Gawker hires plane to deliver special banner message for Rush on his wedding day --->

[onehandle]

They ran a contest. The above message was the winner. Kudos to Gawker.
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Rush Limbaugh and his bride, Kathryn, have tied the knot. We weren't invited to the exclusive event this evening. But, as you can see above, we were there in spirit! The winner of our plane-banner contest—and 15 runners-up—below.

We received many, many excellent and creative submissions on how best to congratulate Rush on his special day. You went all out and for that we thank you. After much debate, we went with Oryx's suggestion, a very simple message of congratulations for Rush on his special 4th wedding day—as one commenter put it, very likely the 4th happiest day of his life.

So why did we go with this one? Well, there were a bunch of considerations. Many of the messages we liked were too controversial for the pilot we hired to fly the banner over Palm Beach. (He lives there and has a business to run, and he was skittish about pissing off everyone in town.) Many others referenced Limbaugh's years-old prescription drug arrest, which seemed like a bit of a cheap shot no matter how clever they were, or how much he might deserve it. There were quite a few good political ones, too, touching on gay marriage and the oil spill. But we'll leave staging protests at weddings to the Westboro Baptist Church.

In the end, Oryx came up with a simple, straightforward message that made us laugh when we imagined it flying over Rush Limbaugh's wedding. And it was one we think was enjoyed by all who had gathered again to celebrate the sacred, everlasting union between Limbaugh and yet another woman. Well, everyone except this Twitter user. (To ensure no one missed it, we also had the pilot fly over Rush's estate this evening as well.)

http://gawker.com/5556254/congratulations-rush-limbaugh

[lunatica]

1. That really is clever

I'm sure everyone in the wedding party saw it. The missus best get used to it.

[onestepforward]

2. LOL! That's great! n/t

[blondeatlast]

3. I'm so happy for him and his new bride, ex-local Phoenix braodcaster Daryn Kagan. I'm sure the union

will do wonders for her career, too.

;)

[onehandle]

20. Career?

There's a career?

[blondeatlast]

27. I was really, really hoping that I wouldn't need to use the sarcasm thingy.

She never married him, for instance. But, according to her, at least, she has a thriving career.

:evilgrin:

[krispos42]

4. *snort*

:rofl:

[UTUSN]

5. Meh, even with the sly reference to "4th" - still too classy for me.The tacky runners-up for me!1

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8491959

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http://gawker.com/5555769/thank-you-for-your-messages-o...

Thank You For Your Messages of Congratulations to Rush Limbaugh

A lot of people had suggestions for what should appear on the banner headed to Rush Limbaugh's wedding tomorrow. We've chosen a winner. But we're not revealing it until tomorrow. Until then, here are some that didn't make it.

Here are a bunch that were too mean, too weird or too dumb for us to actually consider. But they (mostly) made us laugh:

DRILL BABY DRILL
by many people

WE PEED IN YOUR POOL
by Bayktdin

WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST! LOVE, MEXICANS, HOMOS AND OBAMA
by R_Claw

YOU HAVE TO TOUCH HIS WEANUS TONIGHT
by JamNYC

SHE WILL LEAVE YOU FOR A MEXICAN
by greenmelinda

OPEN YOUR MOUTH, I'M DROPPING PILLS
by kthorjensen1

DID YOU INVITE BP OIL? WE'RE COMING ANYWAY
by Claire Buoyant

OM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM
by DennyCrane

4 MARRIAGES? NOW UR JUST SHOWING OFF -THE GAYS
by The Gays Have It

8==D
by Dystopika



Send an email to Adrian Chen, the author of this post, at [e-mail] .

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[blondeatlast]

6. "...showing off."

:rofl:

[badgerpup]

18. Yeah, that one cracked me up too... n/t

:spray::rofl:

[spooky3]

22. me too

[nichomachus]

7. How low does your self-esteem have to be

To marry that pile of excrement?

Seriously. That's the best you can do?

[glowing]

9. I'm sure its very arranged.. A pretty blonde who has her own home

and only makes appearances...

[nichomachus]

11. Actually, power is the most effective aphrodisiac (for some women)

Henry kissinger, alan Greenspan had no problem attracting the girls.

[glowing]

17. Only if you think Andrea Mitchell is a catch...LOL.

[spooky3]

23. I think it's the money, in this case

As long as he's generous, she has just contracted for a luxurious lifestyle. And she probably figures with his track record, it won't be long until they split up, and with a good lawyer, she can be set up for a good, long time.

But maybe I'm projecting...

[nichomachus]

12. Actually, power is the most effective aphrodisiac (for some women)

Henry kissinger, alan Greenspan had no problem attracting the girls.

[miscsoc]

16. shit, i'd marry rush if i had the chance

the nightly sodomy sessions would be a small price to pay for access to his right wing millions

[seabeyond]

8. GOOD LUCK with your 4th marriage.... would have been more fun. but cool. nt

[unhappycamper]

10. That reminds me of this sign:

[onehandle]

13. 'Rush is a Lying Sack of Shit!'

That would have worked too.

[thereismore]

14. Love it. It's subtle yet to the point. nt

[MellowDem]

15. Elton John was there?

Disappointing.

[onehandle]

19. 1 million bucks plus out of pigboy's slack ass.

I'd do it.

[fedupinBushcountry]

25. So was

James Carville, with his neocon wife Matalin, he makes me sick.

[onehandle]

21. More photos: Over wedding site and over Rush's 'compound.'

http://gawker.com/5556731/more-photos-from-rush-limbaughs-wedding

[AsahinaKimi]

24. shudder

(((((((((((shudder)))))))))))))
married to Rush Limbaugh???
Gag...
:puke:

[hlthe2b]

26. Gawd.. even if the noxious nature of Limbot didn't kill me...

being deadly allergic to (lit) cigars, surely would


Maybe there's enough drugs in the world to get through--who knows?