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

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

[steve50]

Neil Boortz put out a (libetarian) challenge to listeners to name one person who was harmed by Rush.

That argument would cover a lot of people in jail on similiar charges. I have no problem with actual harm being required to place criminal charges, but we know that's not the law.

[G.Mason]

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[nicmarlo]

When Rush commits perjury and/or obstructs justice, I'll get back to you...

Exactly what I was thinking.

[TheGeezer]

I never cared much for Rush myself, but I find most talk radio pretty repetitiously boring, anyway. But I think Rush is getting the bum's rush in this matter.

He may have paid blackmail only to conceal his addiction, which is not itself illegal. In that he is not like the former Thief Executive and the Hildebeast. True, things would have been better if he had told his housekeeper to shove it and then outed himself, early on. But addiction distorts perception and willpower. Add to that the false invincibility of celebrity, and blackmail seems not so outrageous.

Silence is best until facts are known. Rush said that much about Michael Jackson's present difficulties...innocent until proven guilty. Until more is known, silence is not a sign of hypocrisy or moral cowardice; in reality, it evidences moral courage with the refusal to abandon a person who may be suffering only deliberate defamation.

I may not have cared much for Rush in the past, but I fully support him in this matter now, I hope that he is innocent and can prove it, and I also hope that if this investigation is nothing more than malicious political persecution, I hope Rush can obtain retribution for his suffering.

[Bluntpoint]

From my experience dealing with abusers, labeling someone a recreational user is intellectually lazy.

Many who "recreationally" abuse drugs are, upon deeper examination, self-medicating an underlying emotion or mental disorder.

[laredo44]

The ones in the cells have been convicted of a crime.

The question was who have they harmed?

[Toskrin]

The silence is deafening because most conservatives, unlike liberals, don't care about the problems of celebrities.

I've never liked Rush. I can't get beyond his huge ego that permeates everything he talks about.

[Mike4Freedom]

Neil Boortz put out a (libetarian) challenge to listeners to name one person who was harmed by Rush.

Of course, no one was hurt by his use of many pain killer drugs. But that is true of millions of other drug users as well. People were hurt by the climate of punishment for harmless actions that Rush supported for most of his career.

[rhombus]

Drugs for pain? Both emotional and physical pain often lead to drugs.

Which person is weaker of spine?

Well I'm always sorry for pain no matter what the cause physical, emotional, intellectual,. but it is not up to me to judge (nor you). Don't get me wrong, I think the arrest of Al Gore's son is silly too (and maybe only because he is Al Gore's son). It was also nonsense to chase the Bush girls around to see if they had a beer while they were in college (drinking at 21, another stupid law). The war on drugs is pure Federal Gov't idiocy. However, that being said, it is really hard to believe that the case against Rush is not politically motivated and after hours of listenting to Rush I never knew what an anti-drug crusader he was until the left-wing media decided to tell me... over and over and over. Methinks they doth protest too much.

[rhombus]

Drugs for pain? Both emotional and physical pain often lead to drugs.

Which person is weaker of spine?

Well I'm always sorry for pain no matter what the cause physical, emotional, intellectual,. but it is not up to me to judge (nor you). Don't get me wrong, I think the arrest of Al Gore's son is silly too (and maybe only because he is Al Gore's son). It was also nonsense to chase the Bush girls around to see if they had a beer while they were in college (drinking at 21, another stupid law). The war on drugs is pure Federal Gov't idiocy. However, that being said, it is really hard to believe that the case against Rush is not politically motivated and after hours of listenting to Rush I never knew what an anti-drug crusader he was until the left-wing media decided to tell me... over and over and over. Methinks they doth protest too much.

[Conspiracy Guy]

10-4. I'm waiting for the outcome too. I am just a poet so what do I know!

CG

Rush to Judgment on Rush

For many years he’s been our voice,
The loudest of us all.
The vipers tout that he has slipped,
But we can’t let him fall.
Let’s wait and see the truth come out,
Before we judge old Rush.
Don’t let the TV vultures turn,
His image into mush.
So send a card or make a call,
To voice your true support.
If he has broken any laws,
He’ll have his day in court.
So let me close with how I feel,
And then I’ll sit back down.
Rush is right and tells the truth,
Unlike that Couric Clown.

Flurry 10/9/3


He’s Back

We missed you so while you were gone,
We’re glad that you are back.
We missed your sharp and cutting wit,
Your comments never lack.
We’ll tune you in and listen up,
And some of us will call.
But some of us sit silently,
We can’t hear you at all.
Cause radios just will not work,
Inside my office building.
I have to read the Internet,
To see which sword you’re wielding.
Though I’m deprived of your live show,
I’m still glad you’re back on.
Welcome back Rush Limbaugh,
You know you weren’t alone.

Flurry 11/14/3

[SkyPilot]

Well, he is right you know. I mean everyone on the right did:

- blame Rush's problems on a vast left wing conspiracy

- hire political thugs to imtimidate people who brought charges against him

- use every dirty media rag (including Hustler magazine) to dig dirt on other people's sins to cover up his own

- lie to a grand jury, the American people, and Congress

Oh wait, that didn't happen.

[Beck_isright]

"Your silence regarding Rush Limbaugh is excruciating."

Obviously the left wing dork doesn't read the thousands of Rush posts on FR. What a jerk.

[HankReardon]

To post here is to preach to the choir.

[sauropod]

Unlike Clinton, Rush hasn't raped anybody.

[PhilipFreneau]

Who in hell is Michael Graham?

[nicmarlo]

Rush remained silent on drug criticism, directing his comments on other topics. While I do not condone over-medicating, over-drinking, or over-eating, this appears to be what Rush did....as have many others. "Over-doing" is an insidious problem....I doubt Rush premeditated overdoing his pain meds, just a alcoholics didn't premeditate to have a drinking problem. The end result is the same: excess is unhealthy and "it" leads to controlling you/your behavior.

[CWOJackson]

"The question was who have they harmed?"

Themselves as a starter.

[rhombus]

To post here is to preach to the choir.

Indeed you are right. We were bated by a challenge posted by a liberal who claimed to be a conservative. The can of worms is now open.

[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?