evil.
mvd
(65,174 posts)I will just say I hope he repents before he dies.
in2herbs
(2,945 posts)listeners yet he neither showed or expressed compassion for any American that did not bow down to him. I will muster sympathy for him when he supports medical care for all not just for those who are well-connected.
LonePirate
(13,424 posts)TxVietVet
(1,905 posts)Spot in Hell for him.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)I remember saying I wouldn't wish the way he died on my worst enemy, this is testing that promise. But I meant it, I would not wish this even on Rush. I hope he beats it.
Squinch
(50,955 posts)LexVegas
(6,067 posts)Boxerfan
(2,533 posts)"I hope he FAILS"
He really deserves no sympathy. It is like wishing Joseph Goebbels a speedy recovery.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)no sympathy from me.
The world will be a better place without him.
Sid
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)In a detailed and candid article about his career and his fight against an inoperable brain tumor, Lee Atwater has apologized to Michael S. Dukakis for the "naked cruelty" of a remark he made about the Democratic Presidential nominee in the 1988 campaign.
The apology by Mr. Atwater, who is now in his last month as chairman of the Republican National Committee, is included in an article in the February issue of Life magazine, where he also starkly describes his often-desperate attempts to deal with his illness and his fear on some nights that if he falls asleep, "I will never wake up again."
As manager of Mr. Bush's campaign, Mr. Atwater succeeded in making the case of Willie Horton, a convicted murderer, an issue against Mr. Dukakis.
Mr. Horton, who is black, raped a white woman and stabbed her husband while on a weekend furlough from a Massachusetts prison. The Bush campaign used the case to portray Mr. Dukakis, then Governor of Massachusetts, as a liberal who was soft on crime.
"In 1988," Mr. Atwater said, "fighting Dukakis, I said that I 'would strip the bark off the little bastard' and 'make Willie Horton his running mate.' I am sorry for both statements: the first for its naked cruelty, the second because it makes me sound racist, which I am not." Reputation as 'Ugly Campaigner'
Since being stricken last year, the 39-year-old Mr. Atwater has apologized on several occasions for many of the campaign tactics he once employed and for which he was criticized. But rarely has he spoken in such detail or with such candor as in the interview for the first-person Life article.
https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/13/us/gravely-ill-atwater-offers-apology.html
Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)Too bad for him.
brokephibroke
(1,883 posts)One of his sick legacies. He will soon learn he is just like the rest of them.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)Im not even a fan of his music
But Mr Limbaughs comments reminded me of my grandmother saying
Never speak ill of the dead
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)not in this case. it's called KARMA.
brokephibroke
(1,883 posts)Karma would be seeing his lifes work crumble as he is left penniless. We all die, Id rather see karma catch him first.
Croney
(4,661 posts)I guess it's so the person praying can feel self-righteous? As an atheist I don't really care.
I don't wish him to suffer, but I'll be VERY glad when his voice is stilled.
brokephibroke
(1,883 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)But I guess a lot of people wishing well or hoping for good are also being no more and no less self-righteous...
nini
(16,672 posts)Since that works so well whe Repubs say that.
scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)Bettie
(16,110 posts)but I can't muster any up right now.
Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)Rush is such evil, the epitome of sleaze that I cannot wish him anything other than a slow, painful death.
lsewpershad
(2,620 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)I learned to dislike the ass back when he was broadcasting out of a single station in Sacramento, California.
brokephibroke
(1,883 posts)donkeypoofed
(2,187 posts)He brought it upon himself with his words and his deeds. Feel sorry for kids though.
brokephibroke
(1,883 posts)VMA131Marine
(4,139 posts)He did it on his show for Petes sake.
marble falls
(57,101 posts)Tarc
(10,476 posts)Skip up to 0:58 mark, looks like we can't link to specific start times here.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,414 posts)I will certainly not miss him when he is gone.
Cornell Engineer
(80 posts)So what's for lunch???
How ironic since Limbaugh IS a cancer. His single good attribute was that he's a Steelers fan but that hardly makes up for all the hatred he spewed and the damage he's done to the national psyche.
Hey, Satan...you got one headed your way soon.
Cornell Engineer
(80 posts)I doubt Rush will be allowed to wear his Big Ben jersey in Hell because I'm pretty sure that the Devil is a Patriots fan.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)Not even on a sorry excuse for a human being like Limbaugh.
brokephibroke
(1,883 posts)Go White Sox!
Nature Man
(869 posts)maybe he can rub some money on the affected parts, hopefully his tolerance to opiods isn't too profound.
Tots and taters.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)the North Carolina Democratic Party.
brokephibroke
(1,883 posts)Baltimike
(4,146 posts)I put *nothing* passed any of them
Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)Crunchy Frog
(26,587 posts)GaYellowDawg
(4,447 posts)But I won't wish him well, either. There are people whom the world would be better off without, and he's definitely one of them.
angrydem666
(9 posts)budkin
(6,703 posts)Otherwise, RBG would NEVER have gotten cancer. Also, FUCK CANCER.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)Wasn't he the one blaming American Indians for white people having tobacco related deaths?
https://nativeappropriations.com/2010/12/ridiculously-maddening-quote-of-the-day-rush-limbaugh-blames-indians-for-tobacco-related-deaths.html
Leith
(7,809 posts)so I refuse to feel sorry for him and I don't wish him well.
Let's just say I've been listening to CeeLo Green and Lily Allen songs for the past several minutes.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)for me to bother with.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)For the cancer in his lungs, I wish him a full recovery.
Not sure the 2 aren't related in some spiritual and maybe even physical sense.
Cornell Engineer
(80 posts)RUSH: Some news just in. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Buzzi Ginsburg has had lung surgery this morning, cancerous nodules removed. That is the extent of my knowledge now. Theres probably more to it, but I havent had a chance to click on any links to get details. It was a short commercial break. Well, it was short in terms of trying to gather information. The media is gonna freak over this. (chuckles) I mean, its almost punishment.
Hey, Rush...you still chuckling??? Rot in hell, you evil bastard.
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)Dukkha
(7,341 posts)It's karmic justice.
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)I rarely hear shit about him anymore.
He'll meet his maker.
EveHammond13
(2,855 posts)Mariana
(14,858 posts)He can pay cash for any treatment he receives, and won't even notice it. But he's over 65 so he'd be on Medicare.
Liberal In Texas
(13,556 posts)Just glad I'm going be around to see it.
Alhena
(3,030 posts)Yeehah
(4,587 posts)I hope he dies a painful death soon.
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)Look for a loser wearing a black arm band.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)area51
(11,910 posts)Caliman73
(11,738 posts)As others have said, wishing harm on another person is a dark process and one that I think is natural when someone is seen to be destructive, but then you are also engaging in that destructiveness.
I don't know Limbaugh personally. I know of his character on the radio and of the effect his career has had on political discussion. I do know people who have had cancer and it is a horrible way to die.
So I am going to say the same as others. I do not wish harm on Limbaugh and I wish his family and friends the best in this process.
I will say honestly, that I will not miss in the slightest, his absence from the world of political discussion.
Someone will step up to claim his spot atop the right wing political heap, most likely Hannity, who is likely now second in the right wing radio world.
Xolodno
(6,395 posts)If I was diagnosed with stage four, I would think I had a year left and do everything I ever wanted to do. With that said...
"I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction."
RedSpartan
(1,693 posts)n/t
gfwzig
(139 posts)His arguments about that issue made me realize that I was wrong ..........
I now disagree with him 100%.
Paladin
(28,264 posts)Snackshack
(2,541 posts)I have never been a listener of Limbaugh. He owns a great deal of responsibility for the divisiveness in our political discourse.
Having said that I do wish him the best in the new reality he lives in now. Cancer (period) is a vicious and horrible disease. Most organisms on this planet take only what they need of their host in order to flourish and survive. Cancer doesnt, it destroys everything...even what it needs to survive, it is a malicious branch in the tree of evolution. I would not wish it upon anyone.
Wounded Bear
(58,662 posts)dalton99a
(81,515 posts)About damn time.
myohmy2
(3,163 posts)...
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)I happen to be out of fucks for you.
Die like republicans want others that are not wealthy or thier kind to die, Just shut up die and die quickly.
mgcgulfcoast
(1,127 posts)Good luck and prayers.
PlanetBev
(4,104 posts)Hes two months younger than myself. I actually might get to see this prick die ahead of me. Ill be 70 in November. May he never live to see the same number.
Hes a one man slander machine and a vile excuse for a human being. He has damaged this country beyond imagination.
sammythecat
(3,568 posts)I am more than well aware of the terribleness of this disease. That being said, I don't give a fuck about Rush Limbaugh and his struggle with cancer. Well, I do give a fuck in that I hope his final days, and may they be long and plentiful, are spent sweating and groaning because the narcotics are no longer effective.
No hope of heaven, no fear of hell, and no pity in my heart for a piece of shit like Limbaugh.
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)No cares from me.
eShirl
(18,494 posts)cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)That's what he accused Michael J Fox of when he came out saying he had parkinsons. Limbaugh said he was faking and publicly ridiculed him and his movements saying he was just trying to get publicity.
So yeah, couldn't have happened to a worse person.
Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)I haven't known anyone to have lung cancer that wasn't a smoker. My father-in-law died of lung cancer about 2 years ago. He was in his early 60's and smoked his whole life.
brokephibroke
(1,883 posts)Switched to cigars awhile ago.
VOX
(22,976 posts)He is without honor of any sort. He inspired others to act with equal dishonor. For decades, he served a daily portion of hatred and disinformation packed in outrage (real or theatrical, doesnt matter). There is no single positive word to speak about his character, his lifes work, or his legacy.
I wish pain and death upon no one. I sincerely believe in humanitys interconnectedness and in having compassion for all living things. But as I search my heart, I find that I will not miss this mans existence, whenever it comes to that.
smb
(3,471 posts)totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)So I wish him the best even though a lot of his supporters would undoutably cheer if a liberal Democrat like me had lung cancer. But that's the difference between us and them. We take the high road. We are not haters.