Rush Limbaugh reminds me so much of John Wayne Gacy. I can't look at him without thinking that his house is full of clown accessories and stashed victims. #maureendowd
Oh Maureen, every time I think I'm quitting you because you've jumped the shark with your nicknames and critiques that infantalize in ways that just bug me, you go and do something wonderful like this. Brava. #maureendowd
"Now Limbaugh calls Obama the "man-child president."
The 48-year-old Obama is skinny and getting skinnier, but there’s nothing childish about him. He more or less raised himself and came to terms with his Oedipal demons on his own, and he radiates a hard-won maturity.
W., on the other hand, was like a kid who knew that Daddy’s friends would take care of him; he was always running off to the gym or going biking, leaving the governing to his regents, Cheney and Rummy, or incompetents like Brownie."
Thank you Ms. Dowd. It's like Rush is seeing another version of reality. #maureendowd
We may not be able to say anything about the addiction itself, but the scoring drugs from your maid just makes me think of a fifteen year old yuppie douche getting pot from the maid. It does seem immature, because frankly, if you want to do drugs, get a dealer like the rest of us. #maureendowd
Hey Maureen - if you want to snark on this guy, there's an abundance of character flaws to choose from. Laughing at someone's battle with addiction is not only insensitive, it's lazy writing. #maureendowd
Whoa, whoa, whoa... hold on. Rush Limbaugh "loved the end of the movie 'Love Story'?" WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?! Is the world ending? Oh dear lord, we probably cried at the exact same moment. This is shocking. SHOCKING! #maureendowd
Really, Dowd? You go after addiction? You know, racism, sexism, homophobia, political idiocy, a bad haircut, creepy disposition, and nonsensical rambling disguised as political thought were all good places to start in ripping this assclown to shreds. And you picked addiction. Way to go, journalism. #maureendowd
@Penny: Thank you. Having an addiction is not immature. No problem criticizing him for hypocrisy in things he has said about drug addicts, but not for the addiction itself. #maureendowd
@Penny: I don't think anyone has a problem with him using drugs and/or becoming an addict, it's just that he is such a fucking hypocrite about it. #maureendowd
@Penny: Well I think the idea is partially that if you're an addict maybe you should be a little less judgmental about other people's flaws, but that's not our boy Rush's style. #maureendowd
@Penny: Yeah, I feel like I've been super defensive lately, but it demeans an argument so much to go after someone's personal choices or battles like this. There are so many valid reasons to critique Limbaugh... Going after his personal struggle with addiction, which is an illness, is just a low blow, and I think it makes Dowd the immature one. #maureendowd
@Penny: I agree, but my guess is that she chose his painkiller addiction to go after because it's not really something that either side can argue with--it occurred and that's that. Slamming his racism/homophobia/sexism would have resulted in his supporters arguing that what he says isn't racist/homophobic/sexist and that Dowd is just another super-sensitive liberal. #maureendowd
I have a close friend from a wealthy family who became addicted to drugs. Some people were less than sympathetic. I wonder if they would have felt differently if the knew that her mom abandoned her and she had been raped twice - once as an eight-year-old in a public restroom and once by a group of guys from school when she was thirteen.
You can't dismiss someone's pain or diminish their struggle because of a little cash.
Here is the deal - Purdue Pharma should pay 100% for any/all Oxycontin rehabilitation / recovery programs - ALL of it! They withheld information about this drugs and its addictiveness.
I think this is way worse a crime than anything the tobacco industry ever did - you don't destroy your life in a span of a year by smoking. There is no comparison.
Further, any doctor who continues to prescribe Oxycontin should be fined.
@Scout: Bullshit. People can take Oxycontin without becoming addicted. The addiction rate for those who use it properly is less than 5%.
I have RA, and when it first came out I took it as needed for two years. Never more than 2 10mg/day, seldom more than a few days in a row. No problem starting and stopping, no addiction. It's a great drug for those of us with severe pain conditions, much better than straight percocets.
However, once the junkies started smashing them, my state started putting severe limits and monitoring on doctors that prescribed oxycontin. Even though it worked well for me, my doctors didn't want to deal with the state, so now I have to get by with crappy pain meds. I live in pain because other people want to use my medicine to get high. Fuck them.
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The 48-year-old Obama is skinny and getting skinnier, but there’s nothing childish about him. He more or less raised himself and came to terms with his Oedipal demons on his own, and he radiates a hard-won maturity.
W., on the other hand, was like a kid who knew that Daddy’s friends would take care of him; he was always running off to the gym or going biking, leaving the governing to his regents, Cheney and Rummy, or incompetents like Brownie."
Thank you Ms. Dowd. It's like Rush is seeing another version of reality. #maureendowd
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...For the past twenty years or so. #maureendowd
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No?
Maureen Dowd, Go Tell Him.
Did Rush Limbaugh Just Get Told?
Yes?
*OH SNAP!* #maureendowd
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Slam this dipshit all you want, but I prefer staying away from the addict shit-talking. #maureendowd
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Just because he would sink to the level of taking someone to task on an addiction doesn't mean I will. #maureendowd
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You can't dismiss someone's pain or diminish their struggle because of a little cash.
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I think this is way worse a crime than anything the tobacco industry ever did - you don't destroy your life in a span of a year by smoking. There is no comparison.
Further, any doctor who continues to prescribe Oxycontin should be fined.
Period.
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I have RA, and when it first came out I took it as needed for two years. Never more than 2 10mg/day, seldom more than a few days in a row. No problem starting and stopping, no addiction. It's a great drug for those of us with severe pain conditions, much better than straight percocets.
However, once the junkies started smashing them, my state started putting severe limits and monitoring on doctors that prescribed oxycontin. Even though it worked well for me, my doctors didn't want to deal with the state, so now I have to get by with crappy pain meds. I live in pain because other people want to use my medicine to get high. Fuck them.
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My "inner dialogue" is quite cruel in cased like these.
That said, I don't get off on watching anyone in emotional pain / trauma