Rush Limbaugh has advanced lung cancer

[Lisa's voting Biden]

It was diagnosed last month, announced at the end of his show today.

[Koharu]

My sympathy to him, his family, and those who care about him. May he be able to fight well through this disease and may those around him show him compassion.

[President Johnson]

I could never stand the guy, but wish him well. Nobody deserves this.

[PSOL]

This will not be the hill I get banned on.

[Yellowhammer]

What a terrible bit of news to start the week.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Nobody deserves lung cancer, not even Rush Limbaugh. I wish him and his family well, hopefully he has success dealing with this very serious disease and may God give him everything he needs in the light of this news.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Rush Limbaugh - Support for Tobacco Industry

Rush Limbaugh has been a consistent supporter of the tobacco industry's positions on issues. Tobacco industry documents contain numerous examples of proposals and plans to enlist the help of conservative talk show hosts to advance tobacco company positions and opinions on issues. Rush Limbaugh is listed repeatedly as a host to contact. A November 1993 Philip Morris strategy plan to deal with the proliferation of smoking bans nationally lists a strategy to,

On his April 29, 1994 radio program Limbaugh stated, "There is no conclusive proof that nicotine's addictive...and the same thing with cigarettes causing emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease."  He stated this despite the fact that the U.S. Surgeon General's Report of 1988 declared the nicotine in cigarettes to be an addictive substance, the 1984 Surgeon General's report definitively linked smoking with emphysema, and the 1964 report linked it with lung cancer.  A 2000 R.J. Reynolds report titled "'Reframing the Debate' Communications Plan" lists a goal of "Shift[ing] the debate and framework under which cigarette-related issues are evaluated in the future." RJR's plan lists Rush Limbaugh as a selected media outlet to approach for assistance in carrying out this plan.

[Coastal_Elite]

My sympathy goes out to him and his family, even though we are polar opposites on nearly every single political issue of the past couple decades.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I have never really liked Rush that much, but I really hope he gets better.

^^^^
Rush let us down when he didn’t back up Trump towards the tail end of the primary with Cruz. I quit listening to him (which was already rare to begin with) entirely.

That being said, I’m very upset by this news. I grew up listening to Rush in my grandmother’s office when she owned the awning company. She’d sit there, do her paperwork, chain smoke, and explain everything to nine/ten year old me. I remember when I first heard Obama’s name was out of Rush’s mouth. My grandma, like Rush (and myself) was a heavy smoker who died of COPD right before the midterms in 2018. These memories are special to me. They’re all I have now. It just really really sucks to hear this.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Rush Limbaugh - Support for Tobacco Industry

Rush Limbaugh has been a consistent supporter of the tobacco industry's positions on issues. Tobacco industry documents contain numerous examples of proposals and plans to enlist the help of conservative talk show hosts to advance tobacco company positions and opinions on issues. Rush Limbaugh is listed repeatedly as a host to contact. A November 1993 Philip Morris strategy plan to deal with the proliferation of smoking bans nationally lists a strategy to,

On his April 29, 1994 radio program Limbaugh stated, "There is no conclusive proof that nicotine's addictive...and the same thing with cigarettes causing emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease."  He stated this despite the fact that the U.S. Surgeon General's Report of 1988 declared the nicotine in cigarettes to be an addictive substance, the 1984 Surgeon General's report definitively linked smoking with emphysema, and the 1964 report linked it with lung cancer.  A 2000 R.J. Reynolds report titled "'Reframing the Debate' Communications Plan" lists a goal of "Shift[ing] the debate and framework under which cigarette-related issues are evaluated in the future." RJR's plan lists Rush Limbaugh as a selected media outlet to approach for assistance in carrying out this plan.

So? I smoke. I support the tobacco industry. I know I’m going to die in my mid to early seventies from throat cancer if my family history is any indicator. I don’t really mind. What’s your point?

[Xing]

Not a fan of the guy at all, but hope he recovers.

[Santander]

Say what you will about Rush, but at least he can be entertaining, unlike most other right-wing radio personalities like Mark Levin or Sean Hannity.

[TML]

Although there are very few things he says that I agree with, I wish him best of luck in his treatment and recovery.

[NYSforKennedy2024]

Thoughts and prayers.

[Nyvin]

To be totally honest I've forgotten that Rush Limbaugh was still a thing until this thread came up.

Really,  you don't hear much about him anymore.

[Hydera]

This will not be the hill I get banned on.

[Yellowhammer]

Say what you will about Rush, but at least he can be entertaining, unlike most other right-wing radio personalities like Mark Levin or Sean Hannity.

This X1000. Those two bored me half to death whenever I listened to them (rarely). At least Rush always has some good humor and a little half-decent insight up his sleeve.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

I don't have anything nice to say, so I'm not going to say anything at all, other than to echo Koharu's sentiments:

My sympathy to him, his family, and those who care about him. May he be able to fight well through this disease and may those around him show him compassion.

[junior chįmp]

“If God took people to task for the evil they do, He would not leave one living creature on earth, but He reprieves them until an appointed time: when their time comes they cannot delay it for a moment nor can they bring it forward”

(Quran, 16:61)

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Say what you will about Rush, but at least he can be entertaining, unlike most other right-wing radio personalities like Mark Levin or Sean Hannity.

This X1000. Those two bored me half to death whenever I listened to them (rarely). At least Rush always has some good humor and a little half-decent insight up his sleeve.

Levin is a movement conservative bandwagoner who only got behind Trump to keep his career intact.

[DrScholl]

Smoking will cause that.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Cancer sucks.

[Hindsight was 2020]

My thoughts and prayers go out for lung cancer. No one deserves to get Rush Limbaugh

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I don't have anything nice to say, so I'm not going to say anything at all, other than to echo Koharu's sentiments:

My sympathy to him, his family, and those who care about him. May he be able to fight well through this disease and may those around him show him compassion.

[Boobs]

Death is inevitable.