[PhilipFreneau]

Who in hell is Michael Graham?

[driftless]

What deafening silence? Rush's problem and/or culpability has been discussed here at great length. I'm a Rush fan myself, but no one is above the law. That means that Rush must receive the same punishment or absolution that others in his predicament get. For one thing we don't even know for sure what he's done.

By the way, did Clinton ever admit guilt for what he did unlike Rush who has admitted to being an addict of legal PRESCRIPTION!!! drugs for a legitimate, extremely painful medical problem?

[ZChief]

I have two friends from my church who are addicted to pain killers. They have been receiving treatment now for one year and, the other, five or six years. I have seen anguish in both and the downward spiral of the one family. Back surgery for both! (remind me never to get back surgery) These two guys are deeply ashamed of themselves. With one it was extremely hard to understand how he got trapped. I was one to eagerly condemn such individuals until I found that I actually knew some of them. They are both blue collar workers without great resources and have relied on state programs to help. It is painful to watch them and hard to fiure out how to help. I go out of my way to be as friendly as I can.

[HankReardon]

Wrongs committed during active addiction are no less a wrong and no less the responsiblity of the perpatrator. Having said that, to question why Rush committed wrongs, such as submitting to blackmail, is difficult to know without knowing all the details. If NOT actively addicted at the time, I suspect he would have acted properly and turned the criminals over to the authorities. Of course, if he did not over medicate himself to an addictive state he would not have been engaged with criminals at all. But to compare Rush to Clinton? Has Rush enabled the enemy, the communist Chinese the abilty to kill Americans by the millions? How does anyone with logical reason begin to compare these two? Even American criminals should denounce a man who enables the potential mass murder of Americans by our enemies.

[snooker]

I much prefer the mean Dean Hate machine discussions about doing away with the Patriot act.

I mean violating all those peoples' privacy rights and examining what books they read is well you know, it's a crime. Terrorist, don't want to violate their rights either ... send in the ACLU.

Doctor/patient privilege, no problem with that. Go get those Limbaugh records and have a ball. He is a conservative so they have no rights. Of course if it is a Clinturd and the records might prove rape charges, well that's different now isn't it. Can't have that.

The mean Dean hate machine crowd needs to take a cold shower. The Soviet Union is dead and not coming back. So get over it.

[TigersEye]

"Your Silence About Rush Limbaugh Is Deafening."

Probably because most people who have thoughts like this don't want anyone to know that they're a bonehead.

[Woahhs]

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.

It's a little hard to hear when you have your fingers in your ears while humming Michael.

[AppyPappy]

that Rush Limbaugh is....? not the president of the United States.

[patriot_wes]

Almost as sad as their silence about Dick Simkanin and Joseph Banister!

[Always Right]

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?

When you find a person whose only crime was doctor shopping and they put them in jail, contact me. This prosecution is a joke. They by-passed the real criminal, his maid, who alledgedly blackmailed Rush for millions and got drugs for him. Rush is a user and should be punished as such, which shouldn't involve jail time. Rush deserves probation, maybe subject him to random drug testing and some community service. But this prosecutor is approaching this case like Rush is the serious criminal, when his maid alledgedly committed much more serious crimes. This whole thing is a joke. No one has been subjected to such an overreaching investigation for such a crime, especially given Rush has admitted his problem and sought help. Rush is guilty, but let the punishment fit the crime.

[Woahhs]

So why not choose to do the RIGHT thing?

Which would have been what? Quietly go away? Not defend himself from malicious prosecution?

That's the problem with liberals; they can't form a complete thought. Anything more than a soundbyte and they're scrunching their eyebrows in perplexity.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

He was a perjurer and obstructer of justice who blamed others for his own lack of character and its consequences.

I'm sorry, I must have missed it.

Did Rush claim somewhere that he didn't inhale?

[alnick]

News flash: Rush Limbaugh is fallible.

[Aquinasfan]

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.

Yup. Paying blackmail is an admission of guilt. His stock is plummeting.

[Rightly Biased]

Over Here

[Thom Pain]

"2)Unlike Clinton, Rush admitted his short-comings and sought help."

Unlike Clinton, Rush is an ENTERTAINER, and NOT the President of the United States!

[Hildy]

Question: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....?

Answer:

A man who made a mistake, fessed up and is willing to take the FAIR consequences. Oh, and I forgot...HE'S NOT THE FREAKIN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

[Capitalism2003]

Think of the tens and HUNDREDS of billions we have wasted over the years on this drug war. Tommy Chong of "Cheech N Chong" had 20 agents bust down his door, sieze his computer and bongs he was selling on the internet.

Show of hands: Who feels safer with Tommy Chong off the street today??

Show of hands: Who would rather we use some of these resources to say...PROTECT THE BORDERS...INSPECT a few hundred shipments arriving at our ports every day from Jkarta, Uzbekistan, Korea, etc etc?? Wouldn't this be a better way to protect Americans?

Lets let people be idiots in their own homes...get high all they want. If they want to kill themselves, it us their decision. When they do it in public however, the penalties should be severe...with punishments at least 3X as harsh has current DUI punishments. I say, the first DUI offense should be a MINIMUM 90 day prison sentence and $5000 fine. Second offense, you lose your license for 5 years. Third offense = 5 years jailtime and revoked license for life. Do this and drunk driving would drop like a rock. People would be safer...and we can use the thousands of DEA agents and BILLIONS they are spending to incarverate pot smokers, and go after the REAL terrorists, and other REAL threats to our country, like uninspected shipments from terrorist regions around the globe.

Just a modest proposition.

[bobsatwork]

Comments to the author: First, Rush is an entertainer, not the POTUS. If you don't see that distinction, you are well beyond my help. Second, I do not buy the "if you are being blackmailed, you must be doing something wrong" argument. Blackmailers are criminals - not the other way around. And as I have said repeatedly, if Rush bought drugs illegally, he should be treated exactly the same as anyone else cought doing that (first time use - possession).

[Moby Grape]

MESSAGE TO LIBERALS: Your hypocritical ranting about Limbaugh is telling.....

You have at last found an addict you don't love.....Let the left of Hollywood go into rehab for the 14th time, and you liberals hail them as heroes...let ONE conservative admitt to being an addict, and you folks call for the death penalty (so to speak).