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Rush on McGreevy: Sympathy for living a lie
vanity | August 13, 2004 | Vanity

Posted on 08/13/2004 9:53:21 AM PDT by fightinJAG

Okay, please don't flame me. I'm honestly interested in what freepers think about this.

Ever since Rush came back from rehab and started talking about "living a lie" and "not being able to make other people happy" and all that, I've had the uneasy feeling that Rush had "discovered" something more about himself than he was letting on.

Today, listening to Rush as he talked about his empathy for McGreevy, it seemed inevitable to wonder if Rush's empathy (and, please, if you did not hear Rush's comments, realize it's difficult to assess the tone and emotion with which he delivered them) wasn't tied back to his own "living a lie" struggles.

Yes, it would be easy to think that the "lie" was his drug addiction, but . . . I'm posting this because it really seemed as though Rush might be warming up to his own bombshell (whatever that might be).

His commentary was so passionate, in a personal, not political way, that I even wondered if he was (unconsciously) seeing if he could start a thread like this, in order to see what the speculation might be and what the reaction to that speculation might be.

Who heard Rush's opening commentary on McGreevy and what was your reaction/thoughts? Thanks. I'd be interested to know.


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KEYWORDS: baloney; mcgreevy; rush
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To: fightinJAG
I really felt sorry for McGreevey when I first heard his story.

That was before he made his resignation speech. His speech was such an obvious attempt to make us pity him that I began to see him as a calculating individual.

Imagine Mc Greevey's speech without his references to his sexual confusion. Not much left, is there?

It's like he said nothing.

61 posted on 08/13/2004 10:11:04 AM PDT by syriacus (Benedict Arnold REALLY was a hero ----- before he was a traitor.)
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To: Pondman88

No, he isn't.

He's amused by the thread. LOL


62 posted on 08/13/2004 10:11:07 AM PDT by Soul Seeker
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To: dts32041

because it seems to upset you.


63 posted on 08/13/2004 10:11:09 AM PDT by CzarNicky (The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
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To: HurriCaine

Listening to Rush's take on McGreevey reminded me why I left working in the drug rehab field.


64 posted on 08/13/2004 10:11:12 AM PDT by LauraJean (sometimes I win sometimes I donate to the equine benevolent society)
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To: Cobra64

Rush loves FR because we do all his research for him and he plans his program from posts herein.


65 posted on 08/13/2004 10:11:49 AM PDT by larryjohnson (FReepersonaltrainer)
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To: mewzilla

I just heard Rush mention Free Republic and this post. He said he loved us and there's no bomb shell coming out about him (Rush).


66 posted on 08/13/2004 10:11:53 AM PDT by maxwellp (Throw the U.N. in the garbage where it belongs.)
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To: Mister Baredog

RUSH............... us FREEPERS love you and we love the UNITED STATES, We support our TROOPS, and we FULLY, support President George W. Bush in 2004!


We have our EARS ON! and EYE's open.... ;) we wish you nothing but good.


67 posted on 08/13/2004 10:12:04 AM PDT by JFC
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To: The Iceman Cometh
I agree with your statement. Reprehensible behavior on the Govs part, but so sad for his family. I hope this changes his life in a repentant way.
68 posted on 08/13/2004 10:12:20 AM PDT by MP5SD
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To: fightinJAG
I think he's going to tell us that he got another new car which, IMHO, is a good thing in helping to boost the economy!
69 posted on 08/13/2004 10:12:20 AM PDT by b4its2late (John John Kerry Edwards change positions more often than a Nevada prostitute!!!)
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To: mewzilla; Admin Moderator
I interrupted reading Victor Davis Hanson's latest article to read this dribble from a bigoted homosexual hater.

Gees poll this thread

70 posted on 08/13/2004 10:12:37 AM PDT by dts32041 (Why has John "Fning" Kerry accused me of being a War Criminal? Viet Nam APR 70- NOV 71)
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To: CzarNicky

Nope, he's mentioning the first thread that was pulled.


71 posted on 08/13/2004 10:12:45 AM PDT by OldFriend (WAR IS THE REMEDY OUR ENEMIES HAVE CHOSEN)
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To: tioga

Hey tioga, I don't know if it is common knowlege but I listen to Rush online without 24/7 access...http://www.wlsam.com/


72 posted on 08/13/2004 10:13:05 AM PDT by marktuoni (disappointed for the first time by Rush after 13 years of devoted listening)
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To: syriacus

McIdiot only needed to say two words as he walked out the door ...."I quit."


73 posted on 08/13/2004 10:13:05 AM PDT by tioga (Flush the johns in '04!)
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To: COUNTrecount

Arrrrgh! Why did you have to ruin my morning with that photo of Ms. Ghastly, but went on criticizing all RAT pols in NJ.


74 posted on 08/13/2004 10:13:13 AM PDT by Paulus Invictus
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To: johnfkerrysucks
Says a friend sent him some posts from Free Republic regarding concerns that he is gay. LOL

Makes me feel sad that he had to read them.
75 posted on 08/13/2004 10:13:30 AM PDT by Delphinium
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To: fightinJAG

When Rush said he was living a lie and you can't make people happy was that he was living in a marriage from hell and the only way to get out of it was to numb himself with drugs.

Once he was sober he figured out to dump the wife and has been a heck of a lot happier.


76 posted on 08/13/2004 10:13:30 AM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs (Yep, Laura Bush mispronounced my name, but I got over it.)
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To: fightinJAG

I listened to his opening remarks. I thought they were honest and sincere and I must admit that it crossed my mind that he was about to announce that he is also gay.

"Not that there is anything wrong with that!"


77 posted on 08/13/2004 10:13:59 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: mewzilla

Rush is laughing at all of you miserable Rush bashers. I am sorry he mentioned Freepers because I for one don't want to be associated with the likes of you. And, no he wasn't surfing FR he received an e-mail from a friend. How dare you accuse him of being gay.


78 posted on 08/13/2004 10:14:08 AM PDT by Patriotic Bostonian
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To: Patriotic Bostonian

Oh the outrage.


79 posted on 08/13/2004 10:14:58 AM PDT by biblewonk (And you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.)
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To: stevio
"Well this thread caught Limbaugh's attention."

I reckon so...heck, we've got NUTJOBS on here implying--or simply stating--that El Rushbo is gay, just because he empathized with a fellow human being who's been living a lie. SHEEEESH...talk about eating our own!!

FReegards...MUD

80 posted on 08/13/2004 10:15:11 AM PDT by Mudboy Slim (RE-IMPEACH Osama bil Clinton!!)
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