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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,085 posts)
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 11:23 PM Apr 2020

Rush Limbaugh: Economy Being Destroyed 'Under The Guise' Of Saving Lives

Lush Rimjob on Tuesday suggested stay-at-home measures to protect people against the coronavirus pandemic were destroying the economy “under the guise” of saving lives. He also gave air to a conspiracy theory that Democrats and communists were plotting the downfall of capitalism.

“Are we just going to sit by and watch $22 trillion — that’s the value, that’s the sum total of the GDP, that’s the U.S. economy — are we just going to sit by here and watch it evaporate?” the right-wing radio host said on “The Rush Limbaugh Show.” “Because that’s what we’re doing, under the guise of not losing any unnecessary life — meaning we want to try to save as many lives as we can.”

After fielding a phone call in which the caller said the crisis was the product of “the communist virus” invading America, Limbaugh piled on:

You’re the only person I know who thinks it’s happening without the cooperation of the Democrat Party, however. Most people tell me they think the American left is the worldwide Communist Party now, and that they are willingly subverting this economy and destroying it, for the purposes of eliminating and wiping out capitalism.


https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/rush-limbaugh-economy-coronavirus-115103294.html

Well we shouldn't save your pathetic life.
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Rush Limbaugh: Economy Being Destroyed 'Under The Guise' Of Saving Lives (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 OP
Rec. for your opinion if nothing else CountAllVotes Apr 2020 #1
Oh, just get coronavirus and die a miserable death, you evil sonofabitch. milestogo Apr 2020 #2
+1000. Crunchy Frog Apr 2020 #25
Glad I'm not the first one who had this as their first thought madeup64 Apr 2020 #30
The Chinese are at fault is the new: Botany Apr 2020 #3
Out of the countless thousands of dead Maru Kitteh Apr 2020 #6
Make America Great Again. USA, USA, USA, USA!!! God I wish he would die! 42bambi Apr 2020 #12
So his investments have taken a hit eleny Apr 2020 #4
Shove that medal up your ass, ru$h spanone Apr 2020 #5
If we elect a Democratic President this November I hope that he takes away Rush's Medal dustyscamp Apr 2020 #7
Fascist Pig Thomas Hurt Apr 2020 #8
His rhetoric is dangerous and will cost lives. cayugafalls Apr 2020 #9
OK I'll play. Why are Rush and his fans so concerned about his cancer? Marie Marie Apr 2020 #10
Don't Forget Silver Solutions ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #37
Everyone should call it "trumpvirus" S.E. TN Liberal Apr 2020 #11
Nope, but it is the Trump Disaster. The virus kills; tRump made it into a catastrophe. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #16
He is a disaster all by himself. S.E. TN Liberal Apr 2020 #20
I call it the Trump Plague. Crunchy Frog Apr 2020 #27
That's like calling it China virus. It is NOT his virus. But he owns the disastrous response. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #36
"Most people tell me they think..." theaocp Apr 2020 #13
An absolutely stunning commentary. patphil Apr 2020 #14
Rush's lung cancer is an underlying condition. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #15
Indeed, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #34
Saw a good meme but couldn't copy at paste captain queeg Apr 2020 #17
Read what Al Franken said in his book... S.E. TN Liberal Apr 2020 #18
I am willing to sacrifice Rush Limbaugh. liberalmuse Apr 2020 #19
Isn't he dead yet? smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #21
I Was About To Post That ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #39
Then of course we need to write him off, he's a waste of money, too. marble falls Apr 2020 #22
Lives be damned, GOP motto. sarcasmo Apr 2020 #23
I clicked on the link and went straight to... Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2020 #24
Rush, go party it up at The Villages. See if it is a hoax. muntrv Apr 2020 #26
This from a guy who works from home A HERETIC I AM Apr 2020 #28
Funny how the GOP went from the party of "Obamacare is going to kill your grandma"... Initech Apr 2020 #29
Exactly. Like Terry Schiavo. The GOP called a Special Session of Congress to protect her. Midnight Writer Apr 2020 #32
It's infurating that they're calling themselves "pro life" at a time like this. Initech Apr 2020 #33
Supposedly he's dying so he obviously doesn't give a damn Raine Apr 2020 #31
Just Wanted To Say, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #35
Limpbaugh is threatening an uprising: "Are we just going to SIT by?" . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #38
"The Democratic party gets its marching orders STRAIGHT FROM THE KREMLIN!... JHB Apr 2020 #40
I've never wished any one dead, but I have enjoyed reading their obituary. n/t KWR65 Apr 2020 #41
hurry up and die already. Voltaire2 Apr 2020 #42

madeup64

(256 posts)
30. Glad I'm not the first one who had this as their first thought
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 12:37 AM
Apr 2020

I've never in my life rooted for cancer. Never thought I would. But here we are.
Am I the only one who feels like Jesus would put his hands on ol Rush and instead of "bringing more fish and bread out of the basket" it would be to increase the rate the cancer metastasized?
Hurry up and die Rush, the country needs some positive news now more than ever.

Botany

(70,291 posts)
3. The Chinese are at fault is the new:
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 11:25 PM
Apr 2020

Benghazi

Hillary's email server

Barack Obama wasn't born in America

John Kerry wasn't a hero on his swift boat

Al Gore invented the internet

Bill Clinton and the B.J. hunt aka white water

For the love of God our intel knew of the C-19 virus in Nov. of 2019, Trump and company were told
by China of C-19 in Dec. of ,'19, we had a CDC epidemiologist in China until she was fired in the summer
of 2019, Trump fired the global pandemic task force in 2018, and Trump was warned of a global
pandemic in Jan. of 2017 by the outgoing Obama administration.

Trump is the biggest fuck up in the history of America and so the right wing is pushing the
bull shit cover story that it is really the Chinese who are at fault.

*****
Early Jan. 2020 ... Trump's own words

In one of his first substantive public remarks on the virus, during a visit in late January to an auto parts manufacturer in Michigan, Trump acknowledged that the U.S. had seen a smattering of infections but predicted a “very good ending for it.”

At that moment, there were only a handful of known cases in the United States, but the virus had already infected thousands in China, and the World Health Organization had declared the virus a “public health emergency of international concern.”

“We think we have it very well under control,” Trump told the assembled workers. “We have very little problem in this country at this moment — five. And those people are all recuperating successfully. But we’re working very closely with China and other countries, and we think it’s going to have a very good ending for it. .... That I can assure you.”

https://news.wttw.com/2020/03/16/arc-trump-s-coronavirus-comments-defies-reality-ground

Maru Kitteh

(28,303 posts)
6. Out of the countless thousands of dead
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 11:29 PM
Apr 2020

I just really want at least one of them to be named Trump or Kushner.


Maybe throw Pence in for good measure.


Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
10. OK I'll play. Why are Rush and his fans so concerned about his cancer?
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 11:40 PM
Apr 2020

His tumors are nothing more than pimples. Why is he wasting precious healthcare dollars on his treatment when he could just as easily slap some acne cream on the suckers. “Because that’s what we’re doing, under the guise of not losing any unnecessary life.." And he is an unnecessary life if I've seen one.

ProfessorGAC

(64,422 posts)
37. Don't Forget Silver Solutions
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 07:45 AM
Apr 2020

He's part of the huckster crowd. Those silver water things are being sold by members of his own gang!
Now, to his point: it's his pals in the WH that are now promoting these measures. Is he mad at them, too?

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,788 posts)
36. That's like calling it China virus. It is NOT his virus. But he owns the disastrous response.
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 07:41 AM
Apr 2020

I urge calling it:

Trumpocalypse
Trump Catastrophe
Trump Disaster

theaocp

(4,223 posts)
13. "Most people tell me they think..."
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 11:45 PM
Apr 2020

When that's your go-to move, all bets are off. You can justify ANYTHING in the pursuit of anecdotal evidence as truth.

patphil

(6,033 posts)
14. An absolutely stunning commentary.
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 11:46 PM
Apr 2020

As it is, even with these stay at home orders, the hospitals in many areas of the country are being overwhelmed, and many more are going to be in that situation within the next week or two.
If we continued to have a business as usual economy, the number of hospitalized would have already destroyed the ability of our nation's health system to cope with it.

Imagine a nation with a severely broken medical system...tens of thousands of doctors and nurses exhausted, burnt out, sick; many dying.
Imagine the national death toll going way beyond the expected 100-200 thousand; most likely well over a million people, with millions more permanently injured.
Imagine tens of millions of people unable to work because they're sick.
Imagine a million grieving families burying their dead.

Now imagine the state of the economy as a result of this.

It a simple choice. Do you want to damage the economy with a minimum loss of life, or with a massive loss of life?

Either way, it's going to hurt...a lot. It's not a win situation in either case.

Rush Limbaugh is willing to choose a massive death toll to protect an economy that couldn't survive the carnage anyway.

I can't even say what I feel about that attitude.

The Magistrate

(95,237 posts)
34. Indeed, Sir
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 12:48 AM
Apr 2020

If he gets it, he is almost certain to die, and die hard.

The strain of waiting is probably getting to him by now, eroding self-control and making a facade of sanity difficult to present.

S.E. TN Liberal

(508 posts)
18. Read what Al Franken said in his book...
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 11:53 PM
Apr 2020

"Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations” It is easy to find on Ebay.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
21. Isn't he dead yet?
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 11:59 PM
Apr 2020

FFS, what is taking so bloody long?

I can't wait until that gasbag is silenced forever. I'm sorry, I know that sounds extremely heartless to many of you, but this man has spent his life peddling hatred and prejudice and has only contributed to the atmosphere of hostility and tension that we currently find ourselves in.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,847 posts)
24. I clicked on the link and went straight to...
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 12:15 AM
Apr 2020

... the comment section, expecting the typical right-wing garbage so prevalent in Yahoo! articles.

To my amazement, I didn’t find any! At least not after a cursory view of the first few pages of both “top” and “new” comments.

So that was a pleasant surprise for me!

A HERETIC I AM

(24,320 posts)
28. This from a guy who works from home
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 12:23 AM
Apr 2020

And has done so for years. He has a studio inside his house in West Palm Beach, and has broadcast from there since he left New York City

Initech

(99,914 posts)
29. Funny how the GOP went from the party of "Obamacare is going to kill your grandma"...
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 12:29 AM
Apr 2020

To "we must kill the olds to save the economy for the youngs." Jesus, it's like they're trying to get people killed over this.

Midnight Writer

(21,547 posts)
32. Exactly. Like Terry Schiavo. The GOP called a Special Session of Congress to protect her.
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 12:43 AM
Apr 2020

The conservatives were outraged that her family wanted to remove her life support.

Now these same folks are saying that if there aren't enough ventilators, then that's just tough shite.

Initech

(99,914 posts)
33. It's infurating that they're calling themselves "pro life" at a time like this.
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 12:47 AM
Apr 2020

When they could thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of people killed because of their arrogance and stupidity. I will never use that label for them ever agani.

Raine

(30,540 posts)
31. Supposedly he's dying so he obviously doesn't give a damn
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 12:42 AM
Apr 2020

about anyone else's life. Rush's thinking seems to be if he has to die that's good enough for millions of other people too ... selfish asshole!

JHB

(37,131 posts)
40. "The Democratic party gets its marching orders STRAIGHT FROM THE KREMLIN!...
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 07:47 AM
Apr 2020

...oh, wait. I mean, they used to, but that's our gig now."

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