LIBERALS ARE BESIDE THEMSELVES WITH GLEE (about Rush)

boortz.com ^ | 10/13/03 | NEAL BOORTZ

[Pokey78]

Today marks the first broadcast day of Rush Limbaugh's four-week hiatus for treatment of his dependency on prescription pills, and many on the left couldn't be happier.  The left typically shows more compassion for a mass murder who lost his latest appeal than they are showing for Limbaugh.  So, where is all of this much-celebrated liberal compassion?  I suppose we forgot that liberals usually show their compassion by spending someone else's money.

Some on the left are looking at Rush's month of drug rehab as the perfect time to do a little "kicking while they're down."  Evan Thomas writes this in a current Newsweek article:  "The man behind the curtain is not the God of Family Values but a childless, twice-divorced, thrice-married schlub whose idea of a good time is to lie on his couch and watch football endlessly. Nice."

It's odd, isn't it?  The left can't find a way to criticize a welfare brood mare who downloads a succession of future jail inmates she can't possibly afford to raise, but they're eager to apply the "childless" label to someone who can afford to raise a child, but has none. 

NOW --- ABOUT THAT WAR ON DRUGS

A question for those of you out there who are so adamant about pushing this illogical war on drugs.  So, you like to see drug pushers in jail, right?  And those people who buy drugs from those pushers?  You want them in jail too, right?  Yeah, damn right!  Lock them all up! 

Most of the people who adopt this "take no prisoners" attitude on drugs are conservative.  Most, not all.  Read the law.  If Rush Limbaugh was doing those things that the National Enquirer says he was doing, then he could conceivably face quite a lengthy jail term.  Is that what you want?  Are you grumbling to yourself that Rush ought to be getting his treatment in a hospital jail ward somewhere? 

What's the deal here?  You're celebrating (as you should) Rush's decision to seek treatment.  If this is such a good option for Rush (and it is) then why isn't it a good option for some sap from the inner city who succumbs to neighborhood peer pressure and gets hooked on drugs? 

[cp124]

"downloads a succession of future jail inmates"

Great line.

[truthandjustice1]

agreed. priceless.

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[Piquaboy]

There are plenty of people out there hooked on prescription drugs prescribed by their doctor. I do not hold this against these people but I do hold people who do illegal drugs responsible for what they do. Am I wrong?

[veronica]

Evan Thomas writes this in a current Newsweek article: "The man behind the curtain is not the God of Family Values but a childless, twice-divorced, thrice-married schlub whose idea of a good time is to lie on his couch and watch football endlessly. Nice."

A vicious hit-piece. But Rush will have the last laugh, as he always does. :)

[Puppage]

LIBERALS ARE BESIDE THEMSELVES WITH GLEE (about Rush)

Of course they are. These are the very same people that are gunna have a party, God forbid, when the Pope dies.

You have to ask yourself......who's side are these people on?

[ladtx]

......who's side are these people on?

A rhetorical question I'm sure.

[Hodar]

Good post. And I agree with the article 100%. However, the part that is neglected in this article is Rush's stance on drug abuse taken from either of his 2 top selling books. Rush is published as stating that he is for manditory sentencing for drug pushers and users. So, as this has been his stance for others, it should be the metric placed upon him. Anything else would be hypocritcal.

[DarthVader]

Proverbs says "Everyone who is glad at calamity shall not go unpunished" Mark these words.

[jetson]

If Rush comes out mentaly OK from all this he will emerge stronger than ever. He is the lionheart of the conservative movement and his loyal listeners will stand behind him till the end.

[Puppage]

Yep.

[cspackler]

I do not hold this against these people but I do hold people who do illegal drugs responsible for what they do. Am I wrong?

Well, any prescription drug obtained without a prescription is illegal. Rush has screwed the pooch here. I feel for him and anyone else in his situation, but live by the sword, die by it. We should not hide behind any spin, just deal with it. Anything less would be hypocritical.

[Cubs Fan]

If this is such a good option for Rush (and it is) then why isn't it a good option for some sap from the inner city who succumbs to neighborhood peer pressure and gets hooked on drugs?

Point 1) Usually that is the case--a first time a offender gets probation and rehab inner city or anywhere else.

Point 2) Objectively I have far more sympathy for someone who has chronic pain finding a way to treat it and then getting hooked then someone who got hooked partying with their n'er do well friends.

Point 3) Nonethleless, if Rush gets back on the drugs after rehab he should face jail time. He needs to straighten his life out NOW or face the consequences.

Point 4) if we are going to ever decriminalize drugs we will have to do it the libertarian way, not the liberal way--people who overdose don't get free medical treatment (at others expense), people who choose to waste their lives away on drugs don't get welfare, or SS or anything else. etc etc.

[Ann Archy]

Evan Thomas is a humorless hack who has DEAD EYES.

[FReepaholic]

>>...The man behind the curtain is not the God of Family Values but a childless, twice-divorced, thrice-married schlub ...<<

Hmmm...don't recall Rush ever claiming to be a "God", or anything else, of family values.

[Leroy S. Mort]

For what it's worth, there's another excellent editorial along the same lines Here ( ya gotta scroll down a bit).

[goodnesswins]

1st point...a local radio host today was citing a memo sent to doctors (from an association? or some kind of group like that) advising them to think twice about getting into pain management. It seems it does take 100's of pills to manage some people's pain....but doctors are being prosecuted instead of the actual "pusher" on the street.

2nd point.....maybe Rush's stance ("manditory (sic) sentencing") has to do with ILLEGAL drugs?

[veronica]

Evan Thomas is a humorless hack who has DEAD EYES.

I think he's also the grandson of a famous American Commie.

[Don Munn]

I think they stoled a sentence from their hit piece on Bill Bennett