Update (Ken Shepherd, Managing Editor, 11:30 p.m. EST): A few minutes ago, Ebert tweeted the following apology on his Twitter feed: "I feel bad about my cheap Limbaugh jokes. Sincere apologies to Rush and you folks. He said he was fine but that's no excuse." # # #
In a demonstration of Hollywood's quintessentially intolerant hatred of conservatives, film critic Roger Ebert took to the Twitterverse on Saturday to mock Rush Limbaugh and his sudden trip to a Hawaii hospital (h/t Big Hollywood headlines).
Ebert was hardly alone in rejoicing Limbaugh's hospital visit--and distressed when he was given a clean bill of health. Liberals nationwide let loose the vitriol, some--including members of the hate-stricken mobs at Daily Kos and DU, as reported by P.J. Gladnick--simply wished he would expire.
For his part, Ebert fell short of calling for Limbaugh's death, and offered only lame fat jokes and implications of racism. Some of the juicier tweets:
Rush: Hawaii is the only country where the Hawaiian shirts come in S, M, L, XL, Rush, and Sumo.
Rush: Stuck in this hospital room watching TV, I really miss Lou Dobbs. All the Oriental nurses are U.S. citizens, though.
Rush: Our US health care system is the best in the world. The nurses here in Hawaii keep offering me lays.
Rush: The Orientals here talk funny. They keep saying "howdy" and it comes out sounding like "howley."Rush says docs found nothing wrong. They're obviously not listeners.
Now, Ebert thought up all those racist quips, so one has to wonder whether that says more about him than it does about Rush. As for the fat jokes, I'll let readers devise their own Ebert-is-being-a-tad-hypocritical cliches. I suppose we should be thankful that he didn't mention oxycontin.
Rancorous jibes at conservatives are nothing new for Ebert, of course, or for the vast majority of Hollywood liberals. But coming as they did at the expense of a hospitalized man--that is truly detestable.
—Lachlan Markay is an associate with Dialog New Media. Make sure to follow him on Twitter.
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Roger Ebert, the pinnacle of
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 18:35 ET by rwesleyRoger Ebert, the pinnacle of athleticism. Who knew?
Someone might want to tell him that "Oriental" isn't the right way to describe people of Asian descent.
Consider the source...
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 21:13 ET by unkeeafThis dolt has given thumbs up to more crap movies than any five critics I've ever known.
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Right. This Reveals More About Ebert Than He'd Like to Show.
Fri, 01/08/2010 - 16:38 ET by farstar99At least he apologized.
That's more than most Democrats would do.
I do hope he realizes, though, that his career, already over, is now officially finished.
I doubt it can survive on the few hardcore loonies who would've enjoyed his "humor" and he's destroyed any good will others outside that diminishing circle might have offered him out of pity.
Rush Limbaugh, the Great
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 18:35 ET by balboaRush Limbaugh, the Great Uniter.
And yeah, Ebert can't really take too many shots at Rush about weight. Ebert's been double-dipping the Junior Mints for a while.
Ebert CAN'T
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 22:12 ET by TexasMom0517Ebert can't go after Rush on addictions, since he's been an AA member (according to his own accounts) for twenty or so years. He dare not violate the principles of AA in that manner without showing himself to have ignored what he has "learned."
"Rush Limbaugh, the Great Uniter"
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 23:19 ET by MightyMouthOn the contrary Amigo, Rush decries unitarian thought, choosing righteousness instead!
"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"
The New Rush
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 18:39 ET by miss911ninjaMr. Ebert, your unawareness makes you look like a fool. Rush recently lost 80 pounds and now looks fantastic. Pay attention!
Pot, Kettle, Meet Roger
Tue, 01/05/2010 - 12:21 ET by UtherpendIsnt this the same man who was twice the size of Rush, till cancer cut his weight in half??
"For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security."
Catch up, libtard, Rush looks better than you, porker Roger guy
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 18:46 ET by upcountrywaterYou will get really far with "Orientals" comment, you racist kook.
Try this Ebert.."Eh, what's da matta wit you? You like beef?"
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Upcountry
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 20:30 ET by well99Amazing that he could make racist remarks and not get called on it.I guess it is ok to use sterotypes if your a leftist.
And
Tue, 01/05/2010 - 05:42 ET by okiehawk44It's also OK to make homosexuals the butt of all leftist jokes not making fun of disabled people or mentally challenged people or religeous people -- well you get the drift.
Leftists/Liberals love to make fun of others but get offended when anyone else takes away their play.
Hypocrits!
okie
Tue, 01/05/2010 - 19:18 ET by well99Aint that the truth.Yet the media doesnt call them on it.
Ebert is just another
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 18:47 ET by rbosqueEbert is just another liberal who wants to cozy up to other like-minded mutants.
Stars... Enhance Your Career!
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 19:18 ET by AbraxosI would like to encourage all liberal celebrities to speak out as often and as passionately as you like. Please speak your mind about any and every topic under the sun, and make sure everyone knows who you are and what you've done in your career.
It really helps your popularity and many more people will go see your movies, watch your TV shows, and buy your music. (Pay no attention to evidence of the contrary.)
You have an obligation, because of your fame, to let the world know how you feel. Because of your privileged status, you have insight and wisdom that the rest of us don't have. That's why you're called "Stars."
Exactly
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 19:20 ET by slickwillie2001Ebert making fat jokes is like Helen Thomas making ugly jokes.
→ Ugly jokes
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 19:28 ET by Cool ArrowIs it true virgin wool comes from ugly sheep?
you won't get any virgin
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 19:37 ET by kangarooyou won't get any virgin wool from the kiwis they invented the blindfold don't ya know
"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on"--Thomas Jefferson
Naaahhhhhhh......
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 20:23 ET by pantrymanVirgin wool comes from sheep that outran the shepherd.....
Remember in November 2010
pm... ROFL.... that's a
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 20:31 ET by bigtimerpm...
ROFL.... that's a good one.
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Sheep lie!!!
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 21:38 ET by Dan DiegoSheep lie!!!
The Great State of Wyoming...
Tue, 01/05/2010 - 02:42 ET by BO STINKSWhere men are men and sheep are nervous.
No offence to Wyominites, that's just how I heard the joke.
"How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the Plain Meaning of Words!" ~Sam Adams
Thumbs down
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 19:36 ET by gregfaheyThumbs down for Ebert. His performance as a pseudo-intellectual political pundit makes Madonna look like an Academy Award winner. As a comic? People aren't laughing with you Roger, they're laughing at you! One wonders how he'd take jokes about his bout with cancer and partial removal of his jaw.
Of course, it's apparent that if you can't debate someone on topics because of your lack of intellect, you resort to what worked as a 2nd grader. You hurl sticks and stones.
What a mental midget this guy is.
Ebert is a very unhappy
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 19:39 ET by buddycEbert is a very unhappy little man. There is a great deal of hate in him. Personally I pray that he will somehow receive the peace and happiness he needs.
Roger Ebert
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 19:43 ET by NotFondOfLibsI stopped paying attention to ebert's movie reviews years ago. I wasn't aware his new day job was racist comedy. Who knew?
When I want to feel
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 21:43 ET by Dan DiegoWhen I want to feel miserable I'll watch a movie Roger endorses.
Amazing isn't it, when
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 19:47 ET by MidAmericaAmazing isn't it, when liberals spew the verbal hatred that they always falsly accuse Rush of?
Isn't Rush average weight
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 19:48 ET by goldboughIsn't Rush average weight now? This just shows that some lefties can't argue ideas, but just insult people.
Yes, that paragon of
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 19:55 ET by Free StinkerYes, that paragon of fitness, the Jack Lalane of Movie Critics, Robert "I can't resisit that second Eclair" Eberet, this is the guy making fat jokes?
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Stodger Ebert makes fat
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 20:12 ET by Jack BauerStodger Ebert makes fat jokes about Limbaugh?
Isn't that the Fat calling the kettle bloated.
Markay should have run the Ebert photo side by side withe the latest svelte Rush photo.
Stodger has got to have 20 plus pounds over Rush
Ebert's gone round the twist....
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 20:20 ET by SlyrrEbert is one of those loonies who think that Bush 'stole' the election and fantasizes about the world that 'might have been' if only Gore had demanded yet ANOTHER recount.
So I'm not surprised at all to hear he posts stuff like this. Let him rave I say, that men may know him mad.
I often wonder how these people, who claim to be the 'civilized' party of love and tolerance, who hate racism and who mourn 'the loss of civil discourse' in society, reconcile what they say with what they do.
Then I look at the crazed Muslim jihadists, who claim to be a religion of 'peace' while strapping bombs to their kids so they can murder Jews, and the answer comes through loud and clear.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Wonder How Roger's Wife Feels About Fat Jokes
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 20:26 ET by SaintGeorgeGentileI'm going to assume that this article from June 2009 used an up-to-date photo of Mrs. Ebert:
http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-5081-teesees-town-bronzeville-cul...
We all know celebs are on
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 20:48 ET by Rusty ShacklefordWe all know celebs are on the far, far, left (except when it comes to their own personal lifestyle). They have to be because Hollywood is nothing but a giant high school where everyone thinks they're the cool kid and all of the nerds have moved away.
Ebert is like the little brother of one of those High School kids that doesn't get enough attention because he doesn't really do anything. All he does is gossip about what the cool kids are doing! So in order to get some attention from the high schoolers he goes into "oh-oh-oh me too! Me too!" mode and blunders his way through things to impress the high school kids.
None of those quips are
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 21:20 ET by motherbeltNone of those quips are even remotely funny.
You can make jokes about conservatives; e.g. the one on Dancing With the Stars about Tom Delay never before having turned to the left, was cute.
Ebert's tweets, however, are, like a lot of liberal so-called humor....their usual venom served up as a joke.
Movies Rot The Brain
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 21:33 ET by DoktorFrankenEbert is the proof that movies rot the brain. As I read the blurbs above I could only think of one thing - Childish.
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Ebert is the racist
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 21:33 ET by nadadhimmiThe term howley to describe a white person is equivalent to the term nigger to describe a black person. I refuse to use the term "n-word " when equally degrading terms are used to describe white people with impunity and even derisive laughter. Either we are against racism , or we are not. We can't use racist terms to describe one race and then pretend we aren't racist. What is most disturbing is Ebert is married to a black woman. Shame on him, he should recognize TRUE racism when he sees and hears it.
A few too many trips to the snack bar
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 21:33 ET by Tom in NCThis lard ass making jokes about someone's weight needs to cut back about a hundred fold on the snack bar trips, I'm surprised his ass will even fit in the typical theater seat.
This from a guy who's
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 21:37 ET by telecasterThis from a guy who's achieved exactly what? A Remora who watches crap movies for a living and then pretends he's got the rocks in his pocket to critique them......a Hollywood Remora critic, analyzing Hollywood self indulgence......can it get any funnier. Just look at the guy......nuff said
Hmmmmm
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 21:46 ET by doug1950There must not be any mirrors in his house. He has been a wide load for as long as I can remember. Too many trips to the concession stand.
Fat??
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 22:07 ET by canuckThe problem with this slob is that his body fat goes beyond his 40+ BMI in that the fat extends between his ears as well, the famous No Dick Small Brain Syndrome. He occupies space and consumes oxygen...hopefully both will end.
What if we took pleasure in Ebert's ill health?
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 23:14 ET by nkviking75According to his bio on TV.com, Ebert was rendered unable to speak by cancer of the jaw. I wonder how he'd have felt if we took pleasure in that little fact.
“Always love your country — but never trust your government!" -- Bob Novak (1931-2009)
Liberal Rule, remember
Tue, 01/05/2010 - 02:49 ET by countmein5050Liberal rule says they get to race bait, and be as politically incorrect as they want...all they have to do is say, 'kidding...jeesh...conservatives are wound too tight....' making the conservative the bully or whiny arse. On the other hand, they reserve the right to yell foul at any point in conservative conversation and said conservatives have no excuse....they are pigs. That's how it goes with regards to thinking you can play tit for tat with liberals. Liberals are insane.
The best joke David Letterman ever told
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 23:54 ET by ClericalGalIt is a given among most people who care about the Oscar ceremony (that group is shrinking) that David Letterman bombed as the host in 1995, the year that "Forrest Gump" won Best Picture. But he did tell a joke that was one of the best he ever told:
"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get, unless you're sitting next to Roger Ebert, then you won't get any."
I cannot understand someone who can no longer speak because of illness thinks it is funny to ridicule someone else's illness simply because he disagrees politically. I am no longer cutting Ebert any slack because he is sick. He is detestable.
+100
Tue, 01/05/2010 - 02:38 ET by BlondeExactly.
I hope he fails, too.
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Tue, 01/05/2010 - 00:00 ET by GhostbusterMore stupid than making fat jokes about someone who just lost around 80 pounds and isn't fat anymore? Doing so while shoving a pile of donuts into your mouth.
-Ghostbuster
I believe
Tue, 01/05/2010 - 02:36 ET by MichigeezerI recall his former compadre Siskell commenting on Ebert's appearance quite a number of years ago. Ol' Rodger was wearing a brown sweater, and Gene said he looked like a mudslide.
The best thing about dating a homeless person is that at the end of the date, you can drop them off anywhere.
I like to see him say that
Tue, 01/05/2010 - 02:51 ET by countmein5050I'd like to see him say that...that's it. I'd just like to watch while he tried to say all that....
Ebert's always had a jiggle
Tue, 01/05/2010 - 05:05 ET by RR GOPEbert's always had a jiggle in his jowls...who the hell is he to talk?
Typical Libtard. Even these overstuffed sloths think they have some kind of moral superiority and are free of any hypocrisy because of their self-induced delusions of righteousness.
"Under Capitalism, man exploits man. Under Communism it's just the opposite."
"All that Communism needs to make it successful is for someone to feed and clothe it."
Fake apology
Tue, 01/05/2010 - 10:40 ET by sevenTyhe apology is to save face. It has no connection with regretting what he said. He regrets making libs look like the snarky libs they are meant to be.
Er...sick?
Tue, 01/05/2010 - 14:40 ET by StarAZWhy would someone who evidently thinks of himself as some arbiter and intellectual want to sit there and make mean comments about a sick person? I don't see it.