Reports: Rush Limbaugh taken to hospital with chest pains

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UPDATE: Rush Limbaugh ‘resting comfortably.’

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It’s been an eventful week on the links in Hawaii. First President Obama evacuated a golf course in short order when the child of a golfing buddy was injured on the beach near the Obama family vacation compound.

Now, according to KITV, conservative radio host and sometimes unofficial Republican Party leader Rush Limbaugh apparently has suffered from chest pains and was rushed to a hospital:

Conservative radio talk host Rush Limbaugh was rushed to a Honolulu hospital on Wednesday afternoon with chest pains, sources told KITV.

Paramedics responded to the call at 2:41 p.m. at the Kahala Hotel and Resort.

Limbaugh suffered from chest pains, sources said. Paramedics treated him and took him to Queen’s Medical Center in serious condition.

He was seen golfing at Waialae Country Club earlier this week. The country club is next to the Kahala Hotel and Resort.

via Sources: Limbaugh Rushed To Honolulu Hospital – Politics News Story – KITV Honolulu.

Here’s hoping that Rush’s medical concerns are as minor those suffered by the young friend of the Obama family earlier in the week. Stay tuned.

Update: 10:05 pm – KHON joins KITV in reporting that Limbaugh is in ’serious condition,’ although one would say that getting into an ambulance is always a sign of ’seriousness,’ so Rush could be in relatively good shape.

10:09 pm – So it’s about 5 pm in Hawaii; that means it’s been more than 2 hours since Rush was taken to the hospital. I’m a little surprised that Limbaugh hasn’t spoken out himself to get ahead of the story, and I hope that doesn’t mean he’s too incapacitated to speak. But perhaps his personal life, his real personal life, is something that he keeps under wraps.

10:25 pm – I fear the worst for Rushbo; TMZ is confirming that someone had ‘chest discomfort’ at Rush’s hotel, and given their evil reporting powers, if they can’t get more details, they must really have pulled up the drawbridge on this story.

11:34 pm – KITV adds that Limbaugh will spend the night in the hospital. I wouldn’t call that an indication of anything terrible having happened to Rush – it’s pretty routine when doctors aren’t sure what happened in a cardiac situation that they’ll keep you overnight, and even send you home the next morning if all looks OK.