Posted on 05/21/2005 7:56:17 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Florida prosecutors head to court Monday to get access to Rush Limbaugh's medical records.
Palm Beach County is investigating alleged prescription-drug abuse.
Records were seized in late 2003. Prosecutors want to see if the radio commentator went "doctor shopping" for pain medication.
Limbaugh has not been charged with any crime. He's denied any wrongdoing.
Limbaugh's attorneys have fought the seizures, claiming a violation of privacy rights. But last month, the Florida Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal, clearing the way for prosecutors to seek the documents.
Limbaugh acknowledged his addiction to pain medication in October 2003, blaming it on severe back pain.
His show has 20 million listeners a week and is heard on nearly 600 radio stations.
This is absurd!
Naturally this is revenge for Florida 2000. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if the majority of the prosecutors seeking Rush's records voted for Al Gore and subsequently for John Kerry.
-Regards, T.
FReegards,
one of the 20 mill
A taxpayer in Floriduh should be real pissed reading this.
All of us should be very, very afraid reading this. Prosecutors invading our privacy and fishing through our medical records is wrong.
Do you know who Frank Fuster is?
Wait, I thought they had already gotten this. Guess it played out slower than I anticipated.
Who says the SCOFLAws have to make a scintilla of sense?
I am!!!
The painful truth is that many freepers I know would be saying 'good riddance drug addict'if this were not Rush Limbaugh!
Francisco Fuster...convicted of child molestation in Florida 1985...many now believe he is innocent? That the one?
Any that would do not deserve the title of conservative. This is an issue that hits right at the heart of conservative values. Privacy is being tossed under the bus in Florida.
I'm sure the prosecuters already know the information that the records contain, since if I remember right they did have these documents at one point in the past, but they probably need the documents themselves in order to press charges.
"Privacy is being tossed under the bus in Florida."
Not just in Florida but worldwide...with special thanks to the terrorists. Are we (you and me and a few dozen or two folks like us ) the only ones who can see how the terrorists laugh their asses off at stupid Americans willfully giving up freedom upon freedom?
Fuster is the last victim of Janet Reno's 80s witchcraft cases still in major need of some sort of external (from the state of floriduh) justice, since there seems to be zero chance of floriduh providing any for him.
Floriduh shouldn't even be allowed to operate a legal system of any sort. In fact it probably should be a territory like Puerto Rico and not a state.
I am, trust me.
Sadly, the Palm Beach area is a leftist stronghold. El Rushbo slept with dogs...a little late to complain about fleas.
I hope those cretins understand that the American people are not going to allow them to throw Rush Limbaugh in prison or anything like that.
These people are complete leftbots. They live to piss people like us off. Limbaugh is their White Whale---trust me, they will not stop until they can clasp him in irons before smirking television cameras.
Not to worry. Rush and his handlers have already made this the problem of the prosecution and not whether a crime may or may not have been created. Maybe the prosecution was wrong in what they did. Rush, his syndicator and his legal team has devalued the legal system by their actions too. Two very selfish sides and neither have advanced civility of the legal system.
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