On his show today, Rush Limbaugh cheered on the woman who showed up at Rep. Barney Frank's (D-MA) town hall with a sign depicting President Obama as Hitler:
"I think it's fabulous and fantastic, and hilarious," said Limbaugh, "that a woman shows up at a Barney Frank town hall meeting with an Obama-as-Hitler poster and this Nazi stuff, in his district. I mean, this is unreal."
"But the killer for me was, here's Barney Frank saying, 'What planet do you live on?' to this woman. Isn't it an established fact that Barney Frank himself spends of his time living around Uranus?"

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CT Voter
August 19, 2009 2:14 PM
Ah, he's just an entertainer, you know?
One with an persistent obsession with all things anal.
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Redshift
August 19, 2009 2:18 PM
We get it, Rush, you're obsessed with anal sex. Why don't you just come out of the closet and get it over with?
(Apologies to all our gay friends for inflicting him on you, but there's no fighting it -- the track record of the past decade is that every conservative who's obsessed with gay sex is actually a closeted gay man.)
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Lynn Dee
August 19, 2009 2:28 PM
Limbaugh sure does love him some sodomy.
What's the longest he's gone without talking about it in one way or another?
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sconset
August 19, 2009 2:28 PM
No one has/or is a bigger Uranus than you are Rush. Why don't you just finally come out.
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Obama1st
August 19, 2009 2:33 PM
a true, state of the art, bigot and cruel person. May his drug use bring him a stupor and an arrest!
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TBender
August 19, 2009 2:36 PM
Someone needs to get the Log Cabin Republicans to comment on this...
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apodaca
August 19, 2009 2:53 PM
Two words: pilonidal cyst.
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chimpale
August 19, 2009 3:10 PM
I think it's a right-wing thing. They seem to be both in fear of being sodomized and intrigued by it. Like a moth to a flame.
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chimpale
August 19, 2009 3:14 PM
I think it's odd that the righties have taken to comparing Obama and other Dems to Hitler. Why are they using that as an insult? Don't they risk losing a lot of their following who are truly Nazis and proud of it?
They'd better not start bad-mouthing the Klan or half of what remains of the GOP will bolt.
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AhTrini1
August 19, 2009 9:45 PM in reply to chimpale
ROTFLMAO
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Dorn76
August 19, 2009 3:21 PM
Are we going to cover every Limbaugh slur? If so, we're gonna be pretty busy. Can't we just agree he's a hateful bigot, and the 'Muricans who listen to him are a bunch of ignorants who can't come to grips with a World that has passed them by?
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CVille Dem
August 19, 2009 3:30 PM in reply to Dorn76
I'm with you. He needs to be ignored; and the Barney Frank video is going viral -- it is PRICELESS!
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cardinal_fang
August 19, 2009 6:18 PM in reply to CVille Dem
He was great. I laughed my Uranus off.
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Aunt Sam
August 19, 2009 3:51 PM
Anyone know who Rush's advertisers are on his program? If not, anyone have a resource that has this data?
Thanks.
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Michael A
August 19, 2009 3:56 PM
Oh, he is just projecting turning around, bending over, and grabbing his ankles. He is just in the closet. He loves getting reamed.
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Ducksworthy
August 19, 2009 3:59 PM
God pity those teenage Dominican boys when fatso gets the urge to head down there with his blue pills again.
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Mimi katz
August 19, 2009 4:26 PM
This was not worth reporting. Less attention to these idiots, please.
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chimpale
August 19, 2009 4:37 PM in reply to Mimi katz
But you just couldn't resist reading it, couldya?
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JoshQuasimoto
August 19, 2009 4:41 PM
I can not believe anyone can stand to listen to such a pathetic human being. All he does is live off of insulting other people, it's quite childish and a sad reflection on our culture top think that there are millions who listen to him.
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gharlane
August 19, 2009 4:52 PM
Wow. This, from Mr. Pilonidal Cyst himself.
For those who are unfamiliar, or perhaps would prefer to forget due to the nightmares, the Drugster got out of service to his country in Vietnam due to this... um... anatomical malfunction. (He has at times claimed that his deferment was due to a "knee injury.")
And what exactly is a pilonidal cyst? Squeamish readers might want to skip to the next comment.
That's actually a definition from the well-known medical text, Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot by Senator Al Franken. Recommended reading: Chapter 8, "Operation Chickenhawk," a what-if fantasy involving grunts Gingrich, Quayle, Limbaugh, Gramm, Thomas, Buchanan and Will, commanded by one Lieutenant North, in the central highlands of South Vietnam, August 1969. (Actually, the entire book is recommended reading. If you're too cheap to buy it you can find it on scribd.com.)
Funny how obsessed Mr. Pilonidal Cyst is with things anal....
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Minne sconsin
August 19, 2009 5:26 PM
And I might add these risk factors from the Mayo Clinic. Hmmm, which of these risk factors apply to our big fat idiot?
Risk factors
By Mayo Clinic staff
Certain factors can make you more susceptible to developing pilonidal cysts. These include:
* Obesity
* Inactive lifestyle
* Occupation or sports requiring sitting
* Excess body hair
* Stiff or coarse hair
* Poor hygiene
* Excess sweating
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Dinsdale1
August 19, 2009 5:28 PM
After nearly a decade of the Left consistently calling George W. Bush a Nazi and insisting that the Bush family helped put Hitler in power, it is laughable that you now claim to be aghast that someone would dare make the same comparison of a Democrat.
See, there's this thing called the "Golden Rule." You might not have heard of it in your "enlightened" and "intellectual" circles (and hey, it doesn't contain the "F" word at all so, you likely will have to have someone translate it for you.) but it basically states that you should treat people the way you want them to treat you. Given your example here and of the previous eight years, you'll forgive some if they thought that Hitler comparisons were standard fare. But then, "that was different," right?
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Minne sconsin
August 19, 2009 5:49 PM in reply to Dinsdale1
I'd list off all of the facts that prove you're full of shit, but since you're not part of the reality-based world I doubt it would change anything.
But let me just point out the hilarity of calling a Jew and a mixed race man Nazis...
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Matt Jones
August 19, 2009 6:13 PM in reply to Dinsdale1
Yeah, because trying to help make health care more affordable for all Americans is just as evil as torture, extrajudicial rendition, illegal wars based on fake intelligence, warrantless domestic wiretapping, and so on.
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sunnysteve
August 19, 2009 6:45 PM in reply to Dinsdale1
Well, there does happen to be the evidence that Prescott Bush was heavily involved in bankrolling the Nazis and that J. Edgar Hoover actually took over his bank for that very reason.
Otherwise, I agree with your point that it was over the top to put the Nazi label on little Georgie W. He never rose to the skill level of the Nazis --- rather, he was more like a lazy, incurious, mean little shit.
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psyclone
August 19, 2009 8:46 PM in reply to Dinsdale1
Yes, there were a handful on "the Left", mostly at poorly-attended protests and the like, who likened Bush to Hitler. Remind us how helpful these people were in getting John Kerry elected President in 2004, and how much that campaign revolved around those accusations....
Yeah, I thought so. Maybe there's a lesson in there for you and your idiot ilk.
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benjoya
August 19, 2009 5:30 PM
you know what's hilarious? barney frank is a jew!! isn't that the greatest thing, that the goyim can yell "nazi nazi" at jews???! boy that'll show them jews, right rush?
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bumpedfromfox
August 19, 2009 6:30 PM
You know, it doesn't really matter what Rush Limbaugh cares or thinks; he's just an attention whor. Unfortunately he now has all of this power and money and all of those dittoheads who always say, "Yeah, Rush said this. Rush thinks this, so I think that too. Yeah, Rush thinks this. Yup. Yup. Yup."
It's sad. Is there a way to deprogram these people (along with the Fox News followers)?
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Phantasm
August 19, 2009 6:35 PM
Keep in mind, in regard to Rush's repeated references to the nether regions, most of his listeners live in the part of the country where it is believed that "Deliverance" is a love story.
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JennOfArk
August 19, 2009 6:49 PM
Shorter Rush Limbaugh: "Clearly the protestor is not crazy and is correct because Barney Frank is a faggot. Hyuck hyuck."
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psyclone
August 19, 2009 8:50 PM
Rush is really helping swing minorities back over to the GOP, isn't he.
At some point someone in the GOP is going to have to stand up to this blowhard. No one in the current crop apparently has what it takes though, so it probably won't change for another 15-20 years. Oh well, all the better for us I guess.
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MrUniteUs
August 19, 2009 10:17 PM
Rush Limbaugh arrested for illegal Viagra posession
Now this one is as embarrassing as they get. CBS 4 News in Miami has the low-down on Rush:
Limbaugh was returning on a flight from the Dominican Republic whencustoms officials found a Viagra prescription that did not bear hisname. Instead, the bottle of pills had the names of two doctors on itaccording to the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office.
U.S. Customs andBorder Protection agents examined the 55-year-old's luggage after hisprivate plane landed at the airport from the Dominican Republic. Thematter was then turned over to the Sheriff's Office. Investigatorsseized the drugs - used to treat erectile dysfunction - from Limbaugh.
Limbaughwas detained for about three hours and was let go after cooperatingwith officials. He could be facing a second-degree misdemeanorviolation if the State Attorney's office presses charges.
Limbaughentered a plea deal back in April in a previous case where his chargeof fraud to conceal information to obtain prescriptions was droppedunder the condition he continue undergoing treatment for addiction.
Limbaughhad admitted to being addicted to pain killers on his radio program andhad entered a rehabilitation program prior to that arrest.
The Associated Press has more on Limbaugh's Viagra arrest.
Limbaugh faced other legal action a few years ago when he was arrested and nearly charged for obtaining unprescribed painkillers and concealing them from police. He got the painkillers from his house servant. So when you think about it, Rush should have sympathy for other people that suffer from pain, considering that he is a victim. Actually, the sympathy is not there. Back in April of this year, Limbaugh verbally assaulted those who use marijuana in order to deal with severe pain:
"the FDA says there's no-- zilch, zero, nada -- shred of medicinal value to the evil weed marijuana. This is going to be a setback to the long-haired, maggot-infested, dope-smoking crowd."
Now that Limbaugh has been charged again with using unprescribed medication, this time Viagra, one only can wonder what else the conservative radio talk-show host has in his cupboard.
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Too Safe
August 19, 2009 11:41 PM
The need for an intelligent debate on reforming health care has been eclipsed by our insatiable thirst to gawk at the absurd. We've been hi-jacked by crazy-stupid people, and the ratings obsessed media has obediently followed... http://unreasonablysafe.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/teabaggingtownhalls/
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deuce
August 20, 2009 10:46 AM
I will never forget a mid-morning drive across Long Island this past March on a business trip and tuning into the local Rush-affliate. (Clear Channel, no doubt?)
Rush was off on his diatribe of the day, probaly TARP, and at least 7 times over the course of the hour he referred to "Obama's butt-boys" with respect to Geitner and other members of the Cabinet and staff. It was jaw-dropping.
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mcdonald928
August 20, 2009 10:59 AM
The unconscious Nihilism -- the deeply tragic view that all is ultimately futile for terrible, rotten human beings, who can't really deserve any conceivable good -- long-concealed within traditional Republican and conservative rhetoric about their so-called 'values', is noticeably coming to the surface, unveiling its brute, self-hating ugliness, in a striking way due to this particular debate.
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Hair_2_Play
August 20, 2009 11:19 AM
Keeping it classy as always Rush. Bending over forwards, backwards, every with way to bring anal sex into the conversation.
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sunnysteve
August 20, 2009 11:28 AM
I shall once again remind everyone that, during the time several million of us performed our military service, Rush got a "deferment" for the reason that he was literally (in medical terms) a stinking asshole.
And some people just never change.
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deuce
August 20, 2009 11:29 PM
Oh, and the other expression in my Long Island Drive in additon to "Obama's butt boys"
He calls the place where they work the "Oval Orifice"
Unreal.
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An Outhouse
August 21, 2009 1:01 PM
Now Rush is defending LaRouchies?
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