A Rush quote: circa 1988

[DLR'sCock]

"And now the liberals want to stop President Reagan from selling chemical warfare agents and military equipment to Saddam Hussein, and why? Because Saddam 'allegedly' gassed a few Kurds in his own country. Mark my words. All of this talk of Saddam Hussein being a 'war criminal' or 'committing crimes against humanity' is the same old thing. Liberal Hate Speech! And speaking of poison gas . . . I say we round up all the drug addicts and gas them."

-Rush Limbaugh, Nov. 3, 1988

[Jesus Christ]

Verily, these are the words of a liar and a hypocrite

[ELVIS]

At least you're doing your homework...

The facts are that Mr. Limbaugh commited himself to voluntary rehab and is no longer using perscription drugs...

[ELVIS]

Originally posted by Jesus Christ
Amazing how these hypocrites can completely alter their "reality"to suit their agenda, isn't it?

Amazing how an overweight paranoid liberal wack-job can put words in Jesus' mouth and claim to be a christian while not attending any church...

[Jesus Christ]

The fact is, Gregory, that his drugs ceased to be "prescription" the day that he was no longer acquiring them from a licensed apothecary, but instead sending his maidservant to obtain them from the common street criminal.

And while, as ye know, addiction is a forgiveable sin, he should also repent of his hypocrisy

[Jesus Christ]

Originally posted by ELVIS
Amazing how an overweight paranoid liberal wack-job can put words in Jesus' mouth and claim to be a christian while not attending any church...

Once again Gregory, ye placeth church attendance into greater importance than knowing My teachings and living by them.

Why do ye continue to do this?

[McCarrens]

Why is it wrong for Rush to abuse drugs but okay for all the liberals in Hollywood to abuse them and glorify them on the television?

[Jesus Christ]

Originally posted by McCarrens
Why is it wrong for Rush to abuse drugs but okay for all the liberals in Hollywood to abuse them and glorify them on the television?

Don't get Me started on Hollywood, that is a seperate discussion, My son.

Where Rush hath become a hypocrite is when he said drug addicts should face harsh penalties, yet he now sayeth that he should not have to face one himself. And that is hypocrisy, My son. For it is written that ye judge not, lest ye be judged, and that the punishment that ye wish upon others might end up on thyself, especially if ye are guilty of the same sin.

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by Jesus Christ
Don't get Me started on Hollywood, that is a seperate discussion, My son.

Where Rush hath become a hypocrite is when he said drug addicts should face harsh penalties, yet he now sayeth that he should not have to face one himself. And that is hypocrisy, My son. For it is written that ye judge not, lest ye be judged, and that the punishment that ye wish upon others might end up on thyself, especially if ye are guilty of the same sin.

Truer words were never spoken--Praise Jesus!!

[BITEYOASS]

Amen!

[Warham]

Originally posted by Jesus Christ
Once again Gregory, ye placeth church attendance into greater importance than knowing My teachings and living by them.

Why do ye continue to do this?

This coming from a guy who makes repeated attacks on the Old Testament, the writings that were the basis of what the Lord used 2,000 years ago when he was doing his various sermons.

Hypocrisy indeed.

[ELVIS]

Originally posted by Jesus Christ
Once again Gregory, ye placeth church attendance into greater importance than knowing My teachings and living by them.

Why do ye continue to do this?

The mere implication that one does not need to be part of a church is anti-christ!

Being a part of "the body of Christ" is an essential part of christian living...

Faith comes through hearing...

Hearing comes from listening to your spiritual leader...

[Jesus Christ]

Originally posted by ELVIS
The mere implication that one does not need to be part of a church is anti-christ!

Being a part of "the body of Christ" is an essential part of christian living...

Faith comes through hearing...

Hearing comes from listening to your spiritual leader...

Who is thy spiritual leader, Gregory?

Shouldn't it be Me? :confused:

[ELVIS]

Jesus Christ is my Lord, my King, my God, my savior, and my ultimate authority...

Pastor Danny Knight is my spiritual leader...

He is an amazing human being who absolutely lives what he preaches...

[lucky wilbury]

http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/limbaugh2.asp

Claim: Talk show host Rush Limbaugh's 3 November 1988 broadcast included a statement approving the selling of chemical warfare agents to Saddam Hussein and the gassing of drug addicts.

Status: False.

Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2004]

And now the liberals want to stop President Reagan from selling chemical warfare agents and military equipment to Saddam Hussein and why? Because Saddam "allegedly" gassed a few Kurds in his own country. Mark my words. All of this talk of Saddam Hussein being a "war criminal" or "committing crimes against humanity" is the same old thing. Liberal hate speech! And speaking of poison gas... I say we round up all the drug addicts and gas them too!

Rush Limbaugh, November 3, 1988

Origins: A time-honored method of discrediting one's political opponents is to put words in their mouths — to make it appear they once said something which now paints them as foolish, hypocritical, or just plain wrong. In that vein comes the current item, a quote that supposedly doubly tags conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh as a hypocrite: first for justifying the sale of chemical warfare agents (i.e., "weapons of mass destruction") to Saddam Hussein and then supporting the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq to rid that country of such weapons, and second for suggesting that drug addicts should be dealt with harshly and then admitting his own addiction to prescription pain medication.

Whatever opinions Mr. Limbaugh may have expressed on his radio program over the years regarding arms sales to Saddam Hussein and the social issue of drug addiction, the item cited at the head of this page is not a genuine transcript of something broadcast on his show on 3 November 1988. It's actually a lampooning taken from the comic strip The Boondocks.

Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder often employs the device of running "Classic Boondocks" strips, which are supposedly past examples of his work dug out of the archives and offered up to his audience once again. The gimmick is that "Classic Boondocks" aren't really older versions of Boondocks strips being run for a second time — they're freshly-created material backdated and presented as strips from years gone by as a method of drawing attention to and commenting upon current political issues. Thus the 1 August 2004 version of the strip purports to be a re-run of a strip "originally printed November 3, 1988" in which the Huey character listens to a radio broadcast by "some guy named Rush Limbaugh," who speaks the words quoted at the head of this page.

Although the political intent of the 1 August 2004 Boondocks strip was clear, the context that it was not really a repeat of a strip from 3 November 1988 and did not report something Rush Limbaugh actually said over the airwaves on that date went missing in action, and the text of the strip has since been passed around the Internet as if it were a genuine transcript of a portion of a 1988 Rush Limbaugh broadcast.

Last updated: 9 November 2004


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