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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRush 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 thats the value, thats the sum total of the GDP, thats 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 thats what were 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:
Youre the only person I know who thinks its 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.
CountAllVotes
(20,854 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)Crunchy Frog
(26,548 posts)madeup64
(256 posts)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)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 were working very closely with China and other countries, and we think its 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)I just really want at least one of them to be named Trump or Kushner.
Maybe throw Pence in for good measure.
42bambi
(1,753 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)Well, he needs some kind of thought to heat up his cold heart.
spanone
(135,635 posts)dustyscamp
(2,221 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)cayugafalls
(5,631 posts)I can not stand the man.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)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 thats what were 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)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?
S.E. TN Liberal
(508 posts)He claimed ownership when he said he had it under control...
https://m.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,788 posts)S.E. TN Liberal
(508 posts)His name should forever be linked to this virus in America. We are number 1!!!
Crunchy Frog
(26,548 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(48,788 posts)I urge calling it:
Trumpocalypse
Trump Catastrophe
Trump Disaster
theaocp
(4,223 posts)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)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.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,788 posts)The Magistrate
(95,237 posts)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.
captain queeg
(10,036 posts)A picture of Yoda: Nazi you are, fuck off you must.
S.E. TN Liberal
(508 posts)"Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations It is easy to find on Ebay.
liberalmuse
(18,670 posts)For our country's sake.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)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.
ProfessorGAC
(64,422 posts)He's already been in the light too long. 30 something years too long.
marble falls
(56,358 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,847 posts)... the comment section, expecting the typical right-wing garbage so prevalent in Yahoo! articles.
To my amazement, I didnt 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!
muntrv
(14,505 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,320 posts)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)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)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)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)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!
The Magistrate
(95,237 posts)'Lush Rimjob' is a nice Spoonerism indeed.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,788 posts)JHB
(37,131 posts)...oh, wait. I mean, they used to, but that's our gig now."
KWR65
(1,098 posts)Voltaire2
(12,626 posts)Warning: this right wing asshat is past its expiration date.