[rhombus]

For my part, it's a wait and see strategy. Trying to equate Rush with Clinton seems a petty victory for liberals who also delighted in Newt's marital problems. For now they can feast on this (God knows they have little else on their table). I'll wait to see the outcome before I judge. Nonetheless, because Rush criticized Clinton and now he may have done something wrong does not invalidate the points Rush makes on his program nor does it absolve Clinton from using his office to try and fix a court case. Rush cannot be impeached because he holds no office. His political wisdom still holds despite his apparent lack of personal wisdom in dealing with pain.

[RWG]

does not invalidate the points Rush makes

For all the years he was a disc junkie nobody ever suspected he was in a drug stupor most of the time. When we tell the children that here is your brain on welfare and here is your brain at eib the comparison runs contrary to the official anti-drug industry message. The titles by which people called rush, like Mr. Conservative, means that the social and political elite cannot identify a junkie and more to the point the whole country had no clue. Obviously, telling kids how poorly a junkie functions has got to be re-thought.

[Tall_Texan]

For my part, it's a wait and see strategy. Trying to equate Rush with Clinton seems a petty victory for liberals who also delighted in Newt's marital problems. For now they can feast on this (God knows they have little else on their table). I'll wait to see the outcome before I judge. Nonetheless, because Rush criticized Clinton and now he may have done something wrong does not invalidate the points Rush makes on his program nor does it absolve Clinton from using his office to try and fix a court case. Rush cannot be impeached because he holds no office. His political wisdom still holds despite his apparent lack of personal wisdom in dealing with pain.

Couldn't have said it better. Dittos. I, for one, am not seeking to absolve Rush for what he's done. But I dare say you can't compare Rush to an elected office-holder. My tax dollars don't pay his salary and his personal failings do not render meaningless the body of his work.