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Rumor is that Rush Limbaugh will make final final broadcast tomorrow (Original Post) Demovictory9 Dec 2020 OP
That would be one good thing Cadfael Dec 2020 #1
It would at least allow the innocent people he doomed to death this year cross over in peace. nt Blue_true Dec 2020 #13
Two good things! Initech Dec 2020 #35
Very true! Cadfael Dec 2020 #37
Things are looking up. 2021 will be a better year. badhair77 Dec 2020 #2
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RKP5637 Dec 2020 #3
I think about him once in a while, since he announced his illness. I guess this means he's unable napi21 Dec 2020 #4
In October he announced his treatment was not working. underpants Dec 2020 #32
"not that he was quitting" - hmmm UTUSN Dec 2020 #43
More, sounding like "final broadcast of 2020" - from the Snerdly flunky UTUSN Dec 2020 #75
see you never asshole jcgoldie Dec 2020 #5
30 years too late. I know this is harsh sounding, Progressive Jones Dec 2020 #6
Maybe his last broadcast will be a acknowledgement of the bad Demovictory9 Dec 2020 #9
You mean like a Lee Atwater moment? Boomerproud Dec 2020 #14
Yeah Demovictory9 Dec 2020 #16
Doubt that. What a hideous human being! And... electric_blue68 Dec 2020 #62
Not with his reserved seat at Satan's table....... lastlib Dec 2020 #60
I suppose there's always a chance, but frankly, I doubt it. calimary Dec 2020 #72
Don't hold you breath. The man is evil through and through. nt Blue_true Dec 2020 #17
I am more likely to win both the Powerball and MegaMillion lotteries back to back this weekend. cstanleytech Dec 2020 #46
That would be nice, but I'm sure he'll go out a bad guy liberal_mama Dec 2020 #55
K&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2020 #12
Not harsh at all. TwilightZone Dec 2020 #23
Your assessment is correct. shrike3 Dec 2020 #44
I totally agree with you. nancy1942 Dec 2020 #58
Unfortunately true. calimary Dec 2020 #74
I hear ya ... electric_blue68 Dec 2020 #65
Totally negative, his propaganda finally led to the trump disaster brush Dec 2020 #7
I understand he doesn't have much time left from cancer. rpannier Dec 2020 #63
+1000 llmart Dec 2020 #8
Piss on OxyRush. lpbk2713 Dec 2020 #10
Bye bye,... no cry.... magicarpet Dec 2020 #11
...and here I thought I wouldn't get anything good for Christmas! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2020 #15
how would i describe it... let me see.......... Takket Dec 2020 #18
I've been called a bleeding heart many times ... CatMor Dec 2020 #19
2020 was really Rush's year Blue Owl Dec 2020 #20
Well done. underpants Dec 2020 #33
I thought he was DEAD already... NewDayOranges Dec 2020 #21
Hope his cancer is real. dalton99a Dec 2020 #22
Poor Rush, I hope he gets enough morphine brokephibroke Dec 2020 #24
Buh Bye PSYCHO !!!! alittlelark Dec 2020 #25
Perfect Timing musclecar6 Dec 2020 #26
My mom died of lung cancer. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2020 #27
As did my father shanti Dec 2020 #69
oh well bdamomma Dec 2020 #28
Tomorrow? Sounds like his last show was yesterday (Wednesday) Dennis Donovan Dec 2020 #29
Perfect!! kairos12 Dec 2020 #49
And then he will retire to his child prostitution resort area? keithbvadu2 Dec 2020 #30
Flying Spaghetti Monster bless us, everyone!! Grokenstein Dec 2020 #31
No one could spin the truth as well as Rush. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2020 #34
Good. Another liar finds solace in an extremely warm environment. Polly Hennessey Dec 2020 #36
Tiny little shit plop. tavernier Dec 2020 #38
There is a 0% chance this will not be my favorite Xmas present in 2020 (nt) mr_lebowski Dec 2020 #39
Damn! Here I was, hoping that he had actually died. niyad Dec 2020 #40
While driving I caught part of his show yesterday. kskiska Dec 2020 #41
So he isn't dead yet doc03 Dec 2020 #42
If there is a Hell, there's a special pitchfork reserved for him. nt SunSeeker Dec 2020 #45
Rot Limbaugh you vile, disgusting slug of a human being. kairos12 Dec 2020 #47
Screw that dirtbag POS! orwell Dec 2020 #48
Unfortunately the paranoid political style won't die with him bucolic_frolic Dec 2020 #50
I REALLY DON'T CARE, DO U? slumcamper Dec 2020 #51
Fake Medal of Freedoml "WINNER". Period... czarjak Dec 2020 #52
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Dec 2020 #53
I hope he hangs in there long enough to see Biden inaugurated Skittles Dec 2020 #54
He epitomized Republican hypocrisy lonely bird Dec 2020 #56
I prefer not to celebrate the... JoeOtterbein Dec 2020 #57
I despise the man. rawhideal Dec 2020 #59
Not Soon Enough Captain Zero Dec 2020 #61
Fuck Rush Limbaugh. Nitram Dec 2020 #64
32 years of unalloyed evil Moral Compass Dec 2020 #66
This should be an OP diva77 Dec 2020 #77
At least he lived long enough to see Trump lose to Biden 😄 W T F Dec 2020 #67
Looking at my watch: Oops 32 years late. yankeepants Dec 2020 #68
I thought Rush did their last tour in 2016... mwooldri Dec 2020 #70
One time, I asked my old-man-republican neighbor what he was up to. Earthshine2 Dec 2020 #84
Been waiting for this - for a LOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNN time. calimary Dec 2020 #71
I hope he is incapacitated enough that.... electric_blue68 Dec 2020 #73
*** "rumor" - See posts #s 32&75. Looks like "final broadcast of 2020" not forever UTUSN Dec 2020 #76
Years ago, when I heard that Limbaugh was two months younger than me PlanetBev Dec 2020 #78
2020 Media Matters' Misinformer of The Year? Dirty Socialist Dec 2020 #79
And he knows he is misinforming..anything for $$ Demovictory9 Dec 2020 #81
He's done irreparable harm to our country Dem2 Dec 2020 #80
Thank god and good riddance. His brand of hate, disinformation, and propaganda needs to end forever. Vivienne235729 Dec 2020 #82
Is it almost time to break out the champaign? n/t Crunchy Frog Dec 2020 #83
Two thoughts- Snarkoleptic Dec 2020 #85
The day North Shore Chicago Dec 2020 #86
A turd that took 32 years to flush. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2020 #87

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
13. It would at least allow the innocent people he doomed to death this year cross over in peace. nt
Thu Dec 24, 2020, 10:36 PM
Dec 2020

napi21

(45,806 posts)
4. I think about him once in a while, since he announced his illness. I guess this means he's unable
Thu Dec 24, 2020, 10:30 PM
Dec 2020

to keep going.

underpants

(196,438 posts)
32. In October he announced his treatment was not working.
Thu Dec 24, 2020, 11:01 PM
Dec 2020

I saw a hint about this and was checking it out. I read that his show was the last of the year not that he was quitting.

UTUSN

(77,753 posts)
75. More, sounding like "final broadcast of 2020" - from the Snerdly flunky
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 01:43 AM
Dec 2020

The O.P.'s source/"rumor" retweets DRUMPF commenting on LIMBO's employee, but neither of those referencing an *all time last-ever* broadcast, which would have set those two off into blubbering. The FILIP fellow keeps insinuating it's forever.

Ron Filipkowski @RonGOPVet4Biden
Trump has weighed in tonight.

Bo Snerdley @BoSnerdley
Emotional Rush Limbaugh thanks listeners, supporters in final broadcast of 2020















Progressive Jones

(6,011 posts)
6. 30 years too late. I know this is harsh sounding,
Thu Dec 24, 2020, 10:32 PM
Dec 2020

but I can't wait until that piece of treasonous, anti-democracy garbage is dead.

I hope he is suffering horribly. He deserves that.

electric_blue68

(26,850 posts)
62. Doubt that. What a hideous human being! And...
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 12:57 AM
Dec 2020

if he manages (I hope not) to return in Jan 21

at least he'd have been off for about a week!

Makes a nice Xmas Eve present for me!

calimary

(89,959 posts)
72. I suppose there's always a chance, but frankly, I doubt it.
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 01:23 AM
Dec 2020

He's always boasted about being right. Why stop now?

cstanleytech

(28,466 posts)
46. I am more likely to win both the Powerball and MegaMillion lotteries back to back this weekend.
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 12:22 AM
Dec 2020

TwilightZone

(28,836 posts)
23. Not harsh at all.
Thu Dec 24, 2020, 10:46 PM
Dec 2020

He's done more to screw up this country than nearly anyone. He's encouraged tens of millions of idiots to abandon facts, rational thinking, deductive reasoning, and, in the end, any sense of reality.

He's a primary factor in why half of the country is batshit insane. We'd all be better off if he'd overdosed thirty years ago.

calimary

(89,959 posts)
74. Unfortunately true.
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 01:30 AM
Dec 2020

Unfortunately for all of us. He'll have left a mark. And I'm sure he's very proud of that.

electric_blue68

(26,850 posts)
65. I hear ya ...
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 01:03 AM
Dec 2020

he has spewed a horrific amount of poison through the airwaves for ?30 yrs. Ghastly effects on our country!
😭😩🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Let him suffer.


 

brush

(61,033 posts)
7. Totally negative, his propaganda finally led to the trump disaster
Thu Dec 24, 2020, 10:32 PM
Dec 2020

I understand he doesn't have much time left from cancer. Fuck him and the damage he's done. And I mean that.

llmart

(17,590 posts)
8. +1000
Thu Dec 24, 2020, 10:32 PM
Dec 2020

Let's hope so. He's another hate filled gasbag we could have done without a long time ago.

Takket

(23,707 posts)
18. how would i describe it... let me see..........
Thu Dec 24, 2020, 10:38 PM
Dec 2020

a festering pustule on the face of America, its bacteria eating away at the flesh of American life as we know it, all the name of making a sick deplorable scum sucking motherfucker rich through stochastic terrorism.

I tried to tone it down........

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
19. I've been called a bleeding heart many times ...
Thu Dec 24, 2020, 10:38 PM
Dec 2020

but him leaving the airwaves forever will not make my heart bleed. Good riddance

brokephibroke

(1,905 posts)
24. Poor Rush, I hope he gets enough morphine
Thu Dec 24, 2020, 10:47 PM
Dec 2020

But really, the question will be what shock jock replaces him. Who can rile the emotions of his low IQ/ EQ audience like Rush did?

I hope he suffers at least another month so the orange shitgibbon doesn’t order a state funeral for him.

Hassin Bin Sober

(27,459 posts)
27. My mom died of lung cancer. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
Thu Dec 24, 2020, 10:47 PM
Dec 2020

For him I make an exception. I hope it hurts.

shanti

(21,799 posts)
69. As did my father
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 01:12 AM
Dec 2020

he was in hospice for terminal lung cancer, when he fell and hit his head. He was gone within 12 hours. Nothing worse than not being able to breathe.

Dennis Donovan

(31,059 posts)
29. Tomorrow? Sounds like his last show was yesterday (Wednesday)
Thu Dec 24, 2020, 10:50 PM
Dec 2020
Several of his friends and associates have commented on social media that they believe the Christmas show was his final broadcast.


Regardless, I have no opinion beyond that his radio show was a lesion on the brain of the last 30 years of political discourse.


Good luck, Rush. Pack a flame-retardant suit...

keithbvadu2

(40,915 posts)
30. And then he will retire to his child prostitution resort area?
Thu Dec 24, 2020, 10:54 PM
Dec 2020

And then he will retire to his child prostitution resort area?

With someone else's Viagra again.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,108 posts)
34. No one could spin the truth as well as Rush.
Thu Dec 24, 2020, 11:04 PM
Dec 2020

He made the Big Bucks telling his fans what they wanted to here. Telling the truth won't make you money like telling well crafted lies.

kskiska

(27,165 posts)
41. While driving I caught part of his show yesterday.
Thu Dec 24, 2020, 11:30 PM
Dec 2020

He said that it would be his last broadcast for this year - and possibly his last.
He hadn't expected to be alive this long since he was diagnosed as terminal last March.

czarjak

(13,636 posts)
52. Fake Medal of Freedoml "WINNER". Period...
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 12:32 AM
Dec 2020

Hateful ignorance wrapped in religion and or patriotism is still hateful ignorance. Look it up, it's in that Book that nothing beats, that Donald Trump has never read. Believe me. (How do you know what's in a book you've never read?) Asking for a Friend.

Response to Demovictory9 (Original post)

lonely bird

(2,933 posts)
56. He epitomized Republican hypocrisy
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 12:37 AM
Dec 2020

I actually wonder how much of his spiel he truly believed. Was he really a prick or was it all just an act that he played to scam money, access and attention? His short-lived stint on MNF showed that when he was not in control of the situation he failed. In that scenario his words actually had consequences for himself. It is no wonder he did not last.

He was mean, base, hypocritical and disgusting as well as anti-American in his public persona but we will never actually know what he believed beyond scamming. It required the growth of hate radio for him to be “successful”.

As for his death? Well, peace to whatever family and friends he had. That being said I will not waste any more thought on him other than as a warning example of the dangers inherent in conservatism.

JoeOtterbein

(7,869 posts)
57. I prefer not to celebrate the...
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 12:39 AM
Dec 2020

...death of anyone.

I'm not a believer in religion, but I like this saying; "there go but for the grace of god, I".

Moral Compass

(2,386 posts)
66. 32 years of unalloyed evil
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 01:07 AM
Dec 2020

I was introduced to Limbaugh in ‘94 and he was spewing lies and hatred and divisiveness back then. The person that encouraged me to listen had the 1st case of Hillary/Bill Clinton derangement syndrome I encountered.

John was a good man who later worked tirelessly to get me an opportunity to move into sales with a rapidly ascending tech company right when the internet revolution was taking off.

After he was able to retire because we were making so much money his political psychosis deepened. When he sent me a venomous screeching email accusing me of being a seditious, treasonous scum for not supporting Bush/Cheney’s impending invasion of Iraq I dropped him. I had not sent him any emails or communicated with him about Iraq. He knew that I would be completely opposed to the folly of Iraq and would be able to explain why and dismantle any of
the specious arguments Limbaugh and Fox had mustered. So he indulged in a unilateral drunken attack.



Limbaugh, Bill Kristol, and Fox had hollowed out this man’s intelligence and filled his mind and soul with a restless expanding hatred.

I will never forgive Limbaugh. He is fully evil.
I believe he knew better and cared for nothing beyond the money and the fame and the power. He is
a glaring example of how power corrupts even the best of us.

I do not believe in hell, but Limbaugh deserves to die in agony. His legacy is the total corruption of our national discourse. He has normalized the worst we can possibly be. Worse than that he stole one of my very best friends from me.

mwooldri

(10,817 posts)
70. I thought Rush did their last tour in 2016...
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 01:16 AM
Dec 2020

... oops wrong Rush.

Mr. Limp balls could be broadcasting to an audience of one from his garden shed for all I care.

 

Earthshine2

(4,044 posts)
84. One time, I asked my old-man-republican neighbor what he was up to.
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 06:17 AM
Dec 2020

He knows I'm a liberal.

He said, "I was just listening to Rush."

I chill of deja vu came over me.

I said to him, "My friends in college used to say that."

Best band ever.

calimary

(89,959 posts)
71. Been waiting for this - for a LOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNN time.
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 01:20 AM
Dec 2020

He's done his damage.

It's a damn shame.

electric_blue68

(26,850 posts)
73. I hope he is incapacitated enough that....
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 01:23 AM
Dec 2020

he can't be on the air any more but "well enough" to be cogent enough to know it's Jan 20, 2021 12:03PM !


Believing what he spewed was horrific, hideous! 🤬🤬🤬

But not believing it, and saying it just to be
noticed and amass his super wealth - that's heneous!
Even worst! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

UTUSN

(77,753 posts)
76. *** "rumor" - See posts #s 32&75. Looks like "final broadcast of 2020" not forever
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 02:09 AM
Dec 2020

Meaning Wednesday, not Xmas.


Bo Snerdley @BoSnerdley
Emotional Rush Limbaugh thanks listeners, supporters in final broadcast of 2020










PlanetBev

(4,411 posts)
78. Years ago, when I heard that Limbaugh was two months younger than me
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 02:28 AM
Dec 2020

I swore a mighty vow that I would outlive him. I hate the damage that he’s done to the country.

Rat bastard...please take your leave of us.

Dirty Socialist

(3,252 posts)
79. 2020 Media Matters' Misinformer of The Year?
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 03:05 AM
Dec 2020

From downplaying the coronavirus to advocating martial law and secession. It would be his second Misinformer of The Year “achievement”:
https://www.mediamatters.org/rush-limbaugh/rush-limbaughs-deranged-2020-denying-pandemic-supporting-coup

Vivienne235729

(3,748 posts)
82. Thank god and good riddance. His brand of hate, disinformation, and propaganda needs to end forever.
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 05:12 AM
Dec 2020

He has been nothing but a pustular cyst on the ass of democracy. I am glad that his reign of terror is coming to an end.

Snarkoleptic

(6,235 posts)
85. Two thoughts-
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 08:48 AM
Dec 2020

1) Some say Hush Limbaugh is a hardcore junkie pedophile - so fugg that that guy.
2) tRump seems to have a housing problem re: Mar a Lago, so it sounds like Limbaugh's home may soon be on the market.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,270 posts)
87. A turd that took 32 years to flush.
Fri Dec 25, 2020, 12:03 PM
Dec 2020

Adios, you rotten bastard.

Feel free to take Trump with you.

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