Rush Limbaugh announces he has advanced lung cancer

[brooklynite]

Source: New York Daily News

Rush Limbaugh, the loudmouthed conservative radio host, announced on his show Monday that he has been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.

The 69-year-old “The Rush Limbaugh Host” said he has begun treatment for the cancer, but didn’t go into details.

“There are going to be days that I’m not going to be able to be here,” he said on the show.

Limbaugh launched his career as a DJ on a Pennsylvania radio station in 1971 and continued moving up the food chain, including joining New York’s WABC in 1988, just before the Republican National Convention.

Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-rush-limbaugh-lung-cancer-20200203-l7x2b5ies5hupnqvqfkcbmjvbm-story.html

[Scoopster]

1. Submitted without comment

[raccoon]

22. Ditto. Nt

[Scotch-Irish]

312. Ok. That's appropriate. n/t

[UpInArms]

84. Maybe we could

Have an entire symphony

[spike jones]

123. I am late to this thread but, as Samwise told Faramir,

"Now is the time to show your quality."

NOT!

[Bob Loblaw]

205. To clarify...

I rec'd the diagnosis and the OP.

[Captain Zero]

234. Not Advanced Enough

Ting-a-ling, Motherfucker.

[AtheistCrusader]

2. .

[louis-t]

27. He quit cigarettes years ago.

For those who didn't know.

[Shrike47]

40. I think he moved on to e-cigarettes, from his on-air remarks.

I remember him mocking some woman on air who had complained about his consumption of a tobacco product indoors after a golf game. He had responded that his method of consumption did not violate the law and described himself in a way that sounded to me like he was an obnoxious boor. Of course, nothing unusual there.

[AtheistCrusader]

58. I don't much care. That's the image he portrays today.

That image link is for his own website.

(Sorry, I'm not being snide with you, I can't think how else to word that.)

[Warpy]

59. The last publicity pic I saw was about 5 years ago

and showed him with his trademark fat cigar, smoked halfway down.

May he get all the very best aggressive cancer treatment all his money can buy for the rest of his life.

[Major Nikon]

194. ...

[Warpy]

212. Jesus! Put a warning on that damned thing!

[NewbieInWonderland]

254. Very funny!

Loved your comment, but please note -

If we read all the warnings, we'd starve to death and become Christian Scientists. Not to mention being too sober, too much of the time.

[Mosby]

310. He smokes cigars.

[trueblue2007]

83. oh gees, what a bummer. couldn't happen to a nicer guy

[lagomorph777]

103. So sad.

[Judi Lynn]

287. He's a true a-hole's a-hole.

[MyOwnPeace]

3. Thoughts and prayers.....................

[hamsterjill]

178. You said it!

I wish the man no ill, but I have no reason to give him more compassion than he's given the countless other human beings that he's vilified and made the brunt of his hateful lies. Except that I'm a Democrat, and that's what makes me different from him because I typically care about my fellow living creatures.

In some way, I have to wonder if the universe is not starting to correct the balance between good and evil in some ways... and I will leave that correction to the universe at large.

[MyOwnPeace]

192. I had posted it elsewhere

but I'm happy to do it again because many may not have seen this. It is his reaction to Michael J Fox's having made a political statement that Rush did not agree with.

So, he doesn't just "argue" the case - he goes low.

I'm with you - I'll never wish anyone harm or ill - but, to quote Mark Twain:

“I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.”

[Bengus81]

319. And Will Rogers died decades before Rush was born

I doubt he would have "liked" that man.

[Raster]

257. tots and pears

[2naSalit]

4. So SAD!

[Cousin Dupree]

5. Tots and payers

[trueblue2007]

240. Tater TOTS & Pourers

[George II]

6. This is cold- hearted, cruel, and un-Christian, but not an ounce of sadness!

[modrepub]

21. Would this be crueler?

Hoping some health care providers refuse treatment on religious grounds? Yea, that's really bad on my part. Someone needs to call me out I guess.

[calimary]

86. Can't. I certainly can't claim I was worthy to "cast the first stone."

I certainly don’t wish lung cancer on anyone.

But I do get how some will want to celebrate the bad fortune of a mighty pain-giver. After all, he’s always been first (and loudest) in line to celebrate when our side faced adversity. And he’d revel in rubbing it in. And that generates a TON of pain and hostility and negativity and intolerance and just plain old mean-spiritedness, and a wish to see the “favor” returned.

It takes my mind to many comments, quotes, and descriptions of the trumpets and why they love and celebrate trump and hate us. How they love him because of the mere fact that he makes us miserable. That’s how much they hate US. And they delight and damn near dance in the street when we’re hurt or saddened or insulted or made to suffer in some way by what he’s sad and/or done. The whole “I drink liberals’ tears” thing - which I’m hearing and seeing and reading quite frequently now.

And all I can ask, again, is “what does that say about THEM?”

Pretty sad. Pretty pathetic.

[Perseus]

135. I cannot call you out, if I write what I am thinking I would be called out.

You are doing OK. Some people deserve compassion but to deserve that you had to have had compassion for others, and this guy has never had any, on the contrary, through his vitriol he has helped change the landscape to what we have now, not a pretty site.

I feel Karma got to him, I feel that all the hate he has shouted all these years have accumulated and he can shove his golden microphone up his ass. I am sure they will bury him with it.

[Cirque du So-What]

7. I've observed terminal illness bringing out long-suppressed humanity in some people

I won't hold my breath waiting for any sign of it from Limbaugh.

[musette_sf]

24. pretty sure there won't be a Lee Atwater mea culpa

from El Rushbo

on edit: PS, Lee liked cigars too

[Butterflylady]

201. On his deathbed tried to make amens

For what he did to help poppy Bush win in '88. He knew it was wrong but winning was all it was all about. Too bad he had to realize it too late.

[Skittles]

285. yes

I really felt that Atwater was sincere and filled with regret at the end - it really surprised me. I know that will not happen with Limbaugh, he will die filled with the hatred he made his career on and infected America with.

[BigmanPigman]

290. I just looked him up on Google.

His Wiki page says...

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.

He was a evil bastard until his last breath.

[Skittles]

292. I don't care about the bible

I think Atwater was sincerely touched by the outpouring from Democrats, especially Ron Brown, when he was dying from a brain tumor.

[Ahpook]

259. I was about to say the same

He has hurt quite a few people during his career. Little do his listeners know he has done a huge disservice to them as well.

Maybe at the end of his wretched, greedy existence he will find some balance.

[leftieNanner]

8. I do not wish that kind of diagnosis on anyone

But I do admit that I will not be sad to see him off the air. I think maybe all those cigars weren't such a good idea.

[Hokie]

9. I think Rush was responsible for polluting my brother's mind

Last edited Mon Feb 3, 2020, 04:48 PM - Edit history (1)

My older brother has listened to Rush since day 1. He watches Faux News too of course. We no longer speak. It is sad.

[BumRushDaShow]

30. Oddly enough

I actually heard his very first show back in 1988 - which was on his flagship 770 WABC in NYC (that we can pick up here in Philly). The noon slot was originally filled by Lynn Samuels and she was booted to a different slot and studio when he came on. Doesn't seem like it's been 32 years but it has.

[Nitram]

106. In Al Franken's book, "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Liar" he writes that when Limbaugh

started he was funny, and he criticized foibles on both sides of the aisle. Shortly after an invitation to the Bush WH he come out as a solidly far right Republican.

[Bengus81]

118. Nah....he was a flaming RW Librul hater dating back before Clinton took office....

He really went off the charts with his lying BS when Clinton won election and was in the WH in Jan 1993.

[BumRushDaShow]

157. I remember when Franken published that book

Limbaugh had a staff that used to produce SNL-like "commercials" that lampooned some of the more notable "liberals" - a favorite subject being Jessie Jackson. His show started up the year after the FCC abolished the "Fairness Doctrine", so at the time, there were still some shows with "liberal/progressive" points of view on the air. But that abolishment eventually lead to shows pairing "conservative vs liberal" (like Hannity & Colmes" and "Batchelor & Alexander" ), which became de riguer in a manner that mimicked CNN's "Crossfire", until they eventually eliminated even that format and went full-on RW loon, both live and syndicated. The deregulation of the airwaves finished liberal programming off for good when the RW bought thousands of AM radio stations and put the loon programming on them - with one group using Limbaugh as as an anchor and others using Beck or Levin as an anchor. It has been an ugly 30 years and it forced me to get a subscription back in 2007, to (then- ) XM radio, now SiriusXM, to finally hear some kind of liberal/progressive programming.

In essence, he eventually became the mouthpiece for the GOP with the insanity of Gingrich and their "revolution" mustering their troops for a full-on assault on all sensibility, subsequently leading to the teabaggers for 2010.

It is bizarre how far they have all fallen throwing their gawd Ronald Raygun under the bus.

[ZERTErYNOthe]

253. Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot: And Other Observations

The book "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot: And Other Observations" was first lent to me by a military vet that I worked with, shortly after it was published in '99. I started reading it over lunch, and had zero productivity for that afternoon and the next day until I finished it.

The book is still available, new or used (and maybe at your library). If you haven't read it recently (or ever) you need to grab a copy. I'm going to dig up mine and re-read it for the memories.

At the same time this book came out I worked with a bunch of Ditto heads that actually got a large office together, just so they could listen to his show. It was nice that they self-quarantined themselves to slow the spread of the poison. The guy who organized it all was (and is) a good friend. I used to email him Michael Moore's missives, back when you got that sort of thing though Usenet or email. It really pissed him off. We would bitch each other out over lunch (I mean have constructive discussions), or any time we visited each others office, but we had mutual respect and a lot of common ground, and it never hurt our friendship or working relationship.

I honestly felt bad for Limbaugh when he announced his hearing loss, but then I found out why. I still felt sympathy for him as a drug addict. That is terrible affliction for anyone, regardless of their class, but I had no respect for him because he was such a hypocrite for how he portrayed fellow drug addicts.

And then there was the time that he was detained by federal agents after a return from the Dominican Republic for "R&R" with drugs not prescribed to him. Specifically, Viagra. A popular R&R drug.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_the_Dominican_Republic

Again, look at his history. I don't take any joy in what he is and will go through. But it somehow seems fitting. He was a cancer on our society and damaged it "bigly".

[BumRushDaShow]

272. Don't need a book. I listened to the show for quite some time until I had had enough

I remember events such as his announcing his hearing loss (due to Rheumatoid arthritis in the ear bone joints - one of my sisters has RA) and remember when he moved out of NYC and down to Florida to a compound where he did his broadcasts... And I also remember when Poppy was first running for re-election and Limbaugh "announced" that he "wasn't" supporting him, causing all sorts of a stir in conservative land.

I remember his EIB would sue stations that bucked the syndication time slot format, where he stipulated that his show MUST air in a "noon - 3 pm" slot (and one Baltimore station refused and finally started breaking the grip).

And yes he has had all sorts of "affluenza" criminal run-ins including the pills, but not just Viagra - the biggy was Oxcontin.

I remember he used to bring on guest hosts like black conservative and anti-affirmative action nut Ward Connerly as well as pseudo-economist Thomas Sowell.

The biggy was when he summarily announced that if Obama was re-elected, then he was moving to Costa Rica.

It eventually became too much as more and more RW programming took over the airwaves... But fortunately I found Joe Madison - who originally had a graveyard show here in Philly back in the late '80s and was later fired from that... But then was back on the air here years later on another station in syndication, with his show partially overlapping Limbaugh's time (Madison's show was 10 - 1pm I think). I eventually got XM radio in 2007 when I found where Madison was also being broadcast (he had originally been broadcasting in syndication with Cathy Hughe's Radio One/Syndication One programming - on both sat radio and terrestrial radio - and then eventually went completely onto satellite radio). The SiriusXM merger brought about a couple left/liberal/progressive stations that included some of the old Air America folks including Rachel... as well as other familiar voices like Bill Press and Stephanie Miller.

[Nitram]

322. I'm sorry, but I cannot feel sympathetic towards a drug addict who at the same time supported harsh

penalties for drug addicts instead of medical help. He even pretended on air that he couldn't pronounce "Oxycontin" so it looked like he had little experience with the drug. And, of course, because he is wealthy he got off with a slap on the wrist. He should have had his broadcast license taken away. I feel the same antipathy towards secretly gay conservatives who espouse severe laws against gay people.

[droidamus2]

245. actually ...

When Rush first started in Sacramento, CA people were not sure if he truly was a conservative or if he was a 'liberal' just making fun of conservatives. Little did we know.

[3Hotdogs]

190. Lynn Samuels, there was an original. I met her around 1994. Really nice.

[BumRushDaShow]

221. Well unfortunately

she sortof went down a rabbit hole and went full-on PUMA and birther after the 2008 election. Before then she was the epitome of the stereotypical NYer and was a loud liberal who helped to staunch the crap from people like "Guardian Angel" founder Curtis Sliwa, who had an early morning show on WABC, and the "original" loud and nasty and rude conservative, Bob Grant.

[Squidly]

305. I remember listening to some of her final shows before she passed

I had a hard time listening to her birther comments and wondering why she was on Sirius Left. Alex Bennet would sometimes stick up for her, but it seemed like she diddnt care for him much. Same with Thom Hartman.

[BumRushDaShow]

314. I don't know what happened other than her apparently go all-in

with supporting Hillary (with the Clintons having moved to NY - with Bill initially setting up shop in Harlem before they bought the house upstate). And when the primaries didn't go that way, she seemed to have snapped. The irony being that Obama had also been in NY, having gone to Colombia, graduated from there, and living in NYC for a few years before leaving for Chicago and later going to Harvard for law school.

I never understood why they kept her on a Left channel (XM had Air America/America Left, eventually SiriusXM Progress). I guess it was based on her past philosophy.

[deurbano]

145. My dead dad, my mother and my sister (which is to say, my entire nuclear family) have all had

their minds and any sense of common decency polluted by that scumbag. (Not to overlook his effect on my sister's dumb, Ditto-head husband.) Mind you, these weren't stellar people to start with, but he really helped coarsen political culture (with enthusiastic assistance from Fox "News" and the rest of Hate Media), eroding whatever shred of an authentic principle any of these (aptly named) Deplorables might have once held. He's a major contributor to the mess we are in.

I no longer talk to my sister, either. We used to agree to disagree, but 2016 emboldened her to let her Fascist Freak Flag really fly. She's made it quite clear that we are the enemy. So it goes... and ditto on the flip flop.

[Dennis Donovan]

10. Hmm.

Link to tweet

Hmm.

Hmmmm.

Excuse me for a moment...



K... I'm back.

Hmm.

[MyOwnPeace]

68. Thank you, Dennis........

for marking that special, touching moment. I think of him mocking so many people on his show, and the video of him and his response to Michael J Fox:

I'm sure that everybody will say, "Hey, he was just doing his "job" - he really is a nice guy and meant no harm."

Believers know that there is a special place waiting for Rush Limbaugh.

[BumRushDaShow]

235. He was a fucking disgrace mocking Michael J. Fox

and the irony was that he was essentially deaf in both ears and had to get cochlear implants to restore partial hearing. That was why he rarely went to "public" events and had handlers with him to alert him to people who would come up from behind him to greet and/or talk to him at those rare events.

[James48]

158. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

There, I said it.

[Ferryboat]

225. Karma is a bitch

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Nobody deserves this, even this right-wing troublemaker.

I have compassion for anyone with this diagnosis.

That does not excuse his loudmouthed pronouncements.

[oldsoftie]

33. You're a classy person. I try to be.

But we'll see a lot of grave dancing here.

[Jake Stern]

95. Getting my dancing shoes out

Some people are so vile that they deserve what they get.

Rush is an example of that.

[BigmanPigman]

270. He deserves much worse than this,

but I will settle. I hoped he would do too much Oxy and "off" himself, but this is even better Karma. Good riddance to the fucking, hate filled, evil bastard! Let's dance!

[cyclonefence]

329. When his cancer gets really bad (which I hope it does)

at least he'll have legal access to all the oxycontin he wants. Fuck him and fuck his cancer. I hope he suffers like a victim of the Inquisition.

[BigmanPigman]

330. I like the way you think!

[groundloop]

144. How did Mark Twain put it...... I wouldn't wish death upon anyone,

but there are a few obituaries I'll take great pleasure in reading.


I'm trying to bite my tongue and not be an ass talking about someone who is gravely ill, but Limbaugh has managed to bring great pain and discomfort upon so many people that it's tough.

[USALiberal]

168. Posters here make fun of weight, appearance, etc. So nothing will surprise me. nt

[cwydro]

208. So true.

And what’s funny is that a week or so ago, someone posted a thread about how “kind” we all were compared to republicans.

Several posted they’d “never met a cruel liberal.”

I’ve been here long enough to see numerous grave-dancing threads, posts for various criminals to be “buried under the jail,” posts chortling about the various unfortunate ways that people die, and on and on - posts that certainly indicate cruel thinking, if not actions.

[oldsoftie]

291. Oh, but thats DIFFERENT! Cause "they" deserve it

But i'll admit to feeling no sorrow for any terrorist or murderer or child molester who's been dispatched.

[eppur_se_muova]

324. Child molester ... hmmmmmmm ...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5196381

[oldsoftie]

326. "suitcase full". It was a bottle. Probably buying hookers. Never saw any proof of child molesting.

There are PLENTY of women "of age" in the DR that he COULD have used them with. Its a known sexual tourism spot.
I dont think he could ever stay married either.

[John Fante]

328. Rush appreciates you going to bar for him.

[oldsoftie]

332. I dont like spreading pure unsubstantiated gossip. I guess some folks enjoy it.

Because the right certainly did it with pres obama. And i'm sure you know the things i'm talking about.
I prefer not to be as silly as they are.
But if you have proof, then by all means.

[USALiberal]

298. So true! Nt

[Fritz Walter]

193. What I'd do at his grave isn't dancing

I’d prefer to think of it as “localized irrigation.”

Besides, it’s not as if I would actively search for that plot or even its cemetery.

Until recently, putting his remains in the ground would have violated EPA guidelines for toxic waste disposal. So, full Haz-Mat environment suit for visitors would only be recommended, not required.

[certainot]

268. no one did more to get trump in the WH, delay action on global warming, sell the attack on iraq

kill the iran deal,
excuse racism,
push citizens united,
reverse and stop environmental legislation,
increase species extinction,
stop alternative energy initiatives,
stop single payer,
deregulate media,
sell electronic voting machines,
stop the fla recount,
sell immigrant hate and the lies about thousands of them voting illegally for democrats to sell voter suppression,
demonize and lie about liberal candidates and ideals,
swiftboat gore, kerry, clinton, and hundreds of good politicians, public servants, and citizens
defund and privatize public education,
destroy unions,
get US soldiers killed and maimed in iraq and afghanistan
sell 'deep state' and benghazi and biden ukraine 'corruption' bullshit,
attack anita hill and christine blasey "ballsey" ford to get scumbags on the supremes,
get fascist ignorant nutballs into congress and senate,
keep assault weapons handy,
excuse the killers of trayvon martin and mike brown,
get kneeling athletes labeled unamerican,
pump up the white supremacists,
enable separation of immigrant families,
sell the wall,
religious 'equality'
sell privatization of the US mail
etc

and that's the short version

his genius is/was lying and rationalizing with royal i'm never wrong certitude that he could maintain because his call screeners hardly ever let anyone sneak in to challenge that certitude, while arranging paid callers from US and probably foreign think tanks and because he was basically invisible to those he attacked and lied about and they ignored him

and he's on 600 stations and all the talkers on those and about 1000 other stations had to follow his lead or get fired because his listeners could never get through to kiss his ring so they called the local shows to police them

this guy is ignorant and a liar and hater who used the biggest bully pulpit in the country to undermine democracy, move national wealth to billionaires, pollute the national discourse, and get people sick and killed

if republicans paid $1000/hr for political radio ads 15hrs/day, 1200 stations following limbaugh's lead would be worth about $5BIL/year FREE paid for by idiot and asshole advertisers

30 years of that was worth trillions in global warming, war, deregulation, voter suppression, crappy judges, and so on

at what point.... never mind

[oldsoftie]

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.

[certainot]

306. I think this will croak Trump and all his senate defenders. And they need to realize

how important Limbaugh was for leading them into this disaster and they are doomed if he’s not there to defend Trump and his defenders in the senate. If he can’t get back on the stage soon it’s the end of the Age of Limbaugh.

Hannity is nothing without Limbaugh, who’s a genius liar. A genius blowhard. They can't fill his shoes anytime soon. Limbaugh was essential for selling Trump and the Putin agenda.

All of those lesser blowhards follow the Limbaugh lead and had to or lose their jobs. The dittoheads who have been trying for years to talk to him but were dropped off the call list in favor of paid callers from think tanks in the US and elsewhere will instead call the local blowhards and make sure they follow Limbaugh’s lead.

[oldsoftie]

316. It definitely wont be the same without him. But last year Hannity was beating Rush

They were #1 - #2. Its not like listeners will disappear. And the stations damn sure dont want to lose the ratings
Hannity is actually worse than Rush, because he is a literal nobody who will say ANYTHING to GET those ratings. He'll believe what he's told to believe.
And the coveted 12-3 slot will be available if Rush is gone from it all.

[certainot]

323. fo trumpers hannity instead of limbaugh would be like pence instead of trump

if he can't get back soon they're fucked. those 600 radio stations are going to have to think hard about another format.

hannity reinforced limbaugh. he's limbaugh's water boy and ball wiper. part of his success on radio is that he reinforced limbaugh for 25 years coming on right after him. like limbaugh a big part of their ratings was that thy were on so many stations, were ubiquitous, and those stations were often the loudest or the only stations around. advertisers had little choice.

RW talk radio, the age of limbaugh, is going to lose a lot of stations and fall apart and those senators who vote to acquit need to get that message that limbaugh won't be around to rationalize and excuse their vote for the most corrupt, ignorant, and treasonous WH occupier in history

[Nitram]

109. He is not just a "troublemaker." He lies, he misrepresents, and he distorts the truth

in support of the GOP. He dishonestly, cruelly, and powerfully attacks people for their liberal views. He is truly evil.

[treestar]

136. I am sad for him

While noting that he would coldly not care if poor people in his exact situation got any treatment. He thinks he deserves it because he can afford it but that the poor person does not.

[squirecam]

183. Agreed

Nt

[Major Nikon]

220. I'm not sure anyone is saying he deserves cancer, but that doesn't mean he deserves compassion

Not only did he lack compassion for anyone, he was mean spirited towards those who need it.

[sarge43]

256. I won't wish cancer on anyone. That said ...

he deserves exactly the same compassion he has shown others.

[gopiscrap]

12. Good, may it advance quickly

[Bengus81]

122. [phone]

[krispos42]

202. Oh no no no

I want it to spread as slowly and expensively as possible, until just as he spends his last dollar, he dies. And I want his last thought to be "but I had health insurance".

[Thekaspervote]

13. Good riddance...

[forgotmylogin]

14. Cancer doesn't have a political bias.

I hope he takes all the time he needs out of the public spotlight. In fact, he should rest up and not return. Fight cancer, not Democrats.

[lark]

15. Karma and bad living.

Being so obese for so long and smoking cigars all that time, plus add in all the unmitigated hate and that surely had an effect.

[NecklyTyler]

238. Limbaugh smoked cigarettes up until about 10 years ago.

Sean Hannity smoked cigarettes too. Maybe what Limbaugh has is catching.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. I am just hearing this on my local news radio right now.

[mindem]

17. Good

[phandancer917]

18. As horrible as he is....

...I watched my father die from this form of cancer (30 years ago) and do not wish it upon anyone.

I want Limbaugh off the air (though the stench of his evil will outlive the decay in his corpse) -just not so much like this.

However, I would not weep for his passing.

[eppur_se_muova]

19. If he was "moving up the food chain", why is he still a bottom-feeder ? nt

[scarletwoman]

20. I'm at a loss as to how to respond to this news without saying something very nasty.

So, I'll have to fall back on my dear, departed mother's old adage: "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."

Although I suppose a nice Southern style, "Well, bless his heart!" would not go amiss.

[rpannier]

241. You could say something good or offer hope

He'll suffer and be dead soon - good
Hopefully he is gone quick so he can't sour the airwaves any longer

[moose65]

275. We'll all be quoting Bette Davis soon.

When she heard that Joan Crawford had died, Davis supposedly said “ I was taught to never speak ill of the dead, only good. She’s dead. Good.”

[MarcA]

23. He brought much evil into the world. Should have been gone sooner. n/t

[aquamarina]

25. No sympathy

he spent his career using his lungs to spew hate out into the airways. Sorry, can't muster any sympathy for this guy.

[NRaleighLiberal]

26. .

.

[rickyhall]

28. AFT - About Fucking Time

[keithbvadu2]

29. The same Rush who mocked and ridiculed Michael J Fox's Parkinson's?

The same Rush who mocked and ridiculed Michael J Fox's Parkinson's?

[Bengus81]

108. Yep...and said the Clinton's had Chelsey,didn't need a dog

So FUCKING DIE LIMBAUGH DIE.....................

[Javaman]

31. I heard that could cause a person to drop fucking dead.

how about that.

[Lochloosa]

38. Pity

[JohnnyRingo]

32. Limbaugh's lies have diseased a lot of people over the years

Therein lies my sympathy for his victims.

[bucolic_frolic]

260. His victims now have similar personalities

it should be a conservative cancer wave at some point

[Brother Mythos]

34. Thank you for posting this news.

[PatrickforO]

35. Mixed feelings. He's hurt a lot of people with his rhetoric.

Not a diagnosis I'd want, though.

[Iliyah]

36. As a Christian, prayers for him . . .

[sprinkleeninow]

102. As an Eastern Orthodox Christian, we reapeth what we soweth

according to Holy Scripture.

I have no glee, but stuff happens. And he's not exempt.

This could involve 'holy' karma.

We presently 'see through a glass darkly'.

[Major Nikon]

197. As an atheist, god bless his piece of shit heart

[patricia92243]

37. The other big mouths will be falling all over themselves to take

his place.

[Yavin4]

39. Cancer is not a punishment. It affects both good and bad people alike.

I wish Rush well in his fight. I also hope that he tracks his medical expenses throughout his battle and develops empathy for the high cost of healthcare in this nation.

[Nitram]

129. When I returned two the States in 1998 after 21 years in Japan I had a long commute and listened to

Limbaugh for a while. He was constantly reporting that if you didn't like your HMO you could just go to another one, which was a complete and utter lie. They did not accept people with "pre-existing conditions," as I found when I found when I accidentally let my health insurance lapse. He is a very wealthy man (In 2018, Forbes listed his earnings at $84.5 million), and will have no trouble at all paying for any medical expenses. I very much doubt he will suddenly experience any sympathy for those who can't pay their medical expenses. He thinks they are lazy, and he can afford it because he works so hard.

[jalan48]

41. Thoughts and Prayers for the bastard.

[DEbluedude]

42. Lets all say a prayer for him, I'll start:

Heavenly Father,

When the time comes, may the GATES OF HELL OPEN UP AND SWALLOW HIM WHOLE. In your name we pray, Amen.

[JohnnyRingo]

43. Time for a musical tribute.

[NurseJackie]

44. Aw...

(I'm having a very difficult time caring. But if I could save Rush's life by taking away his terminal lung cancer and transferring it to a politician that I despise, I'd do that for him. That's how much I care.)

[MyOwnPeace]

79. Oh, Nurse Jackie.........

your dedication to the profession and sharing of cares and concerns only heightens the respect I have for the profession!
You ARE my favorite MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL!!!!!

[NurseJackie]

90. Thank you!

[Wellstone ruled]

160. Lost four of my In laws to Lung Cancer.

Being a Agnostic I am going to say this,for those whom Rush has belittled,berated,besmirched,Karma is settling up the Books. Sat many a day and week with all four Inlaws,oh so know how this ends and it is not pretty.

[NurseJackie]

210. Karma comes a-visiting very soon!

He's poisoned the hearts and minds of many who inflicted their cruelty upon the weakest and most vulnerable among us. I hope that son of a bitch suffers long and hard. Let his Hell be here on earth in his final months, weeks, days and hours.

"Thoughts and prayers!"

[Wellstone ruled]

217. Thanks,

Lost both Sister in Laws with in a four month time frame,lost a Brother In Law and Father In law within a eight month time frame. Both were in remission for more than a year. But when the C came back,it was only weeks for both.

Limpdick will need more than T&P's. Karma is standing outside his door waiting to settle up for those he attacked or lied about.

[Jake Stern]

45. See ya in Hell, fucker

I hope his death is painful and drawn out so he feels some of the pain he inflicted with his hatred and venom.

[Drum]

46. Kick + Recommend

He has sown the wind, and shall reap the whirlwind

[bluestarone]

47. Feel bad BUT

Won't miss him!

[Bengus81]

130. Difference between the Hindenberg and Limbaugh

One is a flaming Nazi gas bag and the other is a zeppelin.

Old joke but just had to do it!!!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

48. Sending thoughts and prayers for a full recovery to the

cancer!

[Maxheader]

49. Rush I have something for you...keep you settled down..get you through these troubled times.

[Greybnk48]

50. Ironic: God hit him right in his evil windbags.

If I was a believer, I would think his evil is causing him to rot from the inside out.

*I mean no offense. I actually do not believe this, since I don't remotely believe illness or misfortune is tied in any way to morality, including addictions. I myself am a cancer survivor, (2007 uterine cancer), and I don't believe it was a punishment.

[Nitram]

139. Interesting point, Greybnk. When he lost his hearing I felt the punishment was just, but he managed

to stay on the air anyway. Maybe this one will keep him off the air of good.

[Greybnk48]

203. At any rate, he's done. Nitram. n/t

[heckles65]

51. To get compassion

ya gotta give it. Limbaugh's record is barren in this regard.

[Vinca]

52. The lord works in mysterious ways.

[Paladin]

53. Good. Wish it had happened 30 years ago. (nt)

[LuvNewcastle]

119. That's the only sad part about this news,

that it's taken the cancer so long to do its work.

[gopiscrap]

161. me too

[Botany]

54. Rush's toxic speech helped to pollute the minds of people who bombed this building in Oklahoma City

Now, I don't know if the people behind that bombing listened to Rush but he has done real damage to
my country.

[Joe Nation]

55. My Mother and my sister both died years ago from lung cancer

Rush is in for a very painful, agonizing death. And it won't be long. He'll be gone by spring.

[maryellen99]

60. My MIL died within 6 weeks of being diagnosed nt

[Skittles]

66. so very sorry

I got very angry with a coworker who asked another coworker if her mother had smoked, when the mom died of lung cancer - I asked her, if she had died of a heart attack would you have asked if she exercised? Cancer is horrible, no matter how you lived your life. I truly believe if we had spent the money we wasted on wars on finding a cure for cancer, we would have one by now. My mum died of cancer.

[Habibi]

107. Possibly. But lung cancer treatments have advanced quite a bit in the last

few years, and he may actually do all right. For some people, it becomes a chronic disease, rather than a death sentence. I know a couple of women (from my own cancer support group) with stage IV lung cancer, and they have been plugging along for several years. It's not a fun way to live, but for the most part, they are maintaining.

Depends a lot on your general health and whether you can afford the treatments, of course.

[Nitram]

152. Advanced lung cancer?

[Habibi]

166. Yes. Lung cancer treatments have come a long way

from 30 years ago. For some, it becomes a chronic disease rather than a swift death sentence.

Note that I say: "For some." It depends on several things, including treatment availability and tolerability, and of course, your ability to pay for it.

[Joe Nation]

153. Yes but this is "Advance".

That usually means it is just a matter of time.

[Habibi]

163. Well, if you put it that way, it's just a "matter of time"

for all of us. But, yes: even people with advanced lung cancer can become stable and live longer than you might think. I know 2 women with stage IV lung cancer, and, while they are not living as easily as they once did, they are doing okay.

[Thomas Hurt]

56. I am very ambivalent about this news.

[Tom Rinaldo]

57. If I saw him drowning in a lake I would throw him a rope. That's the humanity in me...

But the world will be a better place without him.

[LudwigPastorius]

76. "If I saw him drowning in a lake I would throw him a rope."

As would I.

Heck, I might even hold onto one end of the rope or tie it to something on shore.

...maybe

[denbot]

138. LoL

You are a better person than I LudwigPastorius.

[Popcorn Samurai]

140. Throw him a rope?

Only if the other end had an anchor on it...

[lastlib]

169. I would go you one better--I'd throw him both ends of it!

I firmly believe in letting someone CHOOSE! "Which end do I want to hold onto while I drown?"

[Bengus81]

317. I'd throw him a rope--with an anchor on the end of it.

[Skittles]

61. as much as I absolutely despise that vile man

I would wish cancer on anyone.

[jb5150]

62. As per my mother's advice .....

I'll choose to say nothing. Besides, I have chores today .. one of which is to make sure I have that bottle of champagne chilled.

[47of74]

65. Same here.

[katmondoo]

63. My husband died of lung cancer.

He did not last too long after being diagnosed. Not an easy way to die.

[Demsrule86]

337. So sorry for your loss...I don't like Limbaugh but I don't believe in the death penalty...

don't wish death on anyone except maybe Trump...sad to say.

[riversedge]

64. I do not wish cancer on anyone.

[BlueIdaho]

67. Walk into the light Rush...

Walk into the light.

[magicarpet]

211. More like,...

Walk into the burning fires of Hell,

Satan is waiting for Limpdick.

[jb5150]

70. I promised myself I would try to stay civil .....

but fuck it. I'm sitting here remembering all the shitty things he said about Ted Kennedy when he was battling brain cancer. Limbaugh was an evil, racist, misogynistic, elitist hypocrite, I hope he dies screaming and lying in his own shit.

[kellytore]

71. That's the only bad thing about being an atheist

I don't believe in a hell where his fucking ass should go!

[Autumn]

72. I will abstain from making any pro or con comments.

[CanonRay]

73. Trying not to cheer

[abakan]

149. me too.

but it is hard when the person is so loathsome.

[CanonRay]

265. I wonder if he'll have an Atwater moment

and tell all when he's dying. Wonder what it must be like knowing all the shit you sowed in your life, knowing your death is at hand.

[cstanleytech]

74. You know the saying if you cannot say anything nice about anyone then do not say anything at all?

...................................................................

[underthematrix]

75. This is so sad. i understood Cuba had a cure for lung cancer even its advanced stage.

I hope he has access to the BEST treatment possible.

[paparush]

77. He gave the country cancer. Karma's a bitch,

[Lucky Luciano]

78. Pity

[Hoyt]

80. He's said such horrible things about people . . . . .

But I a hope he doesn’t feel the pain he’s inflicted.

[dware]

81. My wife died 2 years ago of Stage 4 Breast Cancer,

I wouldn't wish this on anybody, even Limbaugh.

[mahina]

85. DwRe

[dware]

286. Thank you mahina.

To watch her just wither away was so heartbreaking, the chemo did more harm than good.

[mahina]

295. I have experienced the same with friends and family.

I take hope from those in medicine who tell me that we will look back on treatments of this time as unimaginably brutal to cancer patients. I sure hope they hurry up or do they doing everything they can.

Peace to your wife, and you. Aloha.

[LenaBaby61]

82. The evil, rotten asshole ....

It coined the term Feminazi. It laughed at Michael J. Fox and his battles with Parkinson's disease, had a song called Pres. Obama "Barack the magic negro," and he said:

Ridiculously Maddening Quote of the Day: Rush Limbaugh Blames Indians for Tobacco-related deaths.

“Let’s check the scoreboard. How many Native Americans were killed by the arrival of the white man through disease and war…how many people have died since the white man arrived due to lung cancer, thanks to the Indian custom of smoking? Who are the real killers here?…Where are our reparations? I’m just saying.”

https://nativeappropriations.com/2010/12/ridiculously-maddening-quote-of-the-day-rush-limbaugh-blames-indians-for-tobacco-related-deaths.html

Being half Native-American and half African-American, I have absolutely NO sympathy for this cigar chain-smoking, race-bating piece of shit who was allegedly a pedophile.

Nope, I'll be enjoying my vegan taco dinner tonight, Yummy, nom nom 🌮🌮🌮🌮

[TheCowsCameHome]

87. My deepest condolences

go out to anything that is trapped in his wretched body.

[atreides1]

88. S**t happens...

I feel kind of like Spock did in the Star Trek revamp...when Kirk offered to assist Nero:

Spock:
Captain, what are you doing?

Kirk:
Spock, showing them compassion might go a long way to promoting peace between us and the Romulans. It's logic, I thought you'd like that.

Spock:
No, not really. Not this time.

I have no compassion for Limbaugh...if that makes me a lesser person, so be it...it's better then being a hypocrite.

I personally hope he suffers physically for all the psychological pain and misery he brought to so many...

[Faygo Kid]

89. YES!! He was born in 1951, like me!

And I have dreamed of outliving him since I first heard him in 1991. He is the Ultimate Hater. I have ZERO sympathy for him, and I shouldn't write more at this time until I calm down. Beautiful day of sunshine today here in Tampa, saw the first ever episode of The Rifleman (1958, with Dennis Hopper), and Rush may soon rot in Hell. What a day!!

[doctorzuma]

239. SO HAVE I!!! I was also born in 1951 and

after experimenting and enjoying living a life of sex, drugs, and rock and roll in my teens and early twenties, I became very health conscious- exercise, vegetarian, and peaceful living--and I dreamt about OUTLIVING him --especially when he mocked health and fitness and extolled the virtues of smoking.

Die Motherfucker quickly and painfully!!!

[NNadir]

91. Lung cancer is not quite the disease it was...

...when it killed my father.

There are treatments for lung cancer that were not available a short time ago.

This asshole will have access to the world's best technology and physicians simply because he has money.

He may live.

Republicans, despite their obvious lack of a trace of ethics and morality like to pretend they believe in God. It's pretty obvious that like everything else, it's merely an affective lie.

If it happens that there is a God with punative designs, for this man there will literally be he'll to pay.

[Dennis Donovan]

96. I think it depends when it's caught

He described his cancer as "advanced". To be honest, I'm not sure exactly what's considered "advanced". I thought it was classified by "stage"?

[Habibi]

116. Yes. My understanding is that stages III and IV

are considered advanced. Stage IV involves metastases to distant organs.

[appalachiablue]

131. It is classified by stage, but patients & family often

say advanced when it's 2-3. Someone here can enlighten us maybe. He also had some hearing/ear problems treated with with cochlear implants.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_staging

[NNadir]

226. I would expect that the traditional concept...

...of "stage" to be replaced at some point by a molecular biological category, although certainly there is a factor associated with distribution of metastases.

A common place for lung cancer to metastasize is the brain, but as Limbaugh's brain is hardly an important organ, this is hardly of consequence.

He's a fool and like those he defends and emulates, he hates science because he doesn't know any. He's unaware of his ethical state and similarly likely unaware of his medical condition.

Anything he says about anything should be taken with a large grain of salt.

[Mosby]

309. The stats

Small Cell 5-year survival rate: 2009-2015

All stages: 6.3%

Localized: 27.3%

Regionalized: 15.6%

Distant: 2.8%

Unstaged/Unknown: 9.5%

Non Small Cell 5-year survival rate 2009-2015

All stages: 23.7%

Localized: 61.4%

Regionalized: 34.5%

Distant: 6.1%

Distance is the degree of metastasis.

[NNadir]

313. I'm not sure of your source, but in this case the stats are relatively old.

They include people diagnosed 11 years ago.

There have been huge, if unheralded, advances in the last ten years. The numbers are certainly higher now.

[Mosby]

325. Yeah, lost the source

Couple key points though is that lung cancer is pretty fatal when it spread and small cell carcinoma is a death sentence. Those numbers also don't break out the survival rates for people of different ages, races and gender. Not surprisingly, older people have much lower survival rates.

[NNadir]

338. Well, yes...

...but if you reflect on it a bit, the largest cause of death is being born.

Cancer is not even close to being a single disease, and even among people who have cancers of a specific cellular type, ie, sclc, there are variances from individual to individual, and even within an individual.

The point is that one can extend one's life considerably with modern treatments and even not overly degrade one's quality of life significantly.

If I were diagnosed, I would search the scientific literature to determine my prognosis depending on the decisions I made. I did this for my sister-in-law when she got cancer, and currently she's in remission.

In the case of my mother-in-law who apparently was developing rapid melanoma - this is relatively common in elderly people near the end of life, and as you imply seldom ends up as a cause of death as other syndromes kill them first - I was able to convince the family that any treatment for melanoma would only exacerbate suffering.

I have no use for Limbaugh of course, and the sooner his pernicious mouth is permanently silenced, the better it is for decency and humanity, but I am merely stating the general case.

[Owl]

341. Has his cancer been clearly identified as stage 2, 3, or 4?

[DallasNE]

92. You Reap What You Sow n/t

[Rorey]

93. Every time I hear his name it makes me cringe

I just recall all of the horrible things he has said.

I can't say I feel bad about this news.

[TryLogic]

94. He deserves it

[cab67]

97. I keep thinking of this....

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/05/05/darrow-obituary/

[infullview]

98. Pigboy's done a lot damage in his lifetime.

I don't know how I feel about this. Normally I wouldn't wish this on anyone, but I might have to make an exception here.

[Nitram]

99. I don't usually say anything mean about someone who has cancer, but in Limbaugh's case I'll

make an exception. He deserves to die a painful death, and the sooner the better. He is a despicable human being who has attacked, maligned, and hurt some very good people for the sole reason that they are liberals. The world will be a better place with him gone.

[Faygo Kid]

126. +1. No, +1,000!

I'm not a hater. I don't hate anybody, ever. Not even Dick Cheney (gulp) EXCEPT Rush Limbaugh!!! I was also born in 1951, and I despise him and all he stands for! Go ahead and DIE a painful death, Rush, and rot in hell!!

[denem]

100. Thoughts and prayers

[progressoid]

101. .......

[KY_EnviroGuy]

104. Perhaps for the first time, Limbaugh tells the truth.

The millions who have suffered as a result of his and Rupert Murdoch's spreading of cruel and divisive right-wing dogma for decades will shed no tears.

Who can celebrate a legacy of splitting American society in half?

KY.........

[Docreed2003]

105. I loathe that mfer...but

I'm not into grave dancing. We all are born with an expiration date and he is no exception. While I might celebrate the end of his reign of spreading lies and sowing hatred, I will not celebrate in his suffering. Perhaps that is weak on my part, but I hope that such compassion would be bestowed on me and the ones I love. I had no control over the hate he sowed, but I can do a small part to reduce that hatred by not contributing more.

[Nitram]

154. Just remember him taking a sex tour of the Dominican Republic with a bottle full of Viagra.

Picture a teenager who comes into the room and sees Rush Limbaugh on a bed waiting for her. I cannot feel sympathy for a person like that.

[Botany]

198. Rush wasn't there for the girls.

Fox News disclaimer; "Some People Say," he wasn't there for the girls.


Rush was arrested by an undercover Pittsburg policeman who Rush solicited for sex in
the 1970s. And look at all of his wives but no kids.

[Docreed2003]

224. Oh I know what a terrible person he is...

I'm not suggesting we should feel sorry for him, I don't...I'm just saying I can try to add a bit of love to the world by not feeding my hatred of him and giving into celebrating his suffering.

[Missn-Hitch]

110. The majority of Trump supporters are about his age, right? Hmmmm.

[angrychair]

111. My sympathy is in short supply

Most of my sympathy and concern is currently being used for poor innocent people that have been demonized and misinformation he has spread over the years by this...person.

No tears at all.

[sinkingfeeling]

112. I thought he was a cigar smoker.

[33taw]

113. .

[Croney]

114. Not to worry! The Great Physician will heal him!

(According to the Kool-Aid chuggers on his Facebook page)

[lastlib]

115. Revised: "Lung Cancer announces it has Rush Limbaugh".

"The cancer says it has begun treatment for the disease, but didn't give details."

==============

Let's hope the cancer is able to rid itself of this terrible affliction. Hopefully it will survive with aggressive treatment. Our sincerest prayers go out to the cancer in this trying time.

(yeah, I'm rootin' for the cancer... )

[Kablooie]

117. No sympathy here. The damage he's done to the country is more important than damage to his body.

[eclecticdyslexic]

120. He's been a cancer on the body politic for years, so ... karma is a BITCH fucker.

I've gotta admit, that is one grave upon which I very well might micturate.

[Dirtdude]

121. Come on folks.

Come on folks. Lung cancer is not some kind of karmic diagnosis. My dad was a great man that died too early because of lung cancer.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

142. Welcome to DU, Dirtdude...

I'm sorry you lost your father too soon, to such an awful disease.

And I agree about it not being a karmic diagnosis!

Don't let the comments in this thread send you away........

[Dirtdude]

184. Nah.

I’m a long term lurker. I know the neighborhood. But thanks.

[Nitram]

146. I have a great deal of empathy and sympathy for most people who get cancer. I don't see it

as a karmic diagnosis, but I'll be grateful for anything that gets Limbaugh off the air after all the damage he's done.

[Dirtdude]

175. I would have preferred

Him turning into a never trumper. Or better yet, having the tapes show up from his adventures in The Dominican Republic. But I would feel bad for the young boys.

[sdfernando]

124. Karma is all I will say /nt

[BigOleDummy]

222. You know.....

I had this very same thought when I first heard about this. Maybe even a little trump laying on of the hands thrown in for the evangelicals.............

[extvbroadcaster]

127. Maybe a deathbed conversion

I wonder if Limbaugh will ever have any kind of insight into his behavior. Maybe impending death will do it. But I doubt it. He has spent years and years doing the same show. Democrats are the enemy, the GOP are saviors. Nothing the GOP does is wrong, nothing the democrats do is right. His program is all just one big GOP commercial, and the rubes that call in are totally brainwashed by him. The damage he has done over the years is huge to our democracy. He never cared, he just wanted to spew hatred and hawk his endless crap. His website, his newsletter, even a fucking chair with "EIB" on it (excellence in broadcasting) - Rush sold it all to his fans. He even fled to Florida from New York to avoid taxes. He was always the problem, not the solution. His pandering to Trump is enough to make you throw up. Maybe his ex wife will donate some of his money once he is worm food. But shacking up with him speaks volumes about her character too.

[BigDemVoter]

128. Good.

Fuck him. He has done more damage to innocent people than almost anybody I can think of. He is an awful human being.

[JohnQFunk]

132. "Hate-Mongering Reactionary Millionaire Junkie Has Advanced Cancer,...

"… Soon to Join Roy Cohn, Jerry Falwell, Phyllis Schlafly in Hell"

There ya go, Daily News. I fixed your headline.

You are very welcome!

[olddad65]

174. Never heard of him.

In

[Pepsidog]

133. May it spread like wildfire to the rest of RW media.

[Xipe Totec]

134. I hope he really enjoyed sucking on those cigars. nt

[LakeArenal]

137. Thoughts and prayers mutherfricker.

Thoughts that you burn in Hell. Prayers that you wake up and feel the burn.

[abakan]

141. Oh my, oh my...

What shall we do? The earth will breath a sigh of relief as it's load is reduced.

[Thomas Hurt]

143. A martyr for christofascism...

[wysi]

147. I hope it's exquisitely painful and slow

and that he dies after a long period of intense suffering.

[Pepsidog]

159. Ditto!

[Soph0571]

148. Mark Twain says it best...

[abakan]

151. Thanks

I'll go with that.

[Baked Potato]

150. He's gonna create a large vacuum

[JudyM]

171. Good time for Bloomberg to buy up a station or two for Left talk programming.

Not gonna happen.

Maybe Steyer would, though.

[Baked Potato]

273. Yeah, good point. Maybe get Al Franken or the like...

[TlalocW]

155. He should retire and spend his remaining time doing what he loves most

Smuggling viagra not prescribed to him into the Dominican Republic so he can screw teenage prostitutes.

Or golf. He should golf.

Perhaps a different affectation of wealthy smugness (smug wealth?) was warranted.



TlalocW

[JudyM]

182. With all due respect to all the good people that lung cancer has taken from us

Go straight to Hell, Limbaugh. You twisted my intelligent, mostly socially conscious Dad from an honest principled conservative into a dogmatic anti-liberal. You have poisoned this country as well as innumerable families.

[colorado_ufo]

156. Rush, God just gave you a gift.

He let you know that you are probably on the way out. You have time to redeem yourself. Try truth-telling for a change. Try compassion for a change. Use your public voice to turn people's minds and hearts to a better direction. You have a chance to make a much greater difference for good then you have for the evil you have propagated upon this country.

Don't blow it.

[rwsanders]

162. Surprised he let reality slap him around like that, couldn't he just pass it off as another

"Liberal Lie".
Although as Stephen Colbert says "Reality has a well known liberal bias".

[blakstoneranger]

164. The Devil's a Callin

He's just an entertainer (his words), but people insist on treating him like a God.

[tavernier]

165. I don't wish that on anyone.

It doesn’t make me think he’s any less of an asshole though. What does one thing have to do with another?

[defacto7]

167. That's life.

Too bad his legacy will be one of disgust and loathing.

[MFM008]

170. Wrong guy

.....

[GoneOffShore]

172. Thoughts and . . . well, no.

[tosh]

173. I will honor my mother's wishes and say nothing.

But my head is practically exploding with thoughts. 💥

[Mike Nelson]

176. I hope Rush gets...

... the best treatment his money can buy, and starts a fund to help others. Even more, I hope Rush recovers and lives long enough to see Crooked Donald and his ilk permanently regulated to the dead ash heap of history.

[radical noodle]

177. Meh...

What goes around, comes around.

[oswaldactedalone]

179. His grave better be available for public access

as it will be my life mission to deface it... and I’m showing all the maturity I can rather than saying what I really think.

[Pachamama]

180. He will be remembered for the great harm & Damage he caused with his vile hate talk show....

....and he will not be missed....

[EarthFirst]

181. Time to answer to the universe... nt

[Evolve Dammit]

185. Miserable human being. He is a huge part of the uncivility and hate. No sympathy.

[Mr.Bill]

186. I'll express the same feelings about his condition

that he would express about Hillary Clinton if she was diagnosed with advanced cancer.

I'll leave that up to your imagination.

[Ferrets are Cool]

187. Not one word. Not one fucking word.

Hearing my mama's voice in my head.

[Quackers]

188. All I can say is, must be nice to have health insurance. Many people will lose theirs

Because of the talking points he helps push.

[Hstch05]

189. I learned something from Rush...

I used to listen to him on and off back in the 90's, at first because I lived in the middle of nowhere and his show was all I could pick up, and then later because I found it important to listen to what the other side was saying. I was never a fan, never drank the Flavor-Ade, and found him to be equal parts bombastic and odious.

I can remember the last day I listened to him, and it was over 20 years ago. He started his show celebrating the death of Earth First founder Judi Bari from breast cancer. Not announcing her death, but celebrating it. Playing "Happy Days are Here Again" and "Celebrate" by Kool and the Gang in the background while cackling about her death due to breast cancer, and spreading the lie that she tried to blow herself up. It made me sick.

I thought about the kind of person I wanted to be, and I decided I didn't want to be like Limbaugh.

[Beacool]

199. Karma is a bitch....

What goes around, comes around.

[Paladin]

206. There would be no President trump without limbaugh.

That's directed at any of you DU'ers expressing any sympathy for Limbaugh---he created the idiot fascist voting base which put trump into office, long before Fox "news" ever came along. The harm Limbaugh has done to this nation is historic and catastrophic. We are suffering from Limbaugh's influence, and we will be suffering from it for decades to come.

Like I said up-thread: my only regret about this news is that it didn't happen 30 years ago. Looking forward to adding Rush to my Conservative Grave Pissing Tour.

[Hstch05]

213. I'm not expressing sympathy

in the slightest. I'm just not celebrating. That's not who I want to be. If you want to be the guy who goes on the conservative Grave Pissing Tour, have at it.

[Paladin]

246. As if I'm looking for your permission. (nt)

[Raster]

258. Please include me in your grave pissing tour...

...May we start with Raygun*?

[Paladin]

321. Would welcome your company.

Hope it's an extensive trip by the time we get around to it.

[Hstch05]

280. It's not mine to grant.

Just make sure to stay hydrated.

[J3AC4]

191. That's because

God hates Rush Limbaugh.

[COLGATE4]

195. De mortuis nil nisi bonum

[Beacool]

196. I haven't been able to stand the creep since Clinton was president.

He's always been a POS. I remember how he mocked a then 12 year old Chelsea. He's dirt.

Having said that, I wouldn't wish cancer on anyone. He has a tough road ahead.

[Jarqui]

200. Can't think of anything good to say about him. nt

[krispos42]

204. Not original, but "Advanced lung cancer announces it has Rush Limbaugh". n/t

[Peaceful Protester]

207. Lung Cancer Is a Terrible Disease

Cancer and heart disease are the two leading causes of death for middle-aged adults aged 45–64, comprising 50% of all deaths in this age range.

Smoke is harmful to lung and heart health. Whether from burning wood, tobacco or marijuana, toxins and carcinogens are released from the combustion of materials. Smoke from marijuana combustion has been shown to contain many of the same toxins, irritants and carcinogens as tobacco.

Cigar smoking causes cancer of the oral cavity, larynx, esophagus, and lung. It may also cause cancer of the pancreas. Moreover, daily cigar smokers, particularly those who inhale, are at increased risk for developing heart disease and other types of lung disease.

Lung diseases caused by smoking include COPD, which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Cigarette smoking causes most cases of lung cancer. If you have asthma, tobacco smoke can trigger an attack or make an attack worse. Smokers are 12 to 13 times more likely to die from COPD than nonsmokers.

[Gothmog]

209. I will be praying for a complete recovery for this man

While I dislike the man, this is what my faith calls me to do

[EveHammond13]

214. GOOD

[D23MIURG23]

215. Rush Limbaugh is battling cancer, huh?

I guess I'll have to root for cancer, then, because it's better than Rush Limbaugh.

[BlueStater]

216. I'll have to bite my tongue a bit.

He's an awful human being who's done devastating, if not irreparable, damage to this country for decades with his lies.

I will not miss him when he is gone.

[kacekwl]

218. He always said his talent is on loan from GOD.

Must be time to pay up on that loan.

[Stuart G]

219. Rush is, was, and will always be remembered by most people as being ..."evil"

He seems to "enjoy" spreading "hate and fear." Rush hurt people in many ways. The "truth" about Rush is what he has as he has as his legacy. Rush joins others in that club, but I cannot name the "others." It hurts me to think about that club.

...I wish the best to those here who have been hurt by Rush Limbaugh in one way or another. This story about Rush and cancer is hurting people now, and that could be the saddest thing that could be said.

[NecklyTyler]

223. I hope Limbaugh's treatment is long, painful, expensive, and unsuccessful.

I hope he pays every dime he has to the medical establishment. I hope his voice is the first thing to go.

There is one bright side of this, there is still time for Dick Cheney to die first.

[griffi94]

228. And that he's scared out of his mind.

A narcissistic, hateful, blowhard like Rush is almost certainly surprised that he can actually die.

[The Blue Flower]

227. "Nothing so graced his life like his leaving of it"

Don't know who said it. Maybe I just made it up. A corollary to "Some people look better leaving than coming."

[Cyrano]

229. No sympathy here and no liberal guilt about my lack of sympathy

The prick has damaged society and polluted decency.

Fuck him. His death may make for a slightly better world.

Save your sympathy for the children that Trump has caged with Limbaugh's approval.

[Mendocino]

230. I'll be just as sad

when Trump, Cheney and Kissinger finally keel over.

[TheRealNorth]

231. Thoughts and Prayers

[griffi94]

232. Has he blamed his cancer on immigrants or the working poor yet?

if he hasn't, I wonder how long it will be til he does.

[Vestigial_Sister]

233. Boo Fucking Hoo

[Chasdev]

236. Modern cancer treatment can be brutal and almost worse than death

I hope he suffers long and hard.
I've watched family members and beloved friends "treated" with chemo and radiation die slowly and painfully.
It's my sincere prayer that this evil piece of feces suffers worse than that.

[RegexReader]

237. when karma comes calling and notes

such civility and such tolerance as posted above by those that pride themselves in having it; then,
Karma decides that Justice Ginsburg instead of Rush Limbaugh needs to depart....

For do you really want both her to pass and, say, Justice SotoMayor have an incapacitating stroke due to diabetes?

Cancer is a horrible disease. I've had it removed twice. Really bad juju to laugh at those with cancer.
And you laughed.. Yeah. Karma will come calling.

[lambchopp59]

242. Angels and ministers of grace defend us

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[connecticut yankee]

243. I'm probably a terrible person, but

I hope he dies slowly, so it will be more painful.

[treefarmers]

244. Perhaps this will change his attitude toward life and politics?

This is really sad news no matter what side of the isle you are on.
"But we’ve got a great bunch of doctors, a great team assembled. We’re at full-speed ahead on this, and it’s just now a matter of implementing what we are gonna be told later this week."

Hope he and his team of Drs can fight this!
Perhaps this will change his attitude toward life and politics?

[PlanetBev]

247. Thinking of Bartcop today

He used to call Rush Limbaugh “Pigboy Limbaugh”.

I couldn’t come up with a better name, myself.

I still miss Bart. He’s been gone almost six years now. I can’t imagine what he’d say if knew who was President now.

[RedSpartan]

248. "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow

n/t

[ouija]

250. Thoughts and prayers

[bucolic_frolic]

249. Forces of good, forces of evil

People of all ages and types get cancer, for various reasons or for none at all, though I've never seen a bitter, angry, hate-filled 101 year old. Kindness, tolerance, cooperation, appreciation, love of humanity all foment longevity.

Anger and hatred attract malignancy. Bottled up feelings, and breeder-reactor vitriol are not good for the soul.

If I ever do get cancer, I don't want it to be because my body was damaged by self-induced hatred and anger. I would want it to be just one of those inevitable things of the universe that I could do nothing about.

The rewards of life compound each day, however one measures them. Some are well-earned satisfactions, while others are very very richly deserved.

[SunSeeker]

251. Guess he won't be smoking that cigar anymore. nt

[appleannie1]

252. Having lost my mom, dad, brother, aunt and in October, husband to cancer, I don't wish it on any

creature. Having said that, hopefully he will not be able to spread his hate anymore.

[TheCowsCameHome]

255. "...sitting here amidst billowing clouds of aromatic second-hand smoke"

How'd that work out for ya, big boy?

[Afromania]

261. How much hurt and violence is this man directly responsible for with his words?

The quality of my thoughts and prayers are in direct inverse correlation to that.

[MineralMan]

262. Three score and ten.

Anything more is a bonus.

Rush has caused misery to many. He has had his time. Let him reflect on his legacy of shame for while longer.

[Grokenstein]

263. He recommended that free school lunches

be replaced with "dumpster diving."

And then, because he is a piece of shit, he laughed.

Fuck feigning civility; I hope cancer takes its sweet time killing him.

[cilla4progress]

264. no

comment

[Vogon_Glory]

266. I thought he'd live until he was 121

Because only the good die young.

[LiberalArkie]

267. Don't worry his god of mammon will heal him

[NurseJackie]

269. I'm still smiling... is that wrong?

Fuck it... I don't care. I hope that son of a bitch suffers!

[winstars]

271. See, prayer does work sometimes!!!

[not_the_one]

274. It's about time we got some good news.

He is probably mentoring someone as we speak.

[centrarchus]

276. I'm confused. Why is this being posted over and over ad nauseum?

[amb123]

277. Big Deal! He's been spewing lung cancer out of his mouth

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and over the airwaves for almost 50 years.



But having lost my brother to multiple myeloma a year and a half ago, I can't help feeling some sympathy for what he's going through.

[Neema]

278. I wouldn't think a walking, bloviating cancerous tumor could get cancer.

Huh. You learn something new every day.

[alittlelark]

279. ..............

[Neema]

281. Also, I hope the treatment and/or the disease renders him impotent so he can no

longer rape children.

[durablend]

339. Or beat his wife

As there have been rumors.....

[bluedigger]

282. I don't like to speak ill of the dead.

Glad I still have time to get in a few shots. What a POS.

[Sloumeau]

283. May he get the pitchfork in hell without the lube. :) nt

[sellitman]

284. My compassion keyboard is missing

All I can say is I hope he leaves the airwaves ASAP. For any reason. If this one works he can have at it.

[Mickju]

288. I really don't care.

He has caused enormous damage to this country.

[Jack-o-Lantern]

293. Gee, I never knew Limbaugh lived near a wind turbine.

[Hoyt]

302. LOL.

[Bengus81]

318. Now he doesn't have to worry about climate change FLOODING his WPB mansion....

He'll be dead.....

[rpannier]

294. My thoughts

Not advanced enough. He's still among the living

[LittleGirl]

296. I can't say one nice thing about that guy

and I won't even try.
His lies and stupidity is what helped destroy our republic.
And my family.
I have a sister and brother that listen to his b.s. every freaking day.
And limdick is the reason our family can't discuss politics. Or anything really.

He put a foul stench out there and it will take generations to wash off that nastiness.
Good bye and good riddance.

[LovingA2andMI]

297. And...

Nothing....

[Mira]

299. So often we have to watch

when bad things happen to good people.
And then there is this.

[Polybius]

300. I can not wish this on anyone

I wish him a speedy recovery

[DinahMoeHum]

301. I have no comment.

n/t

[NCjack]

303. Advanced lung cancer at his age, he should have some candidate headstone

Here is my inscription for him to consider:

Here lies a piece of shit,
admired by many of less wit.

Rush Limbaugh (January 12, 1961 - February 4, 2020)
Water Bucket Toter for the GOP

[58Sunliner]

304. The world will be a better place without his toxic lies.

Good riddance.

[nancy1942]

307. Hmmm

No comment,

[Judi Lynn]

308. How long is it going to be before Trump makes fun of his fellow monster?

Will he announce he likes venomous scumbags who don't get cancer?

[Wabbajack_]

311. Don't Smoke

And I don't know about karma but don't do apologetics for the tobacco industry.

The shit is poison and we should move in the direction of a ban on cigarettes at least. FDA is concerned about vaping but that shit is still going strong?

[murielm99]

315. At one time,

Tim Russet was a Democrat. After he became a media celebrity, I don't know what he was. He took great delight in the Clinton impeachment. His death made things easier for Obama, IMO.

Maybe Limbaugh's illness and possible early death will help our eventual nominee. The conservative scum mouthpieces will scramble for awhile before one attains ascendancy.

[zanana1]

320. I wouldn't wish lung cancer on anyone.

Even Rush Limbaugh.

[Towlie]

327. 24 occurrences of the word "karma" so far, plus this one.

I didn't realize there were so many Hindus and Buddhists here.

[Under The Radar]

331. Remember Lee Atwater's apology tour?

In 1990 when GHW Bush’s campaign character assassin discovered that he was dying of cancer and went and personably apologized to everyone that may have been harmed by his dirty tactics, even Mike Dukakis who Bush defeated in the ‘88 election.
Slinging the GOP dirt for over 30 years, Rush has caused a lot of pain. He came very close to a confession in 2008 the day after Obama won claiming he was tired of carrying the GOP water but he recanted those statements the following day and fell back into the GOP line the following day.
Maybe there is still a beating heart in there somewhere.

[NurseJackie]

333. I love "good news" and "feel good" stories like this one!

[enid602]

342. Rush

Don't worry about Rush; he'll be okay. He just needs to pack a few cases of viagra into his personal airplane, and head down to the Dominican Republic for a nice romp with underage victims. Just like the old days. He'll be good as new in no time.

[Jimbo S]

334. When he "assumes room temperature"

I will not dance on his grave, but I will not shed a tear. His uncivil behavior on the radio was an early step in the decline in decorum of American society. His devaluation and mocking of good and decent people. The recent episode of "Frontline" exploring the divide in America used 2008 to start the discussion, but I felt it should have started earlier and talk radio being part of the equation.

[agincourt]

335. Hard reality to take

but he had more influence on the US political system than anyone else I could think of. Without him and his later clones there would probably been no political career of Dick Cheney, Newt Gingrich, Rat snake McConnell or DJT. He made the most rotten part of conservatism mainstream and accepted. He was paid obscene amounts of money which brought another bunch of rat bastards onboard. He made cruelty and slander a false feature of being smart. When I look at the radioactive sewer of US politics, him and and his oligarch financial supporters were most responsible for the current situation.

[Bengus81]

336. How are those Cuban cigars working out about now?

[tclambert]

340. Spending too much time near windmills, I guess.

[Blue_Tires]

343. Rush Limbaugh announces he has advanced karma

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