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Limbaugh's Loose Lips Lead To On-Air Apology
Billboard Radio Monitor ^ | April 13, 2005 | Tony Sanders

Posted on 04/13/2005 5:45:14 PM PDT by rface

Rush Limbaugh, in a fit of “unbridled passion,” used his self-described “pouty lips” to utter the words “blow jobs” on his April 12 show. The incident occurred during a diatribe about former Vice President Al Gore’s new cable TV network. Limbaugh was responding to a statement made by Gore that his new venture would "reflect the point of view of young people."

"What the hell is that, Al?" Limbaugh asked. "What the hell is the point of view of young people? Blow jobs, that's what they're doing out there. They're out there getting oral sex all day long, that's what they're talking about."

Limbaugh went on to blame former President Bill Clinton for making oral sex "the number one sport in high school today. " He also referred to Gore's venture as "a BJ network" and "the oral sex channel."

Later in his show Limbaugh apologized, sort of. "I am going to apologize not for saying what I said, but I'm going to apologize if it offended anybody," he said. "I never apologize for what I say, but if some of you were offended by a graphic term involving actions committed by Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, that have now spread to America’s high schools, I apologize."

"I meant to say 'oral sex' throughout," he went on to say, "but the guttural term escaped my pouty lips in a moment of pure, unbridled passion. The staff was so stunned and so scared today they didn't dare hit the delete button, the deedle button, and so it got out there. My reaction is, somebody go ahead and turn me into the FCC. I'll be honored to be fined. It's just another government agency with its hand in my back pocket, so go right ahead."

A spokeswoman at Premiere Radio Networks, which syndicates Limbaugh's show, confirmed a transcript of Limbaugh's outburst but declined to make any other comments.


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KEYWORDS: blowjob; doitjustdontsayit; goretv; limbaugh; talkradio
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Comment #81 Removed by Moderator

To: rface

Boy, I wish I could take back some of the things I've said in the heat of anger. Nice to see that even El Rushbo can lose it when he's in a rage (for lack of a better word).*~*


82 posted on 04/13/2005 7:25:25 PM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: flashbunny

I'm not sure if I've seen that, but will look.

Emotional cripples, that's what they are.


83 posted on 04/13/2005 7:29:35 PM PDT by Constitution Day (We cannot have that behaviour in this establishment.)
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To: Constitution Day

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1382605/posts

These cat fanatics are a shining example of logical discourse and civility.

Not.


84 posted on 04/13/2005 7:32:47 PM PDT by flashbunny (Any discussion involving cats apparently requires the abandonment of logic by cat lovers.)
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To: rface

What if he had said fellatio?

Would the world be up in arms or heading for thier dictionaries?


85 posted on 04/13/2005 7:37:15 PM PDT by blastdad51 (Proud father of an Enduring Freedom vet, and friend of a soldier lost in Afghanistan)
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To: LauraleeBraswell

How about fellatio? Is that offensive? Or just the concept of fellatio, is that offensive?


86 posted on 04/13/2005 7:37:27 PM PDT by 68 grunt (3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)
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To: Waco
Almost as offensive as "democrat". Not quite tho.

LOL! Ya got that right!

87 posted on 04/13/2005 7:39:31 PM PDT by badgerlandjim (Hillary Clinton is to politics as Helen Thomas is to beauty)
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To: flashbunny

You are my new FR hero for posting that thread.

Some so-called 'conservatives' on that thread sound like a bunch of hand-wringing, PMSing, liberal women!


88 posted on 04/13/2005 7:40:34 PM PDT by Constitution Day (We cannot have that behaviour in this establishment.)
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To: Constitution Day

sound like????

(ouch!!!)


89 posted on 04/13/2005 7:44:39 PM PDT by flashbunny (Any discussion involving cats apparently requires the abandonment of logic by cat lovers.)
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To: Constitution Day; flashbunny

Every time you domesticate, another kitten dies.

Or something like that...


90 posted on 04/13/2005 7:45:05 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: flashbunny

I'm not feeling too damned diplomatic today.
Terribly sorry, old chap.

:)


91 posted on 04/13/2005 7:47:29 PM PDT by Constitution Day (We cannot have that behaviour in this establishment.)
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To: 68 grunt


I'm offended by the word Fellatio. Fellatio is a very offensive word. I am also offended by the action of Fellatio. The concept of fellatio has offended me. I'm offended.


92 posted on 04/13/2005 7:57:36 PM PDT by LauraleeBraswell ( We must stand behind TOM DELAY!)
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To: LauraleeBraswell

Well, thanks for your candid response. I will not tease.


93 posted on 04/13/2005 7:59:56 PM PDT by 68 grunt (3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)
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To: rface
>p. Look...Rush was angry at linguini-spined Republicans and it got the better of him. There's so much BS people can take and at times one vents too much. I'm not defending the BJ comments; I just think that when it comes to stepping over the line, other people have gone a lot further than Rush and they haven't been called to account for it. In the context of a life' sins, using crude language every now and then hardly registers on the scale of moral offenses people can commit. We're all human and our moral judgment of the deed should be appropriate to the nature of the sin at hand.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
94 posted on 04/13/2005 8:05:37 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop



Rush likes to hold himself to a higher standard.


95 posted on 04/13/2005 8:08:01 PM PDT by LauraleeBraswell ( We must stand behind TOM DELAY!)
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To: rface

Thanks.


96 posted on 04/13/2005 8:09:52 PM PDT by lafroste (gravity is not a force. See my profile to read my novel absolutely free (I know, beyond shameless))
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To: woofie
The "blow" doesn't bother me the "job" does

It's not just a job, it's an aventure...

97 posted on 04/13/2005 8:13:47 PM PDT by null and void (If you torture the data enough, it will confess...)
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To: FreedomSurge

***He was ripping Clinton and Clinton's bad influence on the youth when it slipped out.***

Slipped out? =P


98 posted on 04/13/2005 8:31:00 PM PDT by Zeppelin (Keep on FReepin' on.....)
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To: rface

It didn't phase me a bit. I lived through X42.


99 posted on 04/13/2005 8:31:35 PM PDT by b4its2late (Earth is the insane asylum for the universe. The moon might be next.)
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