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Limbaugh to caller who contracted pleurisy: "Most women would blame their husband" for disease

October 08, 2009 3:02 pm ET

From the October 8 edition of Premiere Radio Network's The Rush Limbaugh Show:

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    • Author by soze169880 (October 08, 2009 3:05 pm ET)
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      So all those quickie marriages were an act of charity on your part, then?
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (October 08, 2009 3:05 pm ET)
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      Is that what your wives did, Rush...? BTW, Rush, have you ever disproven the rumor you have herpes?
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      • Author by starkcr31 (October 08, 2009 3:33 pm ET)
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        "Disproven the rumor"? What would you suggest, that he drop his pants on national TV? Besides, even if he does, why does it matter?
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        • Author by soze169880 (October 08, 2009 3:38 pm ET)
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          We aren't the ones who would stand at attention if the Grand Exalted Party Leader dropped his pants.
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        • Author by IRONY 101 (October 08, 2009 3:40 pm ET)
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          Not only has Limbaugh never disproven the rumor, he has never even denied it...so, therefore, isn't it perfectly reasonable to assume it's true? No need for Rush to show his little dinky-wink...

          And why are Limbaugh's ex-wives silent on the point? I must assume they've all been paid off handsomely to keep quiet.
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          • Author by starkcr31 (October 08, 2009 3:54 pm ET)
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            So maybe he does. Why does it matter? Lots of people have that. It's apparently ok to go to a racist church for 20 years but not ok to have Herpes. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.
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            • Author by IRONY 101 (October 08, 2009 3:58 pm ET)
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              I never accused Limbaugh of attending a racist church for 20 years...but rumor has it he did. And he's never denied it either...
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              • Author by starkcr31 (October 08, 2009 4:09 pm ET)
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                *Slaps head*. That's not what I mean and you know it (at least you should). I meant you criticize Limbaugh because he may have Herpes but you think it's ok for Obama to attend a racist church for 20 years.
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                • Author by IRONY 101 (October 08, 2009 4:10 pm ET)
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                  But Obama doesn't have herpes...
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                • Author by soze169880 (October 08, 2009 4:12 pm ET)
                     
                  Really? You're really gonna run with that ridiculous, Beck-spewed "DURR HE HATES TEH WITE CULTURE!!!!" crap? I'm just gonna ask: why would a man who hates white people voluntarily go to Harvard?
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                • Author by bintx (October 08, 2009 4:30 pm ET)
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                  And you think it's okay that you are a camp follower of an uneducated, overpaid hate talk radio DJ? I mean, you really believe the slop this man throws. That's just nuts, man. He's a talk radio entertainer . . . that's all, nothing more, nothing less. He is what he is.
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                  • Author by starkcr31 (October 09, 2009 10:07 am ET)
                       
                    I'm not his follower. I don't even listen to him. I was merely making a point.
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                • Author by hurricaneyankee52983 (October 08, 2009 5:16 pm ET)
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                  starker, that's old, and frankly tired news. Come back with something original.
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                • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (October 08, 2009 5:49 pm ET)
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                  you think it's ok for Obama to attend a racist church for 20 years.
                  A church is a building, an inanimate object. Therefore it is impossible for a church to be racist, or to have any other emotion, opinion, or attitude.
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                  • Author by starkcr31 (October 09, 2009 10:08 am ET)
                       
                    You used this same idiotic statement in other threads apparently thinking it's somehow clever. Sad.
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                • Author by magnolialover (October 08, 2009 7:21 pm ET)
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                  Given that Obama didn't attend a racist church, your point is not really valid.

                  What gives you the impression that it is a racist church? Do they only allow certain races? No, they welcome any and all folks to the church Obama went to in Chicago. So, once again, your disproven.

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            • Author by snoopy (October 08, 2009 4:05 pm ET)
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              Why would you think it's ok to attend a racist church? Is that because you go to one? Hmmm?
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              • Author by IRONY 101 (October 08, 2009 4:19 pm ET)
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                He's never denied it...
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                • Author by National_Insecurity (October 08, 2009 7:49 pm ET)
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                  Even he denied it, he would need to prove it too.
                  In writing.
                  With a long form certificate, embossed with signature in ink.
                  And a newspaper clipping from 20 years ago to support it.
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            • Author by srichardson (October 08, 2009 7:29 pm ET)
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              Why are you even bringing the race card into this discussion? It seems to me that you are the one who plays the race card, not the liberals on this blog. And to address the herpes issue; it really doesn't relate to the topic either other than it's a health issue.
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          • Author by worrierking (October 08, 2009 3:56 pm ET)
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            If he did drop his pants and show us, it wouldn't prove anything.

            According to all of those commercials, someone stricken with herpes isn't always having an outbreak.

            So even if there was nothing to see, it would not clear him. It would not prove that he didn't have herpes.

            So, I'd still have my doubts.

            SHOW US YOUR NEGATIVE TEST RESULTS!!!!!!!
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            • Author by IRONY 101 (October 08, 2009 4:00 pm ET)
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              Yea, exactly...and the ORIGINAL test results, not some short form computer printout.
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        • Author by mjh (October 08, 2009 4:32 pm ET)
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          " What would you suggest, that he [Limpballs] drop his pants on national TV?"


          EEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!

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          • Author by New Frontier (October 08, 2009 4:51 pm ET)
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            Suddenly, High Definition doesn't sound so appealing.
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          • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (October 08, 2009 5:51 pm ET)
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            What would you suggest, that he [Limpballs] drop his pants on national TV?
            Only if he did it on the program named after him, The Biggest Loser.
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            • Author by starkcr31 (October 09, 2009 10:09 am ET)
                 
              Yeah, he's a loser that makes more money in day than you made in your whole life.
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      • Author by bintx (October 08, 2009 4:28 pm ET)
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        Why does anything that Rush says matter? He's a hate talk radio DJ . . . that's all. Doesn't it bother you that you hang on every word an uneducated, overpaid DJ says as if it is gospel?
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    • Author by Conchobhar (October 08, 2009 3:24 pm ET)
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      So: as with all medicines, even aspirin, there can be side-effects, some of them severe, in a small number of the people who take it. Compare that with 36,000 deaths a year from the seasonal flu. Asses risks, make your choice.
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      • Author by Conchobhar (October 09, 2009 10:15 am ET)
           
        I wish that "asses" pun was intentional, but it's not. Meant to say assess.
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    • Author by pete592 (October 08, 2009 3:34 pm ET)
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      For an idiot, he sure professes to know a lot about most women.
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      • Author by soze169880 (October 08, 2009 3:37 pm ET)
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        Well, when you're everything repulsive to the opposite sex rolled into one, you learn a lot. Or so you'd think.
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      • Author by IRONY 101 (October 08, 2009 3:44 pm ET)
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        If a guy has been divorced three times I'm afraid he's just not learning. ;>)
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        • Author by soze169880 (October 08, 2009 3:48 pm ET)
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          I think he learned that all women are icky and dumb-head stupidpantses, and that's why they can't appreciate his Messianic brilliance. Oh, wait, that's anyone who criticizes him for any reason.
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    • Author by camera (October 08, 2009 3:48 pm ET)
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      Yes Rush, please decline the flue shot. Please, please, PLEASE. And all of your ditto heads. Please.
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    • Author by DellDolly (October 08, 2009 3:48 pm ET)
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      This woman has no reason to believe that the flu vaccine caused this pleurisy. None whatsoever.

      Pleurisy is not a side effect of the flu shot - her doctor was either lying or mistaken.

      Then, to top it off, this person's anecdotal information about her experience, even if the flu shot had caused her illness, isn't evidence that no one should get a flu shot.

      It's amazing to me that educated people don't understand this simple concept that one must look at the whole population, not at any one individual's reaction. I've never had a problem with a flu shot - should we base the decision on whether or not everyone should be getting the flu shot on my reaction? Of course not!
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      • Author by bintx (October 08, 2009 4:34 pm ET)
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        Flu vaccines are made with dead viruses . . . they can't make you sick unless you are allergic to the medium used to deliver the vaccine or if you have a situation like I have with auto-immune disordres.
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      • Author by National_Insecurity (October 08, 2009 8:02 pm ET)
           
        As you've noted before - cause or coincidence?

        I'm not disputing that she A) had a flu shot and that B) she has pleurisy, but A did not result in B.
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    • Author by New Frontier (October 08, 2009 4:03 pm ET)
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      "I've had busybody citizens and friends who want to run my life tell me to (get a flu shot)."

      Being a good friend to El Rushbo must be deeply rewarding.
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    • Author by jjamele2880 (October 08, 2009 4:06 pm ET)
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      Jesus, Lynn Johnston doesn't drag her marital issues into her work as much as Rush Limbaugh does.

      Hey Rush, it's called therapy. Look into it. You'd think hundreds of millions of dollars to sit on your butt and bloviate would convince you not to burden your audience with your personal issues.
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    • Author by nousername (October 08, 2009 4:10 pm ET)
         
      His titular remark is a complete non sequiter, as are most of the comments here.
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    • Author by whillenbrand (October 08, 2009 4:11 pm ET)
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      Having had a drug addiction, been a smoker and morbidly obese, Limbaugh would not do well if he caught the flu. A flu shot wouldn't hurt.
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      • Author by IRONY 101 (October 08, 2009 4:18 pm ET)
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        Oh, no...now Limbaugh thinks he has the body of a thriathlete. Seriously...I heard him talking recently about how he would only consider being a judge at the Miss USA pagent for a week if the pageant officials agreed to put a treadmill in his room because, Rush said, he's so famous it would be impossible for him to work out in a public gym. Previously, Limbaugh ridiculed (imagine that) people who exercised and even blamed the high cost of health care insurance on them. This guy is a real piece of work.
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        • Author by jjamele2880 (October 08, 2009 5:00 pm ET)
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          He thinks that being a triathlete involves eating, burping, and sleeping.
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    • Author by wzwriter (October 08, 2009 4:17 pm ET)
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      Rush Limbaugh IS a disease - on humanity.
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (October 08, 2009 4:47 pm ET)
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      What if the St. Louis Rams team doctor wanted to innoculate the entire team and staff? Would Limbaugh object? Would he fire the team doctor?

      BTW, if Limbaugh buys the team will "Ram" be a noun or a verb?
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      • Author by John Paradox (October 08, 2009 5:21 pm ET)
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        In the US, Ram would be a noun

        In the Dominican Republic, a verb.
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    • Author by hurricaneyankee52983 (October 08, 2009 5:11 pm ET)
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      Proof that RUSH DOES NOT CARE about the everyday man All he cares about is himself and his rich, white friends at FOX and EIB.
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