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For Limbaugh, Laughter Best Medicine: 'Told Doctor I Was Worried About Next 'Election'
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 06/27/2006 9:40:56 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

by Mark Finkelstein

June 27, 2006

If the mark of a person at ease with himself is the ability to have a chuckle at his own expense, then Rush Limbaugh is a supremely serene man. In the wake of the incident in which he was detained at the Palm Beach International Airport when it was discovered he had in his luggage a vial of Viagra with a prescription not in his name, you might have imagined that Rush would have begun today's show with an indignant denial of wrongdoing. He might have explained in tedious detail that in fact the prescription had, with personal privacy in mind, been written in his doctor's name.

But no. Rush opened by poking gentle fun at the situation, and even, in the process, at himself:

"I want to know how Bob Dole's luggage was substituted for mine."

And then: "I had told my doctor that I was concerned about the next election, not, er . . ."

Concluded Rush, undefensively: "It is what it is."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: adulterer; bobdole; elections; fornicator; funinpillform; humor; littlebluepill; pervert; rushlimbaugh; sinner; viagra
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Rush has always had a very well-defined direction.


41 posted on 06/27/2006 10:08:53 AM PDT by Lekker 1 (("Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau" - I. Fisher, Yale Econ Prof, 1929))
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

It was perfect. CBS in fact admitted the story was over.


42 posted on 06/27/2006 10:09:34 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: RightWhale
Is Viagra a dangerous narcotic that possession without prescription is a misdemeanor? It's patented, so possession for resale might be a problem, but this seems kind of ridiculous.

Prescription drugs are to be used only with a valid prescription. Otherwise, they'd be over-the-counter drugs.

SD

43 posted on 06/27/2006 10:19:57 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I really like him but poor Rush is pathetic. It seems like he needs drugs for everything. He is a Wild Man.


44 posted on 06/27/2006 10:25:43 AM PDT by GinaLolaB
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To: Gay State Conservative
I loved the ones she did about saving "Soviet Jewelry" and our "natural racehorses".

Or all the "sax and violins" on television...

45 posted on 06/27/2006 10:32:11 AM PDT by RepoGirl ("Bobby, if you weren't my son... I'd hug you...")
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To: GinaLolaB

The authorities in Florida embarrassed Rush for no reason at all. No one deserves their personal matters on public display like that. So, he takes viagra. Big deal. Do you remember that President Clinton's meidical records have neer been made public to this day? Well, what drugs is he on and what diseases (venereal?) is he dealing with? Again, it's no one's business. To me, this is simply a sign that Rush continues to annoy the hell out of the liberals and they have to stoop to this low level tactic. They have nothing!!!


46 posted on 06/27/2006 10:35:36 AM PDT by Firefox1
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To: Gay State Conservative
If you experience an election that lasts for four hours or more....

Most guys would call every woman they know!

47 posted on 06/27/2006 10:36:03 AM PDT by calex59 (The '86 amnesty put us in the toilet, now the senate wants to flush it!)
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To: Firefox1
Good troll bait thread! lol
48 posted on 06/27/2006 10:36:30 AM PDT by roses of sharon
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
MSNBC is right this minute, still running the original story with no mention of a legitimate prescription or the doctor writing the prescription that way for privacy...
49 posted on 06/27/2006 10:38:49 AM PDT by gondramB (Unity of freedom has never relied upon uniformity of opinion.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

How did Bob Dole's luggage get on my plane?


50 posted on 06/27/2006 10:40:00 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (The Latest on the Ohio gov race http://blackwellvstrickland.blogspot.com)
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To: GinaLolaB
I really like him but poor Rush is pathetic. It seems like he needs drugs for everything. He is a Wild Man.

I have to take viagra because I have high blood pressure. Diabetics have to take it if they want a normal sex life. Many, many men, young men, with high blood pressure, diabetics and others must take it to have a normal sex life. Do you think they are all pathetic also? Hundreds of thousands of American males, a good lot of them under 50, must take this drug for one reason or another.

Calling someone pathetic because they have to take certain drugs makes YOU the pathetic one and a asshole to boot!

51 posted on 06/27/2006 10:41:21 AM PDT by calex59 (The '86 amnesty put us in the toilet, now the senate wants to flush it!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Milk Out Of The Nostrils Bump. :)


52 posted on 06/27/2006 10:41:42 AM PDT by TonyInOhio (The New York Times - the Paper of Record for terrorists the world over.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Did you know that Rush wasn't really deaf?

His doctor just misunderstood him when he asked for a cochlear implant....

53 posted on 06/27/2006 10:43:18 AM PDT by mikrofon (El Viagro)
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To: calex59
If you experience an election that lasts for four hours or more....Most guys would call every woman they know!

I used to work in an Emergency Room (before the advent of Viagra) and we once got in a guy who had priapism.I remember that the nurse took him in right away and called the Urology Resident immediately.I don't think it's life threatening,but it's certainly more serious than the sniffles.

54 posted on 06/27/2006 10:44:34 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

At the risk of sounding old-fashioned, he should feel ashamed. He is a single man.


55 posted on 06/27/2006 10:47:51 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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To: GinaLolaB
I really like him but poor Rush is pathetic. It seems like he needs drugs for everything.

That's a cheap shot and you should be ashamed. Due to back surgery that left Rush with no relief but excruciating pain, he became addicted to a pain killer. Many middle aged and older men take viagra and there is no shame in doing so. Two drugs are hardly everything.

56 posted on 06/27/2006 10:49:11 AM PDT by demkicker (democrats and terrorists are intimate bedfellows)
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To: Aquinasfan

It's his private life and it's none of our business. You wouldn't even know about it if the drive-by media and nasty liberal political operatives weren't obsessed with everything about his private life.


57 posted on 06/27/2006 10:54:48 AM PDT by demkicker (democrats and terrorists are intimate bedfellows)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Well, you're the one who brought the subject up, so...

http://www.bornintheussr.com/jewelry.htm
58 posted on 06/27/2006 10:56:08 AM PDT by Cheburashka (World's only Spatula City certified spatula repair and maintenance specialist!!!)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Well, you're the one who brought the subject up, so...

http://www.bornintheussr.com/jewelry.htm
59 posted on 06/27/2006 10:56:39 AM PDT by Cheburashka (World's only Spatula City certified spatula repair and maintenance specialist!!!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I still think it is ashame that the only WMD the press and liberals seem to want know about is in Rush's pants.


60 posted on 06/27/2006 10:58:11 AM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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