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Limbaugh: If Dems pass national healthcare, "concept of individual freedom ... will have been obliterated"

June 03, 2009 2:36 pm ET

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    • Author by nerzog (June 03, 2009 2:43 pm ET)
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      "Folks, it's impossible to exaggerate this".


      That's where you're wrong, Blimpy. You have proven that you can grossly exaggerate ANYTHING.







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      • Author by wzwriter (June 03, 2009 2:48 pm ET)
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        After all, El Rushbo is a gross exaggeration of a parody of a human being.
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        • Author by pete592 (June 03, 2009 2:55 pm ET)
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          A gross exaggeration of a parody of a doppelganger of a humanoid apparition.
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          • Author by solon (June 03, 2009 5:06 pm ET)
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            I am barely willing to admit he is a bipedal carbon based lifeform
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            • Author by NdlovukaziThor (June 03, 2009 5:35 pm ET)
                 
              Carbon-14?
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            • Author by dave_82 (June 03, 2009 9:13 pm ET)
                 
              carbon based...

              according to him carbon is good for you, but he is bad for you, but carbon is good so rush is good...

              Nope i refuse to even believe he is carbon based, sulfur based yes, carbon no.
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        • Author by Col. Harlan Sanders (June 03, 2009 2:56 pm ET)
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          As a multi-millionaire, I'm sure Rush has the freedom to go to any doctor he wants, and get any procedures and prescriptions he can dream of.

          He's only trying to protect the freedom of his dimwitted fans, the freedom to not have the health care that they don't deserve if they're underachieving losers who aren't as "successful" as he is.

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          • Author by frankie2fingers (June 03, 2009 2:59 pm ET)
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            any prescriptions he can dream of...

            even if they do not have HIS name on them...
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          • Author by jbrantow (June 03, 2009 3:32 pm ET)
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            I wonder if his maid....the one who does his illegal oxycontin pickups for him, has health insurance ?
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    • Author by frankie2fingers (June 03, 2009 2:44 pm ET)
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      "Folks (slur), this will be impossible to exaggerate."

      But, folks, I just did. How about that, I am El Rushbo, with talent on loan from God!
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    • Author by VirginiaTagz (June 03, 2009 2:44 pm ET)
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      Logic is Obsolete


      If I listened to this guy I'd be nervous all the time. I'd have cat like reflexes and an itchy trigger finger. This is why I'm nervous when I get into a conversation with someone who defends this guy. I usually just let it go and move on because if his listeners are as unstable as he is we are all in trouble
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      • Author by neon desert (June 03, 2009 5:08 pm ET)
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        Judging from the obsessive behavior of "pointofview" clicking the thumbsdown icons on all the comments on all the articles, I'd say you're being charitable using the term "unstable".
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    • Author by nerzog (June 03, 2009 2:54 pm ET)
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      Let's approach this from a different perspective. Since we are the only industrialized nation that has no National Healthcare, does that mean that we are the only free country in the world?

      If you take a poll, would the people of France consider themselves free? Canada? Great Britain? Sweden?
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    • Author by NiceguyEddie (June 03, 2009 2:55 pm ET)
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      These idiots always talk about CHOICE. I have no choice. My insurer decides what they cover, and my employer decides who my insurer is.

      So... If I'm FORCED to take the GOV'T plan, but their plan makes sure that I'm covered no matter what... HOW is that a problem? And how does it limit my freedom? I don't care about having a choice of health care plans, if I can instead have real choice in terms of actual HEALTH CARE.

      Not to mention that most CEO's would support this, seeing as how much they're getting r@ped by private plans anyway.

      How gott damned stupid are these people?!
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      • Author by Col. Harlan Sanders (June 03, 2009 3:02 pm ET)
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        Exactly, Eddie.I'm sure I've mentioned this here before, but years ago, when the health care topic was being thrown around, I was out there with a lot of hammer operators and other independent contractors who had no insurance, yet were convinced that the biggest danger to them was not being able to choose any doctor in the world under a health care plan.

        Seriously, I worked with guys who had all sorts of problems, and couldn't afford medical services, but they thought that having some sort of coverage would be a restriction on their freedom.
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        • Author by nerzog (June 03, 2009 3:23 pm ET)
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          That's the secret of past Republican electoral victories; convincing massive numbers of working class people to vote against their own interests. It's an amazing trick, really.
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          • Author by NiceguyEddie (June 03, 2009 3:29 pm ET)
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            Not really. It just takes a little religion and a dash of faux-patriotism / nationalism. It's very effective, you'd just think that we'd have learned a better lesson from the Nazi's attempted domination of the world than how to win elections.
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            • Author by NdlovukaziThor (June 03, 2009 4:49 pm ET)
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              And a slathering of fear-mongering and dollop of conspiracy theories.
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      • Author by robyn20094113 (June 03, 2009 9:54 pm ET)
           
        You can add that quite often the Insurer decides what doctor you can and can not see. Even if you have been seeing the same doctor for years they often will not cover that physician and give you a list of which physicians they will cover.

        You ask "How gott damned stupid are these people?" More & more it seems as if there really is something broke in their head.

        They constantly say that the socialized healthcare does not work in those other countries. Yet the people I know living in those countries do not want to give up that healthcare. Besides lets make it better than what they have. Lets perfect it. We do not have to make it a carbon copy of their system.

        They also argue that we already have socialized medicine with medicaide & medicare. Well there are alot of americans with both of those and still can not afford to go to the doctor or get their perscriptions filled. Because on top of what those gov. healthcare plans pay the Dr.s charge the patient another $150 on top of that. Also they may make $1.00 a month too much with their disability SSI to qualify for help with their perscriptions, so they are forced to go without because it comes down to paying rent or getting their meds. or healthcare.

        Ask Rush, Sean, Glenn just how much do the drug companies and insurance companies contribute to the GOP party. Lets be honest about why these companies do not want socialized medicine.
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    • Author by worrierking (June 03, 2009 2:57 pm ET)
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      He's right!

      Your individual right and freedom to die on a gurney in a hospital's ER hallway will be denied if everyone is insured.
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      • Author by Col. Harlan Sanders (June 03, 2009 3:04 pm ET)
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        And you're right, WK! I demand that right as an American! Abortion and assisted suicide are sins, of course, but every American deserves to die a slow lingering death due to untreated common health problems.
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        • Author by worrierking (June 03, 2009 4:42 pm ET)
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          I'd also like to add that I prefer bleeding out while some half-witted clerk at my insurance company's central office goes down his list of approved treatments for my affliction, injury and or malaise.

          You can never be too careful with insurance company money.

          (I see that half-witted clerk has stopped by this thread and given most of the good posts a thumbs down.)

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    • Author by wzwriter (June 03, 2009 3:07 pm ET)
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      We'd all be much better off if Rush's radio pukefest could be obliterated. Then Rush would have to go out and get a REAL job.....
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    • Author by DAWUSS (June 03, 2009 3:10 pm ET)
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      Is this interview with Hannity going to be anything like the last one?

      http://mediamatters.org/countyfair/200901220002?f=cf_clips
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    • Author by k2 (June 03, 2009 3:16 pm ET)
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      I for one would feel a great sense of freedom if I could get health insurance and not have to worry anymore.
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      • Author by eddiebear2 (June 03, 2009 4:48 pm ET)
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        So long as other people pay for it through increased taxes and British style inefficiency?

        Count me in! Heck, I thought Obama was going to pay my mortgage and fill my gas tank as well, so why not one more?
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        • Author by solon (June 03, 2009 5:10 pm ET)
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          Yeah that only shows you werent thinking at ALL. I am shocked, shocked I say at another unthinking dittobot post.
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        • Author by neon desert (June 03, 2009 5:24 pm ET)
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          Really? You really thought he'd pay for all that? There will be a day, not long after you're old enough to drive, that you will also be old enough to access the polls. Thanks to your demonstrated propensity to absorb right-wing rhetoric, America dreads that day.
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        • Author by LuvLuLu (June 04, 2009 12:01 am ET)
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          Hey EddieBear

          Didn't you know that you're already paying for the people who don't have insurance coverage through your taxes and your insurance premiums?

          Didn't you know that you'd actually spend less money if we covered those people with insurance?
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    • Author by nerzog (June 03, 2009 3:25 pm ET)
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      Well, Rush may have a sliver of a point; the freedom of insurance companies to pay their CEOs obscene 8-figure salaries could, indeed, be obliterated.
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      • Author by shaggles (June 03, 2009 4:01 pm ET)
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        That's sort of what I was thinking. Or the freedom of the investor class to make money off of companies who deny healthcare to middle and low income people.
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    • Author by jbrantow (June 03, 2009 3:26 pm ET)
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      OXYCONTIN freak
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    • Author by jbrantow (June 03, 2009 3:27 pm ET)
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      Hey rush, how's that ass pimple doing.....still big enough to keep you out of the war. patriot ? Ha!
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      • Author by Col. Harlan Sanders (June 03, 2009 3:34 pm ET)
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        Hey, it looks like a drive-by-dittohead gave a thumbs down to everybody who told the truth about his big fat bff.The thumbs down feature is nice, now Rush's fans can express their opinions without throwing their own feces at their monitors.
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        • Author by snoopy (June 03, 2009 3:36 pm ET)
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          I was gonna go with too cowardly to let their opinion be heard, but ok, feces will do.
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          • Author by Col. Harlan Sanders (June 03, 2009 3:54 pm ET)
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            Har! That's precious, not one post supporting Rush, but a thumbs down on every comment.What we have here is the average dittobot in a nutshell; No facts, no logic, no argument, only mindless hate for anything that exposes the stoopidity of Rush and his GOP propaganda machine.
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            • Author by neon desert (June 03, 2009 5:37 pm ET)
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              Hey, give him a break. "pointyheadview" only has one hand free.
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    • Author by shaggles (June 03, 2009 3:58 pm ET)
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      HA! I love the bizarro-world logic. Offering a public healthcare option in addition to the currently available private options is destroying personal freedom. That make perfect sense.
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      • Author by Conchobhar (June 03, 2009 4:01 pm ET)
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        It would be destroying personal freedom. It would be destroying the freedom of CEO's like Rick Scott to become multi-millionairs by destroying what's left of our health care system.

        If you give the peasants choices, you destroy the nobles' freedoms.
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    • Author by dmhack (June 03, 2009 3:58 pm ET)
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      Actually, Great Gasbag, I've lived in a country with universal healthcare and you're wrong.
      Cars are just the same... no special food taxes... plenty of freedom. Oh, and they live longer too because healthcare is available to all for $54 a month (where I lived) and free if you were poor.

      I miss universal healthcare (for less than $700 a year). It was nice having the freedom from uncaring HMOs and huge monthly premiums.
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    • Author by tman418 (June 03, 2009 4:04 pm ET)
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      what part of public optiondon't conservatives understand?
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    • Author by fantagor (June 03, 2009 4:38 pm ET)
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      Rush's hyperbole is getting progressively more and more hyperbolic. At this rate, his show will degenerate to series of grunts interspersed with the word FOLKS...or has that already happened?

      Randy
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    • Author by jbrantow (June 03, 2009 6:25 pm ET)
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      Iknew an employee at BCBS IL who admitted that they had a practice of denying coverage for submitted procedures......after 12 months of denial the claim was closed (not being paid) and the worker who handled the case got a bonus... The great private insurance industry of america. Profits above people!
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      • Author by John Paradox (June 03, 2009 7:24 pm ET)
           
        That anecdote sounds like a good sequel to "Drag Me To Hell", Sam Raimi's latest movie.
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    • Author by pags2 (June 03, 2009 8:08 pm ET)
         
      That is going to be awful if I lose the ability to chose medical care. Let's see I get a choice of Aetna or United Healthcare or Blue Cross Blue Shield, all of which make my health care choices for me. The loss of my choice in health care was made a long time ago when the insurance companies decided to make a killing selling health insurance and all the health care providers jumped on the bandwago. They all offer the same benefits and you still have to use the doctors they approve and not the ones you choose. Even a poorly run government health care program would be better than private insurance that costs too much and covers too little.
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    • Author by sausagezombie (June 03, 2009 9:07 pm ET)
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      What a weak argument. "and end of freedom and liberty"... If government ran the healthcare system, it would be far more efficient and less wasteful by cutting out the financial middle man (the insurance companies). It would pay for itself.

      He's warning us about taxes because he cares! If people are so worried about taxes just cut the military budget by a third and there ya go, economic problem solved. This country has been run by the military-industrial complex far too long.
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