Rush Limbaugh supporters should be concerned about him.....

[kentuck]

Listening to a bit while on the road today, I noticed that he started laughing and couldn't stop himself at one time. But, what he said wasn't funny at all. He was talking about Kerry and he was entertaining the hell out of himself... My thought was, "This guy is having very serious mental problems. The type that may do themselves in...suicidal inclinations..."

That was my impression. I don't know how he is handling his drug withdrawal or if there are other problems in his life, but if I were a friend or a supporter, I would find out more about Rush's present state of mind. Something is awry with Rush. And I am no friend of Rush's but I would not like to see anyone go off the deep end.

This was just my impression.

[BlueEyedSon]

1. They won't notice, love is blind.

[codegreen]

2. the freepers and media shills will lose their minds watching Bush fall

they'll lash out, at themselves and at others.

[0007]

52. .....and they'll hate us even more

[Wapsie B]

55. And they'll take that hatred

out on Kerry. His handlers had better be ready for a bloody seige.

[orwell]

3. OxyRush

Maybe the new generic Oxys have a different formulation than the brand name Oxys.

In any case, its nice to hear Rush thinks Rush is so funny. The rest of us have thought he was a joke for years.

Oh...have I said that Randi rocks!

O

[LibertyorDeath]

4. "This guy is having very serious mental problems"

No...He is a serious mental problem.

[Zinfandel]

30. Man, he is the pigman!

[radwriter0555]

5. rush never got clean. he's still an addict and still on drugs actually...

in case you didn't know.

He has never ever claimed he is drug free.

BTW, he never had a cochlear implant either.

[DietVanillaCoke]

15. Goodness.

Really? So the drugs were making him go hard of hearing then?

Interesting.

[bobbyboucher]

23. I think they might have been refering to

him being absent because he was at rehab? Maybe, I don't know. But I also have heard about connections between drug abuse and hearing impairment.

[salin]

41. If I recall

one of the long-term side effects of Oxycontin use includes effecting hearing. Thus there has been a great deal of speculation linking his hearing problems with the timing of his admitted drug use.

[MichaelHarris]

6. It

was the methodone kicking in

[Bonhomme Richard]

7. He was just thinking how gullible his listeners are.

[mike1963]

8. My Rx for Limbo: take 2 bottles of oxy. Right now.

:grr:

[whistle]

9. Oxycoton has that kind of effect...

...so do tranquillizers. However, I have noticed that neo-conservatives find a lot of things to be funny which average people typically don't. The pain and suffering of others is one example, like when the troops in Iraq have had their contracts and stays extended by 120 days in combat and no additional incentives offered for their patriotism. Gee, private security forces that number 20,000 now and are being hired by the Pentagon to protect corporate interests in Iraq are being paid an average of $1,500.00 per day. That's $547,500.00 per private combatant per year or $10.950billion. US tax payers are paying that, neo-cons like Limbaugh and Cheney and Rumsfeld are really laughing at that because there tax freedom day began over three months ago.:shrug:

[plcdude]

10. Actually

I have been observing some of the same attributes. He has become less focused, rationale in the sense that he does not back up his statements with facts, and less control of his emotions. He goes on long monologues and extends them by asking himself questions. He is definitely very different than he used to be. I think that is slipping a bit with regards to his view of reality in that he is ignoring the "so-called" liberal points and not addressing them. I think, and this is just my opinion, that he is aware that Bush and company are not doing well and the opposition in a head to head public confrontation will make the current administration look simplistic and lack knowledge of what they are doing.

[Isere]

27. Dittos, mega dittos!

I have noticed the same thing exactly. Everytime I tune in I find him out of control.
He sputters, spews, rambles and seems to go on and on about the same fixed ideas.
He is on the road to self-destruction.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

11. I just wish he hadn't have gotten caught.

Hell..he probably would have OD'd by now. One less piece of shit infecting the airwaves.

[drumwolf]

13. no, i'm glad he did get caught.

"one less piece of shit infecting the airwaves"

One piece of shit who, if he were to disappear, would have a dozen equally stinky pieces of RW shit waiting to take his place. And if he were to OD, I'm sure they'd cover it up and claim it was a "heart attack." No, I'm glad he was exposed as the hypocrite that he is.

[Zorra]

12. If he has any kind of conscience, he will either have to knock it back

with pills or he will eventually crack.

Lying to millions of people day after day will take it's toll sooner or later.

[Jane Austin]

14. In contrast to someone I know

who worked for the republican party for quite a while.

She is almost despondent at what her life's work has wrought.

She's very, very hard on herself, even though she's one of the people who tried to reign them in, so they fired her.

That's the reaction a normal person would have for their contribution to what passes for a government in Washington.

[Old and In the Way]

19. Exactly......I think Goebbels also needed drugs to deaden his

conscience. At $24MM/year, he is the highest paid prostitute in the world. No wonder why he needs Oxycontin for his back problems.

[gpandas]

16. he has always had serious mental problems nt

[ComerPerro]

17. DO IT, RUSH!!!!!

[Old and In the Way]

18. I noticed that yesterday.

I had a 2 hour car trip and for the 1st time ever, tuned in and listened to him. I thought his laughing was way overdone, bordering on bizarre. Interestingly, 2 callers that seemed legit (one a Republican mayor) called Rush to task on his attack belittling the "Iraq is VietNam" viewpoint that a lot of people acknowledge. He also made some strange rant on the concept of "offensive" behavior.

His whole program seems very disjointed and without informational merit. I see no reasoned discussion or facts presented, just hit pieces on everything not Republican.

[bearfartinthewoods]

20. why do you listen to him?

i know, i know...i tell people they should watch the tv news so they can see what the rest of the country is seeing but no way do i extend that to rush. the only people who listen to him are RW, who will never vote for us or lib with a strong need for...for...???

OK, i give...what need does he fill for you guys?

[Steely_Dan]

21. I Used to Listen

I used to listen to Rush regularly. As a progressive Liberal, I found him useful in "firing me up." He got my passions going and reaffirmed my beliefs.

-Paige

[SayitAintSo]

31. I consider it "Opposition Research" ...

10 minutes of it and I know the puke daily talking points...

[kentuck]

24. So you know what your enemy is up to ??

But why would you want to know? Rush would probably be a good barmeter...of the direction of the Repub Party....downhill

[OneTwentyoNine]

32. Cause the rest of the CC stations here SUCK?

I swear,I find myself switching over every so often so I don't have to hear the same 40 fucking songs that RW corporate owned radio plays over and over and over. CC,Journal,Entercom.

If Air America would ever hit the waves here I'd have something to listen to....

[arliet51]

62. Cause the rest of the CC stations here SUCK

If Air America would ever hit the waves here I'd have something to listen to

You can listen to air america on line. Do search, "air america radio" to find the site. I listen to it every day for the same reason it seems many of you listen to Rush. It will probably make more people conservative than anything conservative radio ever would. If you think Rush backs up very little of this stuff with facts, you will probably be dissappointed with air america. They don't back anything up with facts. You will get your daily dose of liberalism though.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

47. just entertainment. that is why i listen.

i catch his show maybe two or three times a week during lunch. I just enjoy seeing how he distorts everything to fit his worldview. I listen to rush in the same regard that i watch the people on TBN (trinity broadcast network).

[MISSDem]

49. bearfart, they listen to him for the same reason that you and I

go to lucianne.com. Don't tell me that is someone else with the same name. It's so much fun and also, you have to see what the other side is up to (until you get blocked for saying something bad about our great president).

[bearfartinthewoods]

60. you're shitting me?

there is a bearfart at lucianne? bearfart was the name a bunch of us took during the vietnam protests. i use it here in hopes of attracting the attention of someone else in the group because we have lost touch?

WOO HOO!!!!!!!THANK YOU THANK YOU...gotta go

[bearfartinthewoods]

61. AAAAARRRGH! THEY HAVE A WAITING LIST???

what the fuck is that? do you have a link to a thread where the bearfart posted? PLEASE? they won't let me register!!!!!

[bearfartinthewoods]

63. can you tell me the spelling?

i searched on bearfart and bearfarts and found nothing. do you know if the search function works of you aren't registered? could you try for me?

i know i'm asking for a favor but you have no idea how long i have been waiting for someone to pop up with that name.

[bearfartinthewoods]

66. wait a minute....

lucianne? you're killing me. can you tell me if the bearfart seems to be undercover or is seriously a pubbie? this is going to hurt a lot if any of the old gang went over to the darkside. i still want to contact them if you can help me but sheeeit, this is not a good thing.

[bearfartinthewoods]

67. there is another bearfart

it looks like he or she is a gamer though. that doesn't help much. are there a lot of fifty five year old gamers? i just can't see any of the old gang being into "crime games" i googled but it looks like lucianne doesn't come up on google.

some golden oldie DU stuff did. ahhh...memories.

thanks anyway. btw...the gamer bearfart is heavy into freedom of speech! cool!

[kerry-is-my-prez]

56. Ya know the saying "Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer."

Somebody has to keep track of what the opposition does - and better them than me (and you). My blood pressure goes up too high to be able to do it...

[smirkymonkey]

22. What happy pills all the neo-con freaks taking, anyway??

What's up with all this chuckling and guffawing over tragedy?

I really hope they ARE one step away from the nuthouse, because otherwise I can't account for it.

[mountainvue]

25. I think he's

on some kind of maintenance program. Is he acting like Courtney Love?

[Mountainman]

26. If Rush is going off the deep end I'd like to buy him a membership to the

NRA

[leftofthedial]

28. suicidal?

we could only hope

Neocon-ism is a progressive, debilitating illness that ends with suicide.

Unfortunately, it takes the rest of it with it when the time comes.

[Egalitarian]

29. Maybe he's past due on a payment to the Devil?(nt)

[sadiesworld]

33. Hell, I'll give him a shove off the deep end.

No sympathy here. I believe he deserves top (dis)honors in the Hall of Shame for his part in our current sorry state of affairs.

[Merlin]

34. If he offs himself before Nov 2, I will make a donation in his memory

to the Kerry campaign.

[UTUSN]

35. Today He Was Hoo-Hawing Over-the-top, I'm Not Concerned n/t

[UTUSN]

36. I'm Concerned About These Resemblances/Dependencies

[agincourt]

37. I keep thinking,

that he's living proof that our drug laws were conceived as a way of locking up liberals without locking them up for being liberals. The fact that he still walks shows the laws to be a travesty. I just can't feel sorry for this poster boy for "Heh, heh I got away but you didn't."

[Wapsie B]

38. Oh if only to see

him, expired in a gutter, broke, laying in a pool of his own vomit. What a fitting end it would be.

Not advocating violence against him or his wannabees. It looks like he's already on the highway to hell.

[UTUSN]

39. Kick for LIMBOsevic's Show Prep Today

Anybody who has had to use oxycontin: Yesterday LIMBOsevic was over-the-top obnoxious and repellent, even for him, ridiculing and all. Ever since the oxy story broke, posters have said here that it's a heavy duty thing that takes much more than the 30 days' rehab to get off of. I thought painkillers would have a deadening effect, but this creep acts like he's on speed or something. I'm sure he is still using. What are the effects that thing has, besides painkilling? He shows NO regret (forget "remorse"), never has, although he ALWAYS has had lapses of self-pity, years before this story broke. When the deafness thing broke, he pined, "I'mmm deaffff." Then when the oxy story broke, before he hired BLACK, he pined, "Chain me, lock me upppp." But his self-pity lapses go back YEARS before this.

[drumwolf]

40. Apparently Rush has always had personal issues

I would stop short of saying he's had MENTAL problems, but by all accounts he's always been a pathetic man in his personal life.

This was the cover story of Newsweek shortly after Rush was busted.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3158206/

"Oct. 20 issue - Rush Limbaugh has always had far more followers than friends. Bombastic and clowning on air, shy and bumptious off it, Limbaugh could count on 20 million “Dittoheads” and talk-radio fans to tune in five days a week. But it’s hard to find many people who really know him. He was a lonely object of mass adulation, socially ill at ease, at least occasionally depressed and, for the past several years, living in a private hell of pain and compulsion."

[MadHound]

42. Rush is going to go the way of any opiate addict,

At least those who are poorly treated and still in denial. At some point, my guess is in the next five years, he will OD.

Having known and worked with some serious addicts, Rush is at about the stage where he is going to start needling it. Pills are doing the trick anymore, and are too expensive, having to consume in the dozens and hundreds for the same effect that was previously achieved(long ago) by one or two. So soon, if not already, he will be going to the needle. And as with any other addiction, he is going to have to continously up his dosage, until he finally hits the big one, and his wife wakes up one morning to find El Rushbo dead with the needle still in his arm.

If Rush wants to live to see a fine old age, then he has to act now. It is going to take a complete lifestyle change, but it has got to be done. First of all, he has to go into a real detox center for a looong stay, and get truly clean. He also has to make some major lifestyle changes so that his stressors are removed from his life. This would include his show, which I think is THE biggest stress factor in his life. He also needs to take full and complete responsiblity for his actions, and apologize for the harm he has caused others. Until these basic steps are taken, Rush is simply one of the walking dead.

[UTUSN]

45. "needs to take full and complete responsiblity for his actions"

It ain't happening. Not to mention any of the other points in your treatment plan.

[MadHound]

50. If that is the case, then he will die like any other opiate addict

Depressed and ultimately alone, with his last needle dangling out of his arm. The decision is his to make.

[Wapsie B]

51. No way he gives up his show.

That's his entire reason for being; to spew the talking points of the day coming from the mighty wurlitzer. He'll do an Elvis before he gives up the show.

[UTUSN]

53. What About Don ANUS? He Appears to Have Gotten Clean

and didn't give up his own stressor show. Well, his show certainly stresses ME.

[Wapsie B]

57. Does Anus/Imus

have the same national following as Jeff Christie? I think Don could walk into a local 7-11 for beer and smokes and not get mobbed. Christie on the other hand is on a plateau all by himself.
He's the model for so many other wannabees around the country, and the savior of AM radio. That carries a ton of weight.

[Loonman]

43. Drug addict...

Bloated pig.....

[Neshanic]

44. He stopped the effeminate speech mocking some, he must visit often.

It just got a bit too easy after his rock painting in rehab. He was really into it when he got back on the air. Rush if you are reading this, and I hope you are, my gaydar is pinging, and it is pointed at you my little pig-nosed truffle shnuckums.

[noonwitch]

46. It could be related to his recovery from addiction

Even once the drugs are gone, a long term user has a lot of emotional issues to deal with-all the things he used the drugs to cover up. I know, it was just about the physical pain. That's what all junkies say.

[UTUSN]

48. Thursday, 4-22, He's Having a Crack-Up Right Now, 12:15 ET

He opened by saying it was going to "continue" to be a laff riot today, and he is doing his damnedest to pretend he's doing it over KERRY, laughing uncontrollably, pounding the table several times too many, now saying that "it started, I'm going to have to blow my nose (endlessly)." We're having a "Network" moment (over days).

[kentuck]

58. Get him medical help..

I'll say it again....

[Commendatori]

54. I don't understand how you guys can listen to him,

or anyone like him (especially that little turd Hannity). I'm glad there are people out there like you to do recon on El Drugbo, but I could never do it.

[argyl]

59. What drug withdrawal?

xx

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

64. He's using profanity, too

Last Monday, I listened for the first time in weeks. He clearly said "Our President has worked his ASS off in protecting this country." He nearly shouted it. I couldn't believe he would use that word considering the current problems with the FCC that others are having.

[Bake]

70. He has become much more profane since the drug thing broke

He regularly uses "damn", "hell", "ass," etc. But the great moral RW gets all googly over him for being such a fine "Christian" man. They can't see the obvious hypocrisy? What am I saying -- of course they can't!

I don't personally have a problem with language. It's just words, man, like Carlin would tell you. But to the RW, a "potty-mouth" is as bad as a heart filled with hate and murder.

Anyway, Pigboy has become much "nastier" in his language since the drug thing broke, and I've never heard one of his ditto-spanks question him on it.

Bake

[UTUSN]

72. Profane, But Also Pornographic

In yesterday's melt-down, he was reading a news story (his selection) about a priest performing S&M ritualistic sex, hanging a naked dude (kid) upside down, tying genitals with cord in special knots. He read parts of the story two or three times, laughing maniacally all the while, portraying his reading as being incredulous that the dude didn't figure out that something perverted was going on and stopping until he felt the priest's "bearded face brushing his genitals--the family jewels." He went over THAT particular detail a few times, with the most lascivious tone of voice. You could almost SEE the leering. Having created his persona as "somebody you could leave your young daughter or son in a Motel 6 with overnight," he is using this cover with his dense audience as a way to flaunt his various OTHER vagaries in their faces, not to mention Michael POWELL's FCC that is SO "after" Howard STERN.

[geniph]

65. How can he be going through withdrawal

if he hasn't quit the stuff? and yes, I do believe he's still on the junk.

I actually feel kind of sorry for him - depression and painkiller addiction is a BAD combination and a miserable way to live, but hell, can't he at least try to be a decent human being and stop making fun of the misery and unhappiness of others? He has no more empathy than any other sociopath. Horrid creature. Horrid. I don't know how anyone can stomach listening to that kind of meanness.

[mitchum]

68. Go toward the light, Rush!

[Neshanic]

69. BWAHAAAA...he's slithering as fast as he can!

[powergirl]

71. HE WAS TANKED OR HAD THE DTs

He was going on and on about the Lousiana Legislature introducing some legislation about preveniting people from wearing low ride pants - so their butt cracks wouldn't show. He thought it was really funny and said butt crack over and over again. He linked it up to make fun of Kerry somehow since Kerry happened to be in Lousiana - and therefore it is attributed to Kerry?????

I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that butt crack legislation was introduced by Republicans.

[keithyboy]

73. I really don't give a rat's ass about what happens to Rush Limbaugh

The sooner he is off the air the better for the nation. He is a counter-human being. A liar, a drugger, and a fat hypocrite!

[salonghorn70]

74. Butt Cracks

I demand to know. What is the Kerry position on this important issue?