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Report: Rush Limbaugh taken to Hawaii hospital

is there a link where you got that from?


j-mac
It's from a transcript of his tv show on Oct. 5, 1995. I can't provide an actual link because you need paid access. If you can get on Lexis Nexus, do a search for that date and it will pop up.

Here's the snippet in context:
Now look at this montage of newspaper headlines from Thursday around New York and the country. You've all probably heard about this story. That is how much play it got. And, of course, it dovetails with the O.J. Simpson verdict being announced. And it's got some interesting statistics, this story, and I predict that you're going to see a lot of hay made about this. I think a lot of people you see--"Crossfire" probably do a topic on this. The weekend shows will probably mention this. We'll have serious, somber discussions about the meaning of this. And a bunch of intellectuals--you know how intellectuals talk. I love watching intellectuals on TV. They'll sit there and go, Well, my opinion is I looked at the data, don't you see,' and it'll take a half-hour for them to get their first two sentences completed. It sounds like they're constipated, most of these intellectuals, when they're speaking.

But this does have some data and I will guarantee you this is going to be--I'm going to assume that everything in it's true for this--just for the sake of discussion. And I will guarantee you that it's going to be mishandled, misreported and the wrong conclusions are going to be drawn from it. Basically, the thrust of the story is that black men in their 20s in this country--one-third of all black men in their 20s are either in jail or on parole. And that--that--that if this were the case in the white population, if one-third of the white male population in this country in its 20s were in jail, that we would stop everything, declare a national emergency and try to solve the problem. And I think in 1990 the--the number was one in four black men in their 20s were in jail. Now--there you see it--now in 1995 it's--it's one in three.

But here is the real nuts and bolts of this that everybody's going to focus on and misread, I believe. Blacks make up 12 percent of the United States' population. They constitute 13 percent of all monthly drug users, according to this same report. However, black males in their 20s represent 35 percent of those arrested for drug possession, 55 percent of those convicted for drug possession and 74 percent of those sentenced to prison for drug possession.

Now people are going to sit there and say, This proves that America's racist. This proves that cops target blacks unfairly and put them in jail unfairly. They got to be falsely accused. They've got to be falsely convicted. They got to be falsely imprisoned'--and this is supposed to prove to everybody that this is terribly wrong.

Now I think the proper way to look at this is the exact opposite. Let's all admit something: There's nothing good about drug use. We know it. It destroys individuals. It destroys families. Drug use destroys societies. Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and neighborhoods which become consumed by them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up.

If you're a black living in the inner city--and--and I firmly believe that, no matter what your race, if you have children--or even if you don't--you don't want to be surrounded by drug infestation. You don't want your kids running around being tempted by the quick profits of drug sales or the quick high of drug use. And if the cops are in these neighborhoods and ridding these neighborhoods of these people, then that's good and you ought to be happy about it.

What this says to me is that too many whites are getting away with drug use, too many whites are getting away with drug sales, too many whites are getting away with trafficking in this stuff. The answer to this disparity is not to start letting people out of jail because we're not putting others in jail who are breaking the law. The answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict them and send them up the river, too. That's how you deal with this, ladies and gentlemen.

And I guarantee you that everybody's going to look at this and draw the wrong conclusion. They're going to say, America's racist. We're unfairly targeting blacks.' I think blacks ought to be dis--unhappy--whites ought to be unhappy about this. If--if white people are getting away with this stuff, they're tempting your kids, they're tempt--they're--they're in the process perhaps of getting into your neighborhoods. This stuff is des--is destructive. So you--you mark my words, as this is reported all across the media, America's racist. America unfairly targets blacks,' and so forth, when, in fact, too many whites, apparently, are getting away with it.
It's not a great argument he's making, but that's irrelevant to the charge of hypocrisy. He's talking about the need to arrest drug users in a "war on drugs" context of cleaning up neighborhoods.

But jeez! When the only thing people are able to dig up after 25 years of talk shows (working out to something like 2 years of straight 24/7 talking) is one (maybe two) little tidbits like the above - it says a lot more about the people yelling "hypocrite" than it does about Limbaugh.
 
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It's from a transcript of his tv show on Oct. 5, 1995. I can't provide an actual link because you need paid access. If you can get on Lexis Nexus, do a search for that date and it will pop up.

Here's the snippet in context:

It's not a great argument he's making, but that's irrelevant to the charge of hypocrisy. He's talking about the need to arrest drug users in a "war on drugs" context of cleaning up neighborhoods.

But jeez! When the only thing people are able to dig up after 25 years of talk shows (working out to something like 2 years of straight 24/7 talking) is one (maybe two) little tidbits like the above - it says a lot more about the people yelling "hypocrite" than it does about Limbaugh.

You limbots are in denial.

Remember when he called Clinton's daughter a dog or when he said bush I would win his reelection bid?

He hopes our country fails.:shock:
 
You limbots are in denial.

Remember when he called Clinton's daughter a dog or when he said bush I would win his reelection bid?

He hopes our country fails.:shock:
Oh joy, a troll.

:roll:
 
Oh, good grief. I'm sort of sorry that the guy's having health problems, but on the other hand, he's had an extremely negative effect on the American nation as a whole.

Hello?

He was instrumental in preventing Al Gore from getting elected, wasn't he?

And did he get a medal for this national service?

No.

He's divisive at a time when we need to pull together because we have serious problems as a country.

He's not divisive.

People who are wrong, ie, the liberals and other socialists, don't agree with him, but that's their problem for being wrong all the time. Shouldn't you instead be blaming the socialists and liberals for causing all the problems, and not the man who's pointing to the causes of the problems?

He's totally uninterested in solving the problems, he's using his idiotic sheeple followers to make money, and he's serving as the unofficial figurehead of the republican party.

See? Only a liberal or some other socialist would focus on the fact that Rush is making money hand over fist by simply pointing out the flaws of the liberals and other socialists. And he does present solutions to problems. Just because you're wrong and persist in believing devout adherence to socialism will make things all better doesn't mean a man espousing the correct solutions is wrong.

To be blunt, the best thing that could happen to the Republican party would be the death of Rush Limbaugh.

Oh, I'm sure there are better things than that. The GOP moving towards the center, ie, moving right, would do wonders for the GOP.
 
The Majority of Americans, right or wrong, support Obama. I wonder which America he is referring to? SOUTH America? :confused:


that doesn't hold true.

The majority of voting Americans, wrong as could be, SUPPORTED (note past tense) the packaged offering that was called "Obama".

Then the nation discovered that the pretty wrappings hid a major turd.

And most Americans don't support turds.

Let's put it another way.

Calvin spent weeks eating Cruncheez Cereal to get the box tops he needed to get that propeller beanie. He days at school were filled with visions of him flying around town in his propeller hat.

Naturally, the reality of Calvin's new propeller beanie was disappointing.

You people need to stop pretending your Propeller Beanie Ivory Tower Marxist Messiah is going to pick you up and fly you around.

There's a big ****ing train wreck coming and he's piling on the altnerative energy to make it happen sooner. You need to stop villifying the people who have been pointing to the coming collision with reality and start helping to slow the train down.

You do that by becoming Americans and rejecting your Marxist roots.
 
This is getting old. If you haven't known by now....here ya go:

"There's nothing good about drug use. We know it. It destroys individuals. It destroys families. Drug use destroys societies. Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and neighborhoods which become consumed by them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up."

Okay.

Rush said drug users should be put in jail.

I don't agree, but so? Your point is?
 
that doesn't hold true.

The majority of voting Americans, wrong as could be, SUPPORTED (note past tense) the packaged offering that was called "Obama".

Then the nation discovered that the pretty wrappings hid a major turd.

And most Americans don't support turds.

Let's put it another way.

Calvin spent weeks eating Cruncheez Cereal to get the box tops he needed to get that propeller beanie. He days at school were filled with visions of him flying around town in his propeller hat.

Naturally, the reality of Calvin's new propeller beanie was disappointing.

You people need to stop pretending your Propeller Beanie Ivory Tower Marxist Messiah is going to pick you up and fly you around.

There's a big ****ing train wreck coming and he's piling on the altnerative energy to make it happen sooner. You need to stop villifying the people who have been pointing to the coming collision with reality and start helping to slow the train down.

You do that by becoming Americans and rejecting your Marxist roots.

You could be right. I got no dog in an Obama fight. I am just saying that when people go online or on TV, spewing out their blowhole about what is and what is not American, I feel obligated to remind them that when they badmouth a majority slice of Americana, they are, mathmatically speaking, being anti-American.

Just sayin'... :roll:
 
You could be right. I got no dog in an Obama fight. I am just saying that when people go online or on TV, spewing out their blowhole about what is and what is not American, I feel obligated to remind them that when they badmouth a majority slice of Americana, they are, mathmatically speaking, being anti-American.

Just sayin'... :roll:

Not when that majority is itself anti-American.

And the majority that voted for their Propeller Beanie Messiah was certainly as anti-American as I've ever seen in a US election.
 
This is both sad and hilarious:

1. A hard core lib

2. A hard core lib

3. A hard core lib

4. A hard core lib

5. A hard core lib

Yes, it is both sad and hilarious you used "Hardcore lib" over and over again in a amazingly ignorant fashion.

Catz could be classified as many things, but one would have to be so mentally brainwashed with hyper partisan extreme right wing thinking to believe she's even CLOSE to being a "hardcore" Lib.

But the post does tell every reasonable, intelligent, intellectually honest poster on this site that is looking for real debate and discussion and not mindless hyper partisan diatribes exactly what they need to know about you, if they didn't know it already.


Indeed.

As to Limbaugh, glad to know he has recovered well, returned to broadcasting, and managed to seemingly save himself money in paying straight up with Cash for all of his medical dealings during this.
 
Not when that majority is itself anti-American.

And the majority that voted for their Propeller Beanie Messiah was certainly as anti-American as I've ever seen in a US election.

Ever heard that ol' phrase, "The whole marching band was out of step but Johnny."

Right on Scarecrow. I got ya. :roll:
 
Not when that majority is itself anti-American.

And the majority that voted for their Propeller Beanie Messiah was certainly as anti-American as I've ever seen in a US election.

In your opinion. And that plus a quarter is worth... a quarter. The only anti-Americanism I see here is the hyperbole and hate spewing from you.
 
You limbots are in denial.

Remember when he called Clinton's daughter a dog or when he said bush I would win his reelection bid?

He hopes our country fails.:shock:

What a stunning response, truly remarkable. Where to begin.

Great starting point with "limbots". Truly amazing. I am sure there are some 4th graders on the school yard that think you are the height of hilarity with that. Kudos to you. You truly are a god amongst 10 year olds when it comes to pathetic worthless insults to hide your deficiencies in actual conversations.

Moving on....

No, I don't remember when he specifically called Clinton's daughter a dog. You don't either, you're just spouting talking points. What it actually was was a bit during his time with a TV show that was a poor attempt at humor, not to far off from the stuff you see on Letterman or Leno any night, where he stated the Clinton's have a cat socks but have a dog too, with an image of Chelsey being shown. He also came out shortly after and apologized for it calling it inappropriate. Yes, how horrible. We must definitely wish for the death of any person attempting poor humor and apologizes for it later. Shall we also be cheering for the death of David Letterman should he grow ill thanks to the Palin's daughter poor taste joke, or perhaps hope for Obama's death should he ever have a health problem thanks to his tasteless special olympics joke. I could go on, but its really no point here. You're using something meant as a joke, granted in poor taste, that was not too different than poor tasteless jokes made by NUMEROUS other entertainers and politicians alike, of which frankly you're probably just regurgitating from some random website, in hopes of smearing a man. :roll:

You then move on to take one thing a man said over twenty plus years of broadcasting 200 plus times a year not to mention his time spent on TV and use that and revel in the fact he was wrong. Outstanding. Its amazing you actually found something to use :roll:

And then you move onto the tired, pathetic liberal cliche of "he hopes the country fails" which is patently false and sadly predictable because god forbid you actually quote what he said...and TRULY god forbid you actually give CONTEXT to what he said...because then you'd just look foolish to anyone reading it when you tried to use it as an insult. Now you just look foolish to those that already know the quote and the context that you so poorly attempted to gloss over. He felt that the policies and positions of Obama were harmful and dangerous to this country and would do it HARM, and therefore because of that he hoped that Obama fails.

If Obama told you "I am going to shoot you in the head" and you say "Well Mr. President, I hope you fail", does that mean you hope the country fails, or does it mean you hope the action he's going to take that you believe is going to severely harm you fails? If I tell you that as the new president your company I hope to outsource all the jobs overseas to reduce costs and use my lawyers to back out of all the pension plans and you go "Well Sir, I hope you fail" does that mean you're hoping that the company you work for fails, or is that meaning you hope that the plans I have for said company that you believe will be harmful to the company and to yourself fails?

Then how exactly is Rush, who believes that if Obama succeeds with his policies that THAT will be harmful to this country and hurt it, saying that he wants the COUNTRY to fail by saying that he wants Obama to fail?

He's not, but god forbid a liberal take time to get context right on Rush Limbaugh...then how could you attempt to score pointless and pathetic political points to then run to your liberal buddies and yuck it up like you're points actually mattered?
 
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In your opinion. And that plus a quarter is worth... a quarter. The only anti-Americanism I see here is the hyperbole and hate spewing from you.

Alas, someone wore their thinking cap to class today.

Sometimes I wonder why I bother casting my pearls amongst swine. :rofl
 
Not when that majority is itself anti-American.

And the majority that voted for their Propeller Beanie Messiah was certainly as anti-American as I've ever seen in a US election.

Glad to know that Scarecrow Akhbar has became the official delegator of who and what is or isn't American.

:roll:

(...what would happen is American was Anti-American...........)
 
Alas, someone wore their thinking cap to class today.

Sometimes I wonder why I bother casting my pearls amongst swine. :rofl
Resorting to personal attacks now?
 
Oh puh-leeze. Go feign your dismay on somebody who cares. :roll:

That "figure of speech," followed by the ROLF... nevermind, I'm casting my pearl's yet again. Will I ever learn? :cool:
 
In your opinion. And that plus a quarter is worth... a quarter. The only anti-Americanism I see here is the hyperbole and hate spewing from you.

What hate?

What damn fools can you name that don't believe the Messiah is driving this nation further down the path of self-destruction Bush's father put us back on?
 
I would think that'd be the worst thing that could happen for the Republicans.

Take them out of the equation and the Dems improve from addition by subtraction.

Maybe though they would then allow the GOP a voice which Reid and Pelosi now do not allow.
 
I've already demonstrated the issues with your "proof", but that's not what I am referring. You accused me of being an Obama apologist. Now I understand that this is an easy talking point when you get defeated in debate, but I asked for proof of this and, as of yet, you have offered none. Please provide evidence of this.

I did not get defeated the medical community agreed with me and I showed it.
 
This is getting old. If you haven't known by now....here ya go:

"There's nothing good about drug use. We know it. It destroys individuals. It destroys families. Drug use destroys societies. Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and neighborhoods which become consumed by them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up."

So you think people who are breaking the law should not pay?

Did Rush go to court and pay? Were his medical records opened?
 
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