Fear Not, Dittoheads: Rush Says There's Nothing Wrong With His Ticker

By PopEater / Wire Services Posted Jan 1st 2010 06:12PM

Conservative talk radio show host Rush Limbaugh said Friday tests showed nothing was wrong with his heart after he was hospitalized with chest pains. Limbaugh, 58, was released from The Queen's Medical Center two days after he was rushed there during a vacation. Doctors said he did not have a heart attack or heart disease.

"The pain was real, and they don't know what caused it," Limbaugh said, adding his best guess was he had a spasm in an artery.

Limbaugh said he was not taking painkillers. In 2003, he acknowledged an addiction to painkillers for severe back pain and took a five-week leave from his radio show to enter rehab.

Limbaugh couldn't resist a few political comments during his short news conference at the Honolulu hospital.

One appeared to be aimed at health care reform, when he said he got the best health treatment in the world "right here in the United States of America."

"I don't think there's one thing wrong with the American health care system," Limbaugh said. "I got no special treatment other than what anybody else that would have called 911 and had been brought in with the same kinds of symptoms."

Limbaugh called his health scare a "blessing in disguise."

"It takes things like this in life maybe to prepare you for the eventuality that you are getting older, you're not as young as you were, and not as invincible as you once thought you were," he said.

Limbaugh said when he first felt the chest pain, he walked around, sat down then quickly called for help. He was in the hospital within 20 minutes.

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Friday 01 January

By leroy

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I didn`t think a guy without a heart could have a heart attack..must of been for publicity..YEAHHH FIRST AGAIN..DON`T HATE CUZ YOU`RE SECOND..UH UH UH WHAT ?? WHAT ??

Saturday 02 January

By danzillo4

I find it very interesting that Limblow has never been on air when a disaster or important political event ocurred! NEVER...He has sasid so himself...

By OU812?

There is NOTHING wrong with Rush's heart. Rush shows that he is very tempermental.. Thats 10% temper & 90% mental. So as WE ALL can see, its not his heart that is a problem, its his brain or the lack of one...

By nellpost

Hate should die, in my opinion.

By BOB

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I's funny that you think only people with opinions like your pathic self have to think like you. When you wish for someons death due to not thinking or acting like youself you have made yourself as a taliban, marxist,and relation to Pol Pot. you really have a bright future aheadd of you.

By dan

so you should be next in line, right? Just because you don't agree with the guy doesn't make YOUR hate any different than the hate you attribute to him...hypocrisy is a drag, huh?

By Sue

And yet, he still seems to keep living and spewing his own brand of hate on his radio talk show....
Where's the justice?

Sunday 03 January

By lucy

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Then I guess you will be next

By terry decker

To paraphrase Rush - "I hope his doctor fails."

By JCG

Oh, so it's NOT alright to say "bury the health care bill with Teddy" & "dance on a libs grave" but it's ok to hate Rush. You libs are so freakin' hypocritical. You are nothing but a bunch of sad and empty people who think only they know what is right for the world. Screw you.

By Snookhookr

So by saying Rush was wrong by stating that he hopes Obama's agenda fails.....I'll assume you are a Marxist?
How else would a sane American take your words?

By Garth Voigt

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LOL. It shouldn't surprise me that Rush would be so petulant as to say he hopes Obama's economic policy to fail (meaning more misery for all Americans.)Rush is an ass

By Lori walker

We love ya Rush Don't pay attention to these nut cases on here they are milk fed media babies They know nothing about the way a country should be run They voted for HIM and they are pissed he is a lie Get back to the Mic on Monday Rush

By dee1224

So glad you are on the mend Rush and that you didn't have a heart attack! You people who hate Rush are just afraid of the TRUTH!!!

By black conservative

agree!

By bill

rush windbag is a pompous bafoon!

By Jon

Lmaoo,Only a fool like you would think an admitted drug addict like Rush knows how to run a country..That statement alone shows your stupidity

By MARS

YES RUSH GET BACK TO YOUR SILLY CRAP YOU SPEW
ITS MADE YOU A VERY RICH MAN -TOO BAD THE MORONS WHO LISTEN TO YOUR CRAP CANT SEE THAT YOUR SAD GIMMICK TO MAKE MONEY OFF THE SAD IDIOTS. WHO CANT SEE YOU HAVE NO TALENT OR A CLUE.

By sherry

Lori, You can not distinguish between a lie from the truth. You Limbo sheep crack me up...Facts and wisdom?? LMAO

By garth voigt

Rush has been caught lying on numerous occasions. His claim that volcanoes emit more CO2 than Human action was quickly disproven once the USGS data was actually reviewed showing that Volcanoes emit 200 million tons of CO2 annually wheras Human industrial activity releases 26 BILLION tons of CO2 into the atmosphere annually.

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