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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: Cinnamon

maybe he's a prepared bachelor eh?
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I can't recall, was Rush a boy scout in his youth?


61 posted on 06/27/2006 10:58:29 AM PDT by Cheburashka (World's only Spatula City certified spatula repair and maintenance specialist!!!)
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To: Caipirabob

That happens in retirement communities...


62 posted on 06/27/2006 11:01:51 AM PDT by G Larry (Only strict constructionists on the Supreme Court!)
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To: rface
"DUmmies will continue to make it a point of conversation"

Like the grade school rejects they are, libs will giggle and snicker over this one for a while; after all, liberals are mostly young and live their lives through their johnsons anyway.

Rush is 55+, there is nothing unusual about a man that age utilizing viagra. The TV is filled with remedies with ED remedies, and there are even stories about guys in their 30's clammering for the drug for "staying power".

The funny part of the DU's/libs is, those of us over 50 have been their age, but their have never been over 50...yet. Their time will arrive and it will be much quicker than they realize.

The last laugh will be on them.
63 posted on 06/27/2006 11:13:47 AM PDT by FrankR
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To: demkicker
It's his private life and it's none of our business.

That would be true if the affair wasn't publicized.

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.

True. The incident should not have been made public.

64 posted on 06/27/2006 11:18:39 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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To: Gay State Conservative
If you experience an election that lasts for four hours or more....

There is always great interest in election day "polling."

65 posted on 06/27/2006 11:22:12 AM PDT by Socratic ("I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa.")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
For the worlds smartest conservative...... it seems pretty dumb for him to have any perscription medicine in his posession that doesn't belong to him.

Pretty stupid.

66 posted on 06/27/2006 11:22:18 AM PDT by kjam22
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To: Spyder

or wondering what was the big deal about Russian jewelry (Jewry)

oh, never mind


67 posted on 06/27/2006 11:29:58 AM PDT by fnord (497 1/2 feet of rope ... I just carry it)
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To: dirtboy

OMG, the 2000 Florida election lasted something like 34 days!!! OUCH


68 posted on 06/27/2006 11:34:27 AM PDT by JewishRighter
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

If a liberal had been stricken with deafness then continued to do a radio show without missing a beat, as well as having severe back pain and then overcome the resulting painkiller addiction, he would be hailed as a hero. We would never hear the end of all the talk about his courage in the face of tragic circumstances. Instead when it's Rush, he gets hounded by the drive-by media, the liberals in Palm Beach, and DUmmies all over the place.


69 posted on 06/27/2006 11:39:44 AM PDT by subaru
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To: Gay State Conservative

I believe necropsy begins in the corpus cavernosa and spongiosum after that period of time without normal blood flow.


70 posted on 06/27/2006 11:42:34 AM PDT by Tree of Liberty (requiescat in pace, President Reagan)
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To: kjam22

What makes you think the prescription pills weren't his? It says right in the news article that Rush explained to custom agents that his doctor purposely left his name off the prescription for privacy reasons. If there were any doubt about this, they'd have charged Rush with prescription fraud.


71 posted on 06/27/2006 11:54:23 AM PDT by djfox1
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To: Aquinasfan
That would be true if the affair wasn't publicized.

Even if publicized, it's still none of your business. djf

72 posted on 06/27/2006 11:56:56 AM PDT by djfox1
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

When General MacArthur, was governor of Japan, he was considering running for president...the Japanese in their best English, painted a sign that read: We pray for your erection....


73 posted on 06/27/2006 12:04:01 PM PDT by thinking
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I'm taking a wait and see approach to this. Firm election results are what matter.


74 posted on 06/27/2006 12:04:43 PM PDT by BJClinton (What happens on Free Republic, stays on Google.)
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To: lilylangtree
Who's his girlfriend? Liddy Dole?

Bad lily, Rush gets his pick.


75 posted on 06/27/2006 12:06:41 PM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: djfox1
Even if publicized, it's still none of your business. djf

How do you figure? He's making jokes about it and setting a terrible example.

76 posted on 06/27/2006 12:12:06 PM PDT by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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To: Gay State Conservative
I loved the ones she did about saving "Soviet Jewelry" and our "natural racehorses".

Or doing away with "violins" on television. Never mind...

77 posted on 06/27/2006 12:48:24 PM PDT by Migraine (...diversity is great (until it happens to you)...)
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To: dirtboy

We all needed prompt medical attention after Florida in 2000.

No we didn't. Gore did. Remember his picture on the cover of some lib magazine that had his "Package" airbrushed. There's gotta be a lot of appropriate jokes there. Go for it!


78 posted on 06/27/2006 12:54:18 PM PDT by hdstmf
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To: Aquinasfan

I almost (almost) feel sorry for the Rush-bashers, who have so little to cling to that they regard this as evidence of Rush's "criminality".


79 posted on 06/27/2006 12:55:31 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Nachum

Being prepared...


80 posted on 06/27/2006 12:56:13 PM PDT by hdstmf
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