# Rush Limbaugh and the institution of marriage. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 12, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910 "2004-06-12T00:22:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910/1 "2004-06-12T00:22:44Z")
I guess you just can’t please a woman. [http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/politics/8902292.htm](http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/politics/8902292.htm) Why am I not surprised. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910/2 "2004-06-12T00:49:45Z")
[Heh.](http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/politics/8902292.htm) Wife number…ummm 3? Down the tubes. I’ll take Irony for $5 trillion, Alex. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910/3 "2004-06-12T00:55:38Z")
The above link seems a bit wonky…so heres some others [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,122509,00.html](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,122509,00.html) [http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/entertainment/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-2/108699986517040.xml](http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/entertainment/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-2/108699986517040.xml) [http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE\_ID=38925](http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38925) **beagledave** chooses not to speculate on the interesting timing of the announcement. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910/4 "2004-06-12T01:00:07Z")
What’s interesting about the timing? Is it the coinciding with RR’s dirt-nap or something else? ---
**Author:** ![Lando\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@Lando\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lando_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910/5 "2004-06-12T01:01:16Z")
Uh-huh. Because liberal pundits _never_ get divorced, right? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910/6 "2004-06-12T01:02:51Z")
Timing? Does this have some significance with Reagan I’m not seeing? ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910/7 "2004-06-12T01:04:52Z")
Merged **Reeder’s** new thread on the same topic, just for those who are hopelessly confused by now. TVeblen ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910/8 "2004-06-12T01:09:30Z")
Rush…Bush… Coincidence? I think not. Something in your head must force you to type the three letter combination -ush without you even knowing it. Let’s try a sentence. Rush got thrush in his tush while campaigning for Bush the lush, who was eating mush when his nose started bleeding with a gush. That’s just to get you started, because Rush is an idiot and nobody really cares about his marital status anyway except for you, so we might as well make this thread entertaining somehow. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910/9 "2004-06-12T01:16:44Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Timing? Does this have some significance with Reagan I’m not seeing? More cynical posters might speculate that by releasing the news of his 3rd divorce AFTER the news show deadlines…AND on the same day as something (state funeral) that is going to occupy a ton of news coverage…that he might be trying to fly this under the radar, More cynical posters might speculate that…but no, not me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Lao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dr.Lao](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Lao)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910/10 "2004-06-12T01:17:02Z")
> [@Lando Griffin](#): > > Uh-huh. Because liberal pundits _never_ get divorced, right? :rolleyes: Liberal pundits don’t tend to expound much on family values either. But still, there’s no need to take pleasure in anothers misfortune. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910/11 "2004-06-12T01:22:05Z")
> [@Lando Griffin](#): > > Uh-huh. Because liberal pundits _never_ get divorced, right? :rolleyes: See “hypocrisy: _noun_.” Still confused? If so, there’s no helping you. By the way, Rush is not a “pundit.” Rush is just a loudmouthed ass. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910/12 "2004-06-12T01:23:00Z")
> [@Dr. Lao](#): > > Liberal pundits don’t tend to expound much on family values either. But still, there’s no need to take pleasure in anothers misfortune. FTR (since I co-started, I guess, this thread)…I don’t take “pleasure” in ANY misfortune like a marriage breakup. Pointing out the irony of the event, for a public figure who has taken outspoken positions on the “institution of marriage” being undermined by gays…is certainly fair game in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910/13 "2004-06-12T01:28:02Z")
> [@TVeblen](#): > > Merged **Reeder’s** new thread on the same topic, just for those who are hopelessly confused by now. > > TVeblen So you created a thread with **beagledave’s** Title, and **Reeder** as the OP :eek: That’s just UNHOLY ! ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910/14 "2004-06-12T01:36:36Z")
It’s an interesting tidbit of news, but . . . eh. A lot of people get divorced. Perfectly wonderful, decent people get divorced. People who are strongly “pro-family” get divorced. People who preach about the importance of marriage get divorced. It is one of those things. Sometimes it’s because one or more of the parties messed up big time, but sometimes it’s not. Since I have no idea _why_ Limbaugh is getting a divorce, I really have no opinion about what this says about him. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910/15 "2004-06-12T01:37:44Z")
> [@beagledave](#): > > More cynical posters might speculate that by releasing the news of his 3rd divorce AFTER the news show deadlines…AND on the same day as something (state funeral) that is going to occupy a ton of news coverage…that he might be trying to fly this under the radar. Well, I hardly think he was planning on the Reagan thing … but releasing it Friday afternoon? Oh, yeah. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910/16 "2004-06-12T01:40:49Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > So you created a thread with **beagledave’s** Title, and **Reeder** as the OP :eek: > That’s just UNHOLY ! Imagine how I felt when I saw MY title but HIS leading post. **Veb** don’t like me…this is just her way to show it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910/17 "2004-06-12T01:44:34Z")
> [@beagledave](#): > > Imagine how I felt when I saw MY title but HIS leading post. > > **Veb** don’t like me…this is just her way to show it. 😉 Nah…she liked your title…my op. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910/18 "2004-06-12T01:46:43Z")
Just imagine me when I clicked your thread and found my op. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910/19 "2004-06-12T01:52:45Z")
> [@yosemite](#): > > It’s an interesting tidbit of news, but . . . eh. A lot of people get divorced. Perfectly wonderful, decent people get divorced. People who are strongly “pro-family” get divorced. People who preach about the importance of marriage get divorced. It is one of those things. Sometimes it’s because one or more of the parties messed up big time, but sometimes it’s not. > > Since I have no idea _why_ Limbaugh is getting a divorce, I really have no opinion about what this says about him. Yeah, but most people don’t get divorced _three times_! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910/20 "2004-06-12T01:57:14Z")
> [@beagledave](#): > > Pointing out the irony of the event, for a public figure who has taken outspoken positions on the “institution of marriage” being undermined by gays…is certainly fair game in my book. Who knows? Rush may argue that the Massachusets weddings were what undermined _his_ marriage. You may be next! :eek: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-the-institution-of-marriage/249910.md?page=2)