# Rush Limbaugh Rushed to Hospital **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140 "2009-12-31T03:34:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/41 "2009-12-31T15:28:12Z")
It would be hilarious if Rush had an NDE and came back a die-hard Democrat. That might even convince me there was a god. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/42 "2009-12-31T15:39:44Z")
Since Rush has “talent on loan from God”, I’m sure he’ll be fine. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/43 "2009-12-31T16:20:34Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Since Rush has “talent on loan from God”, I’m sure he’ll be fine. :eek: I suppose if he ends up half paralyzed we should say that “God took it back, with interest.” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/44 "2009-12-31T16:25:18Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Megadittoes. What, no “regards”? You _must_ be pissed off at us, then. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/45 "2009-12-31T17:39:31Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > You guys are pigs. The delight on this board for someone who is ill, just because you disagree with him politically, sickens me. And you’re an idiot. I don’t happen to wish him dead (or otherwise, frankly I don’t give a shit), but if I did, it wouldn’t be because I disagree with him politically, it would be because he’s a vile, wretched excuse for a human being. I disagree with lots of people politically, and bear them no ill will. I mean really… you can’t think of ANY reason why people might dislike Rush Limbaugh other than his politics? Really? ---
**Author:** ![Cort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/77aa72/32.png) [@Cort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cort)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/46 "2009-12-31T17:50:09Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > You guys are pigs. The delight on this board for someone who is ill, just because you disagree with him politically, sickens me [Pfft! Dr. Michael J. Fox reckons Limbaugh’s faking it.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/24/AR2006102400691.html) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/47 "2009-12-31T17:50:16Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > If and when Rush Limbaugh dies _ **If???** _ Nooooo. . .you know something we don’t about a deal with Satan? ---
**Author:** ![Sinaijon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Sinaijon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaijon)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/48 "2009-12-31T17:57:36Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > I mean really… you can’t think of ANY reason why people might dislike Rush Limbaugh other than his politics? Really? I think the _only_ reason people on this MB would dislike him is because of his public persona from his radio show. IE, his politics. I very much doubt you or anybody else here has any insight into what he’s like outside of that. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/49 "2009-12-31T17:58:20Z")
Well, at least he won’t have to worry how he’s going to pay his hospital bill if his insurance denies him coverage. Good thing too, because I bet the guy’s loaded with pre-existing conditions. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/50 "2009-12-31T18:00:36Z")
Well yes, we dislike him because of his public persona, which includes, but does not consist entirely of, his politics, and is vile (see, as example, Michael J. Fox incident posted above). And actually, we DO have some insight into what he’s like outside of that. He is a drug addict and a hypocrite. What’s not to love? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/51 "2009-12-31T18:19:08Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > At this point, in this thread, all I ask is that you remember you’re not in the Pit and try to keep things withing spitting distance of civility. > [@DianaG](#): > > And you’re an idiot. [moderator warning] This is _not_ within spitting distance of civility. In fact, it’s a direct insult, which is not allowed in MPSIMS, and it’s ignoring moderator instructions. This is a formal warning. [/warning] ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/52 "2009-12-31T18:37:10Z")
I have all the sympathy and compassion for Rush that he’s shown over the years for anyone who isn’t a rich, fat, smug asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/53 "2009-12-31T18:44:03Z")
I certainly hope that somebody dialed 119. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/54 "2009-12-31T18:52:29Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:51, topic:523140”] [moderator warning] This is _not_ within spitting distance of civility. In fact, it’s a direct insult, which is not allowed in MPSIMS, and it’s ignoring moderator instructions. This is a formal warning. [/warning] [/QUOTE] Duly accepted. Next time, I’ll spew my insults more widely, which is apparently okay. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/55 "2009-12-31T19:00:44Z")
Ladies and gentlemen, you don’t understand. Rush has had an epiphany! He’s in the hospital because last night, his heart grew THREE SIZES! Sadly, his chest isn’t big enough for it to fit in anymore. Another senseless Christmas Grinch tragedy. More seriously, it doesn’t look like it’s anything critical, he’ll be fine. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/56 "2009-12-31T20:16:44Z")
This [story’s “related items” panel on Google News](http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/7561/rushdouche1.jpg) provoked a wheeze from me. (The bronchitis helped, but you may get something out of it on its own merits.) ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/57 "2009-12-31T20:17:01Z")
So, famous person rushed to hospital in “serious” condition, later turns out to be nothing… …when do the multiple affairs start coming out, again? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/58 "2009-12-31T20:19:15Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > This [story’s “related items” panel on Google News](http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/7561/rushdouche1.jpg) provoked a wheeze from me. (The bronchitis helped, but you may get something out of it on its own merits.) I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/59 "2009-12-31T20:59:09Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > … If and when Rush Limbaugh dies,… IF Rush Limbaugh will die is an open question? Wow, he really is powerful. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140/60 "2009-12-31T22:31:54Z")
Depending on who you ask, there may be [precedent](http://scientologistsfreezone.com/LRH2.jpg) for an amoral, lard-arsed, loud-mouthed cretin with a substance-abuse problem and a herd of mentally-incompetent devotees discorporating, or being assumpted, or whatever the heck you call it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-rushed-to-hospital/523140.md?page=4)