On Limbaugh's deafness.

[Leftist Agitator]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/10/08/politics/main314011.shtml

Radio commentator Rush Limbaugh told listeners Monday that he's virtually deaf but that he wants to continue his nationally syndicated talk show.

Limbaugh said he noticed in May that he had trouble hearing in his left ear. He said it had progressively worsened to the point where he is totally deaf in that ear. He has partial hearing in his right ear, he said.

"I can occasionally talk to people in person one on one if their voice frequency happens to fit the range that I can still hear, but I cannot hear radio," he said. "I cannot hear television. I cannot hear music. I am, for all practical purposes, deaf - and it's happened in three months."

Limbaugh said his hearing loss is not genetic. He said doctors have a theory about why he's gone deaf, "but I'm going to keep that to myself."




Couldn't happen to a nicer hypocritical bastard. So, what do you think DU? Was it the oxycodone addiction or Viagra abuse that did his hearing in? Because I just read the link below, and got to wondering:

http://www.naturalnews.com/023008.html

The FDA has announced an immediate change to the labeling of drugs in a family that includes popular impotence drugs, warning that they may lead to sudden, severe and potentially permanent hearing loss.

The erectile dysfunction drugs in the phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) class include Pfizer's Viagra, Eli Lilly's Cialis and GlaxoSmithKline's Levitra. Also receiving a label change will be blood pressure drug Revatio.

[poplockndropit]

1. welcome to 7 years ago

[movonne]

20. That's nothing new, he has always been deaf ....

[Kip Humphrey]

41. ...deaf to reason!

[jezebel]

2. That's a shame. But better for the world if he went mute. nt

[snacker]

37. My thoughts exactly! n/t

[BlooInBloo]

3. Off by just one letter.

[truedelphi]

18. You get the loud, happy enjoyable laugh award of the morning!!

:P

[BlooInBloo]

25. Woot! :P

[babylonsister]

4. I think the sound of his own bloviating finally got to him. nt

[cliffordu]

5. I wish he was in prison

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Won't matter. The questions/comments will be typed on his screen

during the show. Last time I heard, he can still read (no pun intended).

[MonkeyFunk]

30. and he can hear, too

he had a cochlear implant years ago.

I don't know why this is being treated as news.

[Submariner]

7. Snorting Hillbilly Heroin (crushed Oxy's) like Rush causes hearing loss

The articles were posted when Lintballs got arrested for drugs awhile back.

[NightWatcher]

8. um, this is REALLY old (10-8-01)

why did you post this? we all know that it was from his HEAVY drug use and his hearing has come back.

Breaking News: President Lincoln shot while enjoying a play at the theatre

[Richard D]

11. I think it was actually cured . . .

. . . by a course of high colonics.

[bahrbearian]

9. Check the date ,2001

His hearing is now OK,, was cause by oxycodone addiction

[Ichingcarpenter]

10. There is a God.......

Some say... but I think it is Karma.

[Cresent City Kid]

12. Why not add "deaf" to "dumb" and "blind"?

He can only blame himself. He yells into a microphone which is patched through to his headphones.

[still_one]

13. he has been deaf and blind for years

not in a physical sense but in words and deeds

[SidDithers]

14. Again?...

Oh. Wait.

Sid

[SoCalDem]

15. oxycontin & cocaine will do that to a person.. boo-hoo Rush-bo

too bad he's not going MUTE!

[connecticut yankee]

16. He had coclear implants

in 2001 and went right back on the air.

It was caused by the oxycontin he was abusing.

[emilyg]

17. Old.

[pegleg]

19. We are the ones that will be suffering though. He won't be able to hear himself.

We will.

[Downtown Hound]

21. Hey, did you know that Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father?

Sorry, I couldn't resist it. This piece is really old. Limbaugh had implants put in his ears and now he can hear himself bloviate just fine. It was caused by his Oxycontin abuse.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

22. And the difference between Limbaugh and Michael J. Fox...

...is that you won't find a widely-circulated video of Fox making fun of Limbaugh's condition.

Sorry to hear he's got medical problems. Probably more sorry than he is for anyone else with afflictions.

[uppityperson]

23. It WAS caused by oxy. Now he's better since is off it.

I don't wish hearing issues on anyone, even Rush.

[thereismore]

24. POS meet karma. nt

[Meiko]

28. He is still deaf

The damage caused by the drugs is permanent....

[lpbk2713]

26. Hey Rush ... no need to worry.

You're beyond draft age. You don't have to pull that scam
like you did with the pimples on your ass to get out of it.

[kestrel91316]

27. Newsflash to skypuddle:

This news is from 2001.

I thought Limpballs got a cochlear implant or something for his deafness.

[earth mom]

29. Too bad Rush didn't go mute.

Yeah, that's a mean thing to say, but I don't give a damn given the vile spew he's subjected this country to for far too long.

[SpiralHawk]

31. The Wages of Oxycontin & Viagra ABUSE

Republicon chickenhawk propagandists should be careful about the consequences of their drug addictions.

So should listeners.

[Flying Dream Blues]

32. What he was keeping to himself was his theory that evil libruls made him go deaf by

poisoning him or something. Apparently, drug abuse also makes you paranoid. Well, at least this sad tale had a happy ending. :sarcasm: No libruls were ever arrested.

[VOX]

33. I'll extend to Rush the same "compassion" he showed for Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's Disease...

Which is to say, NONE. And furthermore, I don't believe that miserable, obese pill-popper! He cried about this ailment years ago, poor pitiful Rush, and nobody cared then. He was shamelessly fishing for a ratings boost, as he probably is now.

And if by any chance Rush actually *is* losing his hearing -- it's called <<<<<<<<<<<<<KARMA>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

:grr:

[timtom]

34. Why is this surfacing after a few years?

Stick a fork in it. It's done.

I thought this was a new relapse or something.

[Thothmes]

38. There is always 10 percent that do not get the word

[spanone]

35. so he doesn't have to listen to his shit but everybody else does?

[Dukkha]

36. the greatest love affair almost came to an end

between Rush and the sound of his own voice

[Riddler]

39. Take heed, Ditto-heads! Now you see what happens when you listen to his bullshit all day, every day

[GoneOffShore]

40. And have a permanent hard on for the Clenis.

Assisted by drugs.