A Message To Conservatives: "Your Silence About Rush Limbaugh Is Deafening."

MichaelGraham.com ^ | 12/24/03 | Michael Graham

[suspects]

A NOTE TO MY FELLOW CONSERVATIVES:

Your silence regarding Rush Limbaugh is excruciating.

I like Rush, too, and given that he and I have the same employer, I'm not exactly improving my career prospects by being consistent. It's a bad habit I picked up after years of listening to, and admiring, Rush Limbaugh.

And if we learned the lessons of Limbaugh (individual responsibility and the rule of law), how can we now agree to "Clintonize" ourselves defending him? A drug addiction is one thing, but blackmail? He's allowed himself to be blackmailed for years--the same years he was rightly pounding the stuffing out of the Clintons? And now he claims he's the victim of a politically-motivated prosecution?

What's next: "The b**** set me up?"

Of all the disappointing decisions Rush has made, these last two are the most disheartening. Consider for a moment what blackmail is: An admission that you know what you're doing is wrong.

The decision to fork over the cash is just that--a decision. It can't be any less difficult to make that decision than to decide to, say, go to your lawyer, spill your guts and spend a month in detox at Charter. So why not choose to do the RIGHT thing?

But that's not what Rush chose to do. He chose instead to continue, for years, to do the wrong thing and then--after he was caught--blame the consequences on the vast, left-wing conspiracy. As Rush himself said very wisely and correctly when Jim Carville made the same argument defending President O.J., "It doesn't matter what Ken Starr's politics are if you're innocent."

Bill Clinton wasn't an innocent victim of political vendettas. He was a perjurer and obstructer of justice who blamed others for his own lack of character and its consequences.

Which means, my fellow conservatives, that Rush Limbaugh is....?

I'm sorry, I can't seem to hear you. It must be that deafening silence again.

[Conservative til I die]

Guess you're not going to answer the question, are you. Typical.

[Conservative til I die]

Guess you're not going to answer the question, are you. Typical.

[CWOJackson]

Guess you're not going to ask an intelligent question. Typical.

Hey this is fun. Your turn.

[CWOJackson]

Guess you're not going to ask an intelligent question. Typical.

Hey this is fun. Your turn.

[Conservative til I die]

Since I'm such a dumb libertarian (nope) drug abuser (nope again), why not dazzle me with your airtight logic?

Now say "dude" and "LOL" and throw in a special reference to "Chong", "Soros", or "bong hits" for Christmas.

[Conservative til I die]

When are you going to answer the question? Dazzle me with your logic!

I'll even do you the favor of getting rid of the "Red Car" analogy, and keep it general. Do you feel that all arbitrary laws, just by being passed, are just? In other words, are all laws equal?

[CWOJackson]

"Do you feel that all arbitrary laws, just by being passed, are just?"

Let's cut to the chase, I fully support the drug laws as they exist.

[CWOJackson]

Do you need it more airtight then that Dude?

[Conservative til I die]

"Do you feel that all arbitrary laws, just by being passed, are just?"

Let's cut to the chase, I fully support the drug laws as they exist.

That wasn't the question. Why do you have such a hard time answering the question? Do you not have an answer?

[CWOJackson]

Yes, I have an answer. I support the existing drug laws. Not really very difficult to understand.

As for the tortured logic questions...they're funny as hell but meaningless. It's kind of like watching a dog chase it's tail.

But hey, the red car question was the best of them.

[Conservative til I die]

Yes, I have an answer. I support the existing drug laws. Not really very difficult to understand.

I didn't ask you about the existing drug laws, so no, you didn't answer the question.

[CWOJackson]

Well there you go. I'm here supporting the existing drug laws. But hey, please feel free to chase your tail around all you want.

[CWOJackson]

And really, the red car question was pretty stupid.

[pageonetoo]

I repeat. He is not worth the time, nor energy. His previously avowed intent, on all of these threads, is to be a disrupter, and once again, I have fallen to it. He is worse than a troll. A troll, at least, has a purpose, in life.

cwo will never honestly answer a question. But, he will take up a lot of your time!

[fishbabe]

bottom line....rush can't use the pills now...so,whats he gonna do?????kill himself because of the pain???? no, he will learn to deal with the pain,which he should have done in the beginning...its the one thing all you rush defenders convienently forget...he can't use the drugs anymore,so rush has to live with the pain and AN ADDICTION ON TOP OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!!AS FAR AS SEVERE PHYSICAL PAIN GOES,TRY BEING BURIED ALIVE AT THE AGE OF 20 AND TELL MY FRIEND,ITS NO BIG DEAL AND SHE SHOULD JUST GET OVER IT!!!!!

[CWOJackson]

Speaking of answers...weren't you going to name your Marine Corps pushers?

[pageonetoo]

...so rush has to live with the pain...

Do you think that, maybe, his 'pain' issue could be a smokecreen, for his drug use?

There are some people who actually think he could be exagerating his symptoms, or worse. We all know that druggies will do anything to hide the truth. We also know that many an 'addict' has had a 'damascus road experience', when the realization comes, that they have been caught!

I am misfortunate enough to have contracted lyme disease, while living in the mountains, near Paris, VA.. It has aggravating symptoms, and sometimes can be fatal. I guess that I can use that as my excuse to use drugs.

But, like Rush, I used them recreationally. He said the same thing. Mine was hemp. His is/was oxy. The illegal use is the same.

Pain management, is a specialty. I know some good doctors, and have never gotten any illegal drugs from them. Rush visited a variety of doctors. We know of four, so far. Rush got some legal drugs, but apparently didn't always get them from the pharmacy. That is why he was being blackmailed! That is what the thread is about!

[RightOnline]

Sorry your friend got buried alive at 20. Guess that wasn't fun. If she's doping up to deal with it, then tell her that there are better ways. Keep patting her on the head if you wish; you sure as hell aren't doing her any favors by doing so.

[CWOJackson]

Merry Christmas to you and yours...and keep up the good fight.

[beezdotcom]

Speaking of answers...weren't you going to name your Marine Corps pushers?

LOL! If you actually think it would be a good idea to start naming names on a public forum under ANY likely conditions, I simply must start paying more attention to this thread for comedic relief!