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Limbaugh: "Everybody Has An Angry Ex-Spouse"

January 19, 2012 1:11 pm ET

From the January 19 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:

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    • Author by magnolialover (January 19, 2012 1:12 pm ET)
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      Ah, no... We're not like you and Newt who have several angry ex spouses.
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      • Author by IRONY 101 (January 19, 2012 1:37 pm ET)
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        Rush Limbaugh has had as many wives (3) as I have children (3)...and he has fewer children (0) than I have had wives (1).

        I guess I am the abnormal one...
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        • Author by MickD (January 19, 2012 2:16 pm ET)
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          Stop bringing family values into this, Mr. IRONY 101!
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        • Author by cjj (January 19, 2012 3:13 pm ET)
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          Maybe because morals are becoming abnormal to the right?
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        • Author by IRONY 101 (January 19, 2012 3:52 pm ET)
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          CORRECTION:

          Rush Limbaugh has had MORE wives (4) than I have had children (3)...

          Sorry for the error.
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          • Author by MiniTru (January 19, 2012 4:43 pm ET)
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            If you had said ex-wives in the first post, you would have been correct, also.
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          • Author by dazednamused (January 19, 2012 4:47 pm ET)
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            No worries, Irony ... after the third, I mean, who's really counting?
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      • Author by CAL (January 19, 2012 2:39 pm ET)
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        Ahem....larda55..... Our President doesn't.
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        • Author by BDA (January 19, 2012 3:29 pm ET)
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          Nor did the "serial philanderer in chief" Bill Clinton...

          Now which party represents American Family Values..

          The one represented by Clinton and Obama... 1 wife each.
          or
          The one represented by Gingrich and Limbaugh.... 7 between the two of them.
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      • Author by Iceguy (January 19, 2012 3:19 pm ET)
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        Dogs and cats too
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    • Author by nerzog (January 19, 2012 1:13 pm ET)
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      Finally... a topic on which Blimpy is really an expert.
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      • Author by namjah55 (January 19, 2012 1:17 pm ET)
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        Exactly. I'm sure he can sympathize.

        And no, Rush, we don't. I've been married for 31 years.
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        • Author by ScienceBuff (January 19, 2012 4:07 pm ET)
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          28 years for me to my one and only wife. I'll grant, though, that she does sometimes get angry.
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    • Author by Imbecile (January 19, 2012 1:17 pm ET)
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      Everybody?

      Even children?

      Even people who've never married or were married only once and never divorced?

      Is everybody another word we have to add to the long list of words Republicans don't know the meaning of, like hypocrisy, wealthy, socialism, fascism, fact, truth, lie...?
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      • Author by Jimijams (January 19, 2012 1:27 pm ET)
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        Communism, Marxism, are a few others they should look up.
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      • Author by Conchobhar (January 19, 2012 2:02 pm ET)
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        Is everybody another word we have to add to the long list of words Republicans don't know the meaning of, like hypocrisy, wealthy, socialism, fascism, fact, truth, lie...?
        Oh, please. Don't you know by now that everybody, to Rush and his minions, means "everybody who counts," AKA "everybody like me?"
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      • Author by Andy Kreiss (January 19, 2012 2:42 pm ET)
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        Ooh, can I chime in with some words missing from The Wingnut Dictionary ? How about "specific" and "example"? "Proof" and "evidence"? These seem to completely stun them.

        And I'll also remind you, Imbecile, of a recent one that made my Hall of Shame folder. When our favorite word-parser extraordinaire couldn't quite come to grips with a one-syllable, four letter word;

        WILL

        It's a long, convoluted thread, with some repetition and tangents ( as usual when Lil' Jimmy gets busy), but in its full context it's majestic. Quite possibly the most stoopidly determined argument I've ever seen on teh internets.
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    • Author by politeradical (January 19, 2012 1:17 pm ET)
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      Rush and Newt have their own support group for sexist racist pigs.

      They watch Mad Men, wax nostalgic about the good ole days, and say "babes" and "skirts" a lot.
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    • Author by eddie-george (January 19, 2012 1:19 pm ET)
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      Just like everyone has pilonidal cysts.
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      • Author by IRONY 101 (January 19, 2012 1:28 pm ET)
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        Or has an addiction to prescription narcotics so bad that they use their housekeeper to get drugs for them...
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    • Author by Spooky Dooooooooood (January 19, 2012 1:19 pm ET)
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      As far as Rush is concerned this is how all marriages turn out. He'll never be able to keep a woman longer than a few years. This time around, he has had to provide his wife with an Iced Tea business to keep her from bolting before their first anniversary.
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    • Author by phlcstgan (January 19, 2012 1:21 pm ET)
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      Not since he started calling Michelle Obama fat have the jokes so written themselves.
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      • Author by neon desert (January 19, 2012 1:36 pm ET)
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        It reaches the point where you feel you're being patronized.

        Or is Rush is now tweaking the comics?
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        • Author by MickD (January 19, 2012 2:18 pm ET)
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          Is he tweaking his tweaks?
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        • Author by BDA (January 19, 2012 3:34 pm ET)
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          Is he making a parody of himself????

          Lets see, he calls Michelle fat, he hopes drug addicts die, he condemns adultery, calls African Americans racist, thinks Obama hates
          America, and thinks everyone has an angry ex spouse.

          Projection much????
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    • Author by neon desert (January 19, 2012 1:21 pm ET)
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      Golly gee... Doesn't sound like that heterosexual marriage thing that you guys are always worrying about the sanctity of is working out very well then, does it?
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    • Author by ThomasJH268 (January 19, 2012 1:22 pm ET)
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      Cmdr Pill Popper should know, he has 3 of them
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    • Author by epkklk851 (January 19, 2012 1:22 pm ET)
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      Not me. Married to my college sweetheart for 28 years, I don't have an angry Ex-Spouse, and neither does he. You're just trying to trash Ms. Gingrich, just in case any of your Ex-Spouses decide to air your dirty laundry. I'm sure, like Newt, you have a pile of it.
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      • Author by Imbecile (January 19, 2012 1:24 pm ET)
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        Something tells me that all future ex-Mrs. Limbaugh's sign Non-disclosure Agreements as part of the pre-nup.

        They're also forbidden from asking about that extra door in the broom closet that doesn't really seem to go anywhere.
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        • Author by epkklk851 (January 19, 2012 1:37 pm ET)
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          I'm sure they do, too. But, there may come a time when they consider the gag order less odious than something Rush has done and they will spill the beans.
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        • Author by rms (January 19, 2012 1:39 pm ET)
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          "Something tells me that all future ex-Mrs. Limbaugh's sign Non-disclosure Agreements as part of the pre-nup."

          Or post-nup.

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    • Author by Spooky Dooooooooood (January 19, 2012 1:24 pm ET)
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      Notice how it takes Rush a huge effort to say "ex-spouse" without slurring and spraying foam all over the studio.
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    • Author by mookworthjwilson (January 19, 2012 1:25 pm ET)
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      I bet some of his Dominican Boytoys are pretty angry too about the diseases he gave them.
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (January 19, 2012 1:26 pm ET)
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      Gee, I don't have an angry ex-wife, Rush. I don't even have an "ex-spouse".

      Now I can't say for certain if my wife is that crazy about me...but I've only had just one.

      How many have you had, Rush...so far?
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      • Author by Chameo (January 19, 2012 2:54 pm ET)
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        I've got an ex, and we had our tense moments, but I'd have to say that we've become close, if not best, friends. So nope, everyone certainly doesn't have an angry ex-spouse. I have a kind and loving one.
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    • Author by Jimijams (January 19, 2012 1:26 pm ET)
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      He should know....and NOT everybody has an angry ex, but it looks like MANY republicans do.
      Rush is a Teaklux
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (January 19, 2012 1:32 pm ET)
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      Just wondering...does Rush have any angry ex-spouses?

      Or, better...do any of Rush's ex-wives have an angry ex-spouse?
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    • Author by NiceguyEddie (January 19, 2012 1:35 pm ET)
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      I don't. I occasionally have an anrgy SPOUSE, but... hey, a LOT of people have THOSE from time to time. (Not belittle their emontions hwever, Rush, is a good way to keep them from becoming an angry EX-spouse.)

      ---------------------------------------
      IMHO
      UTOPIA
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      • Author by Conchobhar (January 19, 2012 2:12 pm ET)
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        When asked why he'd never married, the late, deeply lamented, Tommy Makem replied, "Why, when I can make a hundred women happy, would I make one woman miserable?"
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        • Author by Andy Kreiss (January 19, 2012 3:10 pm ET)
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          Ha! Never heard that one, Con. What I find funny is when people ask me ( never married) if I don't like women. They never seem to understand when I tell them that I would've married a long time ago if I didn't like women so much. And I was already a fan of Makem

          Interestingly, I was unaware of the stereotype of Micks ( the males, anyway) resisting marriage, I's always thought of them, especially the Papists, of being traditional types. I only heard of it fairly recently, from my mom, via her cousin ( Danes), discussing my brother and me vs. the sisters ( all hitched).

          And speaking of music, does Lispy still have that hilariously untalented song parody guy around? Because " Everybody Has an Angry Ex-Spouse" set to Springsteen's " Hungry Heart" would make a great theme song for his show.
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          • Author by Imbecile (January 19, 2012 3:25 pm ET)
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            Had a wife, and kids in Dominica, Jack.

            Got high on oxy-contin and I never came back.

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          • Author by Conchobhar (January 19, 2012 3:28 pm ET)
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            And speaking of music, does Lispy still have that hilariously untalented song parody guy around? Because " Everybody Has an Angry Ex-Spouse" set to Springsteen's " Hungry Heart" would make a great theme song for his show.
            This sounds like a job for Wierd Al!

            My favorite Tommy Makem story (and one of his) was the critical reaction to his release of Four Green Fields. Some jerks sliced him up and down for ruining a beautiful "traditional ballad." He was actually debuting a song he'd just written.
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          • Author by Conchobhar (January 19, 2012 4:05 pm ET)
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            Interestingly, I was unaware of the stereotype of Micks ( the males, anyway) resisting marriage,
            Brendan and Maureen had been "keeping company," as they used to call it, for 15 years or so. Finally she says to him, "Shouldn't we be thinkin' about gettin' married?" And he replies,
            "Who'd have us?"
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    • Author by newzhound (January 19, 2012 1:44 pm ET)
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      I don't have an ex-wife. I skipped that messy starter marriage.

      Instead, I found a woman I couldn't stand and bought her a house.
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    • Author by newzhound (January 19, 2012 1:45 pm ET)
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      I think Herman Cain is about to have one.
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    • Author by foole (January 19, 2012 1:45 pm ET)
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      And you know, there are idiot dittoheads out there who are nodding and agreeing even though they don't have angry ex-spouses. If Rusty says it, it must be so!
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      • Author by Imbecile (January 19, 2012 1:50 pm ET)
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        "I ain't never been married to no one, but Rush says I got me an angry ex, so I suppos'n' it true."
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        • Author by Andy Kreiss (January 19, 2012 2:11 pm ET)
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          If one of Lispy's fans beat his ex-wife to death, does that still count ? Maybe he should have said "...has had an angry ex-spouse".
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          • Author by Imbecile (January 19, 2012 2:57 pm ET)
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            Maybe he should have said "...has had an angry ex-spouse".


            All those extra words are confusing.
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            • Author by foole (January 19, 2012 3:22 pm ET)
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              I'm sure Fats meant to imply "...has had an angry ex-spouse...or two or three."

              It sure is funny that none of his exes have ever written that "just waiting to be published" tell-all book about Fats. Them must be some airtight pre-nups he had them sign.
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    • Author by 1st Republic 14th Star (January 19, 2012 1:47 pm ET)
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      So make up your minds -- are Republicans the "traditional family values" party that believes we should go back to the (fictional) good old days when women stayed home to work in the kitchen and have babies, and divorce didn't happen? Or are they the "hey, everyone does it" party that believes everyone has an angry ex-husband or ex-wife looking to exact revenge years after a failed marriage is over?

      As always, it's situation dependent -- which meme favors a particular Republican? When it comes to "principles" and "values" Republicans are always flexible.
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      • Author by Andy Kreiss (January 19, 2012 2:13 pm ET)
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        I'm just now hearing what the former Mrs. Gingrich's allegations are. I'll wait and see how it plays out, but I have to admit it would be entertaining to see the Traditional 'values voters' explaining their support for the first Swingers Lifestyle president.
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        • Author by Imbecile (January 19, 2012 2:59 pm ET)
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          He wanted an open marriage because he was in love with freedom, and America. He couldn't give his heart to just one thing, after all.

          For he so loved our new nation that he gaveth his only begotten 2nd wife so that we may all know eternal capitalism and country-club racism.
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    • Author by YouTubeJEFF9K (January 19, 2012 1:51 pm ET)
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      Rush's entire audience is angry. It's his job to make sure they are angry at the wrong people.
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      • Author by Conchobhar (January 19, 2012 2:14 pm ET)
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        Rush's entire audience is angry. It's his job to make sure they are angry at the wrong people.
        Brilliant. With a little editing, that's one heck of a bumper sticker.
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    • Author by Virgil_Kane (January 19, 2012 1:59 pm ET)
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      The Repubs answer will be: Blame the victim. Mark my words. It's what they always do.
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    • Author by chazmanr (January 19, 2012 2:12 pm ET)
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      For once, Limpy speaks about something that he actually knows about.
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    • Author by wenfen (January 19, 2012 2:14 pm ET)
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      Rush FINALLY said it!!!!!!!!!!

      "I have no clue."

      Exact words. NOT taken out of context!

      What do we give him for this most honest of self reflection????

      Anyone? Anyone?
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      • Author by cjj (January 19, 2012 3:34 pm ET)
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        Let's chip in on some used dentures. Anything's gotta be better then what he currently has adrift in that gaping pie-hole.
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    • Author by Andy Kreiss (January 19, 2012 2:15 pm ET)
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      I don't have an angry ex-spouse either. There seems to be a lot of that on this thread. As easy as it is to prove Rush is a liar, or alarmingly ignorant, he sure has a lot of people who believe what he says.

      He has the stupidest audience on earth.
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      • Author by worrierking (January 19, 2012 3:11 pm ET)
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        Aren't we supposed to be the godless, valueless side of the political field?

        You'd of thunk we'd be the ones with all of the angry ex-spouses.
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        • Author by cjj (January 19, 2012 3:32 pm ET)
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          I, for one, am a Dem due to my faith-based beliefs, not in spite of them.
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    • Author by Psycho3D (January 19, 2012 2:22 pm ET)
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      I don't have an angry ex spouse. I'm still happily married to my first wife
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    • Author by faygokid (January 19, 2012 2:40 pm ET)
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      Some may, but I bet none are paying as much big $$$$ to keep three ex-wives quiet about the no doubt appalling and insane things they know about Limbaugh.
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    • Author by pete x tp (January 19, 2012 2:41 pm ET)
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      The person in the Presidential race who best exemplifies the values of Christ doesn't have an angry ex wife. He currently resides in the White House but, largely because he's black, it seems like most Reichwhiners fail to realize that fact.
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    • Author by angels4light (January 19, 2012 2:53 pm ET)
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      Well, perhaps not President Obama. I am pretty sure he is still married to his first wife, and she to her first husband.
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    • Author by worrierking (January 19, 2012 3:04 pm ET)
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      He's right and we're all angry fat old men with ill fitting dentures.
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    • Author by cjj (January 19, 2012 3:10 pm ET)
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      Obama has no angry ex-spouse.
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    • Author by DAWUSS (January 19, 2012 3:19 pm ET)
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      I don't even have A spouse, let alone an angry ex-spouse
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    • Author by PastyJournalist (January 19, 2012 3:23 pm ET)
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      Project much, Rush?
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    • Author by Treulos (January 19, 2012 3:54 pm ET)
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      I believe marriage is a farce, and Limbaugh/Gingrich only reinforce my cynicism.
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      • Author by IRONY 101 (January 19, 2012 3:57 pm ET)
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        I believe Limbaugh/Gingrich are a farce and their marriages only reinforce my cynicism.
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      • Author by faygokid (January 19, 2012 4:02 pm ET)
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        They're married?!? Who knew?

        They are perfect for each other.

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    • Author by turtledoubledeuce5333 (January 19, 2012 4:01 pm ET)
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      What's the big deal? Everybody has 1, 2 or 3 angry ex-spouses. Everybody has been guilty of slamming someone else for having an affair while they were doing the same thing. Everyone has slammed drug addicts while they were addicted themselves. It's no big deal.
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    • Author by shaggles (January 19, 2012 4:33 pm ET)
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      President Obama doesn't. President Bush doesn't. President Clinton doesn't. But I guess in that case ex-mistresses are credible but ex-spouses are not.
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    • Author by spooky3 (January 19, 2012 4:51 pm ET)
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      I clicked on this thread because I knew the comments from readers would be hilarious. Thanks, everyone!
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    • Author by Karma (January 19, 2012 5:14 pm ET)
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      Everyone has an angry ex-spouse? I'm going to ask my husband where his angry ex-wife is hiding. He may give me a strange look since I am his first and only wife.

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    • Author by highlyunlikely (January 19, 2012 6:25 pm ET)
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      I just gotta say even for Limbaugh that's a particularly pathetic attempt at minimizing.
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    • Author by Reinhard (January 19, 2012 8:04 pm ET)
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      Everybody has an angry ex-spouse. Lol. And Republicans ,it seems, have many of them.
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    • Author by Reinhard (January 19, 2012 8:06 pm ET)
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      So in other words, ex-wives are always angry, petulent liars and ex-husbands are angels. Got it.
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