[DB]

I might say more if I actually knew something about it...

[The Raven]

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

[Thane_Banquo]

1)If you're being blackmailed, then you're the victim.

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

[Prime Choice]

[Clinton] was a perjurer and obstructer of justice...

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

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

[garbanzo]

The Clintons were blackmailing people - Rush was being blackmailed - somehow this a morally equivalent thing?

[Tax Government]

How can anyone have an opinion yet? Half of the world would conspire to bring Rush down; let's see how things work out.

In any case, addiction to medication is by definition a need or craving that is strong enough to overwhelm one's willpower or the body's ability to do without it. A person who becomes an addict has a medical problem, and we need not to lose sight of that. Medical problems ought not to be criminalized. Perhaps Rush will become the poster child of drug decriminalization, by his own example. Worse things have happened.

[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.

[gunnedah]

I think everyone is waiting to see what comes out in court or what transpires.
It looks as though it is a vendetta but in all fairness Rush has opened himself up for it.
Lets see how the puzzle falls in place,it could quite well end his career but I suspect he has plenty of money to live on.
There are two things I think need to be taken into consideration if he is not found guilty.
If it is politically motivated and proven.
Also we must remember not to defend but remember,the Republicans always throw rheir own to the wolves when they are guilty,the Democrats never admit guilt regardless and always protect and cover. Just look at Memo-Gate.
I dont like this but it has become a political way of life and at times you have to fight fire with fire.Make them at least prove it before we convict him.

[Guillermo]

We've hardly been "silent."

There has been a ton of posts on here alone in support of Rush.

[cpst12]

I think we should all give Rush the same understanding and sympathy that we know he would extend to anyone else that was found to be addicted to drugs and buying them illegally for years...

[Iowamerican]

Well Michael Graham listen closely. Rush Limbaugh is and was a human being in extreme pain. He made mistakes and he admitted as much. He did try twice before to quit the pain pills, but it's not easy. If he's ever charged with anything, he is entitled to due process.

He might or might not be, but I think it's highly probable that he is the subject of politcal vendettas.

[Mr. Bird]

Sorry, I have a problem. I make distinctions between the President of the United States breaking the law, and a private citizen who entertains for a living. Forgive my lack of outrage.

If Limbaugh turned out to be an armed robber, it still would not warrant comparisons to what Clinton did while in office.

Similarly, most people miss the point about Bob Livingston's resignation from the House. Idiots seem to think it validated Clinton, when it actually did just the opposite.

[MEG33]

Rush was addicted to pain killers and clinging to his job.He made a terrible decision.I hope he stays clean and continues his career.He has disappointed many fans.He has disillusioned some and left himself open to accusations of hypocrisy.

He wasn't elected President.He doesn't have the position of Commander in Chief and he hasn't put the country through what the meaning of is is.I could go on.

He's an entertainer and has done our side great good by keeping our spirits up.I hope he can overcome.He has hurt himself,his reputation and fans.He has not hurt the nation as a President did.

[boomop1]

I have been pondering this for a long while , I've been with him from the start, disappointed is a good start I find that I am not as eager to listen. I am not going to toss him over this it isn't as if he went out and molested, raped or harmed the security of the nation by giving away secrets for money (a traitor)like the form scum bag in chief. Time will tell I've never been there (in chronic pain), been married twice does that count, so I don't know what he was going through.

Boom

[G.Mason]

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[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.

[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.

[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.

[sauropod]

Unlike Clinton, Rush hasn't raped anybody.