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Rush Limbaugh did humanity a favor and died only 5 short years ago today (Original Post) Shellback Squid Feb 17 OP
But at least 10 years too late. n/t flvegan Feb 17 #1
He has been so forgotten by RW/MAGA--seemingly never mentioned--it feels longer. hlthe2b Feb 17 #2
It's funny how... doubleplusgood Feb 17 #3
Had he died sooner Johonny Feb 17 #4
A day I still remember. Abolishinist Feb 17 #5
But he lived many decades too long NewHendoLib Feb 17 #6
His gravesite is on my bucket list EYESORE 9001 Feb 17 #7
Been there done that. Just Jerome Feb 17 #14
Drinks on The House! no_hypocrisy Feb 17 #8
Just saw mention of his 1994 lie that Chelsea Clinton's school assigned "Why I feel guilty about being white" betsuni Feb 17 #9
"Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Liar" Seinan Sensei Feb 17 #23
I read the first two and they're great, learned a lot. Dave Bowman Feb 17 #27
Not long enough! 2naSalit Feb 17 #10
I used to listen to Rush in the late 80s and 1990 in college Jacson6 Feb 17 #11
I wouldn't be surprised shanti Feb 17 #12
Rush had his own list... GiqueCee Feb 17 #24
Wasn't he caught flying to the Dominican Republic with some illicit Viagra? DBoon Feb 17 #29
Absolutely!!! Multichromatic Feb 17 #37
When it comes to that piece of shit... GiqueCee Feb 17 #39
Has anyone else noticed . . . AverageOldGuy Feb 17 #13
Well now that you mentioned it, calimary Feb 17 #16
When he died, he really died. Harker Feb 17 #19
Quickly forgotten, like Charlie Kirk will be. sop Feb 17 #30
Another reason to celebrate Mardi Gras! surfered Feb 17 #15
Limbaugh was one of the worst people on earth. Escape Feb 17 #17
It is all Rush's fault cactuslady Feb 17 #18
Let me see if I can come up with something nice to say about him..... iscooterliberally Feb 17 #20
Who? carpetbagger Feb 17 #21
God, it's only been 5 years! It's been such a breath of fresh air it seems like forever ago. ToxMarz Feb 17 #22
That's the only good thing he did for us Warpy Feb 17 #25
may he rot in hell gopiscrap Feb 17 #26
Now that was a relief. Dave Bowman Feb 17 #28
Andrew Breitbart death anniversary coming up. Frasier Balzov Feb 17 #31
My uncle never had an opinion that Rush Limbaugh didn't pull out of his ass. MIButterfly Feb 17 #32
Hope he's down in hell deep-frying in his own rancid bile Blue Owl Feb 17 #33
He didn't reproduce! He Darwin'ed himself! madinmaryland Feb 17 #34
Has it really been only 5 years?? choie Feb 17 #35
The only thing I think of when I think of Rush Limbaugh Multichromatic Feb 17 #36
Only 5 years? Well, he did receive the ? Medal of Freedom from drumphf, so he was around ..blargh electric_blue68 Feb 17 #38

hlthe2b

(113,465 posts)
2. He has been so forgotten by RW/MAGA--seemingly never mentioned--it feels longer.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 01:27 PM
Feb 17

Just as they will try to forget Trump when all his double-crossing grift, lies, and abuses come to light when he finally croaks.

doubleplusgood

(986 posts)
3. It's funny how...
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 01:36 PM
Feb 17

...since his demise, no one quotes any of his "great thoughts". His sole contribution to the "war of ideas" conservatives like to talk about was the epithet "femi-nazis". That's his lasting legacy.

Johonny

(25,893 posts)
4. Had he died sooner
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 01:37 PM
Feb 17

It would have been a bigger favor. Luckily, his skills were easily replaced and no one really misses him at all. Apparently being a know nothing blowhard for the wealthy elite is essentially not that hard. All it takes is a complete lack of morals, self respect, or ethics. The GOP has a near endless supply in these qualities.

Abolishinist

(2,933 posts)
5. A day I still remember.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 01:47 PM
Feb 17

I was waiting in a line of 15 cars for my Covid booster shot when I hear it on the radio.

And exactly 4 weeks earlier I was in the same line for my initial shot when a relative called to let me know her ex, who no one in the family cared for, had passed.

Too bad there wasn't a 3rd shot 4 weeks later, could have been interesting!

betsuni

(28,938 posts)
9. Just saw mention of his 1994 lie that Chelsea Clinton's school assigned "Why I feel guilty about being white"
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 02:24 PM
Feb 17

as a topic for an essay. Now Republican voters firmly believe that whites face the most discrimination and setbacks and would never vote for Democrats because they hate white people. One of the reasons Republicans don't have to worry about their policies being disastrous, not why their voters vote. Mission accomplished.

Seinan Sensei

(1,486 posts)
23. "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Liar"
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 04:16 PM
Feb 17

Book by Al Franken

Also by Franken -
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them:
A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right

2naSalit

(101,611 posts)
10. Not long enough!
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 03:25 PM
Feb 17

He should have gone more years than that ago. But I'll take what I can get at this point.

Jacson6

(1,881 posts)
11. I used to listen to Rush in the late 80s and 1990 in college
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 03:28 PM
Feb 17

I loved his soviet Union updates. When the SU failed he started ranting and raving about liberals and democrats so I changed the station and never listened again.

GiqueCee

(3,773 posts)
24. Rush had his own list...
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 04:21 PM
Feb 17

... of underage Thai boys. He spent an inordinate amount of time in Southeast Asia.

calimary

(89,521 posts)
16. Well now that you mentioned it,
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 04:05 PM
Feb 17

You’re right!

SOME air pollution CAN disappear, after all!

sop

(18,174 posts)
30. Quickly forgotten, like Charlie Kirk will be.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 05:01 PM
Feb 17

And in three or four years no Republican will admit they supported Trump.

Escape

(431 posts)
17. Limbaugh was one of the worst people on earth.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 04:05 PM
Feb 17

He was a racist, a sexist, a hypocrite and an asshole, but most of all.... he was America's most celebrated liar

cactuslady

(17 posts)
18. It is all Rush's fault
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 04:06 PM
Feb 17

My husband was brain-washed from listening to Rush . And that changed him . Then came Fox TV and now it is the worst of all, thinking that Trump is a good president.

iscooterliberally

(3,155 posts)
20. Let me see if I can come up with something nice to say about him.....
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 04:09 PM
Feb 17

......he had the perfect face for radio...

Warpy

(114,539 posts)
25. That's the only good thing he did for us
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 04:48 PM
Feb 17

and I am deeply grateful that he has remained dead.

I hold him personally responsible for coarsening political speech and turning it into naked schoolyard bullying, something that is still echoing through this country every time a MAGAt opens his or her mouth, although it has become more civil with everyone else. People who relied on Limbaugh to fill their empty heads with slogans and meanness now have to rely on Fatso and he's not really up to the job.

In another decade, his infouence is likely to be gone everywhere but nursing homes. I just hope he stays dead and a replacement able to inspire hate, sadism, and gratuitous cruelty through bullying doesn't appear.


MIButterfly

(2,433 posts)
32. My uncle never had an opinion that Rush Limbaugh didn't pull out of his ass.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 05:21 PM
Feb 17

I don’t know who tells him what to think now and I don't want to know.

Blue Owl

(58,787 posts)
33. Hope he's down in hell deep-frying in his own rancid bile
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 05:45 PM
Feb 17

He definitely had an eternity’s worth

electric_blue68

(26,643 posts)
38. Only 5 years? Well, he did receive the ? Medal of Freedom from drumphf, so he was around ..blargh
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:48 PM
Feb 17
Such a poisonous "human" being. 😬😬😬

Cheered when he croaked!
Something quite rare for me.

Also blame Newwwt Gingrich for his bomb throwing Anti-Democrats rhetoric!
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