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WATCH: Rush Limbaugh Moved by Caller’s Offer to Donate Lung
BREITBART ^ | Feb. 13, 2020 | Nate Church

Posted on 02/14/2020 5:15:30 PM PST by Morgana

Rush Limbaugh was moved to tears by a caller’s offer to donate one of his own lungs to the host’s battle against cancer during Wednesday’s show.

“And when you’re done with me, if I could talk to Mr. Snerdley briefly,” the caller said at the end of a brief conversation, prompting a mildly confused “uh, okay, I’m done with you,” from Limbaugh. Minutes later, “America’s Anchorman” was fighting back tears.

“I just asked Snerdley, ‘What did that guy want who was through talking to me and wanted to talk to you?'” Limbaugh said after an off-air conversation with producer James “Bo Snerdley” Golden during a break. “Snerdley did not drop a beat: ‘He wanted to donate a lung, if you wanted one.'” The video clip, tweeted by the Washington Examiner, captures the legendary host’s candid reaction. “Oh, wow… That would have been the last thing that I… I thought he was trying to grease the skids to call-in again,” Limbaugh said in a voice choked with emotion. “You all just continue to stop me dead in my tracks.”

Limbaugh has been overwhelmed with support since the announcement of his stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis. “I continue to get e-mails, and flowers, and cards… It’s– It’s voluminous. And it is so… touching,” he said, soldiering on through his tears. “This is why I said last Friday… how lucky I am.”

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: prolife; rushlimbaugh
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People love Rush, no one would just give a lung to a Democrat, no they have to kill for one.
1 posted on 02/14/2020 5:15:30 PM PST by Morgana
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To: MissH

Rush Ping


2 posted on 02/14/2020 5:18:29 PM PST by TheConservativeParty (MAGA KAG)
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To: Morgana

Wow - I had missed what the guy offered only that Rush was choking up over it.


3 posted on 02/14/2020 5:20:09 PM PST by Skywise
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To: Morgana

Dems would just target you and take one from you.


4 posted on 02/14/2020 5:20:10 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Morgana

I was listening that day when this happened. Bo Snerdley told Rush he was getting 2 such offers a day.


5 posted on 02/14/2020 5:23:48 PM PST by ocrp1982 (ll)
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To: Morgana

Is that even possible?


6 posted on 02/14/2020 5:23:58 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)
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To: Morgana

He probably meant it. Reminds me of a story by a guy who thought he knew wild mushrooms, but didn’t. Ate a poisonous one and had severe kidney damage. He destroyed one of his kidneys and his daughter donated one of hers to keep him alive. Guess who he was.


7 posted on 02/14/2020 5:26:28 PM PST by Fungi
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To: 2banana

not usually, cancer patients are not eligible for transplants.


8 posted on 02/14/2020 5:28:03 PM PST by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual and political hemlock)
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To: txnativegop

High level Dems (and/or Bloomberg) would just have Xi arrange one for them


9 posted on 02/14/2020 5:32:03 PM PST by vrwconspiracist (The Tax Man cometh)
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of course the Dems would. Life would seem to be so much easier when you do not have a conscience.

As for me, I'd rather have that little voice in my head screaming "Now why the H did you do that for?" LOL
10 posted on 02/14/2020 5:34:31 PM PST by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual and political hemlock)
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To: Morgana
Not to sound insensitive, because I have been listening to Rush since approximately 1990, therefore I am a devotee and have great admiration and respect for him...but...

If this courageous and generous fan can help Rush by this extremely kind and loving offer; he and Rush better get to it because at age 70 one can no longer receive an organ transplant in the USA. Rush will be seventy on 1/12/2021.

I know this because I am precisely 26,406 days old (about 72.25 years) and am aware of this "extreme age" restriction that our brilliant government critters have instituted, at 70 one is only useful to the trash heap.

I harken back to the Obamacare "death panel".

11 posted on 02/14/2020 5:37:30 PM PST by Positive (Nothing is sadder than to see a beautiful theory murdered by a gang of brutal facts.)
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To: Positive

They can have whatever needs to be done outside of the US. There are many countries that would accommodate Rush and a donor.


12 posted on 02/14/2020 5:44:25 PM PST by TruthFactor (Hang em', Hang em' High.)
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To: Morgana

He’s lost a lot of weight , which is to be expected. I hope he is getting the best treatment available to mankind.


13 posted on 02/14/2020 5:44:30 PM PST by libh8er
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To: Morgana; nutmeg

Mark Steyn was hosting for Rush and talking about the multiple offers for lung donations the other day. Steyn said if this keeps up, they will need to have “Open Lung Friday.”


14 posted on 02/14/2020 5:51:22 PM PST by NautiNurse (Rush is a national treasure.)
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I like Steyn especially his Banter with Tucker.


15 posted on 02/14/2020 5:59:54 PM PST by bleach (If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.)
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not usually, cancer patients are not eligible for transplants.

Steve Jobs had a liver transplant.

16 posted on 02/14/2020 6:02:14 PM PST by NautiNurse (Rush is a national treasure.)
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To: Fungi

Gosh, your name says it.......

I will always remember that.
Glad you had a donor.


17 posted on 02/14/2020 6:02:25 PM PST by Romans Nine
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To: NautiNurse

Yes, I think Steve Jobs had a transplant. Didn’t Mickie Mantle have one too?


18 posted on 02/14/2020 6:04:10 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: Morgana

The problem with Stage 4 lung cancer is not the lung; it’s that it has spread to other vital organs like the liver. You can’t replace enough stuff to get rid of the cancer.


19 posted on 02/14/2020 6:07:43 PM PST by KevinB ("Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin)
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To: Fungi

Wow!


20 posted on 02/14/2020 6:08:05 PM PST by KevinB ("Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin)
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