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Just curious. It appears that the woman (maybe through her husband, a convicted drug dealer) was the pusher. Rush was the user. I have heard of the police squeezing users to give up their dealer, but I have never heard of a dealer being squeezed to give up a user. Of course, Rush would be a quite a trophy for any prosecutor. Much more than a couple of unknowns.

BTW, keep in mind that prosecutors are the lowest of the low. They are politicians, first, last, and always. They depend on the public on re-electing them. So they will do anything, even if it is dishonest. We had a local prosecutor who turned loose a repeat offender (something like 140 arrests between the ages of 18 and 25). The perp shot and killed a cop, then he was in turn killed by other police. The prosecutor was too busy prosecuting a guy who had an "adult bookstore" (it took three trials to get a conviction), prosecuting a couple of politicians who were accused of groping a 17 year old in public in front of their wifes (it was proven in the trial that it was totally impossible for them to have done what she accused them of), and going after divorced gunowners when he could get an ex-wife to swear out a restraining order (even after the fact). He just could not be bothered to prosecute a perp who had been shot a couple of times and had shot people several times, culminating in the killing of a cop. I have absolutely NO USE and NO FAITH in the legal system as it is now structured.

30 pills a day?

I thought the initial news accounts stated he was taking thousands of pills per day.

Just curious. It appears that the woman (maybe through her husband, a convicted drug dealer) was the pusher. Rush was the user. I have heard of the police squeezing users to give up their dealer, but I have never heard of a dealer being squeezed to give up a user. Of course, Rush would be a quite a trophy for any prosecutor. Much more than a couple of unknowns.

I have no knowledge of the case, but reading between the lines, I think it's possible that she was getting the pills with from LEOs, and some of them ginned up the wire and then the Enquirer story.

The MO of the Enquirer is to blow half their wad in the first story, let the accused bluster on and on, then let loose the 3nd part of the story.

Rush wisely clammed up, and if he hadn't taken the 30 days for rehab the story might have died with a fizzle of a part two.

Another thing not mentioned is that his 30 day leave will overlap half of the November sweeps period.

If I were a program director in a mid-sized market, this would be of some concern to me as I am looking to set my ad rates based on Rush's listenership.

This matter alone (the drugs) would be a stress on the ratings in any case (especially in blue-belt markets). But couple it with his ESPN troubles and an untimely absence and the PDs in those markets might be able to squeeze the syndicator for some tradebacks**.

The only alleviating factor that I see in this is that Limbaugh will be returning mid-sweep and is certainly guaranteed enormous ratings for the foreseeable future on his return. That alone might mollify the stations.

_{_{**Depending on his syndication agreement, Limbaugh 'owns' most of the commercial breaks. That it, local stations have to let Limbaugh's 'national' commercials play through. They make money selling a few local spots each hour. If Limbaugh wants to appease them, he can cut (or share) his playthrough $$ with them, or he can tradeback time to the local affiliates. I see this as a last resort for the stations; they don't want to p!ss Limbaugh off right now- he's by no means down OR out}}

In what city does that local prosecutor practice?