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Limbaugh reads "gutsy story", "very brave piece" headlined "Does Ted Kennedy deserve his extended cancer care"

July 22, 2009 1:03 pm ET

From the July 22 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:

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Previously:

Conservatives fearmonger that health care reform will lead to denying treatment to elderly

Limbaugh again discusses "The Ted Kennedy Memorial Health Care Bill"

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    • Author by magnolialover (July 22, 2009 1:06 pm ET)
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      Why wouldn't he?

      He's got the best health insurance policy probably in the United States provided to him by the Senate. Ted Kennedy has served his nation admirably, and he deserves what he's getting.
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      • Author by nerzog (July 22, 2009 1:14 pm ET)
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        Besides, he's rich enough to pay for whatever he needs. Isn't that the utopia Rush longs for?
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        • Author by magnolialover (July 22, 2009 1:22 pm ET)
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          True enough. I'm sure Rush would LOVE for only rich folks to be able to get health care (this is what it seems these folks are pushing for), and everyone else can get to the back of the bus after all. I mean, if you're rich, you've "earned" it, whereas, if you're poor, you're just not trying hard enough.

          Nobody from the conservative side has been able to answer this one simple question; what's wrong with having health care for everyone in the country?
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          • Author by snoopy (July 22, 2009 1:25 pm ET)
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            Don't you remember? The poor are supposed to be the guinea pigs for experimental breakthroughs. We can get "healthcare" by taking risks with the experimental drugs and procedures, and once perfected the rich can buy the ironed out version.
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        • Author by rtwmd1230 (July 22, 2009 2:14 pm ET)
             
          This is where wingnut thinking gets really fuzzy.

          They are constantly presenting the UK's NIH as a system based on "rationed" health care, but all patients and physicians there are allowed to contract on a private basis for non-covered care (or to buy private insurance for that purpose). Most US insurance plans specifically prohibit participating MDs from contracting with patients outside the system (as does Medicare). In many ways, there is a lot more personal freedom in the UK system.
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    • Author by John Paradox (July 22, 2009 1:13 pm ET)
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      http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907200021
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    • Author by noway (July 22, 2009 1:13 pm ET)
         
      By definition! Mr. Limb you are trouly the worst thing happened to radio. Get your facts right! Oh I know that doesn't matter just keep on heating up the republican base to generate more and more hate.
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    • Author by The_Cat (July 22, 2009 1:19 pm ET)
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      Rush, you are confusing a pointed question with a pointed head.

      I am absolutely astounded at the way the conservative media and elected officials have the magic ability to predict the future. We don't even have a public option yet, and they are already complaining that it doesn't work. Not so much about how the war in Iraq found WMDs, eliminated Al Qaeda, brought peace in the Middle East, or ended quickly and cost nothing at all since the oil paid for it.

      Considering their track record on prognostication, it's surprising they are still willing to open their mouths in public.
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      • Author by nerzog (July 22, 2009 1:23 pm ET)
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        Well, they've already declared the Stimulus a failure, even though 90% of it hasn't been spent yet. They are psychic, indeed.
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        • Author by magnolialover (July 22, 2009 1:27 pm ET)
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          And also, that there are certain glimmbers of hope that things are working. They ignore all of those things. I seem to remember Rush talking about the Obama recession in the market. When is he going to call it the Obama Bull market? Since the market has been on the upswing now steadily for months.
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          • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (July 22, 2009 1:44 pm ET)
               
            No, no, no, it's the Obama bear market, but the Bush bull market.
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            • Author by magnolialover (July 22, 2009 1:55 pm ET)
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              Oh yeah, forgot. Sorry, won't happen again.

              Kind of reminds me how these guys all through BOTH terms of Clinton were saying it was all GHW Bush's doing for the brilliant economy we had.
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              • Author by Conchobhar (July 22, 2009 1:59 pm ET)
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                Don't apologize to us, Mags, apologize to Rush. You know the drill.

                BTW, wasn't Hannity calling it the "Obama Recession in December?
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          • Author by liberalsarestupid (July 22, 2009 2:01 pm ET)
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            Can you please discuss those "glimmers of hope". We're heading for 10% employment, foreclosure numbers are still rising, the stimulus/porkulus bill has done nothing but increase the debt, Bozo has spent more than any president from Washington to Bush 43 (which the CBO said is unsustainable, the DOW hasn't rebounded (regardless of what you think), and on and on and on. I am aware that facts confuse liberals/progressives but please enlighten us.
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            • Author by The_Cat (July 22, 2009 2:40 pm ET)
                 
              Sure, liberalsarestupid. The DOW is up over 2,000 points since hitting it's apparent bottom. It will be a while before we break 10,000 again, but hopefully we will be in a much more secure position when we do. The rate of job loss has slowed over the last five months, which is also good. Consider that the Great Depression lasted for the better part of a decade, and that less than 10% of the stimulus money has even been spent yet, and I think there is reason for optimism.

              This does not even begin to examine the 'placebo' effect. If the media would start reporting only good news about the economy, stories about jobs created, stimulus money spent on worthwhile projects, small businesses starting up, you would see consumer confidence respond, having a net beneficial effect on the economy. Sadly, good news just doesn't sell.
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            • Author by magnolialover (July 22, 2009 2:56 pm ET)
                 
              New troll alert folks! NEW TROLL!
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            • Author by magnolialover (July 22, 2009 3:06 pm ET)
                 
              Umm, my friend, you seem to be the one that is factually challenged.

              From thischart you see for yourself, that indeed, the dow is rebounding, the stock market is rebounding.

              What glimmers of hope? Well, let's see, large banks that just a short time ago registered losses in the billions are now registering GAINS in the billions. That's a good turn around, made possible through the TARP monies.

              As Cat said below, unemployment rates are slowing down from where they were before. This is called good news, and glimmers of hope.

              The entire stimulus hasn't been spent yet, not even close. And even with the spending, Obama has still not outspent Bush, not by a long shot.

              I am aware that conservatives, especially on here, are wary of facts, and what's happening, and allow themselves to blindly hate Obama no matter what is happening, and that's OK, just take your tired no sensical talking points back to Freeperville.
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        • Author by liberalsarestupid (July 22, 2009 1:54 pm ET)
             
          It has failed! Bozo in his own words:

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2MjQ17kDng
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      • Author by liberalsarestupid (July 22, 2009 1:58 pm ET)
           
        You've obviously never heard of Canada or the UK where nationalized healthcare HAS NOT WORKED. It has even been tried in the US and HAS NOT WORKED. Please educate yourself before you espouse your idiotic views.

        http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/07/22/tenncare_lessons_for_modern_health_care_reform_97570.html

        Besides, the Bush meme is old. Let's discuss the failure currently occupying the White House.
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        • Author by The_Cat (July 22, 2009 2:36 pm ET)
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          Yep, it's a shame that Canadians and the British are extinct now. Just too bad they tried to have health care for everyone. Good thing the UK and Canadian systems aren't being proposed in this country. Not sure where -you- live, liberalsarestupid.

          The Bush meme is old? Not as old as the Clinton meme, which is still popular. However, I wasn't mentioning the failure of Bush's war. I -used- the failure of predictions made in advance of that war to point out that the same people who got every single last prediction wrong about Iraq are once again predicting the future. A risky business, based on past performance. Perhaps there was a good reason that false prophets in the Old Testament were stoned to death.
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        • Author by magnolialover (July 22, 2009 3:07 pm ET)
             
          Actually, I know lots of people from Canada, and the UK who LOVE their health care system, bearing in mind, that's not what is being talked about being implemented here. Not even close.

          You should educate yourself before making a fool of yourself.
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    • Author by nerzog (July 22, 2009 1:37 pm ET)
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      By the way; is there any real evidence that Obama's plan will discontinue care for the terminally ill, or is this just another talking point extracted from Rush's a$$?
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      • Author by liberalsarestupid (July 22, 2009 1:49 pm ET)
           
        You obviously didn't see Bozo's ABC infomercial where he basically said that end of life decisions will be hard and instead of having the necessary surgery, just take a pain pill and die.
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      • Author by The_Cat (July 22, 2009 1:57 pm ET)
           
        The best guidance on this question would, I think, be Medicare/Medicaid. The same government will end up setting policy for the public option that administers them, and I don't believe they are generally in favor of just letting people die off wholesale to keep costs down. I haven't checked this, but there aren't really stories in the media about it, so perhaps it is the perfect sort of non-issue that seems lately to turn into talking points.
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    • Author by shaggles (July 22, 2009 2:03 pm ET)
         
      What is his point? Ted Kennedy is rich as hell. He will never be without quality healthcare. The same is true of Rush. Also why is it always "very brave" and "courageous" for someone to write a piece critical of a Dem but it's outright slander if not treason when someone writes something negative about a Rep?
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