{"id":18408,"date":"2010-11-09T21:42:12","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T02:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=18408"},"modified":"2010-11-09T21:42:12","modified_gmt":"2010-11-10T02:42:12","slug":"quote-of-the-day-ii-rush-limbaugh-dessert-and-liberal-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2010\/11\/09\/quote-of-the-day-ii-rush-limbaugh-dessert-and-liberal-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the Day II: Rush Limbaugh, Dessert, and Liberal Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/11\/limbaugh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18409\" src=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/11\/limbaugh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/11\/limbaugh.jpg 454w, https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/11\/limbaugh-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To insanity and beyond.\u00a0 This used to be an SNL skit.\u00a0 Now it&#8217;s real life.\u00a0 Rush Limbaugh advises his listeners:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What have I told you about diet and exercise?\u00a0 Exercise is irrelevant&#8230;. &#8220;How do you know all this?&#8221;\u00a0 One of the reasons I know what I know is that I know liberals, and I know liberals lie, and if Michelle Obama&#8217;s gonna be out there ripping into &#8220;food desserts&#8221; and saying, &#8220;This is why people are fat,&#8221; I know it&#8217;s not true.\u00a0 &#8220;Rush, do you really believe that? It&#8217;s that simple to you, liberals lie?&#8221;\u00a0 Yes, it is, folks.\u00a0 Once you learn that, once you come to grips with that, once you accept that, the rest is easy.\u00a0 Very, very simple.\u00a0 Now, my doctor has never told me to restrict any intake of salt, but if he did, I wouldn&#8217;t.\u00a0 I&#8217;d just spend more time in the steam or the sauna sweating it out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(Via the <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/2010\/11\/eat-all-the-twinkies-you-want.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Dish<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To insanity and beyond.\u00a0 This used to be an SNL skit.\u00a0 Now it&#8217;s real life.\u00a0 Rush Limbaugh advises his listeners: What have I told you about diet and exercise?\u00a0 Exercise is irrelevant&#8230;. &#8220;How do you know all this?&#8221;\u00a0 One of the reasons I know what I know is that I know liberals, and I know [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quote-of-the-day"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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