Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, 58, was taken to The Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu after complaining of chest pains on Wednesday. Close

As news broke Wednesday night of radio show host Rush Limbaugh's hospital visit due to chest pains, many of his political counterparts on the left put down their ideological swords and wished him well on Twitter.

"All best wishes to Mr. Limbaugh tonight, for a full and speedy recovery," wrote MSNBC's Rachel Maddow.

Mediaite's Rachel Sklar cautioned Rush's detractors: "No stooping to wishing him ill, people! (Karma.)"

Salon's Joan Walsh: "I can't enjoy the news of Rush Limbaugh's illness. Is there something wrong with me? He has a family. Aren't we better than that?"

And radio show host Alan Colmes said that "we wish him well."

There were others who weren't quite sure how to react. Mother Jones's David Corn begrudgingly offered this: "Rush, you've slimed me in the past. But, I suppose, good luck to you, too." But earlier, Corn wrestled with how to react to Rush's illness given Limbaugh's own reaction to the medical fortunes of others.

"Resist the snark about Rush's rush to the hospital?" asked Corn. "Yeah. But remember what he said about Ted Kennedy." Corn provided a link to a Huffington Post article that referenced a March Limbaugh show in which "Limbaugh suggested that Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) would be dead by the time health care reform legislation passes. 'Before it's all over, it'll be called the Ted Kennedy memorial health care bill.'"

Wonkette chimed in with a characteristically cheeky, "RUSH LIMBAUGH is in 'serious condition' at a Hawaii hospital, and we shall save the Death Jokes until he earns them the old-fashioned way."

Still, from less prominent corners of the Twitter-verse, there was a steady drip of joy expressed at Limbaugh's misfortunes. The humor website TheFullGinsburg.com wrote, "No one wants Rush Limbaugh to die. But they do want his doctors to fail," and a quick thumb through Twitter's #Rush hashtag reveals other wishes of ill health upon Limbaugh. Republicans expressed outraged at some of the reactions.

"Someone should build a Twitter list of all those who have expressed hatred for Limbaugh tonight so their presence can be known," wrote Republican strategist Patrick Ruffini. "I remain at a loss at how politics becomes so personal that many cheer for Rush's death," said "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough.

But, turning the tables, some conservatives had fun with the idea that if only it were a liberal in the hospital...

"I'd donate a heart to keep Rush alive," wrote blogger Dan Riehl. "Just need a knife and a liberal close by. ; )"