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Limbaugh claims "exercise freaks ... are the ones putting stress on the health care system"

June 11, 2009 3:37 pm ET

From the June 11th edition of Premiere Radio Networks' Rush Limbaugh Show:

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    • Author by KLJTech (June 11, 2009 3:45 pm ET)
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      And.....you’re the type to have heart disease, diabetes maybe a stroke.
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    • Author by o rly (June 11, 2009 3:47 pm ET)
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      Sorry Rush, nice try. You could benefit from some exercise.
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    • Author by budrykzp9226 (June 11, 2009 3:48 pm ET)
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      See, at least when Limbaugh rants about people who exercise you know he has the courage of his convictions.
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    • Author by worrierking (June 11, 2009 3:51 pm ET)
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      Just exercise freaks?

      Let's not forget those damned non-smokers.
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    • Author by shaggles (June 11, 2009 3:55 pm ET)
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      This is one of the dumber things Limbaugh has said. And that's no small accomplishment.
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      • Author by Conchobhar (June 11, 2009 4:04 pm ET)
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        This guy is becoming so delusional and hysterical that I'm tempted to watch his feed full-time, just so I'll be there when he has that stroke he's heading for.
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        • Author by Nightflyer28 (June 12, 2009 6:55 pm ET)
             
          Wouldn't worry about it - I'm sure it'll get replayed on YouTube, Hulu and so forth. High-def, I expect.
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    • Author by TheThief672 (June 11, 2009 4:04 pm ET)
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      ROFLMFAO.....SO! it's the "exercise freaks" that give us stress...where is my Oxycontin? C'mon Rush, really? I guess since this Fat F%$K never exercises he hates anyone who can. Rush is definitely a YES man...yes to hating Obama, Democrats, Liberals, Pro-Choice, Narcs and now Shep Smith. I think the only thing Rush has ever said no to is an egg white omelet.
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      • Author by robyn20094113 (June 11, 2009 4:14 pm ET)
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        OMG I almost posted before reading all the posts. Yours is almost exactly what I was thinking only better with that added touch about the omelet LOL I was ROFL just reading the caption.
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      • Author by Brabantio (June 12, 2009 12:24 am ET)
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        "I guess since this Fat F%$K never exercises he hates anyone who can."

        You are wrong. He does 100 (orange) push-ups, 200 french curl(y fries), and 250 (Nestle) crunches every day.
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        • Author by nerzog (June 12, 2009 4:10 pm ET)
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          Are you sure those aren't Freedom curl(y fries)?
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        • Author by Nightflyer28 (June 12, 2009 6:57 pm ET)
             
          Not to mention pushing his luck, pumping up his ego, and hoisting his own petard....
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (June 11, 2009 4:11 pm ET)
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      You would think that a man of Limbaugh's wealth wouldn't bother with such petty jealousy of people who are not fat, drug-addled pigs like himself.
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      • Author by juliajayne (June 12, 2009 4:20 pm ET)
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        Can I get an AMEN! up in this hizzy for that observation. Ha! ;-)
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    • Author by manndan (June 11, 2009 4:26 pm ET)
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      Rush should have given us some statistics to back some of this up. While all my hard manual work and regular exercise did eventually lead me to having a heel spur operation and arthoscopic knee surgery before I was fifty-five years old it has so far come to a lot less expense than my parents incurred with heart and cancer surgeries before they both died a decade or so before they might have lived had they had more healthful lifesytles.
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      • Author by Brabantio (June 12, 2009 12:33 am ET)
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        I have the same sort of background. What Limbaugh also misses is that everyone has to exert themselves sometimes. People who don't exercise are much more likely to injure themselves in those situations.
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      • Author by Lord of Light (June 12, 2009 5:42 pm ET)
           
        When has Rush ever given statistics to back something up? (Other than erroneous ones, I mean -- like his figures on how many people on the minimum wage are teenagers.)
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      • Author by SrgVPMedia1120 (June 13, 2009 5:48 pm ET)
           
        Statistics?! Come on, we know Rush's only statistics are in his mind, and he completely relies on his sheeple to stick their heads in the sand and blindly believe anything his says because he does the research for them. I have actually been told by "dittoheads" before when telling them they need to research what he says that they don't have to do the research because Rush has already done it for them.
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    • Author by harley (June 11, 2009 4:27 pm ET)
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      This is coming from a "man" who has been treated for drug addiction and has hearing implants. You're an idiot, you terrorist hick.
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    • Author by vysotsky (June 11, 2009 4:48 pm ET)
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      Oh how I love being the subject of a lecture about my overly active lifestyle from an obese, drug addicted man whose opiate addiction cost him his hearing [allegedly, of course], and who only regained a fraction of it because of his ability to purchase an expensive cochlear implant.
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      • Author by vysotsky (June 11, 2009 4:58 pm ET)
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        And I forgot -- according to Limbaugh, James von Brunn is a left wing maniac. Can we finally agree that Limbaugh is an alien visitor from Bizarro World?
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        • Author by christopher howard (June 11, 2009 6:46 pm ET)
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          That am no Bizarro World! This am...

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRsckGWFnRU&feature=related

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v4HtUCPyJ4&feature=related

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P4lF3rIHII&feature=related

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyEsk4Oo220&feature=related

          Me hate Bizarro Rush Limbaugh. Him am thin, honest and intelligent.
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    • Author by jbrantow (June 12, 2009 4:34 pm ET)
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      and what about the effect of oxycontin freaks.......rehab and surgery to restore hearing loss.
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    • Author by Cheney2012 (June 12, 2009 4:37 pm ET)
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      You libs and MMFA Rush-haters are so incredibly STUPID and OBTUSE.

      Rush has bounced up and down in weight the last 15 years and he always gets advice from people to exercise.

      He has talked about how he hates it and it's boring and he won't do any except for golf. He's been shedding a lot of weight lately and has been talking about this and most of this content is tongue-and-cheek stuff for people who have listened to him and know that he hates exercise.

      You interns in need of lives at MMFA who are scribbling down every word he says since Feb. ought to know this because his disdain for exercise has been a topic on numerous occasions the past few months.
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      • Author by captfoster2 (June 12, 2009 5:08 pm ET)
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        If Rush is losing weight... it is not for any exercise!

        I had a friend several years ago that was 5'8 225 lbs... began to use drugs... three months later... he weighed less than 150 lbs.

        His drug... cocaine

        Rush's drug... ??

        Also might explain all the bouncy bounce and that irritating tic (pulling at his shirt ever few seconds) he has...

        As for your attempt at trying to defend Rush Cheney2012... is beyond funny to say the least.

        MMfA's only reason for exposing Rush's words ad nausea is for their very reason for existing... exposing right-wing lies and misinformation... and Rush certainly keeps them busy.
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      • Author by Lord of Light (June 12, 2009 5:40 pm ET)
           
        Cheney2012:
        That's one heckuva rebuttal. So if I'm following your logic, Rush's comments were valid because he's said them on "numerous occasions." So that's how it's done! Just say something over and over and it's true! Gotta run -- I'm gonna go try to convince people that the moon is made of green cheese and that Jack and the Beanstalk is based on a true story.
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      • Author by KLJTech (June 12, 2009 5:47 pm ET)
           
        Well it is true that certain types of medication can help cause weight gain.

        I don't think that the people that check in with Media Matters to see who's saying what need to get a life. There's nothing wrong with keeping up with whats being said. I read several web sites to get the news of the day and would want to know when a democrat does/says something stupid as well.
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    • Author by mikelartist (June 12, 2009 5:44 pm ET)
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      Back when Rush got out of serving in Vietnam he had a pilonidal cyst on his massive backland. Why didn't he get it corrected with minor surgery? Didn't he have health insurance? Didn't his family? He didn't get it corrected because it served him well to keep it festering.

      This guy hasn't live with both feet in reality all his life. He has avoided any sort of responsibility whether through deferments, lawsuits, his family's money, bankruptcy, or any other method other than just facing up to the problem by himself.

      He is in no position to lecture anyone about anything of value.
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      • Author by robyn20094113 (June 13, 2009 4:41 am ET)
           
        AMEN..AMEN.. I am anxiously waiting for that pilonidal cyst to turn up on his tongue since that is the area he talks out of.
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      • Author by gailrdh (June 13, 2009 11:34 am ET)
           
        I love how Rush shows how "brilliant" he is; he certainly is the head of the Republican Party. You know --the ones who bankrupted our country for the last 8 years. The ones who like Presidential candidates from the bottom of the class-you know the ones. You go Rush--the faster the better.
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    • Author by Nightflyer28 (June 12, 2009 6:54 pm ET)
         
      What a surprise... the guy who probably considers riding in a golf cart 'exercise' calls anyone who does more 'freaks'.

      I suppose now all his listeners will get rid of their bikes and baseballs and become happy little sluggy couch potatoes like Limbo here.

      "Ah duzn't wanna be no freak!"
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