Posted by
Billy on Thursday, December 31, 2009 10:54:04 AM
As news broke Wednesday night of radio show host Rush Limbaugh's hospital visit due to chest pains, many of his political
counterparts on the left put down their ideological swords and wished him well
on Twitter.
"All best wishes to Mr. Limbaugh tonight, for a full and speedy recovery,"
wrote MSNBC's Rachel Maddow.
Mediaite's Rachel Sklar cautioned Rush's detractors: "No stooping to wishing
him ill, people! (Karma.)"
Salon's Joan Walsh: "I can't enjoy the news of Rush Limbaugh's illness. Is
there something wrong with me? He has a family. Aren't we better than that?"
And radio show host Alan Colmes said that "we wish him well."
There were others who weren't quite sure how to react. Mother Jones's David
Corn begrudgingly offered this: "Rush, you've slimed me in the past. But, I
suppose, good luck to you, too." But earlier, Corn wrestled with how to react to
Rush's illness given Limbaugh's own reaction to the medical fortunes of others.
"Resist the snark about Rush's rush to the hospital?" asked Corn. "Yeah. But
remember what he said about Ted Kennedy." Corn provided a link to a Huffington
Post article that referenced a March Limbaugh show in which "Limbaugh suggested
that Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) would be dead by the time health care reform
legislation passes. 'Before it's all over, it'll be called the Ted Kennedy
memorial health care bill.'"
(This is what I along with most Americans from both the left and right hate about politics. We are in a war with those who hate America and all of us Americans, so why do we hate those who have different politics than we do. We all should wish Rush the best and pray for him. I would post the same if he was from the left. Read more on the above story Lefties
wish Limbaugh ill.)
