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malaise

(268,982 posts)
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 05:43 PM Mar 2020

Has Limbaugh croaked yet?

Did his lies about the hoax finally choke him? He's very quiet.

https://factcheck.afp.com/coronavirus-hoax-spreads-online-after-rush-limbaugh-broadcast
Conservative US radio host Rush Limbaugh compared the novel coronavirus to “a common cold," prompting debate over the virus’ lethality. This is misleading; the strain discovered in late 2019 differs from and is more deadly than the human coronaviruses that can cause a cold, health experts say.
“I’m dead right on this. The coronavirus is the common cold, folks,” Limbaugh said of the novel coronavirus on his show on February 24, 2020. Limbaugh was decrying the virus “being weaponized as yet another element to bring down Donald Trump.”

A similar theory took hold on social media in the days following Limbaugh’s remark, though without any explicit connection to the radio host. Some Facebook users began to share a photo of an old medical textbook citing the common cold as a possible condition caused by coronaviruses.

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Has Limbaugh croaked yet? (Original Post) malaise Mar 2020 OP
"I'm dead right" might not be a good choice of words, Ru$h. DemoTex Mar 2020 #1
Perfect malaise Mar 2020 #3
First thing to jump out at me! 2naSalit Mar 2020 #9
Now that's ironic. dem4decades Mar 2020 #28
You're exactly 2/3 right, Rush. dchill Mar 2020 #29
Excellent question. tosh Mar 2020 #2
Hasn't been on the air for a week and a half underpants Mar 2020 #4
Thanks for the update malaise Mar 2020 #5
Gosh, that's . . . tragic . . . hatrack Mar 2020 #6
America needed that spot of good news. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #25
We'll probably croak first. He's one of the elite getting the best care his money can buy. n/t zackymilly Mar 2020 #7
He's most likely close to death budkin Mar 2020 #8
I can hardly wait for the Karma fairy to 2naSalit Mar 2020 #10
Counting the minutes. smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #11
Having stage 4 lung cancer takes ones breath away...... ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2020 #12
How sad malaise Mar 2020 #15
Karma did pay him a visit a few months ago. Wellstone ruled Mar 2020 #13
I've got my bags of MyOwnPeace Mar 2020 #14
Yes he was a dipshit liar over the Novel Corona Virus The Polack MSgt Mar 2020 #16
Great post malaise Mar 2020 #18
The coronavirus will get everybody except him Shermann Mar 2020 #17
Is there a time and date pool? /NT sdfernando Mar 2020 #19
Rush may die soon DBoon Mar 2020 #20
Sad fact. ant. tosh Mar 2020 #23
Agree malaise Mar 2020 #24
We're not that goddamned lucky... Aristus Mar 2020 #21
As someone with cancer AnnieBW Mar 2020 #22
Ohhh. Bless his dead right heart. nt centrarchus Mar 2020 #26
Any day now hopefully. It will help to slow the spread of the moronovirus. n/t brewens Mar 2020 #27
He and POTUS are so intensely evil Blues Heron Mar 2020 #30
I know one should not say terrible things like "I'll dance on his grave." Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #31
well, i've been praying HAB911 Mar 2020 #32
Such an outpouring of emotion on this thread !!! OnDoutside Mar 2020 #33
Lots of thoughts malaise Mar 2020 #34
I have both for El Rushbo: liberaltrucker Mar 2020 #35
You win the thread malaise Mar 2020 #36

DemoTex

(25,396 posts)
1. "I'm dead right" might not be a good choice of words, Ru$h.
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 05:46 PM
Mar 2020

Right of Atilla the Hun, and soon to be dead.

underpants

(182,797 posts)
4. Hasn't been on the air for a week and a half
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 05:51 PM
Mar 2020

Had to run a work errand today and clicked over. The guest host was amazingly stupid. They offered some Rush soundbites I guess to keep the dashboard believers happy.

hatrack

(59,585 posts)
6. Gosh, that's . . . tragic . . .
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 05:55 PM
Mar 2020

Excuse me while I go wash my hands, which will allow me to brush away my tears!

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,490 posts)
25. America needed that spot of good news.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 06:16 AM
Mar 2020

Perhaps bringing decades of daily dumptruck loads of RW bullshit finally to an end......

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,785 posts)
12. Having stage 4 lung cancer takes ones breath away......
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 06:01 PM
Mar 2020

My mother had it. Xrays of her lungs showed less than 50% lung capacity, while the other was done.

I will shed no tears for Rush, as I do still for my mother. He did not stop smoking. She did 30 years before her death, but it was the 2nd hand that got her at the casinos she loved gambling in when living in the Reno/Sparks area.

MyOwnPeace

(16,926 posts)
14. I've got my bags of
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 06:11 PM
Mar 2020

"thoughts and prayers" ready - just let me know when I can put them on the front porch of my "MAGA" neighbors - ring the doorbell - light it on fire - and run to the celebration party!

The Polack MSgt

(13,188 posts)
16. Yes he was a dipshit liar over the Novel Corona Virus
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 06:16 PM
Mar 2020

But he's dying from the left over Karma from his "Cancer from smoking is all hype, it's overblown" diatribes in the 90s/00s

Who cares. Here's how he would handle his own illness

"Rush Limbaugh - He claims to be Pro-Life, but he's dying.

How can we trust someone with such an obvious disconnect in his words and actions? Pay attention people!"

AnnieBW

(10,426 posts)
22. As someone with cancer
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 11:11 PM
Mar 2020

He's in a high-risk group. And he's in Floriduh, where there's no restrictions on movement. So, one can only hope.

Blues Heron

(5,932 posts)
30. He and POTUS are so intensely evil
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:14 AM
Mar 2020

It's mind boggling. How did the universe cough up such vileness? Why does it resonate with so many?

Baitball Blogger

(46,704 posts)
31. I know one should not say terrible things like "I'll dance on his grave."
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:23 AM
Mar 2020

But I envision something more elaborate like a May Pole number performed with River Dance moves.

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