BUZZFLASH REPORT Sunday October 12, 2003 at 6:43:09 AM
Rush Limbaugh Claimed He Had No Physical Limitations When Playing Golf, Even Though He Says Lower Back Pain Was the Cause of His Becoming a Junky on Illegal Drugs
October 12, 2003
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From the Washington Post October, 2003:
Limbaugh, perhaps the most prominent conservative commentator on the air, said on his program that he began taking painkillers five or six years ago after unsuccessful spine surgery, which caused lingering pain in his back and neck. He said some of the news stories about him ``contain inaccuracies and distortions'' but that he could not elaborate for now. He closed by asking the audience ``for your prayers.''
From Interview at the American Century Championships July, 2003:
RUSH LIMBAUGH: You know, I've played the Bob Hope three times and the AT&T twice. It wasn't bad. It's just the game is mental. Once you've mastered the physical aspect, not mastered, but 90 percent of the game, all of the other things being equal is mental, and for some reason, I just was not able to execute my swing today.
And I think it had nothing to do with physical characteristics. There's nothing wrong with me. I think it's just for whatever reason, maybe I was tired, I have no idea what it was. And that's the thing that frustrates me about the game, I'll go play well two rounds, come out and do today and not really know why I did poorly. But that's what makes me an amateur.
RUSH LIMBAUGH: Now, is anybody surprised at that? That Bill Clinton would take 16 shots and record a 5, is that what it was? Now that shouldn't surprise -- the thing about golf and I know this is a cliche, and I've only been playing it, what, six years. I started in 1997. [Right after the unsuccessful surgery no doubt]The thing about golf, really, is you'll find out, at least I have, what people are all about and made of. You find out whether they quit. You'll find out whether they fudge or cheat. Any number of characteristics that people possess in their personalities will come out usually in 18 holes of golf, whether they have a temper, whether they have a controlled anger or whatever it is about them, you'll learn it.
(http://www.asapsports.com/golf/2003celebrity/071703RL.html)
From BuzzFlash Reader Turk
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BuzzFlash Follow-up:
From a very recent 2003 article on GolfServ.com:
"No slouch with the sticks himself after only playing for the past six years, Limbaugh is visiting Lake Tahoe for the American Century Championship this year for the first time. Limbaugh has played in the PGA Tour's Bob Hope Chrysler Classic three times and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am twice, making the cut in 2003 and playing on the weekend with PGA Tour professional Tom Pernice."
And even when lying through his drug addict haze, Rush couldn't let go of his money-making vile obsession with the Clintons. He's like a junky radio broadcaster verbal stalker:
"The thing about golf, really," Limbaugh said, "is you'll find out what people are all about. You find out whether they cheat. You find out whether they quit. You'll find out whether they fudge or cheat. Any number of characteristics that people possess in their personalities will come out, usually in 18 holes of golf."
"I mean, when I play we don't even call them 'mulligans,'" he added, "we call them 'Clintons.'"
(http://www.golfserv.com/gdc/news/article.asp?id=15650)
