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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Rush Limbaugh Rushed to Hospital With Chest Pains

Posted by on Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 8:15 PM

So says about a million parts of the internet

From Politico:

Conservative radio talk host Rush Limbaugh was rushed to a Honolulu hospital on Wednesday afternoon with chest pains, sources told KITV.

Paramedics responded to the call at 2:41 p.m. at the Kahala Hotel and Resort.

Limbaugh suffered from chest pains, sources said. Paramedics treated him and took him to Queen's Medical Center in serious condition.

 

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jimmy 1
Hell yeah...let's start this new year out right!
Posted by jimmy http://www.mybigfatlazyblog.blogspot.com on December 30, 2009 at 8:20 PM
2
please please please, i pray to you God, please pretty please ....one favor .... fuck sudan and all that shit .... please do this for me, pretty please, dear God of all masterful power, take that fat mess of a man and crush him with your giant delicate hand, that one that holds the whole world, and pop him.
Posted by Kueeef! on December 30, 2009 at 8:20 PM
rob! 3
Obama, with a blowdart, in the surf shack?
Posted by rob! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZBdUceCL5U on December 30, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Cracker Jack 4
Wait... Isn't Obama in Hawaii? THIS IS A SOCIALIST PLOT TO SILENCE RUSH!!!
Posted by Cracker Jack on December 30, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Zebes 5
"You people are horrible and shouldn't ever wish for the death of a human being, even one who is a big fat conservative jerk."

There, now that that's out of the way, nobody else will have to say it.

Dear Rush, die plz. kthx
Posted by Zebes http://www.badrap.org/rescue/index.html on December 30, 2009 at 8:30 PM
The Magic Lemur 6
Die, motherfucker. You will not be missed. God, I hope the chest pains worsen and he dies in agony.
Posted by The Magic Lemur on December 30, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Womyn2me 7
I cant pray to a God that I dont believe in, but if karma could pull something off, I would laugh myself into an asthma attack.

Posted by Womyn2me http://http:\\www.shelleyandlaura.com on December 30, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Matt from Denver 8
Thanks for that, 5. Too bad it's not happening to Beck and O'Reilly too.
Posted by Matt from Denver on December 30, 2009 at 8:34 PM
elenchos 9
If only. He'll pull through. Have you ever tried to get rid of bedbugs, or cockroaches?
Posted by elenchos on December 30, 2009 at 8:35 PM
10
3 for the win!
Posted by tacomagirl on December 30, 2009 at 8:36 PM
11
go ahead.
pray for the death of the messenger.
the message will remain.
Posted by Rush is praying for your tiny black hard cold hearts on December 30, 2009 at 8:37 PM
The Magic Lemur 12
@5 It's ok though, because Rush isn't even human. He's a golem made of feces and GOP pamphlets.
Posted by The Magic Lemur on December 30, 2009 at 8:38 PM
gttim 13
Sounds like drug issues. Lets see if the "liberal media" questions this like they did for Brittany Murphy. Rush is the one with actual drug related legal issues.
Posted by gttim on December 30, 2009 at 8:41 PM
rob! 14
Tasty irony if he's saved by Queens.
Posted by rob! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZBdUceCL5U on December 30, 2009 at 8:42 PM
15
it's totally time to open the expensive wine.
Posted by Rush is 138! on December 30, 2009 at 8:44 PM
16
Reading these comments has really brought a sparkle to my last hour here at work. Thank you.

I hope he dies.
Posted by cranky on December 30, 2009 at 8:45 PM
reverend dr dj riz 17
i don't want him to die ..i really don't.... i just want him to shut the fuck up and go away..
Posted by reverend dr dj riz on December 30, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Cracker Jack 18
@13: From CNN: "He told medical crews that he was taking medication for a back problem, sources said."

You win!
Posted by Cracker Jack on December 30, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Karlheinz Arschbomber 19
Best comment from Politico (which is full of right-wing fawning comments!):


I'm eagerly anticipating a dispute over his Hawaiian death certificate.
Posted by Karlheinz Arschbomber http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arschbombe on December 30, 2009 at 8:53 PM
20
I'm shocked. He seemed so physically fit and eschewed any kind of drug abuse! Everyone who thinks affordable healthcare for all is a bad idea is in extreme health and knows how to prevent any degenerative or congenital diseases.
Posted by Conservative commenting from Fantasyland on December 30, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Lee 21
@9: I've battled both, and had more success against them than against Rush.

But, to be fair, I wasn't actually doing anything about Rush apart from loathing him. So.
Posted by Lee on December 30, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Loveschild 22
Bad weed never dies.
Posted by Loveschild http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/articles/responding_to_haiti_earthquake/ on December 30, 2009 at 9:03 PM
pissy mcslogbot 23
http://politicalirony.com/wp-content/upl…

a Limbaugh money quote “All you exercise freaks, you’re the ones putting stress on the health care system.”
Posted by pissy mcslogbot on December 30, 2009 at 9:05 PM
kk in seattle 24
@11: I doubt Rush has prayed a single prayer in the last ten years. And what message remains? Get married, get divorced, as many times as you like, treat your God-given body like shit, and abuse painkillers? Yes, I'm sure that message will survive in Rush Country.
Posted by kk in seattle on December 30, 2009 at 9:12 PM
25
You people are mean. Funny, though. And, I can't say he doesn't deserve the snipes.

I would like to hope, though, that should he survive, after his most-likely self-induced brush with death, that he'll do an about-face as penance and repudiate all his lies and hatemongering, causing his fans and the right-wing fringe to either wake to their sins or rudderlessly sail off the edge of the ocean into the abyss, where they belong.
Posted by Brooklyn Reader on December 30, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Lee 26
@25: Ahahahahahahaha.

Ahahahahahahaha.

Ahahahahahahaha.

Ahahaha.

Ha.

Heh.
Posted by Lee on December 30, 2009 at 9:18 PM
27
FAT OLD DRUG ADDICT HAS HEART ATTACK

News!
Posted by Angry Sam on December 30, 2009 at 9:18 PM
dnt trust me 28
They might have a camera on him when he dies (at least a microphone for radioland)! But hopefully the grip on set will coach fat Rush on capturing that Scatman Crothers look with the mouth open scene in 'The Shining.' With the EKG beat of The Knife's 'Silent Shout' (youtube it) adding even more funniness about the subject of death, it'll be subtitled "Savageless Hate, the Thespian"
Posted by dnt trust me on December 30, 2009 at 9:23 PM
Urgutha Forka 29
I don't give a rat's ass about some rich motherfucker who makes his bucks by swilling fear to his ignorant zombies.

I hope he just decides to retire quietly and is forgotten. Wishing for his death is pointless, as there are swaths of lick-spittles more than willing to take his place.
Posted by Urgutha Forka on December 30, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Baconcat 30
DON'T DO IT, raindrop, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU!!
Posted by Baconcat on December 30, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Reverse Polarity 31
Weeee!

What a way to end the year. Celebration!
Posted by Reverse Polarity on December 30, 2009 at 9:47 PM
dnt trust me 32
I second that Baconcat! we're her for you raindrop!

Like commenter Irena has typed (taken just a tad slightly out of context) "The answer has got to be a creature from another planet. Meaning we can only be saved by giving and accepting love from those who seem alien to ourselves. There is no messiah coming; we must rescue each other."

I'm not really into this "saving" concept thrown onto us by history's dogma, but i think irena's point is ok

Posted by dnt trust me on December 30, 2009 at 9:49 PM
this guy I know in Spokane 33
What #5 said, only without the whole first part.
Posted by this guy I know in Spokane on December 30, 2009 at 9:53 PM
34
I too hope he dies and although these evil ugly bastards usually seem to live forever maybe the past drug problems will have an especially adverse effect on recovery. I've known many former drug addicts who didn't have the physical stamina to survive a heart problem (sadly in many cases). In this case though his death would be a good way to start the 20teens.
Posted by Jersey on December 30, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Womyn2me 35
alt.Rush.Limbaugh.die.die.die

This suspense is better than the pre-MJ is dead day. Politico is hysterical tonight.
Posted by Womyn2me http://http:\\www.shelleyandlaura.com on December 30, 2009 at 9:58 PM
heywhatsit!? 36
Think of all the sweat that must drip out of that fat fuck having a heart attack. Seriously, think about it.
Posted by heywhatsit!? on December 30, 2009 at 10:02 PM
37
Someone on another thread didn't wish him dead, rather that he become the next Terry Shiavo. That'd be appropriate.
Posted by Jersey on December 30, 2009 at 10:06 PM
38
Isn't Hawaii one of the few states that has a functioning public option. If he lives it will likely because of this.

If he retires than our local boy gone bad Glen Beck will become a bigger monster.
Posted by Zander on December 30, 2009 at 10:08 PM
39
Ugh if Rush dies we have to deal with Glenn Beck for another 20-30 years...
Posted by apres_moi on December 30, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Baconcat 40
When he pulls through this, maybe Michael J. Fox can take him out for shakes.
Posted by Baconcat on December 30, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Mark in Colorado 41
Oh Baconcat you're a beast with all the shakin' and stuff.

None of you lazy !)#*&$#*& have the best and most expensive champagne to celebrate Jabba's demise.

Of course you know this is probably all a stunt. He hasn't been getting much press lately and well, --all it may be is indigestion.

If the BEAST should die in the next 24 hours then, let me and mine finally toast to a glorious passing of the biggest and most expensive NON-ABORTION on the planet Earth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The only sad and tragic thing is that his amazingly stupid minions will live on.
Posted by Mark in Colorado on December 30, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Baconcat 42
@41: I'm betting relapse.

'cuz lord, when someone like him falls off the wagon, he makes a big sound.
Posted by Baconcat on December 30, 2009 at 10:27 PM
COMTE 43
NO! Rush shouldn't die, he should have a massive fucking stroke that leaves him with partial paralysis and acute aphasia (although, in his case it will probably cause him to speak in coherent sentences for a change), and be forced to spend the next 20 years burning through his entire fortune to pay for his medical expenses.

THEN he can die: destitute, unloved and forgotten. Sending him to Jeebuz now, at the relative height of his popularity, wouldn't be near punishment enough for the fat weasel.
Posted by COMTE http://www.chriscomte.com on December 30, 2009 at 10:27 PM
COMTE 44
@41:

I've got six bottles of Taittinger chilling right now - good enough, I say.
Posted by COMTE http://www.chriscomte.com on December 30, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Mark in Colorado 45
At I cannot believe I'm typing this but:
@43 FTW

But I love Baconcat the most. You bastards!! :-)
Posted by Mark in Colorado on December 30, 2009 at 10:33 PM
The Magic Lemur 46
@43 Ok I will accept that as an acceptable alternative. If he doesn't die, can we just force-feed him pure MSG until that happens, at least?
Posted by The Magic Lemur on December 30, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Fnarf 47
@43, how about if his massive stroke leaves him angrily shouting "You're all a bunch of FAGGOTS and NIGGERS" over and over while he drools over his incredibly expensive medical gear. That way, he can continue to lead the party.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on December 30, 2009 at 10:45 PM
mouth fart 48
chest pains??! that sucks. i was hoping for something more sensational, like, BREAKING NEWS!...in kink gone wrong, glen beck accidentally kills rush while indulging in a little known fetish called 'deep throat fart sucking,' or DTFS. while farting down rush's throat, glen inadvertently let loose spicy chinese food diarheea and a dead hampster (which had apparently been stuck in beck's bowels for years). spicy chinese food fecal spray fills rush's lungs and the dead hampster remains blocks rush's airway. despite beck's attempts at cpr, rush succumbs to asphyxiation. and the sex tape is leaked to the public. open casket viewing to be held at rush's estate.
Posted by mouth fart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hqq3bIJEhA on December 30, 2009 at 10:48 PM
49
@48 FTW... @47 - only wishful thinking and that would probably be so true..
Posted by apres_moi on December 30, 2009 at 11:13 PM
50
@47, how could we even tell the difference between before and after?
Posted by Cow on December 30, 2009 at 11:13 PM
D310 51
I wonder if he's had "End of Life" counseling with his doctors....a.k.a. "DEATH PANEL".

...you know, just in case he should end up in a coma.

(?)
Posted by D310 on December 30, 2009 at 11:16 PM
reverend dr dj riz 52
'...Limbaugh told emergency crews that he was having chest pains and had been taking medication for back trouble....'
. store bought drugs are not to be messed with.
Posted by reverend dr dj riz on December 30, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Knat 53
@37: My first throught exactly. On the other hand, I'd totally be happy with the scenario described by @48.
Posted by Knat on December 30, 2009 at 11:21 PM
54
Die, you fat evil motherfucker.
Posted by RUSH! on December 30, 2009 at 11:34 PM
55
According to the news, "he's resting peacefully in his room". I hope he had a near death experience and got slapped with some sense by some dead gay relative who told him to get the fuck out and he wasn't welcomed until he started apologizing to people. yes i know.. Wishful thinking...
Posted by apres_moi on December 30, 2009 at 11:36 PM
seandr 56
Schadenfreude!!
Posted by seandr on December 31, 2009 at 12:21 AM
57
I love you, Slog commenters. I knew I could come here and find others hoping as fervently and unashamedly as I am for the demise of that fat fucking bastard.
Posted by JenV on December 31, 2009 at 12:50 AM
58
Hey, in 1984, by George Orwell, wasn't there that thing where everybody looks at some dude's picture and they all just get ANGRY at it for two minutes... It was called something like the Two Minute Hate. Where everybody just booed and hissed and made mean faces for two whole minutes. Just to get it out of their system. Or something like that.

Is this it? Did I get here late?
Posted by Ackham on December 31, 2009 at 2:05 AM
Zebes 59
Oh, well, this is all comparable to something that happened in a politically charged book. Evidently we are acting in error.
Posted by Zebes http://www.badrap.org/rescue/index.html on December 31, 2009 at 3:50 AM
60
TEMPORARY BIG MAC ATTACK! Gotta keep the weight up to keep those jowls in shape, Rush.
Posted by mmbb_c on December 31, 2009 at 3:52 AM
Vince 61
Karma
Posted by Vince on December 31, 2009 at 4:18 AM
dnt trust me 62
beautiful Vince :)
Posted by dnt trust me on December 31, 2009 at 5:16 AM
63
Rush is just too good for this wicked depraved sodomy-soaked cesspool of a society.
He will be mercifully taken away before the final collapse.
(by the same loving entity that took Sonny before he had to see the whole Chastity/Chucky fiasco)
Posted by Gabe on December 31, 2009 at 5:39 AM
NumberOne 64
@ 48 And then what do we call poopy Beck and stinky Rush? But of course- The Aristocrats!
Posted by NumberOne on December 31, 2009 at 6:04 AM
Sir Vic 65
@37 I like the long-term vegetable ending. That way, all the millions he's made by hustling hate & lies can be rapidly absorbed by the private health care system he so loves. At a rate of about $2m per week, he would only have a couple of years to be a laughing stock for the world.
Finally, all those vegetable jokes that are usually in bad taste will be acceptable!
Posted by Sir Vic on December 31, 2009 at 6:17 AM
66
It couldn't be from a heart attack. He doesn't have a heart.
Posted by Weekilter on December 31, 2009 at 6:32 AM
ohbalto 67
66 comments and nobody's made a "pray for Rush's heart to fail" comment?

Y'all are slipping. Totally slipping.
Posted by ohbalto on December 31, 2009 at 7:11 AM
68
jesus, you guys ever heard of not sinking to their level? of not fitting in to the liberal stereotype? this is what the internets are for i guess...snark and hate.

my new year's resolution is to get as far away from this shit as possible.
Posted by taint on December 31, 2009 at 7:21 AM
Matt from Denver 69
@ 68, there's always some party-pooping anti-fun scold. Talk about fitting into a liberal stereotype.
Posted by Matt from Denver on December 31, 2009 at 8:35 AM
70
Is he dead yet?

How about NOW?

NOW?
Posted by please on December 31, 2009 at 9:08 AM
71
no, i'm not anti-fun. i'm just pointing out the obvious. if your idea of fun is to wish death on someone you don't agree with, have at it. just don't get pissed when someone you like has a health issue and the other side wishes them dead.

Posted by taint on December 31, 2009 at 9:10 AM
72
@71

Oh no, I don't wish death, I wish the #43 on him with some modification...I'd rather he couldn't speak at all after his stroke, and only sit mum on the sidelines as the world mocks him, till the end of his days.

dp
Posted by Derek http://hurricanechasermusic.com on December 31, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Fool multitude 73
May God bless and perserve Rush Limbaugh.
Posted by Fool multitude on December 31, 2009 at 9:52 AM
rob! 74
I think Obama should send him a big bouquet of Cinnabons.
Posted by rob! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZBdUceCL5U on December 31, 2009 at 9:59 AM
Matt from Denver 75
@ 71 - gee. Someone wishing death on me would be... well, pointless since wishes don't kill anyone. So it won't bother me like you think it might.
Posted by Matt from Denver on December 31, 2009 at 10:12 AM
raindrop 76
Nothing like the misfortunes of an adversary to bring out the inhumanity.
Posted by raindrop on December 31, 2009 at 10:33 AM
77
This decade started off horribly, with the "election" of GWB. It would be so wonderful if the next decade started off wonderfully, with the death of a conservative figurehead.
Posted by Nick on December 31, 2009 at 10:46 AM
Nofo 78
If there really is a god, his death will be long, painful and sexually humiliating.
Posted by Nofo http://nofo.blogspot.com on December 31, 2009 at 10:51 AM
COMTE 79
Yeah, 'cause Rush himself is a veritable fount of humanity and compassion...

Rush's entire career has been spent belittling, abusing, and hating on anyone who disagrees with him - yet, his defenders get their Underoos all twisted the moment someone else decides to pour a little sauce on that goose.

I believe the proper aphorism to describe this would be: "he can dish it out, but he can't take it."
Posted by COMTE http://www.chriscomte.com on December 31, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Will in Seattle 80
Damn, he's not dead yet.

Well, there's always the new year ...
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on December 31, 2009 at 11:10 AM
81
dunno if that last comment was directed at me, but i am certainly not a rush defender. i think the guy is scum, pure and simple.

here's another saying for ya...2 wrongs don't make a right.

Posted by taint on December 31, 2009 at 11:12 AM
82
77
ooooh yeah-
the Florida Recount!

those were some good times.....
Posted by thanksforthememories on December 31, 2009 at 11:21 AM
The Magic Lemur 83
@68 good. bye-bye. cheerio! We all wish death on him because he's a mean-spirited piece of shit who does everything in his power to attack and discredit anyone who disagrees with him and treats anyone he feels is beneath him like scum. There are plenty of Right-wingers that I disagree with, but don't wish death on (like, say, John McCain), because I believe that fundamentally, they are decent people that genuinely feel that they are doing what's right. The fact of the matter is that Rush Limbaugh is human garbage and he deserves to die.

anyhow.

I suppose he pulled through... I have to admit a grudging admiration for his sheer fortitude, given that he's a morbidly obese, drug-addicted prick who chain-smokes stogies.

Fucker definitely rolled an 18 on Con at first level.

Jesus, I'm a nerd.
Posted by The Magic Lemur on December 31, 2009 at 2:39 PM
yucca flower 84
COMTE @ 43,

That truly would be a Karmic end to Rush Limbaugh's life and fortunes. It couldn't happen to a more deserving soul. If only Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck, Michele Bachmann, Jim DeMint (SC), Sam Brownback (KS) and Rep. Randy Forbes (VA), Shirley Dobson, the entire Phelps clan could meet a similar end.

One can only dream.
Posted by yucca flower on December 31, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Uriel-238 85
While neither a major drinker nor a connoisseur of fine winery, I have a magnum of Constellation Cook's California Brut I inherited from an overstocked wedding. Does that count?

Limbaugh is stable so far. It's doubtful he's going to die this time around.
Posted by Uriel-238 on December 31, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Knat 86
@83: No, Magic Lemur, the problem is that when this troll was down, they didn't finish him off with acid or fire, so now he's had time to regenerate.
Posted by Knat on December 31, 2009 at 8:42 PM
The Magic Lemur 87
Knat I love you
Posted by The Magic Lemur on January 1, 2010 at 4:15 AM
88
Dear Rush,
Get well soon!
Hate just wouldn't be the same without ya!
Toodles,
E
Posted by Erok on January 1, 2010 at 11:34 AM
i'm pro-science and i vote 89
@ 1: WORD

Before he dies I hope he gets exposed as a sex tourist frequenting underage kids in the Dominican Republic http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/38192…
Posted by i'm pro-science and i vote http://home.comcast.net/~theyellowdog/joerepublican.htm on January 1, 2010 at 7:48 PM
reverend dr dj riz 90
#68,& 71 it's too late at this point ..this thread is prolly deader than rush... but why is it that some folks think that wishing death on someone is bad..?.. or wishing death is a liberal construct ? ( wasn't it jerry falwell that used to pray for people he didn't like to die ?) we're all gonna die. rush is a believer of the afterlife, so he'd be happier in it. i'd be happier with him there ..sounds like a win-win...he didn't want to die because he's got some more meaness bile he'd like to spread around.. wishing death on him doesn't sound wrong to me....not morally, certainly not spiritually, and i an't do anything practically to hasten his death..
and i don't feel bad..
Posted by reverend dr dj riz on January 2, 2010 at 10:50 AM
Uriel-238 91
I think it was Pat Robertson on the 700 club that prayed publicly for two vacancies in the US Supreme Court. He got them, but didn't get the Roe v. Wade overturn for which he was hoping.

It's not an example I'd follow with a clear conscience, but then again, I'd rather our listenership wise up enough to make a drinking game out of Limbaugh. e.g. take a drink whenever he says "Liberal Wackos".
Posted by Uriel-238 on January 2, 2010 at 8:14 PM
92
Did any of you see Rush's press conference a few days ago? If you didn;t, you need to watch it before pronouncing judgement on him:
http://dittosrush.blogspot.com/2010/01/r…
Posted by mediaspin on January 4, 2010 at 12:08 PM

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